- Dec 30, 2021, 10:35 amA number of the defendants in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection prosecutions have been hedging their bets on having the charges against them dismissed summarily on constitutional grounds, claiming variously that their actions that day were expressions of their First Amendment free-speech rights, or… [Continue reading Proud Boys’ hopes to have Jan. 6 charges dismissed before trial crushed by wave of rulings at Daily Kos] Welcome to Politomix -- the political news wire where left, right and center mix. Politomix aggregates the day's political news on the web and your mobile device.