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The Independent reports: QAnon supporters are gathering for an event in Texas on Tuesday at which they falsely believe JFK junior will reveal he is not dead and announce a 2024 presidential run with Donald Trump, the former president. Pictures posted on social media appear to show scores of people outside the AT&T Discovery Plaza in downtown Dallas overnight on …

The New York Times reports: A jury in Kenosha County was seated in the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse on Monday, an unusually swift process that was completed with a flood of questioning on a single day. A large number of prospective jurors — about 150 people — were summoned on Monday to the Kenosha County Courthouse downtown, a reflection …

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump was threatening Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger when he asked him to help “find” enough votes to overturn his loss in Georgia to Democratic President Joe Biden, Raffensperger writes in a new book. Raffensperger recounts in his book the struggle in Georgia that followed Biden’s narrow victory, including death threats texted to his …

Media Matters has the transcript: SEAN HANNITY (HOST): Does Youngkin need to win for this to have the maximum impact? What if it’s really tight? NEWT GINGRICH (GUEST): No look. First of all if it’s really tight they’ll steal it, so you can’t afford to have a really tight election. You have to win by a big enough margin that …

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: The estranged wife of Republican Senate candidate Sean Parnell testified under oath Monday that he choked her until she bit him to escape, that he hit their children and verbally lashed out at her with obscenities. In tears, Laurie Parnell said that her husband, endorsed by former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary, called …

The New York Post reports: Original “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star Kristy Swanson has reportedly been hospitalized with “COVID-related” complications. “Prayers for me please. Yesterday I took an ambulance ride to the hospital. I’m still here with pneumonia, I’m on oxygen etc, all covid related of course. I’m in good spirits and in great hands,” the 51-year-old actor wrote on …

“Every signer of our Declaration of Independence, every one of them, were descendants of the tribes of Israel. You know what, I might was well be seated because it looks like I’m gonna preach these verses instead of reading. “Every single descendant who signed our Declaration were Israelites. Somebody say with with me, America was a church before she was …

ABC News reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has been reprimanded by the House sergeant-at-arms at least 20 times this year for refusing to wear a mask in the chamber, which has added up to $48,000 worth of associated fines. The House Ethics Committee publicly disclosed on Monday that Greene had been fined at least seven times this year, most …

The Hill reports: Those who buy into former President Trump’s lies over the 2020 election and those who watch the far-right channels that amplify his rhetoric are increasingly embracing anti-democratic opinions and even contemplating political violence, according to a new poll. One in 5 Americans believe in the core tenet of the QAnon conspiracy that “there is a storm coming …

The Washington Post reports: Hundreds of Staten Island residents holding anti-vaccine signs and waving American flags gathered on Sunday across the street from where New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) was scheduled to speak at a campaign event for local Democrats. The crowd was angry about New York City’s vaccine mandate for municipal workers, which takes full effect on Monday. …

The Federalist has published the transcript of Sen. Josh Hawley’s speech last night to the National Conservatism Conference. An excerpt: The Left want to define traditional masculinity as toxic. They want to define the traditional masculine virtues—things like courage, and independence, and assertiveness—as a danger to society. This is an effort the Left has been at for years now. And …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump had just returned to the White House from his rally at the Ellipse on Jan. 6 when he retired to his private dining room just off the Oval Office, flipped on the massive flat-screen television and took in the show. At the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, thousands of his supporters were wearing …

Posted today to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: The G20 Summit‘s big focus was on climate change. If we have an unusually warm summer, they say climate change is to blame. If we have a harsh winter, it’s due to climate change. If it’s wetter than normal, it’s climate change. If it’s dryer than normal, climate change. The Bible records climate …

Salon reports: A Republican Senate candidate alleged over the weekend that Michael Flynn, the retired general and former national security adviser, has sought damaging information on elected officials in a number of states, with the apparent goal of blackmailing them into supporting conspiratorial election audits meant to reinforce Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent. Everett Stern, …

Mediaite reports: While campaigning for a Republican congressional candidate in central Florida on Saturday, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) complained about the metal detectors in the Capitol, lying about why they were installed and going so far as to joke about blowing them up with explosives. Boebert, said Gaetz during his remarks Saturday, was a “5 foot nothing woman” who “carries …

The New York Daily News reports: CNN’s Jim Acosta held nothing back when it came to Tucker Carlson. The Fox firebrand is hosting an upcoming series that whitewashes the Jan. 6 insurrection, when loyalists to former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol claiming nonexistent election fraud. “Tucker is calling his propaganda flick ‘The Patriot Purge.’ It’s nothing more than Proud …

The Huffington Post reports: Federal prosecutors say an infamous Capitol attack defendant who traveled to Washington on a private plane and called Jan. 6 “one of the best days of my life” should spend time in prison, in part because she didn’t think she would. Moreover, the government said, Ryan’s tweet stating she had “blonde hair white skin a great …

CNN reports: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Sunday that a federal no-fly list for violent airplane passengers should be evaluated. “I think that should be on the table,” Buttigieg said of the potential list on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “The [Federal Aviation Administration] stands strongly with flight crews. It’s why you’re seeing some really harsh penalties and fines …

Popular Information reports: Youngkin’s closing TV ad claims to contain “newly unearthed documents” which it presents as proof that McAuliffe’s administration “actively pushed” K-12 students to be taught CRT. The ad claims that this is an excerpt from “MCAULIFFE’S ACTUAL 2015 TRAINING FOR TEACHERS.” The document was first made public by Chris Rufo, an operative affiliated with the Manhattan Institute, …

The Washington Post reports: Southwest Airlines is conducting an internal investigation after one of its pilots reportedly said a phrase used in right-wing circles as a stand-in for swearing at President Biden over the plane’s public address system — apologizing to customers and insisting it does not condone employees sharing personal political opinions while on the job. The airline faced …