Variety reports: Anyone who couldn’t procure tickets for Taylor Swift’s record-breaking stadium tour in the U.S. may be about to have their wounded feelings assuaged, a little — and everyone who did can get primed for some instant nostalgia. A filmed rendering, “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour,” will hit movie theaters nationwide this fall. It’s far from the kind …

“We see all these scores on how our kids are doing on these, you know, on these national tests and history’s very bad. We need to give these tests to the teachers because they all get licensed through these Marxist teaching schools that we have inside of all these universities. That’s also why you have teachers that turn out like …

“I’m telling you. You shouldn’t pay those dues. You should not pay your dues. Because they’re selling you to hell. You’re going to be going to hell. All of those [electric] cars are going to be made in China. They’re going to make all those cars. We’re not going to make any of them.” – Hair Furor, apparently unaware that …

From the 1: On August 31, 2023, Cory J. Herthel (age: 40) of Green Bay, Wisconsin, pled guilty to attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2251(a). Herthel will receive a federal prison sentence of at least 15 years when he is sentenced on December 4, 2023. He will also be required …

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. District Judge David Hittner temporarily blocked a new state law Thursday from going into effect that would have criminalized sexually-oriented performances in front of children or effectively banned some public drag shows. LGBTQ+ groups sued the Texas attorney general’s office, hoping to stop authorities from enforcing Senate Bill 12, which was signed by Gov. Greg …

“It’s sad. No one should feel good about seeing that any more than we should feel good about seeing Dianne Feinstein, any more than we should feel good about a lot of what’s happening or seeing Joe Biden’s decline. What I will say is, right now the Senate is the most privileged nursing home in the country. I mean, Mitch …

The Independent reports: The former leader of a Philadelphia chapter of the neo-fascist gang the Proud Boys who stormed the halls of Congress on January 6 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Zachary Rehl, the son and grandson of Philadelphia police officers who used pepper spray against law enforcement outside the US Capitol then lied on the witness …

Mediaite reports: The Georgia trial of Donald Trump on charges he conspired to overturn the 2020 election will be televised and streamed live, according to Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee. McAfee issued an order Thursday stating that all court proceedings involving Trump and his 18 co-conspirators will be broadcast via a television pool. The Fulton Co. Courts’ YouTube channel will …

“They’re talking about Florida, right? They’re aiming this at Ron DeSantis, and the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, which is one of the most ridiculous interpretations of that bill that I’ve ever seen. This is all very much, this is very political, and it’s misdirected. I think they need to be a little more concerned about countries in the Middle East …

“I hope that Republican district attorneys and attorney generals throughout the country are closely watching the tremendous weaponization of justice that is being utilized against me. There’s never been anything like it. But you outta watch and frankly, it’s an eye for an eye or fight fire with fire. What they’re doing to our country is amazing. So Republicans, I …

CNN reports: Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is medically cleared to continue his schedule, the US Capitol physician said Thursday, after he froze for the second time in as many months in public. The statement comes as McConnell moved behind the scenes to reassure his allies and donors he can do his job – even as questions persist over how …

CBS News reports: Starting next month, X’s updated privacy policy will entitle it to collect some users’ biometric data and other personal information. Under the revised policy, which takes effect September 29, X (formerly known as Twitter) “may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security and identification purposes” so long as the user provides consent. The biometric data …

CNBC reports: Former President Donald Trump is seeking to sever his criminal election interference case in Georgia from any of his 18 co-defendants who are demanding that the case proceed quickly to trial, a Thursday court filing showed. The request in Fulton County Superior Court came less than two hours after Trump pleaded not guilty to 13 criminal counts in …

Politico reports: A handful of GOP senators is weighing whether to force a fraught internal debate about their leadership’s future after Mitch McConnell’s second public freeze-up in a month. Some rank-and-file Republicans have discussed the possibility of a broader conversation once senators return to Washington next week. Party leadership is not currently involved in those discussions, and nothing has been …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: VistaPrint’s website is using its birth announcements section as a platform to promote the pro-homosexual lifestyle and glorification of same-sex parents. VistaPrint is pushing pro-homosexual content in the form of birth announcements featuring same-sex parents. The examples of VistaPrint’s birth announcement cards that attempt to normalize the LGBTQ lifestyle are: “Love Makes …

ABC News reports: Prosecutors were seeking 33 years in prison for Joe Biggs, the former leader of the Proud Boys’ Florida chapter, and 30 years for Zachary Rehl, the former leader of the group’s Philadelphia chapter. Biggs, a U.S. army veteran, was leader of the group’s Florida chapter and a close ally of the former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio. …

The Washington Post reports: In the United States, as an openly gay member of a party now targeting the type of show he once performed, Santos has backed hard-line policies that many in the LGBTQ community find discriminatory. He has supported a Florida law that bars educators from discussing sexual orientation in early elementary education. He has co-sponsored a bill …

The Washington Examiner reports: House Oversight Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) sent a letter to Chairman James Comer (R-KY) calling on him to compel Jared Kushner, the former president’s son-in-law, to produce documents related to his business ventures in Saudi Arabia. Last June, when Democrats controlled the House, the Oversight Committee launched an investigation into Kushner and his business …

Atlanta’s NBC affiliate reports: Gov. Brian Kemp is telling several far-right Georgia lawmakers to lay off the calls to impeach Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Georgia Sen. Colton Moore has led a charge via a letter to Kemp requesting a special legislative session to impeach Willis after a grand jury handed up an indictment against former President Trump and …

CNN reports: A federal judge yesterday determined that Rudy Giuliani has lost a defamation lawsuit from two Georgia election workers against him after he failed to provide information sought in subpoenas. Giuliani has already been sanctioned almost $90,000 for Freeman and Moss’ attorneys’ fees in the case. Michael Gottlieb, an attorney for Moss and Freeman, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Wednesday …