Tag Archives: GOP

Johnson Begs Reps To Stop Backing GOP Challengers

CNN reports: House Republicans, who have seen their time in the majority devolve into a seemingly endless series of internal party feuds, now have a new problem: GOP lawmakers targeting other sitting members in their primaries. Speaker Mike Johnson has had enough. “I’ve asked them all to cool it,” Johnson told CNN at the House GOP retreat in West Virginia …

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Cultist Senate Candidate: In Heaven You’ll Meet All Signers Of Declaration Of Independence Like Lincoln

“You get to heaven. Imagine what that’s like. What that feels like. Imagine who you get to to meet. You get to meet the 55 people that signed our Declaration of Independence. You get to meet James Madison, Abraham Lincoln, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington.” – Trump backed Ohio US Senate candidate John Moreno, today at Trump’s rally near …

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Oops: RNC Chair Says We’re “Better Off” Under Biden

“At the end of the day, this comes down to a very simple contrast between President Trump and President Biden. Were you better off four years ago than you are today? The answer for this entire country is no. I mean, yes. We are better off today. Or we will be better off under President Trump than we will under …

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Porn Bots Spam Texas Republicans’ Replies On X

The Daily Dot reports: “Pornhub has now disabled its website in Texas,” Paxton wrote victoriously. “Sites like Pornhub are on the run because Texas has a law that aims to prevent them from showing harmful, obscene material to children. Good riddance.” “PUSSY IN BIO” a bot commented on Paxton’s post. Texas State Rep. Nate Schatzline (R), who has said he …

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Johnson: Second Trump Term Would Be “On Turbo”

The New Yorker reports: If Trump reoccupies the White House and Republicans control Congress, what would be Speaker Johnson’s priorities? In our conversations, he rattled off his best-case scenario: cracking down on illegal immigration, raising tariffs on China, cutting taxes, expanding oil-and-gas drilling, dramatically rolling back all kinds of regulations. Stripping regulatory power from government agencies would be “a major …

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Noem: Native SD Tribes Are In Cahoots With Cartels

The Daily Beast reports: The head of a Native American tribe is demanding that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem apologize for her “malicious and defamatory” allegation that tribal leaders are in cahoots with drug cartels. “Her remarks were made from ignorance and with the intention to fuel a racially based and discriminatory narrative towards the Native people of South Dakota,” …

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Vaseline Woman Asks SCOTUS To Ban Voting Machines

Politico reports: Kari Lake hasn’t given up the election conspiracy theories. The Arizona MAGA darling is asking the Supreme Court to revive a lawsuit that seeks to ban electronic voting machines. That lawsuit was filed during Lake’s failed 2022 gubernatorial bid. Lake and Mark Finchem, a fellow election conspiracy theorist who lost the Arizona secretary of state race in the …

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Tuberville: “We Are Losing Our Kids To A Satanic Cult”

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: Alabama Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville had a stark warning for the approximately 100 Utah GOP delegates who crowded into a Bluffdale warehouse to hear him speak on Friday afternoon: Malevolent supernatural forces are working to undermine America. “I’ve traveled all over the country — all 50 states — I’ve been in good places and …

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RNC Reverses On Ending Minority Outreach Programs

The Washington Post reports: The Republican Party’s new chairman, Michael Whatley, declared in a Thursday memo that the party would keep open its early-voting program, called Bank Your Vote, and not shutter any of its bricks-and-mortar community centers, contradicting comments by top party officials earlier in the week. The initial reports that community centers would close and Bank Your Vote …

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Pence Won’t Endorse Man Who Almost Got Him Killed

Politico reports: Mike Pence said on Friday that he would not endorse Donald Trump for president in 2024, breaking with the man who tapped him as vice president only to make him the target of an angry mob for his refusal to help with efforts to overturn the 2020 election. “It should come as no surprise that I will not …

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Texans Scramble For VPNs In Wake Of Porn Blackout

PC World reports: In response to Texas’s age-verification law being upheld, the ultra-popular PornHub and numerous other adult sites operated by parent company Aylo went dark in the state. Replacing the NSFW videos you’d normally expect to see, a message decrying government overreach and proposed compromises has been posted. Texas’s actions prompted an increased interest in virtual private networks, or …

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SCOTUS Declines To Lift Ban On Texas Drag Show

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request made by an LGBTQ student group that was hoping to host a “PG-13” drag show on the campus of West Texas A&M University over the objections of administrators. The court decision in a brief unsigned order means the group, Spectrum WT, likely will not be able to hold the …

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FBI Knew GOP’s Informant Was Shady Back In 2016

CBS News reports: Federal prosecutors were put on notice as far back as 2016 that Alexander Smirnov, the confidential FBI informant whose alleged lies about President Biden’s business dealings fueled — and then damaged — a Republican impeachment effort, was a known “liar and a fraudster.” Smirnov, 43, was indicted last month for allegedly fabricating a story about President Biden …

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Gaetz Defies Johnson, Stumps For Far-Right Challenger

Politico reports: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) campaigned with a primary challenger to Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) on Thursday, disregarding calls from party leadership for GOP unity. Gaetz was in Texas for an event with Brandon Herrera, a pro-gun social media influencer who forced Gonzales into a primary runoff earlier this month. He did so despite leadership pleas to avoid messy …

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Ken Buck: I’m Not Trying To Screw Beetleboob, In Fact I’ve Never Mentioned The Arrests Of Her Son & Her Ex

The Colorado Sun reports: Rep. Ken Buck vehemently denied Thursday that his decision to resign from Congress before the end of his term was aimed at making it harder for Lauren Boebert to take over his 4th Congressional District seat as she and others have suggested. “It’s ridiculous,” Buck told The Colorado Sun. The Republican congresswoman has also tried to …

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WH To Johnson: Your Impeachment Inquiry Is Over

Axios reports: The White House sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) early Friday with a clear message: Your impeachment inquiry of President Biden is over. The letter signals the White House’s increasingly aggressive offense on impeachment, as Democrats see the GOP inquiry fizzling out. The letter to Johnson from White House counsel Edward Siskel comes as a …

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SD Gov Posts Infomercial For Shoe Inserts [VIDEO]

Boing Boing reports: The South Dakota governor today posted her second infomercial in one week! This time it’s for shoe inserts — I kid you not. “We’re at Fit My Feet in Rapid City,” she says, holding up a shopping bag that advertises the shoe and orthotics operation. “And these guys are amazing. They have totally built me inserts for …

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QAnon Nominee Called For Executing Obama, Biden

CNN reports: Michele Morrow, a conservative activist who last week upset the incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction in North Carolina’s Republican primary, expressed support in 2020 for the televised execution of former President Barack Obama and suggested killing then-President-elect Joe Biden. Morrow made disturbing suggestions about executing prominent Democrats for treason, including Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, North Carolina Gov. Roy …

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Appeals Court Upholds Texas Law Requiring Minors To Get Parental Consent Before Obtaining Birth Control

The Texas Tribune reports: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas law requiring parental consent to obtain contraception for minors. The decision from a three-judge panel of the federal appeals court in New Orleans largely affirms a 2022 ruling from U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, that ended one of the only avenues for Texas teens to …

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Pornhub Blocks Texas Users Over Age Verification Law

The Houston Chronicle reports: One of the most-visited pornography websites, Pornhub, disabled its site in Texas on Thursday over objections to a state law that requires age verification to prevent access to minors. People who go to the site are now greeted with a long message from the company railing against the legal change as “ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous.” The …

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