Monthly Archives: December 2022

Twitter Bans Users From Linking To Other Platforms

NBC News reports: Twitter will no longer allow users to promote their accounts on at least seven other major social media sites, including Facebook, Instagram and Truth Social, the platform announced Sunday. The new policy comes after many users began posting links to their accounts on other sites following Elon Musk’s takeover as CEO of Twitter and the platform’s subsequent …

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Schiff: There’s “Sufficient Evidence” To Charge Trump

The Guardian reports: California congressman Adam Schiff said Sunday that he believes there is “sufficient evidence” to criminally charge Donald Trump in relation to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Schiff’s dramatic statement on CNN’s State of the Union came one day before the House January 6 select committee to which he belongs is poised to release an outline …

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Argentina Defeats France In World Cup Final [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: Lionel Messi finally won the biggest prize in soccer as Argentina beat France 4-2 in a penalty shootout Sunday to claim a third World Cup title despite Kylian Mbappé scoring the first hat trick in a final in 56 years. Gonzalo Montiel scored the clinching penalty kick as Argentina won after a 3-3 draw. Both countries …

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Musk Attends World Cup Final With Kushner And Saudis

Fox Sports reports: Elon Musk, the Tesla and Twitter CEO, appeared in Qatar on Sunday just ahead of the World Cup final before Argentina and France. Qatari TV broadcaster beIN Sports caught Musk entering Lusail Stadium to see whether Lionel Messi will be able to wrap up his first World Cup title or Kylian Mbappe capture his second World Cup …

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Retiring Republican Rep: I’m Still Getting Death Threats

The Michigan Advance reports: Immediately after the infrastructure vote, far-right U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), called Rep. Fred Upton and the other 12 Republican House members who voted for the bill “traitors” in a tweet. In another tweet, Greene posted the phone numbers of those 13 Republicans. After that, a flood of phone calls rushed into Upton’s office — …

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Catholic League To Issue Anti-Disney “Documentary”

Via email from hate group leader Bill Donohue: Early in the new year, the Catholic League will release a documentary on Disney that will expose the organization for what it has become. We are releasing the trailer today; it is available on our website. Here’s why we decided to do the movie. When I was in the 7th grade, I …

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Toomey: Trump’s Hold On GOP Is “Absolutely” Waning

The Hill reports: Retiring Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) on Sunday said former President Trump’s 2024 campaign is having an “unbelievably terrible rollout” while assessing Trump’s influence on the GOP as “absolutely” waning in part due to the outcome of the midterm elections. When asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper if he thought Trump’s hold on the party was “finally slipping,” Toomey answered: “Absolutely, …

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GOP Plans “Rebuttal” To Final J6 Committee Report

Axios reports: House Republicans are privately plotting to release their own 100+ page rebuttal timed to the January 6 committee report this week, Axios has learned. Republicans aim to cast the select committee’s report as partisan by contrasting its expected focus on former President Trump with their concentration on Capitol security. “We’re prepared to release it when they release theirs,” …

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Minnesota Man Collared In Alleged Mass Shooting Plot

From the DOJ’s Minnesota office: A Savage man has been arrested and charged in a federal criminal complaint for possession of a machine gun and for attempting to receive and possess unregistered destructive devices, specifically hand grenades, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents and a law enforcement affidavit, on September 27, 2022, the FBI received a …

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Vatican Defrocks “Blasphemous” MAGA Priest [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports: A well-known Catholic priest and incendiary leader of the anti-abortion movement was removed from the priesthood by the Vatican, according to a letter from Pope Francis’s representative to the United States that was obtained by The New York Times. Frank Pavone, who leads the advocacy organization Priests for Life, and was once a religious adviser …

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Musk Suspends Reporter Who ID’d LibsOfTikTok Owner

The Daily Beast reports: Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz was suspended from Twitter late Saturday, the latest prominent journalist to get the boot. Lorenz was apparently suspended for “violating the Twitter rules,” though it wasn’t immediately clear which one. Shortly before the ban, Lorenz had tweeted directly at Musk seeking comment for a story. “When I went to log in …

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MTG: Walmart Is “Grooming Children” With Sex Toys

“Walmart, many of your customers in my district are reaching out to me about sex toys being sold in your Dalton store. They’re extremely upset and absolutely horrified that sex toys are being sold openly right next to children’s toothbrushes! “This is grooming. Because no matter how hard you try to twist your perverse ideas into reasons any of this …

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GOP Senator Files Bill To Criminalize Internet Porn

ABC News reports: Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee has proposed legislation to officially define obscenity, as it relates to free speech, in a move that would essentially make internet pornography illegal in the United States. According to a one-page explanation by the Utah senator, the new legislation would modify the Miller test, a Supreme Court precedent from 1973 which set …

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Trump: “We’re Fighting Hard For The Gay Community”

Politico reports: Thursday night’s Log Cabin Republicans’ “Spirit of Lincoln” gala in the main ballroom of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago beachfront club was a joyous celebration of gay rights and — in a case of ironic timing — the historic same-sex marriage law signed by President Joe Biden days earlier. “We are fighting for the gay community, and we are fighting …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Billboard Magazine reports: What better way to celebrate being No. 1 by setting an enormous table for one? Mariah Carey had a lot to be excited about this week thanks to her perennial holiday classic, “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” climbing back to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The song logged its ninth total …

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Fox Host: Musk Owns “Money-Losing Sewage Lagoon”

Mediaite reports: Fox Business host Dagen McDowell said Elon Musk spent $44 billion on a “money-losing sewage lagoon.” Appearing on The Five, McDowell also called the platform a “heap of crap” and said Musk is now liquidating Tesla stock in order to keep afloat. She said the banning of reporters is only newsworthy because the journalists get to be “the …

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Man Screaming “Kanye 2024” Attacks NYC Jewish Man

The New York Daily News reports: A Jewish man was attacked in Central Park by a suspect who screamed “Kanye 2024″ and antisemitic slurs as he jumped his victim in what police are investigating as a hate crime. The 63-year-old victim was walking through the park near Terrace Drive and East Drive about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when the assailant, described …

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New Orleans Former Priest Jailed For Contempt After Conviction For His Altar Three-Way With Dominatrices

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: A former Catholic priest who pleaded guilty last month to a felony obscenity charge for performing sex acts with two professional dominatrices on the altar of a Pearl River church has been held in contempt of court for giving a television news interview. Travis Clark, 39, now must serve six months behind bars. Clark had …

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GA White Supremacist Guilty In Hate Crime Shooting

From the Justice Department: A Georgia man pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime and a firearms violation for shooting into two Clayton County convenience stores in an attempt to kill those inside because of their race and ethnicity. According to information presented in court, on July 30, 2021, Larry Edward Foxworth, 48, of Jonesboro, fired numerous rounds from …

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House Panel To Vote On Making Trump’s Taxes Public

The New York Times reports: A House committee is expected to vote on Tuesday on whether to make public six years of former President Donald J. Trump’s tax records, in what would be a significant act of transparency in the waning days of Democratic control of the House. The Ways and Means Committee gave notice on Friday that it would …

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