Weekend Wrap Up
Weekend Wrap up: May 9, 2021
It’s Sunday and the weekend has come to an end. Below are a few articles and events we might have missed but are worthy of discussion. And in case you missed the Sunday shows, we MORE
Year: 2021
Religion
Ohio Anti-Gay, Gay Scamvangelist Ernest Angley Dies At Age 99
LE††UCE PREY AKRON, Ohio — The Rev. Ernest W. Angley, a faith-healing Pentecostal televangelist who claimed a lifetime of personal visits from God, died Friday at age 99, according to an announcement on the website MORE
Last Call
Last Call: Free Chat for the Night Owls
I’m late, way late but we just celebrated my oldest son’s birthday and my mom popped down for an early Mother’s Day dinner; we had fun. It’s my son’s birthday but he wanted to grill. MORE
Celebrity Death Watch
Obamas Mourn Passing of Beloved First Dog Bo
News of Bo’s passing was shared by Obama and his wife Michelle on Instagram, where both expressed sorrow at the passing of a dog the former president described as a “true friend and loyal companion.” “He tolerated MORE
Voter Suppression/Voting Rights
DoJ gets involved in crAZy Arizona election audit; auditors scrap plans to knock on voters’ doors
On Wednesday, the DoJ ‘expressed concerns that a controversial audit and recount of the November election in Arizona’s Maricopa County may be out of compliance with federal laws.’ Issues include: Ballots, voting systems and other MORE
Gun Violence
GUNZ: Man Accidentally Shot by Wife Doing Laundry !
DATELINE BRYAN COUNTY GEORGIA From Bryan County Sheriff ’s Office reports: Deputies were dispatched to an Ellabell address May 2 “for a wife that accidentally shot her husband in the back” while trying to do MORE
Friday Night News Dump
Trump’s DoJ secretly obtained Washington Post journalists’ phone numbers and email addresses
As part of their once common Friday Night News Dump during the Trump administration, the Washington Post reported Friday that Trump’s DoJ ‘secretly obtained their journalists’ phone records and tried to obtain their email records MORE
Post Trump
Trump’s new website’s twitter account banned
The account was an extension of his new website, From the Desk of Donald J. Trump, in which he writes tweet-like posts his followers can share. The account popped up on Twitter this week, noting MORE
Breaking News
INDICTED! US civil rights charges in Floyd death for the 4 ex cops.
A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death, accusing them of willfully violating his constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping MORE
Sedition
McCarthy Concerned About Having To Testify On Trump Call In Front Of Potential Jan. 6 Commission
McCarthy does not want to discuss his Jan. 6 call with former President Trump to a commission under oath. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) efforts to put together a bipartisan commission on the Capitol siege MORE
Updates
Rudy Giuliani’s Cash Crunch Should Worry Donald Trump
Giuliani’s money woes should be a major concern of Donald Trump. MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 18
This one’s for you, Rick Santorum. . . . Happy Friday, News Viewers — WHAT a soother to have this place to come to especially now when life is not so much calm as it MORE
Newscasts
Gaetz’s latest defense; “I’m like Trump”
Matt Gaetz is trying to present himself a “victim” of unfair investigation…a line out of the Trump playbook. MORE
Economy
April Jobs Report: US added a paltry 266K jobs; unemployment ticks up
Dow Jones and some economists estimated the US would add 1 million new jobs and an the unemployment rate would fall to 5.8%; but…that didn’t happen. The US only added 266K jobs and the unemployment rate MORE
Politics
Donald Trump’s base has serious issues with the New York congresswoman poised to replace Rep. Liz Cheney.
Donald Trump has called Elise Stefanik “a new Republican star,” a “smart communicator” and “tough.” But the MAGA faithful aren’t so sure. Within minutes of Trump’s endorsement of the New York congresswoman for GOP conference MORE
Opinion
McConnell exposes bipartisan complaint as just another republican lie
Here’s a line you can expect to hear in almost every ad for a Democratic candidate for Senate between now and Nov. 8, 2022, courtesy of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.: “One hundred percent of my focus MORE
Post Trump
FEC Closes Stormy Case Against Trump Hush Money
The Federal Election Commission on Thursday closed the inquiry against the former guy and hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016. The $130,000 payment was made by Michael Cohen two weeks before MORE
In case you missed it:
Liveblog - In case you missed it: Headlines 05/06/21
With so many crazy things happening, sometimes things fall through the cracks. Here are some headlines that you may find interesting and worth discussing. Please feel free to post ‘headlines’ you would like to share MORE
Gun Violence
UPDATE: Shooting at Idaho Middle School Injures 3; Student Captured
UPDATE BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A sixth-grade girl brought a gun to her Idaho middle school, shot and wounded two students and a custodian and then was disarmed by a teacher Thursday, authorities said. The MORE
Entertainment
Man Arrested For Swinging Full Colostomy Bag at Kid Rock’s Bar !
DATELINE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE… The police in Nashville had to go to Kid Rock’s bar on Saturday night. “The defendant was outside drunk holding a bottle of beer blocking the outside emergency exit door at Kid Rock’s,” the MORE
Voter Suppression/Voting Rights
Florida Man: Gov. DeSantis becomes the latest governor to suppress the vote
Behind closed doors and only visible to Fox & Friends’ ‘reporters,’ Florida Gov. DeSantis signed into law ‘a sweeping elections bill…that he and other Republicans said would place guardrails against fraud, even as they acknowledged MORE
Sedition
Giuliani approached Trump and his legal team about his mounting legal costs…
Giuliani’s attorney, Robert Costello, raised the issue of “compensation” in recent days with lawyers for Trump to help with costs related to Giuliani’s legal issues. Giuliani’s son said his father was reimbursed for travel-related expenses MORE
Europe
2 Americans receive life sentence in Italy for killing an officer
Late Wednesday, a jury in Rome found Finnegan Lee Elder, 21 and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20 guilty of stabbing Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega to death in July 2019. They were both given life sentences in prison. On the night MORE
Politics
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs bill that automatically restores felons’ right to vote
On Tuesday, Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that restores felons right to vote, effective immediately upon their release. The law codifies a 2018 executive order that allowed for Cuomo to individually pardon parolees. According to the bill MORE
2020 Elections
Arizona’s GOP Election Audit is Looking for Bamboo-Laced “China Ballots”
A member of the Arizona election audit team revealed on Wednesday there are forensic tests being administered to 40,000 ballots to see if they contain bamboo. This is in order to determine whether or not MORE