March 31, 2023 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Associated Press reports: Former President Donald Trump is facing multiple charges of falsifying business records, including at least one felony offense, in the indictment handed down by a Manhattan grand jury, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday. He will be formally arrested and arraigned Tuesday in his hush money case, setting the scene …
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March 31, 2023 Republicans, Trump cultists
CBS News reports: Anton Lazzaro, a former GOP operative, has been found guilty of sex trafficking underage girls. Lazzaro was charged with seven counts involving “commercial sex acts” with five minors ages 15 and 16 in 2020, when he was 30 years old. Closing arguments wrapped on Friday, and the jury was handed the case shortly before noon. The jury …
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March 31, 2023 Extremists, Trump cultists
From the Justice Department: Douglass Mackey, also known as “Ricky Vaughn,” was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights stemming from his scheme to deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote. The verdict followed a one-week trial before United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly. When sentenced, Mackey faces a maximum …
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March 31, 2023 Education, Republicans
The Tallahassee Democrat reports: The Florida House on Friday took a step toward expanding a controversial 2022 law that prevents instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in early school grades, approving a measure that would broaden the prohibition through eighth grade. The wide-ranging bill (HB 1069) also seeks to restrict the way teachers and students can use preferred pronouns …
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March 31, 2023 Mass Shootings, Republicans
NBC News reports: Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature has passed a bill to allow people to carry concealed loaded weapons anywhere without permits. The bill now goes to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has repeatedly indicated he will sign it. The measure would scrap existing requirements for concealed weapons permits, including an extra layer of background checks, licensing and firearms training. Under …
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March 31, 2023 Fake News, Fox News
The Associated Press reports: A voting machine company’s defamation case against Fox News over its airing of false allegations about the 2020 presidential election will go to trial after a Delaware judge on Friday allowed a jury to decide whether the conservative network aired the claims with actual malice, the standard for proving libel. Superior Court Judge Eric Davis ruled …
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March 31, 2023 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Huffington Post reports: In an interview with The Times of London, Daniels called Trump’s indictment “vindication.” “I am fully aware of the insanity of it being a porn star. But it’s also poetic; this pussy grabbed back,” she said. Daniels did express concern over how the indictment would “divide people,” noting Trump has “already gotten away with inciting a …
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March 31, 2023 Fake News, Fox News
Mediaite reports: More Dominion Voting Systems slides used during a recent court hearing in the voting company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News were made public on Friday. In an October 2020 email, Fox Corporation Senior Vice President Raj Shah wrote an email with the subject line, “Lengthy Memo re Tucker Carlson Tonight,” in which he suggested “any and …
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March 31, 2023 Christianists, Hate Groups
Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: The newest XIAFLEX commercial is inappropriate for obvious reasons, including airing when children are likely watching television. XIAFLEX is a prescription medicine used to treat adult men with a bend in an erection caused by scar tissue. As such, many families find this extremely graphic commercial offensive and embarrassing because the ad …
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March 31, 2023 Extremists, Nazis
The BBC reports: A prominent member of a California-based white supremacist group has been arrested in Romania and will be extradited to the US. Robert Rundo, 33, co-founder of the Rise Above Movement, was arrested on Friday at a Bucharest gym following a tip-off, Romanian police said. He was accused of violence in 2017 and indicted by a US court …
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