Weasels, Liars & Idiots:  US Edition

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• Thomas Cory

  

  Ted Cruz said his election objections weren’t about blocking Biden. Then someone asked about it.

  The Washington Post - Philip Bump

  The group, Cruz’s office explained in a statement, was “acting not to thwart the democratic process, but rather to protect it.” That assurance, buried at the bottom of the lengthy missive, was meant to address the obvious concern that blocking the counting of electoral votes ran the (infinitesimal) …

• Thomas Cory

  

  GOP eyes voter fraud conspiracy theorist to replace Liz Cheney

  The Washington Post - Aaron Blake

  The argument is particularly strange given how much the man they assure remains their party’s leader — Trump — is very much fixated on the past, still spouting election conspiracy theories six months after he lost. But it’s also strange given that the emerging choice to replace Cheney offered some …

• Thomas Cory

  

  A health-care exec vowed to follow covid rules. Then he led a 153-person Grand Canyon hike, rangers say.

  The Washington Post - Katie Shepherd

  Mount reassured the ranger that he only planned to bring a small group of 10 into the park, made up of his former rugby teammates, close friends and family. The next day, he logged onto Facebook to tell the dozens who had paid for the hike that he needed to make it appear that he would no longer be …

• Thomas Cory

  

  Smuggling charges filed after 97 migrants found in Texas home

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  Five people in Texas have been charged with participating in an alleged smuggling operation after 97 migrants were found in a single Houston home. The discovery on Friday by Texas police shocked the community which is more than 300 miles (480km) from the nearest border crossing with Mexico. All five …

• Thomas Cory

  

  Kansas lawmaker arrested after allegedly kneeing student in groin, asking about kids’ sex life on video

  The Washington Post - Hannah Knowles

  “Class, you have permission to kick him in the balls,” Samsel says at one point on video, according to the newspaper. Samsel, 36, was arrested Thursday on charges of misdemeanor battery after school officials in Wellsville, Kan., reported an unspecified “incident” between him and a student, the …

• Thomas Cory

  

  Tucker Carlson’s conspiracy-obsessed Giuliani interview: not for the faint hearted

  Guardian US - David Smith in Washington

  Fox News chat leaves vague impression that FBI raid on ex-mayor’s apartment was somehow Hunter Biden’s fault Rudy Giuliani guilty? That’s what they want you to think! And who are they? The sinister cabal of Hunter Biden, the Lincoln Project and Department of Injustice, of course. That would have been …