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Media Matters has the transcript: MICHAEL SAVAGE (GUEST): I watched the videos very carefully in the closing arguments. This kid, Rittenhouse, showed the most amazing restraint I have ever seen, and the presence of mind of a warrior trained by special forces. He did not open up a machine gun blast. He shot occasionally, one, two, three when he was …

CNN reports: The House is set to vote Wednesday to approve a resolution that censures Rep. Paul Gosar and strips him of his two committee assignments, which if passed would be the first time a sitting House member will be censured in more than 10 years. The action led by House Democrats represents a major rebuke to the Arizona Republican …

Yahoo News reports: Embattled MyPillow CEO and Trump ally Mike Lindell has had the best endorsement yet for his peculiar plan to melt voting machines and turn them into prison bars: Donald Trump himself. Mr Lindell told the one-term president during an almost hour-long interview that melting down voting machines would solve the alleged problem of a rigged 2020 election …

Mediaite reports: Tensions are high outside the Kenosha Courthouse where a jury deliberates the fate of Kyle Rittenhouse, currently on trial after killing two men and wounding a third in August 2020 during riots that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Reporting on the scene, Fox News reporter Alexis McAdams reported that a man was spotted outside the courthouse …

CNBC reports: One-time White House strategist Steve Bannon moved to plead not guilty Wednesday to criminal contempt of Congress charges after he failed to comply with a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Bannon was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday, facing two counts: one for failing to appear for an Oct. …

NBC News reports: The Arizona man known as the “QAnon Shaman” will serve 41 months in prison after storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Federal prosecutors had asked that Jacob Chansley, who pleaded guilty in September to a single count of felony obstruction of an official proceeding, serve 51 months followed by three years of …

Mediaite reports: Governor Ron DeSantis’ (R-FL) press secretary, Christina Pushaw, linked the country of Georgia enacting a COVID “Green Pass” to a visit by a member of the Rothschild family on Wednesday. The coronavirus pandemic has led to the emergence of various conspiracy theories, including many antisemitic ones, that falsely push the belief that individuals or groups are using the …

Florida Politics reports: The Florida House has approved legislation asking the Governor to develop a state workplace safety plan, handing the issue off to the Senate. The measure (HB 5B), passed Wednesday, would give Gov. Ron DeSantis until Jan. 17 to develop a plan for Florida to seek federal approval for a state counterpart to the federal Occupational Safety and …

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Because so many of you have prayed, sent encouraging messages, and asked how I was doing, I wanted to let you know that I was released from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, yesterday, after a specialized surgery last Monday to correct constrictive pericarditis (inflammation and hardening of the sac around the heart that compresses …

Reuters reports: The jury in the Wisconsin murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse will deliberate for a second day on Wednesday, attempting to reach a consensus on whether to convict or acquit the teenager for killing two men and wounding a third during racial justice protests last year. The jury of 7 women and 5 men from Kenosha, Wisconsin, deliberated for …

Colorado Politics reports: Federal, state and local authorities searched the homes of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and three of her associates on Tuesday as part of an investigation into accusations the elected official was involved in voting machine security breaches, according to an official who helped conduct the searches. The FBI carried out a court-ordered search of Peters’ home …

Mediaite reports: Sesame Street is introducing a new Asian-American muppet character, and in response Matt Schlapp said PBS should be defunded. The long-running educational children’s series has made diversity and inclusion one of its themes over the years. This week, Ji-Young was added to the repertoire of muppet characters on Sesame Street. There’s been a lot of discourse about Sesame …

CNN reports: Wendy Rittenhouse issued a message on behalf of the Kyle Rittenhouse Defense Fund Tuesday as the jury in her son’s case continued deliberations. “Both the prosecution and my son Kyle’s defense team have finished their closing arguments and I am beyond nervous,” she wrote in the email. In the email, she asked for donations to pay for legal …

The Huffington Post reports: Daniel Rodriguez, a pro-Trump extremist who electroshocked Metropolitan Police Officer Mike Fanone on Jan. 6, was in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday trying to get his videotaped confession to the FBI tossed on the grounds that special agents engaged in “coercive questioning” and that Rodriguez wasn’t properly advised of his rights. After the FBI …

The Christian Post reports: Cornerstone Church of San Antonio, Texas, a prominent evangelical congregation headed by Pastor John Hagee, has garnered controversy for hosting an event that featured a widely circulated video of a crowd shouting the anti-Biden chant, “Let’s go, Brandon.” On Saturday evening, the Twitter account PatriotTakes posted a clip of a large gathering at Cornerstone in which …

CNN reports: The House will vote Wednesday on a resolution that both censures Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona and removes him from the Committee on Oversight and Reform, a source familiar tells CNN. Gosar is facing censure for his posting of a photoshopped anime video to his Twitter and Instagram accounts showing him appearing to kill Democratic Rep. Alexandria …

ABC News reports: “Betrayal reports that Sydney Powell, Michael Flynn’s former lawyer who was then advising President Trump, called senior Trump intelligence official Ezra Cohen and tried to enlist his help with one the most far-fetched claims about the election, involving then-CIA Director Gina Haspel. “Gina Haspel has been hurt and taken into custody in Germany,” Powell told Cohen, pushing …

“I just received word that Speaker Pelosi intends to hold a censure vote against me soon, maybe as early as this afternoon at three and strip me of my committee assignments over a cartoon my staff posted last week depicting the real life battle taking place along the southern border — resulting from Mr. Biden’s open border policy. “The left …

Penn Live reports: Congressman Scott Perry has tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced on Tuesday. The office of the 10th congressional district Republican said in a statement that the lawmaker’s symptoms are mild. “Like so many of our friends and neighbors, Congressman Perry has tested positive for COVID-19. As directed by the House Physician, he will continue working while …

Las Vegas’s CBS News affiliate reports: A Las Vegas man charged with forging his dead wife’s signature on her ballot, mailing it in and then claiming it had been stolen, has agreed to plead guilty. As part of the plea deal, Donald “Kirk” Hartle, 55, will avoid prison time and will have to serve probation. If he stays out of …