Topic: Coup Attempt

John Nichols of *The Nation* discusses the January 6th report, labeling the event a "coup attempt" and expressing disappointment that the committee did not recommend abolishing the Electoral College. The hosts defend the Electoral College as a vital "safety valve" for American politics that prevents purely nationalist or majoritarian rule.

German authorities conducted massive raids involving 3,000 officers to arrest 25 individuals associated with the Reichsbürger movement. The group, allegedly led by minor aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss, is accused of plotting a violent coup to overthrow the German state and storm the Bundestag. Media coverage links the group's ideology to QAnon and sovereign citizen movements.