December 18, 2024 Completely Horrible People
The Daily Dot reports: FEC filings show that this campaign season, Mace spent $165,000 for the sole purpose of getting on television. Mace has recently been on cable news launching heated attacks against one of her colleagues, Rep. Sarah McBridge (D-Del.), who is trans, for using the women’s bathroom on Capitol Hill. From February 2023 to October 2024, Mace made …
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December 18, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Posted by JD Vance to his X account: A statement from President Donald J. Trump and Vice President-Elect JD Vance: The most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional Republicans was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025. It was a mistake and is now something that must be addressed. Meanwhile, Congress is considering a spending …
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December 18, 2024 News, Politics
Florida Politics reports: Disney World is temporarily closing the Hall of Presidents on Jan. 20 for a refurbishment, which is the same day as President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Disney posted on its website that it expects to reopen the classic Magic Kingdom attraction sometime later in 2025. Trump during his first presidential term was honored in the Hall of Presidents, …
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December 18, 2024 Republicans, Trump cultists
NBC News reports: Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Wednesday announced the state has obtained an arrest warrant for attempted felony murder against Ryan Routh, who is already being held in federal custody on charges of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump. It’s a continuation of a back-and-forth between the Biden administration and Florida Republican leaders over the state’s role in …
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December 18, 2024 Politics, Trump cultists
The Hill reports: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is looking at a plan B to fund the government ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline as Republicans inside and outside the Capitol, including those from Trump world, slam his spending package. The back-up option Johnson is examining is a “clean” continuing resolution, two sources familiar with the matter told The Hill. That would …
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December 18, 2024 Medicine, Science
The Sacramento Bee reports: Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday in response to rising cases of bird flu, the same day the U.S. Centers for Disease Control confirmed a person in Louisiana had been hospitalized with a ‘‘severe’’ case of the disease. “This proclamation is a targeted action to ensure government agencies have the resources and flexibility …
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December 18, 2024 Crime, New York City
New York City’s NBC affiliate reports: Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old Ivy League grad arrested last week in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is receiving mail while in jail in Pennsylvania awaiting an extradition hearing. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections said Mangione has received 33 emails and six pieces of mail while in custody. When asked by NBC News …
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December 18, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Mediaite reports: Elon Musk issued a not-so-veiled threat to Republican lawmakers during a raging tweetstorm on Wednesday. At 4:15 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, Musk tweeted that “This bill should not pass,” and he’s gotten noticeably more strident as the day has gone along. In a raging tweetstorm over the last hour or so, Musk has called the bill a …
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December 18, 2024 Medicine, Science
Via press release from the CDC: A patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus (“H5N1 bird flu”) infection in Louisiana. This marks the first instance of severe illness linked to the virus in the United States. The case was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday, December 13. Since …
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December 18, 2024 Republicans, Trump cultists
“I think that he’s been transparent. You know, the problem that we had with the Bidens, they never were transparent with where their money came from. We know that Donald Trump owns properties in foreign countries. We know what he owns in the United States. “You know, I think the American people knew that when they voted to reelect. So …
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