Monthly Archives: January 2023

New MO Rule: Female Lawmakers May Not Bare Arms

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports: Democrats on Wednesday slammed a Republican-backed change to the Missouri House dress code for women legislators. Rep. Ann Kelley, R-Lamar (photo), proposed explicitly requiring women legislators to wear jackets on the House floor, saying “it is essential to always maintain a formal and professional atmosphere.” Lawmakers debate changes to House rules at the beginning of …

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New York GOP Official Pleads Guilty To Voter Fraud

The New York Times reports: A former upstate New York election official pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal identity theft charges arising from his fraudulent use of voters’ personal information to apply for a dozen absentee ballots in 2021. In entering his plea in U.S. District Court in Albany, the former official, Jason Schofield, admitted to requesting the bogus ballots …

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Fox Host Rants About “Transvestite” Pilots [VIDEO]

Media Matters has the transcript: Here’s what I want. If this happens, I want to see ferocity. I want to see someone like, “This is unacceptable! This is never going to happen again. This cannot happen again and I’m going to get to the bottom of this and I’m going to stay here and take every single question.” But Pete — and this is why he looks so good …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Broadway World reports: Republicans in the state of Arizona have introduced three new bills that would limit or restrict drag performances in the state. Arizona Senator Anthony Kern is proposing two of the bills which would prevent drag shows from happening in public. ASU Gammage, a performance hall belonging to Arizona’s public college Arizona Stage University, is set to present …

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Aunt Lydia Bans “Indoctrinating Children” In Arkansas

The Arkansas Times reports: No more TikTok on government-owned devices, critical race theory in Arkansas classrooms or the gender-neutral term “Latinx” on official state documents. These are among the first batch of decrees from Governor Sanders, who started signing executive orders before the folding chairs for her inauguration ceremony all got put away. Sanders signed seven(!) first-day executive orders. That’s …

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Biden Aides Find Second Batch Of Classified Docs

NBC News reports: Aides to President Joe Biden have discovered at least one additional batch of classified documents in a location separate from the Washington office he used after leaving the Obama administration, according to a person familiar with the matter. Since November, after the discovery of documents with classified markings in his former office, Biden aides have been searching …

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Texts Support Groping Allegations Against Matt Schlapp

CNN reports: CNN reviewed a text exchange between the staffer and a friend in politics, where the staffer is clearly upset and wondering how to tell the campaign that one of their surrogates had allegedly assaulted him. The exchange is being made public for the first time. “He’s pissed I didn’t follow him to his hotel room,” the staffer wrote. …

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Rock Hall Of Fame Guitarist Jeff Beck Dies At Age 78

The Guardian reports: Jeff Beck, the celebrated guitarist who played with the Yardbirds and led the Jeff Beck Group, has died aged 78, his representative has confirmed. Beck died on Tuesday after “suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis”, the representative confirmed. “His family ask for privacy while they process this tremendous loss,” they added. Often described as one of the greatest guitarists …

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Newsmax Host: Impeach Pete For Chinese Hack Of FAA

“Someone who does no work at all and is utterly undeserving of his position and probably should be in line for impeachment with Secretary Mayorkas is Pete Buttigieg. Pete Buttigieg, his Transportation Secretary position, well, not going great. All flights have been grounded in America this morning, even though it’s, like, pretty nice weather – it’s, like, beautiful morning here …

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House GOP Showboats With False Anti-Abortion Bill

Axios reports: House Republicans on Wednesday used their new majority to push through a largely symbolic bill that would require health care providers to provide care to infants born after an attempted abortion. Health providers are already required under law to act to provide medical services to any infant born at any gestational age. The House bill also penalizes the …

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New York Times Obtains George Santos’ LOL “Resume”

The New York Times reports: When Representative George Santos of New York first expressed interest in running for a suburban New York City House seat in 2020, the Nassau County Republican Committee sent him a standard vetting questionnaire and asked to see his qualifications. The résumé Mr. Santos handed over was impressive, particularly for a political neophyte. Mr. Santos claimed …

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School Official Halts Reading Of Dr. Suess “Race” Book

The Columbus Dispatch reports: Shale Meadows Elementary School third grade teacher Mandy Robek was reading “The Sneetches” to her class as part of NPR’s latest episode of “Planet Money” about the economic lessons in children’s books. During the podcast, which aired Friday, Amanda Beeman, the assistant director of communications for the school district, stopped the reading part way through the …

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IL Baptist Pastor Arrested On Child Grooming Charges

The Baptist Press reports: A pastor from McLeansboro, Ill., was arrested Jan. 5 on two counts of grooming minors for sexual purposes. Garrett Biggerstaff was charged after a four-month investigation that included the seizure of his electronic devices and collection of evidence at his home. Biggerstaff was taken into custody and booked at the Jefferson County Jail. His bond was …

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CA Dem Rep. Barbara Lee To Run For Senate In 2024

Politico reports: Rep. Barbara Lee has told her fellow lawmakers she’s running for Senate in California, according to two sources familiar with the situation. She informed her colleagues in a closed-door Congressional Black Caucus meeting on Wednesday. Asked later Wednesday about her plans, Lee said in a brief interview she’d officially announce “when it’s appropriate.” Lee declined to say whether …

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Proud Boys Jury To See Trump’s “Stand By” Exhortation

CNN reports: A federal judge ruled Wednesday that prosecutors can use video of then-President Donald Trump telling the far-right group the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by” in the trial against several of the group’s leaders charged with seditious conspiracy. District Judge Timothy Kelly said that the former president’s comments showed “an additional motive to advocate for Mr. …

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Voldemort Sues TX Medical Schools Over Admissions

The Texas Tribune reports: A white male Texan who was rejected by six Texas medical schools filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday claiming that they illegally consider race and sex during admissions because they accepted Black, Hispanic and female students whose academic credentials were inferior to those of white or Asian applicants. The lawsuit comes as the conservative majority in the …

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Florida School District Bans Book About Gay Penguins

Tampa’s Fox affiliate reports: A Florida school district banned a book about a real-life same-sex penguin couple from classrooms and school libraries. The award-winning 2005 children’s book, “And Tango Makes Three,” tells the story of a real-life same-sex penguin couple that creates a family together. “We removed access to ‘And Tango Makes Three’ for our Kindergarten through third-grade students in …

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Santos Says He’ll Defy Resignation Demand By NY GOP

The Hill reports: Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Wednesday said he would not resign from Congress despite pressure from New York Republicans urging him to do so over “lies and fabrication” he told about his background on the campaign trail. “I will not,” Santos said to reporters in response to a direct question as he got on a Capitol elevator. …

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Right Wing Platform Parler Lays Off Almost All Staff

The Verge reports: Parlement Technologies began laying off workers in late November, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. These layoffs continued through at least the end of December, when around 75 percent of staffers were let go in total, leaving approximately 20 employees left working at both Parler and the parent-company’s cloud services venture. A majority of the …

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New York Republicans Call On George Santos To Resign

Reuters reports: New York Republicans on Wednesday called for the resignation of “disgraced” newly elected U.S. Representative George Santos, following revelations he fabricated much of his resume and life story during his campaign. They made the call in a news conference two days after a nonpartisan watchdog accused Santos of breaking campaign finance laws in a filing with the Federal …

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