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Florida Playbook reports: It still remains unclear how much work — and how many investigations of voter fraud and other election law violations — the state’s newly created Office of Election Crimes and Security will actually undertake during this year’s midterm elections. After all, the office touted by Gov. Ron DeSantis didn’t get signed into law until late April and …

Mediaite reports: An indignant Rep. Debbie Lesko said she’d do anything to protect her grandchildren, including shooting all five of them. That June floor speech during debate over landmark gun reform has gone viral. In early June, as the House debated measures that would become the most significant gun legislation in decades, the Arizona Republican strode to the microphone to …

The Jewish Insider reports: In 2006, Masters penned an article for an obscure libertarian publication in which he referenced a “poignant quotation” from Nazi leader Hermann Goering, while citing a noted conspiracy theorist who has suggested that an infamous antisemitic tract “accurately” describes “much of what is happening in our world.” The essay was published on the eponymous website of …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to dismiss a professional misconduct lawsuit filed by the state bar against him related to his legal challenge of the 2020 presidential election, court documents show. Paxton asked a district court in Collin County to dismiss the Texas State Bar’s lawsuit. The state’s top lawyer, a Republican who is …

AltetNet reports: GOP Senate candidate Eric Greitens, the disgraced ex-governor of Missouri, has released a second campaign ad promoting violence against his political opposition. Greitens, who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, was widely condemned after the release of a spot last month in which he encouraged his supporters to “hunt” Republicans who have broken away from Trump. …

Yahoo News reports: Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested Tuesday night on Facebook that the 4th of July shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, was orchestrated by Democrats as part of an effort to convince Republicans to support gun control measures. “Two shootings on July 4th, one in a rich, white neighborhood and another at a fireworks display,” she said, also referencing two …

The Independent reports: Attorneys for Senator Lindsey Graham say he will not comply with a subpoena issued to him as part of a Fulton County, Georgia grand jury investigation into former president Donald Trump’s push to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory in the Peach State. In a statement provided to The Independent, attorneys Bart Daniel and Matt Austin say …

ABC News reports: The Justice Department has filed suit against Arizona challenging its recently enacted voting law that requires proof of citizenship in order to vote in presidential elections. The lawsuit contends that certain restrictions in Arizona’s House Bill 2492 directly violate Section 6 of the National Voter Registration Act and Section 101 of the Civil Rights Act. The Supreme …

“Behind every man is a strong woman that he leads as she takes care of his household. As she looks after his family, as she helps him to add value to the family. Right? So he can focus on his work. “But this idea that like somehow men don’t have the capability to solve the issues – guys, we caused …

Courthouse News reports: The poll, a collaboration between Republican and Democratic pollsters Neil Newhouse and Joel Benenson, respectively, surveyed 1,000 registered voters around the U.S.. A slight majority of those, 56%, said they believed the government was corrupt and “rigged against everyday people like me,” with self-identified Republicans polling substantially higher on that question than Democrats. In total, 28% of …

Florida Politics reports: A state circuit judge has issued his formal order stalling Florida’s 15-week abortion ban days after determining the law unconstitutional. In a 68-page order released Tuesday, Judge John Cooper followed through on his verbal ruling Thursday, a preliminary win for abortion rights advocates. Abortion providers and advocates seek to defeat the Republican-backed law (HB 5) by proving …

The Washington Post reports: As gas prices climbed toward record highs this May, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) secured a pause on the state’s fuel taxes — a $200 million plan he helped pay for with a pot of federal funds awarded earlier in the pandemic. The policy was intended to save money for local drivers and state coffers alike. …

Raw Story reports: Former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC), who graduated with an accounting degree from Clemson University, got confused while trying to attack President Joe Biden. The Republican politician showed a list that attempted to blame Biden for inflation, which is actually a problem that is happening around the world. The graphic then added up the percentages that have increased …

The Hill reports: There is a long list of failed or now-defunct dating apps aimed at conservatives that have popped up in recent years, including Righter, Donald Dater, TrumpSingles, Patrio and Conservatives Only. Co-founders John McEntee, who was a personal aide to former President Trump and then director of the White House presidential personnel office, and Daniel Huff, a Trump …

The Insider reports: A Trump-backed gubernatorial candidate in Illinois has apologized for telling people to “move on” just hours after Monday’s mass shooting in Chicago’s Highland Park suburb. Bailey later released a statement apologizing for some of his comments during the live stream. “My intent was to pray for the victims and those affected by today’s tragedy and for the …

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) thinks she has it all figured out. The conspiracy-minded congresswoman took to Twitter to somehow blame “Big Pharma” for the tragedy. To be clear, no one in any position of authority has said the man in custody, Robert Crimo, is a drug user or has a mental illness diagnosis, and his …

This is just part of the new GOP normal: Hours after a gunman opened fire during an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb, Illinois state Senator Darren Bailey, a Republican, called for people to “move on and… celebrate.” At around noon local time, Bailey, who is running for governor and has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, went …

The Space Coast Rocket reports: Last night, the City of Palm Bay held their annual Independence Day celebration at Eastern Florida State College in Palm Bay. State Representative Randy Fine was a guest speaker at the event. Fine posted on his social media that he was asked to come speak by Mayor Medina, however emails show that Fine asked Medina …

Springfield’s ABC News affiliate reports: A Missouri state lawmaker resigned on Friday after a jury found her guilty on 22 counts for fraudulently accepting hundreds of thousands of pandemic-era federal stimulus dollars and other offenses. Missouri state Rep. Tricia Derges (R) was convicted on Tuesday after she applied for nearly $900,000 in CARES Act funds for what she said were …

Sen. Mitt Romney writes for The Atlantic: President Joe Biden is a genuinely good man, but he has yet been unable to break through our national malady of denial, deceit, and distrust. A return of Donald Trump would feed the sickness, probably rendering it incurable. Congress is particularly disappointing: Our elected officials put a finger in the wind more frequently …