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RNC Sues Nevada Secretary Of State Over Voter Rolls

Courthouse News reports: The Republican National Committee, along with the Nevada Republican Party and a registered voter, sued Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar and other election authorities Monday claiming several counties have outdated or inaccurate voter rolls. “Election integrity starts with clean voter rolls, and that’s why the National Voter Registration Act requires state officials to keep their rolls …

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Peter Navarro: It’s A “Small Sacrifice” To Go To Prison

“Men and women of America throughout our history have shed blood, lost their lives for the defense of this country, defense of what we stand for, defense of our values, defense of our Constitution. And for me it’s a much smaller sacrifice to be willing to go to prison, as I now have been ordered to do, to defend what …

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Deal Struck To Fund DHS Through Rest Of FY 2024

The Hill reports: Congressional leaders have struck a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the remainder of fiscal year 2024, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill, closing out the six bills due by Friday’s shutdown deadline. Negotiators are still working out the details and legislative text of the DHS agreement, the source …

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Hate Group Ridicules “Pitchwoman” Gov. Kristi Noem

From the Family Research Council’s website: These recent ads — cast in the vein of a social media influencer — involve Noem herself as a pitchwoman, and it’s not a good look. The chief executive of a state is hawking dentists, coffee shops, and shoe inserts. Even if the endorsements are determined to be legal, they’re certainly a conflict of …

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SCOTUS Blocks Texas Law Letting Cops Arrest Migrants

CNN reports: The Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely blocked Texas from enforcing an immigration law that would allow state officials to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally. The so-called administrative stay will remain in place while the court considers emergency appeals from the Biden administration and others, who want the justices to block enforcement of …

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Beetleboob Begs For Bucks: I’m Fighting For My Career

Newsweek reports: Representative Lauren Boebert took to social media to ask her supporters to donate to her campaign amid the “fight” of her “political career” on Monday. Rep. Ken Buck last week announced he is resigning from Congress at the end of this week, setting up a June special election to replace him. The move has been viewed as potentially …

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It’s Potential Government Shutdown Week….Again

Punchbowl reports: Welcome to another government shutdown week. At midnight Friday, funding runs out for six big annual spending bills: State-Foreign Operations, Defense, Homeland Security, Labor-HHS, Legislative Branch and Financial Services-General Government. These bills cover roughly three-quarters of all federal discretionary spending. Yet as of late Sunday night — following another unsuccessful call between aides to the Big Four congressional …

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Florida CFO: My Homeowners Insurance Is Up By 50%

Florida Politics reports: Another prominent Florida Republican is discussing his struggles dealing with surging property insurance rates in the Sunshine State. Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis detailed the issue in a piece for the Florida Daily. “For all of Florida’s many blessings, however, you don’t have to be an actuary to know that when it came to our property insurance …

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Cassidy Won’t Say If Trump Would Obey Constitution

NBC News reports: Louisiana GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy on Sunday criticized his party’s presumptive presidential nominee, saying that former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about illegal immigrants “reflected poorly” and that he’s spoken about migrants in a “dehumanizing fashion.” He blasted the former president for saying he would be willing to “free” some of those who have been convicted of crimes …

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Tom Emmer: Cancel Any Future Biden SOTU Speeches

Axios reports: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) said GOP leadership should reconsider how they invite presidents to give the State of the Union address, citing President Biden’s “divisive” speech. Emmer argued Biden’s remarks were a “hyper-partisan” campaign speech, telling Axios the president should not be invited to address Congress next year if he’s elected to a second term. The …

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Pence Condemns Trump Calling Rioters “Hostages”

“I think it’s very unfortunate at a time that there are American hostages being held in Gaza, that the president or any other leaders would refer to people that are moving through our justice system as hostages. It’s just unacceptable. I was there on January 6. I have no doubt in my mind that some people were caught up in …

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Johnson Begs Reps To Stop Backing GOP Challengers

CNN reports: House Republicans, who have seen their time in the majority devolve into a seemingly endless series of internal party feuds, now have a new problem: GOP lawmakers targeting other sitting members in their primaries. Speaker Mike Johnson has had enough. “I’ve asked them all to cool it,” Johnson told CNN at the House GOP retreat in West Virginia …

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Cultist Senate Candidate: In Heaven You’ll Meet All Signers Of Declaration Of Independence Like Lincoln

“You get to heaven. Imagine what that’s like. What that feels like. Imagine who you get to to meet. You get to meet the 55 people that signed our Declaration of Independence. You get to meet James Madison, Abraham Lincoln, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington.” – Trump backed Ohio US Senate candidate John Moreno, today at Trump’s rally near …

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Oops: RNC Chair Says We’re “Better Off” Under Biden

“At the end of the day, this comes down to a very simple contrast between President Trump and President Biden. Were you better off four years ago than you are today? The answer for this entire country is no. I mean, yes. We are better off today. Or we will be better off under President Trump than we will under …

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Porn Bots Spam Texas Republicans’ Replies On X

The Daily Dot reports: “Pornhub has now disabled its website in Texas,” Paxton wrote victoriously. “Sites like Pornhub are on the run because Texas has a law that aims to prevent them from showing harmful, obscene material to children. Good riddance.” “PUSSY IN BIO” a bot commented on Paxton’s post. Texas State Rep. Nate Schatzline (R), who has said he …

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Johnson: Second Trump Term Would Be “On Turbo”

The New Yorker reports: If Trump reoccupies the White House and Republicans control Congress, what would be Speaker Johnson’s priorities? In our conversations, he rattled off his best-case scenario: cracking down on illegal immigration, raising tariffs on China, cutting taxes, expanding oil-and-gas drilling, dramatically rolling back all kinds of regulations. Stripping regulatory power from government agencies would be “a major …

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Noem: Native SD Tribes Are In Cahoots With Cartels

The Daily Beast reports: The head of a Native American tribe is demanding that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem apologize for her “malicious and defamatory” allegation that tribal leaders are in cahoots with drug cartels. “Her remarks were made from ignorance and with the intention to fuel a racially based and discriminatory narrative towards the Native people of South Dakota,” …

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Vaseline Woman Asks SCOTUS To Ban Voting Machines

Politico reports: Kari Lake hasn’t given up the election conspiracy theories. The Arizona MAGA darling is asking the Supreme Court to revive a lawsuit that seeks to ban electronic voting machines. That lawsuit was filed during Lake’s failed 2022 gubernatorial bid. Lake and Mark Finchem, a fellow election conspiracy theorist who lost the Arizona secretary of state race in the …

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Tuberville: “We Are Losing Our Kids To A Satanic Cult”

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: Alabama Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville had a stark warning for the approximately 100 Utah GOP delegates who crowded into a Bluffdale warehouse to hear him speak on Friday afternoon: Malevolent supernatural forces are working to undermine America. “I’ve traveled all over the country — all 50 states — I’ve been in good places and …

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Moms For Liberty To Oversee Book Bans In FL Schools

The Florida Times-Union reports: Some of Florida’s loudest advocates for public school book removals make up half of a state government-sponsored group to advise school districts on how to select titles and when to pull them off shelves. Moms for Liberty members made up three of six members of a Department of Education workgroup that met Thursday in Tallahassee to …

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