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Controversial event on academic freedom at Stanford University goes forward amid controversy. Speakers include Amy Wax, Jordan Peterson, Scott Atlas, Joshua Katz and more.

Apparently it’s ‘divisive’ because the speakers are in favor of academic freedom rather than against. Inside Higher Ed ought to change their name to Inside Higher Indoc.

Kari Lake-Linked Tech Firm Wreaking Campaign Finance Havoc (Daily Beast) Linked! Havoc!

Georgia shoe manufacturer lays off most of workforce after Adidas stops Yeezy production (CNN)

Yeezy resale market shot up, despite Adidas cutting out Kanye West (The News International)

With conservative Supreme Court, religion always wins (The Hill) They say that like it was a bad thing.

In Arizona, Kari Lake Worked in Local TV News. Now, She Calls Reporters ‘Monsters.’ (N.Y. Times) Well, she should know.

Media Silence When Democrats Talk About Beating Up Republicans

CNN Host Helpfully Tees Up Jim Clyburn to Compare U.S. to Nazi Germany

Ronald Lauder: New York’s Billionaire Political Disrupter (N.Y. Times) Electing anybody other than a Democrat is ‘disruptive’. For shame!

ABC’s Karl Complains to Youngkin That GOP Congress Will Impeach Biden  That’s a feature, not a bug. (Shoulda thought about that before witch-hunting Trump….)

Ahead Of The Midterm, CBS Trots Out Ye Olde ‘Spanish Language Disinformation’

KNIVES OUT: Liberal Pundits Blame ‘Stupid’ Dems for Midterm Losses And that would be … all of them?

FBI called to Kari Lake’s campaign office after staff received suspicious white powder in two envelopes with ‘threatening’ messages for Republican Arizona Governor candidate (Daily Mail) But of course only Republicans indulge in political violence.

NBC Hypocrites Lash Out At GOP Ads With Guns, Ignores Dem Gun Ads

Thousands of Christians Condemn Rep. Greene, Mike Flynn as ‘False Prophets’ (Newsweek) SCRAAAAAPE that barrel….

Ron Johnson pushes racial divisions in his closing message to Wis. GOP voters (Washington Post)

Homeland Security Admits It Tried to Manufacture Fake Terrorists for Trump (Gizmodo)

Voters most blame social media, cable news and Trump for political violence (NBC) They had to put Trump in there to have a token Republican.

Bob Woodward says Trump Tapes reveal ‘evasions,’ ‘denials’ — and outright lies (CBC)

Trump Ally Tom Barrack Acquitted of Foreign Agent Charges

Hulu’s ‘Falwell Pool Boy’ Documentary Devolves into Another Trump-Christian Bashing Film

House January 6 committee interviewing Secret Service agents in Trump’s motorcade on day of attack (CNN) I guess they have nothing more important to do.

Investigators search for pricey gifts to Trump from foreign leaders (Washington Post) SCRAAAAAAAPE that barrel….

Exclusive: DOJ mulling potential special counsel if Trump runs in 2024 (CNN)

DOJ considering appointing special counsel if Trump runs in 2024: report (N.Y. Post)

Judge says he’ll appoint monitor for Donald Trump’s company (The Hill) Absent is any explanation of how this judge has that authority.

Musk is managing Twitter Trump-style (Axios) They say that like it was a bad thing.

Musk’s Trump-style management rattles Twitter workers awaiting layoffs (Washington Post) What is ‘Trump-style management’? Do they even know? Is that even a thing, or just a verbal stick with which to beat Musk?

McConnell’s PACs put money where Trump’s mouth is (Washington Post)

Kimmel Admits He Lost ‘Half’ His Fans Bashing Trump

Why isn’t Trumpism hurting the GOP? Some Democrats see vexing answers. (Washington Post) Greg Sargent just can’t understand it.

Black Seattle detective feared Proud Boys were chasing her. They were undercover sheriff’s officers (NPR)

World’s richest man decides to set $44 billion on fire (Washington Post)

Alabama’s Confederate mansions get state funding, distort our history (AL.com)

A Michigan judge tried to block an abortion rights measure. His ex-wife says he helped her get an abortion in college. (NBC)

Man Who Left Democratic Party Blasts Stephen Colbert for Calling Him ‘Made Up’

Room for any other Views? Outrage as show’s Sunny Hostin likens white women voting Republican to ‘roaches voting for Raid’, Joy Behar calls party a ‘cult’ and Sara Haines says all GOP candidates are ‘election deniers’ (Daily Mail)

Former US Capitol Police Officer Found Guilty Of Obstructing Jan. 6 Investigation

NY Times’ Deluded Social-Media Censor Frets Twitter Under Musk on Side of Thugs

White Suburban Women Running Back Into GOP’s Arms, Leftist Elites Enraged

Forget Elon Musk. Maybe the Problem with Twitter Is You

Republicans Are Bad for the Economy. Here’s Why. (Daily Beast)

Twitter Sued by Employees for Mass Layoffs Without Enough Notice

US midterms: The conspiracy theorists running to control 2024 vote (BBC) No, they’re not referring to Hillary or Stacy Abrams.

A ‘Threat’ to Free Speech: Media Meltdown Over Musk-Twitter Deal

House Majority Whip: US ‘on track to repeat’ Nazi Germany, downplays inflation ahead of midterms

The tragedy of John Roberts (Washington Post) Ruth Marcus finds a tear in her beer.

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The Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for at least five games without pay Thursday, dismayed by his repeated failure to “unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs.”

Hours after Irving refused to issue the apology that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver sought for posting a link to an antisemitic work on his Twitter feed, the Nets said that Irving is “currently unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets.”

“We were dismayed today, when given an opportunity in a media session, that Kyrie refused to unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs, nor acknowledge specific hateful material in the film. This was not the first time he had the opportunity — but failed — to clarify,” the Nets said in a statement.

Top Trump adviser granted immunity for testifying in Mar-a-Lago papers case (The Guardian) Walls are closing in etc. etc.

Trump 2024 campaign prepares for post-midterms launch (Associated Press)

Clarence Thomas was ‘key’ to a plan to delay certification of 2020 election, Trump lawyers said in emails (CNN) And if you believe that one, they’ll tell you another one.

Trump files lawsuit against NY AG to halt review of personal trust (The Hill)

The Court Battle That Threatens Trump After Election Day (New York Magazine)

CREW to pursue disqualification if Trump runs (CREW)

Judge Says He’ll Appoint Monitor for Donald Trump’s Company

Donald Trump joins the Paul Pelosi conspiracy caucus (CNN)

Biden uses Florida’s ‘extreme MAGA Republicans’ as foils for his closing midterm pitch (CNBC)

Stephen Colbert Hits The Jackpot With A Billion-Dollar Troll Of Trump (Huffington P0st)

Trump Peddles Pelosi Attack Conspiracy — And Has Been Saying Worse in Private (Rolling Stone) The witch-hunt continues.

With Falsehoods and Ridicule About Pelosi Attack, Republicans Mimic Trump (N.Y. Times)

Biden’s Recognition of Lula’s Win Is a Rebuke to Trumpism (The Nation) I sincerely doubt that Biden, Lula, or the writing staff of The Nation have the slightest idea of what Trumpism is, even should it exist.

Dana Pico Schools Jen Rubin (But Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Incurable)

News Hoax Quiz John C. Wright throws down a challenge.

Mehmet Oz’s medical research was rejected in 2003, resulting in 2-year ban (Washington Post)

Criminal trial of Trump’s business begins as his legal woes mount (MSNBC)

Several GOPers push bigoted theories ahead of Election Day (MSNBC)

Obama torches Trump Republicans in massive MAGA takedown (MSNBC)

Inflation fuels sharp rise in prized tax break for the wealthy (Politico)

Leading election denier is on the verge of leading Nevada’s election system (Politico)

The Heir: In Nevada, a G.O.P. Candidate Sheds His Political Inheritance (N.Y. Times) FUD-spread in the run-up to the election.

The Dark Heart of the Republican Party (The Atlantic) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH.

Joy Reid & Hillary Clinton Shriek Over ‘Violent Fascist Republicans’

‘True The Vote’ Founders Jailed For Contempt Of Court

Hillary Clinton: GOP Rhetoric a ‘Threat to the Heart of Our Democracy’

40 justice organizations and media watchdog groups call on top Twitter advertisers to demand Elon Musk adhere to brand-protecting community safety rules or stop advertising on the platform altogether (Business Insider) Despite it’s name Business Insider has nothing to do with business and everything to do with proglodyte activism.

Kanye West fans launch GoFundMe to ‘make him a billionaire again’ (N.Y. Post) Gotta love fans.

CNN’s Tapper Insists Crime is NOT Skyrocketing, Suggests GOP is Lying

Skipping Hillary’s Latest Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory

PBS Warns Of Civil War Started By ‘Christian’ ‘White Men’

The Courts Are the Only Thing Holding Back Total Election Subversion (The Atlantic)

NYT Weeps Over GOP Campaign to ‘Demonize and Dehumanize’ Pelosi in ‘Ugly Ways’

Daniel Radcliffe Explains Abandoning Rowling to Trans Mob

Denying the Attack on Pelosi Is a Bridge to Supporting It (New York Magazine) Jonathan Chait has the IQ of a carrot, and yete is paid a hefty sum to demonstrate same in public. They hire the handicapped.

Hillary Clinton’s Latest Half-Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory

Trump Org. CFO will spill tax fraud to New York jury, prosecutors say (Politico)

Inflammatory Radio Ads From 2 Trump-Aligned Groups Are Airing in Battleground States (N.Y. Times) Aligned!

TIME Freaks at Potential Trump Return to Twitter  Which is enough reason to do it.

‘Absolutely no evidence:’ Police, FBI affidavit debunk salacious conspiracy about Pelosi attack pushed by conservatives (CNN)

Why Elon Musk’s conspiracy theory tweet about Paul Pelosi attack is ‘dangerous’ (ABC)

Misinformation fuels false narratives about attack on Paul Pelosi (Tampa Bay Times)

Elon Musk Tweets Conspiracy Theory About Pelosi Attack Before Deleting It (MSNBC)

Misinformation and hate are trending in this election year (CNN) Boy, they sure are, and it’s mostly coming from the Narrative Media.

Elon Musk’s plan to charge for Twitter verification will be a misinformation nightmare (TechCrunch)

Musk’s Twitter: ‘This is exactly what many of us were worried about’ (Politico)

Republicans Continue to Spread Baseless Claims About Pelosi Attack (N.Y. Times) And the New York Times continues to spread baseless claims about Republicans.

Letters, Tweets, TV: How Midterm Disinformation Has Washed Over Pennsylvania (N.Y. Times)

The Right-Wing Mothers Fuelling the School-Board Wars (The New Yorker)

Alberta’s New Premier Under Attack For Refusing To Associate With WEF

Joy Reid Accuses GOP of Rigging Polls to Create Narrative of a Red Wave

The Supreme Court Has No Reason to End Affirmative Action. They’re Doing It Anyway. (Slate)

CNN Claims Political Violence ‘Is A Uniquely Right-Wing Problem’  Tell that to Steve Scalise. Tell that to Rand Paul.

Noah, Abrams Lament ‘Vile’ Attacks While Spreading Conspiracy Theories

Even the Sane Republicans Are Embracing Election Deniers (The Bulwark) The Kristol Krew pushes the Narrative.

Top GOP Secretary of State Candidates Hobnob with Extreme Conspiracy Theorists  (Mother Jones) Like Stacy Abrams, Joy Reid, Jennifer Rubin, and Trevor Noah?

GOP Candidate Said Elites Drink Blood, Sell ‘Baby Body Parts’ After Abortion (Vice)

Prosecutors Look at Florida Election Protest as a Model for Jan. 6 (N.Y. Times) And they complain about Republican conspiracy theories….

MSNBC Asks ‘What The Hell Is Wrong With’ GOP, Alleges Violence Fetish  Like Antifa? Like BLM?

Fortune 500 Companies Have Given Millions to Election Deniers Since Jan. 6 (Pro Publica) How much have they given to biology deniers?

Dem Lawmaker Calls on Biden Admin To Investigate Musk Twitter Purchase  Better they should investigate Dem lawmakers.

The View Blames GOP/Fox for Pelosi Attack, This Is ‘On Your Hands’

Trustees approve Sen. Ben Sasse as next University of Florida president Sometimes the witch-hunt fails. Maybe the woke students will decide to go to some other school.

Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation about Pelosi attack (Washington Post) No mention, of course, of Narrative Media and tehir pushing left-wing misinformation.

January 6 committee obtains eight emails showing possible planning of post-election crime (CNN)

‘SNL’ takes on notable Republicans before the midterm elections (CNN) My, what a surprise.

Republicans blame ‘both sides’ for political violence after Paul Pelosi attack (Washington Post) They had to put the scare-quotes around ‘both sides’ so you would realize that it’s only one side, the Republicans, to blame.

Don’t blame ‘both sides.’ The right is driving political violence. (Washington Post) Max Boot makes the witch-hunt explicit.

Even The Goodwill Cancels Kanye West, Bans Yeezy Shoes From Stores  I guess even Goodwill has a limit.

Russians Used a US Firm to Funnel Funds to GOP in 2018. Dems Say the FEC Let Them Get Away With It. (Mother Jones) Dems say! That proves it!

Indian government creates body with power to order social media content takedowns

CBS’s Margaret Brennan Tries to Pin Political Violence on Republican Rep’s Tweet

Laxalt campaign paid thousands to political operative linked to Twitter account that denigrated Jews, women (Jewish Insider) Linked! And the witch-hunt continues.

Pelosi Attacker Was Progressive and Mentally Ill, Says Ex-Girlfriend

Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, tweets conspiracy theory about attack on Paul Pelosi (CNN) And the witch-hunt continues.

MSNBC Hosts Misleadingly Link Crime to GOP States (with Democrat Cities In Them)

Right-wing ‘zombie’ papers attack Illinois Democrats ahead of elections (NPR) According to the Law of Liberal Projection, this means that Democrats are planning to do this very thing.

In Pennsylvania, the Big Lie Is Spreading Its Roots (Bloomberg)

Election denier Mark Finchem’s sleeper campaign closes in on MAGA prize (Washington Post)

Dr. Oz’s Campaign Is Stocked With Jan. 6ers (Rolling Stone) These kinds of ‘stories’ are going to metastatize as the election grows nearer.

Morning Joe Blames Paul Pelosi Attack on ‘Republican Propaganda, Trump-Fueled Fascism’  If Joe says X, it’s usually safe to believe not-X.

Reuters Editor Freaks World ‘Worse Off’ with Musk Twitter Ownership

Republicans amplify misinformation, falsehoods about attack on Paul Pelosi (Washington Post) And the witch-hunt continues.

Prominent conservatives share online disinformation about Paul Pelosi assault (Politico) And the witch-hunt continues….

‘The Nation’: Musk Trying to Turn Twitter Into ‘Far Right Forum’  And the witch-hunt continues….

Twitter Bans Conservatives, Including Heritage Foundation Expert, One Week Before Midterm Elections

The right-wing ecosystem that created the Paul Pelosi conspiracy theory (Media Matrters) Mat Gertz continues the witch-hunt….

ABC, NBC Lash Out Over Supreme Court Hearing Affirmative Action Case

What Is J.D. Vance Doing? (Slate) The witch-hunt goes into high gear as the election approaches.

Company Backed by J.D. Vance Gives Platform for Russian Propaganda (N.Y. Times)

CBS or DNC? ’60 Minutes’ Helps Democrats With Late Hit Piece on Arizona ‘Election Deniers’

Republicans have made violence part of their brand (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin is back from vacation and promptly loses her shit. (BLM is part of the Republican brand? Antifa is part of the Republican brand?)

Doctor Compares Crisis Pregnancy Centers to ‘Terrorists’ During Democrat-Led Hearing

Like Trump, Elon Musk reveals a vapid mind super-charged by wealth and ego (The Guardian) And yet he’s founded several successful companies, made billions of dollars, and you’re still just a scribbler nobody’s heard of for a left-wing newspaper in a country not your own. How do you account for that?

GOP Strategists: AG Garland to Indict Trump After Midterms

Trump Calls Attack on Paul Pelosi a ‘Terrible Thing’ as He Rails Against Crime  So much for the Narrative.

Deranged: The View Forces Little Kids to Dress in Mar-a-Lago Raid Costumes

NY Times ‘News’ Headline: ‘Democrats Say Racism Is the Real Messaging’ in GOP Crime Ads

Scandal-Plagued MAGA Candidate Has Even More Wild Secrets (Daily Beast)

Oil companies rake in huge profits amid consumer squeeze (The Hill)

White House rejects promoting general involved in Capitol riot response (Washington Post)

I visited Monaco, one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Here are the 12 most over-the-top examples of luxury I saw. (Insider)

Ousted Twitter top lawyer made calls to ban Trump, censor Hunter Biden laptop story (Fox)

How Samuel Alito’s hypocrisy is fueling the crisis at the Supreme Court (MSNBC)

Will plunging shares end big tech’s era of ‘pornographic’ profits? (The Guardian)

Please, don’t give your vote to Lauren Boebert (Denver Post) Not so much for Democrats as against Republicans.

Only the GOP Celebrates Political Violence (The Atlantic) David Frum obviously doesn’t read the news.

NPR-Affiliate Flunkies Make ‘Deranged’ Attempt to Tie Elise Stefanik to Paul Pelosi Attacker

‘Saturday Night Live’ Opens by RIPPING Republican Candidates as Morons and Menaces  My, what a surprise.

White Nationalist Nick Fuentes Re-Banned From Twitter (Daily Beast)

NBC’s Todd Worries Inflation Will Elect Republicans Like Kari Lake

Elon Musk, in a Tweet, Shares Link From Site Known to Publish False News (N.Y. Times) One could say the same for anyone tweeting a link to the New York Times–or the Washington Post.

Elon Musk, new owner of Twitter, tweets unfounded, anti-LGBTQ conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi attack (NBC) The witch-hunt continues….

Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation about Pelosi attack (Washinton Post) The witch-hunt continues….

Elon Musk tweet promotes baseless anti-LGBTQ conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi attack (S.F. Chronicle)  The witch-hunt continues….

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

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’