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The Dallas Morning News reports: In the wake of the toppling of Roe v. Wade and with Justice Clarence Thomas urging the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit rulings on gay sex and marriage, Texas is the stage for several lawsuits dealing with LGBT rights. Right now, a half dozen cases on everything from insurance coverage for HIV prevention to employment …

Rochester First reports: A Fairport man has been charged with attempted assault for his involvement in an attack on Congressman Lee Zeldin during a campaign event in Perinton Thursday night. Zeldin is the Republican candidate for governor in New York State. Witnesses say Zeldin was giving a speech about bail reform at the VFW on Macedon Center Road when a …

Mediaite reports: The official House Republican Twitter account was not enjoying Thursday evening’s hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, posting a string of bonkers tweets attacking the witnesses and declaring the proceedings to be “heresy.” Another since-deleted tweet attacked former Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Matthews, who is testifying at …

The Insider reports: Twitter users had a field day with Sen. Josh Hawley’s cameo role during Thursday’s January 6 committee hearing. The committee showed the now-infamous photo of the Missouri Republican raising his fist in solidarity with protesters gathered outside security gates as he walked across the East front of the US Capitol from a safe space behind barriers. Then, …

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports: Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson signaled Thursday that he would vote for legislation to codify same-sex marriage into federal law. That would be a key vote as Democrats try to move the legislation through Congress. In a statement, Johnson said he wouldn’t oppose the Respect for Marriage Act if it comes up for a vote in …

“Rather than work with us, Democrats again are spreading fear and misinformation to score political points. That opens the door further to extreme abortion-on-demand and their agenda. H.R. 8373 is a Trojan Horse for more abortions. “It should be called the ‘Payouts for Planned Parenthood Act!’ It would send more taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood.” – GOP Rep. Rep. Cathy …

The Huffington Post reports: The House passed the Right to Contraception Act on Thursday ― a bill that codifies the right to birth control and other contraceptives amid fears that the Supreme Court may come for that aspect of reproductive health care next after the high court repealed Roe v. Wade’s protection of abortion rights last month. The bill passed …

“So why did they vote on this? So they could run ads, the Democrats in this election cycle, saying Ernie Rebotsky, Republican from wherever opposes interracial marriage, opposes your right to buy contraceptives. “That’s what they’re going to do. So Nancy Mace, that’s her name, from South Carolina, she’s not standing on principle. She’s a gutless buffoon.  “All 47 Republicans …

Slate reports: Half of Americans agree somewhat that there will be civil war “in the next few years” and nearly one in five are similarly confident that they will soon arm themselves with a gun in a situation where political violence is justified, according to a nationally representative survey released July 19. The Davis study found that between 4 and …

Politico reports: Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is among the biggest donors to a super PAC devoted to torpedoing Missouri Republican Eric Greitens’ Senate campaign. The second-term governor, who hails from one of the wealthiest megadonor families in the Republican Party, has contributed $250,000 to Show Me Values, according to campaign finance disclosures released late Wednesday. Ricketts and his family are …

Rolling Stone reports: The Jan. 6 committee plans to use its Thursday night hearing to call out insurrection-friendly lawmakers who cowered during the Capitol attack but have since downplayed the insurrection’s severity, according to two sources familiar with the committee’s planning. “They have plans to paint a really striking picture of how some of Trump’s greatest enablers of his coup …

The Guardian reports: Rusty Bowers, the Arizona house speaker who testified to the January 6 committee about how he resisted Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn his defeat by Joe Biden in the sun belt state, has been formally censured by his own Republican party. Kelli Ward, chair of the Arizona Republican party, said on Tuesday its “executive committee formally censured …

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The Nevada Independent reports: Attorney Joey Gilbert has filed an election contest lawsuit after initial results, and then a subsequent recount made at his request, showed he lost the Republican governor primary by about 26,000 votes to Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo. Robert Beadles, a cryptocurrency millionaire and activist who funded the recount, wrote on his website that the lawsuit …

Congress Minutes reports: Mike Pence received high praise from Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) for his handling of Jan. 6 when he returned to his old stomping grounds on Wednesday. According to two people in the room during Pence’s appearance at a meeting of the conservative Republican Study Committee, Roy stood to thank the former vice president for counting the votes …

Starnes is very upset about yesterday’s marriage vote: The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass the “Respect for Marriage Act.” It would codify same-sex marriage into law. It’s a free-for-all at the altar these days in America — for better or for worse. House Freedom Caucus chairman Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) and GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) are …

Fox News has its knives out for Kari Lake: An Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate backed by Donald Trump shared a post on Facebook stating that Trump was “Not My President” just days before the former president’s inauguration in 2017. The anti-Trump post from Kari Lake’s account read, “Will you be protesting the inauguration? If so, which of these suggestions will …

South Carolina’s FITS News reports: South Carolina fourth district congressman William Timmons took to the airwaves of the Upstate on Tuesday morning – angrily denouncing this news outlet for its recent reporting on his various alleged extracurriculars. “We’ve got clickbait media – gossip blogs out of Columbia – we’ve got Democrats piling on, we’ve got failed political candidates trying to …

The Seattle Times reports: Calling it an attempt at voter intimidation, King County Elections Director Julie Wise requested the sheriff’s office investigate people who planted signs near ballot boxes warning voters they were “under surveillance.” The signs in question were posted near ballot boxes in several Seattle and Eastside locations, with red letters warning the boxes were “under surveillance” and …

Florida Politics reports: Television personality Mehmet Oz spent months in a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race touting a history of hunting in Florida. However the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has confirmed Oz never had a license to hunt in the Sunshine State legally. An April ad started with a close-up of Oz’s hands as he loaded and cocked a …