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46% Of Republicans Don’t Mind GOP Praise Of Putin

Just in from Quinnipiac Polling: A majority of Americans (60 percent) think Russian President Vladimir Putin is mentally unstable, while 24 percent say he is mentally stable. As for politicians and media figures who have had words of praise for Putin in the last several weeks, 57 percent of Americans say they view those individuals less favorably, while 36 percent …

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Florida GOP Rep Sorry For “Gay Isn’t Permanent” Claim

Florida Politics reports: Republican Sen. Ileana Garcia resurfaced on Twitter Thursday, offering an apology to those she offended by suggesting earlier this month that being “gay is not a permanent thing.” Garcia’s remark came during Senate debate over a bill (HB 1557) that would implement classroom restrictions on instruction about sexuality and gender. The assertion drew immediate backlash, and even …

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KS Advances Blanket Exemption For Childhood Vaxxes

The Hill reports: Conservative Republican lawmakers on Thursday revived a proposal to weaken Kansas’s vaccination requirements for children enrolling in school and day care and to make it easier for people to get potentially dangerous treatments for COVID-19. The Senate health committee approved a bill that would allow parents to get a no-questions-asked religious exemption from requirements to vaccinate their …

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Eight GOP Reps Vote To Keep Russia Trade Relations

Bloomberg News reports: The House voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, preparing for President Joe Biden to enact higher tariffs on more products and further weaken the Russian economy in response to its military assault on Ukraine. The U.S. has already taken steps to shut off the importation of Russian oil, liquefied natural …

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Republican NH Gov To Veto GOP-Drawn US House Map

Burlington’s NBC News affiliate reports: Gov. Chris Sununu is slapping down the proposed congressional map authored by the New Hampshire House, which would create a much more Republican First Congressional District and an overwhelmingly democratic second congressional district. The New Hampshire State Senate passed that map Thursday without any changes requested by the governor. Sununu then issued a statement indicating …

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GOP Candidate Goes After Walker In Brutal Ad [VIDEO]

The conservative site Red State reports: Herschel Walker, a football legend in the state of Georgia, is running for the U.S. Senate against Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat who currently holds the seat after winning it in 2020. Walker is beloved throughout the state for his time as a running back for the University of Georgia, where he won a …

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GOP Opponents Weeded Out From GOP Rep’s Jury

Courthouse News Service reports: Republican Congressman Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska may worry a little less about payback from outspoken opponents of his party’s politics as he goes on trial in Los Angeles — a Democratic stronghold — over illegal campaign contributions from a Parisian billionaire. At a lengthy jury selection Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Stanley Blumenfeld carefully questioned potential jurors …

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Ohio Redistricting Maps Struck Down For Third Time

The Columbus Dispatch reports: The Ohio Supreme Court struck down the third set of state House and Senate maps late Wednesday, effectively ending any hope of a May 3rd primary with both legislative and statewide races. The decision marks the third time the Ohio Supreme Court has rejected legislative maps drawn by the Ohio Redistricting Commission. Once again, Chief Justice …

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Dr. Oz: I’ll Renounce My Turkish Citizenship If Elected

The Hill reports: Mehmet Oz, the celebrity cardiothoracic surgeon-turned Senate candidate, said he would renounce his Turkish citizenship if he is elected to represent Pennsylvania in the fall. The announcement Thursday came after Oz faced withering criticism from his primary opponents that his dual citizenship could impact his work in the Senate, particularly on intelligence matters. “My dual citizenship has …

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Graham Doubles Down In Call For Putin’s Assassination

“It’s time for him to go. He’s a war criminal. I wish somebody had taken Hitler out in the 30. Vladimir Putin is not a legitimate leader, he is a war criminal. “He needs to be dealt with by the Russian people. I’m not asking to invade Russia to take them out. I’m not asking to send American ground forces …

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VIRAL VIDEO: Far-Right Idaho Lt. Gov Flees Interview After Being Confronted For Speaking To Neo-Nazi Group

Mediaite reports: Brian Holmes, a reporter with Boise’s KTVB-TV, grilled Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin (R-ID) for addressing a white nationalist event, in an interview that has gone viral on social media. Holmes confronted McGeachin after she made a video appearance at Nick Fuentes’ America First Political Action Conference in Orlando. Holmes asked McGeachin, “Are you familiar with who puts this …

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Trial Begins For GOP Rep Accused Of Lying To FBI

Courthouse News Service reports: Republican Congressman Jeff Fortenberry faces a criminal trial beginning Wednesday on charges of concealing and lying about campaign contributions from a Nigerian-born, Paris-based billionaire in 2016. Fortenberry, 61, stands accused of concealing the illegal contributions from Gilbert Charougy once he was made aware of them in 2018 and lying to federal investigators on two occasions when …

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RNC Sues Salesforce For Complying With Riot Panel

The Hill reports: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is adding Salesforce as a defendant to its lawsuit against the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The RNC sued the House panel, its members and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) last week after the committee issued a subpoena to Salesforce, a customer relations software company …

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Coming Book Claims Graham Threatened Trump With 25th Amendment Action Over Response During Riot

Axios reports: On Jan. 6, an enraged Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) telephoned White House counsel Pat Cipollone and told him that if President Trump didn’t act more aggressively to denounce the mob “we’ll be asking you for the 25th Amendment” to remove Trump from office. In an in-person interview with the authors that afternoon, after they all evacuated from the …

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Alabama Reverses And Allows “F Biden” Vanity Plate

The Birmingham News reports: Alabama, in a sudden reversal, will allow an Oneonta man to keep his personalized license plate that slams President Joe Biden. The state even apologized for its original effort to take back the plate. Nathan Kirk, owner of Blount County Tactical gun store, personalized his license plate with the acronym LGBFJB, a reference to the political …

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Miami Paper Eviscerates DeSantis For “Made-Up Crises”

From the editorial board of the Miami Herald: In Florida, conversations about race and sexuality are more dangerous than aging buildings in the aftermath of the Surfside condo collapse. School books need more scrutiny than rising property insurance premiums. Lies about widespread election fraud are more urgently addressed than real sky-high housing and renting costs. Tallahassee has become a city …

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Texas Officials Reject 17% Of Mail-In Primary Ballots

The Associated Press reports: More than 27,000 mail ballots in Texas were flagged for rejection in the first test of new voting restrictions enacted across the U.S., jeopardizing votes cast by Democrats and Republicans alike and in counties big and small, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. It puts the rate of rejected mail ballots in Texas on …

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17 Cultist Reps Sue CDC Over Air Travel Mask Mandate

Via press release from Rep. Thomas Massie: Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) is leading sixteen of his colleagues in a lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The lawsuit, Massie et al v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, seeks to end the CDC’s illegal mask mandate for individuals traveling on commercial airlines. Massie’s lawsuit takes on additional …

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Walker Denies Evolution: “Why Are There Still Apes?”

The Huffington Post reports: Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker cast doubt on the theory of evolution in recent remarks, saying the fact that apes and humans coexist disproves accepted science. “At one time, science said man came from apes, did it not? If that is true, why are there still apes? Think about it,” Herschel said in an appearance at …

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MS Gov Bans Lessons That “Humiliate” White People

The Mississippi Free Press reports: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a victory today as he signed a bill into law that he and other Republican lawmakers have falsely claimed would ban the teaching of “critical race theory” in the state’s public schools and community colleges. In a pre-taped video that the governor posted to his social-media channels this afternoon, Reeves …

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