Tag Archives: Idiocracy

“Officer Brian Sicknick, who, as you mentioned was a great Trump supporter, was all over his social media and so on. And the media – it started with The New York Times – that came up with the lie that Officer Brian Sicknick had been hit in the head with a fire extinguisher, perhaps multiple times, and that led to …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is blaming woke economics for the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. DeSantis, appearing on the Fox News Channel’s Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, expressed confidence that the issues the bank is experiencing won’t reach Florida banks. “So, I don’t have any specific information about any Florida bank similar to Silicon Valley Bank, and …

Vice News reports: A 25-year-old man who espoused beliefs that aligned with the so-called “sovereign citizen” movement was shot dead by police officers in Utah after being pulled over for driving without a proper license plate. On March 1, Chase Allan, 25, was pulled over by police in the small Utah town of Farmington after cops noticed he was driving …

The Associated Press reports: Frozen human embryos can legally be considered property, or “chattel,” a Virginia judge has ruled, basing his decision in part on a 19th century law governing the treatment of slaves. The preliminary opinion by Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard Gardiner – delivered in a long-running dispute between a divorced husband and wife – is being …

Axios reports: Former President Trump, in a new book, plans to reveal 150 private letters sent to him — including one from Oprah Winfrey in 2000 in which she says: “Too bad we’re not running for office. What a team!” Trump writes that he still considers Winfrey “amazing” — but admits it’s not mutual: “Sadly, once I announced for President, …

CNN reports: Twitter’s website was inaccessible for many users on Monday while others reported issues seeing photos and clicking through links in the app, marking one of the most wide-ranging service disruptions to date under new owner Elon Musk. Some users who attempted to load Twitter.com or TweetDeck, a service that allows users to organize their Twitter feed into lists, …

Nashville’s ABC affiliate reports: State Rep. Paul Sherrell (R-Sparta) is now apologizing after comments he made Tuesday suggesting Tennessee’s death row inmates be executed by “hanging by a tree.” Sherrell’s comments took place during a House Criminal Justice Committee meeting Tuesday, discussing an amendment to a bill that would allow death row inmates to be executed with a firing squad. …

Miami’s ABC affiliate reports: A Broward County pastor has been arrested on multiple charges after he defrauded a church to support his drug habit, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Wednesday. According to the FDLE, James Edward Smith II, 49, of Lauderhill, was the pastor of the New Jerusalem Baptist Church in Pompano Beach. Agents began investigating him last …

Pro Publica reports: Politicians haven’t stopped deleting some of their most cringeworthy tweets, but Politwoops, our project that has tracked and archived more than half a million deleted tweets from candidates and elected officials since 2012, is no longer able to track them. Since Elon Musk took over Twitter, the platform has disabled the function we used to track deletions …

Florida Politics reports: Sen. Blaise Ingoglia is sponsoring the “Ultimate Cancel Act,” which would eliminate all political parties that once used slavery as part of its platform. While “Democratic Party” isn’t mentioned in the bill, Ingoglia said that’s his target. “For years now, leftist activists have been trying to ‘cancel’ people and companies for things they have said or done …

Law & Crime reports: A woman charged in connection with the violent theft of Lady Gaga’s French bulldogs is suing the star singer for the reward money, alleging that the superstar broke a promise to give $500,000 for the safe return of her dogs. Jennifer McBride, 52, was one of five people charged in connection with the Feb. 24, 2021 …

USA Today reports: Mexico’s president posted a photo on his social media accounts Saturday showing what he said appeared to be a mythological woodland spirit similar to an elf. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador did not seem to be joking when he posted the photo of an “Aluxe,” a mischievous woodland spirit in Mayan folklore. López Obrador wrote the photo …

The New York Times reports: Twitter laid off at least 200 of its employees on Saturday night, three people familiar with the matter said, or about 10 percent of the roughly 2,000 who were still working for the company. Elon Musk has steadily pared back its work force from about 7,500 employees as he has sought to reduce costs. The …

Axios reports: A new U.S. government assessment that COVID-19 likely originated from a lab leak in China has ignited yet another round of political furor around the issue, adding to many Republicans’ anger over how the pandemic was handled even as many scientists remain convinced the virus most likely originated naturally. Department of Energy scientists concluded in a “low confidence” …

Fox Business reports: South Carolina state Senator Stephen Goldfinch proposed a bill, dubbed the “Yankee tax,” that would require new residents to pay up to $500 to move to the Palmetto State. If passed by state referendum, new residents moving from out-of-state would be required to pay two one-time fees, $250 for new driver’s licenses and $250 for vehicle registrations. …

The New York Post reports: Donald Trump — or should we call him DJ Donnie T? — now has a regular gig spinning at his Palm Beach, Fla., club, Mar-a-Lago. A socially connected insider tells Page Six that “Trump is officially DJing every Thursday night” at the members-only club. The source added, “Members know this, and when they invite guests …

“If we’re honest about ourselves, 2020 – one of the reasons we fell short, obviously, you know, the nonsense, the ballots, and all that garbage, but one of the reasons was that you tried to run Donald Trump in 2020 as a candidate. One of the reasons Donald Trump was successful in 2016 was he ran it like a television …

The Independent reports: A Minnesota state senator’s defense of the Republican Party was complicated when he used a derogatory term for Polish people. State Sen. Mark Johnson was arguing in a speech on the Senate floor that Republicans had good faith objections to a bill that would allow undocumented Minnesotans to obtain driver’s licenses. “There are holes in this bill. …

The Guardian reports: A lawyer’s attempt to have his pregnant client released from jail ahead of trial by arguing that her fetus has been subject to “unlawful and illegal detention” could have profound consequences for the rights of women in Florida. Attorney William M Norris filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of the “unborn child” …

“I’ve encountered witches before. Three witches came up and they started saying stuff at me. And maybe it was a coincidence, maybe it wasn’t, but I got super sick right after that. Obviously, I believe that those unclean spirits are subservient to truth, to Christ, and to the one God,. By the way, some of you in our audience say …