Monthly Archives: August 2022

Political Director Of Leading Texas Anti-Abortion Group Arrested For Online Solicitation Of Sex With A Minor

Vice News reports: A man who worked as a political director for Texas Right to Life, the premier anti-abortion group in the state, has been arrested for the online solicitation of a minor. Lucas “Luke” Bowen, 33, was charged with the second-degree felony on August 3. A minor, under that statute, refers to anyone who’s younger than 17 or who …

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Lawyer In Fake Electors Plot Tries To Evade Subpoena

Politico reports: An attorney who helped develop former President Donald Trump’s last-ditch strategy to subvert the 2020 election moved Thursday to block a subpoena for his testimony to an Atlanta-area grand jury investigating potential crimes connected to the effort. Kenneth Chesebro, who helped craft a plan to use false presidential electors to undermine the certification of Joe Biden’s victory, contended …

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Multiple Fox Hosts To Be Deposed In Dominion Lawsuit

The New York Times reports: Some of the biggest names at Fox News have been questioned, or are scheduled to be questioned in the coming days, by lawyers representing Dominion Voting Systems in its $1.6 billion defamation suit against the network, as the election technology company presses ahead with a case that First Amendment scholars say is extraordinary in its …

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Florida Pair Pleads Guilty To Stealing Diary Of Biden’s Daughter And Selling It To Right Wing Project Veritas

The New York Times reports: Two Florida residents pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan on Thursday to stealing a diary and other belongings of President Biden’s daughter, Ashley, and selling them to the conservative group Project Veritas in the final weeks of the 2020 election. Aimee Harris, 40, and Robert Kurlander, 58, admitted they took part in a conspiracy …

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MTG’s Georgia Home Gets Swatted A Second Time

The Hill reports: An individual reported a fake crime at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) home early Thursday morning, the second “swatting” incident at her residence in as many days, authorities said. A local 911 call center received a chat at 2:53 a.m. on what appeared to be a suicide chat line, with the individual claiming they came out as …

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MN Sec Of State Nominee Called For GOP Activists To Use “Biblical Citizenship” And Become Poll Watchers

CNN reports: The Republican nominee to be the top elections official in Minnesota said changing the rules around voting following the 2020 “big rig” was “our 9/11,” invoking the terrorist attacks when discussing proposed changes to election laws in the aftermath of former President Donald Trump’s loss. Kim Crockett is one of the latest candidates to win the GOP nomination …

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Anti-Vax Djokovic Forced To Withdraw From US Open

ESPN reports: Novak Djokovic, the 21-time major champion and former world No. 1, has withdrawn from the US Open due to travel restrictions into the United States as a result of being unvaccinated against COVID-19. Djokovic made the announcement Thursday morning, shortly before the draw was to be revealed, tweeting, “Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY …

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Police: FL Pastor’s Wife Embezzled $165K From Church

Mobile’s CBS affiliate reports: The Florida Department of Law Enforcement charged a woman with grand theft after a Milton Church was defrauded out of $164,716. Lisa Michelle Hively, 55, was charged with one count of organized schemes to defraud and one count of grand theft. Hively was arrested after investigators opened up an investigation into the finances of Faith Baptist …

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MTG Swatting Caller Claimed Connection To Far-Right

The Daily Dot reports: After returning to the police station, officers say they received a call directly from the alleged perpetrator. In a computer-generated voice, the caller claimed they had targeted Greene over her stance on transgender youth’s rights. The caller claimed to be connected to Kiwi Farms, a notorious far-right site known for carrying out harassment campaigns. The suspect …

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Trump Screeches “I’m As Innocent As A Person Can Be”

Colby Hall writes at Mediaite: Is former President Donald Trump freaking out? I mean, given the spate of legal actions in the wake of his questionable business and presidential behavior and the criminal investigations that have followed, it would totally make sense if he were panicking. And a Thursday-morning flurry of social media posts suggests that he is no longer …

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Loony Laura Loomer: Don’t Vote For Any Republicans

Loomer is taking her defeat in standard fashion: I am calling on Daniel Webster to RESIGN. Everyone knows he is truly unfit to serve. He didn’t campaign. He refused to debate me, and it’s because his health is worse than Joe Biden’s. He even admitted publicly that his health is so poor it’s causing him to miss votes. The media …

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Hacker Exposes Notorious Hate Group’s Donor Records

The Intercept reports: Liberty Counsel, an evangelical Christian nonprofit that provided a brief cited by the Supreme Court in its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, has been hacked, revealing a 25-gigabyte internal database that contains nearly seven years’ worth of donor records. The hacker, who identifies with the Anonymous movement, released the data on the hacktivist site Enlace Hacktivista, …

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Five FL Militia Members Arrested On Rioting Felonies

From the Justice Department: Five Florida men, all self-identified militia members, were arrested today on charges stemming from their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Four …

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POLL: Fetterman And Shapiro Have Double-Digit Leads

The Pennsylvania Capital-Star reports: A new Franklin & Marshall College poll shows Democrats Josh Shapiro and John Fetterman with double-digit leads over their Republican rivals, even as President Joe Biden’s approval ratings remain underwater with voters in a key 2022 battleground state. In the state’s nationally watched U.S. Senate race, Fetterman, the current lieutenant governor, leads Republican Mehmet Oz, a …

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WHO Reports 21% Global Decline In Monkeypox Cases

The Associated Press reports: The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped by 21% in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections and a possible signal the outbreak in Europe may be starting to decline, according to a World Health Organization report issued Thursday. British health authorities said last week after seeing a decline in the number …

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REPORT: Trafficking Case Against Gaetz Still Unfolding

The Daily Beast reports: Eight people with direct knowledge of the probe confirmed to The Daily Beast that the case is still unfolding—albeit at a methodical pace—as federal prosecutors work their way across a number of spokes of possible criminality. Lyle Mazin, a criminal defense attorney who represents a witness in the case, told The Daily Beast that the quiet …

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Study: COVID Drug Ineffective In Adults Ages 40-65

USA Today reports: Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill appears to provide little or no benefit for younger adults, while still reducing the risk of hospitalization and death for high-risk seniors, according to a large study published Wednesday. The results from a 109,000-patient Israeli study are likely to renew questions about the U.S. government’s use of Paxlovid, which has become the go-to treatment …

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De Blasio Takes Gig As Teaching Fellow At Harvard

ABC News reports: Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is headed to Harvard this fall as a teaching fellow at the university’s schools of government and public health. De Blasio, a Democrat who served as mayor from from 2014 to 2021, will take part in “a variety of discussions, events, and programming” at the Institute of Politics at …

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Coroner: Rep’s Wife Died From Dietary Supplement

The Sacramento Bee reports: Lori McClintock, wife of Rep. Tom McClintock, died in December after suffering “adverse effects” related to her consumption of the herbal supplement white mulberry leaf, a Sacramento County coroner’s report found. The two-page report says the cause of death was “dehydration due to gastroenteritis due to adverse effects of white mulberry leaf ingestion.” It noted that …

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Lindell: “Nobody Votes In Utah, It’s All Just Made Up”

Mediaite reports: MyPillow CEO and avid 2020 election denier, Mike Lindell, went on a wild rant on Wednesday declaring that every vote in the state of Utah is a “crime.” On his Lindell TV, the conspiracy theorist declared, “You know, I believe you have the CCP, the globalists, the Uni-Party. I believe it’s all one just happy family.” “You get …

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