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Texas AG Threatens To Prosecute Doctors After Court Grants Abortion Exemption Over Nonviable Pregnancy

Reuters reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday threatened to prosecute any doctors involved in providing an emergency abortion to a woman, hours after she won a court order allowing her to obtain one for medical necessity. Paxton said in a letter that the order by District Court Judge Maya Guerra Gamble in Austin did not shield doctors from …

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Michigan GOP Faces Bankruptcy Over $770K in Debt

CBS News reports: A draft of an upcoming report alleges the Michigan GOP is more than a half million dollars in debt. “Confirmed hard factual debt that we have on the books right now is somewhere in the neighborhood of $620,000,” said Warren Carpenter, who commissioned the report given to CBS News Detroit. “We estimate that to be around $150,000 …

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Manslaughter Charge For Son Of Sen. Kevin Cramer

The Associated Press reports: The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer was charged Thursday with manslaughter and fleeing an officer after a police pursuit ended in a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy who had just laid a tire deflation device on the road and was taking cover behind his squad car, according to court documents. Ian …

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DeSantis Fundraiser Canceled Due To Lack Of Interest

Bloomberg News reports: The super political action committee backing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ presidential bid canceled a donor event this week due to a lack of interest from invitees, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest sign of the fresh tumult surrounding his 2024 run. The group, Never Back Down, planned to hold a luncheon ahead of the …

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TX GOP Sues Lawyer For Failing To Prove Election Fraud

The Houston Chronicle reports: The Republican Party of Texas is suing a lawyer who helped write the state’s recent election reform law and who they claim duped several former Republican candidates into believing they could prove voter suppression in Harris County. The suit, filed Friday in Mitchell County, stems from a spate of election contests filed by Harris County Republican …

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Police Recover Sex Video In Florida GOP Chairman Case

The Florida Trident reports: Sarasota police have recovered a cell phone video taken by Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler of his sexual encounter with a woman who has alleged he raped her, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the criminal investigation. That video, in addition to security surveillance video from the apartment complex where the woman lives, provided …

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Rubio Refuses To Join Calls For FL GOP Chair To Resign

“If it’s true, he’s gonna go to jail because he’s accused of rape. And if it isn’t, then it’ll be a terrible thing that’s been done to him. But it’s a very serious accusation. So my view of it is I don’t think just because somebody accuses you that can be the reason why people have to resign from office …

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Illinois Pastor Arrested On Four Child Porn Charges

Southern Illinois Now reports: A 39-year-old Centralia minister has been charged in Marion County Court with four counts of child pornography. Ian Maphet of Edgewood Lane was taken into custody by Centralia Police at the Calumet Street Christian Church on Wednesday where he is Worship Minister. In a Facebook post, the church says after hearing the evidence from Illinois State …

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Cruz Bill Would Force Automakers To Keep AM Radios

The Texas Tribune reports: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, requested a unanimous consent decision on his AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. The legislation was blocked by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, who said the mandate on private companies would be an overstep of congressional power. “I think silencing those voices is enormously harmful to both free speech but also to a …

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Ramaswamy Likes And Retweets Nazi Nick Fuentes

Mediaite reports: Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy promoted Great Replacement Theory at the primary debate on Wednesday before liking and retweeting a a video of infamous neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes celebrating as much on X. “The Great Replacement Theory is not some grand, right-wing conspiracy theory, but a basic statement of the Democratic Party’s platform” declared Ramaswamy on stage Wednesday. Fuentes …

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Florida Paper: State GOP Chairman And His Moms For Threeways Wife “Show Contempt” By Not Resigning

The editorial board of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel writes: He is chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, close to both Gov. Ron DeSantis and former president Donald Trump. She is a nationally known conservative culture warrior, a Sarasota County School Board member and a co-founder of the book-banning Moms for Liberty, which denounces all things LGBTQ. She is also …

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GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer’s Son Involved In Police Chase That Resulted In Crash That Killed ND Sheriff’s Deputy

Via press release from GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer: Earlier this evening, our 42-year-old son Ian was involved in a police chase which resulted in an accident that killed an officer. Ian suffers from serious mental disorders which manifest in severe paranoia and hallucinations. Kris [Cramer’s wife] was with Ian when he insisted on going to his brother Ike. Ike died …

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Republicans Censure Jamaal Bowman Over Fire Alarm

The Hill reports: House Republicans censured Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) on Thursday after he falsely pulled a fire alarm in a House office building in September, hitting the New York Democrat with a congressional reprimand that liberals derided as “extreme” and “profoundly stupid.” The chamber voted 214-191-5, mostly along party lines, on the resolution to censure Bowman. Three Democrats voted …

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McCarthy Used PAC Money On Lavish Resorts, Travel

The Los Angeles Times reports: The property is less well known as a gathering spot for federal elected officials and the campaign donors they wine and dine. But one politician was very familiar with the luxurious resort: former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. In 2 ½ years, the Bakersfield Republican’s election committees dropped nearly a quarter of a million dollars at …

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GOP Rep Hopes Gas Goes To $8/Gallon So Americans Feel “Pain” And Turn Against “Asshat” Biden [VIDEO]

“So sometimes I think the American people and the pain has to be real. The American people have to experience pain for them to realize just how destructive this administration is. And I think the American people are seeing it. Do I want to see gas go to eight bucks? Well, if it does, I’ll say well, America, you earned …

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Mike Johnson: God Chose Me To Be America’s “Moses”

“I’ll tell you a secret, since media is not here. Thank you for not allowing the media in. Look, I’m a Southern Baptist, I don’t wanna get too spooky on you, But, you know, the Lord speaks to your heart. “The Lord began to wake me up, through this three-week process, in the middle of night to speak to me. …

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Ramaswamy Claims Capitol Rioters Were “Entrapped”

“I would say, looking at the facts of the video footage that have come out, that it is shocking, that you still haven’t gotten a clear answer of how many federal agents were in the field that day. “Look at now the video footage of actually throwing explosives and rubber bullets into what was a peaceful crowd, then releasing to …

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GOP Candidate To Replace Santos Convicted Of Rioting

The New York Daily News reports: Former Queens Republican Party district leader Philip Grillo, who’s running for George Santos‘ job in Congress has been found guilty for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. Grillo, 49, was caught on video inside and outside the U.S. Capitol as the Donald Trump-inspired horde flooded the halls of Congress to overturn the results …

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Christie Blasts Ramaswamy: You Would Be Voted As “The Most Obnoxious Blowhard In America” [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: It took about 15 minutes before former New Jersey governor Chris Christie was able to speak during the fourth Republican presidential primary debate Wednesday — but once he did, he held nothing back. Christie called out the other three candidates onstage for being too hesitant to criticize former president Donald Trump. He slammed Florida Gov. Ron …

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Haley: “For Every 30 Minutes That Someone Watches TikTok, They Become 17% More Antisemitic” [VIDEO]

“We really do need to ban TikTok once and for all, and let me tell you why. For every 30 minutes that someone watches TikTok every day, they become 17% more anti-Semitic, more pro-Hamas based on doing that. “We now know that 50% of adults 18 to 25 think that Hamas was warranted in what they did with Israel. That’s …

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