Tag Archives: Idiocracy

Jim Jordan Is Running Again For House Speaker

The Hill reports: House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will again run for Speaker, after narrowly losing the nomination to Majority Leader Steve Scalise just days ago. House Republicans are gathering now, after a rollercoaster week. Scalise (R-La.) bowed out late Thursday when it became apparent he would not garner the 217 votes needed to earn the gavel. Internal division …

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GOP May Give Temporary House Speaker More Power

The Associated Press reports: When Rep. Patrick McHenry took the House speaker’s gavel for the first time, he slammed it down with such force at adjournment that it gained viral internet attention as the defining image of a House in turmoil. But as the House nears a second week stuck on pause, and Republicans struggle to unite around a candidate, …

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DeSantis: I Don’t Want A Doctor From “Woke Harvard”

Florida Politics reports: During an event in Berlin, New Hampshire, hosted by the Never Back Down super PAC, the Florida Governor and Harvard Law School graduate called the university “woke central” and suggested that if he needed medical care, he wouldn’t want a Harvard doctor to provide it. “I used to think to myself, like, you know, if anything ever …

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Progressive Podcaster Cenk Uygur To Challenge Biden

Semafor reports: Progressive pundit Cenk Uygur will challenge President Biden for the Democratic nomination, offering himself as an alternative to an incumbent who “is definitely going to lose” if he makes it to the general election. “I’m going to do whatever I can to help him decide that this is not the right path,” Uygur, 53, told Semafor, as he …

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Scott: Biden Has “Blood On His Hands,” Funded Hamas

The Messenger reports: President Joe Biden has “blood on his hands” after Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israel over the weekend, Sen. Tim Scott said during a foreign policy speech in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. “While Hamas carried out these attacks, Joe Biden has blood on his hands,” Scott said. “His weakness invited the attack. His cash giveaways to …

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RFK Formally Declares Independent Run For President

The Guardian reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr has officially announced that he will be running for US president as an independent. “I’m here to declare myself an independent candidate for president of the United States,” Kennedy said to applause and chants. Kennedy added that he will be creating a new “Declaration of Independence” for the US. Kennedy claimed that a …

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Amazon’s Alexa Is Saying The 2020 Election Was Stolen

The Washington Post reports: Amid concerns the rise of artificial intelligence will supercharge the spread of misinformation comes a wild fabrication from a more prosaic source: Amazon’s Alexa, which declared that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Asked about fraud in the race — in which President Biden defeated former president Donald Trump with 306 electoral college votes — the …

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GOP Rep Ruined Trump’s Speaker Bid Grandstanding

The Messenger reports: When House Republicans ousted McCarthy earlier this week, Trump began toying with the idea of heading to D.C. in a high-profile visit, briefly standing as a candidate for the post before dramatically delivering his support and his votes to an ally, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan. Trump outlined the spotlight-grabbing plan in calls to Republicans on Wednesday night, …

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Glenn Beck Turns On Man Behind Hit QAnon Film After Looking Into Sex Misconduct Allegations: I Was Duped

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: Prominent conservative commentator Glenn Beck, one of Tim Ballard’s highest-profile and long-standing supporters, now believes he was “duped” by the former Operation Underground Railroad CEO, saying the allegations he has reviewed amount to “really bad stuff.” Beck and Ballard have a long-running friendship, with Beck promoting Ballard’s work since the earliest days of OUR, the …

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Cops Deny Ramaswamy’s Claim His Car Was Rammed

The Des Moines Register reports: Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign vehicle was hit Thursday afternoon in what the campaign said was an intentional act by protesters but police say was nothing more than an accident involving a driver unconnected to the protest. No one was hurt in the incident in which an unoccupied black Ford Expedition being used by the …

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Happy 5G Zombification Day To All Who Celebrate

CBS News reports: A nationwide test of the federal emergency alert system will be broadcast at approximately 2:20 p.m. EDT to cellphones, televisions and radios across the United States. The test will occur simultaneously across time zones, so people in the middle of the country can expect it at 1:20 p.m. Central Time, or 12:20 p.m. Mountain Time. On the …

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Hannity Claims Trump Is “Open” To Becoming Speaker

“History on Capitol Hill tonight, eight Republican lawmakers joining all 208 House Democrats to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker, the first time in our nation’s history and McCarthy will not seek the speakership again. Now, sources telling me at this hour some House Republicans have been in contact with and have started an effort to draft former president Donald …

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Schwarzenegger: Trump’s Weight Is “More Like 315”

“I can tell you one thing, that if he would ask me what should he do for fitness, I would just say, ‘Run around yourself three times and you’re going to be in great, great shape.’ Look, we all know the way he is, and if it makes him feel good to tell everyone he weighs 215, I think everyone …

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NJ Man Plows Into Police Station, Gets Terrorism Charge

ABC News reports: A 34-year-old New Jersey man is in jail on terrorism charges after authorities alleged he deliberately drove his SUV into a home and a police station while blaring the Guns N’ Roses’ song “Welcome to the Jungle” from his stereo. John G. Hargreaves was immediately taken into custody when his Toyota SUV came crashing through the lobby …

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Trump: I’d Rather Be Electrocuted Than Eaten By Shark

“If I’m sitting down and that boat’s going down and I’m on top of a battery, and the water starts flooding in, I’m getting concerned. But then I look 10 yards to my left and there’s a shark over there. So I have a choice of electrocution or a shark—you know what I’m going to take? Electrocution. I will take …

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Manchin On Third Party Run: “Why Not Have Options?”

The Messenger reports: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. has once again teased a potential 2024 presidential run. “Why not have options? People are unsatisfied right now,” Manchin told Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.” The senator would not commit to saying whether he will run or not, but he said a decision will be made before the end of the year …

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NC Radio Station Refuses To Air “Non-Biblical” Opera

NPR reports: A listener-supported radio station in North Carolina, WCPE, is planning to withhold the broadcast of six contemporary operas this season from New York’s Metropolitan Opera, because of the station management’s objections to the operas’ content. It is a classical music controversy that echoes larger, nationwide culture war debates. WCPE’s protest comes at a time when the Metropolitan Opera …

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Ramaswamy Threatens Mexico: I’ll Be Your New Daddy

Fox News reports: During a press conference earlier this week, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador lashed out at the 38-year-old political outsider after he was asked by a reporter about the candidate’s so-called “threat” to the country. “That candidate from the Republican Party who says he is going to invade Mexico, no American of Mexican origin should vote for …

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Gingrich Rips House GOP On Shutdown: “Sort Of Nuts”

The Washington Post reports: “I frankly don’t understand it — I think it’s sort of nuts. There are times people vote yes one day, and then they come back and vote no the next day, and can’t explain why they switched,” said Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and a McCarthy ally. Gingrich led House Republicans through two different shutdowns …

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Ramaswamy: Ban Minors From Social Media Platforms (Which I’m Using To Reach Out To “Young Americans”)

USA Today reports: GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy defended his decision at Wednesday’s debate to join TikTok earlier this month, saying he was making a bid for youth voters. Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney asked the entrepreneur why he decided to join the Chinese-owned platform that has been banned on federal government devices. “I have a radical idea for …

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