Joe Jervis

CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Deadline reports: The View moderator Whoopi Goldberg abruptly stopped the panel’s Hot Topics discussion today to scold an audience member apparently recording the proceedings with a cellphone. Getting up from her seat and walking to the side of the stage area, Goldberg sternly said, “Hold on a second. Sir, I have to stop you with the camera because I can …

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Host Not Seen On Fox News Since “Sneakers Blacklash”

The Daily Beast reports: Fox News pundit Raymond Arroyo has vanished from the network’s airwaves since sparking backlash last month by claiming Black voters would support Donald Trump for president because “they love sneakers.” A paid on-air contributor with the conservative cable giant since 2017, Arroyo is best known to Fox News viewers for his regular appearances on Laura Ingraham’s …

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MTG Rages: Mike Johnson “Stabbed Us In The Back”

“This is simple math. The more Republicans like Mike Gallagher that resign and leave early, guess what that means? We have less Republicans in the House. So every time a Mike Gallagher or a Ken Buck leaves early, that brings our numbers down and brings us dangerously closer to being in the minority. “It’s not Marjorie Taylor Greene that is …

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NBC News Announces Ousting Of Ronna McDaniel

CNN Business reports: NBC News on Tuesday ousted former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel, just days after her hiring as a paid political analyst sparked intense backlash from the network’s top television anchors over McDaniel’s role in subverting the 2020 election and attacks on the press. “There is no doubt that the last several days have been difficult for …

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Six Key Bridge Workers Presumed Dead By Employer

The Associated Press reports: A senior executive the company that employed the construction workers said six of the company’s workers are presumed to be dead and one worker was hospitalized. Jeffrey Pritzker, executive vice president of Brawner Builders, said the crew was working in the middle of the bridge’s span when the crash happened and crumbled the bridge. The bodies …

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GOP Staffer Drops Groping Suit Against Matt Schlapp

The New York Times reports: A lawsuit has been dropped against Matt Schlapp, the head of one of the nation’s largest conservative advocacy groups, after his accuser said the allegations were the result of a misunderstanding. Carlton Huffman, 40, had accused Mr. Schlapp, 56, the head of the American Conservative Union and an adviser to former President Donald J. Trump, …

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Rioter Who Beat Cop With Stolen Baton Gets Five Years

From the Justice Department: A Colorado man was sentenced to prison today after he was convicted of three felonies related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the …

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Lara Logan: Bridge Collapse Was “9/11 Style Attack”

“Welcome to the world of cyber terrorism. Acc to intel sources: The Baltimore bridge collapse was a 9/11 style attack but they won’t admit it and we cannot see it because it was a CYBER ATTACK. All the SCADA systems that run our critical infrastructure like sewage, electric grid, shipping etc are all wide open systems with no encryption because …

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Ethics Panel Opens Probe Into Freedom Caucus Rep

USA Today reports: The House Ethics Committee is investigating Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, the committee confirmed in a Tuesday statement. The circumstances and scope of the move are still unclear. USA TODAY has reached out to Nehls’ office for comment. Ethics Committee Chair Michael Guest, R-Miss., and Ranking Member Susan Wild, D-Penn., decided to “extend the matter regarding” the Texas …

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RFK Names Top Donor Nicole Shanahan For VP Slot

The Los Angeles Times reports: Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that he had selected California tech lawyer, entrepreneur and political newcomer Nicole Shanahan as his vice presidential running mate. With no experience holding or running for elected office, Shanahan epitomizes the kind of nontraditional choices Kennedy has said he would bring to the White House, …

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Walsh: Bring Back Medieval-Style Torture For Criminals

“We’re just gonna get right into the stuff that gets me in trouble. But I’ll just say that I honestly believe that we should legally bring back medieval-style torture methods for certain criminals like this one. And I’m not advocating for extrajudicial punishments. I’m not advocating for vigilantism. I’m saying, legally, a law should be passed allowing it. “Maybe Florida …

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Judge Issues Gag Order After Trump Attacks Daughter

The New York Times reports: The New York judge presiding over one of Donald J. Trump’s criminal trials imposed a gag order on Tuesday that prohibits him from attacking witnesses, prosecutors and jurors, the latest effort to rein in the former president’s wrathful rhetoric about his legal opponents. The judge, Juan M. Merchan, imposed the order at the request of …

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Disbarment Trial Begins For Cultist Jeffrey Clark In DC

Politico reports: Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who worked closely with former President Donald Trump in a bid to subvert the 2020 election, should face professional consequences — including the potential loss of his license to practice law — for his effort to throw the nation into chaos, D.C. bar disciplinary authorities argued Tuesday. But a lawyer for …

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MyPillow Evicted From MN Warehouse: Unpaid Rent

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: A landlord for one of MyPillow’s manufacturing facilities has asked a judge to evict the Minnesota-based pillow giant from the premises, saying the company has failed to pay more than $200,000 in rent over the past two months MyPillow, headquartered in Chaska, has received at least four default notices since September at the Shakopee warehouse, according …

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REPORT: NBC News To Shitcan Cultist Ronna McDaniel

The New York Post reports: NBC News plans to drop former Republican National Committee boss Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor after network stars including MSNBC primetime headliner Rachel Maddow and the co-hosts of “Morning Joe” blasted the decision to bring the Trump-backing politico on board. The network has not made an announcement, but one is pending, according to Puck …

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Trump Begins Hawking $60 “Trump-Endorsed Bible”

“I am proud to be partnering with my very good friend Lee Greenwood – who doesn’t love his song God Bless the USA – in connection with promoting the God Bless the U.S.A Bible which includes copies of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, and Pledge of Allegiance. This is very important and very important to me. I …

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Qatari Royal Secretly Invested $50 Million In Newsmax

The Washington Post reports: A member of the Qatari royal family invested roughly $50 million in Newsmax, according to documents and representatives for the media company and the royal, in a moment of acute Middle East tensions during the Trump administration. The investment bolstered a key conservative media outlet at a time when Qatar was facing intense diplomatic pressure from …

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Paxton Weasels Out Of Felony Securities Fraud Charges

The Texas Tribune reports: Prosecutors on Tuesday agreed to drop the securities fraud charges facing Attorney General Ken Paxton if he performs 100 hours of community service and fulfills other conditions of a pretrial agreement, bringing an abrupt end to the nearly nine-year-old felony case that has loomed over the embattled Republican since his early days in office. The deal, …

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Mace Blames Infrastructure Bill For Bridge Collapse (She Voted Against The Bill & Then Took Credit For It)

“Look at the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that was done a couple of years ago that the left hails as this massive success, but it was mostly Green New Deal. Actually, in that bill, $110 billion went to surface transportation, which is roads and bridges, and, of that $110 billion, $70 billion went to public transportation, leaving only $40 billion …

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Justices Appear Unlikely To Rule Against Abortion Pill

Axios reports: The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed unlikely to broadly restrict access to medication abortion in the court’s biggest abortion-related case since overturning Roe v. Wade two years ago. The justices heard oral arguments in a challenge to mifepristone — one of the drugs used in medication-induced abortions, which account for about two-thirds of all abortions. It wasn’t clear …

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