Monthly Archives: February 2022

MTG Claims She Had No Idea Those Were Neo-Nazis

Mediaite reports: “I do not know Nick Fuentes,” said Greene, who appeared on stage with Fuentes at the event he organized. “I’ve never heard him speak. I’ve never seen a video. I don’t know what his views are, so I’m not aligned with anything that may be controversial.” “What I can tell you is I went to his event last …

Read More »

Scott Won’t Say Whether Trump Should Condemn Putin

The Hill reports: Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), chairman of the Senate Republican campaign arm, dodged questioning on Saturday regarding whether former President Trump should condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In a brief interview with CBS News’s Robert Costa at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Scott was asked if Trump, who is scheduled to speak later …

Read More »

YouTube And Facebook Demonetize Russian Outlets

Reuters reports: YouTube on Saturday barred Russian state-owned media outlet RT and other Russian channels from receiving money for advertisements that run with their videos, similar to a move by Facebook, after the invasion of Ukraine. Citing “extraordinary circumstances,” YouTube said in a statement that it was “pausing a number of channels’ ability to monetize on YouTube, including several Russian …

Read More »

Ukrainian Soccer Stars In Tears As UK Stadium Plays “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” To Start The Match

The Liverpool Echo reports: Manchester City defender Oleksandr Zinchenko fought back the tears after embracing Vitalii Mykolenko ahead of his side’s Premier League clash with Everton at Goodison Park. Both sets of players also took to the pitch showing their support for Ukraine. City first entered the field of play wearing t-shirts with the Ukrainian flag on and had the …

Read More »

Germany Authorizes Weapons Shipments To Ukraine

The Wall Street Journal reports: Germany has allowed the Netherlands to deliver German-made weapons to Ukraine, breaking with its strict refusal to authorize the delivery of lethal weapons to Ukraine, German government officials said. The official said 400 handheld antitank missiles and 14 armored vehicles would be delivered directly from Germany via Poland. Germany will also donate 10 metric tons …

Read More »

Poland Refuses To Play Russia In World Cup Playoff

The Daily Beast reports: Russia are due to take part in a head-to-head match with Poland next month to decide which team will take one of the final European qualifying spots for this year’s soccer World Cup. On Saturday, the Polish soccer federation announced that it would not play the game. Under normal rules, that would mean they are thrown …

Read More »

Florida Jury Buys Retired Cop’s “Stand Your Ground” Defense In 2014 Killing Of Man Who Threw Popcorn

The Tampa Bay Times reports: Eight years after he fired a pistol inside a Wesley Chapel movie theater, Curtis Reeves was found not guilty of murder in the death of Chad Oulson. A panel of four men and two women took about 3½ hours Friday night to acquit the retired Tampa police captain. The late-night verdict punctuated one of the …

Read More »

Marriott Under Fire For Hosting White Supremacists

The Orlando Sentinel reports: The Orlando World Center Marriott on Friday night was the scene of white nationalist Nick Fuentes’ America First Political Action Conference, or AFPAC, according to HuffPost.  Fuentes was involved in the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville in 2017 and has been subpoenaed over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack. Speakers at his …

Read More »

Over 150,000 Refugees Have Fled Ukraine [VIDEO]

Axios reports: More than 150,000 refugees have fled Ukraine into neighboring countries since Russia launched its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. At least 100,000 refugees are displaced internally in Ukraine and “the numbers are most likely much higher,” head of global communications for the UN refugee agency Joung-ah Ghedini-Williams said. Half of all Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Poland, and many …

Read More »

US Announces $350 Million In Military Aid To Ukraine

Just in from the State Department: Ukraine is a sovereign, democratic, and peace-loving nation. The United States and Ukraine have been partners since Ukraine declared its independence from the Soviet Union more than 30 years ago. After Russia invaded and partially occupied Ukraine in 2014, the United States intensified efforts to help Ukraine deter further Russian aggression, and, if needed, …

Read More »

Criminal Voter Registration Fraud Probe Underway Over Party Affiliations Changed By Florida GOP Canvassers

The Miami Herald reports: A team of reporters visited eight locations where voter registration data showed unusually high numbers of voters switching from one party to another last year. The reporters knocked on every door where someone’s party affiliation had changed. Four out of every five voters who spoke to the Herald — 141 in total — said that their …

Read More »

CPAC Speaker Compares Capitol Rioters To Ukrainians

Media Matters has the transcript: JULIE KELLY (SENIOR WRITER, AMERICAN GREATNESS): He’s using this law enforcement agency, armed agents, military style vehicles to conduct pre-dawn raids at the homes of political dissidents. Terrorizing these dissidents in front of their children, and, in some cases, their elderly spouses. Hauling them off, concocting charges against them, fabricating evidence, and in almost 100 …

Read More »

Homocon Rioter Appears On Russian State Media

As the war rages in Ukraine, convicted homocon rioter Brandon Straka thought it would be a great idea to beam into the Russian state media channel’s propaganda outlet in the United States from his home confinement in Nebraska. Watch below as he gets a fawning reception from Russia Today’s “Eat The Press” host and basically denies all the charges that …

Read More »

Newsmax Denounces Putin Stooge Tucker Carlson

From Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy: Newsmax believes Russia has made a major transgression and this should be condemned strongly by all people. I think we are seeing for conservatives a clarity moment where Fox News’ main host is stating categorically he is siding with Putin and Russia in support of the invasion. Newsmax supports President Biden’s efforts to stop this …

Read More »

Hungarian Strongman Viktor Orban Condemns Russia

The Associated Press reports: Two until now major pro-Russian voices in the European Union, Czech President Milos Zeman and Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, didn’t mince their words in criticizing Moscow’s most aggressive action since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. “Russia attacked Ukraine this morning with military force,” Orban said in a video on Facebook. “Together with our …

Read More »

MTG Headlines Event Organized By White Nationalist Holocaust Denier, Crowd Chants Its Support For Putin

The Huffington Post reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) spoke at a white nationalist conference in Florida on Friday evening. Greene was the surprise speaker at the third annual America First Political Action Conference in Orlando, organized by white nationalist figurehead Nick Fuentes. In her speech, Greene referred to the assembled AFPAC crowd — among them prominent right-wing extremists who …

Read More »

CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Deadline Hollywood reports: Mark Stroman, the veteran Fox and Endeavor marketing executive who helped launch memorable global campaigns including “What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas” for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and the “Nobody Better Lay a Finger On My Butterfinger!” campaign featuring The Simpsons‘ Bart Simpson, has died. Stroman died February 22 of complications from Covid, …

Read More »

Tony Perkins: Help Us Take “Don’t Say Gay” Nationwide

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: The Left’s worst nightmare is an informed parent. And in places like Florida and Missouri, legislators are doing everything they can to build an army of them. For conservatives in the Sunshine State, it’s been a rocky road with the media and Democrats—who seem determined to misrepresent the legislation they’ve introduced. Even …

Read More »

Andrew Coumo To Claim Exoneration In TV Ad Blitz

The New York Daily News reports: He’s coming back to your TV. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been creeping back into the public spotlight recently, will feature in a new round of advertisements beginning on Monday, his spokesman said. The ad campaign appears to be focused on rehabilitating Cuomo’s tarnished image after a torrent of sexual harassment allegations drove …

Read More »

Pharma Douche Banned For Life From Public Companies

Bloomberg News reports: Martin Shkreli owes the Securities and Exchange Commission more than $1.39 million and is permanently barred from serving as a public company officer or director for his participation in “multiple” securities fraud schemes, a federal judge in New York said. He’s “unfit to serve as an officer or director of any public company,” the U.S. District Court …

Read More »