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CT Republican Elections Official Charged With Murder

The Hartford Courant reports: A Norwalk city official faces a murder charge after she fatally shot her neighbor Thursday, police said. Ellen Wink, 61, of 18 Nelson Ave., was arrested at the scene and remained in custody early today on $1 million bail, they said. Police identified the victim as Kurt Lametta, 54, of 16 Nelson Ave. — the house …

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OK GOP Bill Would Make Bible The Official State Book

Tulsa’s CBS News affiliate reports: A Republican Oklahoma representative, and former Christian Bible bookstore owner, has filed a bill that would make the Holy Bible the state’s official book. House Bill 3890 was crafted by Rep. Tammy Townley, R-Ardmore. The bill will be taken up for consideration by Oklahoma State Legislators on Monday, Feb. 7. If passed, the Holy Bible …

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Pennsylvania Town Likely To Repeal LGBTQ Protections

Penn Live reports: A central Pennsylvania borough is poised to become the first municipality to repeal anti-discrimination safeguards that protect residents against discrimination based on their sexual orientation, ethnicity or gender identity. The plan by Chambersburg Borough Council to vote Monday to rescind the anti-discrimination ordinance comes only four months after the borough ratified the ordinance in October. The political …

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Michigan GOP Leader Claims Schools Are Providing Litter Boxes For Students “Who Identify As Furries”

Michigan Live reports: With a particularly noisome rumor making its rounds online, Midland Public Schools is allaying parents’ fears — no, there are not cat litter boxes set up for their students to relieve themselves in. On Thursday, Jan. 20, Superintendent Michael E. Sharrow sent an email to students’ parents dispelling a rumor of litter boxes being placed in the …

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Texas AG Defies Order To Release January 6th Records

The Texas Tribune reports: Attorney General Ken Paxton said the Travis County district attorney’s determination that Paxton violated open records laws by withholding information related to his trip to Washington, D.C., on the day of the Capitol insurrection was “meritless” and that his office had fulfilled its obligation under the law. Last week, the district attorney’s office gave Paxton four …

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Gutless: DeSantis Again Refuses To Say If He’s Boosted

Tampa’s CBS News affiliate reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is again declining to say whether he has or would receive a COVID-19 booster shot. During a Friday morning news conference in Sarasota, DeSantis was asked by a reporter if he had gotten the booster. “That’s something that I think people should just make their own decisions on,” he said. “I’m …

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AZ Gov Sues Feds Over COVID Funds Tied To Mandates

The Arizona Republic reports: Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, ratcheting up the political battle over the state’s use of American Rescue Plan funds as an incentive for schools that do not follow public health recommendations. In a 24-page federal complaint, Ducey’s legal team asked a judge to prevent U.S. Treasury from withholding …

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Hidden Camera Shows Wisconsin GOP State Rep Telling Cultists To “Cheat Like Democrats” In Coming Elections

The Wisconsin State Journal reports: A newly minted Republican lawmaker told a group of visitors to his Capitol office that Republicans need to “cheat like the Democrats or bend the rules” to win upcoming elections, according to a hidden camera video posted online. Rep. Elijah Behnke, R-Oconto, also calls Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, a “swamp creature” and threatens to …

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SD Committee Rejects Gov’s School Prayer Proposal

The Rapid City Journal reports: A Republican-dominated South Dakota House committee on Friday rejected Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposal to require public schools to have a moment of silence to start the day. The Republican governor first billed the proposal at a conservative Christian conference last year as “putting prayer back in schools,” but a House committee rejected the idea after …

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TX Man Charged In Death Threats To Election Workers

Talking Points Memo reports: The Justice Department charged a man from Texas on Friday with threatening three government officials, the first criminal case brought forward by the department’s task force on combating violent threats against election workers. According to the Justice Department’s announcement, 54-year-old Chad Christopher Stark of Leander, Texas was arrested by the FBI on Friday and charged with …

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Giuliani Crony Gets One Year In Russia/GOP Scheme

The Associated Press reports: A Florida man who helped Rudy Giuliani seek damaging information against Joe Biden in Ukraine was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined $10,000 Friday in an unrelated campaign finance case. Igor Fruman was told to report to prison March 14. He pleaded guilty in September to a single charge of solicitation …

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Texas Rejects Mail-In Ballot Requests Under New Law

Salon reports: The number of rejected mail-in ballot applications is skyrocketing in Texas counties under new Republican-authored voting restrictions recently signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott. The Texas crackdown on mail-in voting appears to be hitting hardest in the state’s most densely populated counties, which also tend to have more voters of color and predominantly vote Democratic. In Travis …

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Florida House Advances “Don’t Say Gay” Education Bill

Brody Levesque reports at the Washington Blade: A Republican majority Florida House Education & Employment Committee passed HB 1557, the Parental Rights in Education bill, colloquially referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill advancing the measure to the full House. HB 1557 and its companion Senate bill SB 1834, would ban classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity …

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GOP Bill Would Allow New Hampshire To Secede

In Depth NH reports: New Hampshire could be its own sovereign nation under a Constitutional Amendment proposed by state Rep. Mike Sylvia, R-Belmont, and now making its way through the halls of Concord, and if successful, to the ballot box. Sylvia offered the measure Thursday for the state to peacefully secede from the United States. To get it past the …

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Bannon Accuses Graham Of Being “Scumbag Traitor”

Mediaite reports: Former Trump campaign manager and adviser, Steve Bannon, accused Lindsey Graham (R-SC) of being one of the five “traitors” to MAGA world that are secretly supporting President Joe Biden. Bannon was referring to the five Republican senators that Biden said during his press conference Wednesday “told me that they agree with whatever I’m talking about for them to …

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“Furious” Trump May Yank Endorsement Of Mo Brooks

Playbook reports: Trump was already getting gun-shy about endorsements after feeling burned by several of his early nods. The biggest bust was Sean Parnell in the Pennsylvania race, whom Trump backed at the urging of Donald Trump Jr. only to see the candidate drop out amid scandal. Trump is also starting to have regrets about his June endorsement of Rep. …

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MI GOP Leader Said Trump Camp Wanted Fake Electors

The Detroit News reports: Michigan Republican Party Co-Chairwoman Meshawn Maddock said former President Donald Trump’s campaign had encouraged the effort to challenge the 2020 results by a group of 16 Republican electors, according to an audio recording obtained by CNN. The national outlet reported that Maddock, who was one of the 16 GOP electors who submitted a false document saying …

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Anti-Vax NYC Council Member Granted Jesus Pass

The New York Daily News reports: In God — but not vaccine mandates — she trusts. Controversial Queens Councilwoman Vickie Paladino has been granted a waiver on “religious” grounds to attend City Council meetings in-person despite refusing to disclose whether she’s vaccinated against COVID-19, her son said Thursday. She could not be reached for comment, but was spotted walking into …

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McConnell: Blacks Vote Just As Much As “Americans”

The Louisville Courier-Journal reports: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is trending on Twitter after making an insidious comment related to voting rights, in which he implied African Americans are not Americans. Prior to a vote to move the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to the Senate floor failed Wednesday, McConnell was asked by a reporter about concerns among …

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Cawthorn Cleans Gun During Hearing On Dead Soldiers

The Daily Beast reports: The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee took Wednesday as an opportunity to hold a virtual hearing on how toxic chemicals are killing U.S. soldiers. Rep. Madison Cawthorn took the hearing as an opportunity to clean his gun. Cawthorn, the youngest current member of Congress, fiddled with his black pistol while one witness explained how university medical researchers …

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