Hold my pearls. https://t.co/gfa40AM2vC

— Debbie Dingell (@DebDingell) September 24, 2021

Washington Post: “The House on Friday passed legislation that would create a statutory right for health-care professionals to provide abortions, amid an intensifying legal battle over a Texas law that is the most restrictive in the nation. H.R. 3755, the Women’s Health Protection Act, was approved by the Democratic-controlled House 218 to 211, but faces tough odds in the evenly divided Senate. The measure states that health-care providers have a statutory right to provide, and patients have a right to receive, abortion services without any number of limitations that states and opponents of the procedure have sought to impose.”

“The measure would essentially codify Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision guaranteeing the right to abortion before viability, usually around 22 to 24 weeks. The new Texas law, which took effect Sept. 1 after the Supreme Court refused to immediately block its enforcement, bans abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy and makes no exceptions for rape, sexual abuse or incest. The law allows private citizens to file civil lawsuits against anyone who helps a woman in Texas terminate her pregnancy. It was deliberately designed to avoid judicial scrutiny by barring state officials, who would typically be the target of lawsuits, from enforcing the ban.”

Anti-vaccine Facebook groups have a new message for their community members: Don’t go to the emergency room, and get your loved ones out of intensive care units. Consumed by conspiracy theories claiming that doctors are preventing unvaccinated patients from receiving miracle cures or are even killing them on purpose, some people in anti-vaccine and pro-ivermectin Facebook groups are telling those with Covid-19 to stay away from hospitals and instead try increasingly dangerous at-home treatments, according to posts seen by NBC News over the past few weeks.

“The messages represent an escalation in the mistrust of medical professionals in groups that have sprung up in recent months on social media platforms, which have tried to crack down on Covid misinformation. And it’s something that some doctors say they’re seeing manifest in their hospitals as they have filled up because of the most recent delta variant wave” – NBC News.

“When Ms. Bauer appeared before the Court on September 17, she had been working multiple days in a row, putting in 14 to 16 hours days and was suffering from lack of sleep as her sister relates in her letter. Ms. Bauer has also been receiving ugly hate mail. One such letter is attached as an exhibit. As she told the Court, each time she comes to court, she needs to take two-days off from work to travel and stay overnight. The combined stress of these circumstances have taken their toll on Ms. Bauer. Counsel respectfully requests that the Court take these circumstances into consideration and release Ms. Bauer to return to her productive and generous activities. WHEREFORE, for all these reasons, Ms. Bauer respectfully requests that this Court release her, with the least restrictive conditions the Court deems necessary” writes Capitol riot defendant Pauline Bauer’s court-appointed “stand-by” attorney petitioning her for release from jail.

National Zero reported Bauer was jailed on June 21st, but a judge had allowed her to be released a few days later – provided she followed a certain number of conditions. Bauer was tossed in jail again last Friday for failing to abide by the terms, and was in court today for a detention hearing.

The hearing didn’t go very well, as NBC Washington’s Scott MacFarlane reports, writing in a tweet thread “Judge: ‘You’ve shown contempt for the rule of law.’ Bauer then interrupts judge, referencing ‘dominion over the land.’ Bauer says she has diplomatic immunity. And is appearing as a ‘friend of the court. ‘Bauer says ‘it’s pretty clear we are not going to get anywhere’… asks to go to appeals court. Judge shuts down hearing. Bauer never references the argument a court appointed lawyer made on her behalf. Bauer goes back to jail.”

Two hosts of the morning chat show The View were removed from the episode’s panel Friday after testing positive for the coronavirus just prior to Vice President Kamala Harris making an appearance for an interview, CNN reports.

The show suddenly cut to commercial, and when the broadcast resumed, host Sunny Hostin and guest host Ana Navarro were gone from the set.  Co-host Joy Behar said both women had been vaccinated, but pre-show screenings done because the Vice President was appearing pointed to positive coronavirus infections.

As a precaution, Harris did her interview remotely instead of joining the three remaining hosts on set.

Join @joekent16jan19 and I for a campaign fundraiser during @AMPFEST_USA in Miami on October 8th! 🇺🇸 #AmericaFirst

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— Anthony Sabatini (@AnthonySabatini) September 23, 2021

“Huge findings in Arizona! However, the Fake News Media is already trying to ‘call it’ again for Biden before actually looking at the facts – just like they did in November! The audit has uncovered significant and undeniable evidence of FRAUD! Until we know how and why this happened, our Elections will never be secure. This is a major criminal event and should be investigated by the Attorney General immediately. The Senate’s final report will be released today at 4 0’clock. I have heard it is far different than that being reported by the Fake News Media” – Trump statement.

“Republicans are hand-wringing over former President Donald Trump’s hand-picked candidate Herschel Walker entering a critical Senate race. Surprisingly, Mitch McConnell isn’t one of them. After vowing earlier this year to tangle with Trump if necessary to nominate electable GOP candidates in must-win Senate primaries, the Senate minority leader is tacitly blessing many of Trump’s endorsements. As McConnell surveys Trump’s picks in Senate battlegrounds, he’s concluded that ‘I don’t believe they’re troubling.’ McConnell sees a path to victory for Walker, the former NFL star dogged by allegations of past erratic behavior, including threats to his ex-wife.”

“Trump essentially recruited Walker in Georgia, making him the instant favorite to win the GOP nomination. And McConnell is OK with that. ‘There are some things written that indicate he’s had some challenges in his life. On the other hand, the good news is, he’s made several impressive performances on national television. His whole team is the same team around [former Sen.] Johnny Isakson,’ McConnell said in an interview this week. ‘He’s called me; we had a good conversation. I think there’s every indication he’s going to be a good candidate'” – Politico.

Florida Phoenix: “Flight attendants have been subject to unprecedented harassment over masks and more during the pandemic, and a U.S. House panel on Thursday heard the raw details of those ‘air rage’ incidents. While there are no hard data, the leader of the flight attendants’ union said the most aggression appears to occur in Southern states where there’s been pushback against mask mandates. Teddy Andrews, an attendant based in Charlotte, N.C., for American Airlines, told the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Aviation Subcommittee he had ‘lost count’ of the number of times he’d been insulted. But he related one incident in particular that made him ‘question [his] career choice.’ Andrews said he asked a passenger to put his mask on properly, after the passenger had already brought another flight attendant to tears.”

“The passenger exploded, insisting he did not have to comply, and twice hurled racist slurs at Andrews, who is Black. The confrontation was one of thousands that have plagued flight attendants and other airline and airport as air travel has picked up – along with seeming frustration about mask mandates. Earlier this year, unruly passenger reports in 2021 were on pace to outnumber all previous years’ incidents combined, said Sara Nelson, leader of the Association of Flight Attendants. Of the 4,385 reports so far this year, nearly three-quarters were related to mask wearing, according to FAA data. Nelson said there are little hard data on demographic trends, but that survey results show more incidents in Southern hubs in North Carolina, Florida, and Texas airports where there is more discord over COVID-19 restrictions. ‘Incidents are more likely happening out of places where there has been a real inconsistent communication and very clear opposition to masks and dealing with this public health crisis,’ Nelson said.”

Not even sure if the headline is accurate here because I’m having trouble making sense of this rant. “Now guys think about Thanksgiving dinner, the reason we [inaudible] right before Thanksgiving, I had to argue with all my lawyers, I got so many lawyers I don’t even know their names. I said ‘we’re doing this, we promised everyone in the country that we would get this to the Supreme Court, after the Cyber Symposium, It has to be done before Thanksgiving.’ And the reason… Think of you’re around Thanksgiving, think of those nine Supreme Court justices and their families, all the pressure that’s gonna be on them to at least look at the evidence! Look at what we have! Look at this! You need to save our country! You are there, you are the Supreme Court! And you better accept this and look at it. They’re gonna have a lot of pressure on them. I can’t imagine” Lindell says.

“Big ratings change this morning at Cook Political Report: As the national environment sours for Democrats and public & private polling shows an increasingly close race, we’re moving our Virginia Governor’s race rating to Toss Up” reports Cook Political Senior Editor Jessica Taylor.

“Ahead of former President Donald Trump’s return to Georgia, legal experts with the Brookings Institution think tank published a detailed analysis Friday of the potential criminal investigation he faces in Fulton County linked to his outspoken efforts to overturn the state’s election results. The 107-page report, written by seven legal analysts, concludes that Trump’s post-election conduct leaves him at ‘substantial risk of possible state charges predicated on multiple crimes.’ It was published a day before Trump is set to hold a rally in Perry to promote a slate of state Republican candidates” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

“Much of the report centers on the Jan. 2 phone call between Trump and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger first reported by The Washington Post and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. During that call, Trump badgered the GOP elections official to ‘find’ enough votes to reverse his narrow defeat. But it also outlines a host of other potential criminal infractions surrounding his push to invalidate the election, including direct calls to Gov. Brian Kemp and state Attorney General Chris Carr, and efforts by his attorney Rudy Giuliani to lobby state legislators to take extraordinary action. Overall, the report said, the charges could include criminal solicitation to commit election fraud, intentional interference with performance of election duties, conspiracy to commit election fraud, racketeering and violations of more than a dozen other state statutes.”

The FEC error limit allowed is 0.0008%.

I’d say the #ArizonaAudit is well past the legal limit.

Looking forward to the full results today, and I hope to see an audit start soon in Fulton County. https://t.co/AA1yCP6YW1

— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) September 24, 2021

Batten down the hatches for an expected windstorm from a New Jersey golf course tomorrow.

The draft report of the results of the Maricopa County, Arizona voting “audit” performed by Cyber Ninjas found that Donald Trump didn’t lose the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County by 45,109, as the county election board reported in its certified results.

According to Cyber Ninjas, Trump lost the county by 45,469 votes, 360 votes more than the official results, the Arizona Republic reports.  Media outlets obtained draft copies of the three volume report, which will officially be released Friday at 4 p.m. ET.

“The #azaudit draft report from Cyber Ninjas confirms the county’s canvass of the 2020 General Election was accurate and the candidates certified as the winners did, in fact, win. … Unfortunately, the report is also littered with errors & faulty conclusions about how Maricopa County conducted the 2020 General Election. … Board members & election officials will pay close attention to what is said at Friday’s scheduled Senate hearing & share facts as needed.” —Official Maricopa County Twitter account

A man entered a pharmacy in Sherbrooke, Quebec and hit a nurse repeatedly in the face because she gave his wife a coronavirus vaccine without his permission, CNN reports.

“Right at the beginning, the suspect was very angry, very aggressive, he asked the nurse why she vaccinated his wife without approval, without his consent,” Sherbrooke Police spokesman Martin Carrier said. “And he punched her right in the face multiple times so the nurse didn’t have the time to defend or explain herself … and she fell to the ground and the suspect left running out of the drugstore.”

Canada has a 69.8 vaccination rate in its population, compared to 54% in the United States.  Also, there is no requirement in Canada to notify one’s spouse if one gets vaccinated.  The suspect is described as, 30 to 45-year-old-man, 6-feet tall, medium build with darker skin, short brown hair, thick eyebrows, two small ear piercings on each ear and a tattoo on his hand that appeared to be in the shape of a cross, Carrier said.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin announced Thursday that he will appeal his conviction for two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter for killing George Floyd, whose May 2020 murder sparked the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, the Associated Press reports.

Chauvin was convicted of one count each of second degree murder, third degree murder and second degree manslaughter.  He was found guilty by a jury in April 2021 and sentenced to 22.5 years in prison during his June 25th sentencing hearing.

According to filings, Chauvin intends to appeal based on 14 separate grounds, including the fact that the judge in the case refused a change of venue request out of Hennepin County.  His filing was made one day before the 90-day window to appeal  expired.

A 30-year-old woman from Palo Alto, California was arrested Thursday on suspicion that she was responsible for starting the Fawn wildfire, which has quickly consumed more than 1,200 acres including two square miles of trees on steep landscape, KRON San Jose reports.

Alexandra Souverneva was seen wandering around a quarry close to the epicenter of the fire prior to the fire starting Wednesday.  Workers at the quarry said the woman was trespassing and “acting irrationally.”  Later that day, Souverneva walked through the fireline to fire fighters, saying she was tired and dehydrated.  She was taken to a hospital for treatment.

According to a LinkedIn listing for “Alexandra Souverneva” near San Francisco, she is a tutor who had done Ph.D.-level studies at the State University of New York College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry.

“The ‘Unselect Committee’ of highly partisan politicians, a similar group that perpetrated the now proven lie of Russia, Russia, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine, Impeachment Hoax #1, Impeachment Hoax #2, and many other Scams, has sent out Harassment Subpoenas on Jan. 6th so that the Government of the United States can continue wasting time while Russia, China, and virtually every other country that deals with our Nation can continue to ‘eat our lunch,’ and laugh at the stupidity of what is going on at our Southern Border, and the worst withdrawal from a war zone by any Nation in history – all of this while the Democrats persecute and prosecute Republicans which is, together with Rigging Elections, essentially all they know how to do. We will fight the Subpoenas on Executive Privilege and other grounds, for the good of our Country, while we wait to find out whether or not Subpoenas will be sent out to Antifa and BLM for the death and destruction they have caused in tearing apart our Democrat-run cities throughout America.”

“Hopefully the Unselect Committee will be calling witnesses on the Rigged Presidential Election of 2020, which is the primary reason that hundreds of thousands of people went to Washington, D.C. in the first place. Let the people of the United States see the real facts, which cannot happen because the Fake News refuses to write about them. The Witch Hunt will never end! In the meantime, the Democrats get away with the Russia Scam, and all of the other corruption they have perpetrated on our Country for so many years. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” – Former Guy.