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.
Updates:
Congress:
Jamie Raskin challenges Jerry Nadler for top Democratic spot on House Judiciary panel
Rep. Jamie Raskin’s bold bid to oust longtime Rep. Jerry Nadler from the top Judiciary post reflects a broader challenge against the party’s old guard heading into the next Congress.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, a former constitutional law professor who served as the Democrats’ lead prosecutor in the Trump impeachment trial after the Jan. 6 attack, told colleagues Monday he will challenge Rep. Jerry Nadler for the top Democratic spot on the powerful Judiciary Committee.
The Fascist Guy and His Brownshirts:
Trump Hosted Far-Right Alleged Porn Star at Mar-a-Lago on Election Day
Trump posed with a homophobic far-right influencer on the day he was swept back into power.
On Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump posed for a photo and shook hands with a bankrupt far-right German politician who has been convicted of theft and, allegedly, appeared in professional pornographic films—though he denies doing so.
Phillipp-Anders Rau, 41, a Bundestag candidate for the populistAlternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, stole linens from a hotel in 2009 and was thrown out of university in 2015 for doctoring his high school transcripts, according to legal records.
The Worst People in the World:
Elon Musk Must Return $56 Billion Tesla Pay Package, Judge Rules
“Absolute corruption,” the Tesla CEO complained on social media.
Elon Musk’s massive 2018 pay package from Tesla — which was worth $56 billion and helped catapult him to the title of richest man in the world — must be rescinded, a Delaware judge reaffirmed Monday.
Kathaleen St. J. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that Tesla, which asked her to reconsider her original ruling in January, failed to prove that its compensation plan for the Tesla CEO was fair. She stuck with her original decision that the company’s board was under too much influence from Musk when it approved the massive payment in the form of stock options.
Fundie Freak Alert:
From the MarKODA Files-No Race Mixing Edition:
Videos show ‘Message’ pastors preach against interracial marriage across U.S.
One former member of the sect said he felt “inferior” as a Black teenager because of his church’s racist beliefs on mixed relationships.
Craven Assholes:
Michigan Republican says gay marriage should be illegal
Michigan state Rep. Josh Schriver (R) rebuked gay marriage in a Monday social media post that has drawn backlash from some of the state’s top Democrats.
Michigan Republican says gay marriage should be illegal
Michigan state Rep. Josh Schriver (R) rebuked gay marriage in a Monday social media post that has drawn backlash from some of the state’s top Democrats.
“Make gay marriage illegal again,” Schriver wrote on the social media platform X. “This is not remotely controversial, nor extreme.”
The elected official, who self-identifies as a Christian in his X bio, has been adamantly opposed to same sex marriage for years.
State News:
World News:
South Korean parliament votes to defy president by lifting his declaration of martial law
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday, vowing to eliminate “anti-state” forces as he struggles against an opposition that controls the country’s parliament and that he accuses of sympathizing with communist North Korea.
Less than three hours later, parliament voted to lift the declaration, with National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik declaring that the martial law was “invalid” and that lawmakers “will protect democracy with the people.”
Police and military personnel were seen leaving the Assembly’s grounds after Woo called for their withdrawal. Lee Jae-myung, leader of the liberal Democratic Party, which holds the majority in the 300-seat parliament, said the party’s lawmakers will remain in the Assembly’s main hall until Yoon formally lifts his order.
