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“We have a policy that if you’re driving on one of those streets and a mob comes and surrounds your vehicle and threatens you, you have a right to flee for your safety. And so if you drive off and you hit one of these people, that’s their fault for impinging on you. You don’t have to sit there and …

Politico reports: Sen. Rand Paul says he and his family have been uninvited from the White House picnic for members of Congress, accusing the administration of targeting him over his opposition to some of President Donald Trump’s policies. “I think I’m the first senator in the history of the United States to be uninvited to the White House picnic,” Paul …

Florida Politics reports: Florida law enforcement can look forward to serving a federal mission on the road in the foreseeable future. That’s according to Attorney General James Uthmeier, who said that “we’ll be sending any resources we have to California to help the President carry out his mission.” Uthmeier’s comments, made on the Sean Hannity radio show, preceded Gov. Ron DeSantis …

Florida Politics reports: Members of Florida’s congressional delegation are launching a push to bring NASA headquarters to Florida. U.S. Sen. Rick Scott led a letter to President Donald Trump signed by 24 members of the Florida delegation from both sides of the aisle encouraging a move. The letter bears the signatures of both Scott and U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, a Plant …

“The guy absolutely should be thanking President Trump right now for trying to restore order because the only thing Governor Newsom is good at right now is sucking at being number one at being a terrible governor. I mean, that is it. Why isn’t California thriving like the rest of the country? Well, because they have a blue state ran …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump is celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary — and his own 79th birthday — with a massive, multimillion-dollar military parade Saturday in Washington. But one group of otherwise devoted Trump allies largely won’t be there to celebrate: congressional Republicans. Among the 50 GOP lawmakers surveyed by POLITICO, only seven said they planned to stay in Washington …

SEN. RAND PAUL: “Never been a big fan of goose-stepping soldiers in big tanks and missiles rolling down the street. So if you asked me, I wouldn’t have done it. I’m not sure what the actual expense of it is, but I’m not really — we were always different than the images you saw of the Soviet Union and North …

The New York Times reports: Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican endorsed last month by President Trump, easily won his party’s nomination on Tuesday to run for governor of New Jersey in November. Mr. Ciattarelli, 63, will now face the winner of the Democratic primary, Representative Mikie Sherrill, 53. Mr. Ciattarelli had been considered the front-runner for months, leading in most polls …

First, a reminder from Trump’s speech yesterday: President Donald Trump announced the renaming of several military bases and proposed jail time for flag burners during a military-themed speech at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Along with remarks honoring military members, including a 100-year-old World War II veteran, Trump noted that Los Angeles protesters have brandished foreign flags and burned U.S. …

The San Antonio News-Express reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has deployed National Guard troops to San Antonio in advance of planned protests in the city against a Trump administration crackdown on undocumented immigrants. The San Antonio Police Department said Chief William McManus contacted state officials Monday night seeking to confirm the presence of guardsmen in the city. McManus “was able …

First, a reminder from Reason: Five years ago last Tuesday, The New York Times, after considerable internal turmoil, published an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R–Ark.) advocating that the federal government unilaterally send military troops to quell the riots ripping through the country in the wake of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd. The piece led directly to the …

“I’m not going to give you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested. But he ought to be tarred and feathered, I’ll say that. He’s standing in the way of the administration of carrying out federal law. He is applauding the bad guys and standing in the way of the good guys. He is a participant, an accomplice.” …

The cult is screaming about this: Christy Walton, an heiress to the Walmart fortune, is facing blowback from MAGA-inspired Republicans over a full-page ad in The New York Times promoting the “No Kings Day” protests against President Trump. The paid political ad features an image of the Statue of Liberty alongside a series of public declarations, including “WE honor our …

NBC News reports: Louisiana GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, who heads the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, raised concerns in a brief post on social media about the Health and Human Services Department’s gutting of an independent vaccine advisory committee. Cassidy wouldn’t elaborate on that warning when Capitol reporters asked about it last night. But the decision comes weeks …

Just in via press release: Today, Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) announced he will introduce legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to take severe action against those who assault law enforcement personnel, including ICE Agents or CBP officials. If enacted, the Curbing Offenses on Policing Services (COPS Act) would increase jail time and civil fines for assaulting a law enforcement …

The New York Times reports: President Trump’s political team is encouraging Republican leaders in Texas to examine how House district lines in the state could be redrawn ahead of next year’s midterm elections to try to save the party’s endangered majority. The push from Washington has unnerved some Texas Republicans, who worry that reworking the boundaries of Texas House seats …

The Hill reports: Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) on Monday said he plans to resign from Congress after the House holds a final vote on the party’s “big, beautiful bill,” giving up his seat as well as his leadership post on the House Homeland Security Committee. Green said he has already lined up a job outside of Congress. “It is with …

Axios reports: Senate Republican leadership is urging senators to double down on condemning the chaotic protests that erupted over the weekend in Los Angeles, Axios has learned. Republicans are convinced they have a winning issue. “This gives us an opportunity to remind Americans how extreme the Democratic party is on immigration,” Sen. Tom Cotton’s office wrote to communications staff on …

NBC News reports: Bradley Bondi, the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, lost his bid for president of the D.C. Bar, receiving 3,490 votes compared with opponent Diane Seltzer’s 34,982. Seltzer, an employment lawyer who ran a campaign focused on supporting members of the organization at a time of “governmental chaos,” said after the results were announced Monday that she …

NOTUS reports: The reconciliation bill has given Republicans a way to target abortion access in states that legally protect it: threatening their federal health care funding. House Republicans added a last-minute provision to their reconciliation bill via a manager’s amendment that would block certain Affordable Care Act funds from going to state health plans that cover abortion services. There are …