‘Even Democrats are voting for Trump’ if THIS happens: Trump voters weigh in on ex-president’s legal fight (Fox)

‘Screwed’: After Trump talks arrest, grand jury vet dishes on Cohen’s ‘truthful’ accusations (MSNBC)

How Cohen’s Big Mouth Could Be Delaying Trump’s Prosecution (New York Magazine)

Why Donald Trump is talking about parents not loving their kids (Washington P0st) More mind-reading from anti-Trump hack Philip Bump.

Clinton, Inc. Formed “Joint Venture” Of “Co-Conspirators” To Smear Trump: Durham

Mike Pence Will Testify Against Donald Trump (Slate) No he won’t.

Manhattan DA Insiders Worry the Trump Hush Money Case Is Weak Sauce (Daily Beast)

Donald Trump does not understand democracy (Washington Post) Philip Bump doesn’t understand Donald Trump–although he thinks he does.

Politico: Trump Grand Jury Off for Month Due to Planned Break  Hoping that things will quiet down.

Pence Hints He May Drop Legal Efforts To Avoid Testifying Against Trump In Jan. 6 Probe (Huffington Post) He is not going to be testifying AGAINST TRUMP, proglodyte fantasies to the contrary notwithstanding. He would merely be testifying.

Trump Allies Beg Him Not To Sh-tpost His Way Into More Legal Trouble (Rolling Stone) I seriously doubt that Rolling Stone has any knowledge of what Trump’s ‘allies’ are saying.

Trump’s lawyer says post with baseball bat, DA Bragg ‘ill-advised’: ‘Not his social media consultant’ (Fox)

Ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testifies before grand jury in Trump ‘hush money’ case (N.Y. Post)

Stormy Daniels Says Her Phone Records Are ‘Gonna Hurt’ Trump (Daily Beast)

Has the press learned to cover Trump better? The past week suggests not. (Columbia Journalism Review)

Trump extends election-rigging myth to his potential criminal charges (Washington Post)

How a Trump Indictment Could Ripple Through the 2024 Race (N.Y. Times) Maggie Haberman does her Trump-bashing thing.

GOP Senators Break With Trump Over ‘Offensive’ Jan. 6 Tribute At Texas Rally (Huffington Post)

Christie sees a lane in the GOP primary: Trump destroyer (Politico) An ankle-biter like Christie couldn’t destroy Trump with a nuclear weapon.

Sean Hannity’s attempt to coach Trump backfires — again (Washington Post)

Fox Nation Wants Boomers to Think It’s Gone Mainstream (Daily Beast) Compared to the Daily Beast, it is mainstream.

Fmr. Attorney General Holder to Psaki: Jim Jordan’s attacks on Bragg are ‘height of hypocrisy’ (MSNBC)

The Neocolonial Oil Racket (Rolling Stone) The term ‘neocolonial’ means that it isn’t really colonial but they want you to think that it is.

‘Biased’ research proposal rejected after professor called trans women ‘male’ (Pink News)

TV news anchor taken off air after quoting Snoop Dogg during broadcast (N.Y. Post)

Mississippi TV Meteorologist And News Anchor Removed After Quoting Snoop Dogg Live On Air (Deadline)

Mississippi News Anchor Off The Air After Dropping Snoop Dogg Quote (Huffington Post)

‘It’s all about trolling’: how far-right influencers are shaping Republican narrative (The Guardian)

AP ‘Fact Check’ Sickos Say Medication Abortions are ‘Safe’ — For the Baby?

The Uniquely American Future of US Authoritarianism (WIRED)

PBS’s Amanpour: Pro-Life Autocrats Here and Abroad and the ‘Anti-Trans Hate Machine’

Prosecutor Admits DC Police Officers Acted As Provocateurs At US Capitol On Jan. 6

A silent whistle  If you hear the ‘dog whistle’–you’re the dog.

Top Congressional Republicans bolster Trump’s violent rhetoric (Popular Information)

Trump and DeSantis have the same authoritarian plan to “drain the swamp”  Aaron Rupar is the origin of the verb ‘to rupar’, coined by Scott Adams, which means to selectively edit an audio or video clip to make it seem that someone is saying something that he (or she) is not, or to make it seem that he (or she) said something which, in context, says something completely different. Examples are the Charlottesville Fine People Hoax, the Trump Drinking Bleach Hoax, and the Trump Called For Violence on Jan. Hoax.

Trump’s Favorite Extreme Think Tank Is Jumping Ship for DeSantis (Vice)

The gun that divides a nation (Washington P0st) The AR-15 doesn’t ‘divide the nation’, any more than it commits gun crime all by itself; the divide is caused by the people who want to ban it because it looks scary and puts their panties in a wad.

Then They Came for Poirot: Agatha Christie Censored

How Did America’s Weirdest, Most Freedom-Obsessed State Fall For An Authoritarian Governor? (The Atlantic) Helen Lewis does today’s Narrative Media hit-piece on DeSantis.

NBC’s ‘Lopez vs. Lopez’ Shames White Character with Woke Double Standards

STUDY: Be My (Leftist) Guest: How PBS’s False Objectivity Poisons Political Debate

Three LAPD Officers Suing Over ‘Killer Cop’ Site

WashPost Decries TN Republican Mourning Shooting Since He Owns Guns

Attorney says Trump ‘assumed’ he would be arrested: ‘He was reacting toward a lot of leaks’ (The Hill)

Bragg pushes back after House Republicans escalate oversight into Trump hush money case (NBC)

Trump didn’t make up arrest prediction, his lawyer says (Axios)

Trump based remarks about imminent arrest on ‘rumors’, his lawyer says (The Guardian)

Brazile: Trump ‘played the victim card’ at first 2024 campaign rally (The Hill)

Trump leans into extremism at first 2024 rally as legal woes mount (CNN)

Mary Trump’s Attempt to Sabotage Trump’s Texas Rally Spectacularly Blows Up in Her Face (Western Journal)

Donald Trump is still winning by being Donald Trump (Semafor)

Fact-checking Trump’s false and misleading claims in Waco, Texas, rally (PolitiFact)

BREAKING NEWS: Nashville School Shooter Is Probably Not a Trump Voter

Trump supporters at Waco rally not concerned about potential criminal charges (CBS)

Trump’s kickoff rally speech in Waco: half whining victim, half pompous overpromising (Ft/ Worth Star-Telegram)

Trump’s rhetoric is already dangerous. Taking it to Waco is an escalation. (MSNBC)

Andrew Cuomo slams NY, Georgia investigations into Trump as feeding ‘cancer in our body politic’ (The Hill) If even Andrew Cuomo thinks it’s a witch-hunt, you can probably accept that it’s a witch-hunt.

Trump’s first ’24 rally has a familiar feel: Anger and attacks on his tormentors (Politico) Familiar because that’s every Democrat everywhere.

Todd & Trump Lawyer Go At It Over Possible Indictment by Soros DA

The cost to rename 9 Confederacy-honoring Army bases has doubled

Lincoln Project ad questions where Ron DeSantis was on 9/11 (Florida Politics) The Lincoln Project is a bunch of gay people pretending to be Republican, just as the Bulwark and the Dispatch pretend to be conservative.

Comer’s ‘oversight’ is focused on phony scandals (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin keeps carrying water for the Biden Crime Family.

Pundit of venom and division: Newt Gingrich has not changed (The Hill)

Hating the people who hate Trump is the only force that moves GOP voters (Philadelphia Inquirer) Will Bunch holds the Jennifer Rubin chair at the Philadelphia Inquirer.

‘Go, Go, Go! Help Them Up! Push Them Up’: New Leaked J6 Footage ‘Shows DC Metro Cop Encouraging People To Go Towards The Capitol’

Students Protest Youngkin as Commencement Speaker

Trump hasn’t immediately appealed a devastating Mar-a-Lago ruling. This may be why. (MSNBC)

Judge orders Trump aides to testify as privilege claims crumble (MSNBC)

n hush money scandal, Republicans need to start pacing themselves (MSNBC)

Facing possible indictments, Trump derides calls for peace (MSNBC)

Rare anonymous jury in Carroll v. Trump underscores the Trump mob mentality (MSNBC)

Holding politicians accountable isn’t abnormal. Trump’s behavior is what’s abnormal. (MSNBC)

Trump screams into void as Manhattan DA probe goes quiet (Politico)

Can Donald Trump get a fair trial in Manhattan? (N.Y. Daily News)

Why Is Donald Trump Kicking Off His 2024 Campaign in Waco? (Texas Monthly) Yeah, that’s a real head-scratcher, alright, especially for a Narrative Media NPC.

Inside the Failed Plan by MAGA World Lawyers to Keep Michael Cohen on the ‘Right Page’ With Trump (Daily Beast) As Trump is the New Hitler, MAGA is the New Nigger.

Bill Maher: Trump Voters See DeSantis as Mere ‘Tribute Band’  Scott Adams is tickled by this characterization and considers it dispositive.

2-Mile Line Of Cars Forms Outside Trump Kick-Off Rally As City Of Waco Predicts 15,000+  This, proglodytes, is what democracy looks like.

Jan. 6 committee shows Congress can’t enforce subpoenas alone (Roll Call)

Republicans are looking for Senate candidates who are filthy rich (Politico) As opposed to Democrats, who are looking for candidates who are filthy crooked.

Ft. Hood to officially drop its Confederate name and become Ft. Cavazos (NBC) I know who Hood was. Who the fuck was Cavazos?

C-SPAN Anchor Calmly Shuts Down MAGA Rep’s False Jan. 6 Claim (Daily Beast)

Malinformation: Censors’ excuse to suppress ‘inconvenient truths’ (N.Y. Post)

Fight against ‘malinformation’ is censorship by government proxy (Chicago Sun-Times)

Ana Navarro says she’s miserable in Florida, ‘you’d be upset 24 hours a day, too’ (Fox)

No, Bill Maher, Student Debt Cancellation Is Not a “Giveaway” (The Nation)

“Fact-checking” is a feeble, inadequate way to respond to racist, antisemitic incitement (Press Watch)

YouTube Targets LifeSite’s Movie Analysis for ‘Hate Speech’

Ethical no man’s land: can the US supreme court be trusted to police itself? (The Guardian) Ed Pilkington pushes the Narrative.

Florida NAACP Seeks National Advisory Against Black Travel To Sunshine State

Marjorie Taylor Greene Leads Congressional Visit To Jan. 6 Rioters At D.C. Jail (Huffington Post) Something that no Democrat has ever done.

Austin Jailer Breaks Elderly Deaf Woman’s Arm After Misunderstanding at Airport

The right’s new viral video fixation (Semafor) Who are you going to believe, me or your lyin’ eyes?

Ray Epps Hires Lawyer With Ties To FBI-Linked Perkins Coie, Threatens Tucker Carlson

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Cops on Heckler With Whistle (Daily Beast)

What Anti-Abortion Advocates Really Think of Women’s Lives (Slate) It’s amazing how Slate can find ‘journalists’ that can read other people’s minds.

Capehart Declares ‘Parental Rights’ Is about ‘Targeting’ ‘Trans Kids’  As ‘trans kids’ is about targeting parental rights.

MSNBC Claims GOP Education Bills Are A Return To White Nationalism  Yeah, I can see education is being a white nationalist plot.

1,000 people have been charged for the Capitol riot. Here’s where their cases stand (NPR) Number of BLM/Antifa rioters who are in jail: Zero.

DA Alvin Bragg’s staffer hangs up on ‘bulls–t’ congressional phone call (N.Y. Post)

All Reporters Agree: DeSantis is Toast! (Talking Points Memo) This is from a feature called The Backchannel, which I assume indicates that the reporter is pulling it out of his ass.

Ron “Deep State Dion” DeSantis Just Committed Political Suicide

Trump hush money probe goes quiet after chaotic week (CNN)

Fumbling his Trump case, Alvin Bragg exposes his incompetence nationwide (N.Y. Post)

Lawrence: With attacks on NY DA, Trump shows terror is his tactic (MSNBC)

Donald Trump’s Waco Rally Faces Plot by Mary Trump to Sabotage Attendance (N.Y. Post)

What to know about the Waco siege anniversary as Trump prepares to host rally (Houston Chronicle)

Texas Newspaper Slams Trump Ahead of Waco Rally (Newsweek)

Explaining the Ties Between Alvin Bragg and George Soros (N.Y. Times)

Why Biden’s not talking about Trump’s potential indictment (NBC)

Before he represented Trump, defense attorney speculated Stormy Daniels saga was true and payment could be seen as an in-kind campaign contribution (CNN) So what? Attorney’s speculate. That’s what they’re paid to do.

Trump Inquiries Present a Stress Test for Justice in a Polarized Nation (N.Y. Times)

Trump is stoking the fires of Waco (Houston Chronicle) Fires that were lit by Janet Reno and her boss, Bill Clinton.

Court Action Underscores Peril for Trump in Documents Investigation (N.Y. Times)

Trump’s indictment over hush money to a porn star would be poetic justice (The Guardian)

The Moral Dilemma Over Working For Donald Trump (Huffington P0st) It’s only a ‘moral dilemma’ for people who will never be asked to work for Donald Trump.

Reagan-Hating/Carter-Loving PBS Pounces on Old ‘October Surprise’ Conspiracy Theory

Donald Trump Is on the Wrong Side of the Religious Right (The Atlantic) As if anybody writing for The Atlantic has a clue about either relgion or ‘the right’.

Trump Exploits Little-Known Legal Loophole Where You Avoid Indictment By Not Committing A Crime  (Babylon Bee)

Nothing to See Here! NYT, CNBC, WashPost Rush to Defend Soros-backed DA Bragg

NY hush money grand jury will reconvene Thursday as Trump legal drama reaches fever pitch (CNN)

Trump supporters, opponents brace for decision on possible indictment (CBS)

Joe: Trump is horrified; he’s just talking big and the walls are closing in (MSNBC)

The peril of charging Donald Trump for bookkeeping fraud, but not election lies (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Republicans invoke Soros to steer narrative on Trump probe (Associated Press)

The House GOP’s Manhattan DA meddling is ugly, partisan and potentially unlawful (MSNBC)

Kevin McCarthy’s Republicans have a clear stance on Trump’s alleged crimes: They support them (L.A. Times)

The Return Of Michael Cohen: A Disbarred Attorney Takes Center Stage In Dubious Prosecution

How to Pay Off a Porn Star (If You Really Must)  (Daily Beast)

Eating Its Words: Politico Changes Headline Calling Soros-Tied DA ‘By-the-Book’

Trump grand jury will not hear ‘hush-money’ case for the rest of this week: source (Business Insider) Waiting for the heat to cool down?

Remember: Doj May Still Suspect Trump Is Hoarding Classified Documents

Arrest That Man (Donald Trump). Crime to Follow. (Larry Elder)

Manhattan DA’s office slams House GOP inquiry, says it was motivated by Trump creating ‘false expectation’ of imminent arrest (CNN)

Prosecutor in Trump Hush-Money Case Fires Back at House Republicans (N.Y. Times)

Trump has raised $1.5 million in MAGA donations since he warned he would be arrested: Campaign reveals cash windfall as he attacks Ron DeSantis for chatting with ‘ratings challenged’ Piers Morgan (UK Daily Mail) Are ‘MAGA donations’ different from other kinds of donations? Inquiring minds would like to know.

Trump’s kitchen-sink attack on DeSantis, parsed (Washington Post) By professional Trump-hater Philip Bump, on behalf of the Narrative.

Trump appointees interfered to weaken EPA assessment of toxic chemical (The Guardian) Trump cooties! They’re everywhere!

What’s up with the Trump grand jury?

Trump To Be Indicted For Removing Mattress Tag In 1997 (Babylon Bee)

Trump holding his first 2024 campaign rally in Waco on 30th anniversary of the Waco siege is about inciting more terrorism  Terrorism like Janet Reno’s “Kill them all and let God sort them out” approach to law enforcement?

Federal prosecutors reveal Proud Boys witness was informant (Associated Press) Not the sharpest knives in the drawer.

The Real Goal Behind the Frenzy Against ‘Wokeness’ (The American Prospect)

Whose free-speech rights will DeSantis stomp next? (Orlando Sentinel)

Florida GOP’s New Anti-Trans Bill Is so Extreme It Could Ban Treatment for Breast Cancer (The New Republic) No, it’s not.

GOP’s Idea of Youth: Little League? Proms? Try Working in a Slaughterhouse and Marrying at 10. (The New Republic)

ABC Whines Over DeSantis Banning LGBTQ Indoctrination in High School

Idaho GOP Channels Trump With Plan to Bring Back Firing Squad (Rolling Stone) Of course, there’s no evidence to suggest that Trump has any connection with firing squads, but the Narrative Media never lets reality intrude on a good smear.

Stanford’s DEI Dean “On Leave”; No Students Will Be Sanctioned

ABC Smears DeSantis as Obsessed With ‘Cultural Divisions,’ Harming Kids

A nightmare for women in Idaho could be coming to all of us soon (Civil Discourse)

Trump to return to Fox as they rekindle their mutually beneficial relationship (Media Matters for America)

Far-right extremist Riley Williams sentenced to 3 years in prison for storming Capitol on Jan. 6 (NBC) Number of BLM/Antifa rioters sentenced to prison: Zero.

Conspiracies and a Holocaust meme mark the dawn of Karamo’s Michigan Republican Party (MLive Michigan)

‘Not Ready for America!’ The View’s New LIES Targeting DeSantis

Woman Who Stormed Pelosi’s Office on Jan. 6 Is Sentenced to Three Years (N.Y. Times) Number of BLM/Antifa rioters sentenced to prison: Zero.

Communications between Stormy Daniels and Trump attorney turned over to Manhattan DA (CNN)

The People vs. Trump (Politico) Since when is a fat black lawyer from Harvard ‘The People’?

GOP Rep. Says Trump Indictment Will ‘Blow Over’ Because He’ll Just No-Show (Daily Beast)

Court Makes ‘Extraordinary’ Late Night Demands in Trump Mar-a-Lago Case (Daily Beast)

Palm Beach Warns of Traffic as MAGA Fans Descend on Mar-a-Lago (Daily Beast)

Trump holding his next rally in Waco, Texas, sends a message to the far right, experts say (USA Today) Experts say! That proves it!

Tucker Carlson Desperately Tries to Walk Back Trump ‘Hate’ (Daily Beast)

Looks Like Trump Is Going Down As Special Counsel Nails Him With Evidence Of Classified Docs Crimes (PoliticusUSA)

Democrats see downside in Trump’s N.Y. case (Axios)

Waiting Game Over Potential Trump Indictment Grows More Intense Sucking all of the air out of the room….

Trump’s campaign 2024 campaign strategy revealed — and it’s even worse than his first 2 campaigns (Raw Story) Robert Reich has found a new place to bash Trump!

Justice Department convinces federal judge Trump used his attorney in furtherance of a crime in classified docs probe (CNN)

The Legal Intricacies That Could Make or Break the Case Against Trump (N.Y. Times)

Trump indictment: Grand jury vote expected Wednesday (NewsNation)

Will First Trump Indictment Trigger More?

Who Had It Worse, Trump or Jesus Christ? (Vice) They actually pay people to write this crap.

Prosecutor: Secret Service Won’t Allow Trump Handcuffing

Source: Trump Grand Jury Will Not Meet Wednesday

‘Still at Large’: The View Is Annoyed They Fell for Trump’s Arrest Claim

The sudden turn of events that could derail Trump’s indictment (Fox)

Former aide says Trump has ‘learned nothing’ from Jan. 6 (The Hill)

Trump paid off Stormy Daniels to subvert democracy (Public Notice)

Judge approves ‘crime fraud exception’ in special counsel probe of Trump classified documents (NBC)

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Christian Coons, an associate professor of philosophy at Bowling Green State University, has been suspended and faces a hearing on March 20 that could lead to his dismissal. His crime? Sending emails to his colleagues about his department’s alleged past misconduct in hiring decisions. A university is seriously considering the dismissal of a tenured professor for sending some emails to his colleagues that they didn’t like.

 

This Georgia County Spent $1 Million to Avoid Paying for One Employee’s Gender-Affirming Care (ProPublica)

US banks want socialism for themselves – and capitalism for everyone else (The Guardian) Robert Reich is apparently unfamiliar with the definitions of both ‘socialism’ and ‘capitalism’.

A new Arkansas law allows an anti-abortion monument at the state Capitol (NPR) Of course, they wouldn’t object to a pro-abortion monument.

The American Elite Are Planning Their Escape — And It Starts With Paying For Passports (Huffington Post) I would do the same.

The de-Russianification of Art

Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Stanford Dean Who Berated Federal Judge Draws Six-Figure Salary

Jury Convicts 4 Oath Keepers for Jan. 6 ‘Conspiracy’

The View Blames GOP for Stanford Libs Shouting Down Conservative

Kevin McCarthy’s desperate plea to MAGA reveals a glaring GOP failure (Washington P0st) Greg Sargent continues to invent reasons to criticize Republicans.

Stanford Students Demand Journalist Remove Their Names From Stories… After Targeting Other Students By Name  Rules are for thee but not for me. (The National Lawyers Guild is a Commie front organization that has somehow managed to cling to life since the 1930s.)

Mississippi Republicans Want to Take Over a Majority Black City to ‘Save’ It (Daily Beast)

MSNBC Hints Trump’s ‘Take Back Nation’ Call a Crime, Ignores Kamala’s ‘Bloody Knuckles’

Ron DeSantis Is Completely Out of Touch With Ordinary Americans (Daily Beast) As if someone writing for the Daily Beast knew anything at all about ‘ordinary Americans’.

George Santos never filed a key financial disclosure. Enforcement has been lax for years. (Politico) Just a reminder that the Narrative Media witch-hunt never sleeps.

Reagan Allies Schemed to Delay U.S. Hostages’ Freedom to Sabotage Carter, Alleged Witness Says  (Rolling Stone) Sure, I believe that.

Why white Christian nationalists are in such a panic (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin re-surfaces, full of bile.

Manhattan DA’s office ‘asked for a meeting’ with law enforcement ahead of possible Trump indictment (Fox)

Manhattan district attorney looks into Trump alleged “hush money” payment (CBS) Which is not illegal, no matter how much hand-wringing the Usual Suspects may do.

Law enforcement preparing for possible Trump indictment next week (NBC) A blatantly political move intended to knock him out of the election.

The risks of indicting Trump in the N.Y. hush money case (MSNBC)

Alvin Bragg May Not Be As Close To Trump Indictment As Thought (Newsweek)

“I’m Back” – Trump Posts On Facebook For First Time Since 2021

Federal Judge Hands Over Trump’s Lawyer’s Notes to DOJ (Daily Beast) Such notes are in theory privileged, but I guess not if you’re the New Hitler.

Trump Says He’ll Be Arrested Tuesday as DA Eyes Charges (NewsMax)

Trump says ‘illegal leaks’ indicate he will be arrested Tuesday in N.Y. hush money probe (NBC)

Trump will surrender to face charges if indicted, defense lawyer says (CNBC)

Reaction Suggests Trump Arrest Will Make Him Stronger

Get ready for Manhattan DA’s made-for-TV Trump prosecution: high on ratings, but short on the law (The Hill) Jonathan Turley looks at possible trumped-up charges.

Manhattan DA Announces Plan To Get Trump Elected In 2024

“Arresting Trump makes him the GOP nominee. A rich guy willing to risk his freedom for his politics cannot be beaten in a primary.” — ZMan

If these clowns actually go through this this, it will blow up in their faces and they will regret it forevermore.

Federal prosecutors warn court of potential deluge of January 6 charges – report (The Guardian)

DOJ warned courts to expect a new wave of January 6 prosecutions in ‘next few months’ They can’t let it go.

Ron DeSantis Eating Pudding With His Fingers Will End His 2024 Bid (New York Magazine) Really, you can’t make this shit up.

DeSantis Will Betray Ukraine for MAGA Votes (The Atlantic)

Once a darling of defense hawks, Ron DeSantis retreats (NBC) A tendentious mischaracterization in pursuit of the Narrative.

Steve Bannon Is Neck-Deep in Guo Wengui’s Allegedly Fraudulent Business Empire (Mother Jones) Or so the progs would have you believe.

The Federalist Society Isn’t Quite Sure About Democracy Anymore (Politico) A bare-faced smear job.

Pence’s Joke About Buttigieg Turns The Daily Show Into The Joke Police

Former Guantanamo prisoner: Ron DeSantis watched me being tortured (UK Independent) And if you believe that one, they’ll tell you another one.

The ‘Dallas Express’: Your Go-To Source For Right-Wing, Astroturf News (Texas Tribune) As opposed to the Texas Tribune, which is your go-to source for Left-Wing Astroturf News.

The Ousted Reporter Was Right to Call Out Ron DeSantis’ Propaganda (Politico) Except that it obviously wasn’t ‘propaganda’, and this is just one proglodyte hand washing another.

The View Dings Conservatives for Book Banned By Leftists Schools

2 in 5 Republicans want Fox held accountable for false 2020 claims (Washington P0st) I doubt it.

Meltdown: Paul storms out of Homeland Security markup after clash on amendments (The Hill)

Whoopi Goldberg tapes video apology for saying ‘gypped’ on ‘The View’: ‘I’m really sorry’ (Fox)

Whoopi Goldberg apologizes for using racially insensitive word on ‘The View’ — again (L.A. Times) I’ll bet you didn’t know that Gypsies were a race.

JK Rowling says she knew her views on transgender issues would make ‘many folks deeply unhappy’ (The Guardian)

JK Rowling salutes ‘grateful’ fans who stood by her after trans comments, hits cancel culture ‘dictators’ (Fox)

Judge Denies Requests From Jan. 6 Defendants To Cross-Examine FBI Agent On Leaked Messages

GOP lawmakers cringe over Trump’s effort to destroy DeSantis (The Hill)

Colbert Labels Reagan A Crack Dealer, Condemns Pro-Lifers With Harris

The Dilemma of Horny Bro Conservativism (The Bulwark) Charlie Sykes continues the Kristol Krew’s march to the Left.

21% of Fox News Viewers Trust Network Less After Texts Revealed in Dominion Lawsuit: Survey (Varfiety)

SCANDAL! Childish Daily Beast Seethes Over DeSantis, Claims He…Ate Pudding with Fingers?

Be skeptical of Elon Musk’s claims of educational ‘indoctrination’ (Washington Post)

The View Spews Misinformation About MTG’s District Being Gerrymandered

Meyers, Penn Condemn ‘Incredibly Stupid’ GOP Opposition to Wokeness

Fulton County investigators have another recording of a Trump phone call pressuring a Georgia official (CNN)

‘Our best face’: How ‘peaceful’ MAGA leader Amy Kremer cultivated ties to a violent Three Percenter group (RawStory)

Feds’ Foreign-Corruption Double Standard: They Protected Bidens Even as They Bore Down on Trumpworld

Looming Trump charges threaten to inject chaos into 2024 campaign (Axios)

There’s a new chief judge in DC who could help determine the fate of Donald Trump

Inside the Trump world-organized retreat to plot out Biden oversight

Investigators seek to question attorney about phone call with Trump in classified docs probe: Sources (ABC)

As 2024 election looms, Pence implies Trump is a bad Christian (Washington Post)

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Plenty of other falsehoods and misrepresentations animate the fable of January 6. But for those honestly seeking the truth, consider this a cheat sheet for future use.

Steve Hayward at Power Line.

About a decade after the end of the Vietnam War, by which time the bloodbaths of the Communist takeover of South Vietnam and the spillover of the carnage to Cambodia were undeniable, the West German journalist Uwe-Siemon-Netto, who had specialized in anti-American reportage as a correspondent during the war, caused a stir in Europe when he publicly suggested that for him and his fellow anti-war activists, the most appropriate course of action was a prolonged period of silence.

This recommendation comes back to mind just now in watching the neocon freakout over Gov. Ron DeSantis expressing doubts about our Ukrainian policy. Bill Kristol had an embolism on Twitter, his most prominent public platform these days. (How the mighty have fallen.) The Ukraine romantics (I’ll call them) rushed to say that Gov. DeSantis’s position was “pro-Putin,” even though DeSantis said he supported aid to Ukraine, but worried that the Biden Administration and other cheerleaders for our Ukrainian support don’t have a clear strategy and seem heedless of—or frightened by—the risks. It looks more and more like Vietnam all over again, in which we thought we could calibrate “graduated pressure” to achieve a precise outcome while always fearful of what a more forceful strategy might entail. War doesn’t work like that. As Ronald Reagan liked to say in the 1960s, we should either win, or get out. Everyone said he was irresponsible and naïve.

Trump returns to Iowa, with a plan to avoid the missteps he made in 2016 (Politico) And the mind-readers at Politico know all about it.

Fearing indictment, Trump changes his story in hush money mess (MSNBC)

Trump claims violence he inspired on Jan. 6 was Pence’s fault (Washington Post)

Weird! George ‘Bimbo Eruption’ Stephanopoulos Grills Trump Lawyer on Hush Money

Donald Trump just called for another coup and hardly anyone even noticed (RawStory) Perhaps because it’s a lie. Or because the author, a Person of Color, doesn’t know what ‘coup’ means.

Fox News braces for more turbulence as second defamation lawsuit advances (The Guardian)

How Fox News Begged D-List Right-Wingers to Defend Them (Daily Beast)

The hits keep coming for election-deniers (Washington Post) Huh? There was no mention of Hillary Clinton in this article.

Why big and small businesses flock to Delaware (CNBC)

Here’s why more than 60% of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in Delaware (CNBC)

Former Fox producer for Tucker Carlson feared truth telling would insult ‘dumb’ audience (CNN)

Barney Frank blames crypto panic for his bank’s collapse. Elizabeth Warren blames Trump. (Politico)

Prosecutors refute claims Tucker Carlson’s airing of security footage exonerates January 6 defendants (CNN)

Tucker Carlson’s disingenuous effort to exonerate the QAnon Shaman (Washington Post)

Why Fox News wants you to be afraid of electric bikes (Electrek)

Conservatives blame Silicon Valley Bank collapse on ‘diversity’ and ‘woke’ issues (NBC)

The Supreme Court Conservatives’ Favorite New Weapon for Kneecapping the Administrative State (The New Republic)

Jan. 6 Attorney Alleges FBI Criminally Altered Evidence, Requests Special Master Review Of Leaked Messages

White House rebukes Mike Pence over homophobic jokes about Pete Buttigieg (The Guardian)

Student Activists Target Stanford Law School Dean in Revolt Over Her Apology (Washington Free Beacon)

Matt Gaetz’s New Staffer Identifies as a ‘Raging Misogynist’ (Daily Beast)

The Boys Who Cried ‘Woke!’ (N.Y. Times)

GOP election deniers increasingly admit they’re just going off vibes (Washington Post)

Twitter Files Journalist Matt Taibbi CLAPS BACK After Dem Calls Him ‘So-Called’ Journalist

Vermont Bans Christian School Teams for Transgender Boycott

Vermont Christian School that Refused to Play Trans Player Banned from Future Tournaments

The View Flips Out Over Pence’s Buttigieg Joke, Laughed at Murdering Pro-Lifers

Why ‘MAGA’ is so appealing to older Republicans (Washington Post) ‘Analysis’ by a clueless proglodyte mind-reader.

Embattled Rep. George Santos indicates intention to run for re-election (NBC) I’d do the same in his place.

Is Ron DeSantis Flaming Out Already? (The Atlantic) David Frum, reliable Voice of the Crust, starts the effort to undermine DeSantis.

PBS Never Satisfied: ‘Oscars So Male’ and Other Bean-Counting Academy Awards Gripes

Mike Pence’s hypocrisy knows no bounds in his strongest rebuke of Trump to date (CNN)

The irony: Clarence Thomas wants to topple a precedent that helps Fox News (MSNBC)

Suit keeps telling the truth about Fox News. It’s not pretty (San Jose Mercury News)

Inside the “Private and Confidential” Conservative Group That Promises to “Crush Liberal Dominance” (ProPublica) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH….

Proud Boys prosecutors push back on claims of misconduct after discovery of internal FBI messages (Politico)

Nikki Haley just handed Joe Biden a major gift (CNN)

Stanford Tells Federalist Society Students To ‘Reach Out’ to Diversity Dean Who Encouraged Disruption of Their Event—and To Shut Up on Twitter

Prosecutors say newly aired Chansley footage paints misleading portrait of his Jan. 6 conduct (Politico) Who are you going to believe, me or your lyin’ eyes?

What Florida Doesn’t Want You to Know About Its Book Bans (Daily Beast) More mind-reading from the Usual Suspects.

Senate GOP’s 2024 landmines (Axios)

White House condemns Pence’s homophobic, misogynistic comments (Washington Blade)

Proposed SCOTUS Ethics ‘Model’ Targets Justice Thomas, Wife

Woody Guthrie’s family tells Josh Hawley ‘This Land Is Your Land’ not for use by ‘insurrectionists’ (RawStory) Ironic, coming from a bunch of Communists.

Straight White Women Leaving Everyone Behind — Rapinoe

The Republican Party May Not Be Fascist, But It’s Definitely Getting Fasci-er (New York Magazine) Jonathan Chait has the Jennifer Rubin chair at NYMag.

‘Farrago of lies’: Naomi Wolf Apologizes for Believing Media’s Jan. 6 Narrative 

McCaul says Pence right in condemning Trump for Jan. 6 (The Hill)

Inside Pence world’s decision to go hard at Trump at the Gridiron (Politico)

Pence reaffirms stance against Trump’s words on Jan. 6 as indictment looms (MSNBC)

Mary Trump Predicts What Donald Trump Will Do If He Loses Again (Newsweek)

A former producer of the largest Fox show calls Trump supporters inbred ‘terrorists’ (RawStory)

A Trump Indictment Would Put Republicans in a Bind (Bloomberg) Uh, no, it wouldn’t.

Trump continues to suck the air out of the GOP primary (Politico)

The Colorado GOP’s Slow-Rolling MAGA Suicide (The Bullwark)

Trump has ‘no plans’ to participate in Manhattan grand jury probe, attorney says (ABC News) Why volunteer to be the witch in a witch-hunt?

Why an indictment may actually boost Trump’s campaign (Public Notice) It makes the witch-hunt obvious.

Jan. 6 Song Using Trump’s Voice Tops ITunes Charts

Orthodox Rabbi Debunks Left’s Claim That Conservatives Want To Force ‘Christian Values’ Down Americans’ Throats

MSNBC Alleges DeSantis And Youngkin Seek To ‘Demoralize’ Black People

Can Trump’s ‘Straight Man’ Lighten Up? (Politico)

What Would Happen If American Elites Told The Truth?

Lauren Boebert will be a grandmother at 36. This is what conservatives want for us (The Guardian) Non sequitur.

Democrats Refuse To Address The Contents Of The Twitter Files – Attack The Messengers Instead

PBS Attacks Former Ark. GOP Gov: Transgender ‘Rhetoric Leads to Real-World Violence’  Certainly: Violence by trans-activists and their running mates on the mobocratic Left.

France: Senator Tried for Tweeting “Immigration Kills the Youth”

A Trump veteran at Fox struggled to balance election lies with the network’s interests (Washington Post)

NBC’s Todd: DeSantis Teaching Dangers of Communism is ‘Politicizing’  He says that like it was a bad thing.

Federal Judge Calls On Stanford To Fire DEI Dean That Participated In Student-Led Revolt  Ain’t gonna happen.

MSNBC Vocab: Ron DeSantis Is a ‘MAGA Extremist Bully,’ a ‘Fascist,’ and a ‘Richard’

PBS Whines as DC Crime Bill Trounced: GOP ‘Pounced,’ Dems ‘Blindsided’

Atlantic Writer Discovers Weird Wacky World of YouTube Censorship

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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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.