The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Amazon violated labor laws during its campaign to persuade the employees at an Alabama warehouse against a unionization effort in April, NBC News reports.

The workers at the Bessemer, Alabama warehouse may be allowed to cast new votes to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers Union, or the the director of the regional NLRB office, based in Atlanta, may decide to unilaterally decide that the union may organize.

Amazon reportedly went to extreme measures to disrupt the organization efforts, from holding mandatory meetings about the evils of unions; hiring people to walk the warehouse floor to talk workers out of unionizing; and hanging signs on the inside and outside of bathroom stall about not unionizing.

Communists Cori Bush and AOC have turned the East Capitol steps into a homeless camp, even leaving Dominos Pizza boxes, Cheez-Its, and Oreos strewn all over the ground.

EVICT THEM!

— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) August 3, 2021

Washington Post: “A Republican senator suggested in a private conversation Saturday, without evidence, that the FBI knew more about the planning before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot than it has revealed so far, according to a video obtained by The Washington Post. The comments from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), made after a political event in Wauwatosa, WI reflect the spread of an unfounded claim that has traveled from far-right commentators to the highest levels of the GOP. ‘I don’t say this publicly, but are you watching what’s happening in Michigan?’ Johnson said while discussing the Capitol attack with some of the event’s attendees. ‘So you think the FBI had fully infiltrated the militias in Michigan, but they don’t know squat about what was happening on January 6th or what was happening with these groups? I’d say there is way more to the story.’ Johnson’s Michigan comment appears to be a reference to the alleged kidnapping plot targeting Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) that was disclosed by state and federal authorities in October.”

“No credible evidence has emerged that the FBI had detailed foreknowledge of a violent assault on the Capitol or that its agents or operatives played a role in fomenting it. No specific claim of FBI involvement has surfaced in court filings made in the hundreds of cases filed against alleged Capitol assailants. But the allegations have persisted in recent weeks as Republican supporters of former president Donald Trump, who falsely claimed the 2020 presidential election was stolen and encouraged his supporters to march on the Capitol as Congress counted electoral votes on Jan. 6, have consistently sought to finger other culprits for the breach of the Capitol.”

For those of you keeping score at home, this is now the fourth different Capitol riot alt-theory Johnson has tried to propagate. On February 7th he first tried the “Pelosi totally did it” excuse, then on February 23rd it was Antifa, then in March it was “the rioters ‘love this country, truly respect law enforcement’“. In conclusion, fuck Ron Johnson. There really aren’t a lot of Republicans in Congress who deserve to get brutalized by a herd of male elk more than he does. Ron’s special like that.

Tucker’s slated to be the keynote speaker at “MCC Feszt” on Saturday, which apparently is some sort of SXSW-type shindig for Hungarian nationalism. “The MCC Feszt offers three days of public, interactive and musical events in the center of Esztergom, where ‘Hungarian talent’ is celebrated and where the essence of the MCC is reflected: community, public life, culture, science, sports, professional debates, music, dance, and entertainment” says the English-language version of the event’s website, which doesn’t do a whole lot to explain why their main act is an American TV host – and someone who we’re going to go out on a limb and say is not ethnically Hungarian and does not speak the language. Our best guess is that when an Orbanite says “Hungarian talent” it means the same thing as when Tucker Carlson and his ilk speak highly of “Traditional Americans”.

Judge Andrew Napolitano, at one point discussed as a potential Donald Trump nominee to the United States Supreme Court, has been fired from Fox News after a sexual harassment lawsuit was filed on Monday, AdWeek reports.

John Fawcett, a production assistant at Fox Business, claimed that Napolitano sexually harassed him in 2019 in an elevator the two were riding in.  Fawcett reported the incident to the human resources department of the network but, he claims, executives didn’t take any action.  The 27-year-old Fawcett alleges that Napolitano sexually harassed many men at the network.

Fawcett, who worked on Larry Kudlow’s show after staying with the network when Lou Dobbs was fired, also alleges that Kudlow made racist and sexist remarks during production meetings, and Fox News executive let him slide.

“US Capitol Police report 204 people arrested at Unite The Poor March on the Hill today… Including Sen. Raphael Warnock [and Reverend] Gini Gerbasi” reports WUSA’s Mike Valerio.

A lawyer for disgraced reality show character Donald Trump says his client intends to fight the recent Department of Justice order to the Treasury Department to turn Trump’s tax returns over to the House Ways and Means Committee, the Wall Street Journal reports.

“There is no evidence of any wrongdoing here and I object to the release of the returns not only on behalf of my client but on behalf of all future holders of the office of the president of the United States,” said Ronald Fischetti, a lawyer for Mr. Trump.  It is unclear if Fischetti believes he’ll be paid for his legal representation.  The move is typical of the Trump modus operandi:  instead of complying with a legal order, he intends to drag out the decision with court challenges.

On Friday, the DOJ announced that it was withdrawing a previous policy, announced while Bill Barr was attorney general, that Treasury did not have to fulfill a request by the Ways and Means Committee for the tax returns of the sitting president.  The Committee has the legal authority to request the tax returns of specific individuals to examine how tax policy impacts the filings of people.  The DOJ ruled that the request fell in line with previous statutory requests and did not violate privacy laws because the releases would not be made public; the request met the standards for a legitimate legislative need, the DOJ stated. 

“As of 1:00 this Sunday Morning, Enrique Tarrio is no longer a member of the Miami Proud Boys. He was ‘disavowed’ by his home chapter with a 95% Yay in favor of his dismissal, to a 5% nay, with four members that chose to abstain from voting” says an image posted by an Antifa-linked Twitter account, corroborated by PatriotTakes, and another screenshot of the purported vote.

Tarrio’s apparent expulsion follows his recent guilty plea on charges related to torching a Black Lives Matter banner hanging outside an African American church during a December 2020 “Stop the Steal” march in DC and his arrest for possessing ammunition in violation of DC law just prior to the Capitol riot, for which Tarrio was not present, having been barred from entering the District of Columbia for any reason besides court appearances as a condition of his bail. Then there’s Tarrio’s all but confirmed history as an informant for the FBI, which probably is something that committed members of violent ultranationalist street gangs aren’t too cool with.

Jack Sellers, the Republican Chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the top legislative panel in the jurisdiction, sent a blistering letter to Republican senators lambasting their ballot audit, according to a tweet from KPNX NBC 12 reporter Brahm Resnik.

The letter is an official notice that the Board of Supervisors will not comply with a subpoena issued by the state senate for more information to complete the so-called audit, being done by Cyber Ninjas, a firm with no election audit experience.

“It is now August of 2021.  The election of November 2020 is over,” the letter starts.  “If you haven’t figured out that the election in Maricopa County was free, fair, and accurate yet, I’m not sure you ever will.  The reason you haven’t finished your ‘audit’ is because you hired people who have no experience and little understanding of how professional elections are run.

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Huffington Post: “Glenn Youngkin, the Republican candidate in Virginia’s looming gubernatorial election, twice refused to shut down GOP voters’ wild conspiracy theories about former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss at a campaign event last week, even balking at the chance to correct a voter who posited that Trump could be reinstated to the presidency as soon as this month. ‘I don’t know the particulars about how that can happen, because what’s happening in the court system is moving slowly and it’s unclear. And we all know the courts move slowly,’ Youngkin said, in response to a question about whether Trump’s reinstatement could help Virginia Republicans claim seats they lost in elections the voter claimed had also been stolen.”

“There is no possible path for Trump’s reinstatement, and no evidence that any election was stolen in Virginia or anywhere else last year. Both federal and state courts and the Supreme Court have rejected numerous efforts to overturn election results. But instead of directly refuting the voter’s claim, which is based on another conspiracy Trump has apparently circulated, or others made during a question-and-answer session at the opening of a new campaign office in Fredericksburg, Virginia, last Thursday, Youngkin chose to promote the so-called ‘election integrity’ aspects of his platform, according to an audio recording obtained by HuffPost. ‘Sir, I wish I had a magic wand, because we’ve got these same rules going into 2021,’ Youngkin said in response to another voter who claimed to have knowledge of dead people casting ballots in last year’s elections, a favorite Trump conspiracy theory for which he has offered no proof. ‘And by the way, when I’m governor, we’ll be able to make some reforms.'”

“The House ethics hearing on Monday began with applause from her supporters for Idaho Rep. Priscilla Giddings, a White Bird Republican, as she entered the room with dozens of people wearing campaign T-shirts for her run as lieutenant governor. Giddings on Monday faced a House ethics committee. Complaints alleged of ‘conduct unbecoming’ a House member, a result of Giddings having shared a Redoubt News article that identified the 19-year-old legislative intern who accused former Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger of rape in a police report” the Idaho Statesman reports.

“In her opening statement, Giddings blasted Republicans with personal attacks and listed off accusations other Republicans had faced over the years that she said didn’t amount to an ethics hearing. She accused the committee of participating in a ‘woke cancel culture movement’ and blamed House Speaker Scott Bedke, an Oakley Republican also running for the lieutenant governor, for the complaint that 25 House members supported. The ethics complaints against Giddings alleged that she retaliated against the intern by disseminating ‘defamatory writings’ that identified her and making ‘defamatory statements herself’ through Facebook and a government newsletter. The complainants also said Giddings misrepresented her actions to the ethics hearing.”

Now having taken all of five seconds to look at RedoubtNews.com I can confidently say it’s basically the Ruby Ridge of websites and that Giddings is a total scumbag for having shared that article identifying the alleged rape victim. There’s simply zero justification for it. Take it to a more familiar situation: The Gateway Pundit has at least once – and very recently – put the name of the Capitol cop who they believe shot Ashli Babbitt on January 6th in a headline. There’s almost zero chance Paul Gosar or Marjorie Taylor Greene are unaware of it and yet not even they are stupid enough to do it (or not yet stupid enough – they can always surprise us). They would probably end up getting expelled from The House if they did it.

I feel like I have a sinus infection and at present time I have mild symptoms.

I will be quarantining for ten days.

I am very glad I was vaccinated because without vaccination I am certain I would not feel as well as I do now.

My symptoms would be far worse.

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) August 2, 2021

CNN’s Marshal Cohen reports Washington DC Metro Police Officer Gunther Hashida, who responded to the Capitol riot on January 6th has died by suicide. Hashida is the third cop present at the Capitol on January 6th to take his own life, following the deaths of fellow DC Metro Police Officer Jeffrey Smith on January 15th and US Capitol Police Officer Howard Liebengood on January 9th. US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died of a stroke on January 7th, and while the DC coroner could not definitively link Sicknick’s death to injuries incurred while battling the insurrectionists the prior day, it remains classified as an “in the line of duty” death by Capitol police officials. US Capitol Police Officer Billy Evans was killed in an unrelated vehicular attack at the hands of a lone wolf madman on April 2nd. The terrorist, Noah Green, was shot dead at the scene.

The National Suicide Prevention Hotline in the US is available 24 hours a day at 1-800-273-8255. Call them if you need to talk to someone.

“Each university may decide what is necessary to keep other students safe in a congregate setting. Health exams and vaccinations against other diseases (measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, varicella, meningitis, influenza, and more) are common requirements of higher education. Vaccination protects not only the vaccinated persons but also those who come in contact with them, and at a university close contact is inevitable. We assume with plaintiffs that they have a right in bodily integrity. They also have a right to hold property. Yet they or their parents must surrender property to attend Indiana University. Undergraduates must part with at least $11,000 a year (in-state tuition), even though Indiana could not summarily confiscate that sum from all residents of college age. Other conditions of enrollment are normal and proper.”

“If conditions of higher education may include surrendering property and following instructions about what to read and write, it is hard to see a greater problem with medical conditions that help all students remain safe when learning. A university will have trouble operating when each student fears that everyone else may be spreading disease. Few people want to return to remote education – and we do not think that the Constitution forces the distance-learning approach on a university that believes vaccination (or masks and frequent testing of the unvaccinated) will make in-person operations safe enough. The motion for an injunction pending appeal is denied” says the decision in Klassen et al v Indiana University from 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judges Michael Scudder, Frank Easterbrook, and Thomas Kirsch – appointees of Trump, Reagan, and Trump, respectively.

“If I were President right now, with COVID raging back, people being shot and killed in record numbers all over our cities, and the Border totally open with criminals and heavily infected COVID people pouring through our Southern Border and into our communities, the Fake News Media would be having an absolute field day. When I left office law enforcement was supported like never before, the Border was strong, safe, and secure (the best ever!), and I got a highly effective vaccine developed in less than 9 months (when it was supposed to take 5 years, or more!). Hopefully, people will NEVER FORGET!” says the Former Guy in another lame statement.

Washington Examiner To Require Vaccination For All Employees https://t.co/11o3ZibAv9

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 2, 2021

FEC filings reviewed by CNBC show that of over $8 million spent on legal fees by Trump PACs in the aftermath of the 2020 election, just $78,000 in travel expenses and $22,000 in legal fees were paid to Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis, respectively, the two most visible members of Trump’s “elite strikeforce” who failed and failed and failed again to overturn the election result. Meanwhile Sidney “Kraken” Powell and Lin “Crackhead” Wood were paid zero. Actual crackhead Mike Lindell similarly was paid $0 by the Trump PACs to try to overturn the election. Lindell is not an attorney.

While we can’t be sure of exactly how many days Rudy billed to Trump, it is certainly far more than the just shy of four this $78,000 sum would have covered if the $20,000/day Rudy requested was ever going to get paid by Trump. Contrast this with what Trump’s second impeachment defense team were paid (and definitely asked for upfront) in January and February: Longtime attorney Marc Kasowitz’s firm got a $2.5 million paycheck, while $575,000 was paid to Alex Van Der Veen and Bill Cosby rape conviction fuckup former prosecutor Bruce Castor’s firm for the effort.

The remainder of the payments went to the actual professional law firms who, while obviously ultimately unsuccessful in their pursuit of overturning the election, failed much more quietly and in a more dignified manner than Rudy, Jenna, and the Kraken did in their month-long roadshow.

Fascist Democrats like Cuomo are openly reverting to their Party's historic position in support of outright segregation and discrimination in America. SAD!!! https://t.co/1lBMCrNXMs

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 2, 2021

Don Senior may be gone from Twitter, but his namesake son carries the torch for him. You can almost hear “Cat’s in the Cradle” in the background as you think back to classics like “Biden will also raise your taxes like never before. Sad!” from August 31st, 2020, or “Specific allegations were made, and we have massive proof, in the Pennsylvania case. Some people just don’t want to see it. They want nothing to do with saving our Country. Sad!!!” on November 28th 2020.

The one that really turns on the waterworks for Junior has to be “My son Donald did a good job last night. He was open, transparent and innocent. This is the greatest Witch Hunt in political history. Sad!” from July 12th, 2017. Truly touching to see that @realDonaldTrump’s legacy lives on.

Salon:  “Despite boasting a war chest of more than $100 million, Trump is reportedly refusing to extend any help to his former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, who is now struggling under a mountain of legal fees that could leave the former New York mayor entirely broke. According to The New York Times, Trump raised a whopping $102 million in the first half of 2021. Salon reported last month that he has been relatively frugal in his spending habits, opting to not direct any of the money toward his election conspiracy efforts, including the GOP-backed recounts in Georgia, Pennsylvania, or Arizona.   On Sunday, Maggie Haberman reported that Trump’s fiscal conservatism appears to apply even to his closest allies – and namely, one of his most loyal election objectors: Rudy Giuliani.

“‘Giuliani allies are looking at the Trump $ – even if it isn’t $82 million,’ Haverman tweeted, adding that the ex-lawyer’s friends say ‘he is close to broke.’ ‘Trump aides have been clear they see no mechanism for paying Giuliani’s legal bills that isn’t problematic for Trump, and they think Giuliani took actions a lawyer should have known were problematic, even if the client wanted it,’ Haberman continued. ‘But this is of note in the context of Trump having had a previous lawyer who pleaded guilty and then cooperated with an investigation into Trump.’

“The report comes amid two major legal setbacks for the former mayor.  Currently, Giuliani is steeped in a federal investigation alleging that he worked as an unregistered lobbyist for Ukraine, pressuring Ukrainian officials to launch a probe in President Biden and his son Hunter by threatening to withhold U.S. military aid. The ex-attorney is also the subject of a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems over his baseless claims that the company’s equipment was compromised in President Biden’s favor.”