Republicans

REPORT: Spending Deal Bans Pride Flags At Embassies

Bloomberg News reports: Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday promoted a funding boost for migrant detention and cuts to diversity and climate programs to try to sell his restive Republican conference on a $1 trillion spending deal, according to a person familiar with the discussions. The Republican leader told reporters he plans to hold a vote Friday on the still-secret text …

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NBC: Trump Is Considering Rubio As Running Mate

NBC News reports: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is moving up the list of former President Donald Trump’s potential vice presidential picks, according to six people familiar with the presumptive Republican nominee’s search for a running mate. Trump’s apparent seriousness about Rubio, 52, a third-term senator, hints at his priorities and presents an intriguing set of potential complications. The Constitution prohibits …

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Freedom Caucus Votes To Eject Retiring Rep. Ken Buck

The Hill reports: The House Freedom Caucus voted to remove Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) from the group Tuesday night, three members of the conservative group told The Hill, a dismissal that comes days before he is set to retire from Congress. Buck — who has frequently broken from his party on various issues — was removed because “he hasn’t been …

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GOP Calls For Rise In Social Security Retirement Age

Bloomberg News reports: The largest caucus of House Republicans called for an increase in the Social Security retirement age Wednesday, setting up a clash with President Joe Biden over spending on popular entitlement programs. The Republican Study Committee, which comprises about 80% of House Republicans, called for the Social Security eligibility age to be tied to life expectancy in its …

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Jordan Kills Motion To Subpoena Kushner On Saudis

Mediaite reports: Republicans on the House Oversight Committee tabled a motion to subpoena Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of, and former White House adviser to Donald Trump. “Mr. Chairman, I have a motion,” Rep. Jamie Raskin told Chair James Comer (R-KY). “I have a motion. I would move… that the committee issue a subpoena to Jared Kushner to compel testimony related …

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Arizona Republicans Advance Bill To Have Public Schools “Post And Discuss” Ten Commandments In Classrooms

Courthouse News reports: Arizona’s House Education Committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would allow public school teachers and administrators to post and discuss the Ten Commandments in the classroom. State Senator Anthony Kern [photo], the bill’s sponsor, says the Ten Commandments shaped the country’s heritage. “Our history is the Ten Commandments,” the Republican from Glendale told the committee Tuesday afternoon. …

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Conway: Trump Should Pick “Person Of Color” For VP

“Look, every way you look at it, Hispanics have so many reasons to dump Biden. Harris. The main one is the border. How cynical of an entire Democratic Party to believe that in the nine years since Donald Trump elevated into international consciousness his view on illegal immigration. Build the wall. Be fair to the people here, America first. “Nine …

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AL Gov Signs Ban On “Divisive” Lessons On Race, Sex

The Birmingham News reports: A new Alabama law banning diversity, equity and inclusion offices, programming and training in public colleges and other state agencies will go into effect this fall. Gov. Kay Ivey signed SB129, known as the “divisive concepts” bill, into law Wednesday. The law will become effective Oct. 1, 2024. The law lists eight so-called “divisive concepts,” with …

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Lev Parnas Buries Cultists At Hunter Biden Hearing: Republicans Are Using Lies “Spread By The Kremlin”

“The American people have been lied to, by Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and various co-horts of individuals in government and media positions. They created falsehoods to serve their own interests knowing it would undermine the strength of our nation. “The only information ever pushed on the Bidens and Ukraine has come from one source and one source only: Russia and …

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Iowa Gov Gets Bill Letting Local Cops Arrest Migrants

The Des Moines Register reports: Iowa law enforcement would be allowed to arrest undocumented immigrants who were previously denied entry into the United States under a bill on its way to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk that mirrors a controversial Texas law. Senate File 2340 makes it a crime for someone to attempt to enter Iowa after being previously deported or …

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Michael Knowles: “Gay Marriage Doesn’t Exist” [VIDEO]

“Whether we reverse the Obergefell decision or not, gay marriage has not been legal for 10 years. Gay marriage doesn’t exist because it’s not possible. It’s no knock — I got a lot of friends who are a little light in the loafers. “You know, I went to a very gay university and I’m from New York and I lived …

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DeSantis Signs Bill Banning Sleeping In Public Places

The South Florida SunSentinel reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a controversial bill Wednesday that forbids homeless people from sleeping in public places and prevents local governments from allowing them to stay there unless the state authorizes them to do so. The governor was joined at a news conference announcing the signing by local South Florida leaders and representatives at Santorini …

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Scott: Canadian Politicians Are Not Welcome In Florida

Florida Politics reports: Florida often hosts so-called “snowbirds” from Canada during the winter months. But U.S. Sen. Rick Scott wants to clip the wings of Canadian elected leaders who may want to visit the state in the wake of a decision to ban arm sales to Israel amid its war with Hamas. “Canada is sending a clear signal of being …

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19% Of FL Republicans Vote Against Trump In Primary

Newsweek reports: Donald Trump suffered a blow in Tuesday’s primary in Florida, a state he only narrowly won in the 2020 presidential election, after thousands of Republicans refused to vote for him. While the former president won the primary with 910,857 votes, 81.2 percent of the overall share, some 197,000 people, or 17.8 percent, voted for either Nikki Haley or …

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Home Depot Founder To GOP: “Unite Behind Trump”

“For the first time in my 94 years on earth, I fear for the future of our democracy. I see the federal government using its enormous powers with contempt for the governed instead of with the consent of the governed as our founders envisioned. “Fundamental change in America is occurring by executive order or the force of the government’s police …

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Zieglers Sue To Block Release Of Rape Investigation

The Florida Trident reports: Former Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler and his wife Bridget Ziegler, a Sarasota School Board Member and cofounder of the conservative group Moms for Liberty, have filed a lawsuit seeking to bar the release of records involved in the husband’s criminal rape investigation. The once powerful Republican power couple sued the City of Sarasota and State …

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Nine House Republicans Vote Against Resolution That “Condemns Illegal Abduction Of Ukrainian Children”

The Insider reports: On Tuesday, the House overwhelmingly passed a resolution to condemn Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children in the two years since the war began. Nine Republicans voted against the resolution. Sponsored by Democratic Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania, the resolution holds the Russian government “responsible for the wrongful and illegal kidnapping of children from Ukraine” and states that …

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Trump Pick Bernie Moreno Wins Ohio Senate Primary

Axios reports: Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno has won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Ohio. Moreno will take on incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown in November, in what is expected to be a toss-up race that could swing the balance of the Senate. The outcome is a win for former President Trump, who endorsed Moreno in December. It’s also welcome …

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Texas Law On Cops Arresting Migrants Blocked Again

Reuters reports: Texas law enforcement can no longer arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border – again – just hours after the country’s top court said that for now, they could. The legal whiplash came from an appeals court, who halted the enforcement of the Republican-backed state law ahead of oral arguments on the issue scheduled for Wednesday …

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Alabama Bans “Divisive” Teaching On Race And Gender

The New York Times reports: Alabama Republicans pushed through a sprawling measure on Tuesday that would not only ban state funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities, local boards of education and government agencies, but also limit the teaching of “divisive concepts” surrounding race, gender and identity. The bill passed with broad support in the State Legislature, …

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