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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 …

The Hill reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), tangled with two members of the Jan. 6 committee on the House floor Thursday, getting into an impromptu shouting match over Black Lives Matter and a wild conspiracy theory about space lasers starting California wildfires. Greene, a top Trump loyalist, crossed the aisle and approached Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Jamie Raskin …

Las Vegas’s CBS News affiliate reports: A Las Vegas man is accused of forging his dead wife’s signature on her ballot, mailing it in and then claiming it had been stolen. Donald “Kirk” Hartle, 55, faces two charges relating to the 2020 election, records showed. The charges come after an investigation from the Secretary of State’s Office, which investigates any …

The New York Times reports: A prominent Washington lobbyist close to Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader, is warning Republican political consultants that they must choose between working for Representative Liz Cheney or Mr. McCarthy, an ultimatum that marks the full rupture between the two House Republicans. Jeff Miller, the lobbyist and a confidant of Mr. McCarthy’s dating to their …

Salon reports: As Republicans and denizens of TrumpWorld increasingly distance themselves from MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, he even finds himself at odds with Newsmax, a previously supportive far-right news channel. Last week, Lindell said on his live-streaming site Frank Speech that Newsmax, which increasingly seeks to position itself as a further-right alternative to Fox News, had pulled all its ads …

New York Magazine reports: The House of Representatives voted Thursday to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress, recommending that he be prosecuted by the Justice Department for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The committee issued subpoenas to Bannon and several other former advisers of Donald …

Vice News reports: At 9 p.m. every night, inmates in the so-called Patriot Wing of the D.C. Correctional Treatment Facility reportedly stand at attention and sing The Star-Spangled Banner. You can even listen, if you want, to an alleged recording of it on the website called The Patriot Freedom Project. Inmates had also started their own handwritten newsletter and passed …