Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Wants Trump To Pardon Soldier Involved In Betting Scandal

Wingnut GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna made an appearance on Laura Ingraham's show on Fox this Friday, and as Mediaite reported, defended a special forces soldier accused of profiting off bets tied to the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, asking for Trump to pardon him, and using his crimes as an excuse to go after Nancy Pelosi.

As they discussed:

Federal prosecutors allege Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who has since been arrested, used nonpublic knowledge from the planning and execution of the January operation to place a series of bets on the prediction market Polymarket, turning roughly $33,000 into more than $400,000.

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Maine’s governor vetoes data center moratorium

L.D. 307 would have imposed the country’s first statewide moratorium on new data centers — lasting, in this case, until November 1, 2027.

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OPEN THREAD: Good Samaritans Help Another Runner Finish Boston Marathon

Aaron Beggs, of Northern Ireland, and Robson De Oliveira, of Brazil, put their personal best on hold to help Ajay Haridasse, a Massachusetts native and student at Northeastern University, after he collapsed on Monday just 305 metres from the end of the Boston Marathon course.

Beggs, who was also feeling sick and exhausted, reminded himself of all the people in his running club who might never get to experience the Boston Marathon.

“We were shaking hands as we were running, and was like, ‘We’ve got this. Let’s do this together,'” he added. “It’s not like in shorter races where you’re head-to-head trying to beat people. In the marathon, you’re cheering each other on and encouraging everybody.”

Haridasse told the Boston Herald that he was “getting ready to crawl” to the finish line after falling down for the fourth time.

Okay, now I'm crying--a young Massachusetts native fell as he neared the finish line of the Boston Marathon. He tried to get up 3 times, falling back down to the pavement. One runner stopped and helped him to his feet, another joined, and he finished, arms over the shoulders of his two rescuers. 🥹💙

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Idiot Tom Homan Invites Pope Leo For An ICE Ride-A-Long

During a Turning Point USA event, U.S. border czar Tom Homan invited Pope Leo on an ICE ride-a-long to show the head of the Catholic church that he's clueless when it comes to ICE operations.

Not to be upstaged by every other Trump official, 'General Zod' Homan attacked President Biden during his lame-brained monologue

Russian asset Benny Johnson conducted the interview.

JOHNSON: Is this your invitation to the Pope for a ride-along with ICE?

HOMAN: Yes. And I said that.

I said, I would sit down and talk to them, because they're talking about something they don't understand.

Again, I'll explain to them what happened to the Biden administration. An open boarder is the most inhumane thing you can do, because when you make a promise to the world like Biden and Mayorkas did, you can enter your country illegally, it's a crime, don't worry about it.

Homan then went on to glorify Demented Donald for another 90 seconds.

Has there ever been a more clueless invitation given to a Pope by the USA?

Pope Leo is highly educated and knows what he's talking about before he says something. He doesn't run to social media to spew lies, conspiracies, and nonsense when his fee-fees are hurt. The Pop doesn't need to set up propaganda events for photo-ops,

He would never lower himself to meet with miscreants like Homan.

These creeps treat the first US Pope in history like he's part of a "Cops" episode.

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ComfyUI hits $500M valuation as creators seek more control over AI-generated media

ComfyUI, whose tools give creators more control over AI image, video, and audio generation, just raised $30 million.

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X launches standalone XChat app on iOS

X's new app promises private chats, disappearing messages, audio and video calls and more.

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Texas Republican Would Like Democrats To Stop Doing The Thing His Party Started

Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy is very upset after Virginia Democrats scored a major win Tuesday, passing a redistricting measure that redraws the state's congressional map heavily in their favor — potentially flipping four Republican-held House seats and giving Democrats an advantage in all but one of the state's eleven districts.

The irony is lost on Roy, apparently. As I explained here, Trump started this redistricting battle when he called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in 2025 after election losses to get more Republican seats in the House. Democrats warned that they would respond in kind, but Texas did it anyway - without the consent of the voters. In short, don't start no shit, won't be no shit, and now Chip Roy is mad even though his party, including his orange pissdaddy, started this shit.

"Losing is not an option," Roy told Fox News's Maria Bartiromo. "The Marxists want to destroy this country. And that's what Hakeem Jeffries literally admitted yesterday. So let's go do it."

"Let's defend the president," he continued. "Let's get behind the president and let's go deliver. But I'm not blackpilled. You know, James Blatter made a good point yesterday. He said we outperformed in Virginia."

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