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The Brain Worms Are Taking Charge - The Friday AM Quickie 11/15/24

By Corey Pein —

This week's headlines did enough damage to the concept of a consensus reality without the the latest Congressional UFO hearing, so, alas, I'm behind on that news. I can't do it all! Jacob's got you covered on Monday. - Corey

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THE BIG NEWS

Trumpocalypse: Planned Cuts Threaten Social Security Benefits of Everyone Under 55

  • 'This Is Going to Cost Lives': Trump Picks RFK Jr. to Run Health Insurance, Drug Approvals, Food Safety, Pandemic Response, and More "He's a vaccine denier and a tin foil hat conspiracy theorist. He will destroy our public health infrastructure and our vaccine distribution systems," California Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia says of Trump's selection of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to run the Health and Human Services Department, calling the decision "f*cking insane." via the Washington Post, NBC News, and Futurism.
  • Elon Musk Met with Iranian Ambassador The white supremacist oligarch "has emerged as the most powerful private citizen in the Trump transition, and has sat in on nearly every job interview." via the New York Times, the Associated Press, and NBC News.
  • California Police Investigated Trump Defense Secretary Pick Pete Hegseth for Sexual Misconduct in 2017 "Some of Hegseth's writing also appears to echo the virulent rhetoric of white nationalists and Great Replacement theorists, taking particular aim at Islam"; his plan for fighting Islam is a new "crusade." via Vanity Fair and the Washington Post.
  • 'What the F*ck Is Happening?!': DOJ Officials Freak Out Over Matt Gaettz AG Pick as Senators Demand Ethics Review "We would support the House Ethics Committee immediately releasing their report," John Clune, a lawyer for the woman Gaetz was investigated for sexually trafficking as a teen, said yesterday. "She was a high school student and there were witnesses." via NBC News, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.
  • Felon Picks His Criminal Defender, Todd Blanche, to Be No. 2 at DOJ Trump also selected Dean John Sauer, who argued for "presidential immunity" at the Supreme Court, as solicitor general; and Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton to head up the critical U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York. via NBC News, Politico, and the New York Times.
  • Impeachment Defense Lawyer Doug Collins Tapped to Run Veterans Affairs The former Georgia congressman is also a "frequent Fox News guest," like other Trump cabinet picks. via the New York Times and Politico.
  • Big Oil Flunky Doug Burgum to Take Over Interior The North Dakota governor "is particularly close to Harold G. Hamm, the billionaire founder and chairman of Continental Resources, one of the country's largest independent oil companies, who has hosted fund-raisers and donated nearly $5 million" to Trump's latest campaign. via the New York Times and NBC News.
  • New York Democrat Dan Goldman to File House Resolution Reaffirming That Trump Can Only Serve 2 Terms 'in the Aggregate' "To amend the Constitution and modify term limits for president, both the House and the Senate would need to approve amendment language by two-thirds votes. Then it must be ratified by three-quarters of the states, or 38." via NBC News and the New York Times.

'Cosmic Justice': The Onion Buys Infowars

This might be the best news since Election Day: America's Finest News Source, The Onion, won the bankruptcy auction to acquire Alex Jones' Infowars. The longstanding far-right conspiracy theory platform dragged into the political mainstream by Donald Trump in 2015 will relaunch in January as a parody of itself. Jones is not happy. The new Infowars will boast exclusive advertising from Everytown for Gun Safety; families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims Jones defamed agreed to subsidize The Onion's winning bid with a portion of the $1.4 billion judgment Jones owes them. The price of the deal remains undisclosed. "Founded in 1999 on the heels of the Satanic 'panic' and growing steadily ever since, InfoWars has distinguished itself as an invaluable tool for brainwashing and controlling the masses," Bryce P. Tetraeder, fictional owner of the satirical newspaper, writes in a column explaining the deal. "No price would be too high for such a cornucopia of malleable assets and minds."

Law & Order Roundup: Child's Remains Recovered from 1985 Philly Police Bombing of MOVE HQ

  • 'Neglected to Death': Feds Lay Out Inhumane Conditions in Atlanta's 'Dangerous and Dehumanizing' Lockup "Detention in the Fulton County Jail has amounted to a death sentence for dozens of people who have been murdered or who died as a result of the atrocious conditions inside the facility," says Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. "It's not just adults but also children who are subjected to conditions and treatment that violate the constitution and defy federal law." via NBC News.
  • For a 12th Time, Judge Delays Sentencing of West Virginia Police Chief Convicted of Sex Trafficking Teen Former Gauley Bridge Police Chief Larry Clay, Jr., paid $100 to the stepmother of a 17-year-old to rape the girl; the woman testified that she had a total of $17.74 in her bank account when she accepted the offer. via the Washington Post.
  • Missouri Cops Charged with Illegally Searching Women's Phones to Steal Their Nudes Federal prosecutors charged former Florissant police officer Julian Alcala, 29, and former Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper David McKnight, 39, this week in similar but separate cases; the FBI investigated both cases following complaints from the victims. via NBC News.
  • UCLA Review Slams Cops and University Admins for Failing to Protect Students at Gaza Protest Attacked By Far-Right Mob The outside review says "a 'highly chaotic' decision-making process, lack of communication among campus leaders and police, and other shortfalls led to institutional paralysis." via the Los Angeles Times and the Daily Bruin.

QUICKEST QUICKIES

  • UN General Assembly Report Says Israeli Conduct in Gaza Is 'Consistent with the Characteristics of Genocide' Human Rights Watch, meanwhile, said "Israel is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, including massive forced displacements that amount to ethnic cleansing of Palestinians." via the Guardian, the Associated Press, and the New York Times.
  • Biden to Meet with China's Xi Jinping, Amazon Indigenous Leaders in South American Farewell Tour Biden arrived in Lima, Peru, yesterday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, and will then head to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the Group of 20 leaders summit, while also making an historic stop in the Amazon rainforest. via the Associated Press, ABC News, and the Washington Post.
  • Losing GOP Senate Candidates in Arizona and Wisconsin Refuse to Concede MAGA loonies Kari Lake and Eric Hovde "are trying to get their supporters to doubt the results in their races but not Trump's victory in their states." via the Washington Post.
  • NLRB Says Grindr Illegally Busted Union The federal labor board says bosses at the $89 million LGBTQ+ dating app used a return-to-office mandate to target workers attempting to organize under the Communications Workers of America for termination. via the Los Angeles Times.

SOME NUMBER

1,773

That's the minimum number of fossil fuels lobbyists that have been granted access to the United Nations Cop29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Guardian reports, outnumbering the number of delegates from the 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change. AnCap crackpot Argentine President Javier Milei withdrew his country from the climate talks on Wednesday, and he is reportedly "evaluating whether to withdraw his country from the Paris climate agreement" along with Donald Trump.

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PARTING WORDS

"I was going to ask him, 'Why do you feel comfortable saying the things that you say?' And it was obvious he's very scared, probably extremely paranoid. ... He seemed like someone who had been barricaded in or something in that—he was very kind of sweaty, twitchy, bug eyed, you know; that is how I would characterize him. He didn't seem calm. I was much more calm than he was, you know, even after getting sprayed."

-- Marla Rose, 57, of Berwyn, Illinois, speaking to Vice News about getting maced and shoved down some stairs by neo-Nazi streamer Nick Fuentes after approaching the door to his home intending to confront him about the misogynistic slogan he popularized: "your body, my choice." The Berwyn Police Department tells NBC News they are not investigating the assault because "neither party is willing to cooperate."

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