Republicans

“We’ve got to have a serious conversation about that. Obviously, there has been water resource mismanagement, forest management mistakes, all sorts of problems. And it does come down to leadership. And it appears to us that state and local leaders were derelict in their duty and in many respects. “So that’s something that has to be factored in. I think …

The editorial board of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Gov. Ron DeSantis needs to work his way back into Donald Trump’s good graces. To do that, he will call the state Legislature into a special session on Jan. 27 to help Trump carry out “the largest deportation program in American history.” To that end, DeSantis needs new laws to force county …

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has made it abundantly clear that she didn’t study atmospheric sciences in college, launching an unhinged suggestion that officials could end the Los Angeles wildfires by manipulating the weather. “Why don’t they use geoengineering like cloud seeding to bring rain down on the wildfires in California?” the Republican asked Sunday in …

The Meidas Touch reports: As wildfires rage across California, a number of the state’s Republican lawmakers have drawn criticism for abandoning their the state during the crisis, opting instead to join Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. The entire California House Delegation was there except David Valadao who voted to impeach Trump after January 6th. Instead of coordinating aid, offering a presence, …

“When you see what’s being shown on television, in addition to the tragedy on the ground, you’re also seeing gross mismanagement in California by elected officials, and it’s heartbreaking to hear the fire chief say that they’ve diverted all of this money away from the fire department to be used for social programs when they were already stretched too thin. …

NBC News reports: Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., on Sunday dismissed President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to acquire Greenland by military force, saying, “The United States is not going to invade another country. That’s not who we are.” Trump “speaks very boldly on a lot of things,” Lankford said, adding: “We’ve seen this over how he’s done negotiations, whether it be for …

The Guardian reports: Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward forcefully denied making statements attributed to him by James Comer, the Republican chair of the powerful House oversight committee, in which Woodward supposedly said Joe Biden was financially corrupt. “The statements attributed to me in what is apparently his book are false,” Woodward said. “I made none of those statements he attributes …

The Associated Press reports: Senate hearings are scheduled this coming week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. Many have met with senators individually. Now, they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run. Here’s a look at the schedule for Senate hearings set so far, in Eastern time. Tuesday 9 a.m.: Doug …

Bloomberg News reports: Vice President-elect JD Vance tempered his boss’s promise to pardon all the protesters involved in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, saying those who behaved violently should “obviously” not receive pardons. Five people died as a result of the violence and the hundreds injured included 174 police officers. “If you protested peacefully on January 6, …

Axios reports: Meta did this with a methodical striptease over nine days, capturing massive public and MAGA attention. Sources tell us Meta deliberately packaged them all up for detonation over nine days to maximize the pop for Trump. Here’s the Meta formula: Put a Trump friend on your board (UFC CEO Dana White). Promote a prominent Republican as your chief …

Via press release from GOP Rep. Cory Mills: Today, Congressman Cory Mills (FL-07) sent a letter to congressional leaders in both chambers, urging them to exercise their authority and raise the U.S. flags at the Capitol to full-staff on the morning of January 20, 2025, in honor of the 60th Presidential Inauguration. This gesture would recognize the historic occasion while …

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Rep. Cory Mills intends to run for U.S. Senate in 2026 — even if he is not named to the post by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The New Smyrna Beach Republican told the press on Saturday he doesn’t know when DeSantis will appoint a successor to U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of …

Politico reports: House Republicans are passing around a “menu” of more than $5 trillion in cuts they could use to bankroll President-elect Donald Trump’s top priorities this year, including tax cuts and border security. The early list of potential spending offsets obtained by POLITICO includes changes to Medicare and ending Biden administration climate programs, along with slashing welfare and “reimagining” …

“We included disaster relief for North Carolina and Florida in the wake of hurricanes recently, and east Tennessee. And no doubt, we need to address fires. “But the problem with California is forestry management. If they want the money, then there should be consequences where they have to change their policies. “California wants the money without changing the policies that …

E&E News reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson urged EPA late last year to award a city in his district a grant focused on the environment and disadvantaged communities — funding from the Democrats’ climate law that Republicans have vowed to gut. The Louisiana Republican, who was just reelected speaker despite pushback from his conservative flank, sent the letter to EPA …

The Huffington Post reports: On Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani told a federal judge in Washington, D.C. that it could be dangerous for him to attend an upcoming contempt hearing tied to his defamation case with election workers due to ongoing issues with his knee, heart and lungs, as well as what he said were death threats linked to his criticisms of …

Today in our ever-expanding infighting is funny file: A pro-Trump commentator who goes by the name “Cat Turd” threatened to sue Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Wednesday after Massie called him one of “the most nenarded paid influencers” on social media. The cat feces-named social media influencer threatened to file “a slam dunk defamation lawsuit” against Massie after the two …

The Hill reports: Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation Wednesday requiring educators to reveal a student’s gender identity to their families and allow parents to opt their kids out of lessons that touch on sexuality and gender. House Bill 8, known to its critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill because of its similarities to a 2022 Florida law, …

Mediaite reports: The RNC jumped to brand Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) a “scumbag” after falsely alleging he “didn’t mention the wildfires” in Los Angeles once during his primetime interview on MSNBC – except he did, for almost six minutes, during the opening segment of his interview. As wildfires continue to destroy neighborhoods in Southern California, Schiff appeared on The ReidOut …

Florida Politics reports: Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis said he doesn’t live in Florida’s 1st Congressional District because of partisan gerrymandering. But that insinuation upset Joel Rudman, a former state lawmaker who faces Patronis in a Special Election to represent the district in Congress. Patronis made the remark at a debate for candidates running in the Special Election to succeed …