Republicans

Politico reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence slammed the updated Republican National Committee platform Tuesday after GOP leaders abandoned explicitly endorsing a national abortion ban. “The RNC platform is a profound disappointment to the millions of pro-life Republicans that have always looked to the Republican Party to stand for life,” Pence said in a statement through his advocacy group Advancing …

Raw Story reports: Missouri needs an attorney general who’s ready to put on a fleece vest and blow up legal evidence against his political allies with a grenade launcher. That’s the message from Will Scharf, who does just that in his latest campaign video boasting of his loyalty to his client and convicted felon, Donald Trump, a former president. In …

Mediaite reports: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) spoke at 2024’s National Conservatism conference — better known as NatCon — and made a bold declaration in support of Christian Nationalism. Speaking from the podium during NatCon 4’s gala dinner on Monday, Hawley stated: “Some will say I am calling America a Christian nation, and so I am. Some will say I am …

The Oklahoman reports: James Inhofe, the firebrand Republican Senator whose political career covered six decades, has died, the Tulsa World reported Tuesday. Inhofe, 89, served in the Oklahoma Legislature, as mayor of Tulsa, in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the the United States Senate. Funeral services are pending. Inhofe was the definition of a career politician, had served …

The Missouri Independent reports: Developers planning to expand a Kansas City facility manufacturing nuclear weapons components will get a break on sales tax under legislation Gov. Mike Parson signed Monday. Parson held a signing ceremony at the site, currently a gravel lot across from the National Nuclear Security Administration’s south Kansas City campus. The expansion is expected to cost more …

Playbook reports: The newest member of the House, Rep. Greg Lopoz (R-Colo.), is destined for a truly obscure congressional trivia question. He was sworn in yesterday for a term that will last less than six months, warming the seat for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), who is likely switching districts pending November’s election. But his vote counts the same as any …

The New York Post reports: Donald Trump’s final decision on his 2024 running mate is between North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), insiders tell The Post. Barring a last-minute surprise, the sources say, the 67-year-old Burgum and the 39-year-old Vance are the clear front-runners for the GOP’s VP slot, with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) still having …

Politico reports: Members of the House Freedom Caucus ousted Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) on Monday night — less than a month after he started a firestorm within the group by endorsing Chair Bob Good’s primary challenger. The vote to oust Davidson took place during the group’s weekly closed-door meeting, two Republicans speaking on the condition of anonymity told POLITICO. Davidson’s …

The Meidas Touch reports: The new Trump-controlled RNC rolled out their party platform today for the 2024 elections, and it left many lifelong party activists furious. Anti-Abortion activists took to social media today to express frustrations. The Trump party platform opposes a federal abortion ban, and simply states that the Republican Party opposes late-term abortions and leaves the rest up …

Law & Crime reports: The families of Louisiana schoolchildren who sued to challenge a new law requiring that the Ten Commandments are displayed in every classroom are now asking a federal court to block the law before children return to school in August. When Louisiana’s Republican governor, Jeff Landry, signed the law, he said it was a way of respecting …

The Guardian reports: Kristi Noem, the Republican governor of South Dakota who has been dogged by controversy since recounting how she chose to shoot dead a puppy and a goat, attracted new questions when it was noted that some of her official social media accounts appeared to have been deleted. On Monday, a link from Noem’s official website led to …

Just in via press release: Attorney General Ashley Moody today led a 23-state coalition of attorneys general opposing the Biden administration’s latest overreach into the livelihoods of middle-class Americans. This time, the administration is weaseling its way into laundry rooms in an attempt to further its radical energy policies by implementing harmful and costly standards on washing machines. Attorney General …

The Washington Post reports: The 2024 Republican convention platform that aides to Donald Trump have drafted stops short of explicitly calling for a constitutional amendment to give embryos or fetuses constitutional rights and does not call for any national bans on abortion, confirming the concerns of antiabortion activists. The document, with a long introduction in the voice of Trump, the …

The Orlando Sentinel reports: State officials said they passed up millions of dollars in new federal food assistance money because they have more than enough programs to feed Florida’s hungry children this summer. But advocates for the hungry say the numbers tell a different story. “The perception put forward by the state is that there is no need for other …

The Huffington Post reports: Conspiracy theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) tried to celebrate American history over the Independence Day weekend ― but got schooled by critics after she botched some basic details. “The average age of the signers of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 was 44 years old, but more than a dozen were 35 or …

ABC News reports: The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee issued a letter on Sunday to President Joe Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, requesting a transcribed interview and documents, citing reports that he has not recommended the president take a cognitive test. In the letter to O’Connor, obtained by ABC News, Chairman James Comer wrote: “Americans question President Biden’s …

“Now, I believe before this is all said and done, that President Biden most likely will be replaced. And Kamala Harris is going to be very vigorous, but she’s for the green New Deal. She’s for Medicare For All. She’s more like Bernie Sanders on policy. Harris is going to have to pick somebody to help her, if she does …

“You asked about Project 2025, and I want to be clear here that Trump explicitly has said his own transition team runs the Trump transition and will run the Trump administration. Again, you have a whole host of organizations, some of which have good ideas, some of which have bad ideas and some who have both. On the question of …

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: On Friday evening, Utah Sen. Mike Lee used his personal X/Twitter account to amplify a baseless claim that President Joe Biden was having a “medical emergency” on Air Force One. The claim started with far-right activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who posted without attribution that “Joe Biden is reportedly having a medical emergency on …

AlterNet reports: On Friday, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) amplified a baseless, debunked claim that President Joe Biden was experiencing a medical episode on board Air Force One. Now, the senator is getting roasted for his tweet by both journalists and commentators. At 7:41 PM Eastern Time yesterday, far-right activist Laura Loomer tweeted: “Joe Biden is reportedly having a medical emergency …