February 7, 2023 Idiocracy, Republicans
Florida Politics reports: Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, an egg man himself, testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee this week about the department’s land conservation plans. During the question period, Sen. Lori Berman inquired as to the eggs. “I hope that you will look into what we can do to help the price of eggs for consumers in the state of …
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February 7, 2023 Christianists, Crackpots
Media Matters has the transcript: MICHAEL KNOWLES (HOST): So, Sam Smith gives an overtly satanic performance with all sorts of transsexuals and fire coming up. First point there, by the way — and I noticed this the other day even before Sam Smith’s performance — isn’t it odd how depictions of demons, how depictions of weird ghoulish devilish demonic figures …
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February 7, 2023 China, Trump Administration
CNN reports: A US military intelligence report from last year that focused on China’s use of high-altitude balloons mentioned sightings in Hawaii and Florida during the Trump presidency, according to an excerpt of the report reviewed by CNN. The April 2022 report, titled “People’s Republic of China High-Altitude Balloon,” found a Chinese spy balloon “circumnavigated the globe” in 2019 – …
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February 7, 2023 Republicans, Social Media
Fox News reports: Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., is standing by the photo of him and his wife hunting that reportedly got him suspended from Twitter Monday night, as #FreeSteveDaines began to gain popularity among conservatives on social media. “My wife is a great shot. What can I say?” Daines told Fox News Digital. “The Senator thinks it’s preposterous that a …
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February 7, 2023 LGBT News, Republicans
The Montana Free Press reports: State lawmakers in the House of Representatives gave broad approval Monday to a bill that would allow medical providers, health care facilities and insurers to deny services based on “ethical, moral, or religious beliefs or principles,” signaling the bill’s likely advancement to the Senate this week. House Bill 303, sponsored by Rep. Amy Regier, R-Kalispell, …
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February 7, 2023 Politics, Republicans
Politico reports: Senate Republicans are launching a “prebuttal” to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, painting him as a harbinger of doom in a dystopian video out on social media channels this morning. Issues including inflation, immigration woes, gas prices, crime, the exit from Afghanistan and the growing threat of China are superimposed on Biden himself in the …
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February 7, 2023 Britain, Police
Reuters reports: A former London police officer was jailed on Tuesday for at least 30 years for a “catalogue of violence and brutal sexual offending” in a sustained campaign of abuse against women. David Carrick, who worked in the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, used his position of power to intimidate many of his victims, saying no one would believe …
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February 7, 2023 Extremists, Trump cultists
Political Flare reports: Pete Santilli blames the deaths in Turkey near the Syrian border on the demonic-toned performance on the Grammys. Consider the number of parents who have just lost their children. Consider the number of children that just lost their parents. Consider all the deaths. Consider that it is cold out tonight in that area. And one of our …
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February 7, 2023 Fake News, Fox News
Huddle reports: House Republicans have the clicker and they’re changing the channel to Fox News. Olivia noticed that televisions in common spaces like the Au Bon Pain in Cannon and the Longworth Cafeteria have all been tuned to Fox News from CNN in recent weeks. The House Administration Committee confirmed “The People’s House is once again reflective of the American …
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February 7, 2023 Democrats, Joe Biden
Axios reports: President Biden’s State of the Union address will include calls for insulin cost caps for privately insured patients and a renewed bid to close the Medicaid coverage gap in Republican-controlled states that haven’t accepted the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. The push to expand health coverage to millions of low-income people in 11 red states by closing the …
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