I didn’t get to this until last night, after the Roe coverage was completed. But it’s worth a few minutes of your time to watch Ted Cruz flailing.
Continue reading “Go Ted Go!”DC Cop To Insurrectionist Assailant Who Later Called Himself ‘Stupid’: Yes, You’re Stupid
Michael Fanone, the D.C. Metropolitan Police officer who was electroshocked with a Taser-like device during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, doesn’t disagree with his alleged attacker, Daniel Rodriguez, who tearfully called himself “stupid” and an “asshole” during an FBI interrogation.
Continue reading “DC Cop To Insurrectionist Assailant Who Later Called Himself ‘Stupid’: Yes, You’re Stupid”Jeffrey Clark Plans To Take The 5th. What Does That Mean For The Jan. 6 Probe?
Jeffrey Clark, a former high-ranking Trump-era Justice Department official, has indicated he’ll invoke the Fifth Amendment in refusing to provide testimony to the Jan. 6 Committee — a significant move from a key behind-the-scenes player in Trump’s efforts to steal a second term.
Continue reading “Jeffrey Clark Plans To Take The 5th. What Does That Mean For The Jan. 6 Probe?”If Roe Is Overturned, Abortion Will Be Near Instantly Illegal In A Third Of The States
If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the dominoes will fall fast.
Continue reading “If Roe Is Overturned, Abortion Will Be Near Instantly Illegal In A Third Of The States”Trump Butts Into Ohio Sen Race To Do Preemptive 2024 Damage Control
Former President Trump is injecting himself into next year’s Ohio Senate race — for the sake of doing damage control ahead of his potential 2024 presidential run.
Last month, Trump reportedly called Club for Growth President David McIntosh to demand that the conservative organization take down its TV ads targeting Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance, according to Politico.
Continue reading “Trump Butts Into Ohio Sen Race To Do Preemptive 2024 Damage Control”Pro-Trump Lawyer Insists Powell Lasso’d Him Into Bogus Election Lawsuit Without His Knowledge
A handful of Republican lawyers involved with litigation around the 2020 election have claimed that Trump diehard Sidney Powell added their names to her clownish election lawsuits without their permission, or inflated their involvement in the Big Lie cause.
Continue reading “Pro-Trump Lawyer Insists Powell Lasso’d Him Into Bogus Election Lawsuit Without His Knowledge”House And Senate Leaders Say They’ve Reached Deal To Avert Shutdown
Democrats and Republicans in both chambers have settled on an agreement on a spending bill that would keep the government open through mid-February, according to party leaders.
Continue reading “House And Senate Leaders Say They’ve Reached Deal To Avert Shutdown”Meadows Calls His Own Book ‘Fake News’ After Trump Attack
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things.
Yes Sir I Am A Liar
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who revealed in his upcoming book that Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 three days before his presidential debate with Biden, tried to moonwalk away from his bombshell report last night after his ex-boss called it “fake news.”
- “The president’s right, it’s fake news,” Meadows told Newsmax.
- Meadows accused the media of ignoring how his book had also reported that Trump gotten a negative test result after receiving the positive one–except the media isn’t ignoring that part at all.
- Two former Trump officials subsequently confirmed Meadows’ account to the New York Times.
- Meadows also not-so-subtly tried to temper Trump’s fury, making it a point to tell Newsmax that his book has “a lot of great stories” that “candidly talk about the miraculous work, the historic work that Donald Trump did.”
Susan Collins Tries To Deflect From Her Oopsy With Kavanaugh
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), who provided the pivotal vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh despite the sexual assault allegations against him and his anti-abortion beliefs, still supports abortion rights and wants to codify Roe into law, her office insisted yesterday after Kavanaugh signaled a willingness to shatter the landmark SCOTUS decision (something she had said in 2018 that she was Pretty Sure he wouldn’t do).
- In fact, Collins is “open to further discussions” on passing abortion rights into law, the senator’s office said. Wowee.
- Here’s TPM Kate Riga’s write-up on where the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seems to be taking abortion access amid the fight over Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban.
- Key analysis: “How Roe Ends” – New York Magazine
Biden To Lay Out Response Plan For Omicron Variant
The new Omicron COVID-19 variant has now been detected in the U.S. yesterday. Biden is slated to announce his plan for combatting it today.
Lara Logan Holds Firm To Deranged Fauci-Mengele Comparison
Fox News host Lara Logan is fully clinging onto her comparison of Dr. Anthony Fauci to Nazi doctor Josef Mengele by tweeting articles about clinical trials of HIV medicine with HIV-positive kids.
- Fox has been completely silent about the whole thing.
- Logan blocked the Auschwitz Memorial on Twitter after the museum called her out:
& blocks us too… pic.twitter.com/TKXYKem9BE
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) December 1, 2021
Jan. 6 Panel Moves To Hold Clark In Contempt
The House Jan. 6 select committee voted to approve a criminal referral for contempt charges against ex-Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark on Wednesday after he previously defied its subpoena by refusing to answer any questions or hand over requested documents.
- But the panel will give Clark one more chance to avoid the criminal referral. The panel set Saturday as another date for Clark to appear to continue his previously aborted deposition.
- The committee will be holding its referral to the House for a full vote until after the Saturday session.
- The former Trump official sent the committee a letter Tuesday informing them that he’s planning to plead the Fifth. The committee wants to make Clark invoke his right against self-incrimination to specific questions, rather than allow him to make a blanket refusal to testify.
- Committee chair Bennie Thompson (D-MS) slammed Clark’s claim to plan on pleading the Fifth as “a last-ditch attempt to delay.”
Michigan GOP Canvasser Who Voted Against Certifying Election Dies Of COVID
William Hartmann, one of the two Republicans on Michigan’s Wayne County Board of Canvassers who tried to block the certification of the county’s 2020 election results, died while fighting COVID-19 on Tuesday.
- Hartmann had been hospitalized and was hooked to a ventilator before he passed away, according to his sister.
- Hartmann shared anti-vaxx memes and wrote posts downplaying the pandemic on his Facebook page, the Detroit Free Press notes. It’s unknown for sure whether he was unvaccinated, but at one point he posted “If the ouchie is so great, why do they have to offer bribes?”
Must Read
“ICE holds growing numbers of immigrants at private facilities despite Biden campaign promise to end practice” – The Washington Post
Massachusetts GOP Swipes At Their Outgoing Governor
After Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) announced that he wasn’t running for another term, the state’s Republican Party issued a response that essentially told the governor not to let the door hit him on the way out: The party said it was “clear” that Baker was “shaken” by Trump’s endorsement of his rival.
Chris Cuomo Calls His Suspension ‘Embarrassing’
The CNN anchor, who’s been suspended indefinitely due to revelations that he tried to use his journalistic resources to help his brother handle his sexual harassment scandal, lamented his predicament during his radio program yesterday.
- The suspension was “embarrassing” but “I understand why some people feel the way they do about what I did,” Cuomo said.
- The anchor didn’t address any of the newly revealed details of his involvement in his brother’s efforts to run a smear campaign againstthe governor’s accusers.
Symone Sanders To Leave Biden Administration
Symone Sanders, one of Vice President Kamala Harris’ senior advisers and her top spokesperson, is departing from the White House at the end of the year, according to multiple reports. It’s not clear yet where she’s headed next.
Cat Content Is Being Used For Evil And I Am Even More Sad
Right-wing media sites are dodging Facebook’s crackdown on misinformation by posting cute cat (and other animal) videos that redirects users to the sites to feed those users lies about the COVID-19 vaccine, the 2020 election, etc.
It’s some sinister stuff, so have some real cat content that won’t try to convince you the vaccine plants microchips into your blood cells:
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Abortion Could Be Illegal in Wisconsin, Michigan and AZ as Soon As Next Summer
Earlier I noted that a number of purple and even blueish states will likely end up banning abortion in a post-Roe world. People assume it’s just red states. But many of these states are so effectively gerrymandered that Republicans have a lock on state legislatures. But I just realized I greatly understated the situation. TPM alum Eric Kleefeld mentioned that Wisconsin never repealed its pre-Roe abortion ban. So the moment Roe is overturned, which will likely happen next June or July, abortion will be banned in Wisconsin, except in cases where necessary to protect the life of the mother.
Continue reading “Abortion Could Be Illegal in Wisconsin, Michigan and AZ as Soon As Next Summer”House Progressives Will Demand Boebert To Be Stripped Of Committee Assignments Over Attacks At Omar
House progressives are reportedly preparing a statement urging for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) to be stripped of her committee assignments, following her refusal to publicly apologize to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after insinuating that the Minnesota Democrat is a terrorist, according to Politico.
Continue reading “House Progressives Will Demand Boebert To Be Stripped Of Committee Assignments Over Attacks At Omar”