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2022 Florida US House Nominee Dies Of Fentanyl OD

Gainesville’s NPR affiliate reports: Family members of a Republican congressional nominee in South Florida are mourning the death of a man they described as a loving father who wrestled with addiction. Newly released police and autopsy records show he died of a fentanyl and cocaine overdose after relapsing into using drugs. Jason Mariner won the two-person GOP primary in November …

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Kitara Revache Dares House Reps: “Put Up Or Shut Up”

“All these members are pushing this. They want me to resign because they don’t want to take this tough vote that sets the precedent to their own demise in the future. They’re not immune from all the nonsense that goes on in Washington, where you all [reporters] follow them around with cameras and microphones in their faces. They don’t like …

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Dem Rep Introduces Resolution To Expel George Santos

CBS News reports: The House will try again this week to expel embattled GOP Rep. George Santos after Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia moved Tuesday to force a vote on ousting him this week. The California lawmaker introduced a “privileged” resolution to expel the New York Republican after a damning report from the House Ethics Committee earlier this month said there …

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“Expel Santos” Balloon Appears Outside Of US Capitol Hours Ahead Of Expected House Expulsion Resolution

The Guardian reports: George Santos, 35, faces federal charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, false statements, falsification of records, aggravated identity theft and credit card fraud, in a 23-count indictment in his home state. If convicted, he is likely to spend years in prison. “This story is a tragedy,” says Mark Chiusano, author of The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, …

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Hunter Biden Willing To Testify Before House Committee

CNN reports: Hunter Biden’s lawyers have told the House Oversight Committee that the president’s son is willing to testify on December 13 in their inquiry into his actions — but only if he can do so publicly, according to a letter Hunter Biden’s legal team sent to the committee that CNN obtained. “We have seen you use closed-door sessions to …

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House Returns To Face Another Shutdown Deadline

The Hill reports: No government funding bills are scheduled to hit the House floor this week, an ominous sign for Republicans returning to Washington for the first time since their Thanksgiving recess. Lawmakers face a mid-January deadline to fund the government or enter a partial government shutdown, and the window for completing its work is fast closing. New Speaker Mike …

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GOP Rep: Mike Johnson Must Stop Lying About 2020

“Everybody who thinks that the election was stolen or talks about the election being stolen is lying to America and that’s everyone that is making that argument. Everyone who makes the argument that January 6 was an unguided tour of the Capitol is lying to America. “Everyone who says that the prisoners who are being prosecuted right now for their …

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Santos Expulsion Vote Likely To Happen This Week

The Hill reports: Tuesday will mark the first time lawmakers are back in the Capitol since the House Ethics Committee released a damning report that said the embattled lawmaker “violated federal criminal laws.” The chairman of that panel — Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) — introduced a resolution to expel Santos, and other lawmakers have said they plan to force a …

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GOP Rep Claims New J6 Tapes Will Show The “Truth”

“It’s important for Americans to know the truth. This has been fraught with an unbelievable amount of misinformation and untruths. When you see the footage yourself, it’s going to give you an understanding of what was there and what occurred that day. Because we’re currently only depending on really partisan descriptions of what happened. Now the American people can see. …

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Dean Phillips: It’s “Delusional” To Believe Biden Can Win

The Daily Beast reports: In a series of early morning tweets, retiring congressman and long-shot presidential candidate, Dean Phillips, articulated his thoughts on the 2024 election. He said while he was a staunch supporter of the Biden agenda and respects the president, he thinks the level of government missteps is “staggering” and that its “delusional” to believe that Joe Biden …

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Santos Calls GOP House Ethics Panel Chair A “Pussy” And Calls Himself The “Mary Magdalene” Of Congress

The Messenger reports: “I know I’m going to get expelled when this expulsion resolution goes to the floor,” Santos said on Twitter Spaces, reported Alexander Solender of Axios. “I can do math,” he added, referring to the expected vote tally. He’s daring Ethics Committee Chair Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., who filed a Santos expulsion resolution last week, to force a …

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Phillips Won’t Seek Reelection, Will “Focus” On WH Bid

The Messenger reports: Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., announced Friday that he will not seek re-election to Congress as he mounts a longshot primary challenge to President Joe Biden. Echoing statements he has made about Biden’s reelection campaign, Phillips said in a press release that after three terms in Congress it is “time to pass the torch.” “My journey to public …

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Johnson Once Called Jews “Enemies Of The Gospel”

The Huffington Post reports: In 2004, Johnson was the lead attorney for Stockwell Place Elementary when the Bossier Parish public school got sued for pushing Christianity on its students. A set of Jewish parents sued the school after learning it was holding prayer sessions, teaching Christian songs in class and promoting a teacher-led prayer group called Stallions for Christ that …

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GOP House Candidate Faces Theft Charge, Has Been Disbarred, Made Threatening Racist Call To Company

The Birmingham News reports: Daniel Boman, a Republican candidate for Congress in Alabama’s 5th District, was suspended from practicing law because of racist and misogynistic language he used during a phone call threatening a lawsuit against an appliance company in 2017. The penalty is part of a longer disbarment period that is also related to an alleged theft from an …

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GOP Former Aide Wins Utah US House Special Election

Politico reports: Utah Republican Celeste Maloy will be the newest member of Congress, bringing the House back to its full complement of 435 members. Maloy defeated Democratic state Sen. Kathleen Riebe and a handful of third-party candidates in Tuesday’s special election in Utah’s 2nd District. Former GOP Rep. Chris Stewart stepped away from his seat earlier this year. Maloy, a …

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IA Republican Found Guilty On 52 Voter Fraud Counts

Iowa Public Radio reports: A jury spent about five hours deliberating before convicting Kim Phuong Taylor on 52 counts of voter fraud in federal court Tuesday in Sioux City. Taylor faces up to five years in prison on each count. A sentencing date hasn’t been set. Prosecutors say Taylor took advantage of other Vietnamese immigrants by illegally filling out election …

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7-Term GOP Rep. Bill Johnson Won’t Seek Reelection

Roll Call reports: Republican Rep. Bill Johnson of Ohio announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection in 2024 after accepting an offer to become Youngstown State University’s new president. Johnson, who was first elected to represent The Buckeye State’s 6th District in 2010, said in a statement he will continue serving in the House “for several more months” and that …

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Johnson Recently Called For Criminalizing Gay Sex

CNN reports: Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, voiced support for revisiting Supreme Court decisions that struck down restrictions on the use of contraception, barred bans on gay sex and legalized same sex marriages, according to a CNN review of his prior public statements. On a conservative talk radio show the day the Supreme Court struck down Roe …

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Santos Compares Ethics Committee To “Communists”

“There was no Due process! A report designed to smear me and create narratives that are false is what this was. We were never asked a single question pertaining to their ‘findings’ all we were asked for was to produce and we did to the best of our ability. They got so much wrong in this report and refused my …

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Cruz: Eric Swalwell Wears A “Tuck-Friendly Swimsuit”

Newsmax host, far-right podcaster, and serial plagiarist Benny Johnson: “Do you think that Eric Swalwell wears a tuck friendly swimsuit?” Sen. Ted Cruz: “He may be wearing one right now.” Johnson: “Only Fang Fang would know. And we are in Chinatown right now.” Cruz: “To be fair, in order to have a tuck friendly swimsuit, you have to have something …

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