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Reuters: Trump Judges Deluged With Violent Threats

Reuters reports: U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth has been threatened by angry criminals. Drug cartels. Even al Qaeda. But nothing, Lamberth says, prepared him for the wave of harassment after he began hearing cases against supporters of former President Donald Trump who attacked the U.S. Capitol. Right-wing websites painted Lamberth, appointed to the bench by Republican President Ronald Reagan, as …

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Police: Beetleboob’s Son Was Wearing Shirt From Her Now-Closed Restaurant While Using Stolen Credit Cards

The Denver Post reports: In the surveillance video, Tyler Boebert was wearing a Shooters Bar and Grill hoodie while he and a group of three juveniles used a stolen credit card to buy food from Love’s in the early hours of Feb. 20, including tacos and “rollerbites,” according to the affidavit. The stolen cards were used to buy diesel and …

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Wendy’s: We Never Said We Would Use Surge Pricing

The Associated Press reports: Wendy’s says that it has no plans to increase prices during the busiest times at its restaurants. “Wendy’s will not implement surge pricing, which is the practice of raising prices when demand is highest. We didn’t use that phrase, nor do we plan to implement that practice,” the company said. Wendy’s said that its digital menu …

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Hungary’s Orban To Meet With Trump At Mar-A-Lago

Bloomberg News reports: Donald Trump plans to host Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida next week, a move that’s likely to fuel anxiety among US allies about the prospect of the former president returning to power. The Hungarian Embassy in Washington and the US State Department didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday …

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Texas Executes Man Despite Doubts About His Guilt

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas executed Ivan Cantu Wednesday for the murder of his cousin and his cousin’s fiancée, James Mosqueda and Amy Kitchen. Prior to the state’s first execution of the year, post-trial evidence raising questions about Cantu’s guilt had persuaded jurors from his original trial to ask Texas courts to reconsider his case. A public campaign pushing to …

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Ted Cruz To SCOTUS: “Put A Stop” To Trump’s Cases

The Hill reports: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Wednesday said he is hopeful the U.S. Supreme Court “puts a stop” to what he called an “abuse of power” aimed against former President Trump after the high court announced it will weigh whether the former president can be criminally prosecuted for his efforts to overturn the election. “I’m glad the Supreme …

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Romney On Voting For Trump “Absolutely Not”

“No, no, no, absolutely not. I mean, for me, there are two factors deciding who I want to have as the leader of my country and the person who is the example of the president for my kids, my grandkids. “One is their position and policies. And on foreign policy, I’m not aligned with Donald Trump, at least as I …

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Beetleboob’s Ex: “My Son Is A Good-Hearted Child”

The Daily Beast reports: Jayson Boebert, the ex-husband of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), voiced support for his son on Wednesday after news broke that the 18 year-old is facing 22 criminal charges for a series of alleged thefts and vehicle break-ins. “I know my son is a good-hearted child and still has his whole life ahead of him,” the father …

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Musk Ordered To Testify After False Nazi Accusation

The Huffington Post reports: A Texas judge has ordered Elon Musk to testify in a deposition as part of a defamation lawsuit that accuses the billionaire of falsely linking a Jewish man to a neo-Nazi brawl. The tech billionaire and far-right sympathizer was hit with the lawsuit in October after he falsely accused 22-year-old Ben Brody of being a federal …

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