Monthly Archives: January 2023

CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Deadline Hollywood reports: Hulu is laying out the welcome mat for the Hill family: the streamer is reviving King of the Hill from 20th Television Animation, with co-creators Mike Judge and Greg Daniels set to return, as well as the beloved former cast. Judge will reprise his role as Hank Hill, while Kathy Najimy will be back as his wife …

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DeSantis Appointees Fire President Of Florida College

Florida Politics reports: New College of Florida President Patricia Okker was fired today without cause at a Board of Trustees meeting. “I understand that there is a new mandate for this college,” Okker said. At the trustee meeting, Okker slammed the new direction being pushed for the college. “I’m going to say publicly. I do not believe that students are …

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Trump Issues Sweeping Attack On Transgender Rights

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump vowed in a video released Tuesday that, if re-elected, he would punish doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors and push schools to “promote positive education about the nuclear family” and “the roles of mothers and fathers” as part of a wide-ranging set of policies to use federal power to target transgender people. …

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House Votes To Block Vax Mandate At Health Facilities

The Hill reports: The measure, introduced by Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), calls for stopping the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary from enforcing workplace regulations and standards enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic — including the vaccine mandate — at Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities. The legislation, titled The Freedom for Health Care Workers Act, passed in a 227-203 vote, with seven …

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Failed CA Gov Candidate Larry Elder Floats WH Bid

This can’t be anything but a money grift: Larry Elder is setting his sights on something bigger after losing in his bid to be governor of California; he might be running for President of the United States. During a recent appearance on the SiriusXM radio program The Megyn Kelly Show, Elder revealed the news. “if I decide to run, I’m …

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Schlapp Accuser Sues Vaseline Woman’s Head Operative

Politico reports: The Republican staffer who accused conservative stalwart Matt Schlapp of sexual assault and filed a lawsuit against him for nearly $10 million has filed a separate suit against another top GOP operative alleging defamation. Caroline Wren, who most recently ran Harmeet Dhillon’s campaign for RNC chair and Kari Lake’s run for governor, was sued Tuesday in D.C.’s federal …

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Iowa Bill Would Make Providing Abortion Pills A Felony

Iowa Starting Line reports: Iowa House Republicans would make it a felony to “manufacture, distribute, prescribe, dispense, sell or transfer” abortion drugs in Iowa. Despite abortion being legal in Iowa until the 20th week of pregnancy, the bill would make it a crime for someone to provide the most common method of abortion in the country. The penalty would mean …

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New York AG Seeks Sanctions For Trump’s Stupid Lies

Bloomberg News reports: New York’s attorney general said she will seek sanctions against former President Donald Trump, his three oldest children and their lawyers for making “demonstrably false” denials in response to the state’s $250 million fraud suit. Attorney General Letitia James said Tuesday in a letter to the court that the Trumps’ formal answer to the state’s suit was …

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House GOP Disbands Subcommittee On Civil Rights

The Hill reports: The Republican-controlled House Oversight and Accountability Committee has disbanded the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, which focused on issues including voting rights, freedom of assembly and criminal justice reform policies. In a committee meeting on Tuesday, Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said this doesn’t mean topics related to these issues can’t be brought before the committee. …

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Alec Baldwin Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter

The New York Times report: The actor Alec Baldwin and the armorer on the film “Rust” were charged on Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of the movie’s cinematographer, according to court papers filed in the First Judicial District Court in New Mexico. “This reckless deviation from known standards and practice and protocol directly caused the fatal shooting,” …

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New Questions On Santos’ Expenses In South Beach

The Miami Herald reports: The managing partner of a diner where the campaign reported spending more than $200 over back-to-back days said he had no receipts matching items on the campaign reports. A $199.99 stay at the high-end W South Beach hotel — where room rates are typically more than $700 per night — was flagged as improbable, “barring some …

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Minnesota Gov Signs Bill Guaranteeing Abortion Rights

Minnesota Public Radio reports: Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday signed into law a proposal that guarantees in state law the right to abortion and other reproductive health care options. The move backstops the current right to an abortion laid out in a 1995 Minnesota Supreme Court decision, and it expands that to include access to birth control, sterilization, family planning …

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DeSantis Demands “Intellectual Discrimination” Federal Probe Into Cable Carriers Dropping Newsmax And OAN

The Associated Press reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis, who served three terms in the U.S. House, wants a legislative probe on recent decisions by cable carriers to remove One America News Network and Newsmax from their programming lineups. In Bradenton, DeSantis suggested that the House, currently under Republican control, would be the best venue for that urgent inquiry into potential “intellectual …

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Election Denier Named To Lead Ethics Committee

The Huffington Post reports: Of the five Republicans McCarthy named to the ethics panel, three voted to overturn the presidential election by fueling the lie that it was stolen from Trump. They are the committee’s new chair, Rep. Michael Guest (Miss.), along with Reps. John Rutherford (Fla.) and Michelle Fischbach (Minn.). The other two GOP members are Reps. Dave Joyce …

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28% Of Trump Voters Would Back Independent Run

The Bulwark reports: Donald Trump has slipped to his lowest point since he emerged on the political scene almost eight years ago. He remains a formidable force, to be sure, with a lock on approximately 30 percent of likely Republican primary and caucus voters nationally. But a majority of the GOP is ready to move on. In a head-to-head match, …

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Trump Pleaded The Fifth 400+ Times In NY Case

CBS News reports: Trump sat for questioning under oath on Aug. 10, and the video shows him politely answering the opening questions from state Attorney General Letitia James. But as the questioning about his finances began in earnest, the former president—and now candidate for that same office—invoked the Fifth Amendment and continued to do so for nearly four hours. “This …

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GOP Sen. J.D. Vance To Endorse Trump For President

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis went to Ohio to help J.D. Vance get elected to the Senate, but the Hillbilly Elegy author won’t return the favor in kind. U.S. Sen. Vance has waded into the 2024 Republican Presidential Primary fight, telling radio host Hugh Hewitt that he was backing Donald Trump’s bid for re-election. “I’m actually going to have …

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WV Gov “Probably” Going To Challenge Joe Manchin

The Hill reports: West Virginia Governor Jim Justice (R) said on Monday that he will likely run for the state’s Senate seat in 2024, as Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) mulls whether he will run again. “I’ve given a lot of thought and I’m still very, very, very seriously considering it,” he said on WTRF 7News. “In fact, I’m probably leaning …

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MI Pastor Gets One Year On Child Prostitution Charges

Kalamazoo’s Fox affiliate reports: A former Kalamazoo pastor convicted of sex crimes involving teenage boys learned his sentence Monday. Stricjavvar “Strick” Strickland was sentenced to 12 months behind bars on Monday. The former pastor at Second Baptist Church pleaded guilty to one count last August for knowingly offering to sell transportation services for the purpose of engaging in prostitution. Back …

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DeSantis Appointee Wants Newspaper Banned From College Board Meetings Over Comments By Readers

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports: Eddie Speir, a Christian school founder appointed by DeSantis to the New College of Florida board clashed with legal counsel David Smolker over his request to open the board meeting with prayer. He said Smolker initially denied the request, but in his latest Substack said that decision was reversed and an opening prayer will be allowed. …

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