The Daily Beast reports: The tragicomic tale of a down-on-his-luck Texan who reinvented himself as a renegade war hero in a fake Russian republic took an unexpected turn this week when he was allegedly abducted by Russian troops—after apparently being accused of being a CIA spy. Russell Bentley, also known as “Texas,” is perhaps the last person one would expect …
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New Docs Contradict Senate Candidate’s Gunshot Story
The Washington Post reports: Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy apologized and asked for leniency in 2015 after he said a gun he kept in his vehicle for bear protection fell and discharged, striking him in his right forearm in Glacier National Park, according to new National Park Service documents released through a Freedom of Information Act request. The new documents, …
Read More »British Parliament Advances Eventual Ban On Smoking
The Associated Press reports: The British government’s plan for a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking cleared its first hurdle in Parliament on Tuesday despite vocal opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party. The bill, a key policy announced by Sunak last year, would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to …
Read More »Ex-Prosecutor Worries For Safety For Trump’s Jurors
“I am wondering if some of them are a little unhappy with the amount of information that is being made public about them. Now, this is not the fault of the media. I wanna be very clear about this. Responsibility to guard all of the very specific information that we’re learning resides with the D.A.’s office and with the judge. …
Read More »Voldemort: Trump Is The “Most Stylish President Of Our Lifetimes,” People Spent “Ten Years Dressing Like Him”
“The most stylish president and first lady in our lifetimes are Donald Trump and Melania Trump. Donald Trump is a style icon! He changed American fashion on The Apprentice. People spent the next 10 years trying to dress like Donald Trump. “So, if anybody deserves a puff piece on their sense of style, it’s Donald Trump and the first lady. …
Read More »Menendez Plans To Blame Wife In Bribery Defense
Bloomberg News reports: US Senator Bob Menendez is prepared to blame his wife at his bribery trial for withholding information from him about gifts they allegedly accepted from businessmen seeking favors, a newly unsealed court document shows. The revelation came Tuesday in a portion of a March court filing in which lawyers for the New Jersey Democrat asked a US …
Read More »Fox Host: Republicans “Botched” Deal On The Border
Media Matters has the transcript: NEIL CAVUTO (HOST): Don’t Americans deserve some progress on this issue itself, Senator? I mean, Republicans were blocking a bipartisan measure that seemed to be very promising, until Donald Trump came and said, “This is a waste of time, don’t do that, this is a big election year issue for us.” Now, I’m not sure …
Read More »Former FL Gov And US Sen. Bob Graham Dies At 87
The New York Times reports: Bob Graham, a Florida Democrat who as a little-known state senator cleaned stables and waited on tables in a clever populist strategy that helped to boost him into the governorship, the United States Senate and a run for the presidency, has died. He was 87. His daughter Gwen Graham posted a family statement on social …
Read More »CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread
Variety reports: Amazon Prime Video has officially ordered a 20-episode season of “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?” from MGM Alternative, the streamer announced Tuesday. As previously reported by Variety, the “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” spinoff will be hosted by Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. “I grew up loving game shows, and I’m excited to …
Read More »Giuliani Makes Racist Jab At Trump’s NYC Trial Judge
The Daily Beast reports: Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday joined the chorus of critics falsely claiming the New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial won’t let the former president attend his son’s graduation, insisting Juan Merchan is “not a judge in the tradition of Anglo-American jurists.” A spokesperson for Giuliani insisted that any implication that the former mayor’s …
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