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Haters Force Tennessee Pride Event Out Of Public Park

NBC News reports: After weeks of criticism, online threats from far-right groups and a legal complaint, the Jackson Pride Committee and the city of Jackson, which sits about 70 miles northeast of Memphis in Madison County, reached a compromise with state Republican representatives and community members who had complained about the pride festival’s drag show. The annual pride festival was …

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Rick Scott And Tom Cotton To Campaign For Walker

NBC News reports: Republican Sens. Rick Scott of Florida, the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and Tom Cotton of Arkansas announced they will travel to Georgia to campaign for Herschel Walker on Tuesday. Last week, The Daily Beast reported allegations that Walker, who supports a ban on abortion without any exceptions, paid for the abortion of a woman …

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Twitter Flags Anti-Vax Lie By Florida Surgeon General

Florida Politics reports: Twitter temporarily took down a post by Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on guidance against COVID-19 vaccines for those under 40. The move comes as medical experts and scientists criticize the Florida Department of Health recommendations for being based on weak data that never saw peer review. Ladapo on Friday issued new guidance recommending against mRNA vaccinations for …

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GOP Rep Defends Walker: “We All Make Mistakes”

“Herschel needs to come clean and just be honest. We also know that we all make mistakes and it’s just better — if this actually did happen — say ‘I’m sorry’ and ask for forgiveness. “You want to walk the talk and talk the walk. You want to have cohesion with your message. But people also make mistakes. I’m surely …

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Tuberville Implies That All Blacks Are Criminals [VIDEO]

The Birmingham News reports: U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Saturday said Democrats are in favor of “reparations” because they are “pro-crime.” Tuberville, R-Ala., made the comments while at a rally held by former President Donald Trump in Nevada. “They want reparations because they think the people who do the crime are owed that,” Tuberville said as the crowd cheered behind …

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Youngkin Defends Virginia’s New Anti-Trans Policies, Dodges Questions About 2024 Presidential Bid [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Sunday declined to indicate if he will mount a White House bid in 2024 as his national profile grows. During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” co-anchor Jake Tapper asked Youngkin about his presidential aspirations after the two discussed his out-of-state appearances at campaign events in the days leading …

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Trump PAC Attacks Drag Queens In New Ad For Walker

Politico reports: A super PAC backed by former President Donald Trump is pouring money into a last minute ad buy to boost Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker following a bruising week of headlines. The ad by MAGA Inc., which was shared with POLITICO, focuses on culture wars and incumbent Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock’s voting record — but makes no …

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Texas Gov Refuses Biden’s Call For Marijuana Pardons

Axios reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott won’t consider pardons for low-level marijuana offenders despite President Biden’s call for governors to do so. “Texas is not in the habit of taking criminal justice advice from the leader of the defund police party and someone who has overseen a criminal justice system run amuck with cashless bail and a revolving door for …

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QAnon Kari Attempts To Disrupt Opponent’s Speech

NBC News reports: Democrat Katie Hobbs won’t debate her opponent in Arizona’s race for governor, yet Republican Kari Lake tried to make it happen at a candidate town hall that organizers say she disrupted. Under the agreed-upon rules for the pre-recorded event, which was taped Monday and airs at 7 p.m. Saturday Arizona time, the candidates were not supposed to …

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AZ GOP Chair Loses Bid To Shield Phone From J6 Panel

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge in Phoenix on Friday refused to put on hold her order requiring phone records of the Arizona Republican Party leader to be turned over to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, pending an appeal. U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa said state GOP Chair Kelli Ward had …

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Virginia Election Official To Quit Over GOP Harassment

The Virginia Mercury reports: The top election official in one of Virginia’s biggest counties announced Friday that he’s quitting his job later this year due to stress and called out what he described as a “bullshit” ploy by local Republicans to try to undermine his office by installing their own people in jobs overseeing polling places. Prince William County Registrar …

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FL Company Has Contract To Ship Migrants Until June

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Vertol Systems has until the end of next June to run through the $12 million approved by the Legislature for what critics have called a “political stunt” — relocating as many migrants as it can from Florida to other states and the District of Columbia, records released late Friday show. The request for bids, quotes from …

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Christie: I Could Overcome The “Trump Cult” In 2024

The Hill reports: Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) indicated during a television appearance that aired Friday he was not ruling out another run for president. During an appearance on “Real Time With Bill Maher,” Maher presented Christie with a viewer question, asking him if there’s any truth to the speculation that he’s considering a 2024 presidential bid, to …

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Georgia DA Seeks Testimony From Flynn And Gingrich

The Washington Post reports: The Georgia prosecutor investigating whether Donald Trump improperly interfered in the 2020 presidential election filed court papers Friday to obtain testimony from Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser, and former House speaker Newt Gingrich. Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis also requested testimony from other potential witnesses including former White House lawyer Eric Herschmann. …

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Johnson Defends Reversal On Codifying Obergefell

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports: After tens of millions of dollars in dueling ads and weeks of circling each other on the campaign trail, Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and his Democratic challenger, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes finally squared off in their first debate Friday night. Meeting in a Milwaukee television studio with just a month to go before the midterms, …

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Kirk: Attacks By Walker’s Homocon Son Are Unbiblical

“So Herschel Walker’s son comes out and starts attacking his father. And this I have a very big problem with. I do. Again, Christian was always a very pleasant person when I met him. “But I have to say, I have a very, very big problem with young people attacking their parents. I have a biblical problem with it, I …

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Walker Finally Admits Knowing Abortion Accuser

NBC News reports: Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for Senate in Georgia, claimed he confirmed for the first time Friday the identity of the woman who has claimed he paid for her abortion 13 years ago when she leveled the allegation in a text message to his wife. In a brief interview with NBC News, Walker said this was also …

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BOOK: Graham Wanted All Rioters “Shot In The Head”

Congress Minutes reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told police officers who responded to the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, that they should have shot rioters “in the head,” according to a new book by former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone. “You guys should have shot them all in the head,” Fanone recalled Graham telling the group of officers during …

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GOP Yanks Ads For New Hampshire Senate Candidate

The Hill reports: The GOP’s Senate campaign arm is reportedly pulling millions of dollars out of the New Hampshire Senate race and redirecting it to other states. The announcement comes as Bolduc has faced controversy in his candidacy and his poll numbers consistently trail Hassan’s. Bolduc falsely claimed that former President Trump won the 2020 presidential election and once called …

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Oz Holds Fundraiser In Front Of Hitler’s Car (For Real)

Mediaite reports: Mehmet Oz spoke at a private fundraiser in Southern California Thursday, and his campaign apparently thought it was a good idea for him to do it while standing in front of one of Adolf Hitler’s old cars. The Republican Pennsylvania Senate nominee attended a $5,000 per plate event. He was welcomed to the Lyon Air Museum in Santa …

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