Trump cultists

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Officials have identified a man accused of trying to breach the gate at the FBI’s Atlanta headquarters Monday as 48-year-old Ervin Lee Bolling of South Carolina. Publicly available records show that Bolling lives in Easley, South Carolina, a town just outside Greenville. He works as an insurance broker at Bankers Life, where he has been employed …

Semafor reports: Donald Trump and Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen endorsed legislation that would take Omaha’s potentially decisive electoral vote out of play for Democrats, hours after conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s Tuesday X post suggesting it. Five hours and 10 minutes later, Pillen put out a statement supporting a bill that would convert the state to a winner-take all system in …

From the Justice Department: A Washington state man was sentenced to over seven years in prison today after he was previously convicted of assaulting law enforcement and other felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. …

“Attorneys all the time raise not just conflicts, but the appearance of conflict. Some involve family members. Indeed, many on the left have long attacked Supreme Court Justices over their family members and their activities. “But with two weeks to go, it probably be easier to move the courthouse than the judge in this case. And the reason is that …

“Andrew Weissman, a former prosecutor, is suggesting that Donald Trump could get jail time if he’s convicted, criminally, for falsifying business records in the Stormy Daniels hush money case. “That trial is slated to begin April 15th in Manhattan. Presumably, it’s gonna take a few weeks for it to go forward, and then, presumably, he will be convicted because this …

PBS NewsHour reports: One in 5 U.S. adults believe Americans may have to resort to violence to get their own country back on track, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, an attitude that experts say puts the nation in “an incredibly dangerous place” in the months before the 2024 presidential election. Republicans were more likely than Democrats or independents …

“I often say that as much conflict as we have in the world as much pain and sorrow and people are suffering, it’s a great time to be alive because we’re seeing this take place and I think we’re going to see where the largest kind of a spiritual awakening in this country that people are realizing how much evil …

Colorado Public Radio reports: Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is recovering from unexpected surgery. Her campaign announced Tuesday night that she had an acute blood clot removed from her leg. Boebert went to UC Health in Loveland Monday afternoon with extreme swelling in her left leg, according to a statement from her campaign. She was diagnosed with May-Thurner syndrome, a rare form …

Mediaite reports: Fox News host Jesse Watters attempted to normalize a criminal defendant repeatedly attacking court staff and their families, as Donald Trump has done. “Now, the media, who doesn’t support the First Amendment are care about corruption covers it this way,” Watters said, teeing up a clip of non-Fox News outlets noting the aberrant nature of Trump’s missives while …

The Washington Post reports: Nebraska is one of two states that does not have a winner-take-all policy, where the winner of the statewide vote receives all the state’s electoral votes. Nebraska’s electoral votes are instead split among the statewide and congressional district winners, including a swing district in the Omaha area that President Biden carried in 2020 as Trump easily …

The Hill reports: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) on Tuesday criticized a recently-introduced GOP bill that would rename Washington Dulles International Airport after former President Trump. “Donald Trump is facing 91 felony charges,” Connolly, whose district includes a portion of Dulles, said in a statement. “If Republicans want to name something after him, I’d suggest they find a federal prison.” Dulles …

Crooks & Liars reports: David Hancock was the spokesman for Killer Kyle Rittenhouse and his family during Killer Kyle’s criminal proceedings three years ago. At the time, Hancock was laying it on as thickly as anyone, trying to portray Killer Kyle as a poor innocent waif of a boy just trying to do the right thing and who just wanted …

CBS News reports: A Florida man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for threatening to kill a U.S. Supreme Court justice, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Neal Brij Sidhwaney, 43, pleaded guilty in December after he made a July telephone call from Florida to the Supreme Court and left an expletive-filled voice message twice threatening to kill an …

Posted today by the right-wing Daily Caller: Retraction notice: Following the publication of this article, the Daily Caller became aware of additional context that undercut the central assertion of this article and its newsworthiness. The ban of religious symbolism on eggs as part of the White House Easter egg art contest has been longstanding, dating back decades, and the Biden …

Mediaite reports: In the race among Republicans to suck up to former President Donald Trump, seven GOP members of Congress are bidding to take the lead. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) has introduced a bill — along with six co-sponsors — to rename Washington’s Dulles Airport the “Donald J. Trump International Airport.” Reps. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Barry Moore …

From the Democratic National Committee: In response to House Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson claiming that January 6 insurrectionists were “innocent” and just “walking through the building,” DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: “Instead of trying to ‘protect’ January 6 insurrectionists, Mike Johnson should listen to the law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line …

“My number one problem with this whole thing is this proclamation. President Biden never should have done it. To be honest with you, if he just said nothing, it would’ve been fine. But I firmly believe that the left, they constantly look at the media and how they can manipulate things, and it’s a shame. “I mean, here Joe Biden …

The Arizona Republic reports: A Maricopa County judge will allow election officials to seek sanctions against former attorney general candidate and current U.S. House candidate Abe Hamadeh after tossing out a lawsuit seeking to challenge the results of the 2022 election. Judge Susanna Pineda’s Monday ruling consolidated two lawsuits that questioned the signature comparison methods used to verify mail-in votes …

“This trial on the 15th is not about business records. The trial on the 15th is to destroy Trump in front of the American people and particularly women. Although, I don’t — I’m pretty adamant you shouldn’t go out of your way to chase that vote. You put forward your program and if it votes for you, great, and if …

“We are very disappointed that a deceptively worded pro-abortion amendment is allowed to appear on Florida’s ballot in November. If passed, it will allow abortions up to 6 months of pregnancy and, thanks to a loophole, even to point of birth. “Florida will become the most pro-abortion state in the southern U.S. That is NOT what Florida wants, and the …