Democrats who control the Maine Legislature on Tuesday rejected a Republican effort to impeach the state’s top election official for her decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state ballot over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol....
Republicans are furious over Bellows’ conclusion that the GOP frontrunner shouldn’t be on the ballot. They argued that her decision disenfranchised the more than 300,000 voters in Maine who chose Trump in the last election.
Can't disenfranchise voters if they are still allowed to vote for the same candidates as everyone else.
Those calls came after numerous media outlets reported potentially identifying biographical information about the woman, including her job and the neighborhood she called home. Fox News Jesse Watters highlighted the juror’s details while reading through public pool notes about the selected members. “This nurse scares me if...
It's not treason, it is however interfering with multiple Federal Officers in the execution of their duties.
What Are the Penalties for 18 U.S.C 111?
This statute outlines certain types of assault against a federal officer and the appropriate charges and penalties. Penalties for Defenses for Assaulting or Resisting a Federal Officer A simple assault of a federal officer carries a $100,000 fine and up to one year in prison.
For example, simple assault is forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, **impeding, intimidating, or interfering with federal officers while performing their duties. As noted, physical contact or injury is not required for a conviction.**
Simple federal assault is a Class A misdemeanor that carries up to 1 year in jail and fines of up to $100,000.
According to a Jan. 12 press release by the Salem Police Department, 30-year-old Luke Isaac Terpstra was arrested and charged with possession of bombs with unlawful intent, after an investigation by the Grant Police Department in Michigan....
First lady Jill Biden defended her son Hunter Biden against an onslaught of attacks from Republicans in an interview that aired Thursday, saying the barrage of allegations against him has been “cruel.”...
An individual identified in media reporting as a past organizer for the 2018 campaign for governor of Republican Ron DeSantis — who eventually won that year and has since secured an unfolding second term as the chief executive of Florida — has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor accusations for allegedly participating in...
Yeah, but unlike those hopeful 2016 voters, we actually have extant, pattern forming data related to why instead of just assuming that "no one with more than two brain cells to rub together would actually vote for Trump".
There is a reason the GOP isn't releasing any internal polling.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has been drawing up plans to try to weaken its Western adversaries, including the United States, and leverage the Ukraine war to forge a global order free from what it sees as American dominance, according to a secret Foreign Ministry document....
Donald Trump opposes the special counsel’s request for the Supreme Court to decide right now whether he has any immunity from federal prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office, lawyers for the former president told the justices in court papers Wednesday....
A photo of Trump emerging from Trump Tower, heading towards his E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, has sparked speculation over mysterious wounds appearing on Trump's hand. The photo was flagged by Drudge Report who flagged the red marks as "mystery cuts on his fingers." Drudge Report linked to Daily Mail which published the...
Israel will not transfer much-needed funds to the Palestinian Authority in the wake of the decision by three European countries to recognize a Palestinian state, the country’s finance minister said on Wednesday, as its foreign minister denounced the European moves as giving “a gold medal to Hamas terrorists.”...
Just so tired of almost every time a doctor submits stuff to insurance, we have to be the ones to make multiple phone calls to both the doctor’s office and insurance to iron everything out, figure out what the issue is (it’s always a different issue), and basically be the go-between for the office and insurance. What am I...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed lawsuits on Tuesday against the parent companies of Chaturbate and xHamster, claiming that the sites are not complying with the state’s controversial age verification law, HB 1181....
The Dell G3 is the crappiest built laptop I've ever had the personal misfortune of having to work on.
Manufactured in 2020, the plastic on this one is literally breaking down. It was impossible to get the back cover off without breaking half the clips, no matter how gentle I was with the pry tool. The monitor is stuck open because if I close it, the bezel comes apart, it's clips also having disintegrated under normal use.
Florida ‘callously’ strips healthcare from thousands of children despite new law (www.theguardian.com)
Governor Ron DeSantis’s challenging of a ‘continuous eligibility’ rule has booted over 22,000 children off insurance since January...
Maine House votes down GOP effort to impeach official who removed Trump from ballot (abcnews.go.com)
Democrats who control the Maine Legislature on Tuesday rejected a Republican effort to impeach the state’s top election official for her decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state ballot over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol....
The mystery of the missing binder: How a collection of raw Russian intelligence disappeared under Trump (www.cnn.com)
Trump juror quits over fear of being outed after Fox News host says she should scare Trump (www.salon.com)
Those calls came after numerous media outlets reported potentially identifying biographical information about the woman, including her job and the neighborhood she called home. Fox News Jesse Watters highlighted the juror’s details while reading through public pool notes about the selected members. “This nurse scares me if...
Texas has until the end of today to stop blocking federal access to miles of the US-Mexico border (www.cnn.com)
Man arrested after allegedly planning to bomb Satanic Temple in Salem (www.boston.com)
According to a Jan. 12 press release by the Salem Police Department, 30-year-old Luke Isaac Terpstra was arrested and charged with possession of bombs with unlawful intent, after an investigation by the Grant Police Department in Michigan....
Marjorie Taylor Greene wants women to stop tempting Christian men (www.newsweek.com)
Full jury of 12 people and 6 alternates is seated in Trump's hush money trial in New York (apnews.com)
And someone just set himself on fire outside the courthouse!
Justice Samuel Alito blames upside-down American flag on his wife and a flap with neighbors (www.cnn.com)
Zelensky calls for seized Russian billions to rebuild Ukraine (www.bbc.com)
President Zelensky has called for some of the Russian billions seized by world banks to be sent to rebuild Ukraine....
Jack Smith's team signals it will take Trump to trial in October if necessary (youtu.be)
Jack Smith's team signals it will take Trump to trial in October if necessary
Jill Biden: ‘What they are doing to Hunter is cruel’ (thehill.com)
First lady Jill Biden defended her son Hunter Biden against an onslaught of attacks from Republicans in an interview that aired Thursday, saying the barrage of allegations against him has been “cruel.”...
Ex-DeSantis Organizer Arrested On Felony Criminal Charge Of Joining Jan. 6 (bipartisanreport.com)
An individual identified in media reporting as a past organizer for the 2018 campaign for governor of Republican Ron DeSantis — who eventually won that year and has since secured an unfolding second term as the chief executive of Florida — has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor accusations for allegedly participating in...
A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Ah, yes NATO must protect the Balkans (sh.itjust.works)
Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has been drawing up plans to try to weaken its Western adversaries, including the United States, and leverage the Ukraine war to forge a global order free from what it sees as American dominance, according to a secret Foreign Ministry document....
Trump asks Supreme Court to reject special counsel and stay out of immunity dispute for now (www.cnn.com)
Donald Trump opposes the special counsel’s request for the Supreme Court to decide right now whether he has any immunity from federal prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office, lawyers for the former president told the justices in court papers Wednesday....
"Mystery Cuts" on Trump's Hand Spark Speculation About His Declining Health (www.msn.com)
A photo of Trump emerging from Trump Tower, heading towards his E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, has sparked speculation over mysterious wounds appearing on Trump's hand. The photo was flagged by Drudge Report who flagged the red marks as "mystery cuts on his fingers." Drudge Report linked to Daily Mail which published the...
The incomprehensible, unattainable scale of Trump’s deportation plan | The former president has said he will send nearly 5 percent of U.S. residents out of the country if he is reelected. (wapo.st)
Israel Responds to Move to Recognize Palestinian State by Withholding Funds (www.nytimes.com)
Israel will not transfer much-needed funds to the Palestinian Authority in the wake of the decision by three European countries to recognize a Palestinian state, the country’s finance minister said on Wednesday, as its foreign minister denounced the European moves as giving “a gold medal to Hamas terrorists.”...
Why do we have to do the health insurance company's job for them?
Just so tired of almost every time a doctor submits stuff to insurance, we have to be the ones to make multiple phone calls to both the doctor’s office and insurance to iron everything out, figure out what the issue is (it’s always a different issue), and basically be the go-between for the office and insurance. What am I...
Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues Chaturbate, xHamster Over Controversial Age Verification Law (www.xbiz.com)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed lawsuits on Tuesday against the parent companies of Chaturbate and xHamster, claiming that the sites are not complying with the state’s controversial age verification law, HB 1181....
Comcast Unveils Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+ Streaming Bundle (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Cable is dead. Long live the cable bundle. Curious to see the pricing and if the bundle only includes ad tiered options.
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