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Florida Man Guilty Of Threat To Kill SCOTUS Justice

NBC News reports: A Florida man has pleaded guilty in connection with threatening to kill a Supreme Court justice. The guilty plea from 43-year-old Neal Brij Sidhwaney of Fernandina Beach stemmed from a call he made to a Supreme Court justice in July, the Justice Department said in a news release Monday. Prosecutors said that Sidhwaney identified himself by name …

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DeSantis Accused Of Illegally Coordinating With PAC

Politico reports: A watchdog group that has already filed several complaints against Gov. Ron DeSantis is now alleging that the Florida Republican and a super PAC aiding his presidential bid violated federal campaign finance laws. DeSantis’ reliance on Never Back Down, which was set up with an infusion of more than $80 million transferred from a committee that once was …

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Trump Judge Halts Removal Of Confederate Memorial

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge on Monday issued a temporary restraining order barring removal of a memorial to Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. A group called Defend Arlington, affiliated with a group called Save Southern Heritage Florida, filed a lawsuit Sunday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, seeking the restraining order. A hearing has been scheduled for …

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DeSantis: Trump Should Have Pardoned Capitol Rioters

“He called that rally knowing that that was going to be in D.C. where things could get potentially out of hand, and he’s now saying he would do clemency for the nonviolent. But he could have done that when he was president. He could have taken responsibility. “He could have said that — not the violent people, obviously that’s a …

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Haley Ad: Biden’s Too Old, Congress Is A Nursing Home

The Washington Post reports: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has launched a new campaign ad calling President Biden “too old,” in one of the most direct attacks on the president’s age this election cycle. “I’ll just say it: Biden’s too old,” Haley, 51, says in the ad. “And Congress is the most exclusive nursing home in America.” The new ad, …

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REPORT: Thomas Threatened To Resign Over His Salary And That’s When All The Luxury Gifts Started Flowing In

ProPublica reports: In early January 2000, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was at a five-star beach resort in Sea Island, Georgia, hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. After almost a decade on the court, Thomas had grown frustrated with his financial situation, according to friends. At the resort, Thomas gave a speech at an off-the-record conservative conference. He found …

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Attacks Spur BP To Pause Shipments Through Red Sea

CNN Business reports: BP said Monday that it would pause all shipments through the Red Sea because of increased attacks on vessels by Houthi militants in Yemen. “In light of the deteriorating security situation for shipping in the Red Sea, BP has decided to temporarily pause all transits through the Red Sea,” the company said in a statement. “We will …

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Nikki Haley Dodges Question On Texas Abortion Case

The Hill reports: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley sidestepped a question on the high-profile abortion case in Texas, in which a woman was denied an abortion that her doctor deemed to be medically necessary. In the interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” Haley would not criticize the Texas Supreme Court, which diverged from the lower court in denying the woman, …

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Florida GOP Strips Chair Of Authority, Cuts Salary To $1

USA Today reports: The Florida GOP on Sunday began the process of removing Chair Christian Ziegler amid sexual assault allegations, with the party’s executive board voting during an emergency meeting to censure the chair, strip his authority and reduce his salary to $1. The 40-member board also voted to hold a meeting next month to consider the committee’s findings and …

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Lindsey Graham: There’s No “Smoking Gun” On Biden

“I haven’t really been paying that much attention to it. They have to prove that President Biden somehow financially benefited from the business enterprises of Hunter Biden. If there were a smoking gun, I think we’d be talking about it. But you know, the narrative that Hunter Biden presented is falling apart. They added that Joe Biden knew nothing about …

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Yet Another Top DeSantis PAC Official Hits The Exit

Politico reports: Jeff Roe, a top strategist for the main super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign, announced his resignation from the group late Saturday — the latest in a string of departures from the organization. The pro-DeSantis group, Never Back Down, has been enveloped in turmoil in recent weeks. Two weeks ago, it fired three of its top officials, …

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Retiring Dem Sen. Ben Cardin Fires Capitol Hill Staffer Accused Of Filming Gay Sex In Senate Hearing Room

Christopher Kane reports at the Washington Blade: A gay staffer for U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) is no longer employed by the U.S. Senate, his office told the Washington Blade in a statement on Saturday morning, which followed reports that he had filmed amateur pornography in the workplace. “We will have no further comment on this personnel matter,” Cardin’s office …

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DeSantis Condemns Toppling Of Saddam Hussein

“I was a part of one of these wars in Iraq where you get in and there’s no concrete victory achieved. It’s just kind of ‘OK, you’re there, we are supposed to create a democracy in Iraq.’ “What do they have now? It’s an Iranian controlled government effectively in Iraq. How is that in America’s interest? I mean, Saddam was …

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CA Disqualifies McCarthy’s Would-Be House Successor

Bakersfield Now reports: The California Secretary of State’s Office confirmed Friday that state law prohibits Assemblymember Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield) from running as a candidate for the 20th Congressional District of California because he had previously filed paperwork to run for reelection to the California State Assembly. According to a release, under state law, a candidate who has filed their declaration …

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DeSantis: Shorter Lifespans Will Save Social Security

“What I don’t think people are acknowledging the way they should is that life expectancy in this country is declining. And so, you know, we used to think it was just gonna keep going up. I mean, it’s been a pretty steep decline. So I don’t see how you raise it [the eligibility age] if life expectancy is declining.” – …

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DeSantis: “If Trump Loses, He Will Say It Was Stolen”

“If Trump loses, he will say it’s stolen no matter what, absolutely. He will try to delegitimize the results. He did that against Ted Cruz in 2016, and he will do that. I mean, even when like The Apprentice didn’t get an Emmy, he said it did. So I think I don’t think there’s been a single time he’s ever …

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Rubio Finally Calls For Florida GOP Chair To Resign

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says if Christian Ziegler won’t resign as Republican Party of Florida Chair, he should be removed. That means every statewide elected official in Florida, all Republicans, have now called for Ziegler to step down. Gov. Ron DeSantis called for Ziegler to resign immediately after news broke he was under investigation for rape. Since …

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Billionaires Are Funding Luxury Travel Of Federal Judges

The Lever reports: In 2021 and 2022, two conservative, billionaire-funded legal interests sent more than 100 federal judges on 251 trips to conferences and seminars in cushy locations around the country and overseas, according to a Lever review of hundreds of federal financial disclosure forms. In all, George Mason University (GMU) and The Federalist Society, a conservative lawyers network, funded …

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Melania To Speak At DC Naturalization Ceremony

Politico reports: Former first lady Melania Trump is slated to be the honored guest speaker today at a naturalization ceremony for new citizens in the rotunda of the Archives’ headquarters. It is, to put it mildly, an unusual billing. How did it happen that a resident of the same Mar-a-Lago estate whose bathrooms were used to store thousands of allegedly …

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Mullin Tosses Cold Water On Impeachment Attempt

The Messenger reports: Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin suggested that President Joe Biden may not qualify for impeachment in the House GOP investigation because if he did commit a crime, he isn’t holding that same office anymore or wasn’t even in office at the time. “The bar is real high. There’s not question about it,” Mullin said in an interview …

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