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The Hill reports: Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) offered to make President Biden a “soft food” lunch if he agrees to meet on the debt limit. “He is making the decision that he wants to put the economy in jeopardy. I don’t know what more I can do and how easy — I would bring lunch to the White House. I …

“Look, you had Congresswoman Slotkin in tears. You had Governor Gretchen Whitmer in tears. Both of them completely emotional, off the rails going to a far-left progressive idea that somehow they and government must act to protect our kids. “First of all, the problem that I have is raising the bar and telling everybody that government, somehow, is going to …

TMZ reports: Sen. Ted Cruz is standing his ground, refusing to apologize to Paul Pelosi for sharing conspiracy theories about the hammer attack … even after seeing the shocking police video of what went down. The Senator was at Reagan National Airport when we got his reaction to the body cam showing David DePape smash Pelosi in the head with …

The Independent reports: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has addressed his participation in a conspiracy theory about a home invasion at the residence of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul, in which Mr Pelosi was brutally attacked. But he has done so indirectly — in a tweet reply to a woman most famous for accusing former President Bill Clinton …

The Washington Post reports: Newly elected Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) passed out grenades Thursday to other members of Congress, along with a note on his office letterhead emphasizing that the ordnance was made in Florida. “I am honored to be a part of the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees,” Mills wrote. “In that spirit, it is my pleasure to …

“Hakeem. This is Hakeem Jeffries, and he’s been there since 2012, and everybody says, this is probably the next minority leader. Could be a Speaker someday. “Not much in the way – just like Kevin McCarthy – not much in the way of intellect or accomplishment. For this guy, though, you know what his calling card is? The name. Hakeem. …

“The voters are getting ready to stand up again and say, ‘We have had enough. Enough of Abigail Spanberger. Enough of Joe Biden.’ “Listen, I want to stop for a minute and — listen, Speaker Pelosi’s husband — they had a break in last night in their house and he was assaulted. “There’s no room for violence anywhere, but we’re …

Fox News reports: Two migrant buses from Del Rio, Texas, arrived near Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., Thursday morning. Between 75 and 100 people who were picked up in Eagle Pass, Texas, were sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. The group includes migrants from Venezuela, Uruguay, Colombia and Mexico. Multiple migrants, asked by …

CNN reports: Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is claiming credit for sending two planes carrying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts Wednesday, according to a statement emailed to CNN by his office. “Florida can confirm the two planes with illegal immigrants that arrived in Martha’s Vineyard today were part of the state’s relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary …

TMZ reports: In one of the dumbest moves we’ve seen made by a person freaking out as they were kicked off a plane, a chemical engineer has now been fired from his job after announcing where he works to the entire flight. The incident, which happened on a flight from Philly to Dallas, included the man seen in the video …

The Insider reports: Last Monday John Fetterman, Oz’s Democratic opponent, resurfaced a video Oz recorded in what he called a “Wegners” — a mishmash of the Redner’s and Wegmans grocery store chains — shopping for “crudité” and complaining about inflation. Fetterman’s comment: “in PA, we call this a veggie tray.” In an exclusive statement to Insider, the doctor’s campaign jabbed …

“Elizabeth Warren told reporters that guy came up to her and said, ‘I would have voted for you if only you a had a penis.’ “Number one, that story is a lie. Produce this fictional person, because this human being does not exist. That’s not even 1/1024th percent true. “But number two, in today’s Democrat Party, who do we know …

Bloomberg News reports: Elon Musk’s behavior is putting off prospective customers and perturbing some Tesla owners. The trends have shown up in one consumer survey and market research report after another: Tesla commands high brand awareness, consideration and loyalty. fusk’s antics, on the other hand? They could do without. Creative Strategies, a California-based customer-experience measurer, mentioned owner frustration with Musk …

The Daily Mail reports: Elon Musk has joked that ‘owning the libs’ isn’t cheap after claiming to put his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter on hold. ‘Owning libs’ is internet slang used by conservatives that refers to defeating or embarrassing liberals in arguments. On Friday morning, Musk threw his Twitter takeover bid into chaos by tweeting that the deal was …

Media Matters has the transcript: Karine Jean-Pierre is our first out LGBTQ+ White House Press Secretary and that’s all you need to know. It’s a good thing, shut up and celebrate. That’s why she got the job. She’s in the right group and so the Biden administration, which thinks exclusively in terms of groups and never in terms of individuals …

Media Matters has the transcript: New York Governor Kathy Hochul has never actually been elected to the office she holds, but she has tested positive for COVID-19. Recently, right now, you know what that means. It means the vaccine works perfectly. Here’s the statement she released: “Thankfully I am vaccinated and boosted. Reminder to all New Yorkers, get vaccinated and …

Boing Boing reports: In footage posted to TikTok, a woman delivers an inchoate rant to her fellow passengers, occasionally assisted by a man seated beside her, as all aboard settle in for their flight out of West Palm Beach. By the time the cameras came out they’d allegedly delivered a volley of racial and homophobic slurs and been told they …

Nashville’s CBS News reports: A former Franklin CEO of a health care company filed suit in federal court this week against comedian Kathy Griffin, alleging she doxed him on Twitter and caused him to lose his job. The suit comes as a result of Samuel Johnson losing his job with VisuWell in 2021 hours after Griffin posted a tweet about …

The New York Times reports: The Federal Aviation Administration has found that Trevor Jacob, a daredevil YouTuber who posted a video of himself last year parachuting out of a plane that he claimed had malfunctioned, purposely abandoned the aircraft and allowed it to crash into the Los Padres National Forest in Southern California. In a letter to Mr. Jacob on …

The Daily Mail reports: Hot-headed Bill O’Reilly threatened an airline worker who was trying to help when the former Fox News host’s flight was delayed for hours. ‘You’re going to lose your job.’ the 72-year-old told the JetBlue worker at New York’s JFK airport in video exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com. O’Reilly, who has a history of easily losing his temper, …