Tag Archives: Idiocracy

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 …

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 …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

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” …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

The Washington Post reports: Liz Cheney, one of the most vociferous critics of Donald Trump in the Republican Party, says she is weighing whether to mount her own third-party candidacy for the White House, as she vows to do “whatever it takes” to prevent the former president from returning to office. “Several years ago, I would not have contemplated a …

The Hill reports: Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is on to his next job after the House voted to expel him last week: selling videos on Cameo. The ousted New York Republican — who dubs himself a “Former congressional ‘Icon’” on the platform — is selling personal videos for $200 each. Customers can request holiday messages and birthday wishes from …

“It’s a sad day for us because he was a leader that led through challenging times, and I hope that everyone’s reaction to his passing is to go learn a little bit more about him that you didn’t know before. Around your dinner table, or when you’re driving in the car with your kids, tell them a few Kissinger quotes …

From the far-right Charisma News: A Frontier Airlines flight showed the reality of the spiritual realm when a woman began to scream and shout, flailing about with her arms up in the air. As people on the plane tried to get her to sit and calm down, another woman emerged who would end up being a light into the darkness. …

Los Angeles’s Fox affiliate reports: A man was arrested Sunday after he was seen naked wandering around the “It’s A Small World” ride at Disneyland, forcing the ride to shut down for more than an hour while park guests looked on in confusion. The man was seen climbing over the display and into the fake water in front of the …

The Florida Bulldog reports: Peter Antonacci, Gov. Ron DeSantis’s handpicked choice last year to lead the state’s controversial new elections fraud office, collapsed and died in a hallway in the governor’s office moments after “abruptly” leaving a contentious meeting on Sept. 23, 2022. That Antonacci, 74, was stricken in the governor’s office was kept secret at the time. Instead, authorities …