Why Trump Is Ramming Piles of Cash Through a Campaign Loophole (Daily Beast) And why our obsession with Trump leads us to ignore people like George Soros.

How Releasing Trump’s Tax Returns Could Save Our Democracy (Daily Beast) In the Narrative Media, ‘our democracy’ means ‘Democrat vote fraud’.

Top national security prosecutor joins Trump Mar-a-Lago investigation (Washington P0st)

Trump lawyers, DOJ met in sealed court hearing related to Mar-a-Lago investigation (CNN)

Former Trump Attorney Remarks Hint At Post-Election Efforts To Overturn Votes (MSNBC)

Justice Dept. warns ruling in Trump ally’s suit could endanger U.S. diplomats (Politico)

Outspoken Trump ally Kash Patel goes mum as Mar-a-Lago probe progresses (ABC) Highly suspicious!

Attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband follows years of GOP demonizing her  Or, alternatively, follows years of her being an egregious totalitarian proglodyte butthole. Your choice.

Man Accused of Attacking Nancy Pelosi’s Husband Left Trail of Far-Right Hate (Vice) Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Actually, of course, the guy was just crazy; the alleged ‘far-right hate’ is just the usual proglodyte talking points. (How long before they pin it on Trump?)

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Blocks GOP Rep Mayra Flores’ Request To Join  Guess she’s not Hispanic enough; apparently being born Mexican doesn’t count.

Kanye West mural painted over in rapper’s hometown of Chicago (N.Y. Post)

Ye mural in Chicago, where he grew up, covered after antisemitic comments (NBC)

Musk says he had no role in bringing Kanye West back on Twitter (Reuters)

Watch: Ilhan Omar Calls Anti-War Protesters “Dangerous Propagandists” For Disrupting Town Hall

Dem Hernandez Calls for GOP Nunez’s ‘Latina Card’ to Be Revoked

Liz Cheney launches TV ad targeting Arizona election deniers  Cheney goes full Democrat.

Nearly half of Americans say they want a ‘Christian nation’ (Washington Post) WaPo thinks this is a bad idea, of course. (Ever notice how Democrats only like democracy when they win?)

Republicans’ Secret Swing-Seat Weapon? Dozens of Rich Nominees. (The American Prospect) Rich candidates (like Nancy Pelosi) are only good if they’re Democrats.

The View Decries Twitter Free Speech, Demands Feds CRACK DOWN

The hidden danger lurking behind Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover (Washington P0st) Greg Sargent loses his shit. (Jennifer Rubin must still be on vacation.)

‘Like the Gates of Hell’: Leftist Media Meltdown About Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

People are pretending to be laid-off Twitter employees carrying boxes outside of HQ (The Verge)

Pranksters posing as laid-off Twitter employees trick media outlets: ‘Rahul Ligma’ (N.Y. Post)

CBS Sobs: ‘Our Democracy’ Is in Peril after Elon Musk’s Successful Twitter Takeover

Elon Musk’s First Move Is To Fire The Person Most Responsible For Twitter’s Strong Free Speech Stance  (TechDirt) In the Narrative Media, censorship is “strong free speech stance”.

U.S. faces “environment of fascism” ahead of 2022 midterms, AOC says (Axios) With Democrats controlling the government, we already have an environment of fascism. Read the news about what the FBI is doing lately.

MSNBC Warns Musk’s Idea Of Free Speech Threatens Free Speech

I’m sorry I said nice things about Glenn Youngkin (Washington Post) Karen Tumulty returns to the reservation.

Republican senator Tom Cotton brags about ignoring Trump impeachment evidence in new book (The Guardian) Good; he refused to participate in the witch-hunt.

Michigan GOP gubernatorial nominee invoked conspiracy claiming Democrats sought to ‘topple’ US in retaliation for losing Civil War (CNN) Democrats have never been happy since Republicans freed their slaves.

Storm clouds loom for Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s new prime minister (The Economist)

Richmond can remove its last remaining Confederate statue, judge rules (CNN)

Report: Ye Has Fascination With Hitler, Wanted to Name Album After Nazi Leader  I don’t believe that.

Watchdog Calls on IRS to Probe Soros-Backed Group That Sued DeSantis

Prosecutors ask Supreme Court to compel Graham’s grand jury testimony (Washington Post)

Amazon CEO accused of trampling labor laws with anti-union comments

J.D. Vance’s Ambition Comes at a Price in ‘Hillbilly’ Terms (N.Y. Times)

How Elon Musk Could Actually Kill Twitter (Atlantic) He says that like it was a bad thing.

NY Times Can’t Celebrate UK’s Historic Hindu PM: ‘Extreme Wealth…Air of Privilege’

Dems Sound the Alarm Over GOP’s New ‘Stop the Steal’ Threats (Daily Beast)

Inside the secretive effort by Trump allies to access voting machines (Washington Post)

What It Means to Be a Republican Today (The Bulwark) The Kristol Krew push the Narrative.

Ambition keeps him loyal to Donald Trump. But what does Kevin McCarthy stand for? (L.A. Times)

Kanye West Becomes Part of CAIR’s Antisemitism Con

UF Faculty Senate approves no-confidence vote on selection process of Ben Sasse

Trump bragged about new US nuclear weapons, Woodward tape shows (The Guardian) So what?

‘He Failed’: Woodward Reveals Trump’s ‘Danger’ In Newly Released Tapes (MSNBC)

Trump supporters and ‘We Build the Wall’ scam victims testify at NYC fraud trial (N.Y. Daily News)

Trump Loses Latest Bid to Block Tax Returns From House Panel (Bloomberg) An obvious fishing expedition. There are reasons those returns are confidential by law.

Roger Stone Warns Ron DeSantis It Would Be ‘Treachery’ To Run Against Trump (Huffington Post) I don’t think Roger Stone is quite the arbiter of moral behavior that he seems to think he is. Nor to I believe that the Huffington Post is a legitimate source of either news or serious commentary.

Desperate Media’s Final Scare Tactic: GOP Will Destroy Democracy!

MSNBC Already Warning GOP Not To ‘Be Guilty Of Overreach’

Justice Kagan temporarily blocks Jan. 6 committee subpoena seeking phone records of Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward (NBC)

This MAGA Influencer Attacks Dems for DUIs. That’s Rich. (Daily Beast) The best in American high-school ‘journalism’.

Open letter to top publisher condemns $2m Amy Coney Barrett book deal (The Guardian) The witch-hunt continues.

Migrant Plane Stunt Haunts DeSantis As Judge Rejects Effort To Conceal Records (MSNBC)

Officials say Confederate flagpole along I-85 needs to come down (Fox)

Herschel Walker has recovered from his (first) abortion scandal (Washington Post) Well, we can’t have that….

Second woman accuses Herschel Walker of pressuring her to have abortion (Washington Post) And if that doesn’t work, no doubt a third will show up. And a fourth….

Here We Go Again: Nets Try Swarm Herschel Walker With More Abortion Claims

Author reveals how GOP became toxic from the rise of Gingrich to Trump (Dworkin Report)

Mandela Barnes: ‘God, Country, and Guns’ Rhetoric as Dangerous as ISIS Terrorists

‘Going to be ugly’: All signs point to Republican landslide in Florida (Politico)

Why Elon Musk’s Idea of “Free Speech” Will Help Ruin America (The New Republic)

Leftist Group That Used Children To Attack Moderate Parents Turns On Its Adult Boss For Being White (Daily Wire)

How Mike Lindell’s Pillow Business Propels the Election Denial Movement (N.Y. Times)

Olbermann to Alito Over Death Threats: ‘Eat Sh*t’

Soros Gave $17.6M to Leftist Group Pushing Facebook and TikTok to Censor So-Called Election Disinfo

John Durham’s Investigation Has Disclosed Corruption: His Own (The New Republic)

Apple Music removes Kanye West playlist after controversy  The witch-hunt continues.

Exclusive: Kanye West has a disturbing history of admiring Hitler, sources tell CNN (CNN) Ah, well, sources! It must be true then! (The witch-hunt continues….)

Why Trump’s patsies keep taking the fall for him (Al Jezeera)

At small-town radio station, the right-wing misinformation effort goes local (Washington Post)

DC court fast-tracks Trump appeal of rape accuser E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit (The Hill)

Trump’s Legal Team Accepts Service of Subpoena From Jan. 6 Committee

Another member of Trump’s inner circle reportedly takes the Fifth (MSNBC) What would you do, being the target of a witch-hunt?

MAGA Conspiracy Tours Plagued With ‘Grifter’ Allegations (Daily Beast) Especially from witch-hunters like the Daily Beast.

Threats against judges skyrocketed during the Trump era, and experts are now fearing for the worst (Business Insider)

Trump Was Right On TikTok, Top Democrat Senator Admits

Overt U.S. antisemitism returns with Trump, Kanye West: ‘Something is different’ (Washington Post) Late to the party! Overt anti-semitism returned with Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib. Get with the program, guys.

Donald Trump isn’t waiting for 2024 to snub Ron DeSantis (CNN) Chris Cillizza is trying to pick a fight between Trump and DeSantis, for obvious reasons.

Prosecutor says star witness may be ‘reluctant’ in Trump company trial (Reuters)

Scandal: Trump Loyalist Could Sink Trump’s Entire Company As Criminal Trial Starts (MSNBC) But probably won’t.

New Email Reveals Answer To Establishment’s Efforts To Oust Trump

Trump’s antisemitism has nothing to do with people being Jewish. That doesn’t make it less dangerous. (MSNBC)

Dems hit Republicans from the right with “Trump traitor” ads (Axios)

‘Principled Conservatism’ and Never Trump

Archives Insists Trump Referral to DOJ Unrelated to House Dems’ Probe  And if you believe that one, they’ll tell you another one.

Trump team receives subpoena from Jan. 6 committee (Politico)

Trump lets the truth slip about the MAGA base — and today’s GOP (Washington Post) Greg Sargent has the bash-Trump duty at the WaPo; Jennifer Rubin must be on vacation.

MSNBC Invites Prominent Anti-Semite To Discuss Why Anti-Semites Should Be Canceled

Jon Stewart Confronts Arizona AG on Trump’s ‘Stolen’ Election Claims (Daily Beast)

Jon Stewart Grills Disgraceful Attorney General Who Can’t Let Go of Trump’s Fake Election Conspiracy (Vanity Fair)

Republicans want working-class voters — without actually supporting workers (The Guardian) Of course, The Guardian is the expert on what Republicans want.

A historic San Francisco landmark, Golden Gate Park’s Stow Lake, may be renamed (S.F. Gate)

In battle with Big Oil, Newsom rips into Valero’s 500% rise in profit amid soaring gas prices (L.A. Times)

Is Christian nationalism growing or declining? Both. (Washington Post)

Larry Krasner Impeachment Committee Relies on Widely Panned Journal Study (The Intercept)

Univision Victim-Shames Republican Volunteer Attacked in Hialeah, Florida

How Wisconsin Became the GOP’s Laboratory for Dismantling Democracy (Mother Jones)

Hillary’s Conspiracy Theory: GOP Already Plans ’24 Election Theft

Pelosi on GOP: ‘I Cannot Believe Anybody Would Vote for These People’

Justice Alito: Roe Leak Made Us ‘Targets for Assassination’

MSNBC Worries ‘Mainstream Media’ Coverage Will Drive Latinos to GOP

MSNBC’s Elise Jordan Called Trump ‘Scumbag,’ But Left Attacks Her As Closet Trump Fan

New York Times Front Page Excoriates GOP’s ‘Incendiary…Devil Terms’ Language

Right-Wing Operatives Plead Guilty in Voter-Suppression Scheme (N.Y. Times)

Democrats Are Loving and Peaceful. Republicans Are Hateful and Violent. I Saw It on the News.

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial (ProPublica)

Why Are Florida Republicans Paying a White Supremacist Goon? (New York Magazine) Jonathan Chait joins the witch-hunt.

Bizarre Joe Scarborough Attack on Dr. Oz: He ‘Doesn’t Look Like He’s From Pennsylvania’  And Fetterman does? I guess Pennsylvanians prefer the Uncle Fester look.

Second Woman Set to Reveal Herschel Walker Abortion Claim (Daily Beast) And the greater his chance of winning, the harder they’re going to scraaaaaaape that barrel.

Far-right skeptics of GOP may soon have a state’s worth of Senate power (Washington Post)

Mayra Flores Prevented From Joining the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Sorry, it’s only for Democrats.

Report: Congressional Hispanic Caucus Rejects Mexican-Born Congresswoman Because She Is Republican  And is obviously not a Real Hispanic.

Conservative Policies Linked to Higher Death Rates for Americans, Study Finds (Daily Beast)

FAKE NEWS: Newsweek Claims Ted Cruz Lied About Antifa Burning Down Cities

How Kari Lake Went From Local Anchor to New Face of the MAGA Right (TIME)

Kari Lake gives away the game on ‘restoring confidence’ in voting

What’s the non-obvious reason Fox News is talking about crime more? (Washington Post) What’s wrong with talking about the OBVIOUS reason?

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• Matthew Dowd – Then: Chief strategist for the 2004 George W. Bush campaign. Now: Explored running for governor of Texas as a Democrat. Now, a regular guest on MSNBC. Told Joy Reid, “I’m not saying Republicans are Nazis, but voting for them would be like voting for the party of Adolph Hitler.”
• Steve Schmidt – Then: Senior campaign strategist and advisor to McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. Now: Founder of the anti-Republican Lincoln Project. Openly campaigning for Democrat candidates in 2022.
• Michael Steele – Then: Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Now: Refers to the Republican base as “lice, fleas, and blood-sucking ticks.”
• Stuart Stevens – Then: Chief campaign strategist for Mitt Romney in 2012. Now: Senior advisor to the anti-Republican Lincoln Project; makes snarky, juvenile tweets against Ron DeSantis and other Republicans.
• Nicolle Wallace – Then: White House Communications Director under George W. Bush. Now: Hard left MSNBC hostess. Recently suggested that American elections should be monitored by foreigners.

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Tens of millions of US citizens were given a “COVID-19 decree violation” score as a result of a data harvesting program conducted during the first lockdown by voter analytics firm PredictWise.

Bob Woodward to publish Trump interviews detailing his ‘effort to destroy democracy’ (The Guardian)

Tapper: What Trump said to make Woodward ‘break glass in case of emergency’ (CNN)

Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud trial begins (NBC)

No indications Russia has decided to employ a nuclear weapon, U.S. official (Reuters)

MSNBC Legal Analyst Declares Trump Could Be Charged With Manslaughter  Well, he could be charged with anything.

Marco Rubio Canvasser Violently Attacked in Dem Neighborhood

Nets Ignore GOP Volunteer Viciously Beaten for Wearing Rubio & DeSantis Gear

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas temporarily blocks Sen. Graham’s subpoena from Georgia grand jury (CNBC)

Clarence Thomas freezes order for Lindsey Graham to testify before Georgia grand jury investigating 2020 election (CNN)

Hollywood talent agency CAA cuts ties with Kanye West after antisemitic tirade (L.A. Times)

Kanye West’s Antisemitic Comments Spur Companies To Cut Ties (NBC) And yet Al Sharpton and Louis Farrakhan are still on TV. Why is that?

Harvard and MIT students shut down Exxon recruiting event (Boston Globe) Great! More good-paying jobs for state university grads!

Business groups block action that could help tackle biodiversity crisis, report finds (The Guardian)

‘The Good Liars’ surprise Herschel Walker with gift on stage during campaign even (MSNBC)

GOP loses pre-election bid to mess with Pennsylvania’s votes (MSNBC)

Key candidate contributes to voter intimidation problem in Arizona (MSNBC)

‘The View’ descends into chaos as hecklers interrupt taping to shout down Ted Cruz (N.Y. Post)

Ye Dropped by Talent Agency, Documentary on Him Scrapped  And yet he’s still rich. They can’t take that away from him. Or can they?

Opinion Why Putin hopes for a GOP victory, as explained by a top Russia expert (Washington Post) The witch-hunt continues.

Biden Says GOP Offering ‘Mega-MAGA Trickle-Down Economics’  MEGA-MAGA certainly works for me.

Typical: MSNBC Host Makes Racist Claims about Nonwhite GOP Candidates

University of Florida Will Ban Protesters From Sasse Nomination Vote

Democracy Is a Threat to Democracy, Say Democrats

Study: On Air, MSNBC Has Used ‘Fascism’ or ‘Fascist’ 1,614 Times So Far in 2022  They must really love it.

Colbert, Buttigieg Worry For Democracy Should GOP Win

Watch: Trump Voters Shut Down MSNBC Host’s J6 Propaganda

NYT WHINES Alternative Social Media Platforms Allow Free Speech Pre-Midterms

Biden’s Border Crisis Worse than Ever, Yet TV News Slams Republicans

Reid Warns Of Fascism, Dowd Of Nazis Amid Inflation Concerns

Penn State, Fearing Violence, Cancels Show by Proud Boys Founder  Needless to say, they were not fearing violence on the part of Republicans.

Democrats Form Committee To Get To The Bottom Of Who Did All Those Lockdowns And Vaccine Mandates  (Babylon Bee)

Scarborough Tries To Suggest Crist Is More Conservative Than DeSantis

Media Pile on After Yankees’ Fans Pour Hate on Sen. Cruz

CBS Tells Pennsylvanians to SHUT UP About Fetterman’s Mental, Physical State

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Which means, of course, that the Democrats have a plan to ‘literally steal’ the election, since Democrats always accuse Republicans of what they themselves intend to do.

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It is extremly disturbing that major scientific organizations are forbidding the publication of research that offends some political sensibilities. Indeed, roadblocks are being put into place to even investigate some questions.

Disturbing but not unexpected. During a witch-hunt, everyone with a wart on his nose needs to hide.

Rep. Liz Cheney on Trump testimony: He’s ‘not going to turn this into a circus’ (CNN) Well, it’s already got a group of clowns.

Pelosi: Trump is not “man enough” to show up and testify in Jan. 6 probe (Axios) He’s certainly not chump enough.

Trump says he “will probably have” to run for president again in 2024 (Axios)

Explained: Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump (NPR)

Woodward’s taped time with Trump reveals much about both the author and his subject (NPR)

The Trump Tapes: 20 interviews that show why he is an unparalleled danger (Washington Post)

Trump Trashes Fraud Trial — Ongoing ‘Democrat Witch Hunt’  Which it obviously is.

Bob Woodward on Donald Trump: “He is a threat to democracy” (CBS) Trotting out the retreads.

Will the Bob Woodward Audiobook Put Trump Back on the Ballot? (New Republic)

Right-wing roadshow promotes Christian nationalism before midterms (Washington Post)

Christian nationalism is a racist, ahistorical ideology of violence (MSNBC)

Dark money groups have spent nearly $1 billion so far to boost GOP Senate candidates (NPR)

Mystery Surrounds Company Paying MAGA Candidate’s Salary (Daily Beast)

How rural Nevada became the next battleground for the ‘Big Lie’ (Nevada Independent)

Potential mass layoffs at Twitter could cripple content moderation, some experts say (ABC) Outside of the Narrative Media, ‘content moderation’ is called ‘censorship’.

Tim Ryan Will Entertain Your Conspiracy Theory, Analysis Finds

Florida Puts Raging MAGA Moms on Book-Banning Council (Daily Beast)

Ted Cruz Hid in Supply Closet During Jan. 6, New Book Reveals (Newsweek) The sophomore class at Activism High welcomes you.

Los Angeles officials condemn demonstrators seen in photos showing support of Kanye West’s antisemitic remarks (CNN)

The effort to break America’s elections (Washington Post) “Break” here means the same safeguards we insist on when holding elections in Turn World countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. Do you trust Democrats more than Muslims? I don’t.

How one man brought affirmative action to the Supreme Court. Again and again. (Washington Post) Of course, the Narrative Media thinks that’s a bad thing.

Alito Assured Ted Kennedy in 2005 of Respect for Roe v. Wade, Diary Says (N.Y. Times) I guess he changed his mine–like Obama and Biden on abortion.

Curtis Yarvin wants American democracy toppled. He has some prominent Republican fans. (Vox)

Trump Could Harness Unresolved Legal Issues to Resist Jan. 6 Panel’s Subpoena

Trump Firm’s Tax Fraud Trial Promises Ex-CFO as Star Witness (Bloomberg)

For Trump’s Backers in Congress, ‘Devil Terms’ Help Rally Voters (New York Times)

Full Cheney: ‘If Donald Trump is the nominee of the Republican Party, the party will shatter’  (NBC) Who would notice?

Paul Krugman Is Tired of Rural Nobodies Spreading Calumny About Urban Elites

Doug Mastriano adviser Jenna Ellis questions Josh Shapiro’s faith — ‘at best a secular Jew’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Florida’s immigrants face barriers in hurricane relief under DeSantis policiess (The Guardian) Women and minorities hardest hit, etc. etc.

Minnesota House candidate encourages people to fly Confederate flag, calls Islam a Satanic plague (Minnesota Reformer)

Jan. 6 committee investigating potential Secret Service cover-up (MSNBC)

NYC Prep Schools Compelling Parents to Adhere to Critical Race Theory

Sandy Hook Families Seek $2.75 Trillion in Damages From Alex Jones

Cross, MSNBC Republicans Declare GOP Women, Minorities Tokens

Election Deniers Are Predicted to Win 189 Midterms Races (Newsweek) Deniers!

Washington Post columnist regurgitates nonsense about crime and “Democrat-run cities” (The Watch) Radley Balko pushes the Narrative.

A guide to the election deniers in midterm races (CNN) Deniers!

Media Harping on ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ in Georgia Crashes Into the Hard Facts

Not Again! NY Times Page One ‘Disinfo’ Dud Digs Up Disinfo-Board Czar Nina Jankowicz

MSNBC’s Tiffany Cross: Tucker Carlson’s Crazy Like Kanye!

Kari Lake suggests early voting be restricted in Arizona as she repeats election lies

This ‘stunning’ ruling against Trump and his lawyer is a win for the Jan. 6 committee (MSNBC)

Exclusive: Emails reveal warning to Trump team about fraud claims (Axios)

Sotomayor on Clarence Thomas: ‘I believe not everyone can reach their bootstraps’ (The Hill)

Idaho’s anti-drag queen bill is the next step in rolling back LGBTQ rights (MSNBC)

In Nevada, election deniers prepare to sabotage the midterms (Washington Post) Dana Milbank pushes the Narrative in the run-up to the midterm elections.

The Jan. 6 committee is fueling unwarranted distrust of the Fifth Amendment (The Hill)

Five investigations House Republicans are plotting if they win majority (The Hill) Plotting!

Fraud-related criminal trial against Trump Organization to start Monday (Washington Post)

The Trump Organization’s Tax-Fraud Trial Is Starting. Here’s What’s at Stake (TIME)

Why the Bannon Prison Sentence and Trump Jan. 6 Subpoena Matter (Slate)

How Liz Cheney can kill the MAGA threat (The Warning)

Maggie Haberman on Trump: ‘He’s become a Charles Foster Kane character’ (The Guardian) No, he’s still Trump.

Prosecutors detail Oath Keepers’ mounting frustration with Trump as Jan. 6 approached (Politico)

Trump allies have amassed nearly 30 years in prison sentences (Washington Post)

Republicans aim to pass national ‘don’t say gay’ law (The Guardian)

The GOP Push For A National Anti-Gay Law And The Attack On LGBTQ Existence (NBC)

Documents detail plans to gut Twitter’s workforce (Washington Post)

Report: Musk to lay off 75% of Twitter employees (KRON)

How billionaires are building a right-wing online ecosystem (The Hill)

With DACA on life support, Microsoft, Apple and other big U.S. firms launch ad campaign to protect ‘Dreamers’ (NBC) Wh00ps, there goes that right-wing online ecosystem again….

ACLU asks supreme court to overturn Arkansas’ anti-boycott law against Israel (The Guardian)

Supreme Court asked to overturn AR law requiring contractors to not boycott Israel (Fox)

Kevin McCarthy’s ugly new Ukraine threats should prod Democrats to act (Washington Post) Greg Sargent loses his shit. (Jennifer Rubin must be on vacation.)

Dallas officer running for Texas House faced nine brutality investigations early in career (Dallas Morning News) And he forgot to wash his hands after going to the restroom in 5th grade.

Republicans Are Coming for Your Social Security and Medicare (The American Prospect) Except that they aren’t.

‘Gaffes’ aside, I once assumed GOP goodwill on race. I was wrong. (Washington Post) Michael Gerson joins the witch-hunt.

Big Tech Vows to Censor So-Called Election ‘Misinformation’

Documents detail plans to gut Twitter’s workforce (Washington Post)

How Disinformation Splintered and Became More Intractable (N.Y. Times) People just aren’t buying the Narrative.

The ‘most important person’ on Kari Lake’s campaign mocked Native Americans in racist tweet (Arizona Mirror)

Democratic Secretary of State Candidates Struggle Against Election Deniers (N.Y. Times) Deniers!

Here’s How the Election Deniers Are Performing in the Polls—and Why (The Bulwark) Deniers!

Blake Masters’ campaign has had a far-right Christian nationalist on its payroll for months (Jewish Insider) Dunh dunh DUNHHH.

Sean Hannity’s million-dollar in-kind contribution to the GOP (Washington Post) Paying no attention to the constant Narrative Media promotion of Democrats, of course.

How Did Kanye Get Here? A Short History of Provocation and Extreme Rhetoric (Rolling Stone)

Sorry, Ron DeSantis, You Are No Donald Trump (Politico)

Where the Jan. 6 committee failed (Washington Post)

Election deniers could make deep changes to Arizona voting (Associated Press) Deniers!

Kevin McCarthy’s betrayal of the United States of America (The Warning) Little Narrative Media spear-carriers always pop up before an election.

E.V. Bonanza Flows to Red States That Denounce Biden Climate Policies (N.Y. Times) That’s because no auto-maker is so foolish as to attempt to manufacture something in a Blue state.

Ruhle Mangles McCarthy’s Words To Suggest He’s Seeking Putin’s Help In Midterms

Republicans aim to pass national ‘don’t say gay’ law (The Guardian) Which they don’t, of course, but the Narrative is what it is.

Cleta Mitchell Is Training Trump Loyalists to Monitor Polls (New York Magazine) Dunh dund DUNHHHHH.

Trump knew voter fraud claims were wrong, federal judge says as he orders John Eastman emails turned over (CNN) The judge in question is a Clington appointee.

Judge: Trump Knew Voter Fraud Claims Were False (MSNBC)

Judge: Trump signed court document that knowingly included false voter fraud stats (Politico)

What new emails found by a federal judge reveal about Trump (CNN)

Trump signed legal documents that he knew included false voter fraud numbers, judge says (Washington Post)

Trump deposed in defamation suit filed by E. Jean Carroll (Politico)

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After a March 21, 2020 meeting, the international shipping subcommittee sent draft recommendations to the Transportation Department’s Maritime Administration, according to a document the Cato Institute recently obtained from the government. The document, reviewed by The Dispatch, broadly discusses the problems of an aging U.S. fleet and insufficient shipping capacity.

Nestled among bullet points recommending policy changes to fix those problems is one labeled, “Unequivocal support of the Jones Act.”

Beneath it: “Charge all past and present members of the Cato and Mercatus Institutes with treason.

MSNBC: ‘9/11 Is Nothing Compared to January 6,’ Need ‘War Footing’

MSNBC: ‘9/11 Is Nothing Compared to January 6,’ Need ‘War Footing’ (Axios)

Disgraced Former FBI Official Declares ‘9/11 Is Nothing Compared To Jan 6th’

Herschel Walker tries to turn ‘prop’ badge controversy into campaign gold (NBC)

Texas Dad Arrested for Speaking Out at School Board Meeting Waits Hours for Hearing, Only to Be Denied Yet Again

Scalise acknowledges GOP plan to change Social Security, Medicare (MSNBC) So that they won’t run out of money, but that is never part of the proglodyte program.

Virginia Democrat Wants To Criminalize Parents Who “Misgender” Their Children

Congress braces for new members who were at Capitol on Jan. 6 (Axios) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH.

How Liberals Should Confront a Right-Wing Supreme Court (N.Y. Times)

New York Times Cancels…Chaucer? Canterbury Tales ‘Embedded in Systematic Rape Culture’

Top Georgia journalist warns about Herschel Walker’s political assets (The Dworkin Report)

Mike Lee’s Golden Rule (The Bulwark) The Kristol Krew at The Bullshit burnish their anti-Republican credentials as a tool of the Uniparty.

Why NPR Can’t Lecture Anyone About Refusing to Condemn Rioting

The House rules chairman blocked Lauren Boebert’s measure under a ‘new rule’ against ‘lunatics’

Mike Lee tries to distance himself from Trump in Utah debate (Associated Press)

Trump Says He Wants Marjorie Taylor Greene in His Next Administration (Rolling Stone) If they didn’t have Trump, they wouldn’t have anything to write about.

Trump ‘Trying to Hide His Guilt’ If He Refuses 1/6 Subpoena: Legal Expert (Newsweek) Well, Larry Tribe, so it ought to say ‘senile partisan legal expert’.

‘I decided to share my voice’: Estela Juarez on her mother, who Trump deported, and her new book (The Guardian)

‘Saturday Night Live’ targets Jan. 6 committee, Trump (The Hill)

Trump attacks American Jews, posting they must ‘get their act together’ on Israel (Washington Post) Hardly an ‘attack’.

Trump Response to Jan. 6 Subpoena Was ‘Self-Incriminating’: Glenn Kirschner (Newsweek)

Trump Beats Biden In 2024 Hypothetical And Barely Anyone Cares About Jan. 6: Harvard Poll

Kari Lake’s sugarcoated Trumpism is scarier than the original (Washington Post) Greg Sargent is the backup Trump-hater at the Washington Post; Jennifer Rubin must be on vacation or something.

Republicans are trying to win by spreading three false talking points. Here’s the truth (The Guardian) Of course, Robert Reich wouldn’t know the truth if it bit him on the foot.

Who’s behind those vile, right-wing political TV ads during the baseball playoffs (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Christian childcare teacher who refused to read LGBT books to kids sues after being fired: ‘Blatantly illegal’ (Fox)

What are tech billionaires’ text messages like? Just as petty as ours, it turns out (The Guardian)

Perspective: The shadow side of the fight against white Christian nationalism (Deseret News)

We Should Try to Prevent Another Alex Jones (N.Y. Times) How? Genetic engineering?

Kari Lake won’t commit to accepting 2022 election results (CNN)

CBS Smears Rush Limbaugh & Talk Radio as ‘Bad for America’  I miss Rush Limbaugh.

New Book Reveals Jim Jordan’s Dirty Tricks With Impeachment (Daily Beast) And of course if it’s in a book it must be true, right?

Why are scientists filing lawsuits against their critics?

ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES: Feds Could Investigate PayPal Speech ‘Fine’

New Zealand Arts Funder Rejects Shakespeare as ‘Imperialism’

The End of the Good Republicans (The Bulwark) The Kristol Krew reveal their true agenda: ‘Good Republicans’ are, of course, anti-Trump and quasi-Democrat.

The Problem of Marjorie Taylor Greene (N.Y. Times) They keep trying to cancel her and she refuses to stay cancelled.

Biden DOJ Wants 6-Month Prison Sentence For Steve Bannon

CNN’s Inside Politics Uses Term ‘The Big Lie’ Again After Being Told Not To by CNN President

‘Abuse of Power’: Biden DOJ Targets Another Pro-Lifer With FACE Act Charges

Documents show top DeSantis officials were personally involved in Martha’s Vineyard flights (Politico)

Peter Thiel’s midterm bet: the billionaire seeking to disrupt America’s democracy (The Guardian)

Wisconsin lawyer suing over fake elector plot wants to probe Ron Johnson’s Jan. 6 communications (NBC)

Misinformation most amplified on TikTok, Twitter: report (The Hill)

Racist GOP appeals heat up in final weeks before midterms (Washington Post)

GA Debate Blows Up On Tiffany Cross: Guests Say Walker Met Expectations, Warnock Didn’t!

The Right’s Quiet Uncanceling of a Dead White Supremacist (Vanity Fair)

ABC Panel ERUPTS After Christie Questions Jan 6 Committee Credibility

Unchecked review: how Trump dodged two impeachments … and the January 6 committee? (The Guardian)

Documents reveal Australia’s efforts to stay neutral as Donald Trump claimed electoral fraud (The Guardian)

Paul Ryan says Trump will not be 2024 nominee (N.Y. Post)

A history lesson for Donald Trump (Spectator) Journalists never tire of giving unasked-for advice.

Avlon: Trump’s response to subpoena is ‘vomit’ (CNN)

Trump Responds To Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena With Letter Pushing Election Fraud Claims (NBC)

Donald Trump’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Newsweek)

Trump Is Going to Create Yet Another Constitutional Crisis (Daily Beast)

Donald Trump Tried to Destroy the Constitution (The Atlantic)

The Munich Model for Trump’s National Security Extortion (The Bulwark) The Kristol Krew neocons revert to their Trotskyite roots.

Chris Pratt Is the New Tim Tebow

Secret Service reached out to Oath Keepers ahead of January 6 riot (CNN)

Jan. 6 Capitol riot panel briefed on multiple calls between Secret Service and Oath Keepers, NBC News reports (CNBC)

What was the point of Ted Cruz tweeting that fake news story anyway? (Washington Post)

The Jan. 6 Hearings Are Over. These 3 Things Must Happen Now. (N.Y. Times) 1. Witch-hunt, 2. Witch-hunt, 3. Witch-hunt.

D.C. attorney general opens investigation into Republican governors’ relocating migrants to the capital (Texas Tribune) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH.

Dems fear Kari Lake could be Arizona’s governor—and a major MAGA star (Axios) OH NOES!

The Midterm Boogeyman of ‘Christian Nationalism’

Chase Bank allegedly shutters bank account of religious freedom nonprofit, demands donor list (Fox)

Abrams: Kemp ‘simply refused to commit treason’ for Trump (The Hill)

Stacey Abrams slams Gov. Kemp, says he’s as ‘vicious and as callous’ as Trump (Fox) And she’s a bigger liar than Biden.

Jordan Peterson, ‘lightning rod’ of US culture wars, receives warm embrace in Israel (Times of Israel)

He Marched At The Nazi Rally In Charlottesville. Then He Went Back To Being A Cop. (Huffington Post)

Va. parents could face abuse charges for not affirming their LGBTQ child under new bill (ABC)

Counterproductive Cancel Culture: Ye Banned from Social Media and Chase Bank

BREAKING: Soros Gave $30M to Groups Urging Censorship of So-Called Disinfo Before Midterms

Sidney Powell’s nonprofit raised $16 million as she spread election falsehoods (Washington Post) How much did Hillary raise? How much Stacy Abrams?

Leftist Troll Tries To Piss Off J.K. Rowling, and She Couldn’t Care Less

Yahoo! Finance Makes Stupid Attempt to Blame Pro-Lifers for Making America’s Diaper Crisis ‘Worse’

Jan. 6 select committee votes to subpoena Trump for testimony, documents in connection with Capitol assault (CBS) Guess they’re feeling the lack of attention.

Trump reacts to committee’s unanimous vote to subpoena him (CNN)

7 takeaways from the January 6 hearing (CNN) Come and get your Narrative, fresh from the Hive.

The Trump Subpoena Will Be the Headline, But the Real Washington News Was Elsewhere (Politico)

The Jan. 6 hearings are over. Time to vote. (Washington Post) On what? Now much they’re obsessed with Trump? Who doesn’t know that already?

Jan. 6 panel: Trump ordered large-scale U.S. troop withdrawals after election (Axios)

New Robert Draper book shows how Trump worked the refs (Axios)

Trump: Committee a ‘BUST’: That’s Why It Wants My Testimony Now

Jan. 6 Panel Wraps Up Final Hearing (N.Y. Times)

Jan 6 Panel Continues To Hold Hearings For Stuffed Animals And Action Figures They Arranged In Chairs (Babylon Bee)

Jan. 6 Panel Proves Again Trump Must Be Held Accountable (Bl0omberg) The witch-hunt continues.

The Jan. 6 Committee Has Helped Make Trump a Historic President (Politico)

Pelosi, Dems put politics first in Trump impeachment, new book argues (Politico) Who doesn’t know that?

Turkey adopts media law jailing for spreading ‘disinformation’

Video Shows Pelosi Threatening to ‘Punch Out’ Trump on Jan. 6  I’d bet on Trump.

Judge Dismisses 1 Count Against Trump Dossier Source; 4 Counts to Go to Jury

Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Trump’s Penis for Going After Late-Night Hosts (Daily Beast)

Jimmy Kimmel Stops The Show With A Prison Wish For Donald Trump (Huffington Post)

Lawyer group says Trump attorney broke ethics rules in fake elector plan (Reuters)

‘Lies The FBI Should Have Uncovered’: Day 1 Of The Igor Danchenko Trial

Trump Threatened to Out Confidential Sources From Russia Investigation (Rolling Stone)

FBI Offered Bribe to Bring Down Trump

G.O.P. Candidates’ Fervor for Trump Fluctuates on the Campaign Trail (N.Y. Times) All Trump! All the time!

N.Y. AG James Seeks Court Oversight of Trump’s Business Dealings

Trump Forms New Company, Drawing Scrutiny From N.Y. Attorney General (N.Y. Times) In the Narrative media, ‘scrutity’ means ‘witch-hunt’.

1/6 Panel Votes to Subpoena Former President Trump

Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook lies (Politico)

Gay rights are on the midterm ballot after Clarence Thomas opinion, says new GLAAD ad (The Hill)

McConnell, McCarthy public splits raise questions about ability to govern (The Hill) Pushing the Narrative in the run-up to the mid-term elections.

Leonard Leo Pushed the Courts Right. Now He’s Aiming at American Society. (N.Y. Times)

Oath Keeper testifies about mass of guns allegedly stored near DC on January 6 (CNN) Which they never attempted to use. Who comes to an ‘insurrection’ without a gun?

‘Stop the steal’ supporters train thousands of U.S. poll observers (Reuters) Of course, Reuters thinks this is  a Bad Thing.

Michigan county hires ‘Stop the Steal’ ringleader to recruit poll workers (Politico) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH.

Salon Says GOP ‘Fascists’ Want to ‘End Multiracial Democracy’

Biden Administration Outsourcing Online Censorship of Conservatives

Watchdog Group Calls Out Investment Giant Morningstar for Reputed Anti-Israel Bias

Abrams Busted For Ad Blaming GOP Rival for Georgia Loss Of All-Star Game

Nebraska News Anchor FIRED For Being Christian, Pro-Life

Archives pushes back on Trump claims that other presidents mishandled records (The Hill)

Trump continues to claim other presidents mishandled documents. Hear why that’s not true (CNN)

Prof. Tribe lays out how many crimes AG Garland could indict Trump with (MSNBC) Tribe is as obviously senile as Biden.

Kimmel on Columbus: ‘like if Trump had been born in the 1400s’ (The Guardian)

FBI offered Christopher Steele $1 million to prove dossier claims, senior FBI analyst testifies (CNN)

FBI Offered Up to $1 Million for Allegations on Trump

January 6 committee to argue in upcoming hearing Trump remains a ‘clear and present danger’ (CNN) My, what a surprise.

Which Indigenous lands are you on? This map will show you (NPR) I think where I live used to be a prairie dog town.

Charlottesville museum hoping to melt Lee statue must tell plaintiffs where it is (Washington Post)

What’s in the public interest? Murdoch v Crikey trial could test new defamation defence (The Guardian)

A Brief Summary of January 6 Panel Hearings So Far (Newsweek)

Mastriano’s Attacks on Jewish School Set Off Outcry Over Antisemitic Signaling (N.Y. Times) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH.

Univ. of Florida Students, Faculty Protest Sasse Appointment Over LGBTQ Issues

Major pro-O’Dea donor, heir to a Gilded Age banking fortune, wrote of ‘slavery redux’ (Colorado Newsline)

When the Hindu Right Came for Bollywood (The New Yorker)

TikTok Bans The Term “White Lives Matter”

MSNBC Proposes Obama-Run Democracy Commission to Weaponize Against GOP

Shouldn’t Paypal Fine Itself for Spreading Misinformation About Its Misinformation Fine?

POLITICO Playbook: New revelations about Kevin McCarthy and Jan. 6 (Politico) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH.

MSNBC’s Katy Tur Enables Democrat Senate Candidate to Compare GOP to Muslim Extremists

PayPal Censors Speech? Users Jump Ship After Questionable Policy Draft Leak  And about time, too.

Troy Aikman Catching Heat for ‘Dresses’ Comment During Chiefs-Raiders Game

Video Report: Outrage at University of Florida Over New School President  The witch-hunt continues.

GOP Senators Write Garland, Denounce DOJ’s Policing of Gender-Surgery Speech

Hate Stunt: Journalist Calls Child Welfare on ‘Racist’ Mom About Columbus Day

First on CNN: Former White House aide cooperating with investigation of Trump effort to overturn election results  (CNN)

Donald Trump Praises Jan. 6 Crowd as ‘Biggest I’ve Ever Seen’ During Rally (Newsweek) Apparently this is ‘news’.

Trump Rally Speech Shows He’s ‘Guilty and Scared’: Former Prosecutor (Newsweek) Walls are closing in etc. etc.

Fact check: Trump falsely claims George H.W. Bush took millions of documents to a former bowling alley and Chinese restaurant (CNN)

Newly released emails debunk Trump and allies’ attempts to blame the GSA for packing boxes that ended up in Mar-a-Lago (CNN) The witch-hunt continues.

How Trump’s legal expenses consumed GOP donor money (Washington Post) Gee, if only he’d spent it on something legitimate, like the mansion purchased by the head of BLM.

The Inevitable Indictment Of Donald Trump (The Atlantic)

They Threw a Beer at Her Head. She Chugged It. How a Comedian Owned MAGA Hecklers (Rolling Stone)

POLITICO Playbook: The MAGA candidate of the moment (Politico) Trump cooties!

As Mar-a-Lago case advances, Trump’s initial success could fade (The Hill) They hope, they hope, they hope.

Trump Playing Legal ‘Games,’ DOJ Should ‘Indict Him’: Glenn Kirschner (Newsweek)

Trump Is a ‘Classified Documents Terrorist,’ Should Be Arrested: Kirschner (Newsweek) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH.

DeSantis Forced to Rethink Brand as He Leans on Biden After Hurricane Ian (Newsweek) Certainly the Narrative media would like to think so.

‘You can’t cancel me’: embattled TikTok star reinvents herself as a warrior for Jesus (The Guardian)

Ye gets slammed by rapper Meek Mill after Tucker Carlson interview: ‘It’s like you hate your own people’ (Fox)

Arlington National Cemetery’s Confederate monument has a troubling history (Washington Post)

AP Fabricates “Completely False Story” To Smear DeSantis, Then Deletes

Nothing to See Here! Online Election Info Monitor Defends Work Helping Big Tech Censor Americans

House Democrats seek to censure Marjorie Taylor Greene over ‘Biden is Hitler’ comment

MSNBC Labels GOP The Party of ‘Cruelty And Oppression’ For Pro-Life Stance

Marjorie Taylor Greene: can Democrats unseat the far-right extremist? (The Guardian)

Liberal Media Spin Rising Violent Crime as Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy

PBS’s Capehart Misquotes Dana Loesch: ‘Who Cares About the Children?’

Defense Secretary Austin orders renaming of military bases with Confederate ties (Fox)

Fort Hood to be renamed for Richard Cavazos, a four-star Hispanic general (NBC) Whom nobody has ever heard of. Might as well rename it for Harriet Tubman and be done with it.

GA prosecutor seeks testimony from Gingrich, Flynn, other Trump allies in 2020 election probe (The Hill) The witch-hunt continues.

Testimony sought from Michael Flynn and Newt Gingrich in Georgia 2020 election probe (CNN)

Kanye West defends ‘White Lives Matter’ shirts, slams liberals who threatened, assaulted MAGA hat wearers (Fox)

Jan. 6 detainees say a D.C. jail is so awful that they’d like a transfer to Guantanamo (NPR)

House GOP confronts its 2023 rift: Impeachments (Politico)

Late-night comedy flounders in ratings as Colbert, Kimmel, others openly root for Democrats, shred Republicans (Fox)

MSNBC Suggests High Gas Prices Are A Saudi Plot To Help GOP In Midterms

Dr. Oz Stood in Front of One of Hitler’s Cars at a Fundraiser and Had Jordan Peterson Call In (Jezebel) Jezebel is the Paper of Record for Woke feminism.

Liberal Think Tank CEO: Bringing Jobs Back Is Just Another Ploy To Help White Males

NY Times Scribe Adam Liptak Still Obsessed: SCOTUS ‘Moved Relentlessly to the Right’

How Influential Senate Democrats Shut Down a Bid to Call Witnesses Against Trump (Politico)

Dream job disappointment: Testifying against Trump (Politico)

Why Donald Trump Indictment Will Likely Be Delayed (Newsweek) They still have to find a crime.

Trump Faces ‘Major Step Toward’ DOJ Indictment, Harvard Professor Predicts (Newsweek) Larry Tribe has predicted ten of the last zero Trump indictments.

Kanye West: They told me if I said I liked Trump, my life would be over (Fox)

Trump’s Latest Revenge Fantasy: Purge the National Archives (Rolling Stone) Rolling Stone’s latest anti-Trump fantasy.

‘We Are F**KED’: New Book Reveals How GOP Senators Bailed Out Trump During 1st Impeachment Trial (Huffington Post) Since Maggie Haberman’s fictional fantasies sold so well, other Wokerati are getting in on the act.

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The trial of Igor Danchenko is scheduled for October 11, 2022. While it is only a false statement case, we can’t help but ask whether the trial will reveal any Danchenko contacts with the Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign while he was acting as Christopher Steele’s primary subsource.

Conservative British Voters “Shouldn’t Be Resuscitated” By NHS, Claims Left-Wing Ex-Nurse

NYT ‘Right Wing Conspiracy Theory’ Comes True In Less Than 24 Hours

Money flowing to some election deniers sets off scramble in secretary of state races

Clarence Thomas Faces Calls to Recuse Himself from Trump Mar-a-Lago Case (Newsweek)

A cop in a MAGA hat and an Oath Keeper: Inside one of Jan. 6’s strangest moments (NBC)

Three reasons Washington is freaking out about Elon Musk right now (Politico)

Why is the Army punishing a general for calling out MAGA lies? (Washington Post) Max Boot lives up to his name.

Woke Army general rebuked for Twitter-trolling Tucker Carlson, right-wingers (N.Y. Post)

FBI arrests pastor who wore his company jacket on Jan. 6 and pushed into police line (NBC)

Ohio pastor facing multiple Jan. 6 charges (The Hill)

Spotify is ramping up its efforts to find misinformation in podcasts (The Verge)

Report: Tim Ryan Accepted Money From Firms Embroiled in Ohio’s Opioid Crisis (NewsMax)

Why Marjorie Taylor Greene is raging about the Biden ‘regime’ (Washington P0st) As if Greg Sargent would know.

How the GOP counts on Democrats’ goodwill to conceal its own cruelty (L.A. Times)

NY Times’ Roose Sees ‘Right-Wing Trolls…Extremism’ if Musk Takes Twitter

Colorado baker fighting ruling over gender transition cake (Associated Press)

Cheney warns Arizona voters that the GOP nominees for governor and secretary of state are threats to democracy (NBC) Cheney appears to have fully transitioned to a David French Republican.

Do You Disagree? Then You’re a Threat to Democracy!

Elon Musk Is Totally Wrong About Population Collapse (Wired ‘Science’)

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A majority of GOP nominees — 299 in all — deny the 2020 election results (Washington Post) What do they know that she doesn’t know?

Analysis: Why Trump’s threat against McConnell should be taken seriously (CNN)

The QAnon ‘anthem’ is a familiar sales tool — with strings attached (Washington Post)

The case of Aaron Burr suggests Donald Trump won’t face consequences (Washington P0st)

National Archives Scraps ‘Transparency’ Mission When It Comes to Trump Documents 

Court Filing Reveals Details About What FBI Took at Mar-a-Lago

How Maggie Haberman Covers Trump Without Losing Her Mind (New York Magazine) Money and approval from the Woke surely counts for something.

TDS: George Takei Tweets Insane Conspiracy Theory about the Increase in Gas Prices