Tag Archives: GOP

FL Surgeon General Announces Plan To Limit Testing

Tampa’s CBS News reports: Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo said it’s time to stop “planning and living life” around COVID-19 testing. Dr. Ladapo announced the state will be the first to emphasize “high-value” testing versus “low-value” testing through a new plan. He used the example of an elderly grandmother given more testing consideration over an 8-year-old third grader. But …

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Anti-Vax California Republican DA Dies Of Something

The Orange County Register reports: Orange County Deputy District Attorney Kelly Ernby, who ran for state Assembly in 2020 and had become a leader with the Republican Party of Orange County, has died suddenly, a week after telling friends she was very sick with COVID-19. She was 46 years old. Ernby was a political newcomer when she ran for the …

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Corporations Donate Millions To GOP “Sedition Caucus”

CREW reports: The flow of money from corporate PACs and industry groups to political committees allied with the Sedition Caucus started just days after the insurrection, and within the first few months after the deadly attack, their total contributions had already climbed into the millions of dollars. These totals include contributions from PACs that are tied to either a corporation …

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DeSantis Mocks COVID “Hysteria” And Blames Biden

The Daily Beast reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) blamed the Biden administration for COVID-19 woes in his state while accusing other state leaders of allowing “hysteria” to reign as they encourage mitigation measures against the virus that he claimed had little basis in sound science. “In terms of Florida, you look what’s going on in other states, they’re letting …

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Crenshaw: “Petty And Childish” MTG Is Running A Scam

“@realmarjoriegreene, instead of playing the victim about censorship maybe use your position as a LEGISLATOR to help pass LEGISLATION against censorship. “Luckily I’ve already done all the hard work for you and drafted a bill that would change Section 230 to prohibit political censorship. “Want to co-sponsor before I introduce it? Or prefer to keep up with petty and childish …

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Anti-Vax GOP Texas Lt Governor Is Sick With Something

Austin’s NBC News affiliate reports: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tested is self-quarantining with mild symptoms after testing positive for COVID-19 past week. Patrick previously sued the Biden administration over the federal requirement for federal government workers and contractors to be vaccinated. Last August, Patrick, who’s running for re-election in 2022, was criticized for comments he made blaming Black Americans …

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Cultist Devin Nunes Formally Resigns From US House

The Hill reports: Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) formally resigned from Congress on Monday, as the California Republican departs to run former President Trump’s new media and technology company. Nunes’ resignation letter was read aloud on the House floor during a pro forma session on Monday. It is set to take effect at 11:59 p.m. today. “The honorable, the speaker, House …

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Texas Adds Dozens To 2021 Winter Storm Death Toll

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas has added 36 more deaths to the official death toll from the February snow and ice storm, bringing the total to 246 in what was one of the worst natural disasters in the state’s history. The Department of State Health Services disclosed the new total in a report on the storm that was released Friday …

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Herschel Walker Posts Incoherent Attack On Biden

The Guardian reports: In December, the former University of Georgia and Dallas Cowboys running back admitted he does not have a college degree – having repeatedly said that he did. Then, as January began, Walker posted to social media a short but to some bafflingly phrased video. Critics said the video – and a similarly rambling Fox News appearance – …

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McCarthy: Dems Are Exploiting Riot To “Further Divide”

The Hill reports: “As we have said from the start, the actions of that day were lawless and as wrong as wrong can be. Our Capitol should never be compromised and those who broke the law deserve to face legal repercussions and full accountability,” McCarthy wrote in the letter. “Unfortunately, one year later, the majority party seems no closer to …

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Florida GOP Bill Would Allow Recording Teachers

Miami’s ABC News affiliate reports: A new bill filed in the Florida Legislature would allow video and audio recordings in school classrooms, forcing teachers to wear microphones and allowing parents to review video of any ‘incidents.’ HB 1055 is sponsored by Fla. Rep. Bob Rommel (R-Naples). Cameras must be placed at the front of the classroom, capable of monitoring video …

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Thompson: Rioters Interacted With GOP House Reps

Politico reports: Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, said his panel has evidence of interactions between members of the House and the rioters that day but not necessarily of a significant nature. “We have a lot of information about communication with individuals who came,“ Thompson (D-Miss.) told host Jonathan Karl on NBC’s …

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52% Of Republicans Say Rioters “Protected Democracy”

ABC News reports: An overwhelming majority (72%) of Americans believe the people involved in the attack on the Capitol were “threatening democracy,” while 1 in 4 Americans believes that the individuals involved were “protecting democracy.” Broken down by party identification, Democrats are nearly unanimous (96%) in believing that those involved in the attacks were threatening democracy. Republicans are more split, …

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“Full Forensic Audit” Of Texas Election Finds Nothing

The Texas Tribune reports: The Texas secretary of state’s office has released the first batch of results from its review into the 2020 general election, finding few issues despite repeated, unsubstantiated claims by GOP leaders casting doubts on the integrity of the electoral system. The first phase of the review, released New Year’s Eve, highlighted election data from four counties …

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QAnon Rep Claims Doctors Won’t Treat The Unvaxxed

Raw Story reports: The latest rant from Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is causing a stir as she rants about the entirety of American democracy being brought down by COVID testing. Greene implied that the entire virus at this point was just part of a conspiracy to make pharmaceutical companies money. If that was true, people probably wouldn’t have been dying …

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“Hitler Was Right” Rep To Challenge GOP Incumbent

The Hill reports: GOP Rep. Mary Miller (Ill.) announced Saturday that she plans to run for another House term, launching a bid in the state’s newly drawn 15th Congressional District and waging a primary challenge to fellow Republican incumbent Rep. Rodney Davis. Miller was essentially left without a seat after the redistricting process — controlled completely by Democrats — divided …

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NYT Editorial Board: Every Day Is Now January 6th

From the editorial board of the New York Times: Our political life seems more or less normal these days, as the president pardons turkeys and Congress quarrels over spending bills. But peel back a layer, and things are far from normal. Jan. 6 is not in the past; it is every day. It is regular citizens who threaten election officials …

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Republican Party’s Midterms Strategy: Sow Outrage

The Guardian reports: Emboldened by a string of off-cycle electoral victories, Republicans are embracing the culture war battles that Donald Trump waged from the White House as a strategy for winning back control of the House and Senate in the 2022 midterm elections. “Lean into the culture war,” was the title of a June memo from the leader of the …

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DeSantis Surfaces To Accept Church Group’s Award For Lack Of COVID Restrictions, Refuses To Take Questions

Miami’s ABC News affiliate reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke at a public event in South Florida on New Year’s Eve. It happened Friday night at Miami Baptist Church in West Kendall. DeSantis has not spoken recently about COVID-19 despite the record numbers of cases seen across the state. When approached by Local 10 News’ Amy Viteri, one of DeSantis’ …

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Texas Gov Asks Feds For Help In Adding Testing Sites

The Dallas Morning News reports: Gov. Greg Abbott is asking the federal government for help adding COVID-19 testing sites in some of Texas’ largest counties, including Dallas and Tarrant. His request came Friday as the highly contagious omicron variant spreads throughout the state and tests are in high demand. “Detecting COVID-19 and preventing COVID-related hospitalizations are critical to our fight …

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