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Playbook reports: Ohio GOP Senate candidate Josh Mandell and Dem candidate Morgan Harper participated in a debate Monday evening. Things got, uh, interesting. Axios’ Columbus man Tyler Buchanan tweeted a thread of clips from the debate, including one where Mandel spars with an audience member, one where he insults Harper’s intelligence and invokes Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (D-N.Y.). And then there’s …

The Associated Press reports: An Arizona House committee on Monday approved a proposed law that would make it illegal to make video recordings of police in many circumstances after the Republican sponsor made changes he said were designed to address constitutional concerns. The original proposal from Rep. John Kavanagh made it illegal to record within 15 feet of an officer …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) will be on a panel Sunday titled “The Moron in Chief.” In what can only be a conversation about President Joe Biden’s many stumbles this past year, Boebert is all but guaranteed to throw punches while she trashes Biden along with radio host Buck Sexton, former football player Jack Brewer and Institute of World …

From the editorial board of the Washington Post: The federal government does not maintain an official “no-brainer list” of policies. If it did, there’s a good chance many Americans would applaud if one were a rule barring violent, unruly and disruptive airline passengers from the skies. Nonetheless, some Republicans in Washington are grandstanding, rejecting no-nonsense measures to keep passengers and …

Florida Politics reports: Democratic lawmakers and activists are decrying a proposed amendment they say would require schools to inform a parent of their child’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The amendment is among a slew lawmakers will consider Tuesday on a measure opponents are calling the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The bill (HB 1557) seeks to closely regulate LGBTQ instruction …

The Michigan Advance reports: It may have been the last question of last week’s debate for the three men seeking the GOP nomination for Michigan attorney general, but the inquiry seeking their stances on a 1965 Supreme Court ruling has garnered the most attention. The question concerned the high court’s decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, a landmark decision that struck …

Mediaite reports: Days after filming a video outside Trump Tower in which she touted her support for a wide-range of former President Donald Trump’s policies, in what appeared to be a desperate effort to win back his support, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) now says she’s prepared to defeat a primary challenger he has endorsed. “I’m gonna win without him,” Mace …

“You spoke about a ‘breakdown of the rule of law’. I invite you to study what happened in our federal elections last June. “All political parties, with no exception, accepted the results and kept moving forward to strengthen our democracy and freedom of expression. “When you mention politicians and journalists killed in Mexico, you add your voice to many, including …

The Hill reports: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) blasted President Biden on Sunday for what he described as his enabling of Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine, saying Biden’s presidency was the “best thing” that had happened for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Cruz argued that Senate support for sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has changed solely because of who is sitting …

Posted to GOP Rep. Yvette Herrell’s Facebook page: Justin Trudeau’s heavy-handed crackdown against peaceful protesters in Canada is not the action of a Western Democracy, but that of an authoritarian regime like Venezuela. Just as we provide asylum for political prisoners, we should do the same for truckers who have been subjected to violence, had their property confiscated, and their …

Tallahassee’s PBS affiliate reports: The Florida House could be poised to pass two fiercely debated bills that would place restrictions on how issues about race, gender identity and sexual orientation are taught in public schools. The Republican-dominated House is scheduled to take up the bills Tuesday, after weeks of opposition from Democrats and other critics such as LGBTQ-advocacy groups. “If …

The Nebraska Examiner reports: State Sen. Mike Groene announced that he was resigning Friday afternoon, just a couple of hours after denying accusations that he took sexually inappropriate photographs of a female legislative aide. The development came quickly after an Omaha-based website reported, and legislative leaders confirmed, that a legislative aide of the senator had filed a complaint that Groene …

ABC News reports: Legislation introduced in the Tennessee state legislature this month is raising alarms from the state’s police union and gun control advocates who say it could turn the streets into the “old West.” Two bills in the state assembly and state senate, HB 254 and SB 2523, would amend Tennessee law and designate “a person who has been …

Florida Politics reports: Sarasota Republican Martin Hyde was cited Monday morning for failing to display the proper registration on his vehicle at a speeding stop, according to records obtained by Florida Politics. He was stopped at 9:45 a.m. on Feb. 14. That’s a minor enough infraction, one bearing a civil penalty of just $116. But apparently it was enough to …

The Texas Tribune reports: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Friday that he will push to end professor tenure for all new hires at Texas public universities and colleges in an effort to combat faculty members who he says “indoctrinate” students with teachings about critical race theory. “Go to a private school, let them raise their own funds to teach, but …

Gainesville’s PBS affiliate reports: Signatures of some voters in apartment buildings and high-rise towers in South Florida whose registration was changed to Republican appeared noticeably different than on paperwork those same voters signed earlier, according to a new review of voting records. The signature comparisons, performed this week in Miami as journalists from the University of Florida College of Journalism …

Courthouse News reports: Unfazed by rulings from the Ohio Supreme Court, a group of Republican voters on Friday sued in federal court seeking to force the adoption of state House and Senate maps that have already been rejected as unconstitutional gerrymandering. The lawsuit comes on the heels of an unproductive meeting of the Ohio Redistricting Commission on Thursday, during which …

Mediaite reports: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) amplified and embellished a false and debunked claim, telling his viewers that President Joe Biden “Wants to give crack pipes to minorities to destroy minority communities.” On the most recent edition of Verdict with Ted Cruz, the podcast co-hosted by Cruz and Michael Knowles, Knowles read a question from a viewer, then prompted …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump is aiming to boost former Sen. David Perdue’s (R-Ga.) primary bid against Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) with a fundraiser and at least one rally. A source familiar with the matter confirmed that Trump will host a fundraiser for Perdue at Mar-a-Lago on March 16. Attendance at the reception will cost $3,000 per person, …

St. Paul’s ABC News affiliate reports: U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn, R-Minn. 1st District, has died. Hagedorn’s wife and former GOP chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan confirmed the news with 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Friday morning. He was 59. Hagedorn was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer in 2019 and began receiving care at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. He announced he had a kidney …