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Senate Republicans Peddle “Notorious ACB” Shirts

Mediaite reports: The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the organization that helps fundraise to elect Republicans to the United States Senate, posted a fundraising tweet in the moments after Amy Coney Barrett‘s nomination to the Supreme Court that immediately drew harshly critical reactions for attempting to co-opt Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg‘s legacy. At 5:07 pm ET, and then again at …

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Ted Cruz Blocks Senate Resolution Honoring RBG

The Texas Tribune reports: A ceremonial resolution honoring the life of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg failed in the Senate on Tuesday after U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz objected to language his Democratic counterparts added noting her dying wish that a successor not be chosen until after the presidential inauguration early next year. “Unfortunately, the Democratic leader …

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Pompeo Again Trolls Pelosi With Lisa Simpson Gif

The Daily Beast reports: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted a GIF of Lisa Simpson sobbing and ripping up papers during House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s speech at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night. Pompeo had mocked Pelosi by tweeting the same clip in February shortly after Pelosi ripped up President Trump’s State of the Union speech. The clip comes …

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Wake From Trump Parade Sinks Family’s Boat [VIDEO]

Portland, Oregon’s ABC News affiliate reports: Caught on video on Sunday, a boat sank on the Willamette River after waves overtook it and filled it with water. This all happened on the north side of the Burnside Bridge, according to the woman who shot the video. It shows a family jumping overboard as their boat takes on water. They can …

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GOP Official Doxes Reporters Of Lockdown Violations

The Washington Post reports: The chairman of the Arlington County Republican Committee was kicked out of a Facebook group Sunday for posting personal information of people who complained about county businesses not enforcing rules on masks and physical distancing. Andrew Loposser posted a set of names with contact information he obtained from the Virginia Department of Health to the more …

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Trump Avoided Lewis Ceremony At Joint Base Andrews, Left For Texas Minutes Before Lewis’s Casket Arrived

Trump’s pettiness is truly bottomless: President Donald Trump avoided a final opportunity to pay an in-person tribute to the late civil rights icon at Joint Base Andrews. Trump departed from the air base for Texas around 9:55 a.m. ET after speaking to reporters at the White House. A procession with Lewis and his family arrived to Andrews a few minutes …

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Trump Cultist Stages Mask Dispute On American Flight

Mediaite reports: Pro-Trump personality David J. Harris Jr. held up an entire American Airlines flight on Saturday for apparently not complying with the company’s mask policy, and instead, made a scene in the noble fight to defend one’s personal “rights” to not wear a face-covering on board. “So because I declared that I have a medical reason to not wear …

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GOP Rep Out-Douches Himself With AOC Fauxpology

The New York Daily News reports: Florida Man says he’s sorry. Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) apologized Wednesday to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) for calling her a “f—ing b–ch” after a spat on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. The conservative lawmaker took the House of Representatives floor to say sorry “for the abrupt manner of the conversation I had with …

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GOP Rep Accosted AOC, Called Her A “Fucking Bitch”

Fox News reports: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer issued a stern condemnation of Rep. Ted Yoho after he reportedly got into a heated exchange in the Capitol with the left-wing freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that allegedly ended with Yoho uttering the words “f—— b—-.” “The comments related to me were despicable,” Hoyer, D-Md., said. “Unacceptable. Mr. Yoho owes not only …

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Covidiot Gets Pepper Spray After Mask Confrontation

CBS News reports: A confrontation inside of a Ralphs grocery store in the Mid-Wilshire section of Los Angeles turned hostile after a man refused to wear a face covering. Witnesses said a store employee told the man he had to wear a face covering or leave the store, as required by Los Angeles County as part of efforts to curtail …

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“Threatened” Costco Covidiot Has Already Been Fired

Law & Crime reports: The latest viral video, filmed more than one week ago at a Costco in Fort Myers, Florida, showed a man in a red “Running the World Since 1776” t-shirt screaming that he “felt threatened” as he approached the purported source of the threat. “I feel threatened,” he yelled. “Back off! Threaten me again. Back the fuck …

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VIRAL VIDEO: Man Screams “I Feel Threatened, Back The Fuck Up!” When Asked To Wear Mask At FL Costco

The New York Daily News reports: A man has lashed out at an elderly woman who asked him to wear a mask in a heated confrontation at a Costco store. In a shocking video taken at the scene, the man screams an expletive-laden tirade at the customer in the Gulf Coast Town Center store in Fort Myers, Florida. The man, …

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VIRAL VIDEO: Covidiot Fights His Way Into Walmart

The New York Post reports: A defiant shopper fought his way into a Florida Walmart after he was denied entry for refusing to wear a face mask, a viral video shows. The clip, which has been viewed 4 million times, shows the gray-haired man scuffling with an employee at the Orlando superstore Saturday — the same day face masks became …

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Book: Trump Mocked Father’s Battle With Alzheimer’s

The Insider reports: Donald Trump mocked his father, Fred Trump Sr., as he started succumbing to Alzheimer’s disease in the last six years of life, according to new details from a forthcoming tell-all from the president’s niece. Mary L. Trump, the 55-year-old daughter of the president’s late older brother, Fred Trump Jr., is due to publish “Too Much and Never …

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FL Cop Resigns After Offer To Hire Abusive Officers

Florida Today reports: Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Bert Gamin, who drew national media attention this week for a Facebook post encouraging officers involved with violent incidents against protesters in Buffalo and Atlanta to come to Florida, has resigned from the agency, Sheriff Wayne Ivey said Friday. An internal review of his personnel file showed “previous forms of corrective actions” …

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CA Teacher Sorry For Threat To “Fucking Kill” Protesters

Bakersfield’s CBS News affiliate reports: Police are investigating an incident where a woman verbally attacked an 8-year-old girl and her mom when they were returning home from a Black Lives Matter protest. The mother caught the exchange on video. In the video recorded by her mother, Erika Baze, you hear the little girl sobbing in fear. As the video continues, …

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FL Cop Suspended Over Offer To Hire Abusive Officers

USA Today reports: Bert Gamin, the president of a Fraternal Order of Police chapter in Florida has been suspended with pay from his position with a local sheriff’s office, pending an internal affairs investigation into the “unprofessionalism” of a Facebook post recruiting officers disciplined and charged in violent incidents, an official announced Tuesday. “Yesterday afternoon I authorized an internal investigation …

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Trump Says George Floyd Would Love Today’s Jobs Numbers: “This Is A Great Day For Him, For Everybody”

The Guardian reports: Trump is apparently using his press conference to declare both the coronavirus crisis and the George Floyd protests to be over. “Hopefully, George is looking down right now and saying, ‘This is a great thing happening for our country,” Trump said of Floyd, who died in police custody last week. “A great day for him, a great …

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VIRAL VIDEO: Central Park Karen Calls Cops On Black Man Simply For Asking Her Put Her Dog On A Leash

NBC News reports: A white woman called the NYPD and accused a black man of threatening her and her dog after an exchange that started when the man asked the woman to leash her dog in Central Park. Christian Cooper captured part of the exchange in a now-viral video that was posted to Twitter by his sister. The woman, later …

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Trump Again Celebrates Abuse Of Local NY Reporter

Mediaite reports: Four days after the video first caught his attention, President Donald Trump is ratcheting up his attacks on a local news reporter who was verbally abused and stalked by anti-lockdown protesters in Long Island. In a Monday morning tweet, the president again shared footage posted by News 12 Long Island’s Kevin Vesey — which showed demonstrators harassing him. …

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