Trump cultists

“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 …

The Detroit News reports: The Michigan Republican Party had about $35,000 in its bank accounts in August, according to internal records that flash new warning signs about the dire state of the GOP’s finances and raise questions about whether the organization is complying with campaign finance laws. The documents, obtained by The Detroit News, cover from February when party Chairwoman …

The Hill reports: A judge Friday denied attempts by three “fake electors” charged in Georgia alongside former President Trump to move their charges to federal court, finding they were not federal officials. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones’s rulings round out the remaining defendants who attempted to move their cases. Jones had already rejected attempts by two other defendants in the …

Reuters reports: Former Republican poll watcher Scott Hall on Friday pleaded guilty to five criminal counts in the Georgia elections case, according to a live feed of a court hearing. Hall and 18 others, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, were indicted in Fulton County, Georgia, last month with conspiring to reverse Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss in the state. …

CBS News reports: Christopher Worrell, a member of the far-right Proud Boys group who was convicted for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, was taken into custody on Thursday after more than a month on the run. Worrell was captured by FBI agents while trying to “covertly return” to his home in Central Naples, Florida, the …

The Arkansas Times reports: Arkansas state Sen. Jimmy Hickey (R-Texarkana) is asking for an audit regarding Gov. Sarah Sanders’s controversial purchase of the now infamous $19,000 lectern. While they’re at it, Hickey wants the bean counters at Legislative Audit to look at the governor’s expenses and other records retroactively pulled from public view thanks to a bill just passed in …

“Kamala, she’s got citizenship issue. Did you see her where she tries to act like she’s human? They’re on the third clone with her. She’s just Obama, so he’s already on his third term destroying our country. And then so if he gets her in there, that’ll be his fourth term. He’s a little tyrant.  I’m not for dictators, but …

“This reminds me of the Democrat rhetoric leading up to their firing on Fort Sumter going to the Civil War, you know what I mean? That kind of rhetoric from Mr. Uniter here is just as incendiary as anything — and are MAGA people out there shooting people in Chicago and Washington and looting Philadelphia and sacking and plundering the …

“If I picked my music based on their politics, I’d have five choices. Let’s be honest. You know, country, Christian contemporary, which are my favorite, but I admire her talent. She writes all her songs, she does these shows that have like nearly 50 songs, you know, sets in them. “She’s a great businesswoman, seems like a lovely girl, extraordinarily …

ABC News reports: The FBI has arrested a member of the Proud Boys who went missing just before he was set to be sentenced for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a spokesperson for the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. “We can confirm the arrest of Christopher Worrell,” the spokesperson told ABC News in …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) unloaded on the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden during a meeting of the House Oversight Committee on Thursday – so much so, that one witness appeared aghast at the lawmaker’s scathing remarks. “This fake impeachment is based on desperate political calculation, not any evidence,” Frost declared. “They’re just asking more questions. We have …

The Insider reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said that his company has been crippled by American Express’s decision to slash its credit line. “Steve, we really need everybody’s help right now. We have things going on I’m going to let you all know this week,” Lindell told fellow Trump ally Steve Bannon on the latter’s “War Room” podcast. “Out of …

“Governor Youngkin, let me give you some unsolicited advice. Do not do this. It will not go well for you, no matter how many donors tell you it’s going to go well for you, no matter how much money is promised to you, no matter how many consultants come to you. Do not do this. I like you. I like …

The Associated Press reports: A bank recently shut down the accounts of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company, citing unauthorized transactions — a move that caused panic at the business when its balances suddenly dropped from more than $2 million to zero, according to a lawyer for the company. The action last week by Axos Bank also exposed worry and …

CNBC reports: Kari Lake, the Donald Trump acolyte who unsuccessfully ran for Arizona governor in 2022, will launch a candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate on October 10. The Arizona contest, in which Sen. Krysten Sinema is expected to seek re-election, could determine by a three-way race which party controls the Senate. Lake, who narrowly lost the …

The Washington Post reports: House Republicans on Thursday will hold their first hearing as part of an inquiry into whether to impeach President Biden, in a bid to legitimize the formalization of an investigation that has yet to unearth any damaging evidence that the then-vice president profited from his son’s work in Ukraine and elsewhere. The first hearing, to be …

Media Matters reports: Rumble host Stew Peters yesterday aired a segment calling for the executions of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce over the Kansas City tight end’s promotion of the COVID-19 vaccine. Advertising for the NFL recently appeared on Peters’ X (formerly Twitter) account, which has more than 400,000 followers. Peters is a verified Rumble host with over 500,000 followers. …