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The Hill reports: “If this weren’t Paul Pelosi, this criminal would probably be out on the street tomorrow,” McDaniel said on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream. “We saw Lee Zeldin’s attacker was on the street right after he attacked him. This is what Democrat policies are bringing,” McDaniel said, referring to an attack earlier this year at a …

First, some background via the New York Times: The race between Mr. Mastriano, a state senator, and his Democratic opponent, Attorney General Josh Shapiro — a Jewish day school alum who features challah in his advertising and routinely borrows from Pirkei Avot, a collection of Jewish ethics — has also centered to an extraordinary degree on Mr. Shapiro’s religion. Mr. …

Politico reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday night that his state can be a model of what New York could be if Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin is elected governor. DeSantis, widely considered a 2024 presidential contender, hyped up a rally on Zeldin’s native Long Island where the state’s top Republicans urged the crowd to take advantage of early voting …

From the Denver Post editorial board: We beg voters in western and southern Colorado not to give Rep. Lauren Boebert their vote. Boebert has not represented the 3rd Congressional District well. Almost exclusively, she has spent her time and efforts contributing to the toxic political environment in this nation. The good people in this district are not angry and abrasive; …

Vote Beat Texas reports: After a chaotic day of testimony on Thursday, a federal judge in Texas found Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips — known as leaders of the group True the Vote — in contempt of court. They are facing accusations of defamation and computer crimes from a company at the center of a viral right-wing social media campaign …

“Guess what? We have furries and fuzzies in classrooms. They lick themselves, they’re cats. When they don’t like something, they hiss – people walk down the hallway and jump out. “And get this, get this. They’re putting litter boxes, right? Litter boxes for that. These are the same people that are concerned about spreading germs. “Yet they let children lick …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledges that new Twitter owner Elon Musk is no “super-conservative,” but loves the “conniption” the billionaire’s acquisition is causing. DeSantis delighted in the Musk acquisition during a campaign “pit stop” in Franklin County, saying that the left knows Musk is “going to open it up” in the wake of his $44 billion purchase of …

The Minnesota Reformer reports: Scott Jensen has downplayed the virus’ severity and decried measures to contain it, like universal mask wearing. Jensen likened public health measures to Nazism and last year signed onto a lawsuit to block vaccines for children. Jensen defended his past remarks and mentioned a new culprit: ventilators. “The ventilator was a deadly problem,” Jensen said. “We …

Newsweek reports: Former Republican Representative Devin Nunes, who is now CEO of the Trump Media & Technology Group, spoke to Newsmax on Friday about the attack on Pelosi’s home and condemned it, but Nunes also said he’d been a victim of “these raging lunatics.” “Where were the Democrats and Pelosi when people were outside my home with my young daughters …

Mediaite reports: In what may be the least self-aware tweet in history, a former Department of Justice official who tried to overturn the 2020 election said he wishes Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) would “go away graciously” after losing her Republican primary. Clark’s home was raided by the FBI in July over his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential …

Law & Crime reports: Attorneys for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Friday submitted a reply brief in a U.S. Supreme Court case which seeks to excuse him from testifying about his telephone calls surrounding the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. In the reply brief, Graham reiterated the argument that he “shall not be questioned.” The reply brief continued to …

The Hill Reporter reports: One can only imagine what Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham will have to say about the attack. Newsmax’s Greg Kelly got a head start, tweeting a theory that Pelosi staged the attack to help with the Midterms. Kelly tweeted this afternoon, “Just wondering if Nancy Pelosi tried to STAGE her own mini January 6th. Complete with …

The Hill reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday condemned the attack on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) husband at the couple’s San Francisco home. “This is an outrage and our hearts are with the entire Pelosi family. ⁦We pray Paul will make a full recovery,” Pence tweeted. “ “There can be no tolerance for violence against public officials or …

“The voters are getting ready to stand up again and say, ‘We have had enough. Enough of Abigail Spanberger. Enough of Joe Biden.’ “Listen, I want to stop for a minute and — listen, Speaker Pelosi’s husband — they had a break in last night in their house and he was assaulted. “There’s no room for violence anywhere, but we’re …

Florida Politics reports: A Leon Circuit judge says plaintiffs in a redistricting lawsuit may depose Gov. Ron DeSantis and a top aide. Circuit Judge Lee Marsh issued an order on Oct. 27 quashing efforts to protect DeSantis and Deputy Chief of Staff Alex Kelly from being forced to testify. The decision makes way for both to answer questions in videotaped …

The Gainesville Sun reports: The University of Florida’s Faculty Senate approved a no-confidence vote Thursday on the selection process that led to U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse being named as the sole finalist to be the next UF president. The Senate held an emergency meeting on the resolution, which focused on a search committee’s decision to name him as the only …

ABC News reports: A March 2021 report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate identified Sherri Tenpenny as one of the 12 most prominent purveyors of vaccine misinformation on social media. A report later that year from the De Beaumont Foundation cited Tenpenny while demanding that state medical boards crack down on the “small but vocal minority of physicians” who …

“They won’t quite say out loud, but absolutely true is that the war they are waging, a cultural war they’re most interested in, is right here in the United States of America. “It’s America’s, let’s be honest, Christian culture that they don’t like. It’s the way that we live. It’s the way that working people and middle-class folks live. It’s …

The Heartland Signal reports: During a tele-town hall, Ron Johnson said that he only recommends early voting if you have a Republican county clerk running elections, casting doubt on Milwaukee County’s Democratic clerk. “I would recommend early voting particularly if you have a Republican election clerk,” Johnson said when a caller asked if she should vote early. “I’m not sure …

The Hill reports: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) rolled out a new ad on Friday targeting Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz over medical views and products he promoted before running for office. The ad, titled “Snake,” is a part of the DSCC’s $33 million ad investment in competitive Senate races. The Hill was the first outlet to report on …