Numerous outlets including CBS New, USA Today and others have announced that Gavin Newsom defeated the recall effort, having won more than 50% of the votes.

Republican North Carolina Congressman and luckiest of all charcoal briquettes Madison Cawthorn continued his tour of North Carolina school districts encouraging parents to disobey public health guidelines for masking students.  Reading off his tablet, Cawthorn stated, “The Left is not listening to science.  [Fact check:  False.]  They are grasping for power.  [Fact check:  Democrats are following the science on masking, not power grabbing.]  The Left doesn’t believe in science, it doesn’t believe in the science of masks.  [Fact check:  Sigh.]  Nancy Pelosi held a maskless fundraiser days ago.  [Fact check:  NANCY PELOSI!]  AOC was seen dancing maskless around a gala last night.  [Fact check:  Oh, no!  AOC and Nancy Pelosi!!!!]  But according to them, we are the radicals for demanding that our children are unmasked as well.  [Fact check:  Cawthorn doesn’t have any children that he acknowledges.  And the event attended by Pelosi and AOC required everyone attending to show proof of vaccination.]

Thanks to Sick Rectorum for the tip.  

Missouri Republican Senator and post-Nutrasystem Big Boy model Josh Hawley wants people held accountable for… something.  (Note:  Hawley still doesn’t hold himself accountable for energizing domestic terrorists or undermining the Constitution.) “… and until there is some accountability here, I’m not going to rubber-stamp these nominees.  I’m not going to let them sail through the Senate,” Hawley says.  “There needs to be accountability for the hyoo-mill-i-ay-shun that this country has suffered at the hands of Joe Biden.”

Three former U.S. intelligence professionals pleaded guilty to reduced charges relating to helping the United Arab Emirates hack cell phones to spy on journalists and political opponents, the Washington Post reports.

In a plea agreement with the US Justice Department, Marc Baier, 49, Ryan Adams, 34, and Daniel Gericke, 40, pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate U.S. military export control and computer fraud law.  They entered a three-year prosecution deferment, surrendered $1.7 million and agreed to limit their future employment.  They also lost their security clearances, which is a significant advantage in the job market for former intel community employees.

“This agreement is the first-of-its-kind resolution of an investigation into two distinct types of criminal activity: providing unlicensed export-controlled defense services in support of computer network exploitation, and a commercial company creating, supporting and operating systems specifically designed to allow others to access data without authorization from computers worldwide, including in the United States,” said Mark J. Lesko, acting assistant U.S. attorney general for the national security division.

“We haven’t been able to figure out if this show is broadcast in Trinidad,” Fox News host and bloated gonad Tucker Carlson said, “but if Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend is watching, or his former fiance is watching, we want to hear your story.  We’ll come to the Port of Spain to see you.”

Across all viewing platforms, the National Football League had its most successful opening weekend since 2016, with a seven percent viewership increase over last year, after conservative media pundits lamented last year’s viewership dip.

The 16 NFL games broadcast Thursday through Monday saw an average of more than 17.4 million on television and digital platforms.  The League also saw viewers watching longer, with 23.2 billion viewer-minutes clocked, the most since 2016, the Associated Press reports.

The 2020 NFL season was challenged by viewer fatigue from people in isolation, a season with no crowds at games, and viewers watching other media during the presidential campaign season. 

“Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced his office (AGO) is suing President Biden and other officials in his administration over their unconstitutional COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees, federal contractors, and private businesses with more than 100 employees. This is the first lawsuit in the country to be filed against the Biden Administration’s radical actions requiring COVID-19 vaccines. ‘The federal government cannot force people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The Biden Administration is once again flouting our laws and precedents to push their radical agenda,’ said Attorney General Mark Brnovich. ‘There can be no serious or scientific discussion about containing the spread of COVID-19 that doesn’t begin at our southern border.’

“President Biden will soon require a majority of private businesses, federal employees, federal contractors, and virtually all healthcare providers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine or lose their jobs. However, migrants who cross the southern border illegally are not subject to any vaccination requirements even when released directly into the United States (where most will remain). This reflects an unmistakable – and unconstitutional – brand of favoritism in favor of illegal migrants. In his brief, General Brnovich argues that the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is one of the greatest infringements upon individual liberties, principles of federalism, and separation of powers ever attempted by an American President. ‘The President is not a king who can exercise this sort of unbridled power unilaterally. And even George III wouldn’t have dreamed that he could enact such sweeping policies by royal decree alone'” – Arizona AG Mark Brnovich press release.

No less than 26 articles dated Tuesday appear on FoxNews.com mentioning Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, eight of which specifically include her “Tax the Rich” dress worn to Monday night’s Metropolitan Museum of Art annual Gala in the headline.

Speaking to former Easter Bunny portrayer and NewsMax host Sean Spicer (and a woman presumably his “Co.”), Donald Trump predicted the demise of the United States by the 2024 election, one in which he is more certainly not going to run an upbeat campaign.

“The people of our country respect us.  They love our country and they want to see our country succeed,” Trump bellowed.  “And our country has gone really downhill in the last eight months like nobody’s ever seen before and you go to these elections that are coming up in ’22 and ’24, we’re not gonna have a country left.  The election was rigged and we’re not going to have a country left in three years, I’ll tell you that.”

“Unless required to be onsite, Members and staff are strongly encouraged to avoid the U.S. Capitol Complex on September 18th” reports NBC Washington’s Scott McFarlane, in reference to the “Justice for J6” MAGA rally scheduled for that day.

Contrary to the opinions of conservative television hosts that characterize it as an unliveable urban hellscape, the editors of the TimeOut travel and lifestyle site have named San Francisco as the best city in the world.

After surveying 27,000 readers, the editors consulted with experts on food, drink, culture, social life and sustainability to identify the cities that help their residents thrive.  The way the residents of the city adapted to coronavirus restrictions were also considered.

“In at number one? San Francisco, which ranked top thanks to its progressive politics, community initiatives and readily available weed,” the editors wrote.  “In second place was Amsterdam, with its pioneering approach to sustainability, and third was Manchester, which came top in categories including friendliness, resilience and nightlife.”

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s management of the state’s foster care program is coming under scrutiny as reports of child abuse, medical errors and unlicensed placement are probed by court-appointed investigators, the Texas Tribune reports.

More than one quarter of state-licensed facilities are under increased monitoring because the children in their care received incorrect medications or other issues of child safety.  More than 29,000 children are in the Texas foster care system.

The state has lost hundreds of foster care beds in the previous years as courts have ordered facilities to improve conditions or close.  Investigators have discovered that some children have been housed in hotels rather than licensed facilities because of the shortfalls.

You want to know what an insurrection looks like?

It's when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs goes behind the Commander in Chief's back to lay the groundwork for a coup and backchannels with the Chinese

Mark Milley is the real insurrectionist.

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 14, 2021

“McConnell throws a bucket of cold water on the revised voting rights bill that Senate Democrats (including Manchin) released today, says there’s no reason for the federal government to be ‘taking over how we conduct elections in this country… We will not be supporting it.’ The question was whether there’s appetite in the Senate GOP caucus for the Dems’ new voting bill. McConnell’s answer was a pretty categorical no” reports NBC News political correspondent Sahil Kapur.

Mailer sent to Virginia voters hailing Republican Governor candidate Glenn Youngkin’s MAGA street cred. Thing is that was actually the Dem candidate Terry McAuliffe’s campaign that sent it out (disclaimer info blurry but unmistakable). Spotted by American Commitment president Phil Kerpen.

“If we didn’t have RINOs, the Republican Party would totally dominate politics. The good news is there are far less than there were four years ago – it is a dying breed – but nevertheless, and unfortunately, they still exist!” proclaims the Orange Pharaoh in a Tuesday statement.

Earlier on Tuesday afternoon, the Immortal Orange God-Titan also said: “So now it’s determined in a major Wall Street Journal article that Facebook is secretly protecting its so-called ‘Elite,’ making them exempt from rules. Facebook and Big Tech are so corrupt (‘unlocked boxes,’ etc.), this should help my lawsuit against Big Tech, and those people who hate America” referring to his ongoing, future landmark civil case Trump v. Those People Who Hate America, et al.

Bob Woodward and Robert Costa’s upcoming Trump 2020 expose “Peril” is a little late to the game considering how many other insider accounts have already been released this year, but a few choice clips published by CNN on Tuesday reveal some new ground uncovered by the others:

“When Trump refused to concede in November 2020, [former CIA Director Gina] Haspel warned [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mark] Milley, ‘We are on the way to a right-wing coup. The whole thing is insanity. He is acting out like a six-year-old with a tantrum.’ Haspel also worried that Trump would try to attack Iran. ‘This is a highly dangerous situation. We are going to lash out for his ego?’ she asked Milley, according to the book. Even some of Trump’s most loyal advisers privately expressed concern after the election. Then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Milley that Trump was ‘in a very dark place right now.’ Milley had just one goal: ensuring a peaceful transfer of power on January 20. As he told Pompeo, ‘We’ve got a plane with four engines and three of them are out. We’ve got no landing gear. But we’re going to land this plane and we’re going to land it safely.'”

“‘Peril’ also describes the tense encounter in the Oval Office on January 5 when Trump pressured Pence to overturn the results of the election. While the showdown went on inside, the two men could hear MAGA supporters cheering and chanting outside near Pennsylvania Avenue. ‘If these people say you had the power, wouldn’t you want to?’ Trump asked. ‘I wouldn’t want any one person to have that authority,’ Pence said. ‘But wouldn’t it be almost cool to have that power?‘ Trump asked, according to Woodward and Costa. ‘No,’ Pence said. He went on, ‘I’ve done everything I could and then some to find a way around this. It’s simply not possible.’ When Pence did not budge, Trump turned on him. ‘No, no, no!’ Trump shouted, according to the authors. ‘You don’t understand, Mike. You can do this. I don’t want to be your friend anymore if you don’t do this.‘ Trump called Pence again the morning of January 6. ‘If you don’t do it, I picked the wrong man four years ago,’ Trump said, according to the authors. ‘You’re going to wimp out,’ he said, his anger visible.”

Washington Post: “President Biden plans to call on global leaders to make new commitments to fight the coronavirus pandemic, including fully vaccinating 70 percent of the world’s population by next September, according to a list of targets obtained by The Washington Post. While many wealthy countries have reached or will soon reach that target, the rest of the world is very far behind. Roughly one-third of people globally are fully vaccinated, according to Our World in Data.”

“Covax, the World Health Organization’s campaign to distribute vaccines to the world, said last week that ‘only 20% of people in low- and lower-middle-income countries have received a first dose of vaccine compared to 80% in high- and upper-middle income countries.’ Adding to the challenges that Biden is sure to face as the White House convenes a virtual summit next week, Covax has also warned that it would not be able to vaccinate as much of the world as it wants because wealthy countries bought much of the early supply, and because of obstacles such as ‘export bans’ and ‘delays in filing for regulatory approval.'”

“When Terrence J. Boyle pledged Delta Phi Epsilon’s Alpha Chapter in 1963, he joined a Georgetown University fraternity dedicated to cultivating careers in diplomatic and foreign service. Over succeeding decades, Boyle is alleged to have gained control of the fraternity, along with a related private foundation, and used their charitable assets for himself, according to a civil complaint filed in Superior Court by D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine” the Washington Post reports.

“The 23-page court document accuses Boyle of using funds from the Delta Phi Epsilon Foundation for Foreign Service Education to help purchase a home for himself on 34th Street NW in Georgetown that’s now worth more than $1 million. The complaint also accuses Boyle, a former attorney for the Federal Trade Commission, of improperly arranging to sell Delta Phi Epsilon’s chapter house last year for about $2.6 million – well below its appraisal of more than $4 million – by diverting the fraternity’s charitable asset into the foundation, which he runs.”