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What was the biggest news story this past week -- either in your community, nationally, or globally?

This question almost feels like a joke because I think the answer is pretty obvious, with the biggest news story this week being the breach of the capital. As more details emerge like the claims of Congresspeople giving reconnaissance tours of the Capitol, plans to assassinate officials like the vice president, and evidence pointing towards riot being intentionally planned instead of just spur of the moment really are shocking and I can't believe it. It's been interesting to see the right-wing media's response to the event, because I really believe they were just as much a contributor to this riot is everyone else like the president and other politicians who were accused of inciting the violence. The day after the riot I I watched Fox news with my grandmother and they immediately started doing damage control, separating those who write it and broke into the capital from other Trump supporters. However, what didn't sit right with me as how they kept bringing up that the riot "wasn't as bad" as the nighttime riots that occurred in the summer during the black lives matter protests, which seems ridiculous to me. It's like the whole "but her emails" argument all over again but this time with something more important going on.