The House Intelligence Committee is expected to hold a hearing on deep fake videos on June 13. A doctored video that appeared last month of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, was an example of a “cheap fake” and easily shown to be falsified. But Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said when … Read more
Earlier this year, Governor Doug Ducey put the kibosh on some anti-vaxxer bills moving through the Arizona legislature. You may recall that this provoked the very special kind of crazy that is regressive Republican Rep. Kelly Townsend (R-Mesa). Governor Doug Ducey is a communist! State Rep. Kelly Townsend says mandatory vaccinations are ‘Communist’: Signing her post, … Read more
You may recall that in May 2018, A federal judge in New York ruled that President Trump may not block users from following his Twitter account because the social media platform is a “public forum” protected by the First Amendment. Donald Trump cannot block critical Twitter users, court rules: “Blocking of the individual plaintiffs as a result … Read more
Add a “science background” and “a big math background” to Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar’s CV, right next to “DDS” and body language expert. Gosar (R-CD4) received national attention last year for telling FBI agent Peter Strzok that his experience as a dentist also made him a body language expert. In another Congressional hearing this week, Gosar … Read more
Supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory — the cult followers of the personality cult of Donald Trump — were out in force at President Donald Trump’s unhinged campaign rally in Michigan on Thursday, where the demagogue-in-chief hailed victory over a “deep state” of officials he claims is out to topple him from power. QAnon conspiracy … Read more