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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Bannon surrenders to FBI, cuffed in court

 

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Steve Bannon surrenders to the FBI for contempt of Congress charges

A defiant Bannon ramped up the martyrdom machine and promised his case would be "the misdemeanor from hell" for the Biden administration.



Biden signs historic $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law
The massive legislation passed in a bipartisan fashion, which President Biden touted as proof that "Democrats and Republicans can come together and deliver results."



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Federal prosecutor on the Trump team ignoring subpoenas

No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Wow.


Wyoming GOP votes to no longer recognize Rep. Cheney as a Republican
A dyed-in-the-wool, right-wing daughter of a warmongering, neo-con ex-vice-president no longer cuts it in today's GOP. Wow.


Alex Jones liable for defamation in Sandy Hook "giant hoax" case
The judge took the rare step of declaring the conspiracy theorist and Infowars host in default in the defamation lawsuits. She will hold a hearing on how much he should pay in damages.



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Vermont Democratic Sen. Leahy, 81, is retiring after 8 terms

Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont said Monday he won’t seek reelection next year to the seat he’s held since 1975, signaling an end to a career that’s included major roles on issues such as civil liberties and financing the government and that began before four of his current colleagues were born.



Rittenhouse judge dismisses weapon charge
Moments before closing arguments began Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed a count of illegal possession of a dangerous weapon by a person younger than 18.The misdemeanor, punishable by up to nine months in jail, was considered one of the stronger counts.


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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Madison Cawthorn, and Lauren Boebert's extremism costing them support from their voters

United Rural Democrats: New extremists in Congress are taking their districts for granted while delivering nothing for them. United Rural Democrats are organizing on the ground to shock Republicans by winning back Middle America. But they need your help!


Audit: GOP governor improperly used COVID funds for salaries
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds used nearly $450,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds to pay salaries for 21 staff members for three months last year and concealed the spending by passing it through the state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, according to a new state audit.


Biden signs executive order to address "crisis of violence" against Native Americans
The president directed federal agencies, including the Departments of Justice, Interior, and Homeland Security, to create a strategy addressing what he called a "crisis of violence" against Native Americans.


Grand jury indicts associates of Matt Gaetz's sex trafficking wingman
Two associates of former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg engaged in a multimillion-dollar real-estate conspiracy to defraud an unnamed victim out of more than $12 million.


Tucker Carlson, other Fox News hosts holding public event that requires vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test
Of course they are.


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