“If all we are is listless vessels that are just supposed to follow, you know, whatever happens to come down the pike on Truth Social every morning, that’s not going to be a durable movement. And so you could be the most conservative person since sliced bread, but unless you’re kissing his rear end, they will somehow call you a …

Posted to Laura Loomer’s Twitter account: Christopher Worrell is a J6er from Florida. Florida has the highest number of J6 defendants. His sentencing was supposed to be today. He was denied his cancer treatment while he was in custody. And even though his family asked @RonDeSantis to assist them, he ignored their calls. Worrell was facing 14 years in prison …

Axios reports: Several top GOP donors, panicked about their current choices, are holding back 2024 money with the long-shot dream of luring an alternative to former President Trump into the presidential race at the last minute. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp are getting secret overtures from establishment Republicans — and haven’t ruled out running, top sources …

Politico reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday pledged support to Californians with Hurricane Hilary bearing down on the state, offering to help “in any way we can.” Hurricane Hilary is expected to make landfall on the Mexican peninsula Saturday night and is set to hit Southern California as a tropical storm by Sunday. The National Hurricane Center predicts that …

Posted this morning to Trump’s Truth Social account: I easily won the Great State of Georgia in 2016, did a fantastic job, as President, for Georgia and the entire USA, received 10 Million more votes than I got, nationwide, in 2016, got by far the most votes in history for a sitting President, but shockingly, “LOST” Georgia. All this despite …

Agence France-Presse reports: Kenyan authorities have banned five churches including that of a suspected cult leader accused of inciting more than 400 of his followers to starve themselves to death, a government document said Friday. The registrar of societies said in a gazette notice that the licence of self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie’s Good News International Ministries was cancelled. Mackenzie …

The New York Times reports: Mr. Giuliani’s son, Andrew, who has an independent relationship with the former president, visited Mr. Trump at his club in New Jersey this month in the hope of getting his father’s huge legal bills covered. Mr. Giuliani, 79, who was criminally charged alongside Mr. Trump this week in Georgia, is currently sitting on what one …

“Look, I think Elon is an excellent example of what he did at Twitter, is a good example of what I want to do to the administrative state. Take out 75% of the dead weight cost, improve the actual experience of what it’s supposed to do. And at the same time, I love the way he released the Twitter files. …

The Daily Mail reports: As the deadline for Donald Trump to surrender for booking in Georgia looms, online sportsbooks are going wild with proposition bets on everything from his tie color to his body weight at booking. One bookmaker site, Antigua-based BetOnline, on Friday offered an over/under of 273.5 pounds for Trump’s weight upon his surrender to authorities in Fulton …

Rolling Stone reports: Arizona’s criminal probe into the 2020 fake electors plot is heating up and investigators are now asking plenty of questions about a key Donald Trump ally involved in it: former state GOP chair Kelli Ward. The Arizona probe has been accelerating in the past several weeks, two sources familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone, with prosecutors …

Media Matters has the transcript: If you have a male brain versus a female brain in chess you have a competitive advantage. The data is clear. It’s not a patriarchy, it’s not some systemic sexism. Chess is very similar, by the way, to why women do not get into coding. Some do, but most do not. Women don’t get into …

The Meidas Touch reports: Ron Hedlund displayed a massive penis sign with the words, “Biden Sucks” written across it at a youth baseball game at RF&P Park in Henrico County, Virginia. In a video captured at the event, Hedlund, who is listed as a Virginia GOP Central Committee Representative defended his sign after a community member said it was inappropriate …

Deadline reports: Don Lemon made his first extended comments since he was fired from CNN, telling podcast host Kara Swisher that he feels “vindicated” following the exit of CNN leadership after his departure. Lemon was let go from the network’s morning show in April. But in June, CNN boss Chris Licht himself was shown the door, following the publication of …

Posted to Laura Loomer’s Twitter account: Lmao. I have half a million followers, I get 200-400 million impressions on my account each month, my videos get millions of views on Twitter, and this is my payout? @elonmusk @XCreators How are accounts with 50,000 followers making $8,000 or more a month and I only get paid $190.22 when I upload all …

Mashable reports: Of the 153,209,283 X accounts following Musk at the time the data was collected, around 42 percent of Musk’s followers, or more than 65.3 million users, have zero followers on their own account. Just over 72 percent, or nearly 112 million, of these users following Musk have less than 10 followers on their account. When it comes to …

The Guardian reports: For the past two years, book banning has been on the rise in schools and libraries across the US, mainly due to far-right pressure. Now the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is trying to fight back. It recently launched the Banned Book Program, granting free nationwide access to books restricted in schools or libraries. It functions …

Reuters reports: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro faced mounting legal pressure on Friday, as police probed his personal finances and communications while a jailed former aide mulled testifying about his role in a Rolex-peddling scheme allegedly masterminded by the ex-president. On Thursday morning, in a televised congressional probe into the Jan. 8 insurrection, a computer programmer told lawmakers that Bolsonaro …

Hoodline reports: Todd Baldwin, a department staff member at Valley Christian Schools in San Jose, was arrested on August 17th, 2023, for possession and distribution of explicit digital media involving juveniles, according to the San Jose Police Department. The 43-year-old suspect allegedly paid students for the explicit images and videos. The Silicon Valley Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force/Child Exploitation …

NBC News reports: Law enforcement officials are anticipating that former President Donald Trump will surrender at a Fulton County, Ga. jail no earlier than Thursday, three senior law enforcement officials who are familiar with the plan said. These officials, who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the plan, said they expect the surrender to …

“We’re always arguing about venues. We’re always arguing about, you know, you fought like crazy to get a venue. Mike Lindell has spent tens of thousands of dollars trying to get a venue this is why I keep saying the J6 thing with President Trump in Georgia. We’re going to ram the stealing of Georgia down her throat. And we’re …