Tag Archives: Idiocracy

Forbes reports: Mike Pompeo’s political action committee shelled out $42,000 on books the day his memoir hit bookshelves, according to a filing submitted to the Federal Election Commission on Monday. “Never Give An Inch: Fighting for the America I Love” came out on Jan. 24. That same day, Champion American Values, a PAC that Pompeo chairs, paid Bulkbooks.com $42,000 for …

The Helena Independent reports: Former Republican Gov. Marc Racicot said over the weekend that the Montana Republican Party recently informed him of a resolution voted on and approved by party leadership declaring he is no longer considered a Republican. Racicot was elected governor on the GOP ticket twice in Montana, and also was the chair of the Republican National Committee …

Politico reports: The Florida Senate on Monday took its first step toward passing legislation that would remove the requirement that people have state permits to carry concealed firearms, a move that gun rights activists have long sought but for the first time appears to have political momentum. The Senate bill (SB 150), sponsored by state Sen. Jay Collins (R-Tampa), not …

Abilene’s ABC affiliate reports: Rising Star’s superintendent has resigned days after parents in the district learned he left a firearm unattended in a school bathroom for a 3rd grader to find. District staff confirmed Superintendent Robby Stuteville submitted his resignation from Rising Star ISD effective immediately. Last week, Superintendent Stuteville confirmed a 3rd grader found his gun in the bathroom …

New Orleans’ CBS affiliate reports: Authorities say officers at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport stopped a passenger with an “assault rifle” and 163 rounds of ammunition from being carried onto a plane headed for Houston this week. According to the Transportation Security Administration, a 52-year-old man from Jefferson, La., now faces a fine that could be as high as …

The Associated Press reports: The woman flying out of Philadelphia’s airport last year remembered to pack snacks, prescription medicine and a cellphone in her handbag. But what was more important was what she forgot to unpack: a loaded .380-caliber handgun in a black holster. The weapon was one of the 6,542 guns the Transportation Security Administration intercepted last year at …

Abilene’s NBC affiliate reports: A 3rd grader in Rising Star found a gun the superintendent left in a school bathroom. Superintendent Robby Stuteville confirms the 3rd grader found the gun back in January and notified a teacher immediately without moving or touching the weapon. Stuteville walked KTAB and KRBC through the incident, explaining that both he and the school principal …

Reuters reports: Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts. After March 20, “only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method,” the company tweeted. Two-factor authentication, meant to make accounts more secure, requires an account holder …

“East Palestine, Ohio is the heart of MAGA country. And to — just give an adjacent metaphor, it’s just like the gay mafia is headquartered in downtown San Francisco. Like, the heart of MAGA country is East Palestine, Ohio. It’s 94 percent white. They voted for Trump by 80 percent or 70-80 percent. That they used to be Democrat and …

“The word gay used to mean happy. It had nothing to do with sex. It had nothing to do with the identification of sexual behavior, but not anymore. And there’s other words like that. “And so the goal here is to control the language. You control the language, you control the ideas, you control the debate, and then you demand …

The BBC reports: A pastor in Mozambique has died after trying to fast for 40 days, emulating what Christ is said to have done in the Bible. Francisco Barajah, founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church, died at a hospital in the city of Beira, where he was evacuated in critical condition. After 25 days without food or water, he …

Florida Politics reports: During an appearance on the Hugh Hewitt Show, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott lobbied his latest in a series of attacks on Joe Biden’s faculties and abilities to perform the duties of the presidency. “I mean, I live in Florida, there’s a lot of 80-year-olds that are very competent,” Scott said. “He’s just not one of them. I …

The Hill reports: Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said she sees “no reason to believe” that former President Trump would not perform well on the mental competency test that she proposed for politicians older than 75 upon launching her presidential run this week. “I think he did great the last time he did it. I have no reason to …

Platformer reports: Biden’s tweet, in which he said he would be supporting his wife in rooting for the Philadelphia Eagles, generated nearly 29 million impressions. Musk, who also tweeted his support for the Eagles, generated a little more than 9.1 million impressions before deleting the tweet in apparent frustration. In the wake of those losses — the Eagles to the …

“Not a single member of the Biden regime would dare to go to this portion of Ohio and breathe in the air because they know it’s dangerous. They know that it is actively poisoning the citizens of eastern Ohio. “So, why is it that they kind of shrug their shoulders and they say, yeah, okay, whatever? It’s very simple. It’s …

“It was a woke Super Bowl and it was annoying. Why did we need the all female flyover, which they — Fox I mean, even on Fox, they were showing highlights. ‘It’s an all female flyover.’ Oh, okay. All right. Thank you for reminding me that women can be pilots. I didn’t know that. “And then of course, we had …

“Should we even trust anything that the government is saying? Could this all just be a false flag operation to fake an alien invasion or fake a UFO hysteria crisis to try to justify more power — lockdowns — control? These are all rational questions, but I do believe this. I feel like I’m being lied to.” – Charlie Kirk, …

Platformer reports: On Tuesday, Musk gathered a group of engineers and advisors into a room at Twitter’s headquarters looking for answers. Why are his engagement numbers tanking? “This is ridiculous,” he said, according to multiple sources. “I have more than 100 million followers, and I’m only getting tens of thousands of impressions.” One of the company’s two remaining principal engineers …

CNN reports: At an emergency meeting Thursday, the Florida High School Athletic Association approved a proposal to remove all questions about menstrual cycles from medical forms required to participate in high school sports in the state. The emergency meeting was held after the FHSAA faced months of criticism for a proposed change in policy that would require athletes to report …

The Leighton Times-News reports: Plans for the installation of a unisex bathroom in Palmerton Area School District’s weight room and wrestling room have one school board member questioning its intent. Earl Paules, board vice president, recently paid for a sign located along Delaware Avenue. The handicapped accessible, unisex bathroom was added to the plans late, Paules said. “Everyone thought this …