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Some news items you might have missed: • AP News: Former GOP congressman Adam Kinzinger endorsed President Joe Biden on Wednesday, giving the Democrat a prominent new ally in his high-stakes campaign to win over moderate Republicans and independents this fall. Continue reading “GOP Congressman Endorses Biden + More News”
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) used his House farewell speech today to call out the Republican party for embracing “lies and deceit.” Continue reading “Kinzinger Farewell Speech: GOP ‘Has Embraced Lies And Deceit’”
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
A moment at Folsom Street East 2022 (photo: Matt Rettenmund)
Some news items you might have missed: • Axios: Netflix’s stock sunk more than 20% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the streaming giant said it lost 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter — its first subscriber loss in a decade.
NEW: Netflix lost subscribers for the first time in a decade, sending its stock down 20% https://t.co/yBPZmMDmbp
— Axios (@axios) April 19, 2022
• Out: Bob the Drag Queen won’t be walking purse first into the RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7 werkroom because she never got invited to be on this special “all-winners” season. • Variety: Ezra Miller has been arrested for second-degree assault in Hawaii, less than four weeks after the “Flash” and “Fantastic Beasts” star was arrested for disorderly conduct and harassment.
Ezra Miller has been arrested for second-degree assault in Hawaii, less than four weeks after the “Flash” and “Fantastic Beasts” star was arrested for disorderly conduct and harassment. https://t.co/Sog7lkh8wA
— Variety (@Variety) April 19, 2022
• Florida Politics: Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is ticked off at Disney for criticizing his “Don’t Say Gay” legislation. So now he’s having a special session of the state lawmakers “take a look” at Disney World’s self-government deal that’s been in place for decades. • HuffPost: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) “would really love” to run against Donald Trump for president in 2024. “Even if he crushed me, like in a primary, to be able to stand up and call out the garbage is just a necessary thing, regardless of who it is. I think it’d be fun.”
Kinzinger tells @lizskalka it would be “fun” to run against Trump in a primary.
“Even if he crushed me…to be able to stand up and call out the garbage is just a necessary thing, regardless of who it is” https://t.co/QxZJUCt14p — Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) April 18, 2022
• Raw Story: A former aide to Trump-loving Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) is filing a brutal employment-related complaint against Cawthorn describing him as a “bad person” and “habitual liar” who’s “going to say and do anything he can to your face but behind your back he’s completely opposite.” • Good Morning Britain: Millionaire businessman Andrey Stavnitser saw from his home’s webcams that Russian soldiers were deploying equipment from the expansive mansion, so he gave the location co-ordinates to the Ukraine military and told them to bomb the home. https://youtu.be/AWzk_nURvCc
Some news items you might have missed: • Back2Stonewall: Tony Perkins (above), of the certified hate group Family Research Council, told followers in an email one ‘silver lining’ of the pandemic is children won’t learn ‘explicit LGBT curriculum.’ Continue reading “News Round-Up: July 29, 2021”
During an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told host George Stephanopoulos it was her “plan” to appoint Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) to the House select committee investigating the deadly January 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol building. Continue reading “Pelosi Appoints 2nd GOP Rep To Capitol Invasion Investigation”
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
Kinzinger, speaking Sunday morning on CNN’s “State of the Union,” said: “The reality is there is no impetus to overthrow an election,” and added that even if there were reasons to do so, there is not a constitutional mechanism to overturn a presidential election after states have formally certified their results.
He went on to say that Trump and certain members of Congress are “getting retweets, they’re getting followers and they’re raising money on this scam.”
“It is a scam and it is going to disappoint the people that believe this election was stolen, that think this is an opportunity to change it,” he added.
President-elect Joe Biden won the presidential election with 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232 votes.
Kinzinger on possibility of Republicans challenging Electoral College results on Jan. 6: “This is a scam … the reality is there is no impetus to overthrow an election, even if you want to … we talk about the Constitution. We have to follow it.” pic.twitter.com/sSQVHsffr2
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 27, 2020