A National Basketball Association star player is not eligible to practice or play with his team because he has not gotten the coronavirus vaccine, and an National Football League coach resigned yesterday after offensive emails were published.

The NBA’s Brooklyn Nets announced that seven-time All-Star Kyrie Irving is not eligible to play or practice with the team because he has refused to get the coronavirus vaccine, ESPN reports, becoming the first player to be excluded from team activities because of his vaccine status.

Because Irving does not have at least one vaccine shot, he is not eligible to enter any indoor gym in New York City under city regulations.  That includes the Barclays Center, the Nets home arena, meaning Irving cannot practice with the team or play in home games. 

“Pelosi mentions the idea that Treasury should be able to lift the debt ceiling, and Congress can overrule it. Pelosi says this idea ‘has merit… That seems to have some appeal to both sides of the aisle because of the consequences to people for not lifting it'” – Jake Sherman, Punchbowl.

“The West Virginia Legislature on Monday made quick work of advancing proposed redistricting maps during the first day of a special session. The redistricting committees in the House of Delegates and Senate reported out bills containing legislative and congressional maps that could be in place in until 2032. Neither committee meeting was without some debate. The House rejected three proposed amendments to the map it eventually adopted after an analyst said one district line was changed to protect Delegate Caleb Hanna, R-Nicholas, from being in the same district as the headquarters of the National Alliance, a white supremacy organization based in Pocahontas County. Hanna, the youngest member of the House, is one of four Black lawmakers in the 134-member Legislature” – Charleston Gazette-Mail.

Superman loves Louis Lane. Period. Hollywood is trying to make Superman gay and he is not. Just rename the new version Thooperman so we can all know the difference and avoid seeing it.

— Wendy Rogers (@WendyRogersAZ) October 11, 2021

Read up on the new bisexual Superman “controversy” here.

“An elections administrator in North Texas submitted her resignation Friday, following a months-long effort by residents and officials loyal to former President Donald Trump to force her out of office. Michele Carew, who had overseen scores of elections during her 14-year career, had found herself transformed into the public face of an electoral system that many in the heavily Republican Hood County had come to mistrust, which ProPublica and The Texas Tribune covered earlier this month. Her critics sought to abolish her position and give her duties to an elected county clerk who has used social media to promote baseless allegations of widespread election fraud.”

“Carew, who was hired to run elections in Hood County two-and-a-half months before the contested presidential race, said in an interview that she worried that the forces that tried to drive her out will spread to other counties in the state. ‘When I started out, election administrators were appreciated and highly respected,’ she said. ‘Now we are made out to be the bad guys.’ Critics accused Carew of harboring a secret liberal agenda and of violating a decades-old elections law, despite assurances from the Texas secretary of state that she was complying with Texas election rules. Carew said she is joining an Austin-based private company and will work to help local elections administrator offices across the country run more efficiently. She will oversee her final election in early November before leaving Nov. 12” – ProPublica.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel: “Florida is investigating potential violators of the state’s COVID ‘vaccine passport’ law, including the Miami Marlins, the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, several concert venues and performers, and an FDLE counterterrorism unit. The city of Miramar and the Plantation Police Department are on the list of businesses, nonprofits and government agencies under investigation, although some of those on the list, including Miramar and the Broward Center, said their policies comply with the state law. Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam said it ‘is such a surprise we are being investigated.'”

“In April, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order that prohibited Florida businesses from requiring that customers show proof that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19, following through on his promise to ban controversial immunization credentials. The state then enacted a law that made his order permanent, which DeSantis signed in May. In September he vowed to issue $5,000 fines for anybody who violated the law. Chistina Pushaw, press secretary to DeSantis, said by email Monday that ‘an investigation is not a finding of a violation’ and referred further enforcement questions to the Department of Health. The Miami Marlins is the only major sports team that appears on the list of groups under investigation. The 120 cases ‘under review’ were identified in a list released by the Department of Health in response to a public records request.”

“Just like the vast majority of other countries, Russia sees Taiwan as part of the People’s Republic of China. This is the premise from which we proceed and will continue to proceed in our policy” said Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday, per Messaggero Veneto.

“Dungeons & Dragons has come a hell of a long way, except in one very precise area: units of measurement. The latest 5th Edition, and revisions to it over the years, has modernised and streamlined all sorts of things. It’s brand of approachable table-top design isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but it has established a precedent: if Wizards thinks it makes sense for the greater good, then anything – skills, prior characterisations, lore, popular crossovers – is up for grabs.”

“Except, apparently, the metric system. Fans have been calling on Wizards to toss out the imperial system for years, and with good reason. The vast majority of the world, unlike the United States, doesn’t use the imperial system. So while it made sense that D&D was originally based on imperial units, there’s tens of millions of players worldwide who have enough math to do already when it comes to a session of D&D” – Kotaku.

“The highly partisan Unselect Committee is just a sideshow to distract America from MASSIVE failures by Biden and the Democrats. What happened to the Capitol would have never happened if the people in charge did their job and looked at the intelligence. They abandoned the officers on the ground, just like Biden abandoned Americans in Afghanistan.”

“Instead of holding bad leaders accountable, the Democrats are going after innocent staffers and attacking the Constitution. Why is the just released bombshell January 6th whistleblower report being ignored by the mainstream media? Based on this high ranking Capitol Police official’s report, these partisan hearings must stop at once. This is yet another continuation of the Radical Left’s Witch Hunt—led by Shifty Adam Schiff and his crew who misled America on RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, the ‘Perfect’ Ukraine phone call, the Mueller report scam, and so much else. Now Shifty, who couldn’t get a job with the administration, is at it again. Radical Left Democrats are rapidly destroying America!” says the Fat Orange Bastard in possibly his least self-aware statement yet.

“Governor Greg Abbott today issued an executive order stating that no entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccination by any individual, including an employee or consumer, who objects to such vaccination for any reason of personal conscience, based on a religious belief, or for medical reasons, including prior recovery from COVID-19. Governor Abbott also sent a message to the the Chief Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate adding this issue as an item to the Third Special Session agenda. The executive order will be rescinded upon the passage of such legislation. ‘The COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective, and our best defense against the virus, but should remain voluntary and never forced,’ said Governor Abbott” – Abbott press release.

I’d like to know how old the boy is that Superman is hooking up with in the new COMIC BOOK. Seems like a HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE AGE DIFFERENCE TO ME….

— Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) October 11, 2021

For those of you who may be confused as to what the hell Greg is talking about, the New York Times reports: “Superman Comes Out, as DC Comics Ushers In a New Man of Steel – The new Superman, the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, is concerned about the environment, does not shy away from politics and will soon begin a romantic relationship with a male friend.”

AP: “It’s a risky move by President Joe Biden that could come back to haunt him – and future presidents – in the hyperpartisan world of Washington politics. Democrat Biden has agreed to a request from Congress seeking sensitive information on the actions of Republican Donald Trump and his aides during the Jan. 6 insurrection, though the former president claims the information is guarded by executive privilege. The move by Biden isn’t the final word; Trump says he will challenge the requests, and a lengthy legal battle is likely to ensue over the information. Courts have ruled that former presidents are afforded executive privilege in some cases.”

“But the playbook for the legal world is different from the political world. And in the political world, ‘every time a president does something controversial, it becomes a building block for future presidents,’ said Saikrishna Prakash, a law professor at the University of Virginia who studies presidential powers. Biden’s decision not to block the information sought by Congress challenges a tested norm – one in which presidents enjoy the secrecy of records of their own terms in office, both mundane and highly sensitive, for a period of at least five years, and often far longer. That means Biden and future presidents, as well as Trump.”

The Claremont Institute dipshits are in damage control mode after their Nazi “think tank” was (very belatedly) blacklisted by other entities in media and academia in response to the surfacing of their senior fellow John Eastman’s memo to Trump in which he tried to game out an overturning of the 2020 electoral college result in Congress on January 6th (a plan that was blown up by Mike Pence’s refusal to get involved, and of course the Capitol riot). Here’s part of the open letter:

Report say Biden approval rating so low! Woman in stupid wigs and man from heroin state so much in control! Trump much threaten Democracy! CNN BREAKING NEWS: DEMS IN MORE DISARRAY! Let’s go Brandon trending on social media! OH NOES! Fox News ratings increase! Bill Maher super viral! Politico analysis say Dems in trouble! National Zero much controversial headlines and low production value! Hillbilly MAGA terrorist much violent angry at school board meeting! Democracy threatened by evil racist state legislators! OMG AXIOS REPORTS Dems in disarrayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!

“I have accepted the invitation to brief the Facebook Oversight Board about what I learned while working there. Facebook has lied to the board repeatedly, and I am looking forward to sharing the truth with them” says Frances Haugen, fresh off her testimony to the US Senate.

The frigid, mirthless ice witch Harris Faulkner and her man-boy-ish guest, a right wing radio host appropriately named Jason Rantz, seem kind of annoyed that Dr Anthony Fauci doesn’t see any reason for families to avoid trick or treating this Halloween, lamenting the lack of outrage fuel in his public health guidance for the upcoming holiday that the Fox News audience would’ve ignored anyway if Fauci had said otherwise. Almost like he let them down from being able to run a bunch of segments screaming that celebrating Halloween is patriotic. Also note Faulkner’s line about Fauci having gone back and forth a bit in prior holiday guidance, saying “When you’re explaining, you know you’re not winning” as if Fauci is running for office or trying to sell books or some bullshit, which says a lot more about the Fox News mindset than Harris probably meant to.

CBS News:  “Former University of Georgia and NFL star Herschel Walker raised $3.7 million in the first five weeks of his U.S. Senate campaign, according to a release from his campaign.  Walker jumped into the Georgia Senate race in late August after former President Trump encouraged him to run in the GOP primary. Mr. Trump endorsed Walker shortly after the former running back launched his campaign.

“Walker’s campaign said he raised the money from nearly 50,000 donors across all 50 states. More details about Walker’s haul should come by Friday, the deadline to file paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission.  ‘We are overwhelmed by the support from nearly 50,000 Americans who love this country and want to help our campaign,” Walker said in a statement. “We are grateful for each and every cent and look forward to continuing to travel across this great state shaking hands with real Georgians and hearing about the issues facing their communities.’ …

“Warnock is a strong fundraiser, but has not yet reported his third quarter numbers. In the second quarter he received more than $6 million in contributions and had $10.5 million in the bank.”