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02/03/23:

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as a political independent, she told CNN's Jake Tapper in an exclusive TV interview. "I've registered as an Arizona independent. I know some people might be a little bit surprised by this, but actually, I think it makes a lot of sense," Sinema said in a Thursday interview with Tapper in her Senate office. "I've never fit neatly into any party box. I've never really tried. I don't want to," she added. "Removing myself from the partisan structure -- not only is it true to who I am and how I operate, I also think it'll provide a place of belonging for many folks across the state and the country, who also are tired of the partisanship." While Sanders and King formally caucus with Democrats, Sinema declined to explicitly say that she would do the same. She did note, however, that she expects to keep her committee assignments -- a signal that she doesn't plan to upend the Senate composition, since Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer controls committee rosters for Democrats. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/12/09/politics/kyrsten-sinema-leaves-democratic-party/index.html

There's still an ongoing discussion about Romania and Bulgaria. It appears that Austria will veto their accession.--> vetoed by Austria and the Netherlands

...and lying about her brother cxmmitting, and having an abortion, and losing a "close friend" in a synagogue shooting. Disgraced television writer Elisabeth Finch has come forward with her first interview since she was put on leave from Grey’s Anatomy in March for lying about cancer, suicide, and, bizarrely, the Tree of Life synagogue shooting. Speaking with The Ankler, Finch confirmed that she’s “never had any form of cancer.” Finch’s nonmedical lies include claims that the FBI allowed her into the Tree of Life synagogue crime scene to collect the remains of a (nonexistent) friend, and that her (very alive) brother “died by suicide.” She addresses her snowballing fabrications, which she used for clout and privileges in her career and special attention in her personal life, by saying, “I know it’s absolutely wrong what I did … I lied and there’s no excuse for it. But there’s context for it. The best way I can explain it is when you experience a level of trauma a lot of people adopt a maladaptive coping mechanism.” She then compares her own lying to an addiction. In a May Vanity Fair piece about the scandal, Finch’s ex-wife Beyer alleges Finch took stories from Beyer’s life and twisted them into stories about herself at work. Many stories of abuse stemmed from, Beyer claimed, her own accounts of domestic abuse at the hands of her late husband, Brendan. Brendan’s mother complicates this account to The Ankler, saying that her son displayed “all sorts of strange and erratic behavior,” but claimed that Beyer also had a tendency to allegedly lie about “suffering from a range of illnesses, the symptoms of which never quite manifested.” (the doctor on the right) Source

Madison Cawthorn Wastes Last Speech on House Floor Complaining About ‘Metrosexuals’ Soon-to-be-former Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) used his last speech on the House floor on Wednesday to rally his colleagues against the impending threat of “soft metrosexuals.” In a fitting coda to a bizarre single term in office, Cawthorn wasted his final precious minutes on C-SPAN sounding the alarm on the death spiral of masculinity. “Our young men are taught that weakness is strength, that delicacy is desirable, and that being a soft metrosexual is more valuable than training the mind, body, and soul,” the 27-year-old said during his heated remarks. “Social media has weakened us, siphoning our men of their will to fight,” he continued. “To rise in a noble manner, square their jaws and charge once more into the breach of line to defend what they love.” Selections from Cawthorn’s gallery of greatest-hit controversies include sexual abuse allegations dating back to his college years; accusations of insider trading; being stopped for attempting to bring a gun through airport security (twice); being pictured wearing women’s lingerie; being filmed while nude and thrusting his crotch into another man’s face; and that time he heavily implied that members of his very own Grand Old Party made a habit of inviting him to cocaine-fueled orgies. In the wake of his defeat, Cawthorn reportedly skipped town, vacating his D.C. office two months ahead of time, according to the Asheville Citizen Times. ....With that in mind, he wanted to “ask the young men of this nation a question.” “Will you sit behind a screen while the storied tales of your forefathers become myth? Or will you stand resolute against the dying light of America’s golden age? Will you reclaim your masculinity? Will you become a man to be feared? To be respected? To be looked up to? Or will you let this Nation's next generation be its final generation?” *********** https://www.thedailybeast.com/madison-cawthorn-wastes-last-speech-on-house-floor-to-complain-about-metrosexuals Thots on Mr. Masculinity's speech?

He liked this tweet. The comments though...his followers are something else. I really hope he publicly acknowledges gay rights or he is a little *****