December 6, 2023 Republicans, Scandal
Florida Politics reports: If Republican Party of Florida Christian Ziegler doesn’t resign, executive members appear ready to expel him in 30 days. While bylaws for the state party don’t specifically allow for removal of a Chair, the party constitution contains provisions for establishing a tribunal to judge misconduct by a state officer. Republican Party of Florida Vice Chair Evan Power …
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December 6, 2023 Republicans, Trump cultists
Las Vegas’s CBS affiliate reports: Six Republicans accused of taking part in submitting fake electoral certificates that claimed President Donald Trump won the 2020 election have been indicted on multiple charges, according to a Wednesday announcement from Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford. The indictments name Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald, Jesse Law, Jim DeGraffenreid, Durward James Hindle III, …
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December 6, 2023 News, Republicans
Politico reports: House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) told reporters on Wednesday he would support allowing Washington D.C. to tax and regulate legalized marijuana “if that is what the city wants.” The comments came after a meeting with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser largely centered around rising crime concerns in the nation’s capital. However, the rhetoric is significant as congressional …
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December 6, 2023 Guns, Mass Shootings
ABC News reports: A suspect is dead after reports of an active shooter at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The university said shots were reported at Beam Hall as well as the school’s student union. There “appears to be multiple victims,” according to police. A ground stop was initiated at Las …
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December 6, 2023 Education, Republicans
The Orlando Sentinel reports: New rankings show Florida students are posting some of the lowest SAT scores in America. We’re talking 46th place. Down another 17 points overall to 966, according to the combined reading and math scores shared by the College Board. Florida trails other Southern states like South Carolina and Georgia. We trail states where more students take …
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December 6, 2023 Housing, Republicans
Semafor reports: The former congressman was expelled last Friday for a variety of sins and alleged crimes, including overcharging the credit card of a colleague’s mother. He has, in the intervening four days, stumbled across a path to making a living that dwarfs the $174,000 salary he earned as a member of Congress. The former congressman, who is currently facing …
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December 6, 2023 Business, Social Media
Reuters reports: A former executive at Twitter Inc, now called X Corp, has filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired after Elon Musk acquired the company for objecting to budget cuts that would prevent the company from complying with a U.S. government settlement over its security practices. Alan Rosa, who was Twitter’s global head of information security, filed the lawsuit …
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December 6, 2023 Democrats, New York City
Gothamist reports: The MTA board is set to vote on the toll structure for congestion pricing on Wednesday – and now Mayor Eric Adams is ready to pump the brakes. Last week, an MTA advisory panel recommended a $15 base fare for the landmark plan to toll drivers entering Manhattan south of 60th Street. “Now is time to hear from …
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December 6, 2023 Business, Technology
Ars Technica reports: AI face detection now counts among the tools that could be used to help adult sites effectively estimate UK user ages and block minors from accessing pornography, the UK’s Office of Communications said in a press release on Tuesday. The only foreseeable problem, Ofcom noted: There’s little evidence that the AI method of age estimation will be …
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December 6, 2023 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: Crazy Liz Cheney, who may be responsible for destroying the evidence from the J6 Unselect Committee, making all cases, past and present, highly questionable, AT BEST, is suffering from a massive case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME. She just lost her Congressional Seat by the largest margin EVER, now is desperately looking for something else …
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