Новости за 12.04.2024

If you're normal, you can understand why people were upset when a Republican came to the House floor and said that it was God's wrath after they expanded abortion access that caused the mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine.

Georgia Klan mom Marjorie Taylor Greene told Steve Bannon that everything she says she means and she's "not full of sh*t like Mike Johnson is."

House speaker MAGA Mike Johnson is set to visit Donald Trump's Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, to work on critical issues. The two brainiacs plan to push a bill to ban non-citizens from voting even though that is already illegal.

Donald Trump's lawyers are not the best money can buy, not by far. And this is not news - I mean, look at Alina Habba. Rudy Giuliani. Jeff Clark. Jenna Ellis.

Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough declared that if Trump saw the newest polling data Thursday and Matt Drudge's headlines, if you’re Trump, "you probably would jump off the Brooklyn bridge.'

MSNBC's Chris Hayes did a deep dive into recent reporting on the child rapist who helped bring us the revived 1864 abortion ban in Arizona, and shredded Justice Samual Alito for the "kind of history and tradition" that he and his fellow conservatives "have brought back to the 21st century."

Leo Terrell, the Trump-loving Fox News contributor who defended the alleged double murderer, told Fox News viewers that it was a privilege to know O.J. Simpson.

I love how Old Joe just keeps on pushing on with his plan to wipe out as much student debt as possible. The same people who loved the $14 trillion in tax cuts from Bush and Trump are having conniptions. They didn't mind that particular kind of public spending, did they? Ha, ha! Via the Washington Post:

Evan Corcoran, an attorney for Donald Trump who became a critical witness in the classified documents case, no longer represents him. Via CNN.com:

Four railroads filed in federal appeals courts to throw out a new rule that would require two-person train crews in most circumstances, calling the mandate "arbitrary, capricious and an illegal abuse of discretion." Plus, you know, more expensive than winging it with one crew member! Via the U.S. News and World Report:

This particular failure came courtesy of Rob Finnerty, cohost of Newsmax’s Fox & Friends wannabe, “Wake Up America” show. Finnerty displayed a full-screen graphic of the MAGA hit parade of excerpts from President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. It was an effort to pressure Rep. James “There must be an impeachment pony somewhere!” Comer to get the interview recordings the DOJ has refused to turn over.

On this day in 1961, Ray Charles won Grammy Awards in four categories for his album "The Genius Of Ray Charles" and for his songs "Let The Good Times Roll" and, of course, "Georgia On My Mind".

It's 2024, and you can still marry your first cousin in Tennessee. Who knew?

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A couple of weeks ago, it looked like the attempt to recall Wisconsin Speaker Robin Vos was dead in the water. Despite the recall organizers boasts that they had 4,000 more signatures they needed, the reality was that they were at least 1,000 signatures short. Vos already had started doing his vindictive victory dance, calling the organizers "morons" and "whack jobs."

In 2023, a lumber mill in Wisconsin was fined $1.4 million by OSHA for scores of violations in relation to the death of a 16-year-old boy employed at the mill.