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In their march to shred the Constitution and establish an authoritarian state, Republicans in various state legislatures are proposing bills that would criminalize a pregnant person traveling outside the state to seek an abortion, which these Republicans have made illegal in their states after the jerry-rigged Supreme Court revoke the Roe decision.

Based on two parts of the Constitution–the Privileges and Immunities Clause (Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1) and the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3)–courts have reinforced the right of citizens to travel freely between states for nearly any reason.  Perpetually ignorant of what the Constitution says, Republicans now want to introduce laws upending those rights.

Even the prospect of these laws is ludicrous.  If states could punish people for doing something in another state that was illegal in theirs, Las Vegas would not be.  It would have been illegal to gamble in Sin City and to bring those winnings home.  Going to a dog race in Florida would have landed a Kentuckian in jail.  If an Arizonan were to travel to New Mexico and spit on the sidewalk, he would face a six-month prison sentence upon returning home.  (Yes, according to Arizona state law, it’s illegal to spit in public.)

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A federal appeals court vacated the injunction against Georgia’s six week abortion ban on Wednesday evening, allowing the law to take effect immediately, the New York Times reports.

White Claw drinkers in Kismet, New York were shaken to the core when they realized it may not be so safe to go quickly urinate in the water and then go back to their Chillbo Baggins and chug some more hard seltzer after a man was bitten by a shark Wednesday, 1010 WINS reports. The attack is the sixth this year as the aquatic predators apparently have had enough of human urine scented with artificially watermelon-flavored alcoholic nonsense. It’s not clear how severely the man was injured, as he apparently did not seek medical attention. Probably because it would kill his buzz.

Every story about the fat, disgraced ex-President Trump going back and forth about when he’s officially going to declare himself a 2024 candidate includes the caveat that he would face increased scrutiny for the FEC after that point, with his minions telling him he’d lose access to the hundreds of millions of dollars he suckered away from his fans in the “Save America PAC” and so on and so forth – as if any of that really matters because he’s gotten away with so many campaign finance scams before. Anyway, a Dem PAC has filed a complaint with the FEC arguing that Trump is basically already a candidate right now, which is pretty accurate. Read the story at Rolling Stone.

Today, we launched the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. This exciting new office will synchronize efforts across the government regarding anomalous, unidentified space, airborne, submerged and transmedium objects. https://t.co/F0X3c3X7VT

— Department of Defense 🇺🇸 (@DeptofDefense) July 20, 2022

The Colorado Secretary of State’s office on Wednesday informed Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and state Rep Ron Hanks that they won’t be conducting a recount in either the Republican Secretary of State or US Senate primaries the two lost, respectively, as both failed to come up with the $236,000 fee by July 15th to re-tabulate the votes in each contest, the AP reports.

Evidently none of their fans cared enough about a “rigged primary” enough to pitch in the cash needed to prove the primary was rigged. Very sad. Also actually kind of sad and we should have reported here earlier is that Peters’ arrest warrant was rescinded last Friday after one of Peters’ attorneys admitted he made a mistake and had not fully informed Peters she was no longer permitted to leave the state without express permission from the court. Which kind of sucks.

In a bill that questions the sanity of the so-called “pro-life” caucus, a pair of North Carolina Republicans has introduced a bill that would allow anyone to kill anyone seeking or performing an abortion to protect a fetus, even illogically calling for the execution of the pregnant person, Newsweek reports.

Apparently unaware that a fetus needs a host to survive, Republican state legislators Larry Pittman and Mark Allen Brody introduced the bill that is short on science and chock full of violence.

“It is a matter of indisputable scientific fact that a distinct and separate human life begins at the moment of fertilization,” the bill reads without apparent regard to what the words “indisputable,” “scientific,” “fact,” “distinct” and “separate” mean.  The bill goes on to say that any person has the right to protect his or her life, as well as the life of another person, which presumably means that someone could shoot and kill someone going into a hospital or health clinic if they believe that person was seeking an abortion.  It also essentially legalizes the hunting of anyone who experienced a miscarriage or an ectopic pregnancy and sought medical care for it, as well as any medical professional who helps treat such a condition.

Garrett Ziegler, an aide in the Trump White House who took the Fifth more than one hundred times during his Tuesday testimony to the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th domestic terrorist attack on Congress, went on a 27-minute rant on Telegram after his testimony where he attacked witnesses and committee members with misogynistic and racist language, CNN reports.

Using misogynistic language, Ziegler attacked Cassidy Hutchinson, the former aide to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows who gave compelling testimony last week about the chaos Donald Trump caused both at the White House and with Secret Service agents at his January 6th rally.  Ziegler used similar language to attack Alyssa Farah Griffin, another White House aide who has since become a critic of Donald Trump and advised Hutchinson to seek different legal representation.

Ziegler also asserted that the January 6th Commission is anti-white, but provided no evidence to support his claim; the committee is chaired by Mississippi Democrat Bennie Thompson, who is Black.

A bipartisan group of Senators led by Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Joe Manchin of West Virginia have unveiled legislation that will close ambiguities in the 1887 Electoral Count Act that Donald Trump and his supporters attempted to exploit in an effort to overturn the 2020 election, the New York Times reports.

The group is putting forth two pieces of legislation.  The first, the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, defines the role of the Vice President in the certification of the slates of electors as simply an administrative function without any power to “solely determine, accept, reject, or otherwise adjudicate” the legitimacy of certified electors submitted by the states.  It also prevents state legislatures from submitting a slate of electors that does not adhere to the vote of the state’s population.

The second, the Presidential Transition Improvement Act, allows for multiple candidates to receive federal aid to create transition teams should the outcome of an election continue to be in doubt after Election Day, providing for a smoother transition of power.  The act would prevent the fuckery undertaken by the Trump Administration to prevent the incoming Biden team from getting access to necessary functions of government to support the transition of power.

LOL! Everyone hates Sleepy Joe! He sucks! 31% in this month’s Quinnipiac survey! That’s even worse than Trump’s approval rating! QU Polls are super-reliable and not leftist biased too! They nailed the generic ballot in 2018! Which, by the way, this month’s survey puts Democrats leading Republicans slightly 45% to 44%, up from last month’s Republican lead of 46% to 41%! So voter intent for Democrats in the Midterms is 50% higher than the incumbent President’s approval rating.

We stopped with the exclamation points because this is the part where the MAGA kids – if they’ve read this far – feel their hearts sinking into their stomachs. That their worst nightmare is getting less and less far-fetched while their dreams of wall-to-wall Hunter’s laptop, Fauci, Pelosi did January 6th, and other mindless, time-wasting circlejerks are becoming dimmer.

Sources tell CNN’s Manu Raju leaders in both the Dem and GOP caucuses see “clear momentum” for 60 votes to protect same-sex marriage from the extremist Supreme Court.

The fruitcakey “Harriet the Spy” wannabes in the King County, Washington Republican Party have formed their own little top secret mystery detective unit to catch those sneaky election cheaters, placing signs saying “THIS BALLOT DROP BOX IS UNDER SURVEILLANCE” next to the county’s ballot boxes, the Seattle Times reports. This is another one of those times where we have to breeze past the normal takeaway – like yes, it might rise to criminal voter intimidation or it might not, that’s up to the district attorney – and ask the question these wieners should be asking themselves.

Assume they’re not lying about the drop boxes being under surveillance (they probably are, because signs are cheaper). Assume they really have a hidden camera installed in a tree across the street or whatever. Why are they warning these “mules” or whoever the fuck they think is cheating that they’re under surveillance? Wouldn’t it be better to actually catch a “mule” with incontrovertible photographic evidence of ballot tampering, have them arrested, and force them to flip on Soros and Hillary and the Rothschilds? How is deterrence the better option here? Do FBI agents posing as 12 year old boys on Instagram tell middle-aged male Republican state legislators that their conversations are under surveillance? No, they freaking catch them in the act. Dumbasses.

The Cook Political Report have adjusted their forecast for the Maryland governor’s race after Trump-endorsed QAnon fan Dan Cocks won Tuesday nights primary, shifting it from Lean Dem to Solid Dem. If you’re not familiar with the seven notches on their rating scale, here they are: Solid Dem, Likely Dem, Lean Dem, Toss-Up, Lean Republican, Likely Republican, Solid Republican. We include this here to note that they skipped right over “Likely Dem” after Cocks’s win. So toxic is this bastard that term-limited current Republican Governor Larry Hogan on Wednesday straight up said he won’t be voting for Cocks, less than 12 hours after the primary was called.

Non-Correction: The current version of this article misspelled Dan Cox’s last name as ‘Cocks’ multiple times. National Zero does not regret the error and will not be correcting it.

A New York judge on Wednesday ordered alcoholic shitbrain Rudy Giuliani to testify to the Fulton County, Georgia grand jury investigating the failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election in the state, CNBC reports. Fulton County DA Fani Willis had presented the subpoena to Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Thomas Farber (as is standard procedure when a grand jury calls a witness who lives in another state) and Rudy didn’t even show up to a July 11 hearing to contest it, leading Farber to order the melted hair-dye idiot to testify in Georgia on August 9th.

Democrats lead Republicans 45% to 41% on the generic ballot question on the latest Politico/Morning Consult poll, and 43 to 40 percent on the July 16 – 19, 2022 Economist/YouGov poll. Again, all the caveats, all the shit about how FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics’ averages still put Team MAGA ahead, all the circlejerk “The coming Biden Midterms disaster for Dems” headlines on The Hill, all the noises from the hole in between Chuck Todd’s rodent-like goatee, there’s no denying that Democrats are still very much in this and can hold the House and Senate.

Want more hopium? Great! We overlooked this but in the Tuesday CNN/SRSS poll (the one that found Dems and the GOP tied at 46%) Republicans dropped 15 percent in the 65+ vote since their previous survey in May, going from GOP 65 – Dem 37 to Dem 49 – GOP 47. If that’s real – and no reason to believe it isn’t at least partially – that’s a sign of a serious fucking problem for the GOP. The highest turnout, most reliable midterm vote demographic for Republicans is statistically tied with Dems. Why, we don’t know, but if this isn’t some kind of polling error then it’s possibly or even likely over Republicans fighting Biden’s attempts to lower prescription drug costs.

The plot to overturn the 2020 election is ongoing.  Robin Vos, the Republican Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly, told WISN ABC-12 Milwaukee that Donald Trump called him last week urging him to overturn the state’s certified results in the 2020 election.

Trump used a questionable decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling vote drop boxes illegal to push Vos to toss out the entire result of only the presidential race in 2020, not the dozens of races that were also during that election.

“It’s very consistent,” Vos said. “He makes his case, which I respect. He would like us to do something different in Wisconsin. I explained it’s not allowed under the Constitution. He has a different opinion, and then he put out the tweet. So that’s it.”

Trump-backed Ultra MAGA Arizona Republican gov candidate Kari Lake posted a meme saying “Will you be protesting the inauguration? If so, which of these suggestions will you adopt? Will you boycott TV coverage? Wear black? Donate money the ACLU, NAACP or Planned Parenthood? Use the hashtag #NotMyPresident? Will you unfollow Donald Trump?” just days before the fat bastard was inaugurated in January, Fox News reports. While Lake would be far from the first Trump acolyte to have past badmouthing the Orange Lord and Savior resurface embarrassingly, this one’s undeniably quite a bit uglier than just basic 2016-era “RINO” shit talk.

It also comes when there’s already a lot of holes being poked in her viability as a candidate given the “drag queen” shitshow – and just two days before Lake is set to rally with fat Donald in Arizona. Mike Pence is rallying with Lake’s rival Karrin Taylor-Robson at the same time. The hype about Pence being there is mostly an MSM “horserace” circlejerk because they love hyping the war between the Donald and the hangman, but it appears Taylor-Robson’s momentum is real.

“On July 18, 2022 at approximately 5:55PM, the Spotsylvania County Emergency Communications Center received a call for a domestic disturbance involving the caller’s adult son who was armed with a weapon. The suspect made death threats against a family member who was at the home. The first arriving Deputy approached the residence and spotted the suspect run to the rear of the home where family members were standing outside. As the Deputy approached the rear of the home, the male suspect charged at the Deputy with a 33-inch Spartan Warrior-style sword. During this encounter the Deputy attempted to tactically relocate, however the suspect quickly closed his distances forcing the Deputy to discharge his firearm at the suspect striking him multiple times.”

“The Deputy, who is a six-year veteran holding the rank of Deputy First Class immediately rendered first aid to the suspect until medical personnel arrived. The suspect was flown by medevac to an area trauma center for medical treatment and is listed in stable condition. Nicholas Gene Howell, twenty-seven years of age from Spotsylvania was charged with Attempted Malicious Wounding of a Law Enforcement Officer. The unnamed Deputy involved has been placed on administrative leave according to department policy pending the investigation. The case is ongoing and additional charges may be sought at the conclusion of the investigation,” says the Spotsylvania County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office in a Facebook post describing the Spartan Warrior sword incident.

Bidenflation, the secret plan to destroy America with higher prices on Monster Energy Drink, CBD gummies, Hostess Powdered “Donettes,” and other important commodities, has been successfully exported to Britain, whose consumer price index rose to 9.4% in June, the New York Times reports.

The raging fires happening in London probably never would’ve happened either if Trump were still President. When are they going to regret trading mean tweets for high prices and deadly infernos?

UPDATE 7/20/2022 8:47 AM EDT: Bidenflation also hit 8.1% in Canada in June, the CBC reports aboot a less successful export of the Democrat economic disaster to America’s northern neighbor.