Monthly Archives: November 2021

McConnell: Infrastructure Bill Is Godsend For Kentucky

Lexington’s CBS News affiliate reports: Monday afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took a trip to Morehead to tour AppHarvest’s facility. After his tour with AppHarvest founder and CEO Jonathan Webb, Senator McConnell addressed dozens of the facility’s workers and gave a glowing review of the facility. He hopes money could come from the American Rescue Plan Act to help …

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Scott Claims 95K “Illegal” Votes Against Him In 2018

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Sen. Rick Scott promised the National Republican Senatorial Committee will help defend so-called “election integrity” laws in Florida and elsewhere. He also accuses Democratic election officials of trying to illegally count too many ballots in counties favoring his opponent in Florida’s 2018 Senate race. He made the public commitment to Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel …

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Reporter: Pence Photographer Won’t Release Riot Pics

Mediaite reports: Jonathan Karl has seen photos of Mike Pence in hiding on January 6, but he wasn’t permitted to publish them in his upcoming book. The ABC News chief Washington correspondent joined Stephen Colbert Monday night to talk about his book Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show, which delves into detail about January 6. “I got ahold …

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GOP Rep Reveals Threat After Infrastructure Vote

The Hill reports: Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) revealed on Monday that he received a threatening voicemail just days after voting for the bipartisan infrastructure bill. During an appearance on CNN’s “AC360,” Upton told Anderson Cooper that a person called him and left a message saying “I hope you die,” according to CNN. “I hope everybody in your f—ing family dies,” …

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Trump Loses “Bizarre” Late Night Bid To Block Docs

Politics reports: If you blinked you missed it. Former President Donald Trump filed an emergency request to a federal judge late Monday night to prevent the National Archives from sending sensitive records to Jan. 6 committee investigators by Friday. And just after midnight, Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected it, contending the request itself was legally defective and “premature.” The unusual exchange, …

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US To Buy Another $1B Worth Of Merck Treatment Pill

Reuters reports: The U.S. government will buy another $1 billion worth of the COVID-19 pill made by Merck & Co Inc and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, the companies said on Tuesday. The government in June agreed to buy 1.7 million courses of molnupiravir for $1.2 billion and is now exercising options to buy 1.4 million more. That brings the total secured …

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Texas State Study: Unvaxxed 20X More Likely To Die

Axios reports: Unvaccinated people are 20 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than fully vaccinated people, per new state research. To determine the effects of COVID-19 vaccination in Texas, researchers at the Department of State Health Services analyzed data from electronic lab reports, death certificates and the state immunization registry. The analysis included a period from Jan. 15 to …

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Court Upholds United’s Employee Vaccine Mandate

CNBC reports: A federal judge in Texas on Monday ruled that United Airlines’ employee vaccine policy can proceed. The Chicago-based airline has one of the strictest employee vaccine policies in the country. In September, it said that staff who receive medical or religious exemptions would be placed on unpaid leave. Six employees filed suit to block the policy in September. …

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AOC: Paul Gosar Is “A Collection Of Wet Toothpicks”

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Paul A. Gosar (R-Ariz.) shared an altered, animated video that depicts him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and swinging two swords at President Biden, prompting condemnation and calls for his Twitter and Instagram accounts to be suspended. Ocasio-Cortez responded Monday night after arriving in Glasgow, Scotland, as part of a congressional delegation. Gosar, she said, …

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Oscar Nominee Dean Stockwell Dies At Age 85

Variety reports: Dean Stockwell, an American actor with a career that spanned more than 70 years, died on Sunday. He was 85. Sources representing the actor say that he died peacefully, in his sleep at home. Among his best credits were a leading role in the sci-fi series “Quantum Leap,” “Air Force One” and David Lynch films “Dune” and “Blue …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Deadline Hollywood reports: Mighty Ducks franchise star Emilio Estevez is speaking out about the circumstances surrounding his departure from Disney+’s series Mighty Ducks: Game Changers ahead of its second season. In the lengthy response to Deadline’s November 5 story about Estevez not returning to the hockey-themed series, the actor says that the exit was a result of “nothing more than …

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Franklin Graham Undergoes “Serious” Heart Surgery

From the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: In recent months, Franklin had developed constrictive pericarditis, inflammation, and hardening of the sac around the heart that compresses the heart and prevents it from working properly. The surgery involved removing the pericardium. Mr. Graham said that he is looking forward to multiple opportunities across the globe in 2022 to proclaim the Gospel of …

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Famous Lying Loser Predictably Attacks Chris Christie

Mediaite reports: Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took a veiled shot at Donald Trump during a speech last weekend, telling a Republican Jewish Coalition audience that winning campaigns are the ones that “look forward, not backwards.” “If we don’t get it, we’re going to lose,” he added as he got a smattering of applause. So, naturally, Trump responded on …

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Prager: During The AIDS Crisis Can You Imagine If Gay Men Had Been Pariahs Like The Unvaccinated Now Are?

“Anywhere that you have people who are governed by fear of global warming – the idiotic, irrational, sick fear of extinction of the biosphere – I mean, you understand the nonsense that we live with? “If we survive this as a free country, historians will just ask, ‘How did this happen? How did people get governed by irrational fears’? “Whether …

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Anti-Vax ND GOP State Rep Is Sick With Something

Bismarck’s CBS News affiliate reports: A North Dakota lawmaker and an organizer of a rally to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates is infected with the coronavirus and won’t attend the event. Republican Rep. Jeff Hoverson says he is “quarantining.” He told The Associated Press Monday that he is taking the deworming drug ivermectin and has not checked into a hospital. He …

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Greene And Clyde Hit With More Mask Refusal Fines

The Washington Examiner reports: The House Ethics Committee on Monday disclosed additional fines against Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Andrew Clyde for failing to comply with the chamber’s face mask rules. The fines are the latest in a series for the Georgia Republicans, who have both protested a requirement to wear a face mask on the House floor as a …

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French Catholic Church To Compensate Abuse Victims

The Associated Press reports: France’s Catholic Church announced on Monday that it would financially compensate sex abuse victims by selling property assets or taking out a loan if needed. French bishops said in a written statement they will set up an “independent, national body” tasked with addressing compensation issues. They committed to allocating money to a specific fund “in order …

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Ciattarelli Camp Denies Fraud, Still May Want Recount

The Associated Press reports: New Jersey Republican Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign denied Monday that there was fraud in this year’s governor’s election but his campaign’s attorney said the margin could shrink enough to warrant a recount. The statement from Ciattarelli’s campaign comes after the Associated Press declared Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy the winner last week. Murphy’s lead has grown from less …

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Jordan And Gaetz Warn Against Impeaching Biden “By Reflex” Should Republicans Take Control Of The House

Politico reports: Rep. Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee and one of Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress, is urging Republicans against a “reflex” impeachment of President Joe Biden if the GOP retakes the House next year. Jordan has been relatively quiet on the prospect of a Biden impeachment come 2023, even as Rep. Marjorie Taylor …

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Riot Committee Subpoenas Eastman, Flynn, Miller, Kerik

CNBC reports: The House committee investigating the deadly Capitol invasion said Monday it issued subpoenas to several high-profile allies of former President Donald Trump, including former national security advisor Michael Flynn and former campaign advisor Jason Miller. Also subpoenaed was John Eastman, the lawyer who spoke at Trump’s rally outside the Capitol on Jan. 6 before the riot began. Eastman …

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