Politics

Haley Roasts Trump For Confusing Her With Pelosi: We Can’t Have Worries About A President’s Mental Fitness

“Last night Trump was at a rally and he’s going on and on mentioning me multiple times as to why I didn’t take security during the Capitol riot, why I didn’t handle January 6 better. I wasn’t even in DC on January 6. I wasn’t in office then. They’re saying he got confused, that he was talking about something else, …

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DeSantis Tells NH: I’ll Be A “Live Free Or Die” President

Ron DeSantis writes for the New Hampshire Journal: One of my favorite parts of New Hampshire is your state motto. ‘Live free or die’ is the motto I have led by in Florida, and it’s the mindset I’ll bring to the White House as president. On issue after issue, I have fought back against every government scheme on our freedoms. …

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DeSantis Joins MAGA Calls To Impeach Mayorkas

The Hill reports: GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has joined House Republicans’ calls to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “Yes, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should be impeached,” DeSantis posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Saturday. House Republicans kicked off a series of impeachment hearings against Mayorkas last week. A Homeland Security Committee hearing last Wednesday focused on …

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Gay CA Sen. Toni Atkins Launches Bid For Governor

The Associated Press reports: The leader of the California Senate on Friday said she would run for governor in 2026, entering a campaign that is far from the minds of voters but is quickly filling with candidates in a state that requires frequent fundraising to compete in some of the nation’s most expensive media markets. Toni Atkins, a Democrat from …

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Haley: Trump Is Lying, Dems Can’t Vote In NH Primary

Axios reports: Republican presidential candidate and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley called out former President Trump on Friday, debunking a claim he made about Democrats being able to vote in the New Hampshire GOP primary. Haley was responding to a post Trump made Friday on Truth Social. “Governor Chris Sununu, the now failing Governor of New Hampshire, where I am …

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Judge Judy To Campaign With Haley In New Hampshire

Deadline reports: Nikki Haley‘s presidential race is entering the final days before the New Hampshire primary with some celebrity support: Judge Judy Sheindlin. The Haley campaign said that Sheindlin, who announced her endorsement earlier this month, will join the candidate at a rally on Sunday in Exeter, NH. Sheindlin produces and stars in Amazon Freevee’s Judy Justice and will headline …

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Montana AG Blocks Abortion Rights Ballot Measure

The Montana Free Press reports: Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has blocked a ballot proposal seeking to create a constitutional right to abortion, labeling the initiative “legally insufficient” after a required review by his office. In a memorandum dated Jan. 16, Knudsen said the proposed ballot initiative spearheaded by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Montana, Ballot Measure #14, improperly “logrolls multiple …

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Haley: Trump Won’t Debate Me Because He’s A Liar

“There are multiple instances that we need to start asking Donald Trump the questions and stop taking what he’s saying to be golden, because I’ve never once said I was going to cut Social Security. But he said he was going to raise the retirement age of Social Security to 70. “He proposed a 25-cent gas tax increase on all …

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OK Bill Labels Hispanic Gang Members As Terrorists

NBC News reports: An Oklahoma bill has stirred controversy in the state Legislature for seeking to label Hispanic people who are gang members as terrorists. No other racial or ethnic group is singled out in the legislation. The bill, written by Republican state Rep. Justin Humphrey, proposes that any person who “is of Hispanic descent living within the state of Oklahoma,” …

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GOP Rep: “We Keep Doing The Same Stupid Stuff”

“We’re gonna vote to continue to fund the radical progressive policies. Continue to fund the bureaucracy that’s at war with the American people. Continue to fund open borders. “Continue to fund Alejandro Mayorkas, even as we attempt to impeach him in the Homeland Security Committee. We’re going to fund him. We’re going to fund those open borders. “We’re going to …

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Paxton Paid Impeachment Lawyers With Donor Money

The Texas Tribune reports: Attorney General Ken Paxton tapped his campaign funds to pay $2.3 million on legal fees related to his impeachment trial over the last six months, according to a new campaign finance report. The report, which was published Thursday, is the first time Paxton has had to disclose his campaign spending since July. The House impeached him …

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Putin Orders Hunt For Assets Of Former Soviet Union

Bloomberg News reports: Vladimir Putin is going on a property hunt, ordering officials to find Russian assets that once belonged to its former empire or were owned by the Soviet Union. An order from the Russian president published late Thursday allocated funding for a state unit to conduct searches for property abroad and ensure Russia’s ownership rights are registered. The …

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Nikki Haley: I’d Only Pardon Trump If He’s Convicted

Fox News reports: GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said that pardoning former President Trump would be “healing for the country” as she took tough questions from voters days ahead of the New Hampshire primary election. During Haley’s town hall on CNN, the former United Nations ambassador said she would pardon Trump if elected, but only if the GOP frontrunner were …

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Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley Released From Hospital

CNN reports: Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has been discharged from the hospital after being treated for an infection, his office announced Thursday. He is expected to be back at work next week, according to the short statement from the office. At 90 years old, Grassley is the oldest member of the US Senate. He was elected to the …

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LIVE VIDEO: House Votes On Bill To Avert Shutdown

NPR reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson has been under pressure from his right flank to scrap the budget agreement with Schumer, and the bill to keep the government running will need Democratic support to pass the Republican-majority House. Johnson has insisted he will stick with the deal as moderates in the party have urged him not to back out. It …

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No Labels Offers Slot To Nikki Haley, She Says Nope

Politico reports: “If Gov. Haley does not succeed in obtaining the Republican nomination for president and she declares any interest in being part of our bipartisan unity ticket, I’m sure the people at No Labels would give that the most serious consideration, but obviously she’s not done that because she’s an active Republican candidate for president,” said Joe Lieberman, a …

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DeSantis: Haley Should Drop Out If She Can’t Win Her Home State (He’s 39 Points Behind Trump In Florida)

Florida Politics reports: “What is her path in South Carolina? Because I don’t think if you lose your home state that you can continue,” he said of Nikki Haley on Good Morning New Hampshire. However, a quick look at state-level polling shows DeSantis and Haley have the same problem in their respective home states, in that they both trail Donald …

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Fani Willis To Face Hearing Over Misconduct Allegations

The Washington Post reports: A state judge overseeing the election-interference case against former president Donald Trump in Georgia has scheduled a hearing for Feb. 15 to hear evidence regarding accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) and her lead prosecutor engaged in an improper relationship and mishandled public money. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee also wrote in …

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No Labels Files DOJ Complaint Over “Ballot Conspiracy”

The Hill reports: No Labels filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice over what leaders contend are organizations engaging in a “conspiracy” to interfere with its ballot access effort. During a press briefing on Thursday, group leaders alleged a “brazen” attempt among mostly Democratic aligned outside groups to curb its work to build popular support for a unity …

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LIVE VIDEO: House Hearing On Impeaching Mayorkas

CBS News reports: House Republicans are moving quickly on advancing impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. At Thursday’s hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee said, lawmakers will hear from an Arizona sheriff and people whose family members have died as a result of fentanyl overdoses or violent crime. Republicans have repeatedly accused Mayorkas of failing to enforce …

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