‘Irredeemable’
Public records show the 39-year-old posted bond last week on a slew of charges, including battery, and was previously identified as a sex offender in Nevada.
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LAW AND ORDER OPTIONAL
The Claremont Institute’s new “sheriffs fellows” have vowed not to enforce pandemic restrictions, vaccine mandates, gun laws—and basically any other laws they disagree with.
INNOVATION
They have stock footage, generic clips of police activity, and stock photos—but nothing else that indicates these films actually exist as advertised.
PROXY WAR
A top Trump attorney, who’s handling lawsuits related to the Jan. 6 insurrection, is repping a warlord who’s accused of trying to overthrow the government in Libya.
AMATEUR HOUR
The flurry of social media apps aimed at conservatives promise free speech will reign—but more often than not they’re crashing and burning before they can even get going.
JAB-DODGERS
Anti-vaxxers are trying to use religion to poke holes in vaccine mandates with help from form letters and “concierge” services offering advice on accommodation demands for a fee.
'What Is Past Is Prologue'
Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against the congressional committee investigating Jan. 6 and the National Archives in an attempt to restrict access to documents.
TY, LYSM
Telecom companies are poised to implement new rules on unsolicited texts. But campaigns, nonprofits, and advocacy groups worry the new restrictions will hurt their bottom line.
MEME MADNESS
How an anti-vaxxer meme about an airline vaccine-mandate protest appears to have tricked Republican senators and congressmen.
Crazy Like a Fox
While many conservative streamers have been kicked off YouTube, the streaming platform Twitch is still largely a safe space for them—and an opportunity to make a lot of money.
