Republicans

The Huffington Post reports: Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), endorsed a book published this month by Jack Posobiec, a right-wing influencer famous for helping spread the Pizzagate conspiracy theory in 2016. Posobiec’s book, written with Joshua Lisec, is titled “Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them).” “In the past, communists …

The Texas Tribune reports: The Lubbock City Council on Tuesday voted to strip funding from a popular free monthly arts walk, after a council member suggested the event promoted a drag show. The 5-2 vote strips the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts of $30,000 of tax dollars collected from hotel stays. David Glasheen, the council member who proposed …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Governor is showing no mercy to the Democrats in the White House, contending that a so-called “Hamas caucus” in their party holds them in thrall. During remarks in South Florida, he ripped Biden and Harris in the wake of protests in Washington against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. “They are not friends of …

The Arizona Republic reports: With just a few days to go until the primary election, Arizona’s own Blake Masters on Wednesday demonstrated once again why he’s not in the U.S. Senate. This, by explaining what it takes to be an elected leader in America. No, not intelligence or ideas or even the ability to get things done. Not humanity or …

The Washington Post reports: A year before J.D. Vance was elected to the Senate, he advocated for a novel way to enhance the political strength of families — by giving parents the ability to cast tens of millions of additional votes on behalf of their children. Vance, now the Republican nominee for vice president, in a 2021 speech called for …

“I think she’s one of the weakest candidates I’ve ever seen in the history of our country. I mean, intellectually, just really kind of the bottom of the barrel. I think it’s just a failure from top to bottom. I think she was a DEI hire and I think that that’s what we’re seeing, and I just don’t think that …

First, a reminder from yesterday: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent a letter to House members warning there would be arrests if people disrupted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to lawmakers Wednesday. Johnson said in his letter, shared Tuesday, that there will be additional security measures and the note served as a “friendly reminder of the longstanding rules and decorum …

The Meidas Touch reports: Heritage Foundation President and Project 2025 architect Kevin Roberts has a new book coming out, and Donald Trump’s running-mate JD Vance wrote a very enthusiastic foreword and review promoting his work, and even urged people to buy the book on his Twitter page before he was chosen as Trump’s running mate. Donald Trump and his campaign …

ABC News reports: The three University of Alabama System campuses on Tuesday shuttered diversity, equity and inclusion offices— and opened new offices — to comply with a new Republican-backed law attempting to ban the programs on public college campuses in the state. The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, along with the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of …

The Washington Examiner reports: Missouri gubernatorial candidate Bill Eigel released a campaign ad featuring a Spanish translator telling illegal immigrants that they will be deported if he is elected. In the ad, a Spanish translator flanks his left, paraphrasing what he says. “No more illegals,” the translator says in Spanish. “No more money. The party’s over.” If elected, Eigel vowed …

“Two attacks I’ve heard Republicans give that are totally stupid and dumb to do is the DEI attack, OK? The other attack that I would not do is saying that the president has to resign. That would be an advantage for Kamala. “Air Force One is very powerful when it lands somewhere. And you know what? Something will happen between …

Newsweek reports: Lauren Boebert has introduced an amendment in the House that would cut the salary of Melissa Schwartz, a senior figure within the Department of the Interior, to just $1. On Tuesday, the congresswoman called her a “liberal troll” who “belongs under a bridge.” Boebert said: “Melissa Schwartz is yet another horrendous and miserable use of taxpayer dollars. She …

The Daily Beast reports: Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) gave his heartfelt regards to former President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday after he shared on social media a fake letter that claimed the 99-year-old had died. “Former President Jimmy Carter has died. My thoughts and prayers are with his family,” the senator wrote in a quickly deleted post on X, with a …

“She [Harris] is even farther left than Joe Biden. I didn’t think they could pick anybody worse, but they did. I mean, how can you put somebody in charge of a situation where you let 15, possibly even 20 million people come in our country? “Now, some of these people are good, but most of them are garbage. They come …

Fox News reports: Former U.N. ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is demanding that a group claiming to represent former Haley voters who support the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris stop using her name. “Kamala Harris and I are total opposites on every issue. Any attempt to use my name to support her or her agenda …

More performative assholery from the cult: Tennessee Republican Rep. Andy Ogles on Tuesday introduced articles of impeachment against Vice President Kamala Harris, according to Politico’s Olivia Beavers. The articles accused Harris of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” saying that she “has willfully and systemically refused to uphold Federal immigration laws, in that: In her conduct of the Office of Vice President …

Gizmodo reports: Tweets claiming that former president Jimmy Carter died went viral on Tuesday, with many of the dumbest people on social media helping spread the hoax–from Laura Loomer to Mario Nawfal. But there was one person who shared the fake letter announcing Carter’s death who really should know better: Senator Mike Lee of Utah. Brian Metzger from Business Insider …

Axios reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) cautioned lawmakers there will be a “zero-tolerance” policy for disruptions during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on Wednesday, warning that guests who disturb the speech may be arrested. Netanyahu’s scheduled appearance has sparked pushback from Democrats frustrated with his handling of the the Israel-Hamas war, with Johnson trying to preempt …

Florida Politics reports: Ron DeSantis is  is considering a matter he’s mulled before: How much cannabis can fit into a joint? And how many joints could be permitted if someone possesses 3 ounces of pot at a time? That amount will be permitted if voters approve the constitutional amendment in November. “Some law enforcement have told me (regarding) 3 ounces …

“Look what happened. Just last weekend, you had Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, George Clooney, Hollywood moguls, Wall Street bankers all working behind closed doors to bring unbearable pressure to bear on Joe Biden, who in the end threw in, threw in the towel. “And now you have the Democratic Party uniting around Kamala Harris, who not only has never won …