Trump Gets Caught Trying to Play Judges to Manufacture Trial Delays (Daily Beast) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH….

Without Evidence, ABC’s Martha Raddatz Blames Trump for SVB Collapse

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Over the past two centuries, legislation, random chance, and a variety of land deals have left the American West with a patchwork landscape of public and private land. Within the patchwork lie swaths of alternating sections of public and private land, like the squares of a checkerboard. At every point where four squares meet, there is a property corner ripe for controversy. With the issue of corner-crossing in the news again, we decided to leverage our strengths and drill down on the data. What we discovered was shocking in its scope.

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If you ask OpenAI’s artificial-intelligence chatbot ChatGPT to generate a Steve Sailer tweet, it will respond, “I’m sorry, I cannot generate a Steve Sailer tweet, as his tweets often contain controversial and divisive content, which goes against OpenAI’s values of promoting kindness and respect.” Major publications are afraid to cite him. Journalists I know are afraid to be seen interacting with him on Twitter. A Florida professor was disciplined by his university for linking to a Steve Sailer article on his personal Twitter account.

Steve, along with John Derbyshire, Stacy McCain, and Baron Bodissey at Gates of Vienna, tell it like it is, rather than the way the Narrative would like it to be. (I think I now need to include Scott Adams among The Saints….)

Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo is front and center in Dominion’s defamation suit (L.A. Times)

Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch dismisses $1.6 billion defamation case revelations as ‘noise’ (CNN)

Fox News’ ‘craven hypocrisy’ on alleged voter fraud runs deep (Tampa Bay Times)

Inside the Secret Working Group That Helped Push Anti-Trans Laws Across the Country (Mother Jones) Dunh dunh DUNHHHH…. I love the smell of conspiracy in the morning.

Fox News Editor Overseeing Crime Fearmongering Is Felon Himself (Daily Beast) Who would know better?

House Republicans Launch Probe Into Jan. 6 Panel

The FCC could choose to act against Rupert Murdoch for Fox News’ election lies, but few expect it to (NBC News)

Beware The Nonresponsive Response To Tucker Carlson

CLOWN SHOW: VA Governor Glenn Youngkin Ambushed at CNN Town Hall

Ron DeSantis is just getting started with his rightwing agenda. That should worry us all (The Guardian)

Ron DeSantis Loves to Bash the Press. Will That Playbook Work in a Presidential Race? (Vanity Fair)

In Florida, far-right groups look to seize the moment (NPR) For NPR, of course, there is no ‘right’ but the ‘far-right’. I’ll leave you guess how many times NPR has warned about ‘far-left’ groups.

Playbook: The GOP’s 2024 picture snaps into focus (Politico) Forging the new Narrative ahead of the election.

NBC’s Lester Holt Leaves Republicans on the Cutting-Room Floor

Colbert Labels GOP Bad Christians For Budget Priorities  Colbert wouldn’t know a Christian if one bit him on the ass.

Meet the ‘Ghost’ Woman Fox Relied on for Voter Fraud Claims (Daily Beast)

GOP Presidential Field Rallies Around One Idea: Declare Drug Cartels Terrorists  Which they obviously are.

MSNBC Compares Florida To Jim Crow To Urge MLB To Denounce DeSantis

Heckler’s Veto: Judge shouted down at Stanford law school with help from Dean of DEI (Hot Air) The ‘Dean of DEI’ is, of course, a fat ugly black woman

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Trump Official Gives Marjorie Taylor Greene Exactly What She Wants (Newsweek)

Sealed hearing in DOJ’s attempt to force Trump attorney to testify ends without a ruling (CNN)

Will Oprah Sue Donald Trump? Book Revelations Could Land Him in Hot Water (Newsweek)

New York prosecutors indicate Trump criminal charges likely, report says (CNBC)

A camp icon

The election-denying Republicans who aided Trump’s ‘big lie’ and got promoted (The Guardian)

2024 Trump Is Even Scarier Than 2020 Trump (The New Yorker)

‘Racist’ Trump is blowing up because he can’t stand being prosecuted by Black lawyers: Former GOP strategist

Daylight Savings Time: If Only Trump Would Pick a Side, Then We’d Know Which Side to be on

Trump Gets a Taste of His Own Medicine (The Atlantic) I wouldn’t mind The Atlantic getting a taste of its own medicine.

fThe Tucker Carlson Schtick Melts Away (Politico)

Carlson hates Trump but needs his base — like the rest of the right (Washington Post)

Karl Rove’s 2012 meltdown on Fox News was quite revealing in hindsight (MSNBC) The Narrative Media love to focus on the past and irrelevant fossils like Karl Rove.

Arkansas Senate OKs transgender bathroom bill that critics call extreme (NBC) Name a measure that ‘critics’ won’t call extreme. I dare you.

Arkansas transgender bathroom bill, that some label ‘anti-trans’, headed to House Thursday (KARK) Some!

Kyle Rittenhouse, the MAGA Star That Wasn’t (Mother Jones)

Murdoch said Fox hosts may have gone ‘too far’ in covering stolen-election claims (Reuters)

Tucker Carlson ‘passionately’ hates Trump, and eight more key revelations about Fox News from new Dominion filings (CNN)

The Media Can’t Handle the Tucker Clips

Fox News’ Tucker Carlson is not credible, White House says after Jan. 6 coverage (Reuters)

MSNBC’s Hayes Smears The Daily Caller, Claims NYT ‘Not a Liberal Paper’

Colbert Labels Alito A ‘Turd,’ Compares Roe’s Demise To Iran, The Taliban

Internal text reveals Tucker Carlson reads the work of a Holocaust denier at a white nationalist hub  (Media Matters for America) Here’s a pen–go smear Tucker.

‘It’s a Sh*t Network’: New Texts Reveal Ex-Fox News Reporter Claiming Network ‘Muzzled’ Her for Fact-Checking Trump (MEDIAite)

Teacher In Need Of Vacation Tells Class There Are Only Two Genders (Babylon Bee)

MSNBC Condemns ‘Fascist’ DeSantis As He Debunks Their Fake News

George Santos masterminded 2017 ATM fraud, former roommate tells feds (Politico) George! Long time no see!

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As with misinformation, labeling someone who disagrees with the current standardthink as a “denier” has become, pardon the term, endemic amongst the woke.

Covid denier, climate denier, election denier, science denier – are all bandied about to immediately end debate, tar any difference of opinion as literally insane, and depict anyone who ever disagrees with you as stupid and evil.

This epithet is now even being used pre-emptively to makes sure that no matter what anyone who now or ever questions the move to ban gas stoves will not be doing so based on facts or logic but because of their “gas stove denialism.”

I suspect that there would be a great market for t-shirts that just said DENIER. I’d buy one.

Trump is the latest Republican to avoid his most notable success (MSNBC)

Why Trump’s secret plan for the war in Ukraine is unbelievable (MSNBC) Can’t be much of a secret if MNSBC knows about it.

Club for Growth Snubs Trump Ahead of Annual Donor Retreat

Why the Stormy Daniels Charges Might Actually Reach Trump This Time (Slate)

We don’t need any new ideas to fix the Supreme Court. Just one very old one. (MSNBC)

Tucker Carlson knows exactly what he’s doing (Washington Post) Continuing the Hunter Biden coverup.

Pot is making people sick. Congress is playing catch-up. (Politico) Think of it as evolution in action.

As basic health care grows unaffordable, the rich seek eternal youth (Washington Post) Unaffordable for whom? Not for the poor, who can just show up at a hospital and by law must be treated whether they can pay or not.

Mane of terror: the sorry return of long-haired men (The Guardian)

Chelsea Handler Defends Cancel Culture: Just Don’t Be Racist or Sexist

Socialist Students Protest Sasse on First Day as UF President

Smithsonian Kicks out Students Over Pro-life Hats

Sen. Daines responds after Twitter suspends his account for hunting photo: ‘My wife is a great shot’ (Fox)

PBS Anchor Fights with GOP Rep. Chip Roy on ‘Un-American’ Border Bill

Lemon Declares GOP Making Americans ‘Suffer’ Through Biden Probes

Disney+ Kids Show ‘Proud Family’ Pushes Anti-White Hate

The High School ‘Asshole’ Who Became a Blackface-Wearing Neo-Nazi Homeschool Dad (Vice)

Cringey 23-Year-Old Mayor Quotes Steve Jobs to Defend His Trumpian Coup (Daily Beast) Trump cooties! They’re everywhere!

Chinese spy balloons under Trump not discovered until after Biden took office (CNN)

The Mob Boss Tactic Trump Uses to Keep People From Flipping (Daily Beast)

Prospects rise for NY charges against Trump in Stormy Daniels case (The Hill)

Mark Pomerantz on investigating Donald Trump (CBS)

Trump should be charged with corruption, says former Manhattan prosecutor (MSNBC)

Trump’s ‘24 game plan: Be the dove among the hawks (Politico) The chance that someone writing for politico has even the vaguest clue about Trump’s 2024 game plan is slightly above zero.

Inside the Trump Campaign’s Plan to Take Down Nikki Haley (Daily Beast) Needless to say, the chance that anybody writing for the Daily Beast has even the vaguest clue about any Trump  Campaign plan is slightly above zero.

Mark Pomerantz on investigating Donald Trump (CBS)

Wake up, Corporate America: You can’t bribe, threaten, or feed people to get them back in the office (Boston Globe) Sure you can.

Gas stove makers have a pollution solution. They’re just not using it (NPR)

‘Autocrats’: Receipts bust house GOP for secret MAGA deal after admission (MSNBC)

Ron DeSantis ramps up war on education (MSNBC)

Ted Cruz Can’t Say Why He Wants Two-Term Limits AND a Third Term (Daily Beast)

Denialism is seeping into legislation and undermining public health (The Hill)

DeSantis wants a ‘core curriculum.’ That idea is college kryptonite. (The Hill)

Politico Story on Twitter Uniting Europe Devolves Into Fierce Elon Musk Attack

Neo-Nazi leader and girlfriend accused of targeting Md. power stations (Washington Post) Everybody worries about ‘neo-Nazis’ but nobody worries about actual Communists. I wonder why that is.

The View’s Ana Navarro Tries to Pin Balloon-Gate on GOP: China Loves That ‘Republicans Turned This Into a Big Drama’ (MEDIAite)

Soros-Funded Group Targets Elon Musk for Engaging with ‘Right-Wing’ Twitter

A Storm’s Brewing At Home For Donald and Melania Trump With New Stormy Daniels Case Defense Strategy (Vanity Fair)

Trump Will Never Stop Reminding Us That He Hates Free Speech (Daily Beast) Like being called ugly by a frog.

Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too (Forbes) SO THERE! (Trump, top national security officials refute claim that Chinese spy balloons transited US under his admin)

Koch Network, Aiming to ‘Turn the Page’ on Trump, Will Play in the G.O.P. Primaries (N.Y. Times)

Koch network to back alternative to Trump after sitting out recent primaries (Washington Post)

“It’s Disinformation”: Trump, Former Officials Slam Anonymous Report Of Chinese Spy Balloons Under Their Watch

DeSantis files complaint against Orlando Philharmonic for hosting drag holiday event (The Hill)

The Neo-Nazi Hunter Next Door (Rolling Stone)

Tom Brady, Cheating Trump Fanatic, Ruins ‘80 for Brady’ (Rolling Stone)

‘Miserable’ Marjorie Taylor Greene Whines That Her Congressional Salary Is Too Low (Daily Beast)

SNL Roasts Santos, MTG and Trump’s ‘Big Ole Dump Truck’ (Daily Beast)

Ron DeSantis Moves To Strip Florida Venue’s Liquor License For Christmas Drag Show (Huffington Post) They can dish it out, but they can’t take it.

Theater Of The Absurd In J6 Courtrooms

Don’t Let Republican ‘Judge Shoppers’ Thwart the Will of Voters (N.Y. Times)

An ex-Romney presidential campaign strategist says Nikki Haley ’embodies the collapse’ of the Republican Party (Business Insider)

As G.O.P. Rails Against Federal Spending, Its Appetite for Earmarks Grows (N.Y. Times) Nothing compared to Democrats, of course.

Facebook, Instagram Threaten To Restrict Or Ban Project Veritas

AR-15 lapel pin is a perfect symbol for a GOP that’s become a death cult (Philadelphia Inquirer) Will Bunch loses his shit. (At least he’s quit calling it an ‘assault rifle pin’.)

The NYT should tell readers whether it helped crooked FBI agents get Trump elected in 2016 (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Trump trashes ‘ambitious’ potential 2024 rivals in sprawling interview (The Hill)

N.Y. prosecutors group says former Trump investigator violated ethics with book (Washington P0st)

Prosecutors likened Trump to mob boss and had to prove he wasn’t insane – book (The Guardian)

Why Tom Fitton’s misguided advice to Trump matters (MSNBC)

NYC Prosecutors Had to Prove ‘Trump Was Not Legally Insane’ (Daily Beast)

Trump 2016 Campaign to Pay $450,000 to Settle Non-Disclosure Case (Bloomberg)

Jamie Raskin on why Trump charges are ‘almost inevitable’ (MSNBC)

Democrats, Seeing a Weaker Trump, Are Falling in Line Behind Biden (N.Y. Times) Lacking a yellow dog. Biden will have to do.

An insider’s critical view of an investigation of Donald Trump (Washington Post)

Forget Trump, Democrats Are Preparing Ways to Beat a DeSantis Campaign (Bloomberg)

MAGA rebuked on TV: See Ebro tell U.S. to face ‘Who we are’ from Jan. 6 to police brutality (MSNBC)

The right’s anti-ESG crusader (Axios)

Big Oil reaps record profits while the planet burns. California should curb its greed (L.A. Times)

Let me mansplain: studies reveal impact of condescension (The Guardian)  Such as this on the part of The Guardian.

Veteran sues after being arrested for holding ‘God bless the homeless vets’ sign (Fox)

After College Board Victory, DeSantis Faces CNN Smears of Racism

NY Times Smears Scientist on Front Page for Daring to Defend Gas Stoves

Democrats Propose Abraham Lincoln Statue Removal  After all, he was a Republican.

Republicans have a big Kari Lake problem (Washington Post)

MSNBC Invokes The Bible While Claiming Russia, China Love DeSantis

MSNBC: ‘January 6 Now! January 6 Tomorrow! January 6 Forever!’

U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry

The blue Midwest is where DeSantis’s school crackdowns ‘go to die’ (Washington  Post) Paul Sargent must be taking a vacation day from bashing Trump.

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The Associated Press added an entry to its style guide directing journalists to put the term “crisis pregnancy center” in scare-quotes, and to use “anti-abortion center” instead, to convey that “the centers’ general aim is to prevent abortions.”

The AP added this entry between Nov. 20 and Nov. 27, 2022, according to The Daily Signal’s search of the Wayback Machine. The guide describes the centers as “set up to divert or discourage women from having abortions” and warns writers against “potentially misleading terms” like “pregnancy resource centers or pregnancy counseling centers.”

“If using the term anti-abortion center, explain later that these often are known as ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ (with quotation marks) and that their aim is to dissuade people from getting an abortion,” the style guide entry states.

New Book Reveals What a Trump Indictment Would Look Like (Daily Beast)

Looks like they are moving closer to bringing charges’: Reporter on grand jury (MSNBC)

Trump Insults Stormy Daniels in Predictably Desperate Rant on Grand Jury Proceedings (Daily Beast)

SE Cupp: America has pulled back the curtain on Trump’s political wizardry (CNN) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH….

Former Trump Executive, Already Jailed, Could Face More Fraud Charges (N.Y. Times)

Close to 1,000 migrant children separated by Trump yet to be reunited with parents (Reuters)

Trump campaign staff on 2020 election lies: ‘fan the flame’ (Associated Press)

Trump Org Pays $1.6 Million Fine for Tax Fraud Conviction (Daily Beast)

Trump Likened to Mob Boss John Gotti in Ex-Prosecutor’s New Book (N.Y. Times)

William Barr shifts from defending Trump’s actions to defending his own (Washington Post)

‘Bill Barr’s Sin’: Trump AG’s abuse of power defense shredded by Mueller vet (MSNBC)

Patrons of NYC gay bar incapacitated and robbed of thousands via facial recognition on their phones (MSNBC) This is why I don’t use a phone with facial recognition.

Three Men Incapacitated and Robbed After Visiting New York Gay Bar, Police Say (NBC)

‘She should blame herself’: Newsom responds to Fresno County DA’s comments over slain Selma officer (KCRA)

Newsom can’t see that California’s soft-on-crime laws are deadly (Washington Examiner)

Reporters face jail for interviewing Christian who left LGBT lifestyle, warn of assault on free speech (Fox)

Big tobacco is lighting the law on fire to peddle addiction (The Hill)

Univision Shamelessly Airs Anti-DeSantis Propaganda

The GOP Can’t Remember Why It Took the Debt Ceiling Hostage (New York Magazine)

Anti-Semitic MSNBC Claims Israel Turned West Bank Into An Apartheid

NHL’s commitment to diversity, inclusion under microscope again at All-Star game

On PBS, Amanpour In Sync With Radical Palestinian on ‘Fascist’ Israel Government

Do They Not Know He’ll Betray Them? (The Atlantic) David Frum continues the witch-hunt.

DeSantis Faces CNN Smears of Racism in Education

The Powerful Lobbyist Behind Kevin McCarthy (N.Y. Times) Hmmm … no mention of George Soros here….

Republicans rally around conservatives who lost their elections (Washington Post)

The State Where the GOP Would Rather Lose Than Change (Politico)

Matt Gaetz wants to make poor Americans work for their health care (Semafor) The Horror! (Semafor is the newest Narrative Media barking seal.)

Sinema Faces Ethics Complaint Over Use of Staff

CNN Invites AOC To Accuse Republicans Of ‘Stochastic Terrorism’

GOP Rep. Clyde hands out assault-rifle lapel pins to House colleagues (Washington Post) The Horror! (They are not, of course, ‘assault rifle’ pins.)

Freeform’s Racist, Woke Sitcom ‘Grown-ish’: ‘Straight People are a Disease’

Republicans like DeSantis and Boebert are pushing guns — and banning books (MSNBC)

American College of Physicians ‘Committed’ to Fight So-Called Health ‘Disinformation’ Online

Joy Behar CONFRONTS Sunny Hostin for Defending Ilhan Omar’s Antisemitism

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Whilst social media promises us unrestricted access to an individual’s innermost thoughts and whims, the culture in which it operates is diametrically opposed to freedom of expression. Despite rare victories, such as the Elon Musk exposé of Twitter censorship (“Elon Musk reveals motivation for Twitter Files, says ‘almost every conspiracy theory’ about the social network is true”), the range of ‘acceptable speech’ is only moving in one direction: less.

Free speech is in a dark place right now—with the punishment for those foolish enough to believe in such an antiquated concept becoming quite extreme. Try being Tonje Gjevjon, threatened with a three-year jail term for the crime of saying ‘Men cannot be lesbians.’ How about Darren Brady, an army veteran arrested for ‘sharing an anti-woke meme’? Or my personal favourite: the UK Constabulary, which allows male rapists to record their gender as female, and then threatens female inmates with should they ‘misgender’ their unwelcome cellmates.

The GOP Attack on Ilhan Omar Trivializes Antisemitism (New York Magazine) Jonathan Chait employs handwavium to divert attention from one of the most corrupt haters in Congress.

A Short Guide to MAGA “Conservatism” (The Bulwark) The scare quotes around ‘conservatism’ tag this as a Kristol Krew hit piece (as if Charlie Sykes would write anything else….).

MSNBC: Election Integrity Based on Election Lies, GOP Needs Exorcism

The Cold Calculus Behind the Shrinking GOP Presidential Field (Politico) Cold!

Lawsuit can proceed against Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse (Associated Press)

Inside the GOP’s “Save the kids” strategy (Axios) More mind-reading from Narrative Media NPCs.

How Rod Dreher Caused an International Scandal in Eastern Europe (The Bulwark) The Kristol Krew continue their witch-hunt against figures on the right.

The View Denounces Pledge of Allegiance, American Exceptionalism

Connecticut parents arrested for letting kids walk to Dunkin’ Donuts

Leftist Anti-Trump ‘Doonesbury’ Cartoonist Finally Takes on a Biden—But Only Very Gently

Arizona’s elections chief seeks investigation into Kari Lake tweet (MSNBC)

Recent tweet could mean felony charge for Kari Lake (NBC)

‘It can be scary’: how corporate America is hitting back against unions (The Guardian) The Guardian, of course, loves unions.

‘We will figure out how to fire you’: Report shows how major corporations are fighting unionization (AlterNet)

DeSantis wants to dismantle diversity programs at Fla. colleges, target tenure (Washington Post)

DeSantis proposes banning diversity and inclusion initiatives at Florida universities (CNN)

The Junkification of Amazon (N.Y. Magazine)

Chief Justice Roberts’ Wife Is Latest Supreme Court Spouse To Spark Ethics Concerns (Forbes) Among the Woke.

Kanye’s ‘Campaign’ Has Been More of a Disaster Than We Knew (Daily Beast)

DeSantis Evades Verbal Spat With Trump, Instead Touts Florida’s Success

Top Jan. 6 investigator says FBI, other agencies could have done more to repel Capitol mob had they acted on intel (NBC)

The House GOP’s sham hearings are fizzling before they even begin (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin loses her shit.

NY Post Editorial Board Calls George Soros ‘The Most Dangerous Man in America’  More dangerous than Joe Biden? Hmmm.

DeSantis largely ignores Trump barbs amid attacks (The Hill) More mind-reading from the Narrative Media.

GOP senators rally to defend DeSantis from Trump attacks (The Hill) Continuing the Narrative Media effort to pick a fight between Trump and DeSantis.

The Gop Is Just Obnoxious (The Atlantic) David Frum loses his shit.

Unhinged CNN Attacks DeSantis’s ‘White Nationalist Agenda’

‘God Supports’ Abortion? Planned Parenthood Vermont Erases ‘Women,’ Blasts ‘White Women’

Fireworks in House after Democrat says ‘insurrectionists’ should be banned from leading Pledge of Allegiance (NBC)

George Santos Relative Says They Never Gave $5,800 Reported by the Campaign: “I’m Dumbfounded” (Mother Jones)

George Santos’ campaign spent more than $26,000 at an Italian restaurant in Queens. That’s enough to buy 1,131 orders of the rigatoni bolognese. (Business Insider)

George Santos takes dig at ‘career pathological liar’ Biden in new interview apology: ‘I’ve learned my lesson’ (MSN)

He lost to George Santos. Now he’s trying to make up for it. (Yahoo News)

Promised green cards, catfishing, threats: How George Santos’ ex-boyfriends say they were left feeling trapped, manipulated (ABC)

George Santos Mocked for Old Karaoke Recordings of Disney, Leonard Cohen (Newsweek)

George Santos loses his cool with OAN reporter after being questioned about the sincerity of his apology for campaign lies (Business Insider)

Rep. George Santos dismisses poll showing 78% of constituents want him to resign (MSNBC)

George Santos’s Treasurer Has Resigned. So Who’s Handling the Money? (N.Y. Times)

Rep. George Santos steps aside from committee assignments amid investigations (NBC)

A letter from George Santos: ‘I am recusing myself from committees. Also, I am Batman.’ (Indianapolis Star)

Feds probing Santos’ role in service dog charity scheme (Politico)

Senate Judiciary mulls action amid fallout from Durham probe (The Hill)

‘Atrocity, worse than Trump’: George Santos hammered for mounting lies by Stephen A. Smith (MSNBC)

Far-right spreads misinformation about Paul Pelosi attack (MSNBC) To the Narrative Media, there is no right but the far-right.

Bolsonaro Seeking Tourist Visa To Extend US Stay As Criminal Cases Pile Up In Brazil

Ron Paul: The Real Disinformation Was The “Russia Disinformation” Hoax

Trump Files $49M Lawsuit Against Woodward for Selling Tapes Without Consent

Rep. Maxine Waters Calls GOP House Members “Domestic Terrorists”

Polls reveal the real reason Ron DeSantis is fighting the teaching of Black history (MSNBC) Not only can ‘journalists’ at MSNBC can read minds, but polls can read minds too! Who knew?

Exclusive: Extremists raised $6.2 million on crowdfunding websites in ‘heyday’ of financing (USA Today) By ‘extremists’, of course, they don’t mean Democrats, much less BLM or Antifa.

Newsday poll: 78% of 3rd District residents say George Santos should resign (Newsday) Newsday, of course, has been calling on him to resign since day one, so you can tell how much that poll is worth.

Ron DeSantis Wants to Erase Black History. Why? (N.Y. Times) The New York Times wants to lie about Ron DeSantis. Why?

Santos Temporarily Steps Aside From House Committees Amid Calls to Resign (N.Y. Times) Committees involve work. He’s not there to work; he’s there to collect a hefty paycheck. This is an amazingly fortuitous opportunity.

On Policing, Colbert Asks When GOP Will ‘Start Being Evil’  My question is when Colbert will start being adult.

‘It can be scary’: how corporate America is hitting back against unions (The Guardian) The Guardian, as a Voice of the Crust, just loves unions and just hate ‘corporate America’.

The Political Targeting of George Santos Is Inextricable From His Sexual Orientation and Latinx Heritage

The historic support for George Santos’s resignation (Washington Post) Doesn’t matter a damn. They keep pretending that it does, but it doesn’t.

Trump Financial Crimes Investigation Was ‘Buried,’ Kirschner Says (Newsweek) As they’re now doing with the Bidens?

How the Trump Document Scandal Became a Congressional Pissing Match (Daily Beast)

Waiting for a Deus Ex Machina End to the Trump Era (The Atlantic) Don’t hold your breath.

Donald Trump Isn’t the Only One to Blame for the Capitol Riot. I’d Know. (N.Y. Times) No, you wouldn’t.

Trump investigations: Georgia prosecutor ups anticipation (Associated Press) Smoke and mirrors–if they had anything real, we would know it by now.

Trump’s 2024 MAGA litmus test (MSNBC) As if Charlie Sykes knew anything about it.

Manhattan Prosecutors Will Begin Presenting Trump Case to Grand Jury (N.Y. Times)

Far-right project that pushed election lies expands mission as Trump ramps up 2024 campaign  (The Guardian) For the Narrative Media, there is no right but the far-right.

Trump Used Records Requests to Get Look Behind Scenes of Talks Over His Taxes (Bloomberg)

Trump Sues Journalist Bob Woodward for Releasing Interview Recordings

The stunning hypocrisy of Bill Barr’s probe into the Russia-Trump investigation (Vox)

Why Merrick Garland Should Fire Special Counsel Durham Now (Daily Beast) Getting too close to the truth?

MSNBC Uncorks Fever Dreams of MAGA Killing Democracy — As DirecTV Nixes Newsmax

On PBS, Amanpour Warns LGBTQ ‘Human Rights Are Under Fire’ from ‘Strange’ DeSantis

Trump’s Social Network Is a Cesspool of Weird Fringe Ads (Daily Beast) SCRAAAAAAAPE that barrel….

Sen. Lindsey Graham: ‘There Are No Trump Policies’ Without Trump

Trump’s path to GOP nomination is strewn with obstacles (Washington Post) Obstacles like the Narrative Media.

Trump says he is ‘more angry’ than ever as he tries to revive White House bid (The Guardian)

Trump’s lasting legacy on the judiciary is not just at the Supreme Court (Washington Post)

Trump lawyer John Eastman should be disbarred, California State Bar says (N.Y. Post)

List of Trump criminal investigations gets unexpectedly longer (MSNBC)

Trump’s pending return to Facebook is more about cash than speech (MSNBC)

Trump Savages Female Fox News Host Over ‘Unendurable’ Voice (Daily Beast)

Donald Trump Rages Against ‘Grating and Unendurable’ Fox News Host (Newsweek)

Nikki Haley’s Campaign-in-Waiting Starts Its Engines (The Dispatch) The Goldberg Group can apparently read minds as well as the Kristol Krew.

Trump Tries a New Campaign Tack: Small-Scale (N.Y. Times)

Trump’s Evolution in Social-Media Exile: More QAnon, More Extremes (N.Y. Times) Don’t you wish you knew what this “QAnon” thing was that the Narrative Media keep obsessing over? I know I do.

Trump Demands DirecTV Drop CNN, MSNBC in Rant Against Newsmax Removal (Newsweek)

Facebook’s Big Announcement on Trump’s Account Is ‘Encouraging,’ But There’s a Catch, Expert Says

Mostly Non-American Meta Oversight Board Weighs in on Trump Reinstatement

Trump unveils new education policy loaded with culture war proposals (Politico)

Morning Joe Ties Trumpism To Auschwitz & JFK, MLK Assassinations

New MAGA Push: Defund the Government, It’s Too Woke (Rolling Stone)

Federal prosecutors discussed charging Trump in Stormy Daniels case when he left office, book says (CNN)

Revealed: Trump secretly donated $1m to discredited Arizona election ‘audit’ (The Guardian) Secretly! Discredited! Scare quotes!

Trump’s Killing Spree: The Inside Story of His Race to Execute Every Prisoner He Could (Rolling Stone)

On Trump’s Social Network: Ads for Miracle Cures, Scams and Fake Merchandise (N.Y. Times)

Watch: Leftist Talking Heads Claim Letting Trump Back On Facebook Will “Destroy Democracy”

NJ Democrat rips return of indoor smoking to House (The Hill) Glad he’s got nothing more vital to worry about.

What ‘The Sneetches’ can teach us about the battle against wokeness (The Hill)

Health Care — FDA committee votes to change vaccine strategy (The Hill)

Behar: Gun Owners Have a ‘Mental Illness’ That Must ‘Be Stopped’

As Santos digs in, both parties ramp up campaign plans for his demise (Politico) How silly would they all look if he did a good job and got re-elected?

Unlike Trump Appointees, Biden Officials Are In Big Demand In the Private Sector  Mammon of Iniquity, here they come.

Scoop: GOP considers copying powerful Dem donor tactic (Axios)

What Mike Pompeo Leaves Out (The Bulwark) The Kristol Krew continues to punch right.

‘I have no enemies, at least’: Where Santos really stands in the House GOP (Politico)

Pompeo Accuses Schiff of Leaking Classified Info From Intel Committee

Tucker Carlson Talks Nonsense About U.S. Invading Canada To Remove Trudeau (Huffington Post) And if you believe that one, he’ll tell you another one.

Can Anything Be Done to Assuage Rural Rage? (N.Y. Times) Paul Krugman, The Man Who Is Always Wrong, indulges in a little fantasy.

Late Night, Daily Show Decry ‘Orwellian’ GOP Education Laws  Liberal Projection Syndrome strikes again.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Is Trying to Open a Gun Range That Serves Alcohol (Jezebel)

Behar Claims GOP Wants to Ban Holocaust from History Classes

Soros-Funded Fake News Operation Pushes Facebook to Reinstate Trump Ban

George Santos’ drag days are an asinine smokescreen (CNN)

Serial liar George Santos fits right in with the modern GOP (CNN) Apparently Santos is the only liar ever elected to Congress. (Adam Schiff, call your office.) Somebody better tell the Congressional Black Caucus.

‘You Asked For It’: Stephen Colbert Gets ‘Mean’ In Scathing Reply To George Santos (Huffington Post) Scathing! (Santos might even notice.)

More than 100 Students Walk Out of Embattled Harvard Professor Comaroff’s First Class of Semester (Harvard Crimson)

Harvard Students Walk Out to Protest Professor John Comaroff (Teen Vogue)

Georgia Police Officer Resigns After Being Put on Leave for Facebook Post on Traditional Marriage

‘I felt like we were in “Goodfellas’’’: How George Santos wooed investors for alleged Ponzi scheme (Washington P0st) The witch-hunt continues.

Daily Show Spreads Fake News About Pro-Lifers Banning Contraception

Antifa Members Charged in Vandalism of Florida Pro-Life Clinics But, remember, only Republicans indulge in political violence.

The MyPillow Guy’s Fake Campaign For RNC Chair Is a Real Disaster (Vice)

It Came From the Basement (Mother Jones)

Ron DeSantis’ Secret Twitter Army of Far-Right Influencers (Daily Beast) Well, if the Daily Beast knows about it, it can’t be much of a secret.

National Archives silent as disparity between its handling of Biden, Trump documents fuels questions

Vimeo Removes ‘Dead Name’ Documentary About Parents of ‘Transgender’ Kids for ‘Hateful Conduct’

Democrats urge House Speaker McCarthy to deny GOP Rep. George Santos access to classified information (CNBC)

The ‘lying congressman’ and his crewnecks (Washington Post) SCRAAAAAAAPE that barrel….

Democrats have a two-part plan to use the debt ceiling against Republicans (Washington Post) And Jennifer Rubin, mind-reader extraordinary, is privy to all Republican plans.

G.O.P. State Lawmakers Push a Growing Wave of Anti-Transgender Bills (N.Y. Times)

McCarthy might have a math problem in blocking Omar from panel (The Hill)

Inside the George Santos Campaign Report Blame Game (Daily Beast)

The Democratic Party’s Political Gift to Ron DeSantis (The New Yorker)

Obama Warns About the ‘Raw Sewage’ of Disinformation — Ignores Democrats’ Own Garbage

Aussie Basketball Team Rejects Pride Logo, Reaps Barrage Of Abuse

Dem Rep. Payne Hits GOP Over Indoor Smoking

Trump attorney threatens to sue former prosecutor who wrote “People vs. Donald Trump” book about Manhattan D.A.’s investigation (CBS)

Woman Pleads Guilty After Sending Ricin to Then-President Donald Trump (Daily Beast)

Jimmy Kimmel Busts Trump For Cheating At His Own Golf Tournament (Huffington Post) SCRAAAAAAAPE that barrel….

Biden’s devious plan to break the MAGA fever just might work (Washington Post) Greg Sargent is back at his day job bashing Trump.

OMG. Trump Has Started Texting. (N.Y. Times)

The private angst over Donald Trump’s racist attacks on Elaine Chao goes public (Politico)

Trump Has Completely Lost His Grip on Reality (National Review)

Facebook Reinstates Trump After Two Years With “New Guardrails In Place”

An R.N.C. Remade by Trump Backs Away From His 2024 Campaign (N.Y. Times) They would rather lose with a Romney than win with a Trump.

New Hampshire Republicans are not yet ready to go for Trump: ‘He’s going to have to earn it’ (NBC)

Donald Trump Accuses His Special Counsel of ‘Bullying Everyone in Sight’ (Newsweek)

Donald Trump Attempts to Save One of His Most Loyal Allies (Newsweek) My, what a surprise.

Biden’s Handling of Secret Documents Complicates the Case Against Trump (N.Y. Times) Oh, ya think?

Marjorie Taylor Greene aims to be Trump’s VP pick in 2024 (NBC) I don’t think so….

Microsoft’s Changes to Xbox Console Leave Republicans Outraged (Newsweek)

Tucker Carlson’s Confusion Over Vagina-Shaped Cloud Sparks Wave of Jokes (Newsweek) SCRAAAAAAAPE that barrel….

Proud Boys ‘Rule Book’ Revealed in Trial Sparks Flurry of Jokes, Mockery (Newsweek)

Tucker Carlson’s war on M&M’s (NPR)

CBS Giddy Over News Mike Pence Stored Classified Docs at His Home

How Southern California helped birth white Christian nationalism

NPR Drops Bombs on the ‘Hard Right Republicans In Congress’  To NPR, there is no right but the Hard Right.

Dems mobilize to defend Omar in face of GOP defections (Politico)

Pizzeria Owner Who Said Nancy Pelosi Needed to ‘Hang’ Convicted of Jan. 6 Charges (Law & Crime)

AT&T’s DirecTV Cancels NEWSMAX in Censorship Move

McCarthy Formally Rejects Schiff, Swalwell From House Intel Committee

Why the new game ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ is roiling the LGBTQ community (Washington Post)

4 Oath Keepers Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy for Jan. 6

Ron DeSantis Believes in Free Speech as Long as You Only Speak About the Awesomeness of Straight White People (Vanity Fair)

Inside a Modern-Day Heresy Trial

Fox News’ defense in defamation suit invokes debunked election-fraud claims (NPR) Debunked!

Fox News Lawyers Seem to Justify False Election Fraud Claims in Dominion Case (Daily Beast) False claims!

Ex-prosecutor calls for new investigation into Brett Kavanaugh over bombshell documentary revelation (Salon) Bombshell!

The never-ending war on Brett Kavanaugh (Washington Examiner)

Pronoun fines and jail time for librarians: Republicans target LGBTQ+ rights with new laws (The Guardian)

Reading is precious. But the cult of book ownership can be smug and middle-class (The Guardian) And God knows you don’t want to be smug and middle-class. Pew!

EU Technocrat Threatens Musk With “Sanctions” Unless He Stamps Out Free Speech On Twitter

Ron DeSantis Likes His Culture Wars for a Reason (N.Y. Times) Narrative Media ‘journalists’ love to pretend that they can read minds, especially of those they hate.

Daily Show Goes to Britain to Trash Gun Rights Advocates’ Genital Size  Amazing how many women see themselves as remote experts on penis size. One suspects that they’ve never actually seen one ‘in the flesh’. (And don’t get me started on Greta Thunberg….)

First on CNN: Classified documents found at Pence’s Indiana home

Dishonest Don Lemon: DeSantis Making It ‘Illegal To Teach Slavery’ in Florida Schools

Director of Movie Co-Starring Sex Predator Smears Justice Kavanaugh

Paul Krugman Calls GOP ‘Economic Terrorists’  From The Man Who’s Always Wrong, that’s a great endorsement.

Final report of Ga. grand jury investigating Trump may be released soon (Washington Post)

Details of Trump’s Attempt to Overturn Defeat in Georgia Could Be Released  Walls are closing in etc.

Georgia DA investigating Trump for 2020 election interference says charging ‘decisions are imminent’ after grand jury report (CNBC) This tease is just to keep her name in the headlines. If she actually had anything, she would have announced it, to great fanfare.

Georgia Election Probe Report to Remain Secret for Now  Which means they’ve got nothin’.

Read it.

Following the exposure of a hidden “Gender Support Plan” and policy to conceal student transgender procedures from parents, the whistleblower, counselor Kathy McCord, has been placed on immediate and indefinite leave, and could be facing termination.

McCord, a counselor at Pendleton Heights High School in the South Madison Community School Corporation in Indiana, confirmed documents unearthed by parents in Madison County showing that counselors were asking teachers not to reveal a student’s new name and pronouns to parents.

Madison County is north and east of Indianapolis.

Donald Trump ‘Caught in Repeated Lies’ During Deposition—Attorney (Newsweek) If that were true, he’d be indicted for perjury. But it’s not, so he won’t.

Trump Backs Failed AG Candidate to Lead Michigan GOP (Daily Beast)

Trump Looks to Ditch His Own Social Media Site (Rolling Stone)

FDA to Simplify COVID Vaccine Strategy (Philadelphia Inquirer) Mob boss! Trump cooties!

A 23-Year-Old Mayor Tried Trump’s Stolen Election Playbook. Only It Worked. (Daily Beast)

Archives Silent on Biden Docs After Public Complaints of ‘Torn-Up’ Trump Docs and ‘False’ Reports on Obama-era Docs

Dems ask watchdog to investigate IRS’s tardy audit of Trump (Politico) Look over there! Trump!

‘I’m not the Speaker’: McCaul sidesteps questions on Marjorie Taylor Greene committee posts (The Hill)

House GOP rewards hard-liners, Santos with committee seats (MSNBC)

Joseph Stiglitz: tax high earners at 70% to tackle widening inequality (The Guardian)

“They’re going to make this into a circus.” Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) reacts to far-right House Republicans securing high profile committee assignments (MSNBC)

Kevin McCarthy’s biggest foe in the debt ceiling fight? Math. (MSNBC) Well, Narrative Media math, anyway.

Republican rule returning smoking to the U.S. Capitol really stinks (MSNBC) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH….

The U.K.’s deploying a familiar GOP tactic to suppress trans rights (MSNBC)

‘SNL’ mocks George Santos in late night skits (N.Y. Post) Of course they do.

‘Saturday Night Live’ sketches aside, George Santos is no joke (CNN)

George Santos Was Inevitable (The Dispatch) David French provides us with a thumb-sucker.

How the White House plans to target 18 House Republicans from districts Biden won (CNN) First, you have to get rid of Biden.

‘Cut His Time Short’: Far-Left Activists Continue Demonstrations at Kavanaugh’s Home  And, despite the law, D.C. law enforcement continues to fail to act.

Fox News’ defense in defamation suit invokes debunked election-fraud claims (NPR) Debunked!

Pennsylvania Republicans Quietly Plot Their Revenge After 2022 Wipeout (Daily Beast)

George Santos’ lies are casting a harsh spotlight on a powerful Republican who endorsed and raised money for him (CNN) Apparently Santos is developing his own strain of cooties.

Man Who Propped Feet on Pelosi Desk Guilty in Jan. 6 Case

Aretha Franklin song ‘A Natural Woman’ blasted by transgender ‘activists’ (N.Y. Post)

In blocking an AP Black studies course, DeSantis tells us who he is (Washington Post) Or at least Jennifer Rubin thinks it does, which is not the same thing. (I guess she’s taking a break from hating on Trump.)

UK Civilian Arrested For Praying Outside Abortion Clinic…AGAIN

What the ‘Weaponization’ Committee Is Really After (The Bulwark) The Kristol Krew continue their Republican-bashing ways.

Read it.

We live in a new age of enforced uniformity, prosecuted in the name of preserving “our democracy” and keeping “disinformation” and “far right lies” at bay. The Harvard intellectual historian James Hankins has aptly spoken of an “information oligarchy” that is committed to maintaining and enforcing its monopoly on the truth. In this surreal world of “democratic” uniformity, certain “truths” are beyond challenge or question. To challenge them with evidence, logic, and a more faithful regard for the truth is to risk being dismissed as an extremist or conspiracy theorist. The independent-minded, those who refuse to bow before what George Orwell so memorably called “smelly little orthodoxies,” are candidates to be cancelled and confined to the category of those beyond the pale. The Left has a preferred name for this: those who resist the pressure of intellectual conformity, of stifling political correctness, are “enemies of democracy.”

New Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Allegations Revealed in Secret Sundance Doc (Daily Beast) Damning! Secret!

This prominent pastor says Christian nationalism is ‘a form of heresy’ (CNN) Prominent! Pastor! Heresy!

Savannah Sparks Is TikTok’s Most Polarizing Medical Misinformation Sleuth. She Doesn’t Care. (Daily Beast)

Judge Says Rioter Followed ‘Trump’s Instructions’ to Storm the Capitol (Daily Beast) There are lies, damned lies, and the Daily Beast.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy: how backroom deals have put controversial Republicans into key roles (The Conversation)

‘Justice’ Review: Doug Liman’s New Brett Kavanaugh Doc Can Only Reignite the Same Old Outrage (Variety)

The park where every day’s Confederate Memorial Day (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Sad Rolling Stone: Concern Over Civil Liberties, Surveillance ‘Right-Wing Paranoia’

‘I hope this triggers outrage’: surprise Brett Kavanaugh documentary premieres at Sundance (The Guardian)

Sports Media Gets Woke: Attacks On NBC’s Tony Dungy, Hockey’s Ivan Provorov

PBS Touts Liberal Activist’s Attack on Gun ‘Mania’ in U.S.

Proud Boys on defensive at sedition trial haunted by absent Trump (The Guardian0=)

NBC’s Todd Asks: Does GOP Need to Lose More Before Caving on Abortion?

The Real January 6

Judge’s Words May Come Back to Haunt Donald Trump (Newsweek) Walls are closing in etc.

MAGA’s hottest club is the House Oversight Committee (MSNBC)

TV tonight: the jaw-dropping story of Donald Trump’s former adviser (The Guardian)  Jaw-dropping!

Netflix Promotes Comedy Special with Trump Assassination Jokes

Anti-Abortion Voters Have Picked an Early 2024 Favorite. It’s Not Trump (Rolling Stone)

RNC chair challenger looks to Never Trumpers for a boost (Politico)

The Biden document case shouldn’t hinder Jack Smith’s probe into Trump (Washington Post) Certainly not if Jennifer Rubin has anything to say about it. And she will. At great length.

Under oath, Trump is confronted with his ‘hoax’ hyperbole (Washington Post) ‘Analysis’ that, oddly enough, turns into a witch-hunt.

Bitter RNC chair race roiled by questions of Trump loyalty (Washington Post) No, by questions of Trump hatred.

Trump and lawyer sanctioned almost $1 million for ‘frivolous’ lawsuit against Hillary Clinton (CNBC) Frivolous!

Trump Resort to Host Pro-QAnon Speaking Tour (Daily Beast) QAnon (whatever that is) is the new Satan, I guess. I sounds like a proglodyte fantasy to me.

Judge Orders Trump and Lawyer to Pay Nearly $1 Million for Bogus Suit (N.Y. Times) Middlebrooks was appointed by Clinton in 1997.

Is Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Finally Ready to Indict Trump? (Daily Beast)

DA Alvin Bragg warns Simon & Schuster tell-all book may derail Trump probe (N.Y. Post)

One-on-One with Michael Schmidt (MSNBC) Hating Trump as a business model.

Joe Scarborough: Trump Vow To ‘Handle’ DeSantis ‘Sounds Like A Mob Threat’

Former anti-Trump Rep. Adam Kinzinger removes, reposts listing for signed copies of Jan. 6 committee report  Apparnetly RINO points can be traded for valuable prizes.

N.C. AG Stein to Run for Governor in 2024, Mocks Trump

Trump Derangement Syndrome…on the Right (Mother Jones)

Trump Is Plotting How to Kick DeSantis ‘In the Nuts.’ Here’s His Playbook, So Far (Rolling Stone) The notion that anybody at Rolling Stone has even the vaguest idea of what Trump’s ‘playbook’ might be is ludicrous.

‘Lies’: Fox News chief Rupert Murdoch will go under oath (MSNBC)

New book ‘Myth America’ examines misinformation in U.S. history (PBS) ‘Misinformation’ being anything that doesn’t agree with the Narrative.

Historians on race, identity and immigration in ‘Myth America’ (Washington Post)

What the Jan. 6 probe found out about social media, but didn’t report (Washington Post)

Why Didn’t the January 6 Committee Go Harder on Big Tech? (Vanity Fair)

Ron DeSantis’s war on “wokeness” is a war against the First Amendment (Vox)

Media Cameras Cut Away From Jaguars Kicker Patterson’s Cross

Man Wearing ‘Jesus Saves’ Shirt Ordered to Leave Mall

CNN Spews Disinformation About VA School District’s Maniacal ‘Equity’

Trump Throws Temper Tantrum Throughout E. Jean Carroll Deposition (Daily Beast) Not unlike the daily temper tantrum the Daily Beast throws about Trump.

Donald Trump’s Telltale Sign He Knows He’ll Be Indicted: Kirschner (Newsweek) Walls are closing in etc. etc.

Revealed: Who visited the Trump White House before Jan. 6 (Politico) Dunh duhn DUNHHHHH….

Two states still observe King-Lee Day, honoring Robert E. Lee with MLK (Washington Post)

Mississippi, Alabama still celebrating Confederate general on MLK Day (MSNBC)

Are we too worried about misinformation? (Vox) No, just the wrong kind.

Biden knocks ‘fiscally demented’ Republicans in MLK Day speech (The Hill)

Man ordered to remove ‘Jesus is the only way’ T-shirt at Mall of America (N.Y. Post)

What’s the true value of crypto? It lays bare the lies of libertarians (The Guardian)

GOP Rep. LaLota: DOJ, FEC Need to Freeze Santos’ Campaign Funds What does he need campaign funds for? He’s already been elected.

Ron DeSantis Takes On the Likability Issue (Sort Of) (Politico) A thinly-disguised hit-piece from one of the Usual Suspects.

The Bathroom Fight Fueling Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert’s Break-Up (Daily Beast) A fairy-tale of mind-reading from America’s High School Paper.

The McCarthy-Jordan Plan to Weaponize the House (The Bulwark) A stalwart of the Kristol Krew punches right.

Is Ron DeSantis just Trump 2.0, or something else entirely? Republicans are anxious to find out (Globe and Mail) And the Narrative media are even more anxious to find out.

Fmr Congressmen on House GOP’s score-settling and “narrative of grievance” (MSNBC)

FBI informants to testify in Proud Boys trial (MSNBC) I cannot take seriously someone who wears his hat backwards.

How Stephen Colbert Knows George Santos Is Definitely Going to Resign (Daily Beast) Not only does he read minds, but he also lives on Planet Proglodyte, where everything goes his way.

Jimmy Fallon Unearths Wild George Santos Video, Calling It Real-Time ‘Identity Theft’ (Huffington Post) Wild! (Meanwhile, Santos is sitting in Washington pulling down $174,000 a year, plus expenses.)

Nurse fired for refusing to prescribe birth control sues CVS (The Hill)

LAPD Chief Blasted For “Political Pandering” After Banning ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Flag From Los Angeles Police Stations

Telemundo Mad Over Arkansas’s Ban On Official Use Of Non-Word ‘Latinx’

Rep. Comer: Santos Will Be Removed If He Broke Campaign Finance Laws  One suspects that he was very careful not to.

Ex-Trump aide Sanders defends critical race theory ban as Arkansas governor (The Guardian) My, what a surprise.

New details link George Santos to cousin of sanctioned Russian oligarch (Washington Post) Next up: Pictures of George Santos jaywalking!

Rep. Santos Linked to Cousin of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch  Linked! That proves it!

Joe Scarborough Implies Bigotry Behind GOP Criticism of Karine Jean-Pierre  I guess it’s bigoted to be critical of dimwits if they have the Fashionable Skin Color.,

Wikipedia editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020 Sounds about right.

Biden Chides ‘Fiscally Demented’ Republicans in MLK Day Speech  Mr. Bipartisan.

Judge rejects as ‘absurd’ Trump bid to dismiss rape accuser’s lawsuit (Reuters)

Trump testified E Jean Carroll was ‘nut job’ who said she enjoyed being sexually assaulted (The Guardian) These days, that’s not far-fetched.

See the smoking gun that might get Trump indicted: GOP chief links him to ‘crime’ phone call (MSNBC) SCRAAAAAAAPE that barrel….

If the Mar-a-Lago case collapses? Disaster dodged, America. (Washington Post)

Republicans Want to ‘Phase Out’ Electric Cars to Protect Fossil Fuels (Newsweek) No, they don’t.

The U.S. renames 5 places that used racist slur for a Native woman (NPR)

Brazilian homemaker claims George Santos ruined her life (N.Y. Post) SCRAAAAAAAPE that barrel….

For 2nd time in a week, Chicago Police Department under fire over handling of a cop accused of belonging to extremist group (Chicago Sun-Times)

Save us from women’s shoulders, Missouri state legislature! (Washington Post) It is not, of course, about ‘women’s shoulders’. Narrative Media ‘journalists’ love to build straw men and then beat the living snot out of them.

‘Dismay and anxiety’ on college campuses as DeSantis ramps up anti-CRT campaign (Orlando Sentinel)

Conroe brewery receives flood of threats, harassment after canceling Kyle Rittenhouse event (Texas Tribune) The Texas Tribune is the Mother Jones of Travis County, home of Austin The Blue Pustule on the Rosy Red Butt of Texas.

NY Times Pouts Over DeSantis’s ‘Radical Approach’: Ignoring ‘Nonpartisan’ Press

George Santos Is A Piker Next To Former Rep. Doug Stringfellow

Native Americans urge Apache Software Foundation to ditch name

Far-Right Superstars Are Failing on Rumble. Who’s Winning? (Rolling Stone)

The House GOP’s retread tactics have blown up in Republicans’ faces before (Washington Post) Far-Left Retread E. J. Dionne fills in for Far-Left retread Carl “Worse Than Watergate” Bernstein, who has probably died during the interval.