Trump cultists

Mediaite has the transcript: Dana Bash: Speaker Johnson was a key player in trying to push a court case, which the Supreme Court ultimately did not accept, to overturn the 2020 election. He just took an oath as Speaker of the House. He is now second in line to the presidency. Do you believe that he should publicly say that …

“When you have it on a broad scale, when you have, you know a software system that is used all around the country that is suspect because it came from Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela. When you have, you know, testimonials of people like this but in large numbers, it begs to be litigated and investigated. And the problem is, it’s exceedingly …

ABC News reports: The House has voted for its newest speaker candidate, Rep. Mike Johnson. He is the fourth nominee for the top job after the historic ouster of Kevin McCarthy earlier this month. The chaotic battle for the gavel has dragged on after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise was nominated, but backed out when it became clear he didn’t …

Media Matters reports: Fox News interviewed a shaken but unapologetic Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) live from an undisclosed secure location in the House complex as a violent mob of Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, delaying the certification of the 2020 presidential election. During the interview, Johnson, whom the House Republican caucus elected its speaker-designate …

The Insider reports: On her social-media accounts, Sidney Powell has continued to push claims that the 2020 election was rigged and that prosecutors in Georgia who brought the criminal case against her were politically motivated. The newsletter published by her dark-money group has shared articles arguing the Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis, “extorted” her guilty plea. She has shared …

“I wonder if Barack Obama really in his heart believes that Israel has a right to exist. I wonder, in his heart, right? For real. If he’s gonna go here at this time, you have to wonder. He is, after all, Barack Obama. Make that Barack Hussein Obama. Uh, under ordinary circumstances, his middle name has nothing to do with …

The Daily Beast reports: House Republicans on Tuesday shouted down a reporter’s question about their newly chosen speaker-designate, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), being instrumental in their efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. During a press conference, ABC News congressional reporter Rachel Scott began to ask Johnson whether he stands by his role in the scheme when his colleagues laughed …

Phil Williams reports at Nashville’s CBS affiliate: In perhaps the most bizarre race that this picturesque Middle Tennessee community has ever experienced, Franklin voters resoundingly rejected a candidate for mayor who openly embraced white supremacists and Christian nationalism. Incumbent Mayor Ken Moore easily defeated Gabrielle Hanson, a local real estate developer and first-term city alderman who faced one controversy after …

The Daily Beast reports: Gabrielle Hanson, the Tennessee mayoral candidate who’s found herself embroiled in weekly controversy on the home stretch of her campaign, appeared to keep making blunders on Election Day—decrying that voting machines were malfunctioning on Tuesday despite an election official insisting otherwise. Hanson, who in the past month has been exposed as a Pride hypocrite and embracer …

From the Justice Department: On Oct. 20, U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola sentenced James Catalano, 62, of Fresno, California, to 12 months in prison for sending hundreds of harrowing messages to a local activist against gun violence whose daughter was murdered during the 2018 mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. On March 28, 2023, …

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: I have many wonderful friends wanting to be Speaker of the House, and some are truly great Warriors. RINO Tom Emmer, who I do not know well, is not one of them. He never respected the Power of a Trump Endorsement, or the breadth and scope of MAGA—MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! He fought me …

“A judge, a Democrat judge in Colorado, has just green-lit a campaign to keep Trump off the ballot in Colorado. This judge, Sarah Wallace, was appointed by the Democrat governor, Jared Polis, and she has denied a motion by Trump and the Colorado GOP to throw out a lawsuit seeking to block Trump from appearing on the ballot in Colorado. …

The Miami Herald reports: A Florida man, described as an “adult film actor” and a Proud Boy, is heading to federal prison. Steven Miles, 40, pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Miles and more than 2,000 other rioters stormed the Capitol to disrupt the Electoral College’s …

The Washington Post reports: The Biden administration is preparing for the possibility that hundreds of thousands of American citizens will require evacuation from the Middle East if the bloodshed in Gaza cannot be contained, according to four officials familiar with the U.S. government’s contingency planning. The specter of such an operation comes as Israeli forces, aided by U.S. weapons and …

Phil Williams reports for Nashville’s CBS affiliate: As voters prepare to go to the polls in Franklin Tuesday, white supremacists once again make their presence known — and controversial mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson is refusing to distance herself from those figures. Overnight, posters linked to the hate group, the Patriot Front, were plastered in parts of downtown Franklin, including at …

“If you take out Emmer, who’s the whip, in less than three weeks — the people, the populists, the MAGA, the deplorables — you have taken out basically 12 years of leadership. What they’ve worked on for 12 years as the cartel’s leadership apparatus. The first thing to do is to stop Emmer today. Once Emmer’s stopped — just want …

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: Election fraud conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell is selling Wi-Fi monitoring devices that he says make elections more secure. But Northern Kentucky elections officials warned Friday that using the devices at polls is illegal – and likely a felony. Kenton County Clerk Gabrielle Summe said the devices may be able to unlawfully identify voters and could be …

Roll Call reports: “I can show you where the people have made horrible accusations and things they were going to do to members of my family, and I couldn’t even get Capitol Hill police to respond to my phone calls about it,” Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said Friday on CNN when discussing a voicemail left for another member’s wife. Rep. …

Politico reports: When Sidney Powell, a top ally of Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Thursday to crimes associated with the 2020 election, lawyers for many Jan. 6 defendants were stunned by her relatively meager sentence: six years of probation and a modest fine. For years, those lawyers — and some judges — have lamented that the thousands who breached the Capitol …

Media Matters has the transcript: JESSICA TARLOV (CO-HOST): But guess what? People don’t like being bullied. Ken Buck, the voicemail that was left on the wife of a Republican congressman’s phone, Jake Tapper played it yesterday. Abhorrent. JEANINE PIRRO (CO-HOST): Really? GREG GUTFELD (CO-HOST): Jeez. JESSE WATTERS (CO-HOST): Oh, wow. You have your people like slamming the Jews out there. …