Republicans

Appeals Court Vacates Conviction Of Former GOP Rep

Bloomberg Law reports: Former US Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) won an appeal to vacate his convictions for making false statements to federal investigators after the Ninth Circuit said Tuesday that he shouldn’t have been tried in Los Angeles. The alleged false statements were made during in-person interviews in Nebraska and Washington, D.C. A jury found Fortenberry guilty of one count …

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Gaetz Keeps Pushing Far-Right Candidates On GOP

Politico reports: Republicans are desperate to avoid nasty primaries next year. But the architect of Kevin McCarthy’s ouster from the speakership has other plans. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is continuing to buck party leadership, which has tried to coalesce early this cycle behind candidates in key races. Gaetz has instead thrown his support to other congressional hopefuls. Gaetz, a prominent …

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Texas AG Sues To Block Federal Greenhouse Gas Rule

Austin’s NBC affiliate reports: Attorney General Ken Paxton had announced he filed a lawsuit to stop the federal Department of Transportation’s new greenhouse gas reporting measure. According to the AG’s office, the U.S. Department of Transportation does not have the authority to establish the rule. “The mandate violates the Administrative Procedure Act. Further, the rule is arbitrary and capricious and …

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Ohio Grand Jury May Indict Woman Who Miscarried

The Guardian reports: A grand jury is set to decide whether an Ohio woman who miscarried a nonviable fetus should face criminal consequences. Brittany Watts, who was reportedly turned into the police after her September miscarriage, has been charged with the fifth-degree felony of “abuse of a corpse” in Trumbull County, Ohio. Her case has been held up as evidence …

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GOP Rep: The Border Patrol Works As “Travel Agents”

“We have brave men and women of Border Patrol who are down there ready, willing and able, who want to enforce our laws, who want to fight for our country. And instead, as you point out, they’re being assigned tasks like passing out blankets and working as travel agents to just bring people into this country. “We don’t know who …

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Cultist Group Loses Free Speech Claim In Biden Case

The Associated Press reports: Criminal prosecutors may soon get to see over 900 documents pertaining to the alleged theft of a diary belonging to President Joe Biden’s daughter after a judge rejected the conservative group Project Veritas’ First Amendment claim. The documents were produced from raids that were authorized in November 2021. Electronic devices were also seized from the residences …

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Second GOP Rep Reports Xmas Swatting Incident

The Auburn Citizen reports: U.S. Rep. Brandon Williams was the victim of a “swatting” incident on Christmas Day, Cayuga County Sheriff Brian Schenck told The Citizen. Members of Schenck’s office and the New York State Police responded to a report of a shooting at 2 p.m. at Williams’ home in Sennett, Schenck said. The call was made to the Cayuga …

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Voters In GOP Texas House Speaker’s District Get Holiday Mailer Implying That He Is Secretly Muslim

The Texas Tribune reports: A longtime Texas conservative activist mailed what appeared to be a blatantly anti-Muslim holiday card to voters in state House Speaker Dade Phelan’s [photo] legislative district, the latest political volley in an ongoing feud between the Texas Republican Party’s far-right faction and its more moderate wing. The mailers sarcastically wish constituents a “Happy Ramadan,” even though …

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MTG Claims Her Home Was Swatted On Xmas Morning

Forbes reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said in a post on X she and her family were “swatted” on Christmas morning, marking the latest instance in which someone allegedly called in a fake emergency at the controversial lawmaker’s address, drawing a response from police. Greene did not elaborate on the alleged incident. Read the full article. I was just …

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GOP-Led House Ends Year With “Do-Nothing” Record

The Associated Press reports: This Congress started with showy bluster, a bitter 15-round, multi-day spectacle to elect a House speaker, a Republican who vowed to “never quit,” and then did just that. House lawmakers proceeded not only to oust the GOP speaker, they also punished their own colleagues with censures and expulsion, launched an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden …

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Graham: Trump Has “Right & Duty” To Challenge 2020

“There were numerous legal and factual concerns about the 2020 presidential election. As the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with many others, I expressed concerns and investigated different allegations. The president has the right and duty, just like others involved in the process, to challenge the results. While I voted to certify the 2020 election, there were problems. …

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Insider: MI GOP Chair Is “Incompetent Dumpster Fire”

CNN reports: Kristina Karamo – a former community college professor with limited political experience – became the head of the state party in February after pushing far-right election conspiracy theories and promising to end the party’s reliance on traditional wealthy donors. Now, some of the pro-Trump party members who voted Karamo into office have soured on her leadership and accuse …

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GOP Floats Trump-Tucker Ticket In Xmas Money Beg

The Daily Beast reports: The Senate fundraising arm of the Republican Party send blood pressure spiking on Christmas Eve in an attempt to juice a few more dollars out of the MAGA base.“Could Tucker Carlson be President Trump’s running mate?” read the subject line of a fundraising blast shortly after 3 p.m. on Sunday. The body of the email boasted …

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DeSantis: Biden Has You Broke At Xmas, Send Money

Florida Politics reports: “You deserve better than stressing over what you can afford for your family at Christmas, at Hannukah (SIC), or in the middle of the summer. You should never be under this much strain because of the leaders you trusted to elect,” DeSantis promised Saturday. “We will take back control of our destiny, and enjoy the financial freedom …

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NYT: DeSantis Campaign Has Entered “Hospice Care”

The New York Times reports: Mr. DeSantis has slipped in some polls into third place, behind Nikki Haley, and has had to downsize his once-grand national ambitions to the simple hopes that a strong showing in a single state — Iowa — could vault him back into contention. For a candidate who talks at length about his own disinterest in …

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Graham: Trump Will Win Colorado Case In “Slam Dunk”

“It’s not a law-based ruling. It is a political decision. The hatred of Trump is so widespread. You know, the Democrats want to pack the Supreme Court, abolish the Electoral College, make D.C. and Puerto Rico a state, and nationalize elections. This Colorado Supreme Court made a political decision. In my view, there is no constitutional basis for the decision …

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FL Won’t Take $248M In Food Relief For Poor Children

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Time is running out for Florida to opt into a new federal program that would provide $248 million to help feed 2 million children next summer who might otherwise go hungry. But it isn’t likely to happen as the state agency best equipped to run the program said it wouldn’t be pursuing the funding for it. …

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GOP Senators Claim No Regrets For Acquitting Trump

The Hill reports: Republican senators who voted to acquit former President Trump during his second trial after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol largely say they don’t regret their votes years later, as Trump looks like he’ll be the party’s standard-bearer again in 2024. One Republican senator who frequently criticizes Trump’s conduct but nevertheless voted to acquit Trump of …

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Disney Sues Florida For Violating Open Records Law

Florida Politics reports: Disney is suing its own government for records in the latest escalation in the long legal fight between The Walt Disney Company and Florida Republicans. Disney accused the state-controlled Disney board of taking months to respond to public records requests and self-selecting which records the board does release. Disney filed the lawsuit Friday, the last working day …

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Court Advances Suit Over TX Abortion “Bounty” Law

Courthouse News reports: The case, brought by Fund Texas Choice and others, takes aim at Senate Bill 8, a 2021 Texas law that allows private parties to bring lawsuits against any person who “aids and abets” an abortion. Under that law, private parties can seek damages of at least $10,000 for any instance where someone aids, abets, induces or performs …

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