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NE Republican Resigns Over Secret Photos Of Aide

The Nebraska Examiner reports: State Sen. Mike Groene announced that he was resigning Friday afternoon, just a couple of hours after denying accusations that he took sexually inappropriate photographs of a female legislative aide. The development came quickly after an Omaha-based website reported, and legislative leaders confirmed, that a legislative aide of the senator had filed a complaint that Groene …

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TN Bill Would Designate Some Gun Owners As Police

ABC News reports: Legislation introduced in the Tennessee state legislature this month is raising alarms from the state’s police union and gun control advocates who say it could turn the streets into the “old West.” Two bills in the state assembly and state senate, HB 254 and SB 2523, would amend Tennessee law and designate “a person who has been …

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Florida GOP House Candidate Threatens Cop’s Job During Minor Traffic Stop: “Don’t You Know Who I Am?”

Florida Politics reports: Sarasota Republican Martin Hyde was cited Monday morning for failing to display the proper registration on his vehicle at a speeding stop, according to records obtained by Florida Politics. He was stopped at 9:45 a.m. on Feb. 14. That’s a minor enough infraction, one bearing a civil penalty of just $116. But apparently it was enough to …

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Hundreds In Florida May Have Unknowingly Had Party Affiliations Changed To GOP By Republican Canvassers

Gainesville’s PBS affiliate reports: Signatures of some voters in apartment buildings and high-rise towers in South Florida whose registration was changed to Republican appeared noticeably different than on paperwork those same voters signed earlier, according to a new review of voting records. The signature comparisons, performed this week in Miami as journalists from the University of Florida College of Journalism …

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Republicans Sue To Force Adoption Of OH Redistricting

Courthouse News reports: Unfazed by rulings from the Ohio Supreme Court, a group of Republican voters on Friday sued in federal court seeking to force the adoption of state House and Senate maps that have already been rejected as unconstitutional gerrymandering. The lawsuit comes on the heels of an unproductive meeting of the Ohio Redistricting Commission on Thursday, during which …

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Ted Cruz Lies That Biden Is Handing Out “Crack Pipes”

Mediaite reports: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) amplified and embellished a false and debunked claim, telling his viewers that President Joe Biden “Wants to give crack pipes to minorities to destroy minority communities.” On the most recent edition of Verdict with Ted Cruz, the podcast co-hosted by Cruz and Michael Knowles, Knowles read a question from a viewer, then prompted …

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Cultist GOP House Rep Under Ethics Probe Dies At 59

St. Paul’s ABC News affiliate reports: U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn, R-Minn. 1st District, has died. Hagedorn’s wife and former GOP chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan confirmed the news with 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Friday morning. He was 59. Hagedorn was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer in 2019 and began receiving care at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. He announced he had a kidney …

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Schlapp Threatens WY Reps To Pass Anti-Cheney Bill

Politico reports: Trump and his allies have been privately lobbying Wyoming lawmakers to change the state’s election laws as part of an effort to unseat Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).  Were the law to pass, Democrats, Republicans, or independents would no longer be able to switch party affiliation on the day of the state’s primary to vote for a candidate in …

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WY GOP Bill Would Block Dems From Voting For Cheney

The Caspar Star-Tribune reports: Former President Donald Trump endorsed Thursday the latest legislative effort to end crossover voting in Wyoming. Senate File 97, “Change in party affiliation,” was filed recently by Sen. Bo Biteman, R-Ranchester. The bill would end same-day party affiliation change in Wyoming to prevent Democrats from voting in Republican primaries. The practice is commonly known as crossover …

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Trump Endorses Texas Woman Accused Of Child Abuse

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump on Thursday offered his “Complete and Total Endorsement” of Monica De La Cruz, who is regarded as the Republican front-runner for a congressional seat in Texas despite accusations by her estranged husband that she was abusive towards his daughter. In October, De La Cruz was accused in court documents by her estranged …

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GA Gov Candidate’s Platform: “Jesus, Guns, Babies”

Northwest Georgia News reports: It was a packed house at the Depot for Thursday’s GOP meeting. Every seat in the meeting room was filled, leaving supporters to spill out onto the floor and into the hallway. Though there was a bit of business to be handled and several candidates announcing their intention to run in state races, the real stars …

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Trump’s QAnon Pick For AZ Secretary Of State Claimed COVID Doesn’t Exist, Vaccine Is Fatal After Two Years

CNN reports: Mark Finchem, the Arizona secretary of state candidate backed by former President Donald Trump, spread dangerous misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic on social media, calling the vaccine a “crime against humanity,” implying it was a “bio-weapon.” A CNN KFile review of Finchem’s social media postings on platforms popular with the extreme right wing found that he repeatedly promoted …

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FL House Passes “No Exceptions” 15 Week Abortion Ban

Florida Politics reports: Florida is on the cusp of passing one of the most restrictive abortion measures in the nation. After more than five hours of debate, the House approved a bill (HB 5) early Thursday proposing a 15-week abortion ban in Florida. Passage in the Republican-controlled Senate is almost certain. Sponsored by Vero Beach Republican Rep. Erin Grall [photo], …

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GOP Seethes Over Trump’s Incessant Money Begs

Axios reports: Donald Trump’s spamming of Republican donors could kneecap party efforts to build a steady funding stream for future elections and compete with Democratic fundraising, top GOP officials are privately warning. The former president’s decision to bombard donors with numerous daily emails and texts is sucking up record sums. Four top GOP digital strategists tell Axios it’s also imperiling …

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Former Trump Agriculture Secretary Named As Sole Finalist To Be Chancellor Of Georgia Public Universities

The New York Times reports: Georgia’s public university system said on Tuesday that former Gov. Sonny Perdue was its sole finalist to become chancellor, a choice that has outraged some professors and led a regional agency to threaten the accreditation of the 26-school system. The likely appointment of Mr. Perdue, a Republican, comes during a volatile time in Georgia politics, …

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Wisconsin Senate Approves Bill Allowing Employees To Claim “Natural Immunity” To Dodge Vaccine Mandates

Yahoo News reports: A bill allowing workers to submit proof of a previous COVID-19 infection in place of getting vaccinated passed the Wisconsin State Senate on Tuesday. If the bill is signed into law, employers who require proof of vaccination or regular COVID-19 tests would have to accept “natural immunity” through an employee’s previous infection. The bill passed the Assembly …

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Eight Republican Senators Oppose Federal No-Fly List

The Insider reports: A group of Republican senators pressed the Department of Justice to block the creation of a federal no-fly list of disruptive passengers since it would be unfair to people who break mask mandates. They noted that most of the recent uptick in unruly behavior on planes was down to people not obeying mask rules, and said it …

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New Ad From QAnon Cultist Lays Out Plan To Move “Overton Window” To Achieve Goals Of The Far-Right

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Arizona state Rep. Wendy Rogers released a new campaign ad Tuesday in which she declared that her embrace of right-wing conspiracy theories such as the “Big Lie,” which baselessly claims that rampant voter fraud stole the 2020 presidential election from former President Donald, is part of an ongoing effort to change the narrative …

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FL Bill Lets Businesses Sue To Block Local Ordinances

Florida Politics reports: A bill enabling businesses to sue governments and halt enforcement of local ordinances is heading to its final committee after again advancing on a party-line vote Wednesday. The measure (HB 403) would freeze any ordinance for 90 days if a filed lawsuit claims its rules are “arbitrary or unreasonable.” The bill would also require governments to draw …

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TX Lt Gov Vows To Ban Racism Lessons At Universities

The Texas Tribune reports: A tweet sent by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has reignited concern among some University of Texas at Austin faculty that the purpose of a new conservative-backed think tank may be a way to restrict teaching about critical race theory. Now, some faculty are demanding an explanation from university leadership, arguing Patrick’s comments directly contradict what administrators …

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