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CNN reports: GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy participated in a CNN town hall Wednesday in Iowa. Ramaswamy doubled down on his previous comments that the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was an “inside job,” adding that there is evidence of police “rolling out the red carpet” for rioters and inviting them in. Ramaswamy reiterated his belief that …

Reuters reports: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday reaffirmed its 2022 decision to deny SpaceX satellite internet unit Starlink $885.5 million in rural broadband subsidies. The FCC said the decision impacting Elon Musk’s space company was based on Starlink’s failure to meet basic program requirements and that Starlink could not demonstrate it could deliver promised service after SpaceX had …

The Truth & Liberty Coalition writes: A new bigoted slur from Democrats has hit the scene. With the pejorative label of “Christian Nationalist,” leftists hope to delegitimize and disenfranchise Christians who advocate for public morality, free speech, family values, and the right to life. By linking Christianity and “nationalism” in one phrase, they are cleverly conjuring a blended image of …

Courthouse News reports: Justice Samuel Alito dissented on Monday from the Supreme Court’s decision not to allow Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to intervene in a lawsuit claiming the Biden administration censored conservatives in its attempt to fight online misinformation. “Our democratic form of government is undermined if government officials prevent a candidate for high office from communicating with voters, and …

“Andy McCarthy had an editorial on National Review saying he thinks Judge [Tanya] Chutkan might not let Trump go free on bond when he is likely convicted in that federal case in D.C.. There will be riots, the country will burn if she sends him to jail prior to November 2024, and Andy, he’s the smartest guy we all know, …

“I basically said Joe Biden would not be running for president. Gavin Newsom would be replacing him and for a, I’m going to give ya’ll this theory, ok? So, the fact of the matter is this. You cannot keep Black women voters, Black women Democrat voters and not give Kamala Harris a shot at the presidency. “So right now, what …

“I would say, looking at the facts of the video footage that have come out, that it is shocking, that you still haven’t gotten a clear answer of how many federal agents were in the field that day. “Look at now the video footage of actually throwing explosives and rubber bullets into what was a peaceful crowd, then releasing to …

“They broke our elections on purpose, OK? COVID was designed to break our elections. That was the purpose — they had mail-in balloting all set up already. The drop boxes. Do you think that stuff, like, happened by accident? “These were pre-planned. This was designed. Voting should be hard. I know this is gonna get me in trouble, of saying …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Governor continues to flesh out the seemingly unlikely scenario of a Bahamian attack on the United States, saying it wouldn’t take long to make residents of the island archipelago regret it. “If people were firing rockets from the Bahamas into like Fort Lauderdale, we would never allow that. I mean, we would flatten them. Within like …

The far-right Christian site Charisma News reports: In a rare ecclesiastical event, Global Vision Bible Church is set to host a spirited debate on the age-old question of whether the Earth is flat or round. The debate, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 2, at 6 pm CST, will feature two esteemed pastors, each fervently defending their views and invoking biblical support. …

Media Matters has the transcript: TODD ERZEN (CO-HOST): My goodness, the Democrats are running on jabbing you with poison, trans-ing your kids, and kill the Jews. This is actually their platform, and we still can’t find — STEVE DEACE (HOST): Don’t forget bankrupt America. ERZEN: Yeah, and that — DEACE: Don’t sell them short, Todd. ERZEN: Lie to your face …

The Messenger reports: A top aide to GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is leaving his campaign this week to join Donald Trump’s re-election effort, The Messenger learned Wednesday. Brian Swensen, Ramaswamy’s national political director, confirmed that he will take a new job working closely with Trump campaign senior adviser Susie Wiles in the upper echelon of the Trump campaign. Swensen …

Futurism reports: After getting in so much trouble over co-signing antisemitism that he had to go on an apology tour to Israel, noted tech weirdo Elon Musk tweeted a Pizzagate meme — and then deleted it, seemingly realizing that once again he had self-inflicted a terrible self-own. In a post made on the social network he owns that’s still visible …

The Daily Beast reports: A day after visiting the sites of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacres and meeting with Israeli government officials amid backlash over his promotion of antisemitism, X owner Elon Musk boosted yet another unhinged right-wing conspiracy theory. In order to lend credence to Pizzagate, a years-old conspiracy about a Democratic-run pedophile sex ring that was the precursor …

“When one police officer sees another officer under attack, what’s gonna happen? He’s gonna escalate. Even though their job is do de-escalate. And on the other side where you have protesters, when you see women being punched in the face or hit in the face, women who are standing around innocently. “You have no idea what is happening way up …

NBC News reports: Burlington police released a booking photo of Jason Eaton, 48, the man alleged to have shot three students of Palestinian descent. NBC News reviewed social media profiles and websites that appeared to belong to Eaton. On a YouTube account that appears to belong to Eaton, playlists include videos with titles including “Expose Fauci,” and using brain crystals …

The Guardian reports: In the year since two elected officials in rural Arizona tried to hand-count ballots then refused to certify an election, the consequences have started to trickle in. Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby, the two Republican supervisors in Cochise county who led these efforts, were recently subpoenaed as part of an investigation by the state’s attorney general. The …

The Hill reports: Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy said X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, should host a January debate with a moderator akin to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson Friday. “If there’s a January GOP debate, it should be hosted on X, not on cable TV, moderated by someone like @TuckerCarlson who might just ask questions that primary voters …

Newsweek reports: Mike Lindell has launched a Black Friday “super sale” on MyPillow products, amid his continued financial problems. On the MyPillow website, a Black Friday deal described in one graphic as a “super sale” shows a number of discounts on products. One product discounted on the site is bath robes, reduced from $159.98 to $69.98. Another product that has …

The Street reports: Elon Musk, who has more than 163 million followers, vehemently agreed with a user who accused Jews of pushing “hatred against whites.” Musk then criticized the Anti-Defamation League in part for pushing this so-called antiwhite racism. Musk never once provided evidence or examples behind these claims. Musk has since maintained that he is not antisemitic, going so …