Tag Archives: Idiocracy

Fox Again Rages Over Kamala Harris’s Gas Stove

The Daily Beast reports: During the network’s morning flagship show Fox & Friends, guest host Griff Jenkins wailed that he was “legitimately worried that they’re going to come for the gas stove” before getting even more conspiratorial. “See, once is maybe hypocrisy. Twice is intentional,” Jenkins insisted, adding that Harris posting an image of her stove is “not a coincidence.” …

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DeSantis: Biden Has You Broke At Xmas, Send Money

Florida Politics reports: “You deserve better than stressing over what you can afford for your family at Christmas, at Hannukah (SIC), or in the middle of the summer. You should never be under this much strain because of the leaders you trusted to elect,” DeSantis promised Saturday. “We will take back control of our destiny, and enjoy the financial freedom …

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Judge: Twitter Stiffed Employees On Millions In Bonuses

Reuters reports: Twitter violated contracts by failing to pay millions of dollars in bonuses that the social media company, now called X Corp, had promised its employees, a federal judge ruled on Friday. Mark Schobinger, who was Twitter’s senior director of compensation before leaving Elon Musk’s company in May, sued Twitter in June, claiming breach of contract. Schobinger’s suit alleged …

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Florida Declares Itself “The Free State Of Christmas”

Florida Politics reports: Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson isn’t letting big government get in the way of jolly St. Nick. Simpson approved an emergency order waiving any and all state regulations through Dec. 25 that could delay Santa as he travels across the states delivering toys to children. The order states that the Free State of Florida, “hereby known as the …

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Florida GOP Seeks To Ban Red Light Traffic Cameras

Florida Politics reports: Two Republican lawmakers from Miami-Dade County want to give Florida voters a chance to ban red light cameras across the state for good. Miami Sen. Ileana Garcia and Sweetwater Rep. David Borrero filed related resolutions (SJR 1042, HJ 805) proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting any “traffic infraction detectors” from recording motorists who fail to stop at stop …

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Rogan Got Fact-Checked Live With False Biden Claim

The Messenger reports: Joe Rogan was forced to wear some egg on his face during a recording of his very own podcast. During Thursday’s episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring an interview with UFC rising star Bo Nickal, Rogan brought up a recent soundbite from President Joe Biden that he couldn’t believe. “Did you hear what he said yesterday …

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LaGuardia TSA Stops Man With 17 Bullets In Diaper

Gothamist reports: Authorities said a security checkpoint X-ray machine at LaGuardia Airport wiped an Arkansas man of his luggage after his bag triggered an alarm, prompting officers to unwrap 17 9mm bullets that had been “artfully concealed” inside of an otherwise clean disposable baby diaper, the TSA said. The man first told officials he didn’t know how the deadly diaper …

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NY Teen Charged With School Mass Shooting Threat

The Long Island Press reports: Suffolk County Police have arrested a 17-year-old for threatening to “shoot up” Sequoya High School in Holtsville, according to District Attorney Ray Tierney’s office. Tierney’s office said in a news release that police had been made aware of an email sent to school administrators threatening to “shoot up the school” and warning them to “be …

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Steve Bannon: We Can End Bullying By Arming Children

“We should get kids off social media and start teaching them the proper use of guns, how to defend themselves, their own self-defense, should we not? Make that an integrated part of the education so they’re not picked on or not threatened and certainly not scared, right?” – Steve Bannon, drawing cheers from the audience at Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point …

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UFC Fighter Who Is Naming His Son For Tucker Carson Suffers “Gruesome” Seizure After “Brutal Knock Out”

The Sportster reports: In the UFC 296 main card, featherweight Josh Emmett unleashed a powerful strike that knocked out Bryce Mitchell, creating a disturbing scene after the match as Mitchell appeared to have a seizure. In the midst of the main card opener in Las Vegas on Saturday, Emmett delivered a devastating right punch that rendered Mitchell unconscious in the …

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Retiring Dem Sen. Ben Cardin Fires Capitol Hill Staffer Accused Of Filming Gay Sex In Senate Hearing Room

Christopher Kane reports at the Washington Blade: A gay staffer for U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) is no longer employed by the U.S. Senate, his office told the Washington Blade in a statement on Saturday morning, which followed reports that he had filmed amateur pornography in the workplace. “We will have no further comment on this personnel matter,” Cardin’s office …

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Melania To Speak At DC Naturalization Ceremony

Politico reports: Former first lady Melania Trump is slated to be the honored guest speaker today at a naturalization ceremony for new citizens in the rotunda of the Archives’ headquarters. It is, to put it mildly, an unusual billing. How did it happen that a resident of the same Mar-a-Lago estate whose bathrooms were used to store thousands of allegedly …

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DeSantis: I’ll Move The Dept Of Agriculture To Iowa

“So it potentially could be the whole thing to make these agencies more reflective of the people that they’re intended to serve is to take them out of Washington D.C. And so, instead of having the Civil Rights division of the Justice Department in D.C., you know, you can have it in Oklahoma. “Instead of having the Department of Agriculture …

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DeSantis Seeks $2.2 Million For Election Police Force

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis wants another $2.2 million for a controversial election police force. But there’s no guarantee the Legislature will provide the funding. This week, DeSantis released his “Focus on Florida’s Future” budget and requested funding for 16 full-time positions in the Office of Election Crimes and Security. The salaries for those positions make up more than …

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DeSantis: My Kids Drove Me To Sue Over Playoffs Snub

Florida Politics reports: When Floridians ask themselves why their Governor promised $1 million from the new budget to sue the College Football Playoff potentially over the exclusion of the Florida State Seminoles, they can credit — or blame — a seven-year-old, a five-year-old, and a three-year-old in part. Ron DeSantis noted Friday he had “some disappointed kids saying ‘Daddy, you …

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McCarthy Offers To Serve In Trump’s Cabinet [VIDEO]

USA Today reports: Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif, said in an interview that he’d endorse former President Trump for president in 2024 and would serve in his cabinet if given the opportunity. McCarthy recently announced his resignation from Congress at the end of the year in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, saying he would serve America “in new ways” …

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REPORT: Ramaswamy May Switch To Libertarian Ticket

The Des Moines Register reports: Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign has reached out to the Libertarian Party in Iowa to inquire about running for president on the party’s ticket. Campaign operatives for Ramaswamy attended a local party event this week, and Ramaswamy has had conversations with two Iowa Libertarian officials, including one instance where he expressed interest in joining the …

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Record $16B In Political Advertising Forecast For 2024

Axios reports: The advertising dollars spent on U.S. elections and advocacy issues will grow to roughly $16 billion next year, up 31.2% compared to the last presidential election in 2020, according to a new forecast. The U.S. political ad market has gotten so big that next year it’s expected to become the 10th largest ad market in the world, surpassing …

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TX GOP Sues Lawyer For Failing To Prove Election Fraud

The Houston Chronicle reports: The Republican Party of Texas is suing a lawyer who helped write the state’s recent election reform law and who they claim duped several former Republican candidates into believing they could prove voter suppression in Harris County. The suit, filed Friday in Mitchell County, stems from a spate of election contests filed by Harris County Republican …

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Haley: “For Every 30 Minutes That Someone Watches TikTok, They Become 17% More Antisemitic” [VIDEO]

“We really do need to ban TikTok once and for all, and let me tell you why. For every 30 minutes that someone watches TikTok every day, they become 17% more anti-Semitic, more pro-Hamas based on doing that. “We now know that 50% of adults 18 to 25 think that Hamas was warranted in what they did with Israel. That’s …

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