“It is my great honor to endorse Michigan State Representative Steve Carra to oppose RINO Congressman Fred Upton. Upton has not done the job that our Country needs, for years has talked about leaving office and not running again, and he voted for Impeachment of the President of the United States on rigged up charges. He doesn’t deserve to keep his seat. Steve Carra, on the other hand, is strong on Crime, Borders, and loves our Military and our Vets. Steve will continue to fight for Low Taxes and all of the other things that the Great people of Michigan want and need. Steve Carra has my Complete and Total Endorsement!” – Statement from Former Guy.

The U.S. did fund “gain of function” research in Wuhan.

Fauci lied.

— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) September 7, 2021

U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1621:

Anyone who “willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true” is guilty of perjury and shall be fined or imprisoned up to five years, or both

Lock Fauci Up.

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 7, 2021

Fauci funded the creation of coronavirus and lied about it under oath.

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) September 7, 2021

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill designed to restrict voting access and limit mail-in ballots into law today, taking a further step for GOP lawmakers to control the electorate in future elections, CNN reports.

While the 2020 election in the state saw record turnout and miniscule problems, Republicans in Texas fear a demographic and cultural shift in the state that will likely see the GOP lose power in the coming elections.  The legislation is designed to make it more difficult for people to vote.

The legislation would stop drive-in voting, eliminate 24-hour voting sites and limit mail-in voting eligibility.  This and other legislation prompted state senate Democrats to flee the state to deny the senate a quorum to proceed with the vote. 

“This afternoon my traveling party was questioned for three hours at the airport in Brasilia, after having attended this weekend’s CPAC Brasil Conference. We were not accused of any wrongdoing, and told only that they ‘wanted to talk.’ We informed them that we had nothing to say and were eventually released to fly back to the United States. Our goal of sharing free speech around the world continues!” – Statement by former Trump spokesman Jason Miller.

The Taliban has appointed the members of its transitional Cabinet, put in place to govern Afghanistan while a permanent government is assigned, made up primarily of men who played prominent roles in the religious extremist group’s fight against the United States, the Associated Press reports.

The third Supreme Leader of the Taliban, Mullah Hasan Akhund, also known as Hibatullah Akhundzada, will be interim Prime Minister of Afghanistan.  Prior to ascending to the top position in the Taliban, Akhund was the religious leader of the group, serving as Chief Justice of Sharia Courts.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban leader whom Donald Trump’s administration insisted on being released from a Pakistani prison so he could negotiate with the United States for an Afghanistan truce, will serve as one of two deputy prime minister.

1010 WINS: “The FDNY suspended a Black firefighter because he refused to use a fire hose to spray water at George Floyd protesters last year, a new lawsuit charges. FDNY firefighter Omar Wilks, 41, hit department Commissioner Daniel Nigro, the city of New York and five other officials with a suit claiming his supervisor asked him and several other firefighters to ‘assist in controlling protesters by using the fire truck’s water hoses’ in May 2020, the Daily News reported. The FDNY did not end up using fire hoses on protesters, but the supervisor who called for their use did not see any repercussions, the lawsuit claims, despite the fact that hosing was a ‘brutal tactic used on civil rights protesters in the deep South decades earlier,’ the outlet reported.”

“When Wilks spoke out about the incident, as well as ‘racism in the department,’ higher-ups retaliated against him, according to the lawsuit. ‘These defendants sought to muzzle [Wilks] and inhibit his speech,’ the lawsuit claims. ‘They also retaliated against him for his speech… [and] worked collectively to manufacture false claims against the plaintiff.’ Wilks’ attorney, Aymen Aboushi, told the Daily News his client was ‘unlawfully punished for seeking to change the culture of discrimination at the FDNY.’ The FDNY reportedly deferred to the city’s Law Department when asked to comment on the lawsuit. A spokesman for the department told the outlet Wilks’ claims ‘are allegations made in a lawsuit, and they have not been substantiated.'”

“As of today, 75% of U.S. adults have received at least one vaccine dose. The country will cross the milestone in data reported today by the CDC, I’m told. (Biden had once set a goal of 70% by July 4th, a target that was hit in early August)” reports Bloomberg’s Josh Wingrove.

The Scotsman: “Revealing her Programme for Government, Nicola Sturgeon put independence at the top of the list of her priorities – but there will be no referendum bill brought to the Scottish Parliament this year. Instead, Ms Sturgeon said the Scottish Government ‘will now restart work on the detailed prospectus’ that will be put to Scots if a referendum campaign is launched. Addressing MSPs she said: ‘As we emerge from the pandemic, choices fall to be made that will shape our economy and society for decades to come. Which Parliament – Westminster or Holyrood – should make these choices? And what principles will they be guided by?'”

‘These are questions which cannot be avoided, nor postponed until the die is already cast. So we intend to offer that choice. We will do so only when the Covid crisis has passed but our aim, Covid permitting, is that it will be in the first half of this Parliament – before the end of 2023. Crucially, we will ensure that the choice – when it comes – is a fully informed one. To that end, I can confirm that the Scottish Government will now restart work on the detailed prospectus that will guide the decision.’ In the publication on the Programme for Government, produced on Tuesday, the government claimed the reason for a second referendum lay in the ‘threat’ to devolution from Westminster. It states: ‘Successive UK Governments, in particular since the EU referendum, have not only undermined the devolution settlement but are now actively re‑writing it without the consent of the people of Scotland.'”

“When he appeared before the press on July 21, the day that Speaker Nancy Pelosi booted two Republicans from a panel to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy made a pledge. ‘We will run our own investigation,’ the California Republican said. ‘Why was the Capitol so ill-prepared for that day… and what have we done to make sure that never happens again?’ More than six weeks later, and well into the official Jan. 6 committee’s own work, there’s no sign that McCarthy and the House GOP will make good on that pledge. Several House Republican aides said they hadn’t seen any indication that such a probe is imminent. A McCarthy spokesperson didn’t answer repeated requests for comment.”

“For the vast majority of the GOP, those crickets sound good. Most Republicans would be happy to never talk about Jan. 6 again, and with the party increasingly focused on President Joe Biden’s handling of the end of the war in Afghanistan, some are baffled that McCarthy might lift any finger to remind the public of the low point of Donald Trump’s presidency. ‘None of us want this to be a priority,’ said a House Republican aide. ‘I don’t think there’s any member that wants to serve on this committee.’ In an interview on Thursday with local TV station KGET in his Bakersfield district, McCarthy did not talk about any GOP-led Jan. 6 probe when asked, only reiterating questions around security preparedness that day. It’s the latest stage of congressional Republicans’ gradual backpedaling from reflection on the root cause of Jan. 6 to denial that the former president’s refusal to concede and his encouragement of election fraud conspiracies brought the mob to the Capitol in the first place” – Daily Beast.

Texas Tribune: “As the Texas war over mask mandates rages in the courts and in school board meetings, state legislators decided to stay out of the fight and leave Gov. Greg Abbott to his own devices. To stop a growing number of school districts from defying Abbott’s ban on mask mandates, the governor had called on Texas lawmakers to put a bill on his desk that would once and for all bar school officials from requiring students, teachers and other school employees to wear face coverings – and put an end to the constant back-and-forth in the courts that has created a confusing patchwork of mask rules across the state.”

“But in a special session that saw the passage of a number of Abbott’s priorities – among them a controversial GOP elections bill and a bill to forbid the teaching of ‘critical race theory’ – the prospect of banning local governments and public schools from creating their own mask requirements never gained traction. As Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton vowed to punish any school district that defied Abbott’s ban, a bill by state Rep. Jeff Leach, a Plano Republican, to prevent school boards from putting mask mandates in place fell apart in the final week of the session. Senate Republicans, meanwhile, didn’t even bother to put up a bill dealing with masks, and lawmakers left Austin on Thursday night without weighing in on mask mandates at all.”

Dan Andrews, Premier of Victoria (state governor), tells citizens there will be basically zero tolerance for those who can be vaccinated and choose not to going forward.

“The poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that support for surveillance tools aimed at monitoring conversations taking place outside the country, once seen as vital in the fight against attacks, has dipped in the last decade. That’s even though international threats are again generating headlines following the chaotic end to the 20-year war in Afghanistan. In particular, 46% of Americans say they oppose the U.S. government responding to threats against the nation by reading emails sent between people outside of the U.S. without a warrant, as permitted under law for purposes of foreign intelligence collection. That’s compared to just 27% who are in favor. In an AP-NORC poll conducted one decade ago, more favored than opposed the practice, 47% to 30%” the Associated Press reports.

Just going to throw this out there that maybe at least part of the reason why support for such programs dropped is because the NSA and CIA picked up conversations between Russian scumbags under surveillance and Trump minions during the 2016 presidential campaign. This even though the poll question specified “between people outside of the US” because such a program is inevitably going to (and did) turn up contacts with US citizens. Especially with Russian targets.

This wouldn’t be the first time MAGA Nation was behind a large drop in support over time for a survey question. In January 2013, a Gallup poll found that 63% of Americans were in favor of switching to the popular vote, while 29% said we should keep the electoral college. In December 2016, that changed to 49% popular vote, and 47% keep electoral college, the reason why plainly way more obvious than the fallout from “Obamagate” and all that batshit FISA nonsense with Carter page and Mike Flynn being the driver of a drop in support for warrantless overseas surveillance.

“Jill Biden is going back to her whiteboard. After months of teaching writing and English to community college students in boxes on a computer screen, the first lady resumes teaching in person Tuesday from a classroom at Northern Virginia Community College, where she has worked since 2009. She is the first first lady to leave the White House and log hours at a full-time job. ‘There are some things you just can’t replace, and I can’t wait to get back in the classroom,’ she recently told Good Housekeeping magazine” – NBC News.

“Hours after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed that he wouldn’t back down in the face of the ‘anti-vaxxer mobs,’ protesters – many of them opposed to coronavirus vaccinations and public health measures – threw gravel at him at a campaign stop on Monday evening. The incident occurred while Trudeau was boarding his campaign bus after an event at a brewery in London, Ontario, a city some 120 miles southwest of Toronto” the Washington Post reports.

“Videos posted to social media of the episode show protesters throwing gravel in the direction of the prime minister and some of the reporters traveling with him. Trudeau turned toward the direction the gravel was coming from and boarded the bus. Speaking to reporters on a Liberal campaign plane, Trudeau said that some of the projectiles ‘might have’ hit his shoulder, comparing it to when a woman threw pumpkin seeds at him in 2016.”

Politico: “Boots on the ground in Iowa. Accelerated fundraising. More national media interviews. A flood of new press statements. A rise in attack ads on the web. With a flurry of activity from his super PAC and hints dropped in private conversations with confidantes and advisers, Donald Trump is signaling a heightened interest in reclaiming the White House – and laying the necessary groundwork to do it. Since his November defeat, Trump and his allies have fanned the notion that he will seek a rematch in 2024. That’s nothing new – prior to his first bid for president, Trump feinted and flirted with runs for president for decades without pulling the trigger.”

“But associates say President Joe Biden’s declining political fortunes amid the resurgence of coronavirus and the Aug. 15 fall of Kabul have intensified the interest of the former president, who is already motivated by a burning sense of pride and grievance over his loss to Biden. ‘Trump sees Biden is on the ropes. He wants to throw punches as a combatant, not a heckler from the stands,’ said Rep. Matt Gaetz, adding that Trump is in no rush to announce, though, because ‘the base is rightly loyal to him. And a good rule in politics is to be a candidate for as short a time as necessary'”

“Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys, turned himself in to police Monday evening. Tarrio, chairman of the Proud Boys, an all-male organization known for pushing a far-right-wing agenda, and known for violence and neo-nazi ties, arrived at the D.C. Central Detention Facility about 9 p.m. Monday, with just hours left until the deadline a D.C. Judge gave him to self-surrender and begin serving his jail term. A D.C. Superior Court judge sentenced Tarrio to more than five months behind bars last month for burning a Black Lives Matter banner and bringing two high-capacity magazines into the District of Columbia back in December.”

“As Tarrio turned himself in to D.C. Corrections, another man walked by his side and they sang as they made their way towards the gate. The two hugged and the unnamed man told Tarrio ‘It’s going to be here for ya in five months.’ Judge Harold Cushenberry said Tarrio’s apparent lack of remorse and repeated criminal violations following previous terms of probation warranted a higher sentence than the 90 days the Justice Department requested in the case. He sentenced Tarrio to 155 days in jail and three years of probation” – WUSA.

An Ohio judge reversed an order issued two weeks ago, requiring a hospital to administer the livestock dewormer ivermectin to a patient admitted with coronavirus at the demand of his spouse, NBC News reports.

Two weeks ago, a different judge issued an injunction two weeks ago, ordering doctors at West Chester [Ohio] Hospital to treat 51-year-old Jeffrey Smith with ivermectin.  Smith had been admitted July 9th and intubated August 1st.  By the time Smith’s wife obtained the injunction to use the drug, his chance of survival was estimated by doctors to be 30%.

Julie Smith had obtained a prescription for ivermectin from Dr. Fred Wagshul, a Dayton doctor who has developed a following for prescribing ivermectin to coronavirus patients.  Wagshul has no affiliation with West Chester Hospital. 

Law enforcement officers from the US Park Police, the Federal Protective Services and other agencies, worried about the size and demeanor of the people attending a Donald Trump-led rally on the Ellipse, detained a number of Trump supporters who were armed, possibly preventing them from participating in the attack at the Capitol hours later, WRC NBC-4 in Washington, DC reports.

Park Police, US Secret Service, FPS and National Park Service officials also exchanged scores of emails detailing concerns that people attending the Trump rally were carrying backpacks during the event at the Ellipse.  This caused the Park Police to pull aside attendees, search their bags, and collect them near the entrance.  Some attendees chose to abandon their bags at random spots in the surrounding federal park, a concern because two explosive devices had already been found in the area.

Officials were also concerned about the number of people detained for illegally having weapons.  In one case, before the event on the Ellipse ended, a 24-year-old man was arrested for carrying a long gun at the World War II memorial.  In another, plain clothes Park Police officers were watching a person who had climbed a tree near the Trump event because they suspected he had a gun in the waistband of his pants.

Michael Kenneth Williams, the actor famous for his role as Moussa in the smash hit Assassin’s Creed movie, has died at age 54, NBC News reports. An NYPD spokesman confirmed that cops responded to a call at Williams’s Brooklyn apartment on Monday, finding the actor deceased.