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Gothamist reports: Salvatore Bonaccorso, the former longtime mayor of Clark, New Jersey, was sentenced Friday to three years probation and barred from holding public office again after pleading guilty to charges of official misconduct and forgery. Bonaccorso, 64, a Republican who served as mayor of the Union County township from 2001 until last month, was also fined $15,000. He resigned …

“I cannot overstate how much I loathe this emotional blackmail pretending to be concern. My kids, god willing, will be risk takers. They won’t think constantly about whether a flippant comment or a wrong viewpoint will follow them around for the rest of their lives. “They will tell stupid jokes. They will develop views that they later think are wrong …

The Heartland Signal reports: At the start of the new legislative session, a group of North Dakota legislators put forward a potentially unconstitutional resolution that would have the state “acknowledge the Kingship of Jesus Christ.” “Whereas, the founding fathers of this great state begin the constitution with the words, ‘We’, the people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God … …

NBC News reports: Republican donors at a gathering last week in Palm Beach County openly discussed the prospect of Casey DeSantis’ running for governor in 2026, and for the first time, Florida’s first lady is seriously considering the idea. Gov. Ron DeSantis, her husband, faces term limits and cannot seek re-election. There has long been speculation about whether Casey, a …

NOTUS reports: Republicans are already staring down the possibility of a politically disastrous government shutdown, with funding set to run out on March 14 and lawmakers seeing little reason for any optimism. “The clock is ticking and running away from us right now,” senior appropriator Rep. Steve Womack told NOTUS on Thursday. The March 14 deadline, House Appropriations Chair Tom …

The Latin Times reports: Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced today she will introduce a bill to declare English as the country’s official language. USA.gov confirms that the U.S. does not have an official language, although “English is the most widely used language” in the country. Greene has also demanded Congress pass a bill to use “force” in renaming the …

Axios reports: A group of House and Senate Democrats said they were denied access to the Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is the third time this week that Democratic lawmakers were blocked from an agency that has been targeted by President Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE. On Monday, a large group of Democrats tried to enter the …

“It was the USAID that was cut off and should have been cut off. I mean, $15 million for condoms for the Taliban! That’s what we hear. And that’s what they discovered. This is the type of thing that they’re finding in this kind of thing. We want them to find there is inefficiency. “When you have a government as …

The Associated Press reports: Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart’s Thursday to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asks her not to deport Venezuelans without criminal records as ordered by Trump. “I respectfully request, within all applicable rules and regulations, that you assess all options available to ensure that Venezuelan nationals without criminal records are not forcibly returned to one of the most repressive …

The Des Moines Register reports: Exposing minors to an “obscene performance” would be a crime under a bill winding through the Iowa Senate that critics fear could discourage drag shows and spur lawsuits against venues offering LGBTQ pride programming. The legislation, Senate File 116, would make knowingly exposing anyone younger than 18 to such a performance an aggravated misdemeanor, as …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) joined in spreading the latest MAGA-world accusation against USAID on Wednesday, but it was quickly revealed that the claim was grossly misrepresented and that Boebert herself was engaged in the same practice she was raging about. Boebert shared a Politico report on the many false allegations Elon Musk has spread against USAID and captioned …

“There’s no doubt that the president appears to have empowered Elon Musk far beyond what I think is appropriate. I think a lot of it is going to end up in court. I am concerned if the Trump administration is clawing back money that has been specifically appropriated for a particular purpose.” – Sen. Susan Collins, who met with Musk …

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: In Nassau County, Democrats are suing Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman over his creation of an armed citizen deputy program. It’s something that opponents say amounts to an illegal militia and they are calling it “an authoritarian power grab in the heart of suburban America.” In what’s been ranked as the safest county in …

The Daily Beast reports: Mitch McConnell was escorted out of the Capitol in a wheelchair at the Capitol on Wednesday after the 82-year-old senator fell twice in short succession. One of McConnell’s falls occurred on stairs outside the Senate chamber, causing “panicked looks to flash across his congressional staff and security detail,” reported The Hill. A group, which included his …

The Associated Press reports: Several large book publishers, a tiny public library and others are suing Idaho officials over a law that forces libraries to keep some books in an adults-only section if community members believe they are “harmful to minors.” The Donnelly Library, Penguin Random House and the others suing say the law is overly vague and violates the …

“Holy father, we’ve seen a darkness in our land for four years. And actually, longer than that. But the last four have been terrible, lord. We have become apostate. The corruption, the perversion, the depravity. The sacrificing of our own children, lord, in the abortion industry. “Lord, we know that no government can save us. Only faithfulness and obedience to …

Fox News reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., called President Donald Trump’s proposal to “take over” Gaza a “bold step” toward restoring peace in the region. “Of course, the initial announcement yesterday, I think, was greeted with surprise by many, but cheered by, I think, people all around the world,” Johnson said during his weekly press conference on Wednesday. “Why? …

Courthouse News reports: Congressional Democrats on Tuesday unveiled legislation they say is a response to an illegal effort by President Donald Trump and his allies to unilaterally dismantle federal agencies. But as Democrats took their most concrete steps yet to oppose meddling by the White House and billionaire Elon Musk, Republicans positioned the administration’s actions as an above-board review of …

NBC News reports: The CIA has offered so-called buyouts to its workforce, a CIA spokesperson said, the latest move by the Trump administration to overhaul and scale back the federal government. The offer of eight months of pay and benefits is similar to deferred resignation offers proposed to employees at other federal agencies. But at the CIA, some employees — …

Mediaite reports: In a memo titled, “PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE,” acting deputy administrator for management and resources Pete Marocco advised USAID employees they were “being placed on excused absence (also known as administrative leave) with pay effective immediately.” “During the period that you are on administrative leave you are not to enter USAID premises, access USAID systems, or attempt to …