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Denver’s NBC affiliate reports: The chair of Mesa County’s GOP says indicted Mesa County Court Clerk Tina Peters isn’t listening to his call for her to step down. Peters faces accusations she tampered with election results. That means she can’t work at the county in her current elected position. But Peters is still on the taxpayer payroll at $93,000 a …

The Daily Kos reports: North Carolina’s closest Congressional race this year is NC-13. It’s a 50/50 district that FiveThirtyEight says is basically a toss-up. The Republican newcomer candidate, Bo Hines, is 26 years old and a “Madison Cawthorn 2.0” if there ever was one. Yet despite having graduated from Yale, it appears that Bo doesn’t know what the term “banana …

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge on Monday said U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta that is investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies broke any laws while trying to overturn his narrow 2020 general election loss in the state. Attorneys for Graham, R-S.C., had argued that his position as a …

Newsweek reports: In a bizarre political ad part of celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz’s campaign to win the Pennsylvania Senate race, Democratic rival candidate John Fetterman gets his head opened up to reveal “some screws lose” and a bong, before his electoral political agenda is laid out and described as “crazy” and “ridiculous.” But the supposed mockery of the Democratic candidate …

The Texas Tribune reports: A rise in election-related misinformation has led to increased threats and intimidation of election workers in Texas and other states, according to a report released by a U.S. House committee. A Texas elections administrator from Tarrant County told the committee there was a social media call to “hang him when convicted for fraud and let his …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis was two time zones away from the Sunshine State Sunday night. The Florida Governor was in Phoenix, Arizona, rallying for U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters and gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake, under the auspices of a Turning Point USA “Unite to Win” rally tour appearance. Masters and Lake, acolytes of Donald Trump, have questioned the …

Fox News reports: Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Sunday told his fellow Republicans to stop casting judgment on the FBI after agents seized classified documents from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida last week. Hutchinson, a Republican, appeared on CNN “State of the Union” and said that if the GOP is going to be the party that stands …

Milwaukee’s NBC affiliate reports: U.S. Senator Ron Johnson said he believes the search of former President Donald Trump’s home “was probably not necessary” after it was revealed classified documents were found inside. “I think, just the unprecedented nature searching a former president’s house with a search warrant. Should’ve been able to work these things out. Sounds like the president was …

“Elizabeth Warren told reporters that guy came up to her and said, ‘I would have voted for you if only you a had a penis.’ “Number one, that story is a lie. Produce this fictional person, because this human being does not exist. That’s not even 1/1024th percent true. “But number two, in today’s Democrat Party, who do we know …

Axios reports: Less than a week after the FBI’s search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) called for the repeal of the Espionage Act on Saturday, saying it was an “egregious affront to the 1st Amendment.” The Department of Justice filed a motion on Thursday to unseal parts of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant. Documents released on …

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Sen. Rick Scott returned to the Fox News Channel’s Ingraham Angle Friday night, blasting President Joe Biden for failing to “demand transparency” after the FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago this week. “Think about this: Where is Biden? Why wouldn’t he demand? He’s going to be a former President someday. Why wouldn’t he sit there and …

Axios reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Friday night that she has drafted articles of impeachment against Attorney General Merrick Garland. The drafted articles of impeachment, which likely won’t go too far, come in response to the FBI’s search at former President Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago. Driving the news: Greene has called on Garland to be impeached “for endangering, …

The Daily Beast reports: Just hours after a list began circulating among right-wing media of FBI agents who signed off on the search warrant for Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property, a former Trump aide tried to sic MAGA fans on the family members of the purported agents. Garrett Ziegler, who recently went on a sexist tear against former White House colleagues, …

The Denver Post reports: Garfield County Sheriff’s deputies decided to let neighbors of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert settle a dispute between themselves and the congresswoman’s husband after he reportedly threatened them and destroyed their mailbox. But 911 calls from the incident, obtained by The Denver Post, show just how upset and nervous the neighbors were over their run-in with Boebert’s …

Courthouse News reports: Appealing a federal judge’s denial of her request for a preliminary injunction, an attorney for Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene argued Thursday before the 11th Circuit that a state law voters sued under to challenge her candidacy is unconstitutional. Under the law at issue, any eligible voter in the Peach State can challenge a candidate’s qualifications …

The Washington Post reports: House Democrats on Friday approved a sprawling bill to lower prescription drug costs, address global warming, raise taxes on some billion-dollar corporations and reduce the federal deficit, sending to President Biden the long-delayed, last component of his economic agenda in time for this year’s elections. The 220-207 vote marked the culmination of more than a year …

Axios reports: House Republicans are planning to try to open up Democrats’ $740 billion tax, climate and health care bill to a legal challenge after it passes, Axios has learned. The move is Republicans’ way of showing their base that they’re going to great lengths to kill the legislation, which is likely to be unanimously opposed by House Republicans. Republicans, …

The Christian Post reports: The Texas comptroller said the state has opened an investigation into a Dallas bar that held a drag show for children earlier this summer. In a statement released Friday, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar identified himself as one of many Texas parents who found themselves “disturbed by the recent images showing children participating in a drag show …

Mediaite reports: The flame-throwing press secretary for Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) resigned on Friday to work on the governor’s re-election campaign. After 15 months in DeSantis’ office, Christina Pushaw will be the campaign’s director of rapid response. During her tenure, Pushaw was known for being combative with mainstream media outlets. On Wednesday, Pushaw blasted the Associated Press for not publishing …

The Washington Post reports: Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari and his staff have refused to release certain documents and tried to block interviews, effectively delaying the probe. Some Republican senators have also raised stiff resistance to the wider investigation into Cuffari — which is being overseen by a panel of federal watchdogs from the Council of the Inspectors General on …