Republicans

Vance: Violent Rioters Shouldn’t Be Pardoned [VIDEO]

Bloomberg News reports: Vice President-elect JD Vance tempered his boss’s promise to pardon all the protesters involved in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, saying those who behaved violently should “obviously” not receive pardons. Five people died as a result of the violence and the hundreds injured included 174 police officers. “If you protested peacefully on January 6, …

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Axios: How Meta Planned Changes To Benefit Trump

Axios reports: Meta did this with a methodical striptease over nine days, capturing massive public and MAGA attention. Sources tell us Meta deliberately packaged them all up for detonation over nine days to maximize the pop for Trump. Here’s the Meta formula: Put a Trump friend on your board (UFC CEO Dana White). Promote a prominent Republican as your chief …

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GOP Rep: Raise The Capitol Flags For Glorious Leader

Via press release from GOP Rep. Cory Mills: Today, Congressman Cory Mills (FL-07) sent a letter to congressional leaders in both chambers, urging them to exercise their authority and raise the U.S. flags at the Capitol to full-staff on the morning of January 20, 2025, in honor of the 60th Presidential Inauguration. This gesture would recognize the historic occasion while …

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FL Rep Says He’ll Run For Rubio’s Senate Seat In 2026

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Rep. Cory Mills intends to run for U.S. Senate in 2026 — even if he is not named to the post by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The New Smyrna Beach Republican told the press on Saturday he doesn’t know when DeSantis will appoint a successor to U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of …

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GOP Mulls $5T In Cuts To Medicaid, Welfare, And ACA

Politico reports: House Republicans are passing around a “menu” of more than $5 trillion in cuts they could use to bankroll President-elect Donald Trump’s top priorities this year, including tax cuts and border security. The early list of potential spending offsets obtained by POLITICO includes changes to Medicare and ending Biden administration climate programs, along with slashing welfare and “reimagining” …

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GOP Rep: Withhold Disaster Aid For California [VIDEO]

“We included disaster relief for North Carolina and Florida in the wake of hurricanes recently, and east Tennessee. And no doubt, we need to address fires. “But the problem with California is forestry management. If they want the money, then there should be consequences where they have to change their policies. “California wants the money without changing the policies that …

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Johnson Secretly Sought Climate Grant For His District From Fund He Voted Against And Has Vowed To Gut

E&E News reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson urged EPA late last year to award a city in his district a grant focused on the environment and disadvantaged communities — funding from the Democrats’ climate law that Republicans have vowed to gut. The Louisiana Republican, who was just reelected speaker despite pushback from his conservative flank, sent the letter to EPA …

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Giuliani Tells Judge He’s Too Ill To Appear At Contempt Hearing, Judge Says Okay, But No Inauguration Either

The Huffington Post reports: On Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani told a federal judge in Washington, D.C. that it could be dangerous for him to attend an upcoming contempt hearing tied to his defamation case with election workers due to ongoing issues with his knee, heart and lungs, as well as what he said were death threats linked to his criticisms of …

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Cultist X User Catturd Vows To Sue Rep. Thomas Massie

Today in our ever-expanding infighting is funny file: A pro-Trump commentator who goes by the name “Cat Turd” threatened to sue Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Wednesday after Massie called him one of “the most nenarded paid influencers” on social media. The cat feces-named social media influencer threatened to file “a slam dunk defamation lawsuit” against Massie after the two …

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GOP Ohio Governor Signs Don’t Say Gay/Outing Bill

The Hill reports: Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation Wednesday requiring educators to reveal a student’s gender identity to their families and allow parents to opt their kids out of lessons that touch on sexuality and gender. House Bill 8, known to its critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill because of its similarities to a 2022 Florida law, …

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RNC: “Scumbag Schiff Didn’t Mention Fires” (He Did)

Mediaite reports: The RNC jumped to brand Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) a “scumbag” after falsely alleging he “didn’t mention the wildfires” in Los Angeles once during his primetime interview on MSNBC – except he did, for almost six minutes, during the opening segment of his interview. As wildfires continue to destroy neighborhoods in Southern California, Schiff appeared on The ReidOut …

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FL State CFO Running To Replace Gaetz: I Don’t Live In That District Because Of “Republican Gerrymandering”

Florida Politics reports: Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis said he doesn’t live in Florida’s 1st Congressional District because of partisan gerrymandering. But that insinuation upset Joel Rudman, a former state lawmaker who faces Patronis in a Special Election to represent the district in Congress. Patronis made the remark at a debate for candidates running in the Special Election to succeed …

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Robert Kennedy Jr. Hit With Voter Fraud Complaint

The Guardian reports: Robert F Kennedy Jr has been accused of committing voter fraud in November’s presidential election by casting his ballot from a New York address that a court had previously ruled was not his place of residence. The complaint, filed by Accountable.US, a left-leaning watchdog group, could complicate Kennedy’s confirmation as Donald Trump’s nominee to be health and …

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GOP Senator: Canadians Are “Rooting” To Join The US

NOTUS reports: Sen. Kevin Cramer seemed enthusiastic about the idea, though he sounded skeptical it would actually happen. Still, he even suggested adding multiple provinces to the union instead of combining them into just one state. “It’s gorgeous all the time,” he told reporters of Canada. “It is one of the most spectacular places on Earth.” “And I wouldn’t mind …

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Ex-FBI Informant Gets Six Years For Lying About Bidens

NBC News reports: A former FBI informant who fabricated a story about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes that became central to Republicans’ impeachment effort was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison. Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty last month in Los Angeles federal court to tax evasion and lying to the FBI about the phony bribery scheme …

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Santos Granted Three-Month Delay In Sentencing

The Associated Press reports: Disgraced former congressman George Santos, facing a federal prison sentence, has won a few months’ freedom to come up with more than half a million dollars in court fines — including from work on his new podcast. U.S. District Court Judge Joanna Seybert set the new court date for April 25, which is about three months …

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SD GOP Bill Requires Teaching Ten Commandments

Dakota News Now reports: A bill that would require the Ten Commandments to be posted and taught in public schools will make an appearance in the 2025 legislative session. First-term lawmakers usually don’t carry much legislation, if at all, but Senator John Carley out of Piedmont said it’s important to recognize the historical significance of the Ten Commandments in U.S. …

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Bill Authorizes Trump To “Repurchase” Panama Canal

The Hill reports: Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) will introduce a bill that would authorize the president to purchase the Panama Canal and put it under U.S. control, an acquisition that President-elect Trump has been pushing over the last several weeks. Johnson plans to introduce the Panama Canal Repurchase Act on Thursday. The bill would authorize the president, in coordination with …

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GOP Rep: The “Territories” Of Canada, Greenland, And Panama “Should Be Honored” That Trump Wants Them

Raw Story reports: CNN’s Breanna Keilar wouldn’t let up when freshman Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) touted Donald Trump’s new age of “Manifest Destiny” but failed to directly answer questions about how it would help the U.S. economy. Gill pivoted to the southern border, before stating, “I think that the people of Panama, I think that the people of Greenland, I …

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Scott: It Would Be Exciting To Seize Greenland, Panama

Florida Politics reports: Sen. Rick Scott says he backs potential moves to bring Greenland and the Panama Canal under American control that have been floated recently by Donald Trump. “Well, it would be pretty exciting. If you think about it, we’ve got a President that’s going to focus on our national security,” Scott told Fox Business host Stuart Varney. “It …

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