Monthly Archives: January 2022

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Demotes Brother After Backlash

The New York Times reports: When Mayor Eric Adams named a Virginia parking administrator and retired police sergeant to a top position in the New York Police Department, he said the man had one qualification that no one else there possessed: He was the mayor’s brother. Bernard Adams, 56, a former police sergeant who retired from the force in 2006 …

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Prince Andrew Loses Bid To Dismiss Sex Assault Suit

The BBC reports: Prince Andrew has failed in his bid to get a civil case which alleges he sexually assaulted Virginia Giuffre dismissed by a US judge. Ms Giuffre is suing the prince claiming he abused her when she was 17. His lawyers said the case should be thrown out, citing a 2009 deal she signed with convicted sex offender …

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DeSantis Mocks COVID Restrictions As Anti-American

Florida Politics reports: In his State of the State address Tuesday in the Capitol, Gov. Ron DeSantis laid out a red-meat 2022 legislative agenda on crime and immigration, and he ridiculed COVID-19 restrictions in other states as ineffective and anti-American. DeSantis, a Republican who is seeking a second term in November and hasn’t ruled out a White House bid in …

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“Free Speech” Platform Bans Pundit Over N-Word

NBC News reports: GETTR, the pro-Trump social media platform set up to promote free speech, has banned a right-wing pundit for using the N-word in his profile. The platform told The Daily Beast that Jon Miller, a former Blaze TV host, was barred from the platform after using the word. “Jon Miller was suspended from GETTR because he used the …

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Passenger Storms Cockpit, Damages Controls [VIDEO]

Miami’s ABC News affiliate reports: A passenger was arrested after reportedly breaking into the cockpit of an American Airlines flight Tuesday, while boarding was underway, officials said. American Airlines officials confirmed the incident happened in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, as people were boarding a flight for Miami, Florida. The airline said a passenger entered the open flight deck and caused …

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MTG Suggests Using “Second Amendment” On Dems

“Ultimately the truth is it’s our Second Amendment rights, our right to bear arms, that protects Americans and give us the ability to defend ourselves from a tyrannical government. “And I hate to use this language but Democrats, they’re exactly–they’re doing exactly what our Founders talked about when they gave us the precious rights that we have. “No one wants …

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Johnson Sorry For Attending Party During UK Lockdown

The New York Times reports: Facing a potentially lethal threat to his leadership, Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain on Wednesday offered a contrite apology in Parliament for attending a garden party at 10 Downing Street while the country was under lockdown. He acknowledged that he had deeply offended the public, even as he claimed that he had not breached …

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Trump Hangs Up On NPR When Pressed On 2020 Lies

The Daily Beast reports: After NPR’s Steve Inskeep told the ex-president that his fraud claims have repeatedly been proven false, the reporter asked Trump if he’ll refuse to endorse any Republican candidates who dispute his lies about the 2020 election. Then, Trump ended the call. The video shows Inskeep asking Trump: “If I can just move on to ask, are …

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McCarthy: As Speaker I’ll Subpoena Pelosi Over Riot

Media Matters has the transcript: SEAN HANNITY (HOST): If you become Speaker of the House next year, this time next year, will you pledge to have a real January 6 committee? Will you pledge that if you become speaker, that you will subpoena Nancy Pelosi, Muriel Bowser, who refused to follow up, it was their chain of command, that they …

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Rolls Royce CEO: COVID Has Been Great For Business

The Guardian reports: The company’s chief executive, Torsten Müller-Ötvös, said the pandemic had led to customers, whose average age was 43, responding to the reminder of their own mortality by splashing out on luxury cars. “Many people witnessed people in their community dying from Covid and that made them think life can be short and you’d better live now rather …

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Djokovic Apologizes For Appearances While COVID+

Reuters reports: World tennis No. 1 and vaccine opponent Novak Djokovic blamed “human error” on Wednesday for a mistake in his Australian immigration paperwork and apologised for breaking isolation for a photoshoot when he had COVID-19 last month. Djokovic’s cause was not helped by a mistake in his Australian entry declaration where the “no” box was ticked saying he had …

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West Virginia Gov: I’m “Extremely Unwell” With COVID

West Virginia’s Metro News reports: Gov. Jim Justice has tested positive for the coronavirus. The Governor’s Office late Tuesday announced Justice opted to get tested after experiencing “the sudden onset of symptoms,” including congestion and coughing. Following a positive PCR test, the West Virginia State Lab performed confirmatory testing, which produced another positive result. The governor will receive monoclonal antibody …

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Trump Attacks “Gutless” Who Won’t Reveal Vax Status

The Insider reports: Former President Donald Trump endorsed COVID-19 vaccines again and blasted “gutless” politicians who won’t say if they’ve been boosted. In an interview with the far-right One America News network, Trump said he was pro-vaccination and that he experienced “absolutely no side effects” after receiving his booster shot. “Many politicians — I watched a couple of politicians be …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Threat

Billboard Magazine reports: Six years after saying he “ain’t never eating a motherfucking hot dog” again, Snoop Dogg is apparently planning to launch his own brand of frankfurters called “Snoop Doggs,” according to a recent legal filing at the federal trademark office. Attorneys for the hip-hop legend – real name Calvin Broadus – applied last month at the U.S. Patent …

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NC Court Rules GOP Gerrymandered Districts Are Legal

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: North Carolina’s new political districts do not violate the state constitution, a panel of three judges ruled unanimously Tuesday. The GOP-drawn maps would give Republicans a built-in advantage in future elections — but none of the reasons why challengers said the maps are unconstitutional stand up to legal scrutiny, the judges ruled. In other …

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Riot Committee Plans To Seek Interview With Giuliani

CNN reports: The committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol plans to reach out to former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told CNN, as the probe zeroes in on Trump’s close associates. Giuliani has not been issued a subpoena and it’s unclear when the committee will contact him, but Thompson confirmed to CNN …

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NYC Council Member Sorry For “Nazi Germany” Remark

The Jewish Telegraphic reports: Vickie Paladino, a first-term New York City Council member, has apologized for comparing COVID vaccine requirements to Nazi Germany. The Queens Republican faced a backlash after NY1 published an interview with her Monday. “I don’t need to show you my papers,” Paladino told the news channel. “This is not Nazi Germany.” Paladino gave the interview days …

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Riot Panel Subpoenas Cultists Who Planned DC Rally

The Associated Press reports: The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection issued subpoenas on Tuesday to two Republican strategists and a Trump administration official regarding their involvement in the planning and preparation of one of the rallies that preceded the attack. Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, Democratic chairman of the panel, issued subpoenas to Andy Surabian and Arthur Schwartz, strategists …

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“Isolation Boxes” Proposed For Mask Refusing Reps

Yahoo News reports: The fourth-ranking House Democrat, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (Mass.), urged the sergeant-at-arms on Tuesday to force lawmakers who defy the chamber’s mask mandate to cast votes from enclosures in the gallery above to limit potential spread of COVID-19. Clark said it’s clear that existing fines are not enough to deter certain lawmakers from repeatedly flouting rules requiring …

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Texas QAnon/GOP Anti-Vax Activist Dies Of Something

The Daily Beast reports: A well-known conservative activist in Arlington, Texas, who peddled COVID-19 vaccine misinformation has died of complications caused by the virus—just a few weeks after attending a “symposium” against the shots. In one of her final Facebook posts, Kelly Canon shared several links to speeches she attended at a “COVID symposium” in Burleson in early December devoted …

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