Infighting Is Funny

The Miami New Times reports: Despite graphic testimony this past Monday in which he described “horrendous” conditions inside a Washington, D.C., Department of Corrections (DOC) facility that include frequent flooding and feces in his cell and harassment by guards, Enrique “Henry” Tarrio is not coming home any time soon. Late Friday night, Judge Jonathan H. Pittman denied Tarrio’s motion for …

“There was never a circumstance in today’s Washington where we were gonna win one and the Democrats were gonna win one. They were gonna win it all, or we were gonna win it all. “And you know what’s so frustrating? We had the ability to block everything. America would not be waking up to this attack on the dollar, attack …

The Guardian reports: Fox News boss Rupert Murdoch has said Donald Trump should stop focusing “on the past” in a rare public rebuke of the former US president. On Wednesday addressing the annual meeting of stockholders for News Corp Murdoch said: “The current American political debate is profound, whether about education or welfare or economic opportunity. “It is crucial that …

Posted yesterday to Roger Stone’s Telegram channel: If Gov. Ron DeSantis does not order a full audit of the Florida 2020 vote I may be forced to seek the Libertarian party nomination for governor in 2022. I heard governor Ron DeSantis say that Florida had the most honest election in our history in 2020 yet I know for a certainty …

The Tennessean reports: Mike Stone, a leader of the group trying to pull the Southern Baptist Convention further to the right, has sued Russell Moore, the former president of the denomination’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, for “claims of defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and emotional distress.” The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court for Middle Tennessee, follows …

Newsweek reports: Prominent Trump supporters attorney Lin Wood and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, are feuding in public after Wood accused Greene of being “a communist.” “In my opinion, Marjorie Taylor Greene is a communist,” Wood said in Friday remarks. “If Marjorie Taylor Greene is running around saying ‘impeach Biden,’ that says that Biden won—he didn’t,” the attorney …

The Federalist reports: As we sat down in his second-floor office, the former president was watching Fox News, where I’m a contributor. He asked me what I thought of various Fox personalities. When he got to Bret Baier, who hosts “Special Report,” I complimented him. Baier was interviewing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. I would later learn it was the …

“Now, if Mitch McConnell doesn’t believe in these principles then he really is not in the position to be the leader of the Republicans in the Senate, it’s that simple. Now we’ll have Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz on together in the top of the next hour, we’ll ask them where they stand. I know they’re both, you know, they’re …

The Washington Examiner reports: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has cut ties with top political adviser Corey Lewandowski, a close confidant of former President Donald Trump, amid disturbing allegations of sexual misconduct. Noem, considered a dark horse contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, announced Thursday through a spokesman that Lewandowski would no longer be advising her political efforts or …

Talking Points Memo reports: There’s apparently a phony copy of the final report from the sham Arizona “audit” floating around that advises lawmakers not to certify the 2020 election. On Tuesday, a spokesperson for Doug Logan’s company Cyber Ninjas, Rod Thompson, said in an emailed statement that “There is a false version of the Executive Summary of the Maricopa County …

Posted last night by the world’s most famous liar: I spent virtually no time with Senators Mike Lee of Utah, or Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, talking about the 2020 Presidential Election Scam or, as it is viewed by many, the “Crime of the Century.” Lindsey and Mike should be ashamed of themselves for not putting up the fight necessary …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump is vetting possible candidates to remove Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) from his leadership position, according to The Wall Street Journal. Sources familiar with the situation told the Journal that Trump has been speaking with senators and allies to gauge if there is any interest in deposing McConnell, though lawmakers and aides told …

“Turns out Fox News requires employees to get vaccinated in order to enter their building or be subject to a series of negative implications — testing, being forced to work remotely, masks, social distancings and such. “And so, turns out, Fox’s vaccine mandate is not much different than New York’s DiBlasio vax mandates. And they’ve pushed 90% of their employees …

Politico Playbook reports: STEPHANIE GRISHAM writes in her upcoming book that she did not believe that the election was stolen and tried to convince MELANIA TRUMP there was no grand conspiracy to deny her husband a second term. But a senior Trump aide provided text messages to Playbook suggesting that Grisham was sympathetic to — and in one instance tried …

CNN reports: The book also reveals that Trump is still angry with Republicans who blamed him for the insurrection, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. “This guy called me every single day, pretended to be my best friend, and then, he fucked me. He’s not a good guy,” Trump said, according to the book. While McCarthy has walked back his …

Politico Playbook reports: Sometimes it seems that everything has already been said about the Trump years though not everyone has said it. In the latter camp is STEPHANIE GRISHAM, the former Trump White House press secretary best known for never holding a press briefing. Now Grisham is breaking her silence, and POLITICO’s Daniel Lippman emails us with a scoopy preview …

Mediaite reports: President Joe Biden received praise from an unlikely source on Tuesday: Ann Coulter. Biden had just concluded his address to the nation on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending a war that had lasted 20 years. The president has been criticized for failing to anticipate the rapid crumbling of Afghan security forces in the face of the Taliban’s …

“No use for these Republicans who have made themselves useless. No use for Kristi Noem. Kristi Noem is a very attractive woman. So, she’s got that going for her. As far as I can tell that’s the only reason she was ever looked at as some sort of 2024 potential front runner. “The hype and everything that she’s gotten from …

The Baltimore Sun reports: Kimberly Klacik, a former Republican congressional candidate in Maryland, is suing conservative commentator Candace Owens for $20 million in damages over an Instagram video Owens made in June in which she alleged Klacik had committed campaign fraud, money laundering, illegally used drugs and was a “madame” of a strip club, according to court documents. The lawsuit …

“Robert Mueller informant and perjurer Steve Bannon doesn’t know his ass from his elbow. Steve didn’t make money on Wall Street nor did he make money in Hollywood. “He’s a grifter – a fat ugly inarticulate poorly groomed alcoholic with delusions of grandeur. He has never elected anybody to any public office in his life most particularly not Donald Trump …