From the National School Boards Association: Dear Mr. President: America’s public schools and its education leaders are under an immediate threat. The National School Boards Association (NSBA) respectfully asks for federal law enforcement and other assistance to deal with the growing number of threats of violence and acts of intimidation occurring across the nation. Local school board members want to …

Yahoo News reports: Representative Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) must pay a $5,000 fine after he allegedly bypassed metal detectors that were installed inside the U.S. Capitol following the January 6 riot, the House Committee on Ethics announced Wednesday. The congressman reportedly refused to comply with security procedures as he entered the Republican cloakroom inside the U.S. Capitol last week, an …

Florida Politics reports: Republican voters are getting weary with Donald Trump, new polling shows, and now prefer Gov. Ron DeSantis about as much as the former President in the 2024 presidential race. Almost as noteworthy as the poll’s message is its source. The poll from the John Bolton SuperPAC shows Trump with 26% support nationally among Republican primary voters for …

The Moscow Times reports: Russia’s LGBT, radical feminist and child-free groups should be recognized as “extremist,” the chairman of an influential government commission said Wednesday. “LGBT ideology, radical feminism and child-free movements should be recognized as extremism — an extremist ideology,” the state-run TASS news agency cited Andrei Tsyganov, chairman of a commission for the protection of children at the …

Law & Crime reports: A Florida man who agitated for a “race-based civil war” will spend more than three years for being a felon in possession of firearms, prosecutors said. Paul Nicholas Miller, a 33-year-old from Ft. Lauderdale, had previously been convicted of three separate felony offenses in New Jersey before he took firearms training in Florida. He applied in …

The Daily Beast reports: The MAGA medical group that spent the pandemic pushing horse paste and malaria meds as quack COVID cures has a new crusade: suing the Pentagon to stop its vaccine mandate. The lawsuit, first filed on behalf of Army and Marine Corps staff sergeants, has since enlisted the support of an Army lieutenant colonel and flight surgeon …

Politico reports: A swimmer who twice took home gold for the U.S. Olympic team pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal felony charge for taking part in the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6. Klete Keller, 39, of Colorado Springs, admitted to a single count of obstruction of an official proceeding for his actions as part of the mob that …

Axios reports: Corey Lewandowski, a top Trump aide, has been removed as chair of the MAGA Action political action committee, a spokesperson for former President Trump confirmed Wednesday evening. A donor accused Lewandowski in a Politico interview of making unwanted sexual advances and inappropriately touching her at a Las Vegas charity event over the weekend. Trump spokesperson Taylor Budowich said …

The Associated Press reports: French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was convicted Thursday and sentenced to a year of house arrest for illegal campaign financing of his unsuccessful 2012 reelection bid, will appeal the ruling, his lawyer said. The court said Sarkozy would be allowed to serve the one-year sentence at home by wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet. Sarkozy’s lawyer, Thierry …

Miami’s ABC News affiliate reports: A passenger on a flight that arrived in Miami from Colombia was apprehended after exiting the plane before it reached the terminal. According to police, the passenger opened an emergency door and jumped onto the wing of the aircraft as it was pulling into its designated gate. It happened at approximately 7:16 p.m. Wednesday. Local …

Rep. Louie Gohmert writes at American Greatness: Just as we saw with hydroxychloroquine last summer, government alphabet agencies, the medical industrial complex, and their willing accomplices in the media have recently made it clear that there is yet another safe, effective treatment for COVID-19 they wish to torpedo. It’s the latest naughty word which will get you censored on social …

From the Department of Justice: The leader of a Neo-Nazi hate group ‘Atomwaffen’ was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of five federal felonies for his conspiracy to send threatening posters to journalists and employees of the Anti-Defamation League. Kaleb Cole, 25, of Montgomery, Texas, was convicted of conspiracy, three counts of mailing threatening communications, and one count …

Deadline Hollywood reports: ViacomCBS and its Pluto TV have agreed to pay a $3.5 million fine to settle violations of rules requiring closed captioning on the streaming service’s video programming. Pluto TV also agreed to enter into a compliance plan to ensure that its video programming includes closed captioning, the FCC said. The FCC said that the fine and consent …

“I’m pro-vax; the COVID is real. My biggest joy right now is that by 2022, I figure all the anti-vaxxers will have died. So, we will be left with a world of intelligent people who believe in science. How about that? Do I have an opinion? You do not want to go down this road with Dee Snider because I …

“The Democrats own the House and the Senate and the White House. No Republican should be a part — they’re not going to let you in on the negotiations. This is a partisan spending bill, the likes of which this country has never seen. You cannot call yourself a conservative or even a Republican and work in conjunction with the …

The Associated Press reports: A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has subpoenaed 11 officials who were involved in planning rallies in support of former President Donald Trump ahead of the violent attack, including one the day of the siege. The announcement follows a first round of subpoenas last week that targeted former White House and administration officials …

ABC News reports: A federal judge has denied motions seeking to dismiss child pornography charges against former reality TV star Josh Duggar. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks on Monday also denied motions to suppress all statements Duggar made to investigators and photos that were taken of Duggar after he was in custody, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. Duggar, who …

Mediaite reports: Anti-vaccine mandate protesters disrupted an Executive Council meeting in New Hampshire, and officials had to be escorted out over safety concerns. The meeting at Saint Anselm College was going to be voting on contracts to help boost vaccination efforts in the state. According to WMUR, there were hundreds of protesters outside the building, and a number of them …

Politico reports: A Donald Trump donor is accusing Corey Lewandowski, one of the former president’s longtime top aides, of making unwanted sexual advances toward her at a Las Vegas charity event over the weekend. Trashelle Odom, the wife of Idaho construction executive John Odom, alleges that Lewandowski repeatedly touched her, including on her leg and buttocks, and spoke to her …

From the right wing site American Greatness: Multiple sources have informed American Greatness that South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is having an extramarital affair with adviser Corey Lewandowski, who previously served as a campaign manager for Donald Trump. The alleged fling reportedly has continued for months, sources say. Lewandowski accompanied Noem across the country as she stumped for Trump’s reelection …