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From the Log Cabin Republicans: Today’s message from the DeSantis campaign War Room is divisive and desperate. Republicans and other commonsense conservatives know Ron Desantis has alienated swing-state and younger voters. Conservatives understand that we need to protect our kids, preserve women’s sports, safeguard women’s spaces and strengthen parental rights, but Ron DeSantis’ extreme rhetoric goes has just ventured into …

ABC News reports: Rep. George Santos of New York appeared briefly in federal court on Long Island Friday for what attorneys called a “basic status conference” as the criminal case against him moves forward. It was the first court appearance since the embattled Republican congressman pleading not guilty last month to a 13-count indictment accusing him of fraud, money laundering …

Via press release from the Log Cabin Republicans: Today’s Supreme Court decision is a win for anyone who believes, as LGBT conservatives do, in freedom of speech and religious expression, even when we may not agree with it. Just as the bipartisan Respect For Marriage Act codified gay marriage into federal law while enshrining strong protections for religious liberty, today’s …

El Paso’s Fox affiliate reports: A New York congressman facing fraud and money laundering charges says he did not violate the conditions of his release on bond by coming to El Paso to tour the border on Monday. “I would not violate any conditions set forth (by the court). I am here on full compliance, and I am here legally,” …

The Sacramento Bee reports: Three weeks after California Senate Republicans sat out a vote declaring June LGBTQ Pride Month, Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones, R-Santee, took to the floor Monday afternoon to honor the first openly gay man to serve in a presidential cabinet. Ric Grenell of Palm Springs served as former President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Germany before being …

Mediaite reports: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) joined Fox & Friends on Monday and unequivocally declared he did not support fabulist Rep. George Santos’s (R-NY) reelection bid. After a quick exchange about California Governor Gavin Newsom, Kilmeade asked, “George Santos -you are part of his reelection campaign?” McCarthy laughed out loud and answered, “No, I am not. No, he shouldn’t …

“He knows what he’s talking about even if he’s somebody who at the end of the day you’re not entirely convinced of all of his views. About which politician could you say that? That you’re convinced of all of his views? That the politician is bereft of any conspiracies and the like? He’s not actually running for president on the …

NBC News reports: The Republican-led House Ethics Committee said Thursday that it has issued dozens of subpoenas and requests for information in connection with its investigation of Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., who was indicted last month on 13 counts, including making materially false statements to the House. In a statement, the committee, which has been investigating Santos since early March, …

The Hill reports: The House Ethics Committee announced on Thursday that it has expanded its probe into Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), adding allegations that the congressman fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance benefits to the list of investigative areas. The news comes more than one month after Santos was indicted on 13 federal charges over allegations that he, among other claims, received …

The Daily Beast reports: We finally know who bailed Rep. George Santos (R–NY) out of jail—despite the beleaguered congressman claiming he’d rather go to jail than give up their names. ABC News reported Thursday that his father and aunt put up the $500,000 bail bond that allowed Santos to walk free after his arrest by federal authorities. Santos’ father, Gercino …

CNBC reports: The secret identities of Republican Rep. George Santos’ bail backers in his federal criminal case are set to be revealed Thursday at noon ET. Santos was arrested last month and charged with numerous crimes including money laundering and wire fraud. After pleading not guilty to all 13 counts against him, Santos was released on a $500,000 bond backed …

CNBC reports: The identities of the people who guaranteed Rep. George Santos’ $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case will be revealed Thursday at noon ET, a federal judge ordered Tuesday. Judge Joanna Seybert’s order in U.S. District Court in Long Island came less than two weeks after the Republican lawmaker’s attorney argued that the bail backers’ identities should be …

The Jewish Forward reports: U.S. Rep. George Santos, who falsely claimed his grandparents survived the Holocaust, said on the House floor that he was “speechless and appalled” by antisemitic flyers distributed in his district. The New York Republican said his constituents in Plainview, Long Island, “were subject to the intimidation of the Goyim Defense League,” an antisemitic hate group. “The …

The New York Times reports: Representative George Santos on Friday appealed a federal magistrate judge’s decision ordering the release of the names of the people who helped bail him out of federal custody, suggesting that the individuals were family members. The identities of Mr. Santos’s guarantors have been the subject of intense interest to both the news media and the …

Mother Jones reports: George Santos, the lying and indicted GOP congressman from Queens, New York, has steadfastly refused to say where he was on January 6, 2021, while pro-Trump rioters were attacking the US Capitol to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral victory. He was filmed that day in the VIP section for the Donald Trump rally at the …

From the Quisling Cabin Republicans: The HRC’s latest PR stunt is so ignorantly detached from the incredible LGBT progress over the past decade that we’d be shocked if their donors even buy it. Bipartisan legislation codifying gay marriage was signed into law just last year, public support for equal rights for LGBT Americans has never been higher, and LGBT Americans …

The Daily Beast reports: Former drag performer Rep. George Santos (R-NY) flew into a foul-mouthed diatribe against “drag nuns” on Wednesday. “I don’t usually swear but… The ‘Drag nuns’ can FUCK ALL THE WAY OFF!” the serial liar lawmaker tweeted. “The mockery they cast on the Catholic faith is DAMN offensive and WRONG!” It’s unclear what prompted Santos’ outburst, though …

CNBC reports: The identities of the three people who guaranteed Rep. George Santos’ $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case must be revealed, a federal magistrate judge ordered Tuesday. But Santos, the embattled freshman Republican lawmaker from New York who was charged last month with an array of financial crimes, has until noon on Friday to appeal the decision, Magistrate …

CNN reports: Indicted Rep. George Santos’ attorney has filed a letter asking the judge overseeing the New York Republican’s case to keep the names of the people who put up his $500,000 bond sealed. Attorney Joseph Murray objected to a motion by news organizations, including CNN, for the judge to make public the names of the cosigners following Santos’ indictment …

The Insider reports: There’s a very strong chance that one person putting up the money — directly or indirectly — is the jailed exiled Chinese billionaire tycoon Guo Wengui. Santos certainly doesn’t want us to know who these bond sponsors are. Speaking to members of the media outside the federal court in Central Islip after he entered his not-guilty plea, …