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“The testimony of Stormy Daniels that was salacious—that was the point of it! Listen there is no person on planet Earth that believes Donald Trump has been celibate all his life. That is not news. But they want to drag him through the gutter because this is a political smear job. It’s not about the rule of law. It’s tragic …

“Thanks for having me, that was a fantastic opening monologue. I too am a fan of yours, so I’m going to make a point of disagreeing with you so it will be fun. You are so bright and articulate, and I guess I can call you articulate since you’re not an American Black. Can’t say that about them, that’s derogatory. …

CNN reports: GOP Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said in a closed door briefing with lawmakers on Tuesday that the Ku Klux Klan is the “the military wing of the Democratic party” and that migrants coming to the US “have no interest in being Americans,” according to audio of Perry’s comments shared with CNN. Perry, a right-wing Republican who has …

Politico reports: Kevin McCarthy is escalating his revenge campaign against Rep. Matt Gaetz. In an interview with POLITICO, McCarthy backed Gaetz’s new Florida GOP primary challenger; a top McCarthy adviser also acknowledged playing a role in vetting that opponent, Aaron Dimmock. And McCarthy delivered a slashing attack on Gaetz, who led the effort to overthrow him as speaker last fall. …

The Independent reports: A US Congressman who came under fire for defending racist counter-protests at the University of Mississippi has sparked fresh outrage after making a poor-taste joke about the Kennedy family. Mike Collins, a Republican from Georgia, was described as “sick and deplorable” after posting a message seemingly about reports that a worm had eaten part of Robert F …

The Daily Beast reports: On the same day as her combative interview on Fox’s sister network, the South Dakota governor bailed on sitting down with Fox News host Greg Gutfeld because of bad weather. In turn, the primetime star brutally roasted her. A source familiar with the matter told The Daily Beast that the governor’s team specifically cited a snowstorm …

Law & Crime reports: Weeks after the seemingly never-ending quest to get his seized cellphone back from the feds suffered a mortal wound at the U.S. Supreme Court, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has finally agreed to dismiss the lawsuit he filed against FBI Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. As Law&Crime has reported from the start, Lindell’s …

“States are not allowed right now to prove, if somebody claims on that simple form that they’re a citizen, they can vote. We all know, intuitively, that a lot of illegals are voting in federal elections, but it’s not been something that is easily provable. We don’t have that number. This legislation will allow us to do exactly that. It …

Politico reports: FreedomWorks, the once-swaggering conservative organization that helped turn tea party protesters into a national political force, is shutting down, according to its president, a casualty of the ideological split in a Republican Party dominated by former President Donald Trump. “We’re dissolved,” said the group’s president, Adam Brandon. “It’s effective immediately.” FreedomWorks’ board of directors voted unanimously on Tuesday …

The Daily Mail reports: Marjorie Taylor-Greene has fired her District Director Travis Loudermilk following the revelation that the married father of two is being sued for adultery. Last month DailyMail.com revealed that Loudermilk’s wife Sarah was suing her husband after discovering his relationship with married Instagram ‘momfluencer’ Katy Allan. Now we have leaned that Taylor-Greene has let her staffer go …

The Daily Beast reports: Amazon appears to have imposed a limit on reviews for No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong With Politics and How We Move America Forward, which was published Tuesday. The online retail giant said it had “noticed unusual reviewing activity” on the book and therefore restricted the reviews, which are now completely invisible on the …

The Miami Herald reports: Javier Ortiz, the Miami police captain whose long history of citizen complaints alleging beatings, false arrests and harassment made him notorious in the city he swore to protect and serve, has joined Ron DeSantis’ Florida State Guard. Ortiz, 44, joined the paramilitary organization in February, about a year after the Miami Police Department rescinded his firing …

The Associated Press reports: Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Tuesday that makes additional changes to Georgia’s election laws ahead of the 2024 presidential contest in the battleground state, including defining probable causes for removing voters from the rolls when their eligibility is challenged. Republican activists — fueled by debunked theories of a stolen election — have challenged more than 100,000 …

“You’ve got a massive Muslim takeover of the United Kingdom going on right before our eyes. People say, ‘Chip, well what is wrong with that?’ Well, I’ve got some pretty strong concerns about Sharia law and whether that will be forced upon the American people. In this case, the people of the United Kingdom. “I’ve got pretty strong concerns about …

Yahoo Finance reports: Paul Ryan has no interest in giving Donald Trump another chance come November. The former House speaker told Yahoo Finance on Tuesday that he doesn’t plan to vote for the former president, adding he would be writing in a Republican candidate instead. “Character is too important for me,” Ryan told us at the Milken Institute Global Conference. …

The Indianapolis Star reports: U.S. Sen. Mike Braun has won the Indiana Republican gubernatorial primary. And there was little room for suspense: The Associated Press called the race for Braun the minute polls closed in the Indiana’s central-time counties, at which time Braun had a double-digit lead over his five opponents. Braun will face presumptive Democratic nominee Jennifer McCormick, a …

Via press release from Rep. Jim Jordan: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray demanding information about the FBI’s hiring and retention practices and its use of so-called Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The FBI’s hyper-fixation on hitting Biden Administration-imposed DEI initiatives, rather than qualifications that …

The Hill reports: The House on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at making it more difficult for the Energy Department to enact energy efficiency rules for household appliances — the latest in Republicans’ efforts related to such appliances. The vote was 212-195, with seven Democrats voting with Republicans in favor of the measure. The bill would both add hurdles to …

Politico reports: A measure that would codify abortion rights in the New York constitution, as well as other equal rights, was tossed off the ballot Tuesday, a blow to Democrats’ efforts to get the question to voters in November. A conservative judge in upstate Livingston County rejected the measure in a court ruling, questioning the legality of the ballot question. …

The Heartland Signal reports: In 2015, Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno used taxpayer dollars to shut down local roads so he could take a joy ride in an Aston Martin car that he purchased for $2.3 million. Video from Cleveland.com shows at least three police cars blocking traffic in the Cleveland suburb of North Olmsted so Moreno could privately …