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The Texas Tribune reports: Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday appointed John Scott — a Fort Worth attorney who represented former President Donald Trump in a lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results in Pennsylvania — as Texas’ new secretary of state. As secretary of state, Scott would oversee election administration in Texas — a task complicated in recent years by baseless …

“I, as a 36-year-old woman with no underlying conditions, have a 97.99 percent chance of survival against COVID. So I was on the fence because it didn’t make sense to get vaccinated for a virus that is not a threat to my life, nor one that I fear. “But now, I’m doubling down as a giant middle finger to Joe …

The Indianapolis Star reports: Twitter has removed a derogatory tweet by Indiana Congressman Jim Banks. Banks misgendered Dr. Rachel Levine, the nation’s first openly transgender four-star officer, on Tuesday. “The title of first female four-star officer gets taken by a man,” he said. On Saturday, the tweet was taken down, with the following message: “This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules.” …

CNN reports: An Arizona political commentator charged in the US Capitol riot spoke at a small right-wing rally in Phoenix last month that was attended by over a dozen Proud Boys, even though a federal judge had ordered him not to associate with any members of the extremist group. Pictures posted online and a video obtained by CNN from an …

Posted today to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Do you know why they call the Democratic-run, socialist states blue? Because they choke you until you turn blue. That’s no joke. They tried to choke In-N-Out, but it didn’t work. In-N-Out Burger is one of the great hamburger chains to come out of California and they are run by a Christian. They …

The Orlando Weekly reports: “The Great American Experiment, our cherished democracy, is under threat. Our nation is only as strong as the faith our citizens have that their voice, their vote, has a say in our government. In this hour, public trust in our elections is being systematically undermined, to the detriment of all Americans,” the Florida Supervisors of Elections …

The Washington Post reports: They called it the “command center,” a set of rooms and suites in the posh Willard hotel a block from the White House where some of President Donald Trump’s most loyal lieutenants were working day and night with one goal in mind: overturning the results of the 2020 election. The activities at the Willard that week …

The Guardian reports: The powerful conservative youth group Turning Point USA, which has forged strong ties to Donald Trump and his son Don Trump Jr, has raised tens of millions of dollars from super rich donors and secret backers while pushing disinformation about Joe Biden’s win in 2020, Covid-19 vaccines and other extremist and right wing issues. The group is …

The Washington Post reports: A new whistleblower affidavit submitted by a former Facebook employee Friday alleges that the company prizes growth and profits over combating hate speech, misinformation and other threats to the public, according to a copy of the document obtained by The Washington Post. The whistleblower told The Post of an occasion in which Facebook’s Public Policy team, …

“Very, very little people hate giants. Midgets hate giants — sorry for using the term ‘midget,’ not referring to people physically. Moral midgets hate moral giants. People who hate the Founders are moral midgets. Those were giants. “They founded a country and I’m not sure that we can keep it, as Benjamin Franklin said. It’s a republic if you can …

CNBC reports: Rudy Giuliani’s former associate Lev Parnas was convicted on six counts related to “influence buying” campaign finance schemes. A jury found Parnas guilty of scheming with co-conspirators to use a Russian backer’s money to fund political contributions they hoped to trade for political favor for their budding joint cannabis venture. The Ukrainian businessman was also convicted for using …

Mediaite reports: One week after quitting from ESPN over their vaccine mandate, Allison Williams has already resurfaced, joining the Daily Wire, as announced by Ben Shapiro Friday afternoon. “We’re basically uncancelling everybody that Hollywood and the leftist machine is cancelling,” Shapiro said while announcing the new hire. “Allison Williams has joined the Daily Wire, we’re super excited for her sports …

Law & Crime reports: A federal judge who imposed the highest possible fine — but no prison time — as punishment for breaching the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 said that he wanted the sentence to send a message. “I want the sentence to hurt,” U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said during a sentencing hearing for Lori and Thomas …

The New York Times reports: The Justice Department has added two top prosecutors from Washington to the child sex trafficking investigation of Representative Matt Gaetz, according to two people briefed on the matter, a sign of the complex and high-stakes nature of the inquiry into Mr. Gaetz. The prosecutors — one a public corruption investigator with an expertise in child …

CNN reports: GOP Rep. Jim Banks lamented on the House floor that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi prevented him from serving on the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol on Thursday. And yet, Banks sent a letter to at least one government agency falsely claiming that he is ranking member of the committee in his signature. …

The Daily Beast reports: J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy and Republican Senate candidate currently running to replace Rob Portman, thoroughly embarrassed himself on Twitter Friday morning when he used to tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins to bootlick former President Donald Trump. The implication was that America “needs” to hear Trump’s unvarnished thoughts about his comedy nemesis accidentally killing …

Mediaite reports: A House Republican ended his floor speech Thursday by using a euphemism widely understood to mean “Fuck Joe Biden.” “People are understandably frustrated,” said Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL), in comments trashing the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. “Actually, they’re very angry. And they’re not going to sit back and take it much longer.” Indeed, Posey’s anger manifested itself with …

Vice News reports: “Hey, Rick,” the voicemail said. “Two hundred and thirty four years ago, the founding Caucasian fathers of America gave us the Second Amendment. Time’s running out, Richard. We’re coming after you and every motherfucker that stole this election with our Second Amendment, subpoenas be damned, you’re going to be served lead, you fucking enemy enemy communist cocksucker. …

Raw Story reports: During a podcast, Lindell said that he would begin presenting his case to the Supreme Court two days before Thanksgiving, which he predicted would captivate the world. “Guess who’s going to talk about it for four days over Thanksgiving? Every person in the world!” he said. “Everybody’s watching for this!” He then predicted that all nine Supreme …

Fox News reports: Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis tweeted out an updated version of the Florida state flag that was trending on social media after calling for a special session to ban local coronavirus vaccine mandates. “Don’t tread on Florida,” the flag reads with an alligator on the bottom paying tribute to the Gadsen [sic] flag that contains the message …