Monthly Archives: January 2021

Aircraft Activity Suggests Trump May Flee To Scotland

Scotland’s Sunday Post reports: Prestwick airport has been told to expect the arrival of a US military Boeing 757 aircraft, that is occasionally used by Trump, on January 19 – the day before his Democratic rival takes charge at the White House. Speculation surrounding Trump’s plans has been fueled by the activity of US Army aircraft, which were based at …

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Homocon Failed US House Candidate Claims Fiance Got Fired After They Attended Mar-A-Lago New Year’s Gala

The Daily Mail reports: A Republican Congressional candidate has claimed his pharmacist fiancé was fired after the New York Times linked to his Instagram showing the couple ringing in the new year at Mar-a-Lago. George Santos, who unsuccessfully sought a seat for New York’s 3rd District, lashed out at the newspaper on Saturday, accusing it of exposing his family to …

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WSJ Editorial Board Roasts “Showboating” Cultists

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: The Electoral College gambit won’t work this week because House Democrats won’t go along, but imagine if Republicans ran the House and did. Eighty-one million Americans who voted for Mr. Biden would be disenfranchised by an insider scheme. The political response would be volcanic, and understandably so. Republicans would be crushed in the …

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Cotton Breaks With Cultists, Won’t Challenge Election

Via press release from GOP Sen. Tom Cotton: The Founders entrusted our elections chiefly to the states—not Congress. They entrusted the election of our president to the people, acting through the Electoral College—not Congress. And they entrusted the adjudication of election disputes to the courts—not Congress. Under the Constitution and federal law, Congress’s power is limited to counting electoral votes …

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QAnon Rep Vows To “Carry My Glock To Congress”

Newsweek reports: Lauren Boebert, a Republican who was recently elected as a representative of western Colorado to the United States Congress, said Sunday night that she plans to carry a weapon to the lower house. Boebert did not mince words in her tweet. “Let me tell you why I WILL carry my Glock to Congress. … Government does NOT get …

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Joe Biden To Forgo Traditional Inauguration Parade

USA Today reports: President-elect Joe Biden won’t get a traditional inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue after he takes the oath of office, but he will get a presidential escort to the White House. Biden and incoming first lady Jill Biden will forgo the traditional inaugural parade on Jan. 20, the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Sunday. Instead, the Bidens will receive …

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UK Court Denies US Request To Extradite Assange

The Guardian reports: Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the US to face charges of espionage and of hacking government computers, a British judge has decided. The ruling was delivered at the central criminal court by the district judge, Vanessa Baraitser. She said the WikiLeaks founder was likely to be held in conditions of isolation in a so-called supermax prison …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

The Hollywood Reporter reports: It’s official: North American box office revenue plummeted 80 percent in 2020 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and unprecedented theater closures, while global revenue tumbled more than 70 percent. As predicted, domestic movie tickets sold between Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 came generated an estimated $2.3 billion (or $2.68 billion) compared to $11.4 billion in 2019, …

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Trump To Award Presidential Medal Of Freedom To GOP Reps Devin Nunes And Jim Jordan For Kissing His Ass

From an October 2018 USA Today report: President Donald Trump said Thursday that Rep. Devin Nunes deserves a medal of honor for the courage he displayed by taking on the Department of Justice over the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. During a wide-ranging interview on Fox & Friends, Trump repeated his denial that there was any collusion …

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Georgia GOP Rages Over “Secretly Recorded” Call

CNN reports: The audio recording was reported by the Post several hours after Trump said on Twitter that he had spoken to Raffensperger on the phone in an attempt to convince him to look into unfounded conspiracy theories about the vote in November. According to Trump, Raffensperger refused to do so. In response, Raffensperger cryptically delivered a strong message to …

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Cheney Memo Blasts “Dangerous” Election Challenge

Axios reports: GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney (Wyo.) wrote in a memo to her Republican conference on Sunday that “objections set an exceptionally dangerous precedent,” NBC’s Alex Moe first reported and Axios has confirmed. Cheney singled out Cruz’s proposal for a commission as “even more problematic” and asked if Republicans backing the effort realized “they were in essence proposing to …

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All 10 Living Former Defense Secretaries: The Election Is Settled, The Military Will Play No Role In Challenge

The Washington Post reports: The time to question election results has passed, and there is no role for the military in changing them, all of the living former defense secretaries said in an extraordinary rebuke to President Trump and other Republicans who are backing unfounded claims of widespread fraud at the ballot box. The former Pentagon chiefs issued their warning …

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Carl Bernstein: Trump’s Threats To GA Officials Are A Criminal Act And “Far Worse Than Watergate” [VIDEO]

“This was something far worse than Watergate. We have both a criminal president of the United States and a subversive president of the United States at the same time in this one person subverting the very basis of our democracy, and willing to act criminally in that subversion. This is the ultimate smoking gun tape and proof of his attempt …

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BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi Reelected US House Speaker

The Washington Post reports: Pelosi was reelected speaker Sunday in a House contest marked by the absences of several lawmakers who have contracted the coronavirus. The 80-year-old California Democrat, the only woman in history to serve as speaker, secured what might be her last two-year term in the top post. She will lead a razor-thin Democratic majority in the House, …

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Paul Ryan: “Joe Biden’s Victory Is Entirely Legitimate”

The Washington Post reports: Former House speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) excoriated congressional efforts to challenge Biden’s win, warning that perpetuating the notion of an illegitimate result strikes “at the foundation of our republic.” In a statement Sunday, Ryan said it was difficult to “to conceive of a more anti-democratic and anti-conservative act than a federal intervention to overturn the …

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Fox Panelist Defends Trump’s Call To GA Sec Of State: “This Is What His Voters Want, He’s A Man Who Fights”

“The voters who wanted President Trump to have a second term voted for him because he’s a fighter. He’s a man who fights. President Trump doesn’t take advice from political opponents, and here is yet another example where he shows that he’s going to the mat for the over 70 million voters who entrusted him to fight back. “This is …

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Seven GOP House Reps Issue Statement Opposing Challenge: “We Must Respect The States’ Authority”

Politico reports: A group of seven House Republicans — including Freedom Caucus members such as Ken Buck (Colo.) and Chip Roy (Texas) as well as Rep.-elect Nancy Mace (S.C.) and libertarian Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) — put out a rare and lengthy statement Sunday afternoon opposing the effort to challenge election. They argue that the constitution makes clear that states …

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Ted Cruz Whines: Stop Calling Me A Traitor [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday condemned those attacking him for his challenge to the certification of the presidential election, saying they were using “angry language.” Speaking on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo,” the Texas senator responded to his critics on both sides of the aisle. “I think everyone needs to calm down,” he said. “I …

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QAnon Freak Show Won’t Wear Mask For Swearing-In

Yahoo News reports: Georgia’s new QAnon-supporting Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene caused a ruckus on Sunday at the swearing-in of the new Congress when she refused to wear a mask despite requests from House floor staff, according to Politico’s Jake Sherman. The ceremony takes place amid a drastic uptick in COVID-19 cases across the country. Several House members have been in …

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GA Sec Of State: Trump Is Lying About His Call To Me

The Washington Post reports: President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call Saturday that election experts said raised legal questions. The Washington Post obtained a recording of the conversation in which Trump alternately berated Raffensperger, tried to flatter him, begged him to …

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