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Steve Bannon INDICTED, Surrendering to Authorities
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s former strategist, has been indicted for refusing to cooperate with a subpoena from the January 6th congressional commission. This was expected to happen ever since last month, when it became known that Bannon would not be sending over requested documents to Congress. The House of Representatives then voted to hold Bannon in criminal contempt and referred the matter over to the US attorney’s office in Washington DC. The US Justice Department released a statement on the charges, saying, “Bannon, 67, is charged with one contempt count involving his refusal to appear for a deposition and another involving his refusal to produce documents.” The statement also included the penalties Bannon is facing, saying “each count of contempt of Congress carries a minimum of 30 days and a maximum of one year in jail, as well as a fine of $100 to $1,000.” There are now rumors of more subpoenas going out to Trump’s former senior policy adviser Stephen Miller and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. If they too decide to ignore the requests for documents, a cascade of charges could soon be coming the way of a number of former Trump administration officials.
Delusional Fox News Interview with Kyle Rittenhouse's Mom
Sean Hannity had Kyle Rittenhouse’s mom Wendy on his show for an interview about the ongoing homicide trial in Kenosha and the exchange showed exactly what is wrong with American gun culture. Hannity asked Wendy whether Kyle would have done the same actions knowing what he knows now. She said, “with Kyle, I know him, and he probably would do it again because that’s the type of person he is.” What makes zero sense about this answer is that even if Kyle Rittenhouse is found not guilty due to the self-defense excuse, he still could have avoided the tragedy altogether. At 17 years old, he had no business going to Kenosha that night to defend private property that didn’t belong to him with a semiautomatic rifle. Even if Rittenhouse is found to have been justified in the shootings, two people are dead and one person was injured in a situation that could have been avoided if Kyle had just stayed home. While it’s obvious that Wendy Rittenhouse is going to be on the side of her son, saying Kyle would have done it all over again goes to show that no lessons were learned from this tragic event.
From over the weekend:
Newsmax Reporter Permanently Banned from Twitter Hours After Being Unbanned
Newsmax reporter Emerald Robinson was recently banned from Twitter for spreading wild anti-vaccine nonsense. Robinson had recently had her account reinstated after a temporary ban and only hours later, the account was permanently disabled. She doubled-down on her claims that the vaccines contain a Satan-linked tracker, which led to being kicked off the platform for good. The initial post that got Emerald into trouble read, “Dear Christians: the vaccines contain a bioluminescent marker called LUCIFERASE so that you can be tracked. Read the last book of the New Testament to see how this ends.” After Robinson’s account was reinstated, she tweeted, “one more thing: the new COVID-19 antibody test is called SATiN and it uses Luciferase. No, I’m not kidding. It’s not an accident that they’ve given this name to this test. It’s a warning.” This was the final straw for Twitter and they disabled her account once and for all. Many conservatives treat being banned from Twitter as a a badge of honor, especially after it happened to Donald Trump. This means that unfortunately, this could end up being good for Emerald’s career and for getting her anti-vax message out to her followers.
From yesterday’s show:
Joe Biden's Approval Collapses to Lowest of All Time
Joe Biden’s average approval rating has reached a new low of 42.6% according to FiveThirtyEight. Biden’s average disapproval rating is now at 51.1%, meaning he is underwater by a sizable margin of 8.5 points. In the early months of his presidency, Biden’s average approval rating was in the mid 50s, but his honeymoon period is long over and a number of events have since contributed to this downturn. Americans overall began to take issue with the Biden presidency around the time of the final stages of the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in August. Furthermore, COVID cases have begun ticking back up in the US after Biden promised to get the virus under control. There are a number of economic factors working against Biden as well, including labor shortages, supply chain issues, and higher-than-usual inflation. Perhaps passing the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and getting closer to passing the $1.75 trillion spending package will help improve Biden’s numbers, but that remains to be seen.
More on the show:
--Defense lawyer Kevin Gough, from the trial over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, asks that no more "black pastors" be allowed in the court room, then issues a weak apology
--Judge Bruce Schroeder's bizarre behavior during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial continues
--Donald Trump defends his followers' previous chants of "hang Mike Pence" during a recently-unearthed interview with ABC reporter Jonathan Karl
--Donald Trump's former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham claims that Donald Trump deliberately held "off the books" meetings in order to circumvent records laws
--Former White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah says that Mike Pence is "ashamed" of Trump and might run in 2024 to try to take his voters
--A San Francisco police officer who was suspended from his job for refusing to get vaccinated has died of COVID-19
--Voicemail caller wants to make it known that not all older folks are conspiracy-spreading unhinged Trumpists
--On the Bonus Show: What was a greed to at the COP26 summit, big tech might be forced into algorithm-free feeds, Germany's new COVID nightmare, much more...
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