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Media Referee reports: A picture of Donald Trump Jr. went viral where he can be seen posing with an assault weapon with Hillary Clinton’s face drawn on the magazine. Last week, former US President Donald Trump appealed the dismissal of his lawsuit against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The Trump-Clinton saga has been in the news for several weeks …

The Insider reports: House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern created a “new rule” on his committee for people like Rep. Lauren Boebert, the gun-toting far-right firebrand from Colorado. When one of her “flurry of nonsensical amendments turned out to be reasonable,” McGovern, a Massachusetts Democrat, blocked it from going to the House floor and a Republican committee member wanted to …

Florida Politics reports: Rick Scott again isn’t providing Ron DeSantis much rhetorical cover when it comes to Florida’s property insurance problems. During an interview that aired Sunday, Scott said that rates had “skyrocketed” in the last four years, a time roughly equivalent to DeSantis’ era in Tallahassee. “And now what you’ve seen is the cost of property insurance has just …

NBC News reports: Herschel Walker was widely mocked and criticized for flashing an honorary deputy sheriff’s badge onstage at a Georgia Senate debate Friday after his Democratic opponent, Sen. Raphael Warnock, called him out for pretending to be a police officer. Get ready for more. Walker, a Republican, is now showing the badge, one of at least two he has …

“You just can’t make these things up. He said very definitively more than once that COVID is over and the pandemic is over. “And because of that now – the team behind him, what I call that cabal in the White House – they have to keep this pandemic going so that they can spend more taxpayer money the way …

The Insider reports: At a Republican event in September, North Carolina congressional candidate Bo Hines bemoaned the state of the economy: “Me and my wife, we can’t afford to give up a month’s salary.” He repeated this assertion in an interview earlier this month. “With 8.3% inflation, that is the equivalent of one month salary for the average American,” he …

The Washington Post reports: Michael Peroutka has made clear that if he is elected, his view of Christianity will determine his decisions. And he has said that as attorney general he will not support laws enacted by the legislature if he believes they are in conflict with his understanding of God’s law. He elaborated on many of these positions at …

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: There’s this RINO character in the Great State of Colorado, Joe O’Dea, that is running against the incumbent Democrat for the United States Senate, who is having a good old time saying that he wants to “distance” himself from President Trump, and other slightly nasty things. He should look at the Economy, Inflation, …

The Insider reports: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said Monday that he’s considering joining the crowded field of prospective 2024 Republican presidential candidates. “It’s something that I would consider given the right circumstances and given the right mood of the country,” Suarez said Monday at a Punchbowl News event. Suarez has been getting national attention given the surge of people and …

The Houston Chronicle reports: Texas public school systems are set to distribute DNA and fingerprint identification kits for K-8 students to parents who wish to participate. The state Legislature passed a law in spring 2021 requiring the Texas Education Agency to give inkless in-home fingerprint and DNA identification cards to each public school system in Texas. The kits will be …

Florida Politics reports: How high a priority is Florida for national Republicans in the Midterms? The Republican National Committee is announcing that its “Take Back Our Country Tour” will hold one its first stops in the Sunshine State. U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, who heads the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), announced the tour with Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna …

Crooks & Liars reports: Former White House adviser Kellyanne Conway defended former President Donald Trump because his lies about the 2020 election have “lessened over time.” While appearing on Fox News, host Howard Kurtz asked Conway if Trump’s insistence that the 2020 election was “rigged” and “stolen” was a distraction for the Republican Party. “I disagree with your premise,” Conway …

Deadline reports: Walker is saying that the law enforcement badge is real and not fake. “That’s a badge that I was given by a police officer and I do have the badge I carry with me all the time. It’s a real badge. It’s not a fake badge. It is a real badge,” Walker said during an interview with NBC …

The New York Daily News reports: Kanye West continues to create outrage. The outspoken rapper contended in a new interview that George Floyd died of the drug fentanyl, and not from the actions of the Minnesota police officer who was convicted of his murder. “They hit him with the fentanyl. If you look, the guy’s knee wasn’t even on his …

The Huffington Post reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Sunday claimed she’s a victim of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol carried out by supporters of Donald Trump attempting to overturn the election results. Greene, a conspiracy theorist who has spoken at a white nationalist event, has sympathized with the rioters. She’s called those arrested “political …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock tried to make the most of Republican Herschel Walker’s absence at the Atlanta Press Club debate on Sunday by using the platform to direct withering criticism at the empty lectern representing the GOP nominee. Ahead of Sunday’s meeting, Walker’s campaign released a scathing statement that claimed Warnock failed in the first debate …

The Daily Beast reports: Longtime Republican operative Roger Stone grew so upset after not being granted a second pardon that he lashed out at Donald Trump, threatening to support the outgoing president’s impeachment. In a newly released clip from a forthcoming documentary, Stone—visibly shaking with anger—said that if Trump ran for office again, he would get his “fucking brains beat …

Axios reports: Arizona’s Kari Lake on Sunday did not answer — when asked multiple times —whether she will accept the results of her state’s 2022 gubernatorial election if she loses. Lake, a 2020 election denier, is locked into a tight race with Democrat Katie Hobbs to become Arizona’s next governor, a position that has the potential to affect the 2024 …

From the Miami Herald editorial board: Armed only with a skimpy “analysis” done by the state Department of Health — an analysis that is not peer-reviewed, has no named authors and has been blasted by the medical community — he warned last week that men ages 18-39 shouldn’t get the Moderna or Pfizer COVID shots, citing a higher risk of …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is requesting that the areas affected by Hurricane Ian be declared a federal fisheries disaster by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which would open up channels for more aide for those in the fishing industry. If approved, NOAA will be able to provide more support to commercial fishermen, wholesale dealers, charter boat …