Joe Jervis

CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: It’s a “Dune” boon for the box office. Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment’s “Dune: Part Two” touched down with an impressive $32.1 million gross on opening day from 4,071 locations, a figure that also includes $12 million from Thursday evening and earlier event preview screenings. “Dune: Part Two” has also nearly matched the $41 million debut that its …

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Trump: Hateful NC Gov Candidate Is “MLK On Steroids”

“I heard him coming in on the plane, I was listening, and I said to the people in the plane, ‘Watch this, this is Martin Luther King on steroids.’ Okay? “Now, I told that, I told that to Mark. I said, ‘I think you’re better than Martin Luther King. I think you are Martin Luther King times two.’ “And he …

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GOP Rep: “Dangerous Populists” Have Taken Over GOP

“We’ve gone from a time when the Tea Party stood for conservative principles for constitutional principles, to a time where the populists have taken over the Republican Party and are really advocating things that I believe are very dangerous. “The MAGA crowd ran a primary against me last time I won 75-25. I’m not concerned about primary, I’m not concerned …

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DeSantis: New FL State Military Has Doubled In Size

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Office is announcing the graduation of new Florida State Guard members. The first 205 graduates of the February Initial Entry Training (IET)’s three-week program passed the test. “The Florida State Guard serves an important role in emergency response for the state. I am pleased to see this important volunteer force continue to grow to …

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Capitol Fence To Return For Biden’s SOTU Address

Roll Call reports: A security fence will surround the Capitol as President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address on March 7, according to three sources familiar with the decision. The Capitol Police Board on Friday approved the installation of the fencing. A security fence went up around the Capitol for last year’s State of the Union speech. …

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Christian Site Backs “Millstones” Outside LGBTQ Venues

The Christian Post reports: Last year, on February 28, 2023, a concrete replica of a millstone was left in front of the CRU Wine Bar and Coffee Shop on Turner Street in Beaufort, NC. Not just any millstone, but cast into its face was the Scripture reference Luke 17:2 and it’s inner and outer rims were painted in rainbow colors. …

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X Could Face Antitrust Crackdown Under New EU Rules

Politico Europe reports: Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, may face tough new restrictions under the European Union’s new digital antitrust rulebook, the European Commission said after the company told regulators they could come under the scope of the rules. X, TikTok-owner Bytedance and travel website group Booking told the Commission on Friday that they run digital services that …

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Rubio: “There’s No Way Putin Takes All Of Ukraine”

The Hill reports: When asked by “Fox News Sunday” anchor Shannon Bream how much “pressure” the U.S. or other international leaders should put on Russia and Ukraine to find a solution, Rubio said, “I’m not going to set parameters on what that looks like. It’s not our place to do that; it’s premature to do that.” “Here’s what I do …

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Unchecked Wildfires Devastate Texas Cattle Country

The Guardian reports: Ferocious winds continue to thwart firefighters across a broad swathe of Texas on Sunday where the second largest wildfire in US history is only 15% contained after six days. As of Sunday morning the Smokehouse Creek Fire has so far scorched almost 1.1m acres – 1,700 sq miles – across the Texas Panhandle in the north of …

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Vaseline Woman Backs Off Call To Ban All Abortions

NBC News reports: Kari Lake, the Arizona Republican candidate running for Senate, has proclaimed abortion “the ultimate sin,” said abortion pills should be illegal, and praised laws to restrict reproductive rights in other conservative-led states. Lake now says she believes Arizona will settle on a rule that offers access to abortion up to 15 to 24 weeks. She called the …

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Cognitively Impaired Man Slurs Through Rally Speeches

Raw Story reports: Donald Trump had several verbal slip-ups at his rally in North Carolina on Saturday, prompting the internet to go wild There were several instances in which the former reality TV star flubbed his lines, glitched, or otherwise slurred through his standard stump speech. Conservative columnist Tom Nichols said the people in Trump’s audience “mostly know he’s beyond …

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Haley: I’m No Longer Bound By RNC’s Loyalty Pledge

The Washington Post reports: Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley said Sunday that she no longer feels bound by the earlier pledge made by her and other presidential hopefuls to support the GOP’s eventual nominee . The Republican National Committee made that pledge a key condition for candidates who wanted to participate in the party’s debates. Haley acknowledged in an …

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Georgia GOP Bill Allows Arrests Of “Suspected Illegals”

ABC News reports: Georgia House Republicans are backing a bill that would require every eligible police and sheriff’s department to help identify undocumented immigrants, arrest them and detain them for deportation. The House voted 97-74 on Thursday for House Bill 1105 after police accused a Venezuelan man of beating a nursing student to death on the University of Georgia campus. …

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Anthem And Pledge Botched At Trump Rally [VIDEO]

The Meidas Touch reports: Trump rally in Greensboro, NC opened up with the typical Trump-worshiping prayer. Then it was on to the National Anthem, except the singer forgot the words. Then it came time for the “great MAGA patriots” to do the Pledge of Allegiance in Richmond, Virginia. They screwed that up too. If you are going to wrap yourself …

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Ohio QAnon Extremist Drops Out Of US House Race

Toledo’s ABC affiliate reports: J.R. Majewski, who was running to be the Republican candidate to face U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur (D, Toledo) in November, has suspended his campaign. The announcement came weeks after Majewski made headlines for a comment he made during a conservative podcast in February in which he compared arguing online to competing in the Special Olympics in …

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Trump Endorses “America First Fighter” Beetleboob

The Washington Examiner reports: Former President Donald Trump endorsed Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on Saturday to represent Colorado’s 4th Congressional District in the House of Representatives. The front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination called Boebert a “Proven Conservative and Effective Leader who delivers for Colorado, and our America First agenda” in a post on Truth Social. “Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is …

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Trump Sweeps Trio Of Republican Caucuses

Al Jazeera reports: Former United States President Donald Trump has cruised to victory in Republican caucuses in Michigan, Missouri and Idaho, gaining huge momentum in the race to capture his party’s presidential nomination. The former president has now won every state-nominating contest heading into next week’s “Super Tuesday,” when voters in 15 US states and one territory choose their preferred …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Deadline reports: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) are making their final TV ads buys before Tuesday’s Senate primary, but one candidate has shot to the top of the polls without spending a dime on such spots. In fact, according to one poll released today, former Dodgers star and Republican Steve Garvey is leading, albeit slightly, with …

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WaPo: NC Gov Candidate Is Most Vicious Of Cultists

The Washington Post reports: There was the time he called school shooting survivors “media prosti-tots” for advocating for gun-control policies. The meme mocking a Harvey Weinstein accuser, and the other meme mocking actresses for wearing “whore dresses to protest sexual harassment.” The prediction that rising acceptance of homosexuality would lead to pedophilia and “the END of civilization as we know …

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Habba: Biden Will Let In 10 Million “Illegals” To Vote

“Look, the whole thing with our borders, the whole thing with them bringing these people in so that they could vote in November because they need 10 million more illegal votes to beat Trump. “They need more than that. Frankly, this is all by design, and it’s not about keeping us safe. New Yorkers are not safe. America is not …

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