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Media Matters has the transcript: Joe Biden’s weaponization of OSHA to force all companies with over 100 employees to either mandate vaccines or test their employees for COVID at least once a week is tyrannical. It’s not just tyrannical, it is dictatorial in extremis. It is amazingly dictatorial. And, as I say, companies that don’t comply are going to face …

The New York Times reports: New federal safety regulations that call for businesses with more than 100 workers to require vaccinations against the coronavirus will affirm mandates already in place at many companies and give cover to employers that had yet to decide. The proposed rules, which President Biden announced on Thursday, will require workers to be inoculated or face …

CNN reports: Igor Fruman, an associate of Rudy Giuliani, pleaded guilty Friday in New York federal court to a charge stemming from a case alleging he funneled foreign money to US campaign coffers. Fruman, 56, pleaded guilty to solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national. He faces up to five years in prison. Fruman had faced multiple charges. He …

Newsweek reports: The National Republican Senate Committee (NRSC) sent out a fundraising email calling the 2020 election a “contested takeover,” which it signed with former Vice President Mike Pence’s name—but he didn’t approve the message. Pence refused to cave to former President Donald Trump’s pressure to not formally certify the official election results on January 6, the day the U.S. …

The Daily Beast reports: This summer, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, Trump told confidants that he’s open to publicly endorsing Bolsonaro’s reelection, potentially at a mega-rally in Brazil where he and Bolsonaro could appear together side-by-side, to rail against what they each deem undesired election outcomes. Bolsonaro, who is widely expected to decisively fail in his …

The Hill reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday slammed President Biden’s recently announced coronavirus vaccine mandates in an interview on Fox News, saying Biden’s announcement was “unlike anything I have ever heard from an American president.” “To have the president of the United States say that he’s been patient, but his patience is wearing thin, that’s not how …

ABC News reports: Fencing outside U.S. Capitol is expected to return ahead of the “Justice for J6” rally, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to ABC News. The fencing, erected after the Jan. 6 riot, was removed in July. “Justice for J6” is being billed by organizers as a protest for defendants who are being detained by the government …

The Daily Boulder reports: Former Florida GOP legislative candidate Gabriel Augustin Garcia, a member of the Proud Boys militia group who was arrested over his role in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, is asking a judge to modify the conditions of his release because his ankle monitor has been going off loudly in front of potential clients …

Fox News reports: Republican members of Congress and state governors were appalled by news Thursday that President Joe Biden will force employers with more than 100 workers to require coronavirus vaccinations or test employees weekly, vowing to block the new policy and terming it unconstitutional. The mandate, which is expected to affect as many as 100 million Americans in an …

Mediaite reports: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said Wednesday he believed Dr. Anthony Fauci should receive up to “five years in jail” for allegedly lying in his testimony to Congress. “It’s a felony punishable by five years in jail,” Paul said in an evening interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. “I don’t think Biden Department of Justice will do anything …

Miami’s ABC News affiliate reports: A Florida judge has blocked enforcement of Florida Gov. DeSantis’ controversial “anti-riot bill,” calling it unconstitutionally vague and potentially “a trap for the innocent.” A federal lawsuit challenging the controversial law signed by Gov. DeSantis was filed back in May, a month after he signed HB1 into law. The lawsuit, filed by multiple civil rights …

The Hill reports: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday moved to bring Republicans’ lawsuit against proxy voting during the COVID-19 pandemic before the Supreme Court, after a federal appeals court dismissed the case this summer. The petition before the nation’s highest court comes after dozens of House Republicans — who almost uniformly opposed the remote voting measure when …

The Insider reports: Sean Spicer, a former White House press secretary, said he planned to sue President Joe Biden over a demand that Spicer and others resign from positions at US military academies given to them by President Donald Trump. “I will not be submitting my resignation, and I will be joining a lawsuit to fight this,” Spicer said on …

Reuters reports: Michigan officials on Wednesday demanded that lawyers who unsuccessfully sued to overturn former President Donald Trump’s election defeat in the state pay about $200,000 to reimburse for legal fees and related costs. U.S. District Judge Linda Parker ruled last month that state and local election officials in Michigan were entitled to reimbursement of their legal fees, but has …

“There are plenty of people who were the leaders in the Congress of challenging [the election] that I just have not had on the show ever since then, and have purposefully not had on the show, because I don’t frankly wanna hear their crap. “But having said that, there are some leaders that you have to ask them questions. There …

Law & Crime reports: An Alabama man whom authorities say brought 11 Molotov cocktails and five loaded firearms to the U.S. Capitol has agreed to a plea deal, prosecutors told a federal judge. Authorities claim to have found the stash of deadly weapons inside Lonnie Coffman’s red GMC Sierra truck, after U.S. Capitol Police performed explosive sweeps outside the perimeter …

Mediaite reports: Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said Wednesday she was rejecting a request from the Biden administration that she resign from the United States Air Force Academy’s board — or face termination. “Your decision is disappointing but understandable given the need to distract from a news cycle that has you mired in multiple self-inflicted crises and plummeting poll numbers,” …

Politico reports: The Biden White House has begun the process of removing Trump allies from military advisory boards, months after they were installed into those posts at the end of the last administration. When asked if he received a similar letter, Sebastian Gorka, who was named by Trump to the National Security Education Board, only replied to a text message …

CNN reports: Law enforcement officials are bracing for potential clashes and unrest during an upcoming right-wing rally in Washington, DC, as violent rhetoric surrounding the September 18 event has increased online and counter protests are being planned for the same day, according to an internal Capitol Police memo reviewed by CNN. The event organizer, a former Trump campaign staffer, has …

“When are we going to stop putting up with the idiots in this country and just say it’s mandatory to get vaccinated? “As I remember when I went to school, you had to get a measles vaccine. You had to get a mumps vaccine. Fuck them. Fuck their freedom. “I want my freedom to live. I want to get out …