Trump cultists

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 …

Florida Politics reports: “Stop criticizing the  Netanyahu administration. By the way, has Biden won a war? Has Biden fought in a war? No,” Sen. Rick Scott said on “Fox News Sunday.” “What’s his background in doing this? How does he know better how to go into Rafah and get rid of Hamas? He doesn’t; it makes you mad when you …

“I think everyone needs to tone down the rhetoric, the language. And you know, obviously, social media has become a vehicle by which to bludgeon people. I just think at the end of the day, the former president, current president, and on down, all of us have a responsibility to check our language, to watch what we’re saying, and to …

From the Fox News report that set cultists aflame: Children of the National Guard are prohibited from submitting religious Easter egg designs for the 2024 “Celebrating National Guard Families” art event at the White House. The art contest is part of the White House’s Easter traditions, which include the annual Easter Egg Roll. The flyer for the contest states that …

“The Democratic Party has turned their back on law enforcement, they embrace the criminal element and let the inmates run the asylum. You know, Obama and Biden and Clinton can go raise 25 million because they’re in the upper echelon. “So they’re immune from their own policies. The people that it really hurts are the people who are more working …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Yet another actor has been arrested on charges related to the January 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol. Nolan Freeman, who had parts on shows such as NCIS, The Rookie, and Shameless, allegedly crawled through a broken window into the U.S. Capitol as the 2020 election was being certified inside. The FBI Statement of Fact in …

Axios reports: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is in discussions with at least one publisher about a book deal at the same time that he is leading the Biden impeachment probe, Axios has learned. Comer’s impeachment investigation of Biden is looking like a dud — but Republicans insist they plan to keep pressuring Biden over family money ties …

Here’s what has Tuberville screaming this time: Children of the National Guard are prohibited from submitting religious Easter egg designs for the 2024 “Celebrating National Guard Families” art event at the White House. The art contest is part of the White House’s Easter traditions, which include the annual Easter Egg Roll. The flyer for the contest states that an Easter …