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“Look, you had Congresswoman Slotkin in tears. You had Governor Gretchen Whitmer in tears. Both of them completely emotional, off the rails going to a far-left progressive idea that somehow they and government must act to protect our kids. “First of all, the problem that I have is raising the bar and telling everybody that government, somehow, is going to …

Media Matters has the transcript: JESSE KELLY (GUEST): That’s what you see women like Chelsea Handler — feminists like Chelsea Handler — going with now. They’ve been lied to by their society forever, that you could be a “girl boss” and you can do anything a man can do — which everyone who’s ever seen a woman back up a …

The Daily Beast reports: The man responsible for handing out pins in the shape of assault weapons that have been adopted by right-wing Republicans in Congress has revealed himself—as clashes between the political parties grow over the controversial accessory. Earlier this week, the pins appeared on the lapels of Rep. George Santos and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna in committee meetings …

Playbook reports: DeSantis was dismissive of Florida Sen. Rick Scott’s idea that governors should return unspent federal Covid-19 relief money to pay off the national debt. Scott made the suggestion in January, noting that Congress had changed the law so any returned money would go to debt reduction. “If you look at how much money that is … it’s like …

Fox News has the transcript: Barack Obama, the former president, is weighing in directly on America’s latest fake hate crime. And you have to wonder why. He’s not doing it for himself. Obama is retired at this point. He’s living on Martha’s Vineyard with all the other rich white people. He’s doing it for his wife. His wife who’s never …

TMZ reports: Sen. Ted Cruz is standing his ground, refusing to apologize to Paul Pelosi for sharing conspiracy theories about the hammer attack … even after seeing the shocking police video of what went down. The Senator was at Reagan National Airport when we got his reaction to the body cam showing David DePape smash Pelosi in the head with …

The Independent reports: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has addressed his participation in a conspiracy theory about a home invasion at the residence of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul, in which Mr Pelosi was brutally attacked. But he has done so indirectly — in a tweet reply to a woman most famous for accusing former President Bill Clinton …

The Huffington Post reports: Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly threw a fit on Twitter during Sunday’s NFC Championship game over a single word uttered by the announcers: “Doctor,” as in “Dr. Jill Biden.” The first lady grew up in the Philadelphia area and was at the game to cheer on her Eagles as the team defeated the San Francisco 49ers to …

The New York Daily News reports: A tweet by Donald Trump Jr. that mocked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with a naked photo of Hunter Biden was deleted by Twitter on Thursday. The former president’s son posted the fake image late Wednesday after Zelenskyy received a rapturous reception for his address to a rare joint session of Congress. The mash-up image …

“Here’s a picture of Zelensky that he’d taken with a group of elderly Republican senators back in May. “They stand grinning next to him in their orthopedic shoes, 70 year Susan Collins, John Barrasso, John Cornyn. Led by their 80 year old ringleader Mitch McConnell. “Forty-four-year-old Zelensky poses between them in a skin-tight polo shirt, flexing like a weight lifter …

“I want to say, Donald Trump is the first president to come to office already in favor of gay marriage. Mrs. Trump, Melania Trump, was honored one year ago at Mar a Lago by the Log Cabin Republicans. “I think that somehow the Democrats think they have a monopoly on this. What they have a monopoly on is inviting drag …

The Independent reports: Dr Anthony Fauci, the outgoing director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who helped steer the country through the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, brushed off criticism from Twitter’s Elon Musk on Monday. Dr Fauci, who has faced hostility from conservatives for years due to his support of public health measures to limit …

Newsweek reports: Twitter CEO Elon Musk declared on Sunday that his “pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci,” taking aim at the top immunologist. Musk’s early morning tweet about Dr. Anthony Fauci, the soon-to-be retired chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, is the latest case where the billionaire has won praise from conservatives on the social media platform. In his tweet, the billionaire, …

Mediaite reports: Newsmax host Eric Bolling slammed WNBA star Brittney Griner one day after Russia released her as part of a prisoner exchange. Calling Griner “clueless,” Bolling claimed she “can’t free-throw or hide her stash to save her life.” Her career free throw percentage is 80.4%, which is actually higher than both the WNBA and NBA average. Bolling went on …

Mediaite reports: Actor and outspoken conservative James Woods is promising a lawsuit against the DNC following revelations from Elon Musk about Twitter’s handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story. Matt Taibbi shared one internal communication that included a James wood tweet apparently sent to the company “from the DNC.” “Celebrities and unknowns alike could be removed or reviewed at the …

“Crusaders for climate change, abortion, euthanasia, gender fluidity, they all lead — eventually, their thinking — to the devaluing of human life. “At its core, being anti-human means being anti- truth because it involves the questioning or denying of objective facts, including those at the very heart of our existence.  “The cult of gender deviancy collapses into meaningless slogans and …

“Women need men, and men need women. We need each other. And if you understand nature, you understand there is not a war between the sexes. We need to make love, not war. And you need to stop chopping your hair off and calling us ‘toxic.’ We are on a mission — yes, we peacock, but we peacock for your …

Raw Story reports: Donald Trump Jr. defended World Cup host Qatar’s civil rights violations in a Thanksgiving Day rant. Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar, where same-sex acts are punishable by up to three years in prison, and players and fans have been prohibited from wearing arm bands declaring their support of LGBTQ people. Qatar has imposed restrictions on media coverage …

The Independent reports: Elon Musk has appeared to mock anti-racism initiatives by Twitter’s own staff, as well a Black Lives Matter more broadly. Mr Musk appeared to laugh at T-shirts that had been made by Twitter’s internal business group for Black employees. He then criticised Black Lives Matter protestors. He said that the shirts stemmed from the protests in Ferguson, …

Media Matters has the transcript: So these horrifying murders in Colorado over the weekend quickly became a pretext for yet more censorship of your speech. You are responsible for this, they told you, because you said the wrong things. You are guilty of stochastic terrorism, inspiring violence by your beliefs. Anderson Lee Aldrich committed mass murder because you complained about …