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Florida MAGA Congressman Rapey McForehead was subpoenaed by a now 20-something year-old woman who says McForehead had sex with her when she was 17 to sit for a deposition in a defamation and racketeering lawsuit brought by Gaetz’s bro, former Florida House member and lobbyist Chris Dorworth, against the woman and other parties, ABC News reports.

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday told former Trump White House Economic something and failed board game entrepreneur Peter Navarro tough shit on his attempt to delay reporting to federal prison for a four month bid on a criminal contempt of Congress conviction.

“ORDERED that the motion for release pending appeal be denied. Appellant has not shown that his appeal presents substantial questions of law or fact likely to result in reversal, a new trial, a sentence that does not include a term of imprisonment, or a reduced sentence of imprisonment that is less than the amount of time already served plus the expected duration of the appeal process,” the three judge panel wrote as Navarro faces a deadline to report to the slammer on Tuesday.

Spandex-wearing grapple-freak Congressman Jim Jordan on Thursday threatened to hold Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis in contempt for ignoring his bitching and complaining about her prosecution of fat former President Trump and his minions in the Peach State.

“Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis threatening to begin contempt of Congress proceedings for Willis’s failure to comply with the Committee’s subpoena and document requests. The Committee issued a subpoena on February 2, 2024, after several attempts to obtain voluntary compliance. The subpoena compelled the production of two specific categories of documents: (1) documents and communications relating to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office’s (FCDAO) receipt and use of federal funds and (2) documents and communications relating to any allegations of the misuse of federal funds by the FCDAO,” said Jordan’s House Judiciary Committee in a statement.

“As I’m on the record saying in the past, what happened in Sandy Hook was an absolute tragedy. I am not and have never been of the opinion that the events did not take place. Again, I hope that we learn from this and other tragedies to identify the signs that will allow us to prevent unnecessary loss of life. My thoughts and prayers continue to remain with the families affected along with the entire Sandy Hook community ❤️” writes New York Jets quarterback and RFK Jr running mate hopeful Aaron Rodgers in a very carefully curated statement on his unorthodox beliefs.

Must really want that second string spot on the RFK offense squad.

Funny how Schumer isn't calling for new elections to replace the leadership of China or Iran. https://t.co/Jk35tDo96a

— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) March 14, 2024

Wonder what this dipshit gets paid to write for the “traditional” conservative outlet. In related news Chuck Schumer’s call for new elections in Israel was met with a less stupid but similarly obtuse take by Mitch McConnell, who said “It is grotesque and hypocritical for Americans who hyperventilate about foreign interference in our own democracy to call for the removal of a democratically elected leader of Israel. This is unprecedented. We should not treat fellow democracies this way at all,” as if an asshole like Netanyahu could ever be reasonably described as a “small-d democrat.”

Four or maybe five times indicted New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, finding himself a few gold bars short on the funds needed to pay his and his wife’s massive legal defense bills in the upcoming trial on charges that’ll probably put them away for life if sentenced to the max, is looking outside the Congress box for how to keep his attorneys happy and wealthy as he also faces the imminent end of his time in public office too as he has zero chance of clinching the Democratic nomination.

NBC’s Julie Tsirkin reports the idea that’s being floated – very similar to one already understood to be currently in action by other corrupt assclown George Santos – is Menendez running as an independent to raise campaign funds to pay for his legal fees. Getting people to actually to donate is a different story, of course. Then there’s that Menendez’s trial is in less than two months, and it’s probably not going to take very long. Egypt might as well kick in with some straw donations, get a little more ROI before he’s convicted and hopefully fucking finally expelled after that.

It seems indicted Republican “informant” and Russian asset Alex Smirnov and disgraced former President Trump have some friends in common, as the Guardian reports Smirnov was paid $600,000 by Texas company Economic Transformation Technologies in 2020 – the same year he filed his false report to the FBI – and ETT’s UK branch is co-owned by Pakistani-American investor Shahal Khan who has partnered with Trump on a number of projects. Also listed as an adviser on ETT’s American website is Farooq Arjomand, a former chairman and current board member of Damac Properties in Dubai, the company holding the license for the Trump International Gold Club in the gilded emirate.

It’s not clear what the hell ETT does, as its website makes it sound like NXIVM or some shit. “ETT set up the chess board to bring in top notch executives from those sectors to help implement its vision of love and social impact to improve the quality of human existence through the application of ‘new age’ technologies,” whatever the fuck that means. Surely we can look forward to the Senate Judiciary Committee hauling Condon and his buddies in to explain themselves.

Something to be said about these new Biden 2024 signs spotted in Brooklyn recently. One is that Brooklyn is not a swing county and the only place you’ll ever see a Trump sign is in the hardcore Hasidic neighborhoods like Borough Park and East Williamsburg, so it might be a little to early to hope to see these dot lawns and highways across the swing states. But it sure is pretty distinctive and in a good way compared to simply “BIDEN HARRIS 2024” in generic block letters.

House Republicans invited fat former President Trump to speak to them at their annual retreat in West Virginia this week, only for the twice-impeached loser to turn them down, CNN’s Melanie Zanona reports, adding that their Orange God Emperor would rather be in federal court in Florida to sit in on some tedious evidentiary hearing that he did not at all have to be present for.

A Thursday piece by the Daily Beast doesn’t add much to what’s already known about the schedule for disgraced former President Trump’s upcoming trial over the last-minute interference in the 2016 election by paying Stormy Daniels to stay quiet over their 45-second sexual encounter from 2006: Trump will have to be in court four days a week, 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM with Wednesdays off so Judge Juan Merchan can handle other cases, prosecutors say they the’ll need 15 to 17 days for testimony and presentation – which isn’t accounting for cross-examinations, and that it’s expected to last until mid-to-late May – or longer if Trump’s team can score a week off for Passover but that’s TBD.

It’s just that it’s kind of hard to appreciate before seeing it all laid out the way the Beast did, estimating the impact on his campaign during a crucial stretch when money’s supposed to be pouring in – and they didn’t even get too deep into what it would mean for the fat fuck himself. The time, energy, and focus required to sit there quietly while Joe Biden is less tethered is probably beyond Trump’s capacities, especially the way he’s been lately. To show up on time on a Monday after hitting the swing states both weekend days and trying to squeeze in another on Wednesday for nine or 10 weeks straight is going to be an immense strain on him physically and mentally.

The Beast writes that the irony is that it might incentivize Trump to act out during the trial and prompt Merchan to order him removed from the courtroom. Except if he pushes the judge’s buttons too hard it could end up with Donald getting tossed in a jail cell for a few days which, all bullshit about how much “sympathy” that would stir up aside, would on balance not be a good look and further the Orange God Emperor’s spiral into utter madness while he’s running for his life.

Exclusive — Donald Trump: ‘I Will Never Do Anything that Will Jeopardize or Hurt Social Security or Medicare’ https://t.co/pRIgs8mWrH

— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) March 14, 2024

The DNC are taking the threat posed by third party presidential candidate assclowns like RFK Jr, Jill Stein, and Cornel West very seriously this cycle and for the first time are putting together a team aimed specifically at crushing them on messaging and ballot access, NBC News reports.

Leading the communications side of the effort is veteran Dem operative Lis Smith, who led Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 campaign to victory in Iowa, while DNC insiders Mary Beth Cahill and Ramsey Reid will work on the oppo and legal sides, all working to keep the scrubs’ vote share closer to the 1.5 percent they took in 2020 than the 5 percent they were able to scrounge up in 2016.

“We’re facing an unprecedented election and we know the GOP is already working to prop up third-party candidates like RFK Jr to make them stalking horses for Donald Trump,” said Smith’s deputy Matt Corridoni. “With so much on the line, we’re not taking anything for granted. We’re going to make sure voters are educated and we’re going to make sure all candidates are playing by the rules.”

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign will soon begin an all-out blitzkrieg on housing policy messaging, a clusterfuck of an issue with few obvious or easy solutions, particularly when it comes to rental costs these days, Politico reports on the kind of shit that Trump is just going to respond to with “I know housing. I’m in real estate. I used to build housing for the Blacks in New York City.”

“A Massachusetts man was sentenced today to three years and six months in prison for sending a communication containing a bomb threat to an election official in the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office. According to court documents, on or about Feb 14, 2021, James W Clark, 40, of Falmouth, sent a message via the Arizona Secretary of State’s website through ‘Contact Elections,’ addressing the election official by her first name and warning her that she needed to ‘resign by Tuesday February 16th by 9 am or the explosive device impacted in her personal space will be detonated.'”

“Shortly after transmitting the message, Clark conducted online searches that included the full name of the election official in conjunction with the words ‘how to kill’ and ‘address.’ Additionally, on or about Feb 18, 2021, Clark conducted online searches involving the Boston Marathon bombing.”

“In response to Clark ‘s message, law enforcement conducted partial evacuations and bomb sweeps of the building in which the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office was located, including an evacuation of the floor of the Office of the Arizona Governor located in the same building. Law enforcement also conducted bomb sweeps of the election official’s personal residence and of the official’s car. Clark pleaded guilty in August 2023 to one count of making a threatening interstate communication… This case is part of the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force. Announced by Attorney General Merrick B Garland and launched by Deputy Attorney General Lisa O Monaco in June 2021, the task force has led the Department’s efforts to address threats of violence against election workers, and to ensure that all election workers – whether elected, appointed, or volunteer – are able to do their jobs free from threats and intimidation” says a Justice Department press release.

Dutch white nationalist MP Geert Wilders, who for months tried and failed to bang together a coalition and take the premiership after his very Islamophobic and Reich-y Party for Freedom placed first in Tulipland’s November elections, has given up on the prime minister’s office for now at least, tweeting on Thursday that he “can only become premier if ALL parties in the coalition support that. That wasn’t the case,” though vowing to try again after the next election, the AP reports.

Thus ends lesson #4,905 in “Actually governing is harder than it looks” for right wingers and their asshole voters. See also lesson #4,587: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s nine months in power.

Kamala Harris will become the first president or vice president to visit a reproductive health clinic that provides abortions during a trip to Minnesota Planned Parenthood clinic on Thursday, USA Today reports.  The messaging from the visit will be clear:  Republicans want to take away women’s reproductive freedom and endanger their lives.

The messaging is so focused, the stop is actually the sixth on Harris’s “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour, where the VP is discussing the availability of care in Minnesota, where liberal abortion laws have brought in patients from more conservative states where access is either limited or denied.  Harris has also brought attention to the lack of reproductive care providers in some states because practitioners fear for their safety.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee and presumptive future federal detainee Trump sat down with Newsmax’s Greg Kelly and he whined like it was 2016:  he still can’t get over Hillary.  One fun nugget:  Trump thinks Bleachbit–the opensource app that clears hard drives–is an actual liquid that can ooze out to a 10-mile radius.  No, really.  He said that.

Sixteen members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department were treated for injuries, including at least one who will require surgery, after a blast during a training exercise at an FBI training site in California left participants bleeding, concussed and disoriented, CBS News reports.

Fifteen participants were taken to local hospitals for various injuries including two with serious leg wounds; one is expected to require surgery.  One reported a back injury, and thirteen reported problems with their hearing.

The Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad and SWAT teams were using the site for a training exercise when an explosion went off in a small building on site, signaling the thunderous failure of that bomb squad crew in the test.

Asked by MSNBC host and proud geek Chris Hayes about the status of the House GOP’s continuing effort to find something, anything they can glom on to so they can justify an impeachment vote against Biden, California Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell was blunt:

A coroner would pronounce it dead.  They didn’t prove anything.  They don’t have anything. They just don’t accept Joe Biden as President.  But the cul-de-sac they’re in is so interesting, right, because the Marjorie Taylor Greenes, the Matt Gaetzes have promised that an impeachment vote was coming.  Now they’re saying they’re going to make a criminal referral, not do impeachment.  How would you criminally refer somebody you’re not going to impeach?  The whole point of impeachment is that they committed a crime, so they’re stuck and it’s because they don’t have anything.