Monthly Archives: February 2021

SNL’s Marjorie Taylor Greene Gives “Sience” Lesson

USA Today reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Cecily Strong) stopped by the Weekend Update desk to explain her views on gender to anchor Colin Jost. “I love science,” she said. “I’m always talking science. Unless that science is about climate change, coronavirus, space lasers, evolution, the metric system, the rhythm method, breastfeeding, living on Mars, Jesus’ skin color or Santa’s …

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VA Lawmakers Approve Legal Weed Starting In 2024

The Virginia Mercury reports: Lawmakers in the Virginia House and Senate voted Saturday to legalize recreational marijuana beginning in 2024, but opted to delay key decisions about how the new marketplace will operate until next year. The bill, which Gov. Ralph Northam made a priority of his final year in office, is poised to make Virginia the first state in …

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Second Aide Accuses Cuomo Of Sexual Harassment

The New York Times reports: A second former aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is accusing him of sexual harassment, saying that he asked her questions about her sex life, whether she was monogamous in her relationships and if she had ever had sex with older men. The aide, Charlotte Bennett, who was an executive assistant and health policy adviser …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

The Hollywood Reporter reports: Sponge on the Run comes four years after the elaborate $20 million Broadway musical based on the cartoon, which was a commercial disappointment but a delirious critical darling. The show’s psychedelic Day-Glo marine world appears to have been influential not only in the look of the new movie but also in the extent to which songs …

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FDA Approves Use Of J&J’s Single-Shot COVID Vaccine

The New York Times reports: The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday authorized Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, beginning the rollout of millions of doses of a third effective vaccine that could reach Americans by early next week. The announcement arrived at a critical moment, as the steep decline in coronavirus cases seems to have plateaued …

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Rep. Madison Cawthorn Even Lied About His Car Crash

The Washington Post reports: Cawthorn said a close friend had crashed the car in which he was a passenger and fled the scene, leaving him to die “in a fiery tomb.” Cawthorn was “declared dead,” he said in the 2017 speech at Patrick Henry College. He said he told doctors that he expected to recover and that he would “be …

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CPAC Denies “Slanderous” Claims About “Nazi Stage”

Snopes reports: The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was underway in late February 2021 in Orlando, Florida, complete with a golden statue of former U.S. President Donald Trump. And it wasn’t long before controversy unfolded. Eagle-eyed social media users claimed that the stage where Sen. Ted Cruz, Donald Trump Jr., and others made speeches looked eerily like a Nazi or …

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Roger Stone Dances To “Trump Won” CPAC Rap Song That Glorifies “Patriots” Attack On US Capitol [VIDEO]

The Wrap reports: There’s a lot going on this weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) but perhaps nothing will top this video of Roger Stone dancing to a Trump rapper on the streets of Orlando. The unidentified rapper performed his song in front of a giant SUV with Donald Trump’s face painted on Sylvester Stallone’s body from “Rambo.” …

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GOP Rep. Paul Gosar Claims To Oppose “White Racism” Hours After Speaking At White Supremacist Conference

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Paul A. Gosar (R-Ariz.) said Saturday that he opposed “white racism,” hours after speaking at a far-right conference whose organizer spoke approvingly of the Capitol insurrection while delivering a white-nationalist speech. “I want to tell you, I denounce . . . white racism,” Gosar said during a panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “That’s not appropriate.” …

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REPORT: Guilfoyle Urged To Run For Office In California

The San Jose Mercury News reports: When Kimberly Guilfoyle left California 17 years ago, bound for cable news stardom in New York City, she was a highly-regarded San Francisco prosecutor and the telegenic wife of San Francisco’s Mayor Gavin Newsom. Now there’s talk that Guilfoyle could return to California to run for political office. But she’d find that many residents …

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CPAC’s Golden Idol Of Trump Was Made In Mexico

Mediaite reports: Tommy Zegan says he was inspired to create the enormous gold statue of Donald Trump because he felt that other less flattering statues of the president were not doing him justice. Made of painted fiberglass, the statue was assembled in Mexico and painted in Tampa, Florida. It’s for sale for $100,000. Zegan says he also made a stainless …

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Schlapp: CPAC Heals The Upset Over Trump’s Silencing

“There’s something very emotional about having your president get silenced, get shut down, have his Twitter account and everything else shut down. “And then the way the election ended was just, it was really upsetting to these people and they really — it’s jarring to see this socialist policy just coming at them every day. “The fact that the president …

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Neo-Nazi Gets 19 Years In Plot To Bomb CO Synagogue

Via press release from the Justice Department: A Colorado man was sentenced today in federal court in Colorado for plotting to blow up a synagogue. Richard Holzer, 28, was sentenced to over 19 years in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release. Holzer previously pleaded guilty to federal hate crime and explosives charges for plotting to blow up the …

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Census Bureau Lists Cities With Highest Percentages Of Gay/Lesbian Households: SF, Portland, Seattle, Orlando

The Associated Press reports: Once known for singer Anita Bryant’s anti-gay rights campaign and a ban on gay and lesbian adoptions, Florida is now home to two metro areas with among the highest concentrations of gay and lesbian coupled households in the U.S., according to a new report released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Orlando and Miami had the fourth …

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Grenell Hints At Run For CA Governor In CPAC Speech

Politico reports: Richard Grenell, a top ally of former President Donald Trump, strongly hinted at a run for California governor in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday morning. In his CPAC address, the former U.S. ambassador to Germany and acting director of national intelligence railed on California and said he has “never seen a better case …

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Texas AG Golfs With Trump Ahead Of CPAC Appearance

The Hill reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) played golf with former President Trump ahead of his appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Florida on Saturday, according to Paxton. Paxton shared a photo of himself and Trump on the golf course with the caption “Beautiful day in Mar-a-Lago with my favorite President. Headed to @CPAC next. …

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Hannity’s Producer Calls Him Neurotic For Wanting Vax

Media Matters has the radio show transcript: HANNITY: When my number’s called, I’m going to get it. MCLAUGHLIN: Yeah, I know. You’re neurotic. You think that you have to get it. You think that it’s going to help something. They won’t know what’s in this thing. HANNITY: I believe in the science, I do. MCLAUGHLIN: Oh, you believe in the …

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Gallup Survey: US “Satisfaction” More Than Doubles

Gallup reports: Twenty-seven percent of U.S. adults are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S, more than double the percentage observed in January. The increase reverses a three-month decline that saw satisfaction drop to one of its lowest levels ever. Satisfaction, which had been 28% at the time of the 2020 presidential election, fell in the ensuing …

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WaPo: Congress Buried In Complaints Over Slow USPS

The Washington Post reports: As the service crisis at the U.S. Postal Service drags into its eighth month, complaints are reaching a fever pitch. Consumers are inundating members of Congress with stories of late bills — and the late fees they’ve absorbed as a result. Small-business owners are waiting weeks, even months, for checks to arrive, creating cash-flow crunches and …

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DOJ Drops Bid To Seize Manafort’s Hamptons Mansion

Politico reports: The Justice Department has abandoned its efforts to seize three properties owned by Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, who received a pardon from the former president in December. The real estate includes Manafort’s 10-bedroom, 6-bath home at Bridgehampton, Long Island, valued at $11 million on Zillow, as well as an apartment in New York’s Chinatown and …

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