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Law & Crime reports: A New York man who recorded himself smoking what appeared to be marijuana inside the Capitol Rotunda after having breached the building on Jan. 6, 2021, has pleaded guilty to ten charges. Greg Rubenacker, 26, appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell on Friday and pleaded guilty to all ten counts against him. Three are …

Mediaite reports: The vast majority of Americans who voted for Donald Trump believe that Congress should not be able to reject the results of an election once they are certified by the states, according to a new poll. A CBS News/YouGov poll — conducted in January and flagged by CNN’s Harry Enten — found that 73% of Americans who voted …

First, here’s some background on the source of this utterly brilliant music video: Neo Magazin Royale is a German satirical late-night talk show hosted by Jan Böhmermann. Produced in Cologne, it has been aired weekly on the ZDFneo channel since 31 October 2013. The show is made up of recurring segments that are either in-studio pieces moderated by Böhmermann (which …

“I just finished an interview with some pastors. And I told them, I said straight up, I’m only going to win if the church shows up. That’s it. “If you do not show up, then you will be held accountable because I have been appointed and assigned for this position and God is testing you all. “I don’t have anything …

Reuters reports: An organization dubbed “Convoy to Save America” said on its website that two separate vehicle convoys will converge this weekend at the Peace Bridge, a U.S.-Canadian border crossing in Buffalo, New York. One of the convoys will leave New York City on Friday and the second from Mount Juliet, Tennessee, on Saturday. Pennie Fay [photo], one of the …

ABC News reports: A Beverly Hills cosmetologist who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in support of the man she calls “Trumpy Bear,” recently told fellow supporters that she only pleaded guilty “to stay out of jail,” that she didn’t read the plea deal she signed, and that she doesn’t think Capitol defendants will get locked away for …

Political Flare reports: Lauren Boebert is not offended to be named “hottest woman in Congress,” which was clearly handed out by a MAGA group because liberals don’t give out awards to the “hottest” women. AOC could be a model and yet we love her because she fights for the poor and seems fearless, not because she is pretty. We also …

Law & Crime reports: The Washington state man who punched two police officers during a standoff at the Capitol on Jan. 6 has been sentenced to six months in prison. Mark Leffingwell, 52, pleaded guilty in October to one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding police officers. He faced off against police inside the Capitol building as officers struggled to …

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports: A rural Nevada county has renamed its justice complex after former President Donald J. Trump. About 50 people attended the formal dedication of the Donald J. Trump Justice Complex in Yerington on Saturday, Lyon County Manager Jeff Page said. The complex, which opened in 2013, houses the sheriff’s office, jail, Third Judicial District Court and …

The Daily Beast reports: The financier famed for bankrolling some of Steve Bannon’s best-known ventures, as well as the far-right strategist’s jet-setting lifestyle, is in deep trouble for steering a $28 million yacht—the same boat where federal agents arrested Bannon in 2020—out of American waters. A New York judge slapped Guo Wengui, who also uses the aliases Kwok Ho Wan …

Mediaite reports: A Republican candidate for attorney general in Minnesota bragged that people on her staff “were participants in January 6th” and called the Capitol rioters “heroes.” Lynne Torgerson is running to secure the GOP nomination on a very pro-insurrection platform. In a clip from a forum on Jan. 25 that was flagged by Heartland Signal on Thursday, she claimed …

The Washington Post reports: Spurned by Donald Trump, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) traveled to New York on Thursday and stood on the sidewalk across from Trump Tower to pledge her fidelity to the former president — and warn against backing her primary rival. On Wednesday, Trump endorsed Katie Arrington, who is challenging Mace in the Charleston-based 1st Congressional District. Standing …

The Washington Post reports: A top deputy overseeing election issues for Virginia’s new Republican attorney general resigned Thursday after The Washington Post questioned the office about Facebook posts she had made praising Jan. 6, 2021, rioters and falsely claiming Donald Trump won the 2020 election. Former deputy attorney general Monique Miles also espoused unfounded conspiracy theories about voter fraud and …

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: The squeaky wheel always gets the grease. Go truckers go! Great news—Several provinces in Canada are beginning to pull back from mandates that have been weighing down the people. Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Quebec have all announced that they are going to back off on COVID restrictions. Alberta’s Premier Jason Kenney announced that the province’s …

The Miami Herald reports: The son of U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez was arrested Wednesday after police say he slapped a Miami city commissioner earlier in the day at Morton’s Steakhouse in Coral Gables. What triggered the spat, the latest episode in the long-running telenovela of Miami politics, was not immediately clear. But the two men involved — Miami commissioner Alex …

The Daily Beast reports: Tucker Carlson spent his Fox News show Wednesday evening just asking lots of leading and conspiratorial questions about the planting of pipe bombs at the Washington, D.C. headquarters of both major political parties the night before the Jan. 6 insurrection, and the FBI’s subsequent investigation of it. He suggested that the FBI has been withholding information …

Houston’s ABC News affiliate reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he launched an investigation into GoFundMe over what he calls potential violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. “GoFundMe’s response to an anti-mandate, pro-liberty movement should ring alarm bells to anyone using the donation platform and, more broadly, any American wanting to protect their constitutional rights,” Paxton said …

New York Magazine reports: Have you ever heard two unfamiliar words, and assumed they’re different pronunciations of the same word? It has happened to all of us at some point. For most of us, though, it has not happened with a word like “Gestapo,” which is a very well-known term in politics and history. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, in the …

NBC News reports: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol subpoenaed Peter Navarro, a top aide in former President Donald Trump’s White House, on Wednesday. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the committee chairman, announced the subpoena, which seeks records and testimony from Navarro. “Mr. Navarro appears to have information directly relevant to the Select Committee’s investigation into …

Law & Crime reports: A Maryland man who had previously argued that he was just following the orders of Donald Trump when he joined the Jan. 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol has pleaded guilty to two felonies. Matthew Ryan Miller, 23, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one charge of obstructing an official proceeding and one charge of assaulting, resisting, or …