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November 12, 2020: The possibility of $5 per gallon gas due to Joe Biden's energy-restriction policies was a right-wing conspiracy theory and fake news, experts say.

Last night, The US Energy Information Agency's national average gas price calculation was, get this, four dollars and ninety seven cents and seven tenths. $4.97 7/10.

So... not five dollars.

What do you think it will be tonight?

The Tampa Bay Rays made their players wear "pride" rainbow patches, but some players refused.

On Saturday, the Tampa Bay Rays held their annual "Pride Night" game. As part of the festivities, players wore a special rainbow patch on their uniforms to support LGBTQ (and whatever new letters they've added this week) pride. Well, most players did. A few players decided to take the brave step of not playing along, choosing not to wear the patch on their uniforms.

ESPN reports that "Among players who elected to remove the logos were pitchers Jason Adam, Jalen Beeks, Brooks Raley, Jeffrey Springs, and Ryan Thompson, according to the Tampa Bay Times. According to CBS News, "Adam was elected to speak for the group after the game, saying it was a 'faith-based decision' for many of them."

Chris Jacobs, the Republican congressman who rushed to embrace gun control laws in the wake of the Buffalo mash shooting, has announced he will not seek reelection.

He was surprised to discover that his Republican constituents were strong supporters of the Second Amendment, which should tell you something about the "leadership" class's actual level of engagement with the beliefs and desires of those they presume to represent.

"This obviously arises out of last Friday, my remarks, statements on being receptive to gun controls," Jacobs said in the interview. "And since that time, every Republican elected (official) that had endorsed me withdrew their endorsement. Party officials that supported me withdrew, most of them, and those that were going to said they would not. And so, obviously, this was not well received by the Republican base."
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Rep. Chris Jacobs' new willingness to support certain gun control legislation has led to a scramble for other Republicans to challenge him in August's primary.

For his part, Jacobs concluded that he didn't want to be part of a bitter primary battle.

"I truly believe that I could win this, but it would be an incredibly divisive race for our party, for the district," Jacobs said. "There's a high likelihood that there would be a lot of outside money coming in, so it would make this gun issue the issue. And that divisiveness is not good in any effort to move this discussion forward in a productive way."

Kathy Griffin is, get this, screaming about a hot-button topic she saw on Twitter.

And she's attacking Johnny Depp's looks.

I mean... has she seen herself?

Kathy Griffin has turned on actor Johnny Depp in the wake of his $15 million win in the Amber Heard defamation trial, calling the Pirates of the Caribbean star an "orange, fat, bloated boozebag... Donald Trump with a ponytail."

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"I just think Depp is gross," she declared:

These Johnny Depp stans that are talking about this trial and yet they refuse to show pictures of what he looks like now, which is a big orange fat bloated boozebag. He looks like Donald Trump with a ponytail. And so they keep sticking up for him and being like, "Amber is taking down Johnny! He's so gorgeous and dreamy!"

Speaking of actors with opinions, Matthew McConnaughey spoke at the White House about gun control. For reasons I'm not sure I get, conservatives are praising him, despite his support for some gun control measures like red flag laws and increasing the age requirement for purchasing rifles to 21.

I suppose he's being praised for also mentioning social/cultural problems?

But... what about the gun control stuff?

Yes, it's nice that he's not beating up on Republicans. But he's still doing the old rhetorical trick of saying, "Solutions are neither Republican nor Democrat, so let's unite and pass these Democrat solutions."

Or am I wrong?

posted by Ace at 05:23 PM

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