Jan. 6 panel subpoenas McCarthy, Jordan, three other GOP lawmakers

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas McCarthy, Jordan, three other GOP lawmakers

The subpoenas target some of former President Donald Trump’s closest allies in the House, demanding testimony by the last week of May.

For Republicans, the question is never, "Who is responsible?"

The question is, "Who snitched?" - Middle Age Riot

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Finland's NATO push sparks threats from Russia
• 'Shoot Yourself': Statue of Putin with gun in his mouth appears in Kyiv
• Security footage shows Russian troops shooting 2 Ukrainian civilians in the back, the BBC reports
• Judge Throws Out Jan. 6 Plea Deal For Far-Right Streamer ‘Baked Alaska’ After He Says He’s ‘Innocent’ in Court

Just a reminder that Kevin McCarthy wanted Jim Jordan to be on the Jan 6 committee. Guess what, GOPLeader: now you both get to be part of it! - MeidasTouch tweet

Well, Expect More Mass Shootings In California.
A California law banning young adults from purchasing semi-automatic weapons has been struck down by a federal appeals court as unconstitutional, a big win for Second Amendment advocates in the state and defeat for Governor Gavin Newsom.

Republican Shenanigans

• Chris Christie Slaps Back at Trump for Losing to Biden: 'Maybe the R in RINO Really Stands for Re-Elected'
• Tucker Carlson Torches a Slew of Republicans by Name for Supporting Ukraine Aid, Says Lindsey Graham Is 'Afraid' to Come on His Show
• Candace Owens Implies Bill Gates Is Behind Baby Formula Shortage – After He Started Covid Pandemic
• Lauren Boebert Slams 'Murder Mayor' Lori Lightfoot, Calls Her an 'Insurrectionist'
• GOP Sen. Steve Daines mocked for comparing pregnant women to sea turtles
• Florida students win yearbook flap over 'Don't Say Gay' bill

Y'all forced-birth states are ready to manage all the new teen moms, right? Kicked out of their home, unwed, had to drop out of school, can't get childcare so can't work anywhere? I'm sure you have a plan for this, yes? - Nick Solomon

Trump Donor Being Investigated For Bribery During Trump Administration

The House Natural Resources Committee announced its first-ever criminal referral to the Department of Justice on Wednesday, asking it to investigate whether Mike Ingram, an Arizona real estate developer and a campaign donor to Donald Trump, bribed public officials during Trump's tenure as...

Senator Josh Hawley wants to strip Disney of half a century’s worth of intellectual property protection —and profits. The GOP aren’t builders - they’re looters. - Paul Cogan

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Rock The Voter News

• 'The great MAGA king': Biden sharpens midterm attacks
• Biden marks imminent ‘tragic milestone’ of 1m US Covid deaths
• Democrats lose Senate vote to codify abortion rights into federal law

Susan Collins Calls 911 After Receiving Copy of Constitution in Mail. - Andy Borowitz

Manchin, Once Again, Joins Republicans

The Senate voted 51–49 on Wednesday against a bill that would have enshrined abortion access in federal law...The Women's Health Protection Act, which required 60 votes to pass, was doomed from the start. All 50 Senate Republicans voted against the bill, as did Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).

That one guy in every fucking meeting when after hours of work and everything is finally settled and everybody is getting ready to leave, says: "Not to be the Devil's Advocate or anything, but I'm going to have to disagree..." and you have to start all over.

That's Joe Manchin. - Stonekettle

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Business/Tech News

• Inflation stays hot as wholesale prices jump 11 percent in April
• Biden to speak with infant formula manufacturers amid shortage
• Greg Norman, Who’s Partnering With Saudi Arabia to Create New PGA Tour Rival, Gives Regime a Total Pass for Khashoggi’s Killing
• Trump’s DC hotel is officially out of business: report

Yo, why did no one tell me Elon had his Tesla workers in China forced to work 12 hour shifts 6 days a week and they had to sleep at the factory and couldn't leave? Bro, that's not a job, that's prison. - BlackKnight10K tweet

More Interference By Trump During The COVID Outbreak
Trump officials “collaborated” with the meatpacking industry to downplay the threat of Covid to plant workers and block public health measures which could have saved lives, a damning new investigation has found.

If men could have babies, abortion would be a sacrament. - Stephen King

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Odd News

• Payouts paused after host calls wrong Mega Millions Mega Ball number
• Vegas mob lore floats to the surface along with bodies at Lake Mead
• South Carolina Man Found Dead in Backyard After Having Heart Attack While Burying Girlfriend He Strangled, Police Say
• By chance, Polish cop helps Lech Walesa with flat tire in US
• Rhode Island waitress surprised with $810 tip on $48.17 bill

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Church Mountain in Iceland.

Peace.

‘They Should Book Them’: Sen. Marsha Blackburn Calls to Arrest Protesters Outside Supreme Court Justices Homes

‘They Should Book Them’: Sen. Marsha Blackburn Calls to Arrest Protesters Outside Supreme Court Justices Homes

Protestors demonstrating outside the homes of Supreme Court Justices should be arrested, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) suggested to Newsmax this week.

Since the opinion draft leak from the Supreme Court suggesting Roe v. Wade could potentially be overturned this year, protesters have gathered outside the homes of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and others, but Blackburn claims this level of advocacy may violate the law.

None of us should accept a future in which our daughters and granddaughters have fewer rights than we did. - Hillary Clinton tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Russia downed satellite internet in Ukraine -Western officials
• Russia's Medvedev, Volodin lash out at U.S. aid to Ukraine
• Marjorie Taylor Greene told to stop ‘repeating Putin’s propaganda’ after she speaks out against Ukraine aid

What about instead of trying to get the birth rate up via banning abortion, lawmakers try to get the birth rate up via…making our lives better, so we feel comfortable bringing new humans into the world. - Ginny Hogan

Elon Musk Is Trying To Earn The Most Hated Man On The Planet Award
Elon Musk says Americans 'are trying to avoid going to work at all,' unlike Chinese workers who 'will be burning the 3am oil'

Tesla share price down a whopping 38% YTD, 6% today alone. This will impact Musk's dream of purchasing Twitter. - Richard Signorelli

Republican Shenanigans

• Republicans make final push for Kemp in Georgia, bucking Trump
• Colorado county bars indicted pro-Trump official from overseeing 2022 elections
• Judge sets terms to release Trump from contempt order
• Florida judge strikes down part of DeSantis House map
• Recording Shows Lindsey Graham Criticizing Trump After Jan. 6 Riot: 'He Plays the TV Game and He Went Too Far Here'
• Charles Herbster, Accused Of Groping 8 Women, Loses Nebraska Gubernatorial Race
• Oz, McCormick, Barnette neck and neck in Pennsylvania Senate primary: poll
• Trump tells court he lost phones linked to alleged fraud by his company
• 'Too Stupid For Words': Former Officials Say Trump Asked If China Was Targeting US With Hurricane Guns

We should use our Jewish space lasers to take out China’s hurricane gun. - TheUSASingers tweet

Gee, It Seems Alito's & Kavanaugh's Neighbors Don't Like Them Very Much.
Following the leak of an opinion showing that the Supreme Court is ready to overturn Roe v. Wade and let states ban abortion, neighbors of Justice Brett Kavanaugh organized pro-choice protests and the civility police were on high alert, clutching their pearls about the privacy of unelected judges who serve for life and are about to rip privacy rights away from millions of Americans...Independent reporter Talia Jane shared that about 100 protestors marched to Alito’s house in suburban Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday and that Alito’s neighbors seemed pretty fine with it.

GOP Congressmen Rush To Get Their Girlfriends Abortions Before Roe is Overturned. - Andy Borowitz

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Rock The Voter News

• White House releases plan aimed at improving infrastructure permitting processes
• House Democrats press DOJ to probe Trump Interior secretary for permit reversal
• 58 percent in new poll favor candidate who supports abortion access
• Manchin to oppose Democratic bill guaranteeing abortion access

America had a black president longer than the Confederacy lasted. - kiki tweet

Infant Formula Shortage Getting Worse

A nationwide shortage of infant formula is worsening, sending parents scrambling and lawmakers demanding answers. 

For the week starting April 24, the out-of-stock percentage of formula reached 40 percent, according to an analysis by Datasembly, a retail tracking company. That’s an increase from 31 percent at the beginning of April.

We will stay away from their homes, when they stay away from our uterus. 

Deal? - RealHousewifeOfMichigan tweet

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Business/Tech News

• Inflation cools slightly to 8.3 percent
• Peloton is burning through cash and borrowing from Wall Street to stay afloat
• Civil society orgs call on Zoom to drop emotional analysis features
• US drug overdose deaths hit another record high

Peloton convinced rich people to pay $2000 for a bike AND to pay $20-$30 a month to use it. And still failed as a business. - ShutUpRuss tweet

Twitter Founder Who Banned Trump, Changes Mind

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Tuesday former President Donald Trump belongs on Twitter, as do other individuals the company has banned.

Elon Musk is in the process of acquiring the company. He said Tuesday if he indeed buys the platform, he will reinstate the former president’s account.

One of my hobbies as an adult person is putting something in the microwave and finding it five hours later when I go to put something else in there. - Jess B tweet

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My son was diagnosed with COVID today and is in isolation at a hotel. I'm sure I contracted it but no symptoms yet. Next stop is to get tested.

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Odd News

• A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon red Sunday night
• Fragment of the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs may have been found
• Florida deputy drove over woman as she sunbathed on beach: authorities
• Maine woman, 71, becomes oldest to swim across the Sea of Galilee
• Passenger Who Had Never Flown a Plane Makes Incredible Emergency Landing After Pilot Becomes Incapacitated

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Qaqortoq, South Greenland knows how to bring color into their lives.

Peace.

Elon Musk Says He Would Reverse Twitter’s Donald Trump Ban

Elon Musk Says He Would Reverse Twitter’s Donald Trump Ban

Elon Musk, who has reached a $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter, said the social network's permanent ban on the 45th U.S. president was a “morally bad decision” — one that Musk

Trump's Twitter should remain in the same state as Eric Trump's brain:

Inactive.

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Family of Marine freed from Russian custody rejects Ted Cruz's claim that he helped get him home: 'We are not appreciative'
• Pentagon sees 'anecdotal reports' Russian officers are slow-walking attack orders in Ukraine
• Trump Wanted to Shut Down Every U.S. Embassy in Africa, Former Defense Secretary Says
• Mark Esper claims that Trump told him told him to 'get rid of' impeachment witness Alexander Vindman

This country will put kindergartners into debt for eating lunch and drill teens on how to fight off school shooters, but if a senator sees sidewalk chalk or a judge hears protestors, the full force of the state rushes to coddle and protect them. - L Ron Mexico tweet

Revenge Shall Be Mine Sayeth The Trump!
Former President Donald Trump wanted to take the extraordinary step of reactivating retired US Navy Adm. William McRaven so that he could court-martial the former Navy SEAL commander for criticizing him, Trump's former Pentagon chief claims in his new book.

Ginni Thomas Complains That Protesters Are Keeping Her From Doing Her Husband’s Job. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• NPR reporter says ‘leading theory’ on SCOTUS leak is conservative clerk
• Susan Collins calls police over pro-choice public sidewalk chalk
• Alito skips conference appearance after draft opinion disclosure
• GOP Gov. Defends Law Forcing Incest Victims to Carry Pregnancy to Term, Won’t Rule Out Criminalizing IUDs
• Mississippi names Brett Favre in $24M lawsuit seeking repayment of misspent welfare funds
• Transgender treatment, doctors threatened by new Alabama law
• Judge tosses Trump suit against Twitter
• Rick Scott demands Biden resign, calling him 'incoherent, incapacitated and confused' as the president slams Scott's tax hike
• Meghan McCain Ripped as Rotten, Entitled, Spoiled by Steve Schmidt
• Ted Cruz Compares Protesters Outside Justice Alito's Home to Jan 6. Rioters

Hey guys, I won't be making it into the office today, someone drew on my sidewalk with chalk and I've got to deal with the aftermath. - Liam Nissan

CNN Outsmarts GOP

CNN Senior National Correspondent Kyung Lah and her cameraman Ronnie McCray, Jr. are more clever than Pennsylvania GOP rally organizers took them for.

Told “no press allowed” at the weekend rally for Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Doug Matriano at a Uniontown, Pennsylvania hotel pool, the defiant duo went to higher ground. Rather than pack up and call it a day, they checked into a balcony suite for $85 and got the job done with a bird’s-eye-view.

The GOP doesn't want your 12 year old daughter to read "The Handmaids Tale". But they are absolutely giddy at the thought if making her live it. - Dan6654 tweet

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden Responds to Rick Scott's Comments He's Unfit, Unwell and Should Resign: 'The Man Has a Problem'
• Joy Behar Applauds Protesters Outside Justice Alito's Home: Shows 'What It Feels Like to Lose Your Freedom of Choice'
• Mary Trump calls Susan Sarandon a moron for suggesting it's pointless to vote for the Democratic Party

Imagine where we'd be now had more people listened to Anita Hill, Hillary Clinton, and Christine Blasey Ford. - Mollie Katsen

Congress Will Hold Hearing On UFOs

Congress next Tuesday will hold a hearing next on UFOs for the first time in more than 50 years.

The House Intelligence’s subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation will hear testimony from two Pentagon officials

Happy Confederate Memorial Day - I haven't seen this many people celebrating the side that actually lost since Trump's inaugural. - John Fugelsang

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Business/Tech News

• Bitcoin value cut in half from its high
• Famed short-seller betting Elon Musk tanks Twitter stock by slashing his takeover bid
• Cannabis confusion: Thousands of truckers taken off the job amid supply chain woes
• Hawley introduces bill to strip 'woke' Disney of special copyright protections

Ban Viagra.

If pregnancy is “God’s will”, so is impotence. - JoJoFromJerz tweet

Changes Are A Comin' To Netflix
Netflix could roll out its lower-price, ad-supported tier as early as this year, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC...Netflix has struggled with a stagnating subscriber base and a plunging stock, down more than 70% year to date. An ad-supported tier could help attract and retain price-conscious consumers.

America running out of infant formula the same week it’s preparing for an influx of forcefully birthed babies is a little too on the nose. - Dr. Thrasher tweet

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Odd News

• Weird 'Yellow Brick Road' Discovered at Bottom of the Ocean
• These Eerie Wails Are a Real Sound Wave From a Supermassive Black Hole
• A 1,000-pound great white shark makes its way near the Jersey Shore
• Former Soccer Captain Reportedly Dropped From Team After Excessive Farting in the Dressing Room
• No charges for Mike Tyson for punching airplane passenger

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Nile River from the International Space Station.

Peace.