Among documents turned over to the House January 6th Select Committee by Trump ally and disgraced former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik is a December 2020 action plan containing an explosive directive to MAGA activists to target the homes of “weak” Congressional Republicans, swing state election officials, and Republican state lawmakers – among others – with protests and harassment, specifically naming Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, and mother-daughter Georgia election worker duo Ruby Freeman and Shae Moss, all three of whom reported groups of MAGA assholes assembling outside their homes in the fraught post-2020 election period, the Independent reports. While the names of the three women appear on pages separate from the “rallies and protests” section of the “Strategic Action Plan”, it nevertheless draws a direct line from the disgraced former President’s campaign and the very real threats of violence they endured.

There is a question of timing in regards to Benson, as the document laid out that the plan was to be executed between December 27th, 2020 and January 6th, 2021, more than three weeks after her Michigan home came under siege. Freeman and Moss’s ordeal is squarely within that stretch however, as Freeman received a bizarre, hostile visit from Kanye West’s former publicist on January 4th, 2021, and was still being harangued by MAGA scumbags until the night of the 6th.

Benson didn’t hold back in a statement to the Independent. “This abhorrent, un-American, failed effort of those unhappy with the results of the 2020 election to try to intimidate me and many others from protecting and defending the will of the voters in our states shows just how far some were – and are – willing to go to undo democracy in America today. Everyone involved in planning these un-American attacks on our democracy must face consequences or we risk seeing an escalated, intensified and potentially more violent recurrence of these attempts,” said Benson.

For more than a year, Donald Trump Jr. and his dominatrix Kimberly Guilfoyle have been secretly engaged, keeping the relationship secret during the entire 2020 presidential campaign, the Sun UK reports.

Junior and Guilfoyle, who was fired from Fox for multiple sexual harassment complaints, have been dating for four years, perhap brought together by a mutual admiration for cocaine.  Guilfoyle was a key fundraiser for Junior’s father’s campaign, including offering to give lap dances to major party donors.

Should the wedding actually take place, it would be Junior’s second marriage and Guilfoyle’s third.

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (Q-GA) had her personal Facebook account suspended for 24 hours after posting lies claiming that there have been mass fatalities due to adverse reactions to the coronavirus vaccines, the New York Times reports.

Greene posted the claim, basing it on information voluntarily submitted to the  Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a database of unverified and frequently unrelated claims between receiving any type of vaccine and subsequent medical conditions.  Like most anti-vaxxers, Greene claims that the information in the database is sacrosanct, even though the database itself notes that the incidents are not necessarily causal.  For example, some of the aftereffects for people getting the coronavirus vaccine include getting plastic surgery, dying in a traffic accident, breast cancer and broken noses, none of which are possibly caused by a vaccine.

Nine people in the United States have died from a rare blood clotting condition linked to the Johnson & Johnson version of the vaccine.  Other than that, no widespread significant reactions have been reported.

https://twitter.com/DBrodyReports/status/1478107685358911492

“Real America’s Voice” and Christian Broadcasting Network host David Brody drew a line from Washington DC’s city government naming a section of street outside the White House to Black Lives Matter Square to failing to plow and salt the roads on Monday, was promptly called out for it, then tried to justify it by saying the exact same thing. What a total Karen.

President Joe Biden, meeting with a group of independent meat producers Monday to discuss ways to lower food prices, suggested that increased competition with the conglomerates in the industry would be effective in preventing future price increases, the Associated Press reports.

“Capitalism without competition isn’t capitalism — it’s exploitation,” Biden said.  Biden commented that the cost of food has impacted his own household, with his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, talking with her sister and a friend about the increase in the price of hamburger, which has increased about a dollar per pound.

Biden stated that independent producers will receive one billion dollars in support from the coronavirus relief package in an effort to help them expand capacity, improve working conditions and attract workers. 

Vowing revenge if justice isn’t sought, Iran demanded that Donald Trump be tried for the assassination by missile of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq two years ago today, Reuters reports.  Two drones, reportedly Iranian, were shot down as they approached US military positions near the Baghdad Airport.

The leader of Iran’s Quds force and reportedly responsible for Iran’s international paramilitary operations, Soleimani was ordered killed by Trump while Soleimani was visiting Baghdad.  The air strike resulted in the death of Soleimani and nine others as they were driving to Baghdad Airport for Soleimani’s departure.  On the same day, Trump also ordered the assassination of Abdulreza Shahlai, an Iranian military commander and financial officer, who was targeted by a missile strike in Yemen; that mission was unsuccessful.

Iran responded with missile attacks on a US base in Iraq which resulted in more than 20 US personnel injured with head injuries.  At the time, Trump dismissed the injuries as “headaches,” but required an unspecified number of troops to seek treatment at a US military hospital in Germany.  Following the attack and retaliation, the world was on edge believing there would be further attacks, and gas prices spiked. 

While American conservatives repeatedly gripe about a 6% inflation rate the US is experiencing as it recovers from the Trump recession of 2020, Turkey’s economy recorded a 36% inflation rate under the policies of Recep Erdogan, a favored foreign leader of Donald Trump, the Associated Press reports.

The Turkish consumer price index rose a whopping 13.58% in 2020, with food prices skyrocketing by 43.8%, according to data collected by the Turkish Statistical Institute.  The inflation rate was the highest in Turkey since 2002, the year Erdogan took power.

“Whatever the reason, we regret that our citizens are faced with such a picture,” Erdogan said in reference to Monday’s inflation rate. “We are determined to break the neck of inflation and bring it back to single digits as soon as possible.”

Texas Lt Governor Dannie Goeb, also known by his fake name “Dan Patrick”, has tested positive for COVID-19, ABC 13 reports. Goeb, who is probably vaccinated but too chickenshit to admit it to his ultra-nationalist fanboys, is experiencing “mild symptoms” – a sign indicating he is indeed vaxxed.

Big tech is coming for America First conservatives.

They don’t even play by their own rules. pic.twitter.com/Hoe19BfHRs

— Madison Cawthorn (@CawthornforNC) January 3, 2022

Without mentioning her by name, on Monday House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy responded to Twitter permanently banning evil Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene in a statement: “Diversity of opinion is the lifeblood of our democracy. And yet that fundamental American value is under assault by Big Tech – entities that have amassed more power and more control over more speech than any other institution in history. Their recent decisions to silence Americans – including a sitting member of Congress and renowned physicians – who share views different from the political and media elite have real world costs. In fact, as we get more information on the virus it is clear many of the views once demonized by technology companies and the political elite are turning out to be true. The doctrines of lockdowns, school closures, and the threat of covid-19 illness according to age groups and previous infection are currently being reversed.”

“On the other end of the spectrum, Americans on the political left, including popular cable news hosts, members of Congress, and even the Vice President have themselves made public comments that are now universally understood to be false. Yet, they face no repercussions from the gatekeepers of America’s town square” and blah blah blah, said McCarthy. Worth noting is that McCarthy represents California, where “Big Tech” – Twitter included – employs hundreds of thousands of residents and generates trillions in economic activity for the state annually. But Marjorie Taylor Greene stands on his path to the speakership, so fuck California.

There is no Omicron hospital “surge” in Florida

People admitted for non-Covid reasons get tested

If they test positive they get counted as a “COVID patient”

The majority of the 5,400 “Covid patients”in #Florida are in the hospital for non-Covid reasons

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 3, 2022

New York State Attorney General Letitia James has served Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr as part of her investigation into the Trump criminal empire, the New York Times reports.

UPDATE 1/3/2022 12:23 PM EST: The Associated Press now reports that Trump himself was also subpoenaed by James on Monday. Guess that “harassment” lawsuit didn’t really work.

Internecine conflicts across the MAGAverse have intensified as the disappearance of Q, the failure of literally fucking every effort to prove the 2020 election was rigged – let alone have it “decertified” to get Trump reinstated to the presidency, Trump’s more vocal embracing of COVID-19 vaccines, and correct accusations of con artistry by various personalities from other personalities have taken their toll on an embittered hardcore right wing fanbase, the Washington Post and the Daily Beast both reported Monday. The Washington Post piece does a fine enough job detailing the state of play for their generally broader reader base, highlighting Lin Wood’s scorched earth campaigns against former allies Mike Flynn, Sidney “Kraken” Powell, and ex-Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne, basically saying it’s all about money and these people are getting desperate.

The Post also touches on the Gab vs Parler vs GETTR conflict, the Trump vs Alex Jones vax war, and Roger Stone vs Steve Bannon, which is fine enough for a broad overview, but it’s the Daily Beast’s piece featuring “Stop the Steal” asshole Jovan Pultizer pretending to be a restaurant employee and prank calling former Arizona “audit” pal David Clements about his “cock sandwich order” that somehow captures it even better. Per the Beast, Clements and Pulitzer have been going at it in recent months over the failed Cyber Ninjas clusterfuck in Maricopa County, with Clements taking particular issue with Pultizer over Jovan’s $250 “book” about “kinematic artifact detection,” a “science” that can detect folds in ballots. Read both pieces, but savor the Beast’s.

For those who really can’t get enough of this shit, National Zero very strongly recommends the recent QAnon Anonymous podcast episode featuring a recording Lin Wood made of Patrick Byrne describing the Kraken getting blackout drunk and coming on to him on multiple occasions, telling him she was in love with him – and then subsequently accusing Byrne of drugging and date raping her after she was spurned. These are all adults with what had been successful careers, by the way.

Make no mistake: This week, @SenateDems will make clear what happened on January 6th is directly linked to the one-sided, partisan actions being taken by GOP-led state legislatures across the country. We can and must take strong action to stop this anti-democratic march. pic.twitter.com/tLkpfObZAS

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) January 3, 2022

Former Guy statement: “Viktor Orbån of Hungary truly loves his Country and wants safety for his people. He has done a powerful and wonderful job in protecting Hungary, stopping illegal immigration, creating jobs, trade, and should be allowed to continue to do so in the upcoming Election. He is a strong leader and respected by all. He has my Complete support and Endorsement for reelection as Prime Minister!” Trump is returning the favor after Orban endorsed him for reelection on September 21st, 2020. Orban has his fair share of fanboys on the American right.

More Border Patrol Agents died in the line of duty during 2021 than in any other time since the agency’s inception. The line-of-duty deaths of 15 Border Patrol agents mark a grim milestone in the agency’s history. https://t.co/ZOHWeT9Jtp

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) January 2, 2022

It’s not until the third paragraph of the story that Breitbart mentions “Of the 15 agents who died in 2021, 13 died in the line of duty as a result of COVID-19. Two were killed in vehicle-related accidents”, which, to say the least, is not even close to what the tweet implies. The Washington Post reported on November 13th that about 20% of the Border Patrol officers and staff were not vaccinated. Deaths of public safety personnel due to COVID-19 are classified as “on duty” regardless of circumstances, per the Safeguarding America’s First Responders Act of 2020.

So Breitbart gets to call these preventable deaths “in the line of duty” and rile up the MAGA assholes into thinking they were murdered by cartel terrorists and Democrats, by extension. “Thanks to the Democrat party,” says the top comment on the story. Mission accomplished.

The Associated Press has an in-depth profile of the troubled personal past of Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt, detailing her marital infidelity and vehicular assault on her widowed husband Aaron Babbitt’s ex-wife – after Ashli had broken up their marriage and hers to be with Aaron, who she had been cheating with after the met working security at a nuclear power plant. Ashli and Aaron were also in a three-way relationship with another woman. But Trump and his fans are the sacred defenders of Christian values and they were fighting to protect it and blah blah blah blah.

Former National Archives leaders Don Wilson and John Carlin tell the Daily Beast that Trump and his minions fear prison time from the documents he’s trying to keep from the House January 6th Select Committee. Given how frantic they are… there are things in those records that are going to make real trouble. I’m talking about prison time… It reinforces the fact that they know they’re in real trouble if these things are released – particularly if they’re released soon,” Carlin said.

A man is under arrest on suspicion of arson after South Africa’s 130-year old National Assembly building in Cape Town was “completely gutted” in a fire Monday, the AP reports. “The entire Parliament complex is severely damaged, waterlogged and smoke damaged,” National Security official JP Smith said. The fire follows the destruction of Australia’s original Parliament building in Canberra, also the result of arson by a mob Anti-Vax terrorists.

Ethan Schmidt, a supporter of Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, posted an abhorrent video in which he brags about harassing people who wear masks, particularly cancer patients.  Lake has appeared in videos for Schmidt’s AntiMaskersClubAZ social media account, and she has so far refused to denounce the statements by Schmidt.

“Hey, guys, just a fer-riendly reminder.  My favorite pastime is harassing cancer patients and people that wear masks.  I love to just harass people, put a camera in their face and just harass them and yell at them and follow them around, even when they tell me to leave, I don’t leave and just press ’em and press ’em and press ’em and press ’em.  That’s my favorite thing to do, just harass people.  I just love harassin’ people, especially cancer patients ’cause they’re weak and vulnerable, weak and vulnerable and easy targets.  I love harassing cancer patients.”