Joe Jervis

Gingrich: “The Freedom Caucus Has Been A Disaster”

“We shouldn’t underestimate how bad what Matt Gaetz did was for the whole system. He unleashed the demons. He went after somebody who had raised $480 million dollars and gained seats for three elections in a row. He drove Kevin McCarthy out of office. And from that point on, it has been a disaster. “Speaker Johnson has a hand that’s …

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Retiring GOP Rep Takes Job With Peter Thiel’s Palantir

Rolling Stone reports: Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher, who led the charge on a bill that could effectively ban TikTok within the country — on the basis that China can “surveil its users” — plans to take up a post with the American surveillance company and defense contractor Palantir. Gallagher, who currently chairs the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, …

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Senate Approves Funding Bill To Avert Govt Shutdown

The Associated Press reports: The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills in the early morning hours Saturday, a long overdue action nearly six months into the budget year that will push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The vote was 74-24. …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: Kevin Bacon announced on “Today” that he will return to the high school where he shot “Footloose” more than four decades ago. The school is Payson High School in Payson, Utah, and its students have spent the last several months launching a social media campaign (#BaconToPayson) to get Bacon to visit on prom day. The students re-created scenes …

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Biden Targets Latinos With Trump’s “Poisoning” Claims

The Hill reports: President Biden’s reelection campaign dropped a Latino-focused ad targeting former President Trump for his remarks in which he called immigrants “rapists” who were “poisoning the blood” of the country. The 30 second ad entitled “Change,” shared exclusively first with The Hill, features remarks from Biden in Arizona this week calling out his political rival’s controversial rhetoric. “This …

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FBI Sends Letter To Passengers On Infamous Alaska Airlines Flight: “You Are A Possible Victim Of A Crime”

The New York Times reports: Passengers aboard an Alaska Airlines plane that made an emergency landing after a fuselage panel blew off this year have started to receive letters from the F.B.I. identifying them as possible victims of a crime. The letters are a sign that a criminal investigation the Justice Department has opened into Boeing, the manufacturer of the …

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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Moscow Terror Attack

CNN reports: ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack at a popular concert venue complex near Moscow Friday that left at least 40 dead and more than 100 wounded after assailants stormed the venue with guns and incendiary devices. The terror group took responsibility for the attack in a short statement published by ISIS-affiliated news agency Amaq on Telegram on …

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Trump: I’ll Appeal $454M Judgment To Supreme Court

Fox News reports: Former President Trump said he will fight the ruling out of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ case “all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary,” telling Fox News Digital that “they can’t take away your property before you’ve had a chance to appeal.” Trump, the 2024 presumptive GOP presidential nominee, and his legal …

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DeSantis Signs Bill Rolling Back Child Labor Laws

The Florida Phoenix reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Friday authorizing 16- and 17-year-olds to work more than 30 hours per week with their parent’s approval. The governor’s signing of HB 49, which had garnered criticism from workers’ advocacy groups early in the session, came without fanfare. In fact, his office announced the approval in a press release …

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Securities Fraud Charges Against Ken Paxton May Be Dropped In Deal For Community Service, $400,000 Fine

The Austin American-Statesman reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is nearing a resolution to nine-year-old securities fraud charges that have dogged his tenure as the state’s top attorney through a special agreement with prosecutors, the American-Statesman has learned. Under a draft agreement, prosecutors would dismiss felony charges against Paxton if he successfully completes the terms of the deal, according to …

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Santos To Run For House As “Ultra MAGA” Independent

The Daily Beast reports: George Santos is taking on yet another identity. On Friday, the deposed congressman, serial liar and alleged fraudster announced that he would run for Congress again not as a Republican, but as an independent. “I will take my Ultra MAGA/Trump supporting values to the ballot in November as an Independent,” Santos boasted. Earlier in March, Santos …

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Hawley Blasts House GOP Call To Raise Social Security Age: “Republicans Are So Stupid, What A Terrible Idea”

“What a terrible idea. If Republicans want to be in the minority party forever, then go ahead and endorse that. Republicans are so stupid. If they want to go to working people and say, ‘Congratulations, you have paid into this your whole life — your payroll taxes — and now we’re going to take part of it away from you. …

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Liberty Counsel: The Trevor Project Is A “Pedo” Group

Via email from hate group leader Mat Staver: When I review our legal help requests, I am resolved to help people with the challenges they face to their faith and freedom. Some public schools are pushing children to join a website that even the homosexual group “Gays Against Groomers” calls a “pedophile paradise.” Liberty Counsel is fighting the Jezebellian evil …

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Dozens Dead In Terror Attack On Moscow Concert Hall

The Guardian reports: At least a dozen people have been killed and many more wounded according to unofficial reports in the worst terror attack in Russia in years, as gunmen in combat fatigues opened fire and detonated explosives in a big concert hall in Moscow. Photos showed the Crocus City Music Hall engulfed in flames as videos emerged from the …

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Another GOP Rep Screws Johnson By Resigning Early

CNN reports: GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin will resign from Congress early, handing another blow to Speaker Mike Johnson and his razor thin Republican majority. In a statement, Gallagher confirmed he will resign effective April 19. Gallagher did not include a reason for stepping down but said he came to the decision after “conversations with my family.” The House …

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EXPERTS: Trump “Charity” Is Breaking Election Laws

ABC News reports: Last September, as former President Donald Trump was mounting his reelection bid, he posted a “big announcement” to his Truth Social media platform: “Introducing Border911,” he declared, promoting a tax-exempt charity led by his former Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief, Tom Homan. Border911 is planning to embark on a 12-stop tour of battleground states to “convince” independent …

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Princess Kate Middleton Reveals Cancer Diagnosis

The Independent reports: The Princess of Wales has been diagnosed with cancer and personally revealed her diagnosis to the world. In a deeply moving video statment, Kate Middleton disclosed that the cancer was discovered while she underwent major abdominal surgery at the London Clinic at the start of the year. The 42-year-old princess said she needed to recover from surgery …

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Gaetz: Ousting Johnson Will Give Us Speaker Jeffries

“If we vacated this speaker, we’d end up with a Democrat. When I vacated the last one, I made a promise to the country that we would not end up with the Democrat speaker. And I was right. I couldn’t make that promise again. “We’d have Republicans cross over. I worry that we’ve got Republicans who would vote for Hakeem …

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Comer Now Wants “Criminal Referrals” Against Biden Because “Impeachment Is Not The Best Path” [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: House Oversight and Accountability Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) suggested the impeachment vote against President Biden may not be the “best path” and said he instead thinks criminal referrals will be the way to go. “I believe that the best path to accountability is criminal referrals,” Comer told Newsmax hosts Thursday. Comer argued in the interview that “real …

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Kirk: Haiti Is “Infested With Demonic Voodoo,” People Are Levitating And “Turning Into Cats At Night” [VIDEO]

“It’s important to note that Haiti is legitimately infested with demonic voodoo. I’ve talked to missionaries that have gone there and they say they’ve seen the darkest stuff that a human being can see. In fact, I know people that have come — that went to Haiti passively as, like, agnostic atheists, and they came back searching for Jesus because …

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