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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he will be pulling all his ads from Fox News, after Fox declined to run a commercial linked to his efforts to promote claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election.   MyPillow is considered among Fox News’ major advertisers, spending nearly $50 million on ads there last year alone.   Good grief, you mean Mike Lindell is back in the news again?  Apparently, Lindell’s “traveling shitshow” never sleeps.  Maybe one of his pillows might help with that?  Now, I’m certainly no legal analyst, but it sure sounds a lot like Fox may just be trying to avoid getting into one of those nasty MyLawsuits . That said, it sure seems like poor Fox News has been losing advertisers faster than Red State meth users are losing their teeth.  Hell, after MyPillow pulls all their ads, about the only sponsors Fox will have left - will be products like Preparation H, Life Alert, home catheter delivery, and erectile dysfunction ads....

A Maryland man named Thomas Patrick Connally Jr., has been arrested for making a series of unhinged, violent threats against Dr. Anthony Fauci, calling him “a sickening, compromised satanic freemason criminal,” a “disgusting piece of elf garbage,” and promised Fauci’s wife and daughters would each be shot in “their disgusting pig snouts, while you watch.” OK, but other than all that, I think we can all agree Fauci seems to be a pretty good doctor.  Not surprisingly, Republican leaders were quick to jump to Connally’s defense, pointing out that Connally was simply expressing “COVID-19 policy differences” he has with Fauci, and the Libs are once again trying to make a big deal out of nothing, just like they’re doing with their investigations into all those “happy, fun-loving tourists,” who visited the Capitol Building on January 6th.    Of course, defenders of Dr. Fauci wanna see prosecutors “throw the book at Connally,” but I think with someone as whacked out as Connall...

On their weekend show, Fox & Friends hosts Will Cain, Pete Hegseth, and Rachel Campos-Duffy promoted an idea which has is being floated by Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance, that "childless" Americans should not be allowed to participate in society by voting, because the "childless left" has no real stake in America. In discussing the controversial issue, the Fox hosts labeled the proposal - an “interesting idea.”  No kidding?  Seems like Fox has been into quite a few “interesting ideas” over the years, such as two failed Middle East wars, labeling the coronavirus a hoax, fear-mongering about vaccinations, supporting an insurrection, and ending all regulations for the thieves on Wall Street. Anyway, if this “only people with children should vote” logic is correct, shouldn’t we then be giving the biggest vote to our dogs, cats, and (especially) pet rabbits?  After all, they tend to have really large families.  Fact is, I’d definitely trust them as ...

Almost as quickly as Jeff Bezos could report Blue Origin is approaching $100 million in ticket sales for seats on future flights, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) announced plans to introduce a new tax on “space tourism,” pointing out that "Space exploration isn't a tax-free holiday for the wealthy.   Just as normal Americans pay taxes when they buy airline tickets, billionaires who fly into space to produce nothing of scientific value should do the same, and then some.”     Gee whiz, tax the wealthy for their joyrides up into space?  Frankly, I seriously doubt it!  In fact, knowing how Republicans operate, they’ll probably manage to somehow figure out a way to turn the entire friggin’ escapade - into a damn “tax credit.” Now personally, I’m not one really of those folks who strongly oppose the idea that billionaires are shelling out millions of dollars to head up into space.  In fact, I’m perfectly fine with it.  It’s just their returning back here to...

After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s selection of Jim Banks and Jim Jordan (two 2020 election deniers) to be on the select committee to investigate the January 6 Capitol Hill riot, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy withdrew all his committee nominations and said Republicans will instead run their own separate probe into the matter. Wow, gotta admit, this McCarthyism phenomenon seems to become more interesting, with each new incarnation.  And hell, while they’re at it, a committee with such stellar credentials as this new McCarthy committee has, shouldn’t just limit itself to investigating the Jan 6th insurrection.  Why, they should also consider investigating other things Americans still want answers to, like whether or not Haley Joel Osment - can really “see dead people?”  Just sayin’!  Of course, the fact is, we don’t really have to wait in suspense to know how this McCarthy “thing” is gonna turn out.  Spoile...

The Sacramento Bee reports that Jarrod Copeland, one of the two men arrested for plotting to bomb the office of the California Democratic Party, was denied pre-trial release at the very last minute, when his wife hesitated about having to commit to serve as her husband’s legal custodian, which meant monitoring that all the terms of his release are being honored.   Her hesitation in the matter occurred shortly after being informed by the court she could be jailed if she failed to report any violations - to which she responded “Yeah, that’s a big responsibility,” and then suggested the court find someone else to be his custodian. Wow, along with a criminal defense lawyer, sounds like Mr. Copeland’s probably gonna need a divorce lawyer too.  Now, I’m certainly no marriage counselor, but I believe if I were Mrs. Copeland, I think I’d take that old passage from those marriage vows "Till Death Do Us Part” - very, very, seriously.   And frankly, I think she has a pretty decen...

The U.S. Surgeon General said he’s very concerned about what lies ahead, with cases of COVID-19 increasing in every state and millions still unvaccinated, as a highly contagious virus variant is spreading rapidly.   Meanwhile, you have Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in Florida - a state with the highest COVID infection rate in the country - bragging about eliminating all precautions employed by other states, such as prohibiting local governments from enacting measures like mask requirements and social distancing, while selling campaign merchandise on his website saying “Don't Fauci My Florida.” Great merch ideas Gov. DeSantis!  Hey, I’ve got a couple more you might like.  How about “They'll vaccinate me - over my dead body."  Looks like about a third of the country might like that one.  Or, what about this “You can stick that needle in my cold, dead arm!”  I’m telling ya, the merch possibilities seem endless. Of course, Republicans know all this anti-vax h...