Republicans

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 …

ABC News reports: South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace moved to force a full House vote to impeach United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle for high crimes and misdemeanors. Mace filed the impeachment resolution as privileged on the House floor late Monday at 8:26 p.m. ET. Director Cheatle “has been derelict in her duty to well and faithfully discharge …

Roll Call reports: The House filed a brief Monday in the appeal of Trump ally Steve Bannon that seeks to resurrect legal arguments that the House select panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol could not issue subpoenas because it was illegitimate. The chamber’s filing at the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit …

“After pushing Joe Biden out, it was predictable that corporate media would provide hundreds of millions of dollars worth of glowing coverage to his replacement. “They are trying to do that with Kamala but it won’t work — she is too vacuous, too liberal and too unaccomplished for the voters to buy the manufactured narrative. Kamala Harris was complicit in …

The Tennessean reports: On the same day on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett dismissed the qualifications of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and Vice President Kamala Harris, calling both women “DEI hires.” Burchett called Cheatle a “DEI horror story,” referring to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to expand opportunities for women and people of color in workplaces. He told …

“Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! I believe President Trump and Butler County’s JD Vance are the last chance to save our country politically. I’m afraid if we lose this one, it’s going to take a civil war to save the country and it will be saved. It’s the greatest experiment in the history of mankind. And if we come down to …

NBC News reports: Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, was not happy when President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign, throwing the Democratic Party’s ticket into turmoil and robbing Vance of a moment he was looking forward to: Debating Vice President Kamala Harris. “I was told I was going to debate Kamala Harris,” Vance said here Monday during his first solo event …

The Hill reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) greeted the news of the historic shake-up at the top of the Democratic ticket with threats to increase his state’s operations at the Mexican border. “Joe Biden has now endorsed and fully supports his ‘Borders Czar’ Kamala Harris to be the Democrat candidate for president,” Abbott wrote on the social platform X. …

USA Today reports: Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is scheduled to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Monday about the agency’s missteps in the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at the GOP nominee’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Tenn., said Americans “demand answers” from Cheatle. The director, in excerpts from her prepared …

CNN reports: Legal challenges to Democrats’ move to nominate a new presidential candidate in the wake of President Joe Biden’s unprecedented decision to drop out of the 2024 race stand little likelihood of success, election law experts told CNN. Donald Trump allies have discussed the legal implications of removing Biden from the ballot, and whether or not they have grounds …

“I’m a classic Republican and he’s a classic Democrat; obviously, President Biden and I usually didn’t see eye-to-eye. I opposed many of his initiatives. But we did find common ground on infrastructure, Ukraine, the Electoral Count Act, adding religious liberty protections to the marriage bill, gun safety measures, and chip manufacturing. Others will judge his presidency. However, having worked with …

The Hill reports: South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace (R) will introduce a resolution on Monday in the House calling on Vice President Harris to invoke the 25th amendment, under which a majority of the Cabinet can remove a president they deem incapacitated. House Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) have called on Biden to stand down as president after he …