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Actor John Schneider of the Dukes of Hazzard called for unity while verbally attacking President Joe Biden as new flooding hit the state of Louisiana, where his property is located.

During an interview on Fox & Friends, host Steve Doocy shared photographs of the destruction on Schneider's property, including several photos of a "General Lee" car that was used in his hit show. In one photo, the Confederate flag painted on the top of the car has been smashed by a fallen tree.

America's spies still don't know where covid came from. In May, President Joe Biden called for a three-month sprint to discover the origins of Covid-19, but according to a recently-released report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the body that oversees the 18 agencies that comprise the US Intelligence Community (IC), little progress has been made toward that goal. This shouldn't surprise anyone. It was sheer hubris to expect the IC to crack one of the major scientific mysteries of our time over the summer.

It's fair to ask why the president gave this mission to the IC in the first place. We normally look to epidemiologists and virologists to explain the origins of viruses, not spies. And the unclassified summary of the report implies that the spooks are leaning heavily on the same body of scientific literature as everyone else.

Underscoring what critics call the out-of-touch nature of Republican and right-wing Democrats' opposition to the Build Back Better bill supported by the Biden administration and progressive U.S. lawmakers, new polling published Wednesday confirmed that a majority of likely American voters favor the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.

The Invest in America and Data for Progress survey (pdf) of 1,201 likely U.S. voters, conducted from August 27 to August 30, found that 61% of all respondents supported the $3.5 trillion spending proposal. Among Democratic voters, support for the measure soared to 83%, while 58% of Indpendent and third-party voters, and 40% of Republicans, backed the bill.

With the Afghan crisis, a resurgent pandemic and a defeat on abortion rights roiling Democratic politics, Republicans are already setting their sights on Joe Biden in 2024 -- knowing their chances of being the next president depend on winning kingmaker Donald Trump's approval first.

The deposed president is said to be considering a third White House bid himself. But even if he declines to run, he remains an outsized influence among hopefuls betting on their ability to remake themselves in his image to inherit his hyper-loyal base.

MSNBC's Chris Hayes on Wednesday reported on the higher death toll in the most Republican counties vs the most Democratic ones.

Hayes pointed to a new report that was published by data journalist Christopher Ingraham under the headline, "GOP COVID policy is killing GOP voters.

Federal officials are preparing for a Sept. 18th rally demanding "justice" for January 6th arrestees that is expected to be attended by the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

U.S. Capitol Police have been discussing reinstalling the perimeter fence erected after the insurrection, the Associated Press reported Wednesday, citing "three people familiar" with the situation.

During a CNN discussion of the Afghanistan withdrawal Wednesday, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), herself a combat veteran, tried to claim that President Joe Biden hasn't thanked veterans for fighting in Afghanistan — and was promptly corrected by anchor Jake Tapper.

"As I visit with other veterans, as I have talked to those Gold Star spouses, those Gold Star families, many feel that they have been left behind," said Ernst. "And what I have not heard from this president is a thank you to those veterans who have served in the global war on terror. Not once has he expressed empathy and gratitude to the men and women who have put the uniform on and have fought so bravely overseas the last 20 years to keep our homeland safe."

On Wednesday, NBC4 Washington's Scott MacFarlane — one of the key journalists covering the cases against the January 6 Capitol insurrectionists — reported that a "caravan of protesters" has been gathering at the D.C. jail on "multiple Sunday afternoons" to demand the release of the defendants currently being held pending trial.

MacFarlane also provided a video of one of these protesters ranting against Biden and suggesting the rioters are "political prisoners."

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is growing tired with far-right Republicans who are making noise about impeaching Joe Biden despite the fact Democrats control both houses of Congress.

"Look, there isn't going to be an impeachment, but I think we have a good chance of winning that election next year," McConnell said in Kentucky.

Rep. Madison Cawthorn's (R-NC) latest behavior has shocked and alarmed those back home in North Carolina.

The editorial board of The Charlotte Observer released a bruising column saying that it's time for Republicans in the state to rein in the freshman congressman.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) was caught on camera admitting that President Joe Biden received "7 million more popular votes" to defeat former President Donald Trump.

The admission was made as part of a recording that was released on Wednesday by Lauren Windsor.

A newly revealed text message from an Arizona Republican suggests that former President Donald Trump wanted to help bankroll audit of the 2020 election in the state's Maricopa County, Newsweek reports.

The messages were between former Trump campaign official Jeff DeWit and Randy Pullen, a spokesperson for the audit. "...DeWit offered to contribute $175,000 to a so-called "dark money" group called the Guardian Defense Fund, of which Pullen was the treasurer, and later asked about contributions to another group, Fund the Audit by the America Project," Newsweek reports. "The America Project donated $3.25 million to fund the controversial Maricopa County audit carried out by Cyber Ninjas, making it the audit's single largest backer."

After years of lying to the American people, conservative columnist Max Boot said Wednesday that Republicans simply can't stop themselves from continuing to do it.

In his column for the Washington Post, Boot argued that Republican officials can't decide where they stand on President Joe Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan. Some wanted him to exit faster. Others decided Biden shouldn't have exited at all.