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Surprising absolutely no one, tonight hate group leader Tony Perkins “exclusively” appeared on Megyn Kelly’s Fox News show to endorse Ted Cruz. Perkins carefully stipulated that his is a personal endorsement and not one from the “non-profit groups I run.” That leaves the door open for the Family Research Council to endorse Trump should he win the GOP nomination. Perkins …

This is a game-changer, said nobody. Via Politico: “Of those individuals who have a chance to win the Republican primary, at this juncture, from my perspective, Ted Cruz is by far the most consistent conservative in that crowd,” Perry said. “And that appears to be down to two people.” Perry, who is famously skilled at retail politics, will campaign with …

Politico reports: A new video of a teenaged Ted Cruz, posted Saturday on YouTube, shows a lankier and younger version of the future Republican presidential candidate sarcastically talking about his life’s goals —and they’re far more ambitious than the mere presidency. “Take over the world, world domination, you know, rule everything. Rich, powerful, that sort of stuff,” Cruz says. Off …

One day after he declared that Donald Trump has the makings of the next Adolf Hitler, Glenn Beck formally endorsed Ted Cruz while standing next to fellow nutjobs David Barton and Bob Vander Plaats. CBS News reports: Conservative media personality Glenn Beck is endorsing Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign, announcing the news Saturday on social media. The news comes just …

On Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz declared that he and his wife have no health insurance because their carrier canceled their policy due to Obamacare. As reported that day: Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Thursday said he does not have healthcare insurance because of ObamaCare. “I’ll tell you, you know who one of those millions of Americans is who’s lost …

Trump will be thrilled. Via the Associated Press: State Sen. Jeff Yarbro [PHOTO] and Rep. Jason Powell, both of Nashville, filed the bill on Thursday that would bar the secretary of state from placing the nominee of either party on the ballot if they fail to meet the constitutional eligibility requirements. While the Democrats say the legislation isn’t aimed at …

NBC News reports: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are now warring on the airwaves. On Friday, Trump released a new ad questioning Cruz’s stance on immigration policy and highlighting a December interview on FOX News, when the Texas senator stumbled to articulate his past positions on legal status for undocumented immigrants. In the interview, FOX News host Bret Baier pressed …

CNN reports: Donald Trump holds a commanding lead in Iowa as Sen. Bernie Sanders takes control of the Democratic race in the critical first-in-the-nation voting state, according to a new CNN/ORC poll released Thursday. Trump leads Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who is in second place in the GOP race, among likely Republican caucus-goers, 37% to 26%. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, …

This from the guy who fought in Fidel Castro’s revolution. Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: The elder Cruz alleged in an interview on the Sirius XM program “Breitbart News Daily” this morning that public schools are brainwashing children into communism as a result of the work of education reformer John Dewey. While he did correctly identify Dewey as …

And you thought that story was dead by now. Via The Hill: GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee joined the growing number of Republicans criticizing rival Ted Cruz by attacking him for meeting with gay businessmen despite being a staunch opponent of gay marriage. Huckabee on Wednesday tweeted a link to a New York Times article about the meeting, saying “I’ll …

Ever quick on the draw, YouTube’s popular Taiwanese Animators are out this morning with a clip depicting Ted Cruz in tears after losing a literal and bloody tug-of-war with Donald Trump for Sarah Palin’s endorsement. The clip goes on to warn that Palin’s continuing popularity among the Tea Things will surely help Trump in the primaries. Watch below.

“Here’s the thing, Sen. Cruz. My mom has consistently supported you and encouraged you. You’ve been a great advocate for conservative causes, and she’s stood by you when others haven’t. ‘I would not be in the U.S. Senate today if it were not for Governor Palin,’ you’ve said before. After hearing what Cruz is now saying about my mom, in …

Ted Cruz has appeared on Fox News to laugh off the latest tabloid front pages and call Donald Trump an abortion-loving, gay marriage-supporting fake conservative who’s no better than “far left liberals” like Bill De Blasio, Andrew Cuomo, and Hillary Clinton. Watch below.

We love Cruz mocking, but wow this is lame. The Hill reports: Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) is going after presidential rival Ted Cruz in cartoon form. On Monday, Paul’s campaign released a cartoon video titled “Audit the Ted,” which features two characters, a man and a woman, discussing Paul’s recent bill to audit the Federal Reserve, which he called “Audit …

Via Politico: Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz have the greatest chances of winning the Iowa caucuses two weeks from Monday, new polling-based forecasts from FiveThirtyEight show. Cruz has a 51 percent chance of winning Iowa when national and state polls as well as endorsements are taken into account. In that forecast, Donald Trump trails Cruz with a 29 percent chance …

Via Salon: Saturday Night Live was merciless in its mockery of the 6th Republican Debate that was on Fox Business News on Thursday. The cold opening of the show featured Fox moderators claiming that if at any point poll numbers dropped during the debate a loud gong would sound and they’d be pulled off stage. If only the real debates …

When the gloves come off, they really come off. The Daily Beast reports: During on interview on “This Week,” Donald Trump upped the ante in his contentious relationship with Ted Cruz, calling him a “nasty guy,” and suggesting that he himself could take Cruz to court over his eligibility to be president. “Look, the truth is, he’s a nasty guy,” …

The Hill reports: Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump took aim at rival Ted Cruz in a series of Saturday morning tweets, taunting Cruz over challenges to his citizenship and reports that he did not disclose campaign loans. Trump has tried to stoke concerns that Cruz would face legal challenges to his eligibility for president because he was born in Canada. …

“I apologize to the millions of New Yorkers who have been abandoned by liberal politicians. I apologize for the working men and women of New York who are denied jobs — jobs that have been plentiful just south of Pennsylvania — because Gov. Cuomo bans fracking. I apologize to all the pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-Second Amendment New Yorkers who Gov. Cuomo …

Via Raw Story: “The Republicans who constantly lambaste Obama about dividing America, and then creates smaller and smaller circles about what really is America, “the HBO host said. “Chicago? No that’s thug city. And Hawaii — part of Kenya. And LA is full of queers. You know, tell me what New York values are because I don’t know.” “I was …