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NBC News reports: The Florida measles outbreak is expanding. On Friday, health officials in Broward County confirmed a seventh case of the virus, a child under age 5. The patient is the youngest so far to be infected in the outbreak, and the first to be identified outside of Manatee Bay Elementary School in Weston, near Fort Lauderdale. It’s unknown …

“We are a religious state and we are going to fight it to keep that filth out of the state of Oklahoma because we are a Christian state — we are a moral state. We want to lower taxes and let people be able to live and work and go to the faith they choose. “We are a Republican state …

“We must guide our great politicians, those who we hope will serve this nation into a brighter future. We must guide them in the ethics of the sanctity of life. We can’t expect those busy people who are doing their best to fight the battle that we must face. “We can’t expect them to do it alone. We must help …

The New Republic reports: After trying and failing to salvage Republicans’ crumbling impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, Ohio Representative Jim Jordan at last, finally, conceded on Friday that Alexander Smirnov’s story might not be totally accurate. “I don’t know, maybe the guy did lie,” Jordan said at CPAC on Friday. Still, Jordan couldn’t totally put the theory to rest …

“Republicans are not leading, and no offense to you, sir. I mean, you guys look like the Keystone Cops. You can’t agree on anything, and now everyone wants, you know, the Speaker’s head. I don’t know where you stand on that. “But to add insult to injury, then, the president comes out to say on the border, he’s got some …

“In Congress, I’m often excoriated, smeared, derided for exposing a corrupt system that has been weaponized against we the people. I’ve made it a living hell for the swamp rats and many of them are retiring now. “In fact, CNN just ran an article blaming me for their departures. You’re welcome! Truth is we can’t save the nation with the …

Florida Politics reports: Elon Musk’s free speech advocacy and use of Starlink satellites to help hurricane victims in Florida mean he should receive the Nobel Peace Prize, according to Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis. Patronis wrote to the Sweden-based Nobel Foundation on Friday to throw his support behind Musk’s nomination, which Norwegian lawmaker Marius Nilsen floated earlier in the …

“Now we are one of the few states where our suicide rates and our mental health challenges are going down. And we have the lowest drop in overdoses the last couple of years as well. [WUT?] What does all this say? This says that our people are happier. And they’re happier because they’re free. Leadership matters. I’m just going to …

“When you go into a grocery store, you should know as a consumer this head of lettuce is a head of lettuce, the head of lettuce right next to it could contain a vaccine in it. “All we’re saying is, if it does have the vaccine in it, make sure it’s listed as a pharmaceutical so people can get the …

The Washington Post reports: Kelsie Norris-De La Cruz tried not to cry as the doctor in the emergency room delivered one of the most frightening diagnoses a pregnant woman can receive. The 25-year-old college senior was told she likely had an ectopic pregnancy, a highly dangerous condition where the embryo implants outside of the uterus. Without immediate treatment, the fallopian …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Madame Secretary? Forget the jockeying to be Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told us at a stop in Greenville, South Carolina, ahead of Saturday’s GOP primary there that she has her eye on a key Cabinet position if the former president wins in November. “I’d be honored to serve President …

Wisconsin Politics reports: The state Ethics Commission alleges Donald Trump’s joint fundraising committee and GOP state Rep. Janel Brandtjen schemed to evade campaign finance limits as part of an effort that steered at least $40,000 to the 2022 primary challenge of Speaker Robin Vos. The commission this week recommended local district attorneys investigate and charge both, as well as the …

Axios reports: A group of top House Democrats is warning House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and other congressional leaders not to cave to the right-wing Freedom Caucus’ demands on government spending. More than a dozen Democrats, in a letter to congressional leaders, wrote that spending bills should be advanced “without harmful poison pill policy riders” that the GOP hardliners have …

“This might be an unpopular opinion and could hurt some feelings. There are many conservative Christian women, who are influencers or leaders, that are selling themselves short and not being good role models by conforming to the world’s sexualization of women. “If you are conservative and a Christian you know you don’t have to express yourself in sexual ways and …

NBC News reports: A wave of Donald Trump’s surrogates have been dispatched to South Carolina ahead of the state’s Republican primary on Saturday to highlight his policies and trash rival Nikki Haley, but there is one thing none will discuss: Alexei Navalny. “I don’t know,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., during a campaign stop for Trump in Greenville, S.C., …

Axios reports: A well-funded new super PAC to help former President Trump in the general election has been started by staunch allies in Florida — with Trump family insider Sergio Gor as CEO, Axios has learned. The first big donor to Right for America is billionaire Ike Perlmutter, former chairman of Marvel Entertainment, who’s friends with Trump and a Mar-a-Lago …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Republican-led Legislature passed a sweeping bill Thursday in Tallahassee that would ban all kids under 16 from using social media — even with a parent’s permission — and would require everyone else in the Sunshine State to prove they are adults to continue using their online accounts. The Senate voted 23-14 to pass the bill, a …

CNN reports: Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee has signed a bill that allows people in the state to refuse to “solemnize,” or perform, a marriage if they disagree with it. Last week, Tennessee state lawmakers passed HB 878, which states “a person shall not be required to solemnize a marriage.” In Tennessee, only certain people can “solemnize” the “rite of …

“They’ve got a lot of receipts with Hunter Biden, they’ve got a bunch of receipts with Jim Biden as well, but so far there’s nothing to connect all that to the president in any kind of way that looks like it’s illegal or even potentially unethical. How much long can this probe go on before the Republicans either have to …

The New Republic reports: Senator Tommy Tuberville took aim at Joe Biden’s physical capabilities during the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday—conveniently forgetting his own recent struggles. During an onstage interview, Tuberville claimed Biden has declined so much that “he doesn’t know what day it is.” “I don’t think he’ll make it,” Tuberville said. “Just watched him yesterday walking on …