Trump cultists

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

NewsNation reports: An advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence is escalating its fight against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., this time with an ad that uses President Trump’s past criticisms of Kennedy to argue against his nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The 60-second ad from Advancing American Freedom consists almost entirely of …

Media Matters has the transcript: MARIA BARTIROMO (ANCHOR): He also wants to drain the swamp. So he wants those people who have been working in government all these years and who have, you know, their own expectations, and sort of narrative of the way things go, he wants them out. He’s hoping that they take the buyout. CHERYL CASONE (FOX …

Via press release from GOP Rep. Eric Burlison: Today, Congressman Eric Burlison introduced the Life at Conception Act, to affirm the fundamental right to life for every human being, born and unborn. This landmark legislation declares that unborn children are “persons” under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing their right to life to be legally recognized and …

Fox News reports: Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Sen. Mike Lee are advocating for the U.S. to withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). “If you could snap your fingers and get us out of NATO today, would you?” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, asked in a post on X. “Yes,” Massie replied. “I would withdraw us from NATO,” Massie …

“California Secretary of State has approved a campaign to gather signatures for a petition calling for a vote on if California should secede from the U.S. and become an independent country. Go ahead. “That would mean 43 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives would be GONE, giving House Republicans a HUGE majority! And 2 California Democrat U.S. Senators would …

The Washington Post reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has decided to remove retired Gen. Mark A. Milley’s security detail, suspend his security clearance, and order an inspector general inquiry into his behavior as the Pentagon’s top officer, senior defense officials said Tuesday, taking extraordinary action against a frequent target of President Donald Trump. Hegseth’s plan, first reported by Fox News, …

The Hill reports: Russell Vought, President Trump’s pick to head the White House budget office, told senators in his confirmation questionnaire that he believes the 2020 presidential election was “rigged.” Asked by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) in written questions for the record whether former President Biden won the 2020 election, Vought responded, “I believe that the 2020 election was rigged.” …

The Oklahoman reports: Oklahoma’s top education official said he would support immigration enforcement raids in schools to assist with the White House’s promise of mass deportations. This week, President Donald Trump threw out a federal policy that had been in place since 2011 that discouraged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from making arrests in “protected areas” like schools, medical centers …

“The people that I’m about 50 feet away from are necessarily too happy that the War Room now has me being obviously a voice, not just in terms of asking questions, but I think sort of observing the mainstream press corps. When you just look behind me, you can see how far we’ve come, so thank you from the bottom …

Law & Crime reports: A Jan. 6 rioter who was arrested in Canada after failing to report to prison and attempting to apply for asylum has gotten the green light to come back to the United States — with federal prosecutors quashing the arrest warrant they issued for him earlier this month and dismissing his fleeing justice charge — as …

“I worked my way through high school. I don’t know about you, but I was picking berries in the field before they had child labor laws. You’re telling me that kids who stay at home, instead of going to work at Burger King and McDonald’s during the summer, should stay at home sponging off the government and get their free …

Florida Politics reports: “I do think they’re gonna use Guantánamo Bay for (an) illegal alien processing site and then they’ll repatriate from their own country from there. What better state to take advantage of that than the state of Florida,” Gov. Ron DeSantis told podcaster Dave Rubin Tuesday. DeSantis was on Rubin’s show as part of a media blitz Tuesday …

Scott Jennings: “We’ve moved on from Trump derangement syndrome to Elon derangement syndrome. So, he has a long record of supporting the Jewish people, number one. Number two, anybody who is asserting this thing he did on the stage the other day was a Sieg Heil, which I just heard you say, you know, lawyer up maybe because, [it is …

The Daily Beast reports: Right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson claimed the Biden administration tried to have Russian President Vladimir Putin assassinated without offering any evidence to support his incendiary allegation. “The Biden administration did, they tried to kill Putin,” the onetime Fox News broadcaster said on the Monday episode of his The Tucker Carlson Show podcast. After his guest, journalist Matt …