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The video of Alabama Republican Congressman Mo Brooks’ wife getting served with his subpoena for the lawsuit filed by Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell is far less dramatic than Brooks initially claimed.

The process server leaves his cars, walks into the garage Brooks’ wife just entered, and served her the subpoena. Mrs. Brooks appeared very mad, but otherwise unconcerned.  The video comes from the Brooks’ home security system.

Defeated politician Donald Trump and disgraced Fox News host Bill O’Reilly plan on heading out on a series of paid speaking events, starting December in Florida, in a tour that will likely attract hordes of white people wanting to head two white me tell them how history is wrong.

According to Deadline,  O’Reilly–who was fired from Fox News for credible claims of sexual harassment and abuse from six network coworkers, as well as accusations of spousal abuse–and Trump–who is married to his third wife, paid off two porn stars to keep quiet about extramarital affairs and has been credibly accused of rape, sexual assault and harassment–will call their tour “The History Tour,” in which they will undoubtedly try to rewrite it.

O’Reilly has a series of books in which he fantasizes about killing people.  In his book Killing Jesus, O’Reilly rewrites the Bible, adding details of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ that were not included in the Gospels.

The mother of a seven-year-old boy found dead on a hiking trail near Las Vegas last month is now the subject of a manhunt as she’s become a suspect in his death, NBC News reports.

An arrest warrant has been issued for 35-year-old Samantha Moreno Rodriguez, the mother of 7-year-old Liam Husted of San Jose, California, who was found dead along a trail outside the tourist town on May 28th.  The pair were last seen in Rodriguez’s 2007 dark blue Dodge Caliber, license number 6WLH211, on May 24.

Police believe the boy was dead before he was dumped along the trail, in the town of Mountain Springs, about 30 miles west of Las Vegas.

The Connecticut Senate will begin formal debate on a bill to legal the recreational use of cannabis in the state after opposing sides agreed to a way to lay out the bill so that tax revenues from the sales of cannabis will assist people who abuse drugs or may otherwise be adversely impacted by cannabis use, the Associated Press reports.

“We’ve seen what’s been wrought by having a war on drugs. Whole communities have been decimated,” Democratic state senator Gary Winfield of New Haven, co-chairman of the legislature’s Judiciary Committee, said.  “There are vestigial ways in which communities are still impacted by what we were doing.  We should never have made cannabis an illegal drug.”

The bill is expected to clear the Senate in a vote tomorrow.  It will then go to the state house, which has a Democratic supermajority, and then to Democratic Governor Ned Lamont’s desk.  Both the House and Lamont are expected to approve the measure, which would make Connecticut the 19th state to legalize recreational cannabis. 

When you name your Super PAC “Fire Madison Cawthron,” your intention is pretty clear.

A new Super PAC launched Monday wants to get the Republican Congressman representing North Carolina’s 11th District, saying its “sole purpose is to raise funds to focus on the callous and child-like actions of U.S. Representative David (Madison) Cawthorn,” according to USA Today.

David Wheeler, a two-time candidate for the NC Senate in District 47 and Col. Moe Davis, who ran against Cawthorn in 2020, formed the Super PAC.  They’ve currently taking donations, including one of $5,000 so far, at their website, which just seems to be a landing page.

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Kayleigh (Don’t Call Her Kelly) McEnerny says that the press corps during media briefings are tossing softball questions at White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki–questions about his dog, his cat, about the color scheme on Air Force One.

Nah.  Kelly Kayleigh got really difficult questions like Is Trump glad the South lost the Civil War?  Now, to a normal person, that should seem like a softball question that should elicit an emphatic Hell, yeah.  The Confederate States and slavery needed to go.  But when Kelly Kayleigh was asked the question, she responded, “Your first question is absolutely absurd.  He is proud of the United States of America.”  She never answers the question.  (The video is here.)

Axios: “A super PAC closely aligned with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is prepared to intervene in GOP primaries – and challenge former President Trump – as it looks for the most viable candidates to reclaim the Senate. Trump’s weekend endorsement of Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) in his state’s 2022 Senate race put the GOP establishment on notice that party leaders won’t necessarily get to handpick their preferred candidates for the crucial midterms.”

“Trump and McConnell, former allies, parted ways over the former president’s challenge to the 2020 election results and his speech stoking the Jan. 6 insurrection. In some cases, Trump and GOP strategists may agree on who the best candidate is, but the pro-McConnell PAC – the Senate Leadership Fund – also is making clear it will make its own, independent assessment. ‘As has long been SLF’s policy, we reserve the right to intervene in cases where a candidate is a clear threat to lose a seat in a general election and to protect our Republican incumbents,’ Jack Pandol, the PAC’s communications director, told Axios.”

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Apparently, believing in the Constitution and holding politicians accountable are two steps to far for Fox News host (and former house painter who apparently huffed to much semi-gloss) Sean Hannity, who wants to boot “RINOs” like Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski out of the Republican Party.

But hey, Fox News isn’t biased at all, is it?  You’ve just got to kiss the unwash, golf-spiked clad feet of Donald Trump, the loser of the last election, a subject of multiple lawsuits, and a failed businessman who (allegedly) doesn’t know how to put pants on.

And no, I don’t know who the woman on the left–modeling the Joker lip look–is.

“Conservative media outlet Newsmax, a favorite of former President Donald Trump’s, rejected embattled Republican U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz’s request for a job, a spokesperson for the website said on Monday. Gaetz contacted Newsmax early this year, a source at the outlet said. That was around the time that news broke Gaetz was the subject of a federal investigation into possible sex trafficking of a minor. Investigators are seeking to determine whether Gaetz had sex with a 17-year-old, according to news reports and a law enforcement source who spoke with Reuters. He has not been charged with any crimes and has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.”

“Spokespeople for Gaetz, a vocal Trump supporter, had no immediate comment about any Newsmax job rejection. ‘Newsmax has had no plans to hire Rep. Gaetz,’ said Brian Peterson, a spokesperson for the website. A source familiar with Newsmax’s policies said: ‘Earlier this year, (Gaetz) reached out and said he might leave Congress early and was interested in TV work.’ The three-term Florida congressman’s approach to Newsmax management was ‘just a conversation’ and Newsmax ‘never told him we were interested’ in hiring him, the source said” – Reuters.

Bloomberg: “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is preparing to ease Canada’s border restrictions for travelers who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, according to people familiar with the discussions. The government is crafting plans to loosen the current 14-day isolation period for border-crossers who’ve had two vaccine doses, said the people, speaking on condition they not be identified. Travelers entering Canada would still be tested for the virus and may be required to quarantine for a shorter period. The plan is expected be announced within days, though the timing could shift, according to the people. It isn’t clear when the changes would be implemented or whether Canada will open up its borders to non-U.S. travelers at the same time. Pressure has been growing on the Canadian and U.S. governments to relax restrictions that have been in place since March of last year, dramatically reducing land and air traffic between the two countries. A pact that limits non-essential travel is due for renewal on June 21.”

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— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) June 7, 2021

The CEO of pharmaceutical developer Biogen said that a list price of $56,000 for a new drug to treat Alzheimer’s is a “fair” price, citing the cost of development over two decades, CNBC reports.

During the network’s “Powerlunch” program, CEO Michel Vounatsos said the company’s FDA-approved Alzheimer’s disease drug aducanumab, brand-named Aduhelm, the first Alzheimer’s drug in nearly 20 years to be approved by the FDA, is working toward approval by Medicare and insurance companies’ formularies.

Currently, an estimated six million Americans suffer from some degree of Alzheimer’s.  Aducanumab was approved for use in early-phase patients, suffering from mild cognitive loss, not dementia. 

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More than half of Americans support Facebook banning Donald Trump until 2023, a move the social media giant took after the previous president refused directives to adhere to the company’s terms of service, reduce his violence-inciting rhetoric and stop spreading coronavirus misinformation.

The new poll, done by Politico and Morning Consult, found 51% of people who strongly or somewhat approve of the ban, versus 40% who strongly or somewhat disapprove. 72% of declared Democrats strongly support the ban, versus 67 of self-identified Republicans who strongly oppose it. Roughly 1 in 8 people who voted for Trump in 2020 say they support the ban.

Politico: “As former President Donald Trump continues to tease a 2024 run and tightens his grip on the Republican party, Joe Biden’s resolve to run in 2024 has grown, according to several Democrats connected to the White House. Biden has previously declared that, ‘My plan is to run for reelection,’ but some Democrats felt he had to say that to avoid being seen as a lame duck. Democrats in and around the White House, however, are increasingly convinced that barring some huge shift, Biden is going to run again, despite the fact he’d be 86 years old at the end of a second term.”

“‘Does a secret voluntary one-termer put four-term Franklin over the fireplace?’ quipped one Democrat connected to the White House, referring to the FDR portrait hanging in Biden’s Oval Office. According to his allies, Biden believes that he is the Democrat best equipped to take on Trump, just as he did in the lead up to 2020. They also say that is driven by the idea that his legacy could be that of the president who defeated Trump and Trumpism, which he sees as an ugly, corrosive movement. As Trump has gotten more serious about running again, so too has the Biden team’s resolve to seek a second term. But regardless of whether Trump pulls the trigger, the 2024 campaign is still poised to be a contest between the Biden legacy and Trump’s party. And Democrats close to the White House say that Trump’s grip on Republicans may be motivation enough. Trump openly teased the prospect of running again in 2024 this past weekend in North Carolina, and close allies say he’s taking another campaign more seriously. ‘If he made a decision today, I suspect he’d pull the trigger,’ said one confidant. ‘I think it’s fair to say that it’s a 50/50 shot that he does it. It’s not hard to imagine that in Trump’s mind, if not for coronavirus, he would have easily won. So why not run?'”

Hundreds of protesters, led by Native American groups, have taken over a construction site in Minnesota in an effort to stop the construction of a pipeline running from Canada to Wisconsin, the Washington Post reports.

Joined by celebrities like Jane Fonda and Catherine Keener, the protesters have strapped themselves to bulldozers and other equipment to stop the progress of Line 3, a pipeline being built by the Canadian company Enbridge.  The project replaces an existing 34-inch pipeline build in the 1960s from Edmonton, Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin, with a 36-inch line.

Protesters fear that the construction and pipeline will contaminate water tables and tribal lands in the 337 miles it will travel through Minnesota.  Another Enbridge pipeline, the 70-year-old Line 5, was shut down by Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in November over concerns that it was leading to pollution in the Great Lakes. 

Florida just hosted the largest concert since the pandemic began because FLORIDA CHOSE FREEDOM OVER FAUCISM.

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— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) June 7, 2021

In a unanimous decision, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that the state does not have to compensate businesses that incurred losses due to restrictions and public health regulations put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the Associated Press reports.

More than 20 cases had been filed over the past year against the administration of Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham seeking damages and lost income the plaintiffs claimed were due to the state shut-downs.  The decision of the court dismisses all those cases.

“Senator Lisa Murkowski has cost the great people of Alaska billions and billions of dollars by voting for Radical Left Biden appointees, which in turn led to the revocation of ANWR drilling, which Alaskans have been fighting to see happen for six decades. Not only did Murkowski kill the biggest economic stimulant for the State, but also one of the biggest energy producing sites in the world. Nobody thought ANWR could be opened. We got it done, and she allowed it to be killed. She’s the best friend Washington Democrats ever had – and Alaska’s reward for that betrayal is an empowered Left coming after their wealth and jobs. I think she will be met very harshly by the Alaska voters in 15 months, and I will be there to campaign against her!” – Former Guy statement.

As we’ve said here before, this is very unlikely to happen, as it’s an eight and a half hour flight from Palm Beach, Florida to Anchorage, Alaska, and Trump despises traveling farther than he can make it back to sleep in a bed owned by him (some have said this is part of the reason he lost Arizona in the 2020 election). It might happen once at most simply to allay skepticism from us media people, but any more than that we’d be impressed by Donald following through on his hatred.

CNN: “Never-before-heard audio, obtained exclusively by CNN, shows how former President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Rudy Giuliani relentlessly pressured and coaxed the Ukrainian government in 2019 to investigate baseless conspiracies about then-candidate Joe Biden. The audio is of a July 2019 phone call between Giuliani, US diplomat Kurt Volker, and Andriy Yermak, a senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The call was a precursor to Trump’s infamous call with Zelensky, and both conversations later became a central part of Trump’s first impeachment, where he was accused of soliciting Ukrainian help for his campaign. During the roughly 40-minute call, Giuliani repeatedly told Yermak that Zelensky should publicly announce investigations into possible corruption by Biden in Ukraine, and into claims that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election to hurt Trump. (These separate claims are both untrue.)”

“‘All we need from the President [Zelensky] is to say, I’m gonna put an honest prosecutor in charge, he’s gonna investigate and dig up the evidence, that presently exists and is there any other evidence about involvement of the 2016 election, and then the Biden thing has to be run out,’ Giuliani said, according to the audio. ‘… Somebody in Ukraine’s gotta take that seriously.’ The new audio demonstrates how Giuliani aggressively cajoled the Ukrainians to do Trump’s bidding. And it undermines Trump’s oft-repeated assertion that ‘there was no quid pro quo’ where Zelensky could secure US government support if he did political favors for Trump. The call was one of the opening salvos in the years-long quest by Trump and his allies to damage Biden and subvert the 2020 election process – by soliciting foreign meddling, lying about voter fraud, attempting to overturn the results, and inciting the deadly January 6 assault on the Capitol.”