Crash Course: Polls say the GOP is ready to endorse violence

Plus: Inside the black market for fake vaccination cards [Crash Course] Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgphgcBrgmG-yOyAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). Written by [Brett Bachman](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0QhaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9CcmV0dEFCYWNobWFuVwNzcGNCCmGBwGuCYb7I7IBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). Republicans are ready to endorse violence New polling from the nonprofit Public Religion Research Institute has revealed something alarming: Close to one-third of Republicans in the survey, or 30%, agreed with the statement that "true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country." That was more than the combined total of Democrats and independents who say the same thing (at 11% and 17%, respectively). The firm's CEO and founder Robert Jones said the large proportion of Republicans who appear ready to endorse political violence is "a direct result of former President Trump calling into question the election." Jones noted that according to the same survey, more than two-thirds of Republicans (68%) claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump, as opposed to only 26% of independents and 6% of Democrats. The study also found that 39% of those who believed that Trump had won the 2020 election endorsed potential violence. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDIvYW4tYWxhcm1pbmctZmluZGluZy1idXQtbm8tc3VycHJpc2UtbWFueS1ub3ctcmVhZHktdG8tc3VwcG9ydC12aW9sZW5jZS9XA3NwY0IKYYHAa4JhvsjsgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) about the poll's findings and its implications. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) How deep is your spot? 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[Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0RVaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDIvanVwaXRlcnMtZ3JlYXQtcmVkLXNwb3QtaXNudC1qdXN0LXdpZGUtaXRzLWRlZXAtdG9vL1cDc3BjQgphgcBrgmG-yOyAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). - A Christian biblical scholar [argues that Texas' draconian abortion law](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0R9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDIvdGhlcmUtaXMtbm90aGluZy1nb2RseS1hYm91dC1vdXRsYXdpbmctYWJvcnRpb24tLWFuZC10ZXhhcy1sYXctaXMtcGFydGljdWxhcmx5LXVuLWNocmlzdGlhbi9XA3NwY0IKYYHAa4JhvsjsgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) is egregiously un-Christian. - And another unintended result of that law: Parenthood in Texas is becoming [more difficult](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0RUaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDIvdGV4YXMtYWJvcnRpb24tYmFuLW1ha2VzLXBhcmVudGhvb2QtaGFyZGVyX3BhcnRuZXIvVwNzcGNCCmGBwGuCYb7I7IBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). - Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) rails against Sen. Joe Manchin (D.-WV) for [sabotaging the Build Back Better Act](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0R1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDIvY29yaS1idXNoLXB1c2hlcy1iYWNrLW9uLWpvZS1tYW5jaGlucy1kZW1hbmRzLWktZG8tbm90LXRydXN0LWhpcy1hc3Nlc3NtZW50X3BhcnRuZXIvVwNzcGNCCmGBwGuCYb7I7IBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). - NYPD warned of a mass exodus in the event the city required vaccine mandates for officers. [It turns out that was all bluster](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0SBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDIvYWZ0ZXItd2FybmluZy1vZi1hLW1hc3MtZXhvZHVzLWR1ZS10by10aGUtdmFjY2luZS1tYW5kYXRlLW9ubHktMzQtbnljLWNvcHMtcGxhY2VkLW9uLXBhaWQtbGVhdmUvVwNzcGNCCmGBwGuCYb7I7IBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). - "Trump lost" billboards [are appearing in red states](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0RqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDIvdHJ1bXAtbG9zdC1wbGFzdGVyLXRleGFzLXdpdGgtYmlsbGJvYXJkcy1hZ2FpbnN0LWZ1cnRoZXItYXVkaXRzLV9wYXJ0bmVyL1cDc3BjQgphgcBrgmG-yOyAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) — funded by Republicans. - The so-called "defense" of Texas' abortion law offered by Republicans is insulting to women, [Salon's Amanda Marcotte writes](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0RyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDIvc2ltcGxpZnktdGhlaXItZGVmZW5zZS1vZi10ZXhhcy1hYm9ydGlvbi1iYW4td29tZW4tYXJlLXRvby1zdHVwaWQtdG8taGF2ZS1yaWdodHMvVwNzcGNCCmGBwGuCYb7I7IBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). - Some members of Congress are being urged to boycott the National Prayer Breakfast — [here's why](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0RzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDIvbWVtYmVycy1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy11cmdlZC10by1ib3ljb3R0LWFudGktbGdidHEtbmF0aW9uYWwtcHJheWVyLWJyZWFrZmFzdF9wYXJ0bmVyL1cDc3BjQgphgcBrgmG-yOyAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). - What happened in China during the [chaotic first weeks](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0RIaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDIvc291bmRpbmctdGhlLWZpcnN0LWFsYXJtLW9uLTE5X3BhcnRuZXIvVwNzcGNCCmGBwGuCYb7I7IBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) when the coronavirus was discovered? - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene may have [violated the law](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0R2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDIvbWFyam9yaWUtdGF5bG9yLWdyZWVuZS1tYXktaGF2ZS12aW9sYXRlZC1sYXctaW4tZmV1ZC13aXRoLXN1cHBvcnRpbmctbGF3eWVyLWwtbGluLXdvL1cDc3BjQgphgcBrgmG-yOyAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) in her feud with the Trump-supporting lawyer Lin Wood. - What happened to [Kyrsten Sinema](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0R9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDIva3lyc3Rlbi1zaW5lbWEtZXBpdG9taXplcy0yMXN0LWNlbnR1cnktcG9saXRpY2FsLWNvcnJ1cHRpb24tLWJ1dC1zaGUtZGlkbnQtY2F1c2UtaXRfcGFydG5lci9XA3NwY0IKYYHAa4JhvsjsgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)? - 24 developing nations are protesting a net-zero carbon emissions goal for [not being equitable.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0RqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDIvd2h5LWRldmVsb3BpbmctY291bnRyaWVzLXNheS1uZXQtemVyby1pcy1hZ2FpbnN0LWNsaW1hdGUtanVzdGljZV9wYXJ0bmVyL1cDc3BjQgphgcBrgmG-yOyAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) Not a subscriber yet? [Sign up](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0RVaHR0cHM6Ly9zYWxvbi51czgubGlzdC1tYW5hZ2UuY29tL3N1YnNjcmliZT91PTcxY2IzZThhNmU5NjM5YzgxMDIzY2Q0MjcmaWQ9NWRlZGEyYWFhN1cDc3BjQgphgcBrgmG-yOyAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) to receive Crash Course. Reality is being rewritten before our eyes Many Americans are ignorant of the blatant effort by Republicans to rewrite reality, Salon's Chauncey DeVega writes. Of course, DeVega is referring to the "Big Lie" that Trump won the election, and the political aftermath — including the Department of Justice's botched investigation into what happened during the January 6th Capitol Riot. Our poor collective accounting of the riot will come back to haunt us, DeVega says. "At some point in the near future, the American people and the world will likely learn the full details of the Trump regime's coup plot — or at least, as full an accounting as we will ever get," he says. "But what if the American people simply don't care? What if the overall public response is indifferent?" [Read more.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0RzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDIvd2hhdC1pZi10aGUtdHJ1dGgtYWJvdXQtamFuLTYtaXMtcmV2ZWFsZWQtLWFuZC10aGUtYW1lcmljYW4tcGVvcGxlLWp1c3QtZG9udC1jYXJlL1cDc3BjQgphgcBrgmG-yOyAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) - "'Make it a Christian Town': the ultra-conservative church on the rise in Idaho," [The Guardian](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0RWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlZ3VhcmRpYW4uY29tL3dvcmxkLzIwMjEvbm92LzAyL2NocmlzdC1jaHVyY2gtaWRhaG8tdGhlb2NyYWN5LXVzLWFtZXJpY2FXA3NwY0IKYYHAa4JhvsjsgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) - "Cars Are Going Electric. What Happens to the Used Batteries?" [Wired](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0RMaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2lyZWQuY29tL3N0b3J5L2NhcnMtZ29pbmctZWxlY3RyaWMtd2hhdC1oYXBwZW5zLXVzZWQtYmF0dGVyaWVzL1cDc3BjQgphgcBrgmG-yOyAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) - "Kyle Rittenhouse and the New Era of Political Violence," [New York Times Magazine](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0RTaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8xMC8yNi9tYWdhemluZS9reWxlLXJpdHRlbmhvdXNlLWtlbm9zaGEtd2lzY29uc2luLmh0bWxXA3NwY0IKYYHAa4JhvsjsgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) - "Don’t let a petulant billionaire build a prison dorm on your campus," [Los Angeles Times](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0SLaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGF0aW1lcy5jb20vZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC1hcnRzL3N0b3J5LzIwMjEtMTEtMDEvY2hhcmxpZS1tdW5nZXItZGVzaWducy11Yy1zYW50YS1iYXJiYXJhLXdpbmRvd2xlc3MtZG9ybS1iaWxsaW9uYWlyZS1wcmlzb24tZG9ybVcDc3BjQgphgcBrgmG-yOyAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) Inside the black market for fake vaccination cards Amid periodic reports of forged COVID-19 vaccination cards, reporter Nicole Karlis wondered just how easy it was to obtain such a thing. Turns out it's pretty easy. A few minutes on public online forums led her to a WhatsApp conversation with a "dealer," who explained the process and even promised that they could get her name into digital records databases of people who had been vaccinated. Salon dug into the logistics of the black market for fake vaccine cards — how it works, who is selling and buying, and what the implications are for public health. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRjZPC-P0RNaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDIvdGhlLWJsYWNrLW1hcmtldC1mb3ItZmFrZS12YWNjaW5hdGlvbi1jYXJkcy9XA3NwY0IKYYHAa4JhvsjsgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). (Photo by Raychel Brightman/Newsday RM via Getty Images) Have a tip for Salon? Feedback on this newsletter? [Let us know](mailto:brett.bachman@salon.com). Copyright © 2021 Crash Course, All rights reserved. Our mailing address: 1000 N. 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