Monthly Archives: December 2020

Pardoned Trump Felon Now Selling #QAnon Shirts

Raw Story reports: Disgraced former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn has fallen far ever since President Donald Trump fired him for lying about his interactions with Russian officials and since he was indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller for lying to the FBI. However, Flynn this week was mocked by many Twitter users for reaching a new low: Selling …

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CNN: Trump Screamed About Mar-A-Lago Renovations

CNN reports: His mood darkened as soon as he walked into his members-only club Mar-a-Lago, three days before Christmas, according to multiple sources. The changes to his private quarters, many of which were overseen by his wife, first lady Melania Trump, were not to President Donald Trump’s liking, and he was mad about it. Several weeks in the works, the …

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Louie Gohmert Admits Election Challenges Might Bring Violence: “There’s Going To Be Trouble No Matter What”

“That has been discussed. I know that has been a concern. Gee, there may be riots and things. Look, there’s going to be trouble no matter what. “And so why should not we be about defending the Constitution and putting down trouble by those who want to destroy our Constitution instead of just saying let’s just let these people do …

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Trump Blasts McConnell For Blocking $2000 Checks

Axios reports: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday blocked Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) request to hold a vote on a House standalone measure that would boost the size of stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 per person. President Trump has demanded that the payments be increased, creating a rift between him and Senate GOP leadership ahead of …

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LA Residents Will Get Vax Record To Store In iPhones

Changing America reports: Residents in Los Angeles County who receive the COVID-19 vaccine will be offered a digital record of their vaccination they can store in their Apple Wallet, according to Bloomberg. The county is partnering with software company Healthvana to begin offering the vaccination record to the Wallet app on iPhone or competing Google platform as a way to …

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Covidiot Cultists Spawn Melee At Texas Mall [VIDEO]

San Antonio’s ABC News affiliate reports: San Antonio Police arrested one person, Eric Matthew Braden, in connection to an unauthorized protest at North Star Mall over wearing masks to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Police say they responded to the mall around 7 p.m. on Dec. 22 for a criminal trespassing call. Mall security confronted an organized protest with people …

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US Secretly Sold Ambassador’s Residence In Israel To Trump Megadonor Sheldon Adelson For $67 Million

The Associated Press reports: The United States sold the ambassador’s residence in Israel for more than $67 million in July, according to an official Israeli record of the sale that shines new light on a transaction that has been shrouded in secrecy. The State Department confirmed the sale in September but refused to identify the buyer or disclose the sale …

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McConnell Blocks Motion For $2000 Stimulus Checks

CNBC reports: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Tuesday attempt to increase direct payments in the year-end coronavirus relief bill to $2,000. The House — with nearly all Democrats and a few dozen Republicans on board — voted Monday to boost the cash deposits to $2,000 from $600. Now, Senate Republicans wary of spending more …

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Trump Tweets Claim He Won The Nobel Peace Prize

Newsweek reports: President Donald Trump appears to have shared an image of the wrong Nobel Prize in a Twitter video Monday ostensibly touting his achievements as a peacemaker. The minute-long video at one point says “Trump stands for peace” and then shows the president with the prime minister of Israel and ambassadors from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. A …

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Liberty Students Call For Shutting Down Falkirk Center

The Christian Post reports: More than 400 students have signed a petition calling on the Lynchburg, Virginia-based university to shut down the Falkirk Center for Faith and Liberty, a think tank founded last year by then-Liberty President Jerry Falwell Jr. and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. The petition, titled “Liberty United Against Falkirk,” contends that the think tank has …

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Trump: “Our GOP Leaders Are Pathetic But I Am Not”

Mediaite reports: The president targeted Republicans for a laundry list of failures on Tuesday, including the hesitance from some to support his quixotic attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Trump has decried Republican leadership in recent weeks, most notably Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who recently accepted that Joe Biden will be the next president. On Tuesday, Trump cited …

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Cultist Rapper Banned From JetBlue After Mask Incident

USA Today reports: Lil Pump is no longer welcome to fly JetBlue Airways after violating COVID-19 safety protocols. The 20-year-old rapper, whose real name is Gazzy Garcia, is banned from flying on JetBlue after refusing to wear a face mask during his Sunday flight, JetBlue confirmed to USA TODAY. On his flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles, the “Gucci …

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Proud Boys DC Hotel Hangout To Close During Protest

The Huffington Post reports: The Washington, D.C., hotel and bar where the white nationalist Proud Boys hang out when they’re in town for protests has announced it will be closed Jan. 6, the day Congress is scheduled to certify the Electoral College vote for President-elect Joe Biden. It’s also the day of a planned “Wild Protest” in Washington to rail …

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Hair Furor Rages At “Weak” GOP Over Veto Override

ABC News reports: President Trump on Tuesday sharply criticized Republican leaders for allowing a vote to override his veto of a must-pass defense policy bill, calling them “weak” and “tired” and accusing them of a “disgraceful act of cowardice.” The House on Monday evening voted 322-87 to override Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), teeing up what …

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Covidiot GOP Pol Sorry For “Naysaying” Face Masks After Being Hospitalized Following White House Party

The Washington Post reports: Earlier this month, Tom Mountain, a Massachusetts Republican Party leader, posed for a maskless photo in front of a silver menorah as dozens of other guests without face coverings mingled nearby at a White House Hanukkah party. Three days later, the vice chairman of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee was rushed to the hospital with a …

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TODAY: Biden To Address Nation On Surging Pandemic

The Washington Post reports: President-elect Joe Biden plans to deliver an address on the coronavirus pandemic as the nation experiences what his chief medical adviser on the issue, Anthony S. Fauci, described Tuesday as a surge in cases “that has just gotten out of control in many respects.” Biden’s remarks, planned Tuesday afternoon in Wilmington, Del., are expected to be …

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Congressional Staffers Next In Line For COVID Vaccine

Politico reports: Congress’ attending physician informed lawmakers Monday night that two staffers in every House member and senator’s personal offices are now eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine. In addition, the Office of the Attending Physician is offering the vaccine to four staffers of every committee chair and every ranking committee member. The announcement, a memo from Brian Monahan to …

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WSJ Board: Trump Is Sabotaging GA Senate Runoffs

Axios reports: Wall Street Journal published an editorial on Monday effectively accusing President Trump of sabotaging Republicans’ chances of winning the Georgia Senate runoffs with his push for $2,000 stimulus checks, calling it an “in-kind contribution to Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden.” It’s another sharp criticism from a newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch — co-chair of Fox Corp. …

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Gallup: Michelle Obama Is Most Admired US Woman

The Hill reports: Former first lady Michelle Obama was named the most admired woman in the U.S. for the third consecutive year according to Gallup polling released Tuesday. Ten percent of Americans named Obama as their most-admired woman, followed by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, the first woman elected to the office, with 6 percent. First lady Melania Trump received 4 …

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Record TX Hospitalizations Spur Business Restrictions

The Dallas Morning News reports: Texas has set a new record for how many of its residents are in the hospital because of coronavirus, with 11,351 as of Monday. The previous high of 10,893 was set on July 22. Twelve of Texas’ 22 trauma regions now have high hospitalization rates, triggering an automatic dial-back of restaurants and businesses to half-capacity, …

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