Tag Archives: Trump cultists

Raw Story reports: Appearing on Newsmax TV on Tuesday night, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) accused Twitter of “attacking our country as a whole” by banning her for spreading COVID misinformation. “I’m asking all of my Republican colleagues to leave Twitter,” Taylor Greene said, calling the platform “a waste of time.” “Twitter has attacked my district, and has attacked I …

Axios reports: Before Donald Trump canceled his planned Jan. 6 press conference, several key allies — including hardline Fox News host Laura Ingraham and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) — made clear they thought it was a bad idea to invite the national media to Mar-a-Lago to mark the deadly riot. Why it matters: Trump would have inevitably used his press …

Media Matters has the transcript: Our population is too big. Why should your opinion matter? You’re one of many. Previous generations of Americans didn’t live in a country like this and they would be stunned by the attitudes that are so common now — attitudes we take for granted. “Arresting people for walking through the US Capitol building? How is …

Click Orlando reports: A fourth resident of The Villages has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into voter fraud. Charles Franklin Barnes, 64, was booked into the Sumter County jail Tuesday night on a charge of casting more than one ballot in an election, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Three other residents …

NBC News reports: Jenna Ryan, 51, reported to prison Dec. 21. In an interview with NBC News five days earlier, she expressed regret for entering the Capitol but still portrayed herself as a victim. She went so far as to assert that the backlash she has received is akin to the experience of “the Jews in Germany.” “They’re making fun …

Axios reports: The Jan. 6 select committee is preparing to ask Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity for his voluntary cooperation with its investigation of the assault on the U.S. Capitol, a source with direct knowledge of the plan tells Axios. Hannity is one of the most prominent media figures in America and was a close adviser to Donald Trump …

Law & Crime reports: The youngest person so far to plead guilty to charges related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to two weeks in federal prison. Leonard Pearso “Pearce” Ridge IV, of Feasterville, Pennsylvania, was 19 years old when he joined the mob of Donald Trump supporters who overran police and breached the …

Politico reports: Senate Republicans are cringing at former President Donald Trump’s plans to speak on Jan. 6, openly fretting he’s trying to pull their party back into debating his false election claims. “I don’t think that’s a good idea,” said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.). “I guess it depends on what he’s going to say. But early assumptions are that …

Tampa’s NBC News affiliate reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press conference on COVID-19 was delayed Tuesday morning after it was disrupted by an activist who wanted to speak with him. The governor’s aid had asked people who weren’t reporters to leave the press conference, prompting Ben Frazier, the president of the Jacksonville Northside Coalition, to start arguing with him. They said …

Roll Call reports: Leading defense contractors were among the most generous corporate contributors to the campaigns of members of Congress who voted not to certify the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona or Pennsylvania, according to a report made public Monday by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Boeing Company has given $346,500 to GOP campaign …

“By the way, I not only tested positive but then I tested for antibodies at a whopping level. So I had it, but I didn’t have any symptoms. How do you explain that? “Why would we automatically assume that our natural immunity would be awful? It’s gonna be nonexistent? You’d think the default position should be, if you’ve already had …

Another assholery fact-check from the Associated Press: CLAIM: Betty White told a news outlet she received a COVID-19 vaccine booster on Dec. 28, three days before her death, saying: “Eat healthy and get all your vaccines. I just got boosted today.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The quote is fabricated. White did not receive a booster that day, her agent confirmed to …

Politico reports: Two Florida-based members of the Oath Keepers facing conspiracy charges for breaching the Capitol are suing the Jan. 6 committee to block a subpoena for their personal phone records. Kelly and Connie Meggs, two of 19 defendants in the most sprawling case to emerge from the mob attack on the Capitol, say they were notified of the subpoena …

Media Matters has the transcript: BEN SHAPIRO (GUEST): I mean, I think the answer is yes. The President overpromised and under delivered. He made a promise that was a complete lie and that was that he was going to be able to shut down the virus. As you say, no one has the capacity to shut down this virus. As …

Richmond’s CBS News affiliate reports: Conservative Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase (R) announced on Monday that she will not run for Congress this year as a result of redistricting. Virginia’s new congressional map, which was approved by the commonwealth’s Supreme Court last week, moved Chase’s current residence from the 7th Congressional District to the 1st, which is currently represented by …

CREW reports: The flow of money from corporate PACs and industry groups to political committees allied with the Sedition Caucus started just days after the insurrection, and within the first few months after the deadly attack, their total contributions had already climbed into the millions of dollars. These totals include contributions from PACs that are tied to either a corporation …

The Daily Beast reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) blamed the Biden administration for COVID-19 woes in his state while accusing other state leaders of allowing “hysteria” to reign as they encourage mitigation measures against the virus that he claimed had little basis in sound science. “In terms of Florida, you look what’s going on in other states, they’re letting …

Media Matters has the transcript: SEAN HANNITY (HOST): I think the debate over vaccinations are over. I think at this point, now if you had the vaccine, you’re fully vaccinated, even had the booster, and you even had previous infections and Omicron got through. That means the only thing we need to really be focused on, if we’re gonna do …

The Independent reports: Allies of former president Donald Trump planned a campaign of harassment and intimidation against election officials and “weak” Republicans that was to culminate in what would become the worst attack on the US Capitol since the Burning of Washington in 1814, according to new documents provided to Congress. The Trump team’s strategy was revealed in documents provided …

Posted today to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: The U.S. Senate returns to session today and Democrats have said two of their highest priorities are pushing President Biden’s climate/social spending bill and working on “voting rights” legislation. These are both extremely important issues that can greatly affect our nation. Let’s start the new year off praying for these elected leaders. Join …