Trump cultists

Nashville’s CBS affiliate reports: Controversial MAGA candidate Gabrielle Hanson, in another escalation of tensions in this city’s campaign for mayor, shared social media posts Wednesday from a hate group, accusing her opponent of being “connected to Antifa” and warning “there is no political solution.” It comes two days after a contingent from the hate group, the Tennessee Active Club, showed …

The Associated Press reports: A group has been impersonating government officials, harassing New York residents at their homes and falsely accusing them of breaking the law, state officials have warned. But what sounds like a scam aimed at people’s pocketbooks is actually part of a shakedown with a much different target: voters. State prosecutors have sent a cease-and-desist order to …

Via press release from the Justice Department: An Illinois man was sentenced today on charges of assaulting a law enforcement officer and a media member during the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the …

“We live in a nation of potential collaborators. And if we don’t reduce the price of standing up, if we don’t make it less costly and encourage more people to stand, that is what lies ahead for all of us. “Who were the ones that voted for Trump? Who were the ones with Trump signs on their front porch? Who …

The Hill reports: GOP leadership booted another top Democrat, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), out of his Capitol “hideaway office” Wednesday morning, amid the fallout from an unprecedented vote Tuesday to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Hoyer joins Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who was told by Speaker Pro Tem Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) to vacate her office so he could …

Media Matters has the transcript: Trump should violate this gag order. He certainly should violate the gag order. I’m not sure that I would have said a week ago that he should call the members of this judge’s staff big libs, but now he must. He has to do it because all of these prosecutions are a ridiculous farce. None …

The Daily Beast reports: A die-hard MAGA sheriff in Virginia charged with accepting bribes for deputy badges allegedly sold one to a controversial Iraqi fixer linked to Kurdistan prime minister and accused kleptocrat Masrour Barzani. That’s according to an FBI search warrant affidavit obtained by The Daily Beast, which reveals Virginia-based businessman Haval Dosky was swept up in a federal …

CNN reports: Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio on Wednesday became the first Republican to publicly say he’ll run to be the next House speaker, aiming to replace Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted Tuesday. Jordan replied “yes,” when asked if he is running for speaker and said he had just talked to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, the No. 2 Republican, …

Politico reports: As one of his first acts as the acting speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry ordered former Speaker Nancy Pelosi to vacate her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday, according to an email sent to her office viewed by POLITICO. “Please vacate the space tomorrow, the room will be re-keyed,” wrote a top aide on the Republican-controlled House Administration Committee. The …

“History on Capitol Hill tonight, eight Republican lawmakers joining all 208 House Democrats to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker, the first time in our nation’s history and McCarthy will not seek the speakership again. Now, sources telling me at this hour some House Republicans have been in contact with and have started an effort to draft former president Donald …

Dennis Prager writes for Townhall: The only fraud perpetrated in this kangaroo court prosecution of Trump is the fraud being executed by James on the American justice system and, by extension, on the American people. She’s set forward a preposterous legal theory, accusing Trump of inflating his assets to defraud banking partners. The matter before the court is de facto …

“It’s a systematic effort to destroy Donald Trump as a political person. His crime was he was a good conservative president. I’ve never seen hatred toward a political figure like I see against President Trump. “The left will do anything to ruin his life, to keep him from being president again. And here’s the good news – if you’re a …

“When they talk about people putting out knowingly false claims, Kerik and others are gonna be able to point right over at Sidney Powell and say, ‘Hey, what they’re accusing us of, she did.’ “And then he’s gonna be able to testify about, that’s why she was fired. That’s why, you know, President Trump told her she wasn’t allowed back …

“So Gavin Newsom makes this decision over the weekend. The name that we all know, Laphonza Butler. Not Oprah, not Meghan Markle. I know, I know, who the heck is Laphonza Butler? “I never heard of Laphonza Butler before, so I have no idea if Laphonza Butler is a scholar, a smart person, but I’m always gonna think like, eh, …

“So, Gavin Newsom has to fill her seat. This means that this is the second Senate seat that he has had to fill. The first one was Kamala Harris for no reason at all except that she’s a Black woman. “Now, who the hell is Laphonza Butler? Laphonza Butler is a lesbian Democratic strategist and advisor to Kamala Harris’ 2020 …

NBC News reports: A Jan. 6 defendant caught on camera using a bullhorn to urge fellow pro-Trump rioters to steal law enforcement officers’ guns took a secret plea deal and was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison earlier this year, the Justice Department and his legal team acknowledged for the first time in a filing unsealed on Monday. Samuel Lazar, …

“By the way, he is a former principal, so they know a lot about fire alarms, cause they do this stuff all the time. You can’t make this stuff up. You know. And so he says he didn’t know. Look, why he would do this and think he could get away with it tells you he feels like he’s part …

The Arkansas Times reports: An anonymous former state employee came forward Friday claiming to have evidence that the Arkansas governor’s office doctored documents and unlawfully withheld financial records that should have been made public under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA. Attorney Tom Mars, who is representing the whistleblower, sent a letter today to Sen. Jimmy Hickey (R-Texarkana) …

“I do intend to file a motion to vacate against Speaker McCarthy this week. I think we need to rip off the band aid. I think we need to move on with new leadership that can be trustworthy. Look, the one thing everybody has in common is that nobody trusts Kevin McCarthy. He lied to Biden, he lied to House …

From the Justice Department: A Texas man pleaded guilty today to a felony offense related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Adam Lejay …