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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Mike Johnson FREAKS OUT over Epstein files
If you're wondering whether being the principle protectors of the late Jeffrey Epstein's pedophile ring is getting to Speaker Johnson and his fellow House Republicans, this should answer the question.

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Mike Johnson says peaceful No Kings protest is somehow worse than actual threats on Hakeem Jeffries life
The most pious man in Congress really had himself a day yesterday and is clearly still coming to terms with the staggering turnout from Saturday's overwhelming successful — and peaceful! — No Kings protests. After learning a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter had been arrested for threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Monday, Speaker Johnson had this to say: "I will tell you this, the violence on the left is far more prevalent than the violence on the right. The assassination culture that’s been advanced now — this is the left, in almost every case that is advancing this, and not the right. Let’s not make this a partisan issue, you don’t want me to go there." Well, first things first, he definitely went there, and he's definitely making political violence a partisan issue. Furthermore, Johnson stood before reporters with a straight face and claimed peaceful protest is the real threat to America, not actual criminals vowing to murder politicians with whom they disagree. Got it.

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Former school board president launches campaign to put a stop to Greg Abbott’s carnival of corruption
Gina Hinojosa for Governor: Gina Hinojosa was just an ordinary Texas mom — until Greg Abbott tried to close her son’s public school as part of his plot to turn our schools into for-profit schemes. Gina got involved in politics to fight back, her journey taking her to the school board presidency and the state legislature. Now she’s running to kick Greg Abbott out for good and put an end to his kleptocracy of MAGA extremism and flagrant corruption.Will you chip in to help kick-start her campaign?

Protests erupt in New York City after ICE raids Chinatown over "counterfeit goods"
Hundreds of protesters turned out in New York City on Tuesday evening after masked ICE thugs conducted raids earlier in the day in the Chinatown neighborhood, resulting in an unknown number of people being detained. ICE claimed the raids were related to the selling of counterfeit goods, which is clearly an existential threat to the safety and well-being of New Yorkers and must be met with maximum force. Who among us hasn't experienced the terror of cracking open a $5 CD copy of Jay Z's "The Blueprint" only to find the liner notes missing? Videos of the raid show multiple masked and armed federal agents zip-tying and detaining a man, and shoving away onlookers. Throngs of New Yorkers followed the agents through the streets and down the sidewalks. An armored military vehicle was also seen rolling through the city streets. "Is this worth the paycheck? Selling your soul?" one woman can be heard shouting at agents. Ha ha, joke's on you, miss. These ghouls have no souls.

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Arizona attorney general sues House Speaker Mike Johnson to force swearing in of Democratic Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, citing taxation without representation
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has had enough of GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson weeks-long refusal to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva and his myriad bullshit excuses for stonewalling. Mayes confirmed yesterday that her office formally filed a lawsuit to force Johnson to get off his rump and do his damn job. Southern Arizona voters chose Adelita Grijalva to succeed her father, the late US Rep. Raúl Grijalva, one month ago tomorrow, but Johnson has simply refused to swear her in. "It is completely unacceptable for the people of the seventh Congressional district to be deprived of representation," Mayes said. "That’s called taxation without representation and we fought a revolutionary war over that." The lawsuit comes after Johnson ignored a letter from Mayes last week demanding he provided a date for Grijalva's swearing in. Mayes wrote, "You and your staff have provided ever-shifting, unsatisfactory, and sometimes absurd stories as to why Ms. Grijalva has not been sworn in." Johnson cannot provide an honest explanation because "protecting Very Important People™ from being exposed by releasing the Epstein files" simply won't fly, even amongst many in the red hat crowd.

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US firearms examiners declared "essential" shutdown workers after gun-lobby pressure on Republicans
Look, soldiers, air traffic controllers, TSA screeners, park rangers, IRS staff, and hundreds of thousands of other federal employees can obviously go weeks on end without pay, but "gangster weapons" examiners are where we must draw the line! We cannot expect Americans pining for silencers, vintage machine guns, and short-barreled rifles to just sit back and wait for congressional Republicans to get their act together and fund the fucking government before they can get their hands on more precious boomsticks. This is America, goddammit. Killing machines are a national birthright!

Trump given Richard Nixon Foundation's "Architect of Peace" award, whose past recipients include war criminals Henry Kissinger and Dick Cheney
It ain't exactly a Nobel, but the golden bust of Tricky Dick will fit right in with Lord Goldemort's garish Oval Office redesign. Intrepid readers will note this award was given to Dear Leader just a few days after he shared an AI-generated video of him flying a fighter jet over Manhattan and dropping payloads of diarrhea on tens of thousands of American protesters. A true architect of peace, indeed!

Trump orders federal workers to stay silent about White House demolition
The East Wing is being torn down to make way for Dear Leader's $250 million, 90,000 square-foot ballroom, and federal employees have been ordered not to take photos or speak publicly about it, in part because the wannabe dictator lied about how much demolition his ridiculous vanity project would require. Hey, remember when he said it wouldn't "interfere with" or "touch" the existing building? Yeah, no.

Elon Musk blasts NASA Acting Director Sean Duffy for opening up production of its Human Landing System (HLS) to competition, asks why he's gay
Oh, cool. The world's richest man-child and ketamine-addled Twitter killer is back in the headlines, this time for accusing NASA Acting Director Sean Duffy of being gay because he threw a figurative bone to Jeff Bezos, America's other insufferable, billionaire space cowboy. What's going on, you ask? NASA dared to open up production of its future lunar landing program to competition from the likes of Bezos' Blue Origin. Elon's lucrative, multi-billion-dollar SpaceX contracts are now ostensibly at risk, ergo, Duffy must go. Not just because Musk thinks he's mismanaging NASA (which may or may not be true), but also because some folks apparently think Duffy might be a closeted homosexual and, well, that shit just won't fly, even in space, apparently. 🙄

Atlanta airport terror suspect was longtime Trump supporter who defended Confederate flag
Billy Joe Cagle, the Georgia man arrested this week for allegedly planning to carry out a shooting at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, had spent years posting online in support of Donald Trump, the Confederate flag, and expansive gun rights. Cagle is being charged with making terroristic threats, criminal attempt to commit aggravated assault, possession of a fire during the commissions of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a felon. The MAGA supporter walked into the airport and was very interested in the TSA checkpoint, but was arrested before he could make it back to his truck. Police recovered 27 rounds of ammunition and his Springfield AR-15 rifle from his vehicle following his arrest.