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The Washington Post reports: The House voted to approve the annual defense funding bill on Friday morning. The $895.3 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets Pentagon policy and guides funding for the year ahead, was approved by a vote of 217 to 199, falling largely along party lines. Before final passage, far-right lawmakers loaded the legislation with a …

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ′ personal assets and was still deciding on his company’s separate bankruptcy case. The decision could determine the future of his Infowars media platform, as Jones owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. …

Courthouse News reports: Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, the divisive official who was perennially at odds with most of the leading politicians in the region throughout his four years in office, sued the LA County Board of Supervisors on Thursday accusing the officials of libel and of violating his First, Fifth and 14th Amendment rights. The suit comes …

From shitbag Todd Starnes’ shitbag personal website: Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) tells me that First Lady Jill Biden should be charged with elder abuse. “His wife should be ashamed of herself,” Rosendale said on my radio show, referring to the rapidly declining physical abilities of the president. “Jill Biden should be absolutely ashamed of herself. Rosendale said Biden is being …

Wired reports: Years after being accused of swinging a baseball bat at police officers during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, Edward “Jake” Lang is now using encrypted messaging channels to create a nationwide network of armed militias in all 50 states. Though he has been in prison for over 1,200 days, Lang is working with a …

Fox News reports: A House GOP lawmaker is spearheading an effort to name the United States’ coastal waterways after former President Trump. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., is introducing a bill on Friday to rename the immediate waters surrounding the U.S., called the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), as the “Donald John Trump Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States.” If …

CNN reports: The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a federal ban on bump stocks approved by former President Donald Trump, the high court’s latest stroke limiting the power of federal agencies to act on their own. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the opinion for a 6-3 court. The court’s liberal wing, led by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissented. Trump had pushed …

NBC South Florida reports: A man accused of making online threats against members of Wilton Manors’ gay community in the past is now a wanted man in an alleged stalking case. A warrant has been issued for Craig Jungwirth after he was a no-show for a court appearance on a stalking charge, records showed. Wilton Manors Police said Jungwirth’s whereabouts …

The Hill reports: A majority of Republicans joined with Democrats on Thursday to vote down Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) amendment to the annual Defense bill that called for preventing any funds in the legislation from going toward assistance for Ukraine. The chamber voted 74-343 on Greene’s measure for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with all support coming from …

Bloomberg News reports: President Joe Biden and challenger Donald Trump face the same problem in their first debate: How to sway voters in a tight race where most Americans say they’ve already made up their minds. The candidates are already at work, conferring with close advisers before the first face-to-face showdown of 2024 on June 27 in Atlanta. That forum …