Below, you will find some headlines we may have missed and some interesting video clips on several subjects. Please feel free to share anything you may have run across; just make sure it’s not from a McMAGAt infested shithole.
Breaking News: Judge Cannon OKs release of special counsel’s report into Trump and election subversion
udge Aileen Cannon said on Monday that she would not block the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into Donald Trump and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
However, Cannon has scheduled a court hearing later this week regarding the part of Smith’s report dealing with the classified documents probe.
Cannon will hold a hearing on Friday in her Ft. Pierce, Florida, courthouse on whether Attorney General Merrick Garland can share the volume of the report concerning the Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe with a select group of lawmakers, as Garland has stated he would like to do.
Texas man arrested in Indianapolis on accusations of stalking Caitlin Clark
A Texas man accused of stalking Caitlin Clark was arrested in Indianapolis this weekend after police said he sent numerous threats and sexually explicit messages to the Indiana Fever player, according to prosecutors.
Michael Lewis, 55, of Denton, a suburb of Dallas, was charged with stalking, a low-level felony, after an investigation revealed he sent over a dozen messages on X (formerly Twitter) to Clark, the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office said Monday.
An arrest affidavit detailing the case shows over 15 messages from Lewis’ X account sent to Clark beginning December 16 through mid-January. Many of the messages were sexually explicit and sometimes violent.
“Got banned from caitbridge (sic). Im sorry. Bu maybe I go to ur road games..its ok right?” One of the posts read, according to the affidavit.
Updates: Combatting MAGAt Lies:
Media: Back to work: Rachel Maddow returning to MSNBC five nights a week for early Trump days
Rachel Maddow is returning to her nightly perch on MSNBC – at least for the first few months of the second Trump administration.
The network announced on Monday that Maddow will lead its coverage of Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20 and, starting that night, begin airing her prime-time show five nights a week at 9 p.m. Eastern.
Maddow’s new schedule will last until April 30, at which time she’ll revert to her current Monday-only routine with Alex Wagner occupying the time slot on Tuesdays through Fridays. Wagner will go on the road for various reporting assignments during the first 100 days of the new administration.
The Felon Guy and His Brownshirts:
Inside Trump’s Search for a Health Threat to Justify His Immigration Crackdown
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers have spent months trying to identify a disease that will help them build their case for closing the border.
President-elect Donald J. Trump is likely to justify his plans to seal off the border with Mexico by citing a public health emergency from immigrants bringing disease into the United States.
Now he just has to find one.
Mr. Trump last invoked public health restrictions, known as Title 42, in the early days of the pandemic in 2020, when the coronavirus was tearing across the globe. As he prepares to enter office again, Mr. Trump has no such public health disaster to point to.
Still, his advisers have spent recent months trying to find the right disease to build their case, according to four people familiar with the discussions. They have looked at tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases as options and have asked allies inside the Border Patrol for examples of illnesses that are being detected among migrants.
They also have considered trying to rationalize Title 42 by arguing broadly that migrants at the border come from various countries and may carry unfamiliar disease — an assertion that echoes a racist notion with a long history in the United States that minorities transmit infections. Mr. Trump’s team did not respond to a request for comment.
Craven Assholes:
Senate braces for ‘train wreck’ as hearings kick off for Trump Cabinet picks
Some are expected to have smooth confirmation paths, like Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state, while others, like defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth, face headwinds.
The Republican-led Senate is slated to hold more than a dozen hearings this week for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, with the hope of confirming them quickly after he’s inaugurated on Jan. 20.
The selections coming before the Senate range from those who are expected to have smooth paths to confirmation, like Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for secretary of state, to others who face headwinds and need the hearings to garner support, such as former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, a military veteran, for defense secretary.
“We’re going to have a little bit of a train wreck next week of confirmation hearings,” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told reporters last week. “But I’m glad we’re getting those done, and the FBI background check would naturally be a part of that process.”
