‘Daily Show’s’ Jordan Klepper warns about Ron DeSantis turning Florida into an ‘autocracy’

CBS, CNN+ Tee Up Far-Left Klepper to Compare ‘Authoritarian’ Hungary to Florida

The Slime Machine Targeting Dozens of Biden Nominees (The New Yorker) Of course, they had no objection to the ‘slime machine’ – including the New Yorker – targeting dozens of Trump’s nominees.

Ginni Thomas also texted Meadows about another friend who shared election fraud conspiracy theories (CNN)  Ooooooo! Texted! A friend! Very suspicious!

ABC, NBC Wail: DeSantis Targets Disney for Supporting Child Grooming!

College Professor Wins Settlement In Pronouns Lawsuit

YouTuber Who Said Cancel Culture Was A Good Thing Gets Cancelled  What goes around comes around.

The Other McCain is not afraid to ask the not-so-hard questions.

Start with a simple question: Does wearing a mask protect you from COVID-19?
If the answer is “yes,” and you are protected by your mask, then why does it matter whether or not other people are also wearing masks? If you think other people must also be compelled to wear masks — because their mask protects you from their germs, supposedly — then doesn’t that imply that your mask is ineffective? But if your mask isn’t working to protect you, then why do you think their mask is necessary, since you apparently don’t think masks really provide a barrier to germs?

We could have a long discussion about the efficacy of masks — do they reduce the spread of airborne viruses by 10% or 20% or whatever? — but the real bottom line is that people who act as if masks will protect them from COVID-19 don’t really seem to believe masks work that way, or else they would be content to protect themselves and not worry about whether other people are also wearing masks. And we could say much the same thing about COVID-19 vaccine mandates: If you think the vaccine will protect you, why does it matter whether other people are also vaccinated?

The fundamental fact is that masks and vaccines don’t work very well, the COVIDians know they don’t work very well, but they have nothing but PANIC to fall back on. Security theater is not a monopoly of the TSA.

Ron DeSantis takes his culture war to the next level (CNN) Note how this is somehow his culture war, not the one that CNN has been waging for the last thirty years.

Why did CBS News hire Mick Mulvaney? (The Guardian) Robert Reich is not pleased with the ideological traitors at CBS.

Why Tucker Carlson wants men to aim lasers at their private parts (Washington Post) Why Dana Milbank is so concerned with men’s private parts.

Florida’s vile ‘groomer’ law may soon blow up in DeSantis’s face (Washington Post) Vile!

How ‘Drag Storybook Hour’ set off culture wars at a Virginia community center (Washington Post)

John Oliver Reveals How He’s Been Trolling Dr. Oz for Years (Daily Beast) Oliver was an asshole before being an asshole was Politically Correct.

WashPost’s Lorenz Attempts to ‘Expose’ Woman Behind Libs of TikTok  There’s gotta be a witch in there somewhere….

WaPo “Tech Reporter” Taylor Lorenz Under Fire For Doxxing ‘Libs Of TikTok’, Harassing Family

CNN Decries ‘Putin-esque’ ‘Book Burning,’ Suggests Florida Is Cancelling Math

Jack Dorsey Goes After CNN For Deliberately Stirring Division

‘Unqualified,’ ‘Florida,’ ‘Dangerous,’ MSNBC Attacks Judge Who Struck Down Mask Mandate

Liberals Raise Concerns About Account That’s Making Them Look Bad By Just Sharing Their Actual Words

Doxxer Taylor Lorenz thinks she’s the real victim  Of course she does.

Why we’ve just scratched the surface of the January 6 investigation (CNN) Liz Cheney always looks as if she hadn’t bothered to wash her hair for a couple of weeks.

He Could’ve Taken Down the Trump Org. Now He’s Taking the Blame. (Daily Beast)

The Trumpified RNC strikes another blow against democracy (Washington Post)  Mommee! Billy hit me back!

On MSNBC, NPR’s Hinojosa Falsely Accuses Border Agents of Whipping Haitians

Brian Stelter Plays Dumb (Again) on Big Tech Spiking Conservatives

WashPost’s Max Boot Cries Elon Musk Is ‘World’s Richest Troll’  Which leaves Max Boot with the title of World’s Dullest Troll.

Report Alleges U.S. Spied on Big Tech Accounts of Project Veritas Employees

Lefty Singer on CBS: Abbott Wants to Make Black AND Gay People Disappear!

The Monopoly On Your Mind: These 6 Companies Control 90% Of What You Read, Watch, & Hear

Read it.

Anybody at all making money, actually, except Children of the Crust.

Former Aide Knocks Trump’s ‘Dumb Endorsements’ in GOP Primaries (Newsweek)

The one word that explains Donald Trump’s endorsement of J.D. Vance (CNN) CHris Cilizza apparently doesn’t have a big vocabulary.

SNL’s Michael Che and Colin Jost Brutally Roast Elon Musk (Daily Beast) Ritual denuciation of the latest heretic and sinner welcomed by the Cool Kids at the Daily Beast.

SNL’s Marjorie Taylor Greene Warns Easter Is Way Too Gay (Daily Beast) And no attempt at humor is too sophomoric for either SNL or the Daily Beast.

Ohio public university to pay $400,000 in damages after punishing professor over preferred pronoun controversy

Trump, Allies ‘Inarguably Committed’ Crimes With Jan. 6 ‘Coup’: Kirschner (Newsweek) No, not that Kirschner, another one, one you’ve never heard of.

Libs Of TikTok Suspended Again After Getting Reinstated

Is Hunter Biden’s Laptop Killing Twitter as We Know It?

CIA Bombshell: The Sussman Data Was “User Created”

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It is amazing. Certain politically pregnant phrases are repeated nearly verbatim, over and over by a multitude of pundits, politicians, news anchors, podcasters, talk show hosts, etc. It’s as if they’re all reading from the same script. (They are.) The worst of these is the declaration of a “threat to our democracy.” It’s as if this is the definitive, final, word. Except that they all must say it, just in case it didn’t quite take in first time. Just in case we didn’t hear it. Just in case someone, aghast, challenged the idea of it, declared it not just unoriginal, but also just plain wrong.

Challenge is an ugly thing. It is “a threat to our democracy!”

GOP Lawmaker: Hitler Should Serve as an Inspiration to Homeless People (Daily Beast) Best high-school ‘journalism’ in the country.

NY AG launches gas price gouging investigation into the oil industry (CNN) Gouging!

DOJ charges 3 Russians with running ‘foreign influence and disinformation network’ in U.S. (CNBC) Can a Trump indictment be far behind?

Raskin: Jan. 6 panel’s report will include ‘crimes that have not yet been alleged’ (The Hill)

Soros-Funded Group Whines Billionaires Are ‘Toxic’ to ‘Democracy’

Texas Follows Through With Gross Stunt of Dumping Migrants in D.C. (Daily Beast)

Greg Abbott eagerly fills the border-politics void left by Trump (Washington Post)

How to explain Tim Scott? (Washington Post) Well, usually by just making stuff up.

Replacing derogatory names in WA gets dragged into our larger culture war (Seattle Times)

State: Residency law too late to remove Trump-backed hopeful (Associated Press)

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoes 26 Democratic bills (Associated Press)

Liberal NowThis News ripped for 2018 video mocking Trump’s prediction about Germany  Trump was right again.

Capitol riot defendant blames actions on Trump and false election claims (The Guardian) He now loves Big Brother.

NY AG expands Trump Organization civil investigation to include role of appraiser (CNN)

Wealthiest Americans pay just 3.4% of income in taxes, investigation reveals (The Guardian)

These Bay Area and California billionaires pay a lower effective federal tax rate than you do (S.F. Gate)

MSNBC, ABC, CBS, Democrats repeatedly fearmonger, claim GOP will be the ‘death of democracy’

Ruhle Lets MSNBC Analyst Liken Republicans to ISIS on Abortion

MSM Brands Musk A “Supervillain” As Blue Checks Melt Down Over Hostile Twitter Takeover

Elon Musk’s vision for the internet is dangerous nonsense (The Guardian) And Robert Reich knows all about dangerous nonsense.

An unintentionally revealing line in a Donald Trump un-endorsement (CNN) And of course Chris Cilizza, ace mind-reader, absolutely knows what Trump’s intention is.

Kimmel Hits Back at Accused ‘Sex Offender’ Matt Gaetz for Calling Him Sexist (Daily Beast)

Did Jared Kushner just get a $2 billion bribe? (Philadelphia Inquirer) Since he’s not a public official, it doesn’t matter. But it’s really all about Trump.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Joining Military Is ‘Throwing Your Life Away’ (Newsweek) Leaving out, of course, the key qualifier ‘under Biden’.

Jimmy Kimmel Spots Major Trump Confession Hiding In Plain Sight (Huffington Post) Except that it isn’t really.

The infuriating insincerity of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ chat about San Francisco homelessness (S.F. Gate)  Infuriating! (The Narrative Media is just chock-full of expert mind-readers.)

CLOWN Robert Reich: Elon Musk’s ‘Libertarian’ Views on Internet ‘Dream of Every Dictator’

NYT Opinion Editor: Couldn’t Help Worrying ‘For Our Democracy’ After Hearing Conservative Men  ‘Their’ democracy is one in which they win all of the time.

20 Federal ‘Assets’ Embedded At Capitol On Jan. 6, Court Filing Says

Greene Slams Media Focus on Capitol Riot, Notes It Happened ‘One Time’ (Newsweek)

Cheney rejects report of a dispute among Jan. 6 committee on criminal referral for Trump (The Hill)

Twitter Suspends Clinton Accuser Juanita Broaddrick

Paul Graham.

One of the most surprising things I’ve witnessed in my lifetime is the rebirth of the concept of heresy.

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There are an ever-increasing number of opinions you can be fired for. Those doing the firing don’t use the word “heresy” to describe them, but structurally they’re equivalent. Structurally there are two distinctive things about heresy: (1) that it takes priority over the question of truth or falsity, and (2) that it outweighs everything else the speaker has done.

For example, when someone calls a statement “x-ist,” they’re also implicitly saying that this is the end of the discussion. They do not, having said this, go on to consider whether the statement is true or not. Using such labels is the conversational equivalent of signalling an exception. That’s one of the reasons they’re used: to end a discussion.

Why the ‘America First’ Politicians Aren’t Convincing Most Republicans (Politico) Rich Lowry, Chief Cuck at National Review, lines up behind the Narrative.

Lawmaker blasts Big Oil CEOs at hearing: ‘You are ripping off the American people’ (CNN) Big Oil executives could say the same about Democrat Senators.

The Trump Organization used to borrow from major banks. Now look who’s lending it money. (NBC)

Sen. Joni Ernst confronts Biden nominee who called her ‘hideous’ on Twitter: ‘I’m calling you out’

It’s not over: Donald Trump could still face criminal charges, says Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg (Daily News) Forget street crime, we’re going after Trump!

Mike Lindell Gets Sued at Nightmare Rally With MAGA Election Clerk (Daily Beast)

Mehmet Oz is worth at least $104 million and maybe a lot more, a new report says (Philadelphia Inquirer) And therefore he has RICH PEOPLE COOTIES! Shun him!

DOJ Moves to Investigate Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Stash of Presidential Documents (Daily Beast)

Boycotting Disney and Oreos: The red flags that MAGA is a cult (Salon)

Matt Taibbi.

On March 18th, the New York Times published “America Has a Free Speech Problem,” an editorial wrapped around a poll, asserting roughly 80% of the country withholds opinions over fear of “retaliation or harsh criticism.” The piece prompted outrage from Twitter’s moral police — “arguably the worst day in the history of the New York Times” cried blue-check analyst Tom Watson — some of whom claimed the article did so much to legitimize right-wing propaganda about speech suppression that the entire Times editorial board should resign or be fired.

A day before the Times editorial, the Chronicle of Higher Education published an article by author and longtime professor Laura Kipnis called “Academe is a Hotbed of Craven Snitches.” My first question upon reading this disturbing piece was why the excellent word “craven” isn’t used more by writers. The second, after digesting the content — a litany of horrific scenes of students, administrators, and academics destroying each other’s careers and reputations, often over consensual, legal sexual encounters — is how anyone familiar with even a fraction of what Kipnis writes about could quibble with the notion that America has a “speech problem.”

One of Trump’s favorite news networks just got dropped (CNN)

Voter fraud allegations about Trump aides point to a deeper scam (Washington Post) There is no vote fraud, and if there is it’s Trump’s fault.

The real reason Lauren Boebert and J.D. Vance are attacking Disney and trying to cancel Mickey Mouse (Washington Post) I’ll bet you didn’t know that writers for the WaPo can read minds.

Hannity Doubles Down on Quoting Kremlin Spokesperson: ‘I Told the Truth!’ (Daily Beast)

Angry mom who confronted Adams on toddler mask mandate fired from city job  My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.

Stephen Colbert Ends Ron DeSantis Song With A Biting Question For Floridians (Huffington Post) I have no trouble believing that Colbert bites.

With divisive Supreme Court rulings coming, Barrett says: ‘Read the opinion’ (Politico)

Amber Athey fired after likening Kamala Harris’ suit to UPS uniform  Except that this Brown doesn’t deliver.

Kinzinger says he’s ‘surrounded by a bunch of children’ in Congress (The Hill) So he ought to feel right at home.

House Democrats weigh stronger response to Justice Thomas conflict of interest accusations (NBC)

Ron DeSantis’ Office Delayed Release of Records of Matt Gaetz Associate (Newsweek) Apparently being a Mat Gaetz Associate is now a Bad Thing.

Former police officer goes on trial over Capitol riot (Politico)

Stelter: ‘Fear’ of Elon Musk Buying Twitter Shares, Joining Board

Internal CBS Revolt Against Hiring Republicans

Libs Gush as Disney Employee Fantasizes About Woman Getting Smacked

Merrick Garland ‘Failing the People’ Over Donald Trump, Joaquin Castro Says (Newsweek)

Biden called Murdoch the ‘most dangerous man in the world,’ new book alleges (CNN)

District Of Columbia Lacks Standing To Sue Oath Keepers And Proud Boys For Jan. 6, Defense Attorney Says

#AppleToo founders in legal battle accusing each other of harassment  Whose turn is it to be the victim?

Sexist Kimmel Accuses Female Sen. Blackburn of Trying to Set Women ‘Back 50 Years’

Cancel Culture Is Helping Marxists Achieve Their Revolution in the West Without the Bloodshed

‘SNL’ takes aim at Clarence Thomas, wife Ginni Thomas over text message controversy

Apple wields its lobbying might against LGBTQ laws (Politico)

The Memo: Trump, allies face mounting troubles from Jan. 6 twists (The Hill)

Critics Mock Donald Trump’s ‘Truth Social’ Over Slump (Newsweek)

The Lynching of Justice Clarence Thomas

NOT Subtle: Washington Post Cartoonist Paints DeSantis as Child Murderer

Biden Wants DOJ To Prosecute Trump Over January 6  Or for SOMETHING.

MSNBC’s Tiffany Cross Fantasizes Trump Being Arrested ‘Cops’-style  I get the impression that people at MSNBC have a very rich fantasy life.

Putin Seeks To Declare ‘Victory’ Over Eastern Ukraine By May 9th: US Officials

Twitter Breaks Own Rules, Allows Death Threat Against J.K. Rowling

CNN+: Forget Hunter, REAL Media Scandal Is CBS Hiring a Trump Official

Please, Merrick Garland. Don’t wait for the Jan. 6 committee. (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin is very impatient to burn the witches.

The US supreme court’s assault on voting rights hits a new low (The Guardian)

Pelosi responds to calls for Justice Clarence Thomas to resign from Supreme Court

Facebook fails to label 80% of posts promoting bioweapons conspiracy theory (The Guardian) The swine!

The Latest Trump Scandal: Never Mind

FINALLY! Google Acknowledges Trump Was President in ‘About’ Section

‘Unprecedented’: Conservative Lawyers Condemn Coordinated Effort to Discredit Clarence Thomas

Hostin Made to Read ANOTHER ‘Legal Note’ After Smearing Ginni Thomas

MSNBC Blames Fox, Tucker Carlson For Online Threats, Harassment  Like being called ugly by a frog.

Frustrations with Garland grow among Jan. 6 committee members (Washington Post)

Buttigieg: Greene’s remarks on his marriage show plan to ‘divide and demonize and demoralize’ (The Hill)

This Marjorie Taylor Greene rant makes no sense (CNN)

The FEC wants to know why Ron Watkins failed to disclose 40% of his campaign’s money (Arizona Mirror)

QAnon Linked Candidate in FEC Crosshairs After Failing to Disclose Funds (Newsweek) Linked!

1803 Justice Chase impeachment shows Dems may be able to pressure Thomas with political threats: Expert

When asked about Ukraine, Trump ranted about windmills (CNN)

‘Treachery’—Donald Trump Faces Backlash for Asking Vladimir Putin a Favor (Newsweek)

A 7-hour gap in Trump’s calls evokes a missing spot on Nixon’s tapes (Washington Post) Apparently Trump is not only the New Hitler but also the New Nixon.

Justice Dept. expands Jan. 6 probe to look at rally prep, financing (Washington Post)

NYT Painted Matt Gaetz as a Child Sex Trafficker. One Year Later, He Has Not Been Charged.

“[We All] Hope Clarence Thomas Dies”: UCLA Faces New Free Speech Controversy Over Social Media Posting

Ginni Thomas’ West Wing contacts raise new questions for another Trump ally: John Eastman (Politico)

Trump turns Michigan into MAGA proving ground (Politico)

Trump Rally in Georgia Helps Stacey Abrams With Fundraising Appeal (Newsweek)

Kinzinger Wants Tucker Carlson ‘Held to Account’ for Taking ‘Putin’s Side’ (Newsweek) But who’s going to hold Kinzinger accountable for taking Democrats’ side?

Trump Sues the Russia Hoaxers

Not Gonna Happen! Scarborough Sputters With Rage That Trump Won’t Be Prosecuted

No, School Boards Are Not ‘Banning Books’

Sally Fields Is So Mad at Pro-Lifers, She Might Physically Assault Them  Somebody ought to encourage Sally Fields to get an abortion. From the neck up would work, after all, it’s just a clump of cells.

Caitlyn Jenner Bashes Swimmer Lia Thomas

Men to the left of us, men to the right of us

Babylon Bee Writers Trying To Slowly Tunnel Out Of Twitter Jail Behind Poster Of Gina Carano Babylon Bee.

11 People and Outlets Censored by Twitter for Questioning Gender Ideology

Trump aide Manafort removed from plane for revoked passport (Associated Press)

DNC launches ad hitting Republicans over Ron Johnson health care comments in key states (The Hill)

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she is ‘threatened’ by trans women (The Hill)

Pomerantz and Trump

Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers

ABC’s ‘Home Economics’ Erases Amy Coney Barrett from Supreme Court

Trump Sues Hillary Clinton, Says She ‘Maliciously Conspired’ To Weave Collusion Conspiracy Theory  This ought to be amusing.

CNN’s Glasser Makes Biden’s Sanctions Flip-Flop About Trump

Behind Tucker Carlson and J.D. Vance, a revolt against the GOP unfolds (Washington Post)

Ex-Trump personal assistant appears before Jan. 6 panel (The Hill)

‘It’s a culture war that’s totally out of control’: the authors whose books are being banned in US schools (The Guardian)

Cowboys for Trump creator found guilty in second US Capitol attack trial (The Guardian)

Ted Cruz’s Latest Troll? Turning His Campaign Into a Super PAC (Daily Beast)

Progressives find a new takedown target in the House

Twitter Now Suspends Babylon Bee Editor Following ‘Joke’ About Satire Site Being Suspended

Florida becomes a dangerous laboratory of autocracy  (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Ron DeSantis follows the Trump playbook ahead of 2024 (CNN) Teeing-up De Santis to be painted as The New Trump, just in case.

Bill Maher Didn’t Change. He’s Always Been a Cringe Centrist. (Daily Beast)

The real – and far scarier – reason Republicans think Biden is illegitimate (The Guardian)

The Trump Org Finds a New Way to Play Dirty With NY Investigators (Daily Beast)

Can divisive culture warriors be booted out of an extremely red state? (The Hill)

Ex-wife accuses top Missouri GOP Senate candidate of abuse (Ass0c9ated Press)

Controversial Saudi-Backed Tournament Reportedly To Be Held At Trump Golf Course (Huffington Post)

Jan. 6 Suicide Victim Was Told ‘He Would Not Receive A Fair Trial In This Town’  And he would not.

Jan. 6 panel will reveal new information about attack, Cheney says (NBC)

Liz Cheney does not regret vote against Trump Ukraine impeachment (The Guardian)

Is a post-Trump media world beginning to take shape? (The Hill) All Trump! All the time!

NYT Reveals Shady New Details on How Project Veritas Got Its Hands on Ashley Biden’s Diary (Daily Beast)

Twitter Locks The Babylon Bee’s Account

Health Worker Megafund Attacks Facebook Over ‘Misinformation’

Free Speech, Ours and Theirs

Capehart: If I Wouldn’t Get Fired, I’d Curse Tucker Carlson for Wanting Jackson’s Test Score  It’s so wayciss!

Under Trump, DHS directed to probe bogus claims about voter fraud (Associated Press)

Even the Department of Homeland Security Was Used to Look for Bogus Voter Fraud (Daily Beast) Bogus!

Trump’s violent political rhetoric is metastasizing in the Republican Party (Washington Post) Forget Putin – Trump is the real problem.

The Jan. 6 Witch Hunt Committee

Twitter Flags Texas AG’s Tweets As ‘Hateful’

Why is J.D. Vance getting canceled by his fellow Republicans? (Washington Post)  Maybe because he’s sounding like a RINO?

Will ‘Trump Enablers’ Eat Lunch in This Town Again? (Politico) The ‘town’ in question, of course, being Washington D.C. (Not if Politico has anything to say about it….)

Former GOP state lawmaker pleads guilty in Capitol riot (CNN) I guess it isn’t an ‘insurrection’ any more.

Fact check: Democratic activists falsely claim Marjorie Taylor Greene refused to applaud Zelensky (CNN) Too big a lie even for CNN to support.

Indicted Congressman Blames Lying Charges on Spotty Cell Service (Daily Beast) The Congressman in question is, of course, a Republican.  Were he a Democrat, the Daily Beast wouldn’t even mention it.

Jan. 6 trial centers on lingering mystery: Where was Mike Pence as riot raged? (Politico) Raged!

A Chick-fil-A in California may be declared ‘a public nuisance,’ city council plans vote

‘You look like a Republican’: Anti-tech bro flyers pop up in SF (S.F. Gate)

DeSantis and his acolytes mounting hostile takeover of Florida’s university system (Gainesville Sun) Acolytes! Hostile!

DeSantis Might Be Trump-Lite, but at Least He’s Not Trump (Daily Beast)

Democrats Sue To Disqualify 3 GOP Congressmen From 2022 Ballot, Alleging Role In Insurrection, Election Manipulation Ah, we’re back to ‘insurrection’.

CBS Tees Up Biden Education Secretary to Trash Florida in Cartoonishly Soft Interview

Huh?! Meyers: Trump Russia Policy Was Akin to Letting a Dog Pee on the Rug

Love Wins: Columnist Celebrates Tornado Hitting Home of FLA ‘Gay’ Bill Author  Democrats: Party of Fear/Party of Hate/Party of Death

Trump White House aide was secret author of report used to push ‘big lie’ (The Guardian) No, not that Big Lie, the other Big Lie … Wait, let me check the list….

Here are the possible new names for 9 Army bases that honored Confederates (Politico)

U.S. wants prison time for rioter who said she would ‘absolutely’ storm Capitol again (NBC)

DHS relaunches independent council after ousting Trump-era officials last year (CNN)

Why Democrats should impeach Justice Clarence Thomas  (MSNBC) After all, he’s Not Really Black.

YouTube Flags Tulsi Gabbard’s Criticism Of “War Machine” As “Offensive” Content

Stephanie Ruhle Furious Over Barr Book, Vows to Cut Any Twitter Followers Who Bought It

Federal Judge Dismisses Felony Obstruction Charge In Second Jan. 6 Case In Eight Days

Why Current and Former Employees Are Trashing Left-Wing Propaganda Operative Tara McGowan

The View Avoids Jackson’s Leniency with Pedos, Targets Conservative Justices

Chris Cuomo Throws His Bestie Don Lemon Under the Bus in Pursuit of CNN Cash (Daily Beast) Money beats friendship – and politics.

Document on plan to ‘occupy’ Capitol Hill buildings, Supreme Court on January 6 discovered by prosecutors (CNN) Good thing they weren’t planning to occupy Wall Street, or then they’d really be in trouble.

Judge orders DOJ to produce documents related to decision to prosecute Steve Bannon (Politico)

‘Incels’ are a rising threat in the US, Secret Service report finds (The Guardian)

GOP senator gives trucker protesters a Capitol tour (Politico) “A senior Hill aide alerted the DOJ afterward.”

Florida and Texas can’t outlaw my family (CNN)

Chinese plot to smear US Congress hopeful unveiled (BBC)

https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/builder-who-hoped-to-save-a-piece-of-madisons-black-history-seeks-to-demolish-and/article_8cbe4dd1-f6c7-57b1-ba82-f2a4588bd891.html

https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/builder-who-hoped-to-save-a-piece-of-madisons-black-history-seeks-to-demolish-and/article_8cbe4dd1-f6c7-57b1-ba82-f2a4588bd891.html

Is Merrick Garland finally ready to indict Donald Trump? (The Hill)

Trump-endorsed candidate asked about January 6. Watch what happened next (CNN)

This billionaire wants to pick your next senator (Philadelphia Inquirer) No mention of George Soros, of course.

Fearing political violence in 2024, judges sentence Jan. 6 defendants to probation through the next election (Washington Post)

The Supreme Court has declared open season on constitutional rights (Washington Post)

Adam Kinzinger blasts ‘evil’ Tucker Carlson, then zaps Marjorie Taylor Greene with ‘space laser’ zinger (N.Y. Daily News)

Tulsi Hates Daily Beast Report on Her Alleged Russian Agent Donor (Daily Beast) No mention of Eric Swalwell’s commie Chinese girlfriend.

Alleged Capitol Rioter in Cowboy Hat Accidentally Outed by Rioting Co-Worker (Daily Beast) It’s just so tiresome typing ‘alleged’ all the time.

Democratic group runs ad hitting Ron Johnson over Trump 2017 tax bill (The Hill)

Mug shot: Republican Josh Hawley told to stop using January 6 fist salute photo (The Guardian) “The mug featured prominently on Hawley’s website on Tuesday despite a cease and desist letter issued by Politico.”

Thomas and Gorsuch blasted for not understanding history of media protection (Washington Post)

Why aren’t Arizona’s treasonous fake electors in jail? (The Arizona Republic)

Why so many Russian billionaires are called oligarchs (NPR) It’s called a ‘smear’.

Tulsi Gabbard Demands Romney Resign After Calling Her a ‘Treasonous Liar’  She ought to retaliate and call him a RINO jerk-off.

California city may declare Chick-fil-A a “public nuisance” (CBS)

The super PAC hammering Mehmet Oz as a RINO is getting money from longtime Democratic donors (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Presumed Guilty Until Proven Guilty…(of something…eventually)

FAKE NEWS: How One Reporter’s Blatant Lie About Glenn Youngkin Became a Democratic Talking Point

Fake News, Bezos Post! Paper Tries to Muddy Waters Over Piece Smearing Youngkin

Chris Hayes Accuses Poland of Racism for Accepting Ukraine Refugees But Not Syrians  I didn’t know that ‘Syrian’ was a race.

Zero Class: MSNBC Segment Makes Death of Fox Journalists About Trump

YouTube Removes CONVERSATION with Trump

What Trump Has Said About Putin Since Russian Invasion of Ukraine Began (Newsweek) Or at least what the Narrative wants you to believe he said.

Ginni Thomas acknowledges she attended January 6 rally but played no role in planning it (CNN) Burn the witch!

Merrick Garland’s goal is to restore the integrity of the Justice Department. His legacy will still be defined by Trump. (Washington Post) No, his goal was to nail Trump.

Prosecutors admit they violated a Capitol rioter’s rights after leaving him waiting in jail since December (CNN()

Feds admit breaking law with delay in case against alleged Jan. 6 rioter (Politico)

Donald Trump Deepfake Shows Ex-President Joining Russia’s Version of YouTube (Newsweek)

Opinion: TV coverage amplifies the GOP’s false claims about gas prices (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin is a busy little bee pushing the Narrative.

Tulsi Gabbard Smeared As ‘Treasonous Liar’ By Sen. Romney Over Ukraine Biolab Concerns

Romney’s “Treason” Smear of Tulsi Gabbard is False and Noxious, But Now Typifies U.S. Discourse

Sleazebags Use Death of Fox News Cameraman to Score Political Points

Why Florida is ground zero for America’s ‘culture war’ (Politico) Because it’s run by a Republican whom the Democrats don’t want to run for President because he might win.

President Biden, don’t ‘fund the police’ until cops do better on telling the truth (Philadelphia Inquirer) Will Bunch seems to think it’s up to the President to ‘fund the police’.

Not Charging Trump Will ‘Destroy’ Legitimacy of US Institutions: Kirschner (Newsweek)

Dr. Oz supported health insurance mandates and promoted Obamacare before Senate run (CNN)

ADL develops algorithm to track antisemitism on social media (Times of Israel)

Beto O’Rourke Calls Texas Gov. Greg Abbott a ‘Thug’ and ‘Authoritarian’ at SXSW (Daily Beast)

‘Don’t expect the Mueller report’: Video to play key part in Jan. 6 hearings and report (CBS)

Todd Scolds Barr for Calling Left ‘Dangerous’…After Comparing Trump to Putin

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Ya gotta feel bad for the South by Southwest folks. Just once a year, they want to get together to publicly examine their virtues, hold their shining intellects up for consideration and propose ways they can drag the rest of us mouth breathers up onto their enlightened plane. They want to talk about wind farms and vegan bologna and the “Latina Power Pipeline.”

Most years, it goes off without a hitch and they all jet home to fight for sustainable microbrews or more pansexual Nickelodeon characters. But this year, some knucklehead went and invited John Cleese to be on a panel. The decidedly unwoke Monty Python founder has caused much tutting among elites lately for insisting that people should have a sense of humor, and for defending J.K. Rowling’s heretical opinion about men being men and women being women. Predictably, Cleese ended up playing the proverbial skunk at the wine and locally sourced cheese party.

Like Christopher Hitchens, Cleese is a lefty who does not suffer fools gladly.

Putin and Trump have convinced me: I was wrong about the 21st century (The Guardian) You can probably just assume that Robert Reich is going to be wrong about everything, but the point of the Narrative is to link Trump and Putin as much as possible.

Clarence Thomas: supreme court could be ‘compromised’ by politics (The Guardian)

‘Many’ Spy Agency Staffers Think Capitol Riot Was ‘Justified,’ Ex-NSA Veteran Says  (Daily Beast) What, no ‘insurrection’?

GOP congressman calls Trump ‘a would-be tyrant’ (The Hill) And Tom Rice is a ‘would-be Democrat’.

Trump’s political revenge tour takes on Republicans who broke with him over Jan. 6 (NPR) This is news?

DeSantis’ ‘free state of Florida’ faces new restrictions on First Amendment rights (Miami Herald)

Republican Kinzinger: I should have voted to impeach Trump over Ukraine (The Guardian) But not Biden, apparently.

Jan. 6 Chair Says Trump White House Visitor Logs Proving ‘Very Fruitful’ (Newsweek)

As Washington tries to deescalate a war, Republican state houses escalate the culture war (Boston Globe)

‘Time to wake up and smell the roses!’ | Judge gives Capitol rioter twice the jail time DOJ requested

New York Times in the (Gas) Tank for Biden, But Blamed President Bush

Politico Chronicles New York Times Meltdown Over Recent Project Veritas Videos

Capehart Unloads on GOP State-Level Leadership: ‘It Looks Hideous… It Is Horrendous’

NYT Reporter on NBC: If Trump Was President, He Would Let Russia Invade Ukraine  If Trump were President, Russia wouldn’t have dared to invade Ukraine.

YouTube Removes Trump Interview  If you didn’t know that YouTube was anti-Trump, you know it now.

Poll Shows Americans Believe Trump Sympathizes with Russian Invasion (Newsweek) Not surprising, since that has been the Big Lie pushed relentlessly by the Narrative Media.

Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Is ‘Crime Against Humanity,’ Has To End Soon: Trump  Guess Trump didn’t get the memo that he’s a Russia-lover.

Ukraine raises stakes for Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda (The Hill)

Yale begins removing Sackler name from campus amid opioid outrage (Al Jazeera)

Amy Schumer Broke Into a Boys’ Club. Now She Wants to Blow It Up.

Guy Reffitt, first January 6 defendant to stand trial, found guilty on all charges (CBS) The show-trials continue.

New clues emerge about the money that might have helped fund the Jan. 6 insurrection (NPR) The witch-hunt continues.

Trump ‘laughs at’ supporters behind closed doors, Stephanie Grisham tells ‘The View’ (N.Y. Daily News)

The View’s Sunny Hostin Slams ‘Complicit’ Co-Hosts for Supporting GOP (Daily Beast) Woker-than-thou.

Commentary: Many Texas voters are just dead wrong (Austin American-Statesman)

How Pence used 43 words to shut down Trump allies’ election subversion on Jan. 6 (Poliyico)

Capehart Blasts ‘Hideous’ and ‘Horrible’ GOP Social Agenda

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“Canada will always be there to defend the right to peaceful protest” – Justin Trudeau, in a reference to protests in India…

Asked why he supported some protests, but was determined to crush the trucker convoy, Justin Trudeau answered without hesitation: He supported – and even participated in – protests he agreed with. But he did not support – and vowed to crush – those with “unacceptable views”. Then he proceeded to take a wrecking ball to Canada’s banking system, and whatever is left of our individual civil liberties.

We are now seeing how far his NDP-backed Liberal government is prepared to go to economically execute dissenters – those with “unacceptable views”. A convoy organizer was jailed, and led into court in shackles. Bank accounts have been frozen, businesses have been destroyed, and many working Canadians will find it impossible to earn a living in their own country.

DOJ Offers 70- to 87-Month Prison Sentence For Man Photographed With Feet Up in Nancy Pelosi’s Office

Donald Trump’s power is fading: Trumpism is the clear and present danger now (The Guardian)

In the first Jan. 6 trial, a jury found Capitol riot defendant Guy Reffitt guilty (NPR)

Tucker Carlson goes full blame-America on Russia’s Ukraine invasion (Washington  Post)

Al Franken Unimpressed With Tucker Carlson’s Coverage of Ukraine (Newsweek)

Clarence Thomas’ Strange Pick to Promote His Book Says It All (Daily Beast)

Republicans revert to ‘it won’t be that bad’ mode on Trump (Washington Post)

A Yale professor’s list of companies staying in Russia has put the business world on notice (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Fox News Graphic Malfunctions While Listing Donald Trump’s Achievements (Newsweek)

‘Trump Lost Lol’ Sign Directed at People’s Convoy Protest Seen in D.C (Newsweek)

High-powered group targets Trump lawyers’ livelihoods (Axios)

Why it’s so hard to prosecute Donald Trump (CNN)

NBC Makes Ron DeSantis ‘The Face of Controversy’

Rowling to Trans Mob: ‘Worry About Your Legacy, I’ll Worry About Mine’

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On January 6, 2020, Matthew Perna walked through an open door in the U.S. Capitol. Two police officers manned the door. They appeared welcoming. For 20 minutes, Perna walked through the halls, took videos, and shouted “USA, USA.” Then he left.

Last Friday night, Perna went into his garage in little-town Pennsylvania and hung himself. Perna had become the victim of Joe Biden’s Justice Department and the FBI. He was hounded for two years, rejected by friends, lost his job, and was subjected to widespread ridicule. And he was on the cusp of receiving upward of six years in prison. All this for walking through an open door, not causing any damage, not threatening anyone, taking a few videos, and shouting patriotic slogans.

Republicans warn Justice Department probe of Trump would trigger political war (The Hill)

Putin’s Hollywood pals – the stars who snuggled up to the Russian dictator (The Guardian)

Biden Shatters Israel’s Delusions (Newsweek)

San Francisco police officer found not guilty of assault and battery charges in landmark use of force trial (S.F. Chronicle)

David W. Schamens, Pro-Trump PAC Treasurer, Rants About Hillary Clinton After Feds Charge Him for Ponzi Scheme (Daily Beast)

NBC Makes Ron DeSantis ‘the Face of Controversy’

News Outlet Blasts ‘Hypocrisy’ of Sanctioning Russia But Not Israel

Trump kept hearing his fraud claims were false — but those he trusted kept saying they weren’t (Washington Post)

The Emptiness Inside Donald Trump’s New Social Media Platform (Politico)

Donald Trump Can’t Stop Whining About His Failing Social Media App (Daily Beast)

Disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein caught smuggling Milk Duds in jail (NBC)

Christie Torches Libs on ABC Panel for Blaming Trump for Ukraine

Eastman Emails Could Provide ‘Smoking Gun’ Evidence Against Donald Trump (Newsweek) We hope, we hope, we hope….;

Jan. 6 panel has tough case to make on Trump criminal conspiracy (The Hill)

Tucker Carlson suddenly has questions about Ketanji Brown Jackson’s credentials – I have questions about his (The Guardian) And I have questions about yours, Arwa Mahdawi.

‘People’s Convoy’ Truckers Are Still Very Confused About Their D.C. Plans (Daily Beast) Or perhaps they’re just not ready to tell the Daily Beast.

Barbershop Confrontations, Profane Signs and Despair: Pro-Biden and Alone in Rural America (Politico)  Poor baby. Welcome to our world.

OC Professor John Eastman Called ‘Serpent in the Ear’ of President Trump (Times of San Diego)

Reporter Surrounded, Heckled for ‘Fake News’ as Trucker Convoy Nears D.C. (Newsweek)

Donald Trump looks increasingly like a stray orange hair to be flicked off the nation’s sleeve (Washington Post) George Will, feeling a lack of love, sucks up to the Cloud People.

Clinging to Masks, Meyers Wonders: ‘How Much of a D**k’ Is DeSantis?

Donald Trump Could Face Criminal Charges After Explosive John Eastman Emails Revealed (Newsweek) We hope, we hope, we hope….

Joy Behar suffers dramatic fall on ‘The View,’ face-plants in front of audience  Life imitates art.

WaPo’s Jennifer Rubin roasted for complete flip-flop on Rubio’s State of the Union response: ‘Shameless’

Donald Trump cuts off his nose to spite his face in Arizona (CNN) Chris Cillizza indulges in some wishful thinking.

Former AG Barr said Trump became enraged after being told election fraud claims were nonsense’  (NBC) This is news?

Son testifies about texting with his father after January 6 and turning him in to the FBI (CNN) Just like in the old Soviet Union.

Jon Stewart rips ‘dishonest propagandist’ Tucker Carlson for Putin comments (The Hill) Like being called ugly by a frog.

Twitch has a new policy that will ban ‘harmful misinformation superspreaders’ (The Verge)

How the Hell Is Trump 43-0 vs. Campaign Finance Watchdogs? (Daily Beast) Perhaps because there’s no there, there.

Hillary Clinton “Disappointed” Crypto Exchanges Aren’t Banning Russians  Because Hillary’s all about banning people.

J6 Committee Accuses Trump Of Committing Federal Crime

Twitter Locks Rep. Vicky Hartzler’s Account for Defending Women’s Sports

Watch: Man Ordered To Leave Televised Q&A For Expressing ‘Wrongthink’ On Russia

ABC’s ‘The Conners’ Disparages Responsible Gun Owner and Pushes Anti-Gun Agenda

“Resounding Win”: Judge Blocks New York Attorney General’s Attempt To Dissolve NRA

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According to Vladimir Putin, there are Nazis lurking in the Ukrainian government. This, says Putin, is why Russia must invade: to “strive for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.” It is an outlandish claim, intended to justify Putin’s raw aggression. Anyone who attempts to frustrate his designs is, in Putin’s twisted account, a Nazi.

Watching this effrontery from Europe and America, observers are astonished that a rapacious autocrat would lie openly while enacting territorial conquest. Westerners think Putin is acting just like—guess who?—Hitler. And so images of the Russian president with the trademark moustache have been all over Twitter. So has the hashtag #putinhilter. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky encouraged the comparison when a Russian strike hit the Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial in Kyiv: “what is the point of saying «never again» for 80 years, if the world stays silent when a bomb drops on the same site of Babyn Yar? At least 5 killed. History repeating…”

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The Israeli manufacturer of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is suing the company because he says it cut off his 35-year contract after he refused to participate in its “illegal” Israel boycott.

Avi Zinger, an ice cream maker who has produced and distributed Ben & Jerry’s in Israel since 1987, filed the lawsuit against Ben & Jerry’s and its parent corporation, Unilever, in U.S. federal court on Thursday, alleging breach of contract and wrongful termination.

Zinger’s legal complaint outlines a decade-long pressure campaign by anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) activists against Ben & Jerry’s that he says led to the company’s decision to cut ties with him.

Russian President Putin Tweets Updates; Former U.S. President Trump Still Banned from Platform

As Democrats Sag in Polls, New York Times Whines GOP ‘Weaponizing’ the ‘Culture Wars’

Todd Blames ‘Right-Wing Echo Chamber’ for Bad Polls on Biden Economy

The Texas primary has turned into a bad Netflix series (CNN) Whatever happens, It’s All About Trump.

Romney on Greene, Gosar: ‘I have morons on my team’ (The Hill) If it were your team, Mitt, you’d quit helping the other side score.

With the world watching Putin, Trump targets Trudeau

Donald Trump at CPAC: Five Moments You Might Have Missed (Newsweek) Spin, spin, spin….

Conservatives turn to a new message: ‘God bless the Ukrainian people’ (Washington Post) Continuing the Narrative that ‘conservatives’ were pro-Putin.

Investigate Trump’s mishandling of presidential records (Boston Globe)

The war against democracy finds allies in America First (Washington Post) In the Narrative Media, ‘democracy’ means ‘Democrat vote fraud’.

Study: Twitter’s ‘Liberal’ Content Turned Voters Away From Trump

MSNBC Slags Kavanaugh, Barrett SCOTUS Resumes as ‘Abysmal, Embarrassing’

Pass the Haterade! CBS’s ‘Magnum P.I.’ Disparages Police with Far-Fetched Anti-Cop Storyline

Sinister: AP Says Republicans Using Trans as ‘Wedge Issue’  No pun intended, I’m sure.

Big Tech Allows Russia State-Affiliated Accounts to Have 38.7M Followers — Banned Trump

Watch: Dem Rep. Suggests Kicking Out Every Russian Student In The US  Eric Swalwell cements his position as being possibly the most putrid Democrat in Congress.

Trump Arrives for CPAC as Investigations, Jan. 6 Probe Close In (Newsweek)

The strange Republican world where the big lie lives on and Trump is fighting to save democracy (The Guardian)

Trump’s adulation for Putin has gone way too far (L.A.Times)

Calls to expel Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene after speech at white nationalist event (The Guardian) Free speech? Not here!

Liz Cheney calls out fellow House Republicans for associating with White nationalist event (CNN) Except that it wasn’t a ‘white nationalist event’.

Putin’s “useful idiots” abound in MAGA world (Seattle Times)

Has Clarence Thomas’ wife crossed a line? Yes, and then some (L.A. Times) Free speech? Not here!

Yahoo Boosts WH Flack: Trump, Putin ‘Two Nauseating, Fearful Pigs’ Who Hate America

Stephanopoulos Obsesses Over Trump While Putin Attacks Ukraine

White House spokesman calls Trump, Putin ‘pigs’ who ‘hate what America stands for’ (The Hill)

“Don’t Say Gaetz” Law Protects Florida’s Kids from Matt Gaetz (The New Yorker)

Kimberly Guilfoyle, fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., meets and clashes with Jan. 6 committee (NBC)

New dark money group reminds NCGA lobbyists they can donate unlimited money (WRAL News) In the Narrative Media, ‘dark money’ means ‘pro-Republican’. George Soros, for example, cannot be ‘dark money’.

Believe It or Not, Ron Johnson Used to Be Normal (Daily Beast) For sufficiently left-leaning values of ‘normal’.

Hillary Clinton repeatedly suggests Donald Trump, Republicans enabling Putin aggression during MSNBC interview No mention of her years as Secretary of State, of course.

GOP’s Gerrymandering Called Racist, but ‘Obamamandering’ Just Politics

Vox Mourns ‘Imperiled’ New York Investigation of Trump

FLASHBACK: When Russia Invaded Ukraine in 2014, NBC Whined That Trump Called Obama ‘Weak’

Why Donald Trump can’t stop praising Vladimir Putin (CNN) Chris Cillizza can apparently read minds.

Russia invades Ukraine: What you need to know (Washington Post) Hint: It’s all about Trump.

North Carolina officials reject Cawthorn claim that Constitution’s insurrectionist ban no longer applies (Politico)

Marjorie Taylor Greene Claims Violence Needed To ‘Stand Up’ To Trans People (Newsweek)

Local Canadian convoy support builds on years of disinformation (The Hill)

Former Minneapolis officers found guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rights (Washington Post)

Trump, the Saudis, and Mar-a-Lago’s boxes of U.S. secrets: A recipe for disaster? (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Now is the time to remember what Fox’s own lawyers said about Tucker Carlson (Washington Post)

Donald Trump’s Detention Club convenes for Putin’s Ukraine invasion (CNN)

Fact-checking Sen. Rick Scott’s claims his new plan does not raise people’s taxes (CNN)

Scott’s agenda spurs backlash from Democrats, GOP alike  (The Hill)

Texas abortion law gives gun-controlling California, gun lobby something to agree on (L.A. Times)

Trump Wanted Lindsey Graham to Take Out Mitch McConnell. Graham LOL’d (Daily Beast)

The Mysterious Right-Wing Group Funding the Trucker Convoy (Daily Beast) Mysterious!

German Federal Minister Wants Kindergarteners To Be Educated About “Right Wing Extremism”

Mitt Romney Blames Trump’s “America First” Policy For Russian Attack On Ukraine  Of course he does. No situation is so unrelated that it can’t be blamed on Trump.

Bank Account Deplatforming Is Cancel Culture’s New Weapon