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“I try to follow all the biblical admonitions as I do every day and one of them says, ‘Bless those who persecute you.’ I’m getting a lot of practice in that right now. And that ‘a soft word turns away wrath,’ and that, you know, those who are opposing you, you don’t hate them and return you know, evil for …

“He discussed having a kitchen cabinet group that would be a group of advisors for him, asked me if I was interested, and I said I’ll wait and see what his proposal is. Right now he does not have my support. It’s a lie to say that if we if I vacated him, we would be handing it over to …

The Texas Tribune reports: The complaint, filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission, alleges Cruz may have improperly directed radio distribution and marketing firm iHeartMedia to send over $630,000 to the Truth and Courage PAC, a group dedicated to Cruz’ reelection effort. The amount would exceed the $5,000 limit an officeholder is permitted to solicit for a super PAC. End …

Politico reports: House Republicans on Wednesday brought down their own speaker’s third attempt to reauthorize a controversial spy power — a fresh blow to the perpetually embattled Mike Johnson. Nineteen Republicans voted to block debate on legislation that would have made changes to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which governs communications from foreigners outside of the United …

“This is who Tucker is: a click-chaser. Tucker’s MO is simple: defend America’s enemies and attack America’s allies. There isn’t an objective bone left in that washed up news host’s body. Mindless contrarianism is his guiding principle, buttressed by his childish tactic to ‘juSt aSK quEsTiOns!’ “But any educated adult, especially one with such a long career in journalism, should …

“The Chinese party is actually in the United States in rural Oklahoma. And the worst that he [Biden] can come up with as a threat to democracy is his political opponent. That sends shivers down my spine. “Every American should be concerned when the president of the United States, the most powerful man in the world, considers his political opponent …

Politico reports: Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is floating a special legislative session to change how the state casts electoral college votes to benefit former President Donald Trump. Close allies of Trump, including Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk, launched an eleventh-hour push in recent weeks to change the system. Pillen endorsed the effort earlier this month, which quickly got the attention …

The Daily Beast reports: A Republican politician on Long Island—who just last week held an umbrella over former President Donald Trump’s head at the wake for a slain New York City police officer—has come under fire over a controversial plan to organize what critics contend is essentially a “personal militia.” “This is open season to kill,” Barbara Powell, the president …

The Columbus Dispatch reports: Former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chairman Sam Randazzo, who was facing criminal charges over a bribery scandal, has died by suicide. A spokesman for the Franklin County Coroner said Randazzo was found shortly before noon Tuesday in a Columbus warehouse that he owned. Randazzo, 74, of Columbus, was recently accused of accepting $4.3 million from …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: When national Republicans opened a new Asian American outreach center in the Gwinnett County suburbs in 2021, an enormous crowd of local dignitaries and state officials packed the Berkeley Lake shop to celebrate. Then Senate candidate Herschel Walker commemorated its first anniversary a year later, and multiple national news outlets focused on the center for stories …

Mediaite reports: Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy plainly explained why he was ousted from House Leadership during an hour-long chat with Georgetown University Students on Monday. And it’s not good news for his rival, Rep. Matt Gaetz. “Let me give you the truth about that. And I’ll give you the truth why I’m not speaker: because one person, a member of …

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports: A Republican candidate for state House of Representatives in Northern Kentucky was arrested and booked for strangulation Monday night. According to Kenton County Jail records, Brian Ormes was arrested by a Fort Wright police officer and booked into Kenton County Jail at 11:02 p.m. Monday on three charges — first-degree strangulation, menacing and fourth-degree assault with …

CNN reports: A New York-based campaign official for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who raised the possibility that voting for the independent presidential candidate would help Donald Trump defeat President Joe Biden previously promoted false claims that the 2020 election was rigged and attended “Stop the Steal” rallies after the election, including the rally on January 6, 2021. Rita Palma, who …

Newsweek reports: A Republican hoping to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate suffered a setback to his campaign this week after facing allegations that he lives in Florida. Former Congressman Mike Rogers, who has made much of his local roots in a bid to win over voters, faced backlash online after the staff of Democrat rival Elissa Slotkin released information …

The Tampa Bay Times reports: While family and friends distributed posters of a missing Republican Party of Florida executive director last week, he was holed up in a Hampton Inn, where authorities say he trashed his room. George Riley Jr., who was reunited with his family this weekend, was kicked out of a room at the Hampton Inn in Kissimmee …

The Associated Press reports: House Republicans will delay bringing their case against Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate until next week, two months after impeaching the Homeland Security secretary. It will be the third time in five years that senators are sworn in as jurors in the court of impeachment. House Speaker Mike Johnson had planned to send the impeachment charges …

The New York Times reports: A federal judge in Manhattan sentenced a Florida woman on Tuesday to a month in prison for her role in a brazen scheme to steal the diary of President Biden’s daughter and sell it to a right-wing group in the hope of disrupting the 2020 election. The conduct of the woman, Aimee Harris, “was despicable …

The Meidas Touch reports: After the Arizona Supreme Court today upheld their draconian 1864 abortion law which calls for 2-5 years in prison for anyone involved in performing an abortion, Kari Lake fired off a statement saying that she disagrees with the decision and hopes that the voters will overturn it in a referendum this November when her Senate race …

“The Republican caucus continues to be a complete hellscape. The Republican caucus in Congress is split between a very small group of Republican congresspeople who are clowns and who wish to basically do their clown act on TV for money and notoriety and the vast majority of Republicans who actually would like to pass bills that they believe are the …

The Arizona Republic reports: The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 160-year-old abortion ban that could shutter abortion clinics in the state. The ruling indicated the ban can only be “prospectively enforced” and enforcement of the law is stayed for 14 days. But it’s already causing political earthquakes. The pre-statehood law mandates two to five years in prison for anyone aiding …