Monthly Archives: January 2025

Tennessee Senate Approves Bill Creating Felony Charge For Any Elected Officials Who Adopt Pro-Migrant Policies

Nashville’s ABC affiliate reports: In a 26-7 vote, state senators approved SB6002 Wednesday, which will create criminal penalties (Class E felony) for officials who adopt sanctuary policies. According to the bill’s text, officials can also be removed upon conviction. State Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) spoke during the hearing. He said he believes the bill is unconstitutional and restricts lawmakers’ ability …

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Hegseth “Feels Great” About Plan For Gitmo Camps

Via press release from the Pentagon: During a media interview today, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth affirmed the Defense Department’s commitment to working with other federal agencies to bolster security at the southern border. “You saw on Day 1 from [President Donald J. Trump’s] executive orders, the military’s … commitment to protecting the territorial sovereignty of the southern border, which is …

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DOJ Moves To Drop Charges Against Former GOP Rep

Politico reports: The Justice Department has moved to drop its criminal prosecution of former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, a Nebraska Republican who resigned last year after a conviction on charges that he lied to the FBI. Fortenberry’s conviction by a federal jury in Los Angeles in 2022 was subsequently overturned by an appeals court that ruled he should have been tried …

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Pardoned Rioter Gets 10 Years In Fatal DUI Crash

Law & Crime reports: A Jan. 6 rioter from Missouri who made headlines for swiping Nancy Pelosi’s name plate during the Capitol attack went from pardon to prison this week as she was sentenced Wednesday for causing a fatal crash while driving drunk on the wrong side of the highway. Emily Hernandez, 25, got hit with a 10-year sentence by …

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Tesla Reports Fourth Quarter Net Income Fell By 71%

CBS News reports: Tesla’s fourth-quarter net income fell 71% from a year ago when results were boosted by a one-time tax benefit. The latest results fell short of Wall Street forecasts. The electric vehicle company run by Elon Musk said Wednesday that it made $2.31 billion from October through December, less than the $7.93 billion profit it posted in the …

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All Feared Dead In Midair Collision Near DC Airport

The Washington Post reports: Rescuers are combing the Potomac River in search of survivors of American Eagle Flight 5342, which collided midair Wednesday evening with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport, sending both aircraft crashing into the water. No survivors have been found, and police have pulled bodies from the water — even as the deep, ice-cold …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: Netflix has greenlit a new TV adaptation of “Little House on the Prairie,” the beloved book series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Rebecca Sonnenshine (“The Boys,” “Vampire Diaries,” “Archive 81”) will serve as showrunner and executive producer on the new series. Ingalls Wilder released eight “Little House” books in the 1930s and ’40s, while a ninth was published …

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Gutfeld: Workers Should Thank Trump For Firing Them

“We talk about how the government doesn’t work, I don’t think we meant that quite literally, but now we have proof. Nearly all of the federal employees didn’t go back to work. We have to be honest. They gamed the COVID benefit and they gamed it on our dime. We are paying them billions to sit home and binge watch …

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Menendez Grovels For Trump Outside NYC Courtroom

“Welcome to the Southern District of New York, the wild west of political prosecution. President Trump was right. This process is political and it’s corrupted to the core. I hope President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system.” – Former Sen. Bob “Gold Bars” Menendez, outside the court where he had sobbed as he was …

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Cruz: Don’t Give WiFi Hotspots To Poor Kids Because They May Be Blocked From “Conservative Viewpoints”

Ars Technica reports: US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is trying to block a plan to distribute Wi-Fi hotspots to schoolchildren, claiming it will lead to unsupervised Internet usage, endanger kids, and possibly restrict kids’ exposure to conservative viewpoints. “The government shouldn’t be complicit in harming students or impeding parents’ ability to decide what their kids see by subsidizing unsupervised access …

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DeSantis “Happy To Help” Trump Set Up Gitmo Camps

Florida Politics reports: DeSantis posted to social media Wednesday that he’s “happy to send flights from Florida down that way with deportees in tow,” in the wake of Trump saying he’s telling the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to “begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay” for an influx of undocumented immigrants. DeSantis floated Florida as …

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EU Warns: Mutating Bird Flu Poses “Pandemic Threat”

Politico Europe reports: Bird flu poses an increasing pandemic threat as it becomes more adaptive, jumping to humans, pets and zoo animals, Europe’s disease and food agencies warned on Wednesday. They are urging countries to step up their surveillance and containment measures to prevent the virus from continuing to evolve and become more dangerous to people. “In 2024, avian influenza …

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Far-Right Priest Gives “Musk Salute” At Christian Event

“This is the last stand for Christendom. It’s make-or-break time. The whole of the old world is crumbling. Every country in Europe is embracing death. America, as far as I can see, is the only fighting for life; and that’s down to you guys. So God bless all of you for what you’re doing. Please keep doing it. I hope …

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Lee Zeldin Confirmed To Lead EPA In 56-42 Vote

USA Today reports: The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm former congressman Lee Zeldin as President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency administrator. Zeldin, who is expected to pursue a deregulation push at the EPA, was confirmed by a vote of 56 to 42. Trump wants to rollback environmental rules, declaring when he announced Zeldin as his choice for EPA administrator that …

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Meta To Pay Trump $25M For Suspending Him In 2021

The Wall Street Journal reports: President Trump has signed settlement papers that are expected to require Meta Platforms to pay roughly $25 million to resolve a 2021 lawsuit Trump brought after the company suspended his accounts following the attacks on the U.S. Capitol that year, according to people familiar with the agreement. Of that, $22 million will go to a …

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DOJ Considering Dropping Charges Against NYC Mayor

The New York Times reports: Senior Justice Department officials under President Trump have held discussions with federal prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of dropping their corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, according to five people with knowledge of the matter. The officials have also spoken to Mr. Adams’s defense team since Mr. Trump took office, the …

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Sobbing Ex-Sen. Bob Menendez Sentenced To 11 Years

NBC News reports: A judge sentenced an emotional former Sen. Bob Menendez Wednesday to 11 years in prison Wednesday for a years-long bribery and corruption scheme that saw him rewarded with gold bars and stacks of cash. Menendez had pleaded with U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein for mercy, twice breaking down in tears. “I have lost everything,” Menendez said, after …

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Felon Lies That He Stopped “$50 Million In Condoms From Being Sent To Hamas For Them To Make Bombs”

“Medicare and Medicaid have not been affected by any action we’re taking in any way, shape or form. We are merely looking at parts of the big bureaucracy where there has been tremendous waste and fraud and abuse. And that process we identified and stopped $50 million being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas — 50 million. And …

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Truth Social To Expand Into “Financial Services”

CNN reports: Truth Social owner Trump Media & Technology Group announced Wednesday it plans to expand into financial services and potentially buy bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Shares of Trump Media (DJT) climbed 8% on the news. Trump Media said it plans to launch a fintech brand called Truth.Fi and to introduce investment vehicles that will focus on American growth, manufacturing, …

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Trump: I’ll Send 30,000 Migrants To Gitmo Camps

ABC News reports: President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are living illegally in the United States. Trump made the announcement right before he signed the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration’s first piece of legislation. The bipartisan measure means …

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