Hypocrisy

The New York Post reports: A South Carolina congressman who campaigns as an advocate for “traditional family values” carried out multiple affairs during his 34-year marriage, his wife claimed in divorce papers. Melody Duncan accused GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan in Friday’s filing of abandoning his family to live with his mistress, who is reportedly a lobbyist in the D.C. area. …

“No honey, you weren’t eccentric. You were X-rated! This was not a performance of Fifty Shades Of Grey, it was a performance of Beetlejuice. This weekend I was reading all this stuff and I was thinking to myself, ‘it’s like Republicans gone wild. “You’ve got this woman — Boebert — getting kicked out because she was getting fondled in the …

Via press release from Ron DeSantis: Governor Ron DeSantis has requested a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Disaster Declaration to support Florida’s farmers who were impacted by Hurricane Idalia. In addition to impacting crop yields, Hurricane Idalia also impacted barns, fencing and other equipment. The Governor has requested that the USDA provide all available resources including loans and grants to …

“This looks to be intentional to make an example — you are too bold as an attorney general, we’re going to clobber you. Remember, we talked about in our op-ed, it’s time to indict the left, well how can you indict you the left if the good guys, the good law enforcement officers are impeached? “And other attorneys general are …

“Whether or not you like Hillary Rodham Clinton, or Donald J. Trump, doesn’t matter. There is only one person you can vote for. We cannot have a country led by a president subject to ongoing criminal investigations, potential indictment, and never ending hearings. “We cannot have a president under that level of scrutiny that inevitably leads to even more questions …

Little Rock’s NBC affiliate reports: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders requested a Major Disaster Declaration from President Joe Biden for the June 25 storms that hit Arkansas. Gov. Sanders is requesting assistance that would help affected communities with repairing homes, counseling services, access free to legal services and financial assistance for businesses and homeowners. The governor requested the assistance for those …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is spotlighting a drop in America’s credit rating and blaming “frivolous” federal spending via the CARES Act and the Inflation Reduction Act. However, billions of dollars worth of that cash went to the Sunshine State, and the Governor made no moves to return it to the federal government. DeSantis was urged to return unused …

The Washington Post reports: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) released a resolution Wednesday to hold FBI Director Christopher A. Wray in contempt of Congress for not fully complying with a subpoena. Comer said his panel would vote on the resolution Thursday. At issue is a document containing unverified allegations from a confidential informant about President Biden and his …

Rolling Stone reports: Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk is cheerleading the far-right boycott of Target over the retailer’s Pride collection — which included trans-friendly youth apparel and other LGBTQ-positive gear — for what Kirk decries as “their support for grooming kids.” Kirk’s condemnation of the retailer coincided with TPUSA’s second-annual Pastors Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, this past week, where …

Media Matters has the transcript: GREG GUTFELD (HOST): OK, this 38-year-old math teacher in California, was once named teacher of the year (and I support that), was arrested and booked into jail for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old male student. She posted bail but this is what bothers me. KATHERINE TIMPF: The fact that she had sex with a …

The Arkansas Advocate reports: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday asked President Joe Biden to extend the federal government’s coverage of 100% of debris cleanup and disaster mitigation costs stemming from the March 31 tornadoes that hit Arkansas. The estimated total cleanup costs in all three counties is nearly $25 million and nearly $16 million for emergency protective measures, according …

The Hill reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday criticized the move by Disney to sue the governor, arguing the suit has no merit and it is politically motivated. “I don’t think the suit has merit, I think it’s political,” DeSantis told reporters at a news conference in Israel. “They had no transparency, no accountability, none of that, and …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is taking a break from fighting Joe Biden to ask for federal help. On Saturday, the Florida Governor (who is in Utah preparing to address that state’s Republican Convention) requested a major disaster declaration for Broward County. “If granted by the White House, a Major Disaster Declaration will provide a wide range of federal …

Florida Politics reports: Marco Rubio is the latest Republican to roundly condemn former President Donald Trump’s indictment. The Senator told the Fox & Friends crew that Trump’s indictment was reminiscent of “Third World” countries and that it could set a dangerous precedent. “I watch it happen all the time in the Third World and in developing countries,” Rubio contended. “They …

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: Utah’s Rep. Burgess Owens will chair a congressional hearing on the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan later this week. The program, which cancels up to $20,000 of student loan debt for tens of millions of borrowers, is currently on hold pending a ruling from the Supreme Court. In a press release, Owens telegraphed how …

“So, first of all, I personally don’t find it funny. I mean, if it’s a routine, like what was the one, the famous movie, Mrs. What — what was it called? Mrs. Doubtfire, that’s different. It was a middle-aged guy as a dowdy woman. And you know, the travails that ensued, that was a comedy. But in general, drag queen …

The Fort Worth Weekly reports: Kara Cunningham says that, “ironically,” she “just didn’t want to get him fired.” The 34-year-old mother of two is talking about Everett Trost. The man she claims impregnated her last winter served as her direct supervisor at Patriot Mobile, the multi-million-dollar Grapevine cell phone company and PAC aligned with far-right causes. Patriot Mobile asserted its …

The Associated Press reports: Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally announced Monday that he is “pausing” all social media activity after revelations that he repeatedly commented on posts of nearly nude photos of a young gay model and other LGBTQ personalities. McNally, a Republican, initially stated last week that he “had no intention of stopping” when pressed about why he repeatedly …

The Huffington Post reports: Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally (played by Molly Kearney), who made multiple comments on a gay 20-year-old man’s racy Instagram photos despite support for bills targeting LGBTQ people, said he’d support “any man who puts his body online for others” in a “Weekend Update” parody on “SNL.” The mock governor told “Weekend Update” co-host Colin Jost …

The Hill reports: Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) slammed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) at a Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Thursday about “compliance with committee oversight,” pointing out that the chairman of the Judiciary Committee previously failed to comply with a congressional subpoena. “I think it’s quite rich that we are talking about subpoena compliance under a chairman of a full committee …