Republicans

Politico reports: Professors at the University of Florida had high hopes for Joseph Ladapo. But they quickly lost faith in him. In 2021, the university was fast-tracking him into a tenured professorship as part of his appointment as Florida’s surgeon general. They expected he would conduct research on internal medicine, as directed by his job letter. Instead, he edited science …

The Florida Bulldog reports: Peter Antonacci, Gov. Ron DeSantis’s handpicked choice last year to lead the state’s controversial new elections fraud office, collapsed and died in a hallway in the governor’s office moments after “abruptly” leaving a contentious meeting on Sept. 23, 2022. That Antonacci, 74, was stricken in the governor’s office was kept secret at the time. Instead, authorities …

“It’s important for Americans to know the truth. This has been fraught with an unbelievable amount of misinformation and untruths. When you see the footage yourself, it’s going to give you an understanding of what was there and what occurred that day. Because we’re currently only depending on really partisan descriptions of what happened. Now the American people can see. …

“We should certainly be open to that. We have elite special operations forces who are specifically trained in hostage rescue. I do think we have to be deferential to the Israeli government and Israeli defense forces about the tactical situation on the ground. But if American military forces are called upon and provide a viable solution to get out American …

“I think it’s impossible to overstate how offensive it is to Christians. It would be quite, in the literal sense, the same thing as waving the Hamas flag inside of a synagogue. I mean, it’s absolutely crazy that we would allow this to happen. What’s happening is we’re just trying to defend basic traditions, or defend our children in the …

Politico reports: Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reiterated his claim that former President Donald Trump has fueled the increase in antisemitism and hate across the country Sunday, saying Trump’s “intolerant language and conduct” has given people “permission” to act the same. “When you show intolerance toward everyone, which is what [Trump] does, you give permission as a leader for …

The Guardian reports: “Marjorie Taylor Greene has been one of the most fierce warriors in Congress for America First and all it stands for,” Donald Trump announces, before the reader reaches the table of contents for the far-right Georgia congresswoman’s book. Over more than 275 pages, the tome duly reads like an audition for the No 2 slot on the …

CBS News reports: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) signaled that nearly any candidate in the 2024 field, of either party, would be an “upgrade” over another term for former President Trump. “I’d be happy to support virtually any one of the Republicans — maybe not Vivek [Ramaswamy] — but the others that are running would be acceptable to me, and I’d …

The Guardian reports: In the year since two elected officials in rural Arizona tried to hand-count ballots then refused to certify an election, the consequences have started to trickle in. Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby, the two Republican supervisors in Cochise county who led these efforts, were recently subpoenaed as part of an investigation by the state’s attorney general. The …

The Hill reports: Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy said X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, should host a January debate with a moderator akin to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson Friday. “If there’s a January GOP debate, it should be hosted on X, not on cable TV, moderated by someone like @TuckerCarlson who might just ask questions that primary voters …

The Messenger reports: “I know I’m going to get expelled when this expulsion resolution goes to the floor,” Santos said on Twitter Spaces, reported Alexander Solender of Axios. “I can do math,” he added, referring to the expected vote tally. He’s daring Ethics Committee Chair Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., who filed a Santos expulsion resolution last week, to force a …

The Huffington Post reports: In 2004, Johnson was the lead attorney for Stockwell Place Elementary when the Bossier Parish public school got sued for pushing Christianity on its students. A set of Jewish parents sued the school after learning it was holding prayer sessions, teaching Christian songs in class and promoting a teacher-led prayer group called Stallions for Christ that …

Via press release from DeSantis’s official state website: Today, Governor Ron DeSantis awarded more than $28 million through the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund to expand semiconductor manufacturing and chip manufacturing through five workforce development projects. These awards are part of a cutting-edge workforce development initiative announced by Governor DeSantis to dedicate at least $25 million to support the semiconductor …

The New York Times reports: In recent weeks, a group of chief executives, hedge fund investors and corporate deal makers from both parties have begun gravitating toward Ms. Haley and, in some cases, digging deeper into their pockets to help her. Her ascent in the polls and strong debate performances have raised hopes among Republicans hungering to end the dominance …

The Daily Beast reports:  Jason Miller, one of Donald Trump’s longest-serving and closest political aides, is one again in the broiler. The long and salacious saga of his extramarital affair with former Trump political aide A.J. Delgado took a sudden dark turn on Wednesday, when she sued her ex-boss in an explosive lawsuit that now describes his predatory relationship as …

The Birmingham News reports: Daniel Boman, a Republican candidate for Congress in Alabama’s 5th District, was suspended from practicing law because of racist and misogynistic language he used during a phone call threatening a lawsuit against an appliance company in 2017. The penalty is part of a longer disbarment period that is also related to an alleged theft from an …

NBC News reports: In a video endorsement of Javier Milei days before he was elected president of Argentina, U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar praised the country as having everything, including “only one culture, only one religion and only one race, completely homogeneous.” Argentina chose Milei, a right-wing libertarian and former television pundit who calls himself an “anarcho-capitalist,” as president over …

First, this happened a few days ago: Ex–Donald Trump attorney Jenna Ellis lashed out at her former boss, after his allies attacked her for flipping on the former president in the Fulton County case. Noted Islamophobe Laura Loomer, whom Donald Trump Jr. recommended as his father’s next press secretary, took aim at Ellis on X. Loomer called Ellis a “waste …

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) went on a notorious QAnon-aligned show Wednesday to promote her new book, despite her 2021 claim to have disavowed the loony far-right conspiracy shortly after she was elected to Congress. Greene appeared to be aware of her target audience as she spoke on the X22 Report—a show whose wild conspiracy theorizing …

Mediaite reports: Former White House Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt attacked two airline employees on Wednesday after his mistook their plane-themed scarves for Palestinian keffiyeh. Greenblatt posted a photo of two United Airlines employees on social media, along with the caption, “Gate agents at EWR [Newark International Airport] wearing scarves which look a lot like a Palestinian keffiyeh. Is there …