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The Arizona Mirror reports: Two Arizona Republican state lawmakers have shared a debunked conspiracy theory that alleges, in part, that President Joe Biden is using body doubles. Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, shared a now deleted post on X falsely claiming that Jill Biden was in Paris and Washington, D.C., at the same time. Rogers shared the post adding “Body double?” …

Charleston’s ABC affiliate reports: The South Carolina Republican Party has joined a complaint to the Federal Election Commission against Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee. The complaint accused Harris and her campaign of misappropriating $96 million. Sixteen other state parties, Citizens United and David Bossie joined the complaint. “The South Carolina Republican Party hopes that the FEC …

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Sen. Rick Scott told supporters at a Sarasota rally that he’s trying to end abuse of power in the Senate. And it’s not just the Democratic majority he wants out, he said, as he trashed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell by name. “In the Senate, there’s two dictatorships,” the Naples Republican said. “There’s a McConnell dictatorship …

Courthouse News reports: Fossil fuel industry groups and over two dozen Republican-led states on Friday asked the Supreme Court to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s emissions regulations for power plants. In hopes of ushering in climate-friendly energy alternatives, the Biden administration’s rule would force fossil fuel power plants into retirement, West Virginia said. Joined by 24 other states, the Mountain …

The Daily Beast reports: J.D. Vance’s long friendship with a transgender friend who attended his wedding has been revealed—including how he spoke about hating cops and disparaged Donald Trump and conservative icon Antonin Scalia. Sofia Nelson, a Yale Law School contemporary of Trump’s running mate, revealed how they corresponded by text and email for years until falling out over his …

NC Newsline reports: The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday ordered Balanced Nutrition Inc., a nonprofit led by Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife, to repay more than $132,000 in federal funding following a finding of “serious deficiencies” against the organization earlier this week. Friday’s letter notes that Hill did not respond to multiple attempts by the state …

The Associated Press reports: A Texas woman who was jailed and charged with murder after self-managing an abortion in 2022 can move forward with her lawsuit against the local sheriff and prosecutors over the case that drew national outrage before the charges were quickly dropped. U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton denied a motion by prosecutors and the sheriff to …

Punchbowl News reports: On the GOP side, it seems extremely likely that the panel will be led by Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) despite the fact that he’s not a lawyer. The shooting happened in Kelly’s district, and he sponsored the resolution creating the task force. Plus, Kelly is a big Trump booster. Another name that keeps coming up is Rep. …

Courthouse News reports: A recently enacted law requiring Idaho schools and libraries to remove materials that are “harmful” to minors infringes on the First Amendment rights of private entities, a group of private schools, privately-funded libraries, parents and schoolchildren say in a Thursday lawsuit. House Bill 710 — which took effect July 1 after Governor Brad Little [photo] signed it …

“Speaking of errors that Republicans are gonna have to avoid. So, JD Vance is the vice presidential nominee for president Trump. Now, if you had a time machine, if you go back two weeks, would he have picked JD Vance again? I doubt it. I think he probably would have picked somebody like Glenn Youngkin from Virginia in an attempt …

“It is clear to everyone that President Trump survived an assassination attempt by millimeters, as the attempted assassin’s bullet ripped the upper part of his ear. This was made clear in briefings my office received and should not be a point of contention. “Therefore, I urge you to immediately correct your statement and acknowledge that President Trump was hit by …

“Let’s say Roe vs. Wade is overruled, Ohio bans abortion, you know, in 2022, let’s say 2024, and then every day George Soros sends a 747 to Columbus to load up disproportionately black women to get them to go have abortions in California. “Of course, the left will celebrate this as a victory for diversity. That’s kind of creepy, right? …

“I know the media wants to attack me and wants me to back down on this, Megyn, but the simple point that I made is that having children, becoming a father, becoming a mother, I really do think it changes your perspective in a pretty profound way. “I don’t think we should back down from it, Megyn, I think we …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday announced he is suing the Biden administration over a federal contraception program that provides teens birth control without requiring parental consent. The Title X program has long been the only way minors in Texas can access confidential contraception, but since a court ruling in 2022, Texas providers have been …

ABC News reports: As former President Donald Trump’s new running mate, JD Vance, faces renewed scrutiny over his previous comments criticizing childless individuals, an unearthed 2021 interview shows the Ohio senator advocating for higher taxes on Americans without children. The comments came in a 2021 episode of The Charlie Kirk Show podcast. “So, you talk about tax policy, let’s tax …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance, reportedly has a new Secret Service codename: Bobcat. A longtime friend of the vice presidential candidate told The Daily Mail that the moniker is a nod to his roots in Ohio and Kentucky—the Bobcats serve as mascots for both Ohio University and the high school sports teams in Jackson, …

Charlotte’s CBS affiliate reports: Dozens of people found themselves stranded following Wednesday’s Trump rally in Charlotte after their cars were towed from a nearby Dunkin’ Donuts. Drivers claim the manager of the Dunkin’ allowed them to leave their cars in the lot during the rally; however, when asked for comment, they said several people were told they could not park …

“One of the things I’ve beat up on the left about is that so many of their leader, their next generation leaders, you know, the AOCs, the Cory Bookers, the Kamala Harrises, they don’t have kids. “And so there’s this weird way where they want to take our kids and brainwash them so that their ideas continue to exist in …

The Huffington Post reports: Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), endorsed a book published this month by Jack Posobiec, a right-wing influencer famous for helping spread the Pizzagate conspiracy theory in 2016. Posobiec’s book, written with Joshua Lisec, is titled “Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them).” “In the past, communists …

The Texas Tribune reports: The Lubbock City Council on Tuesday voted to strip funding from a popular free monthly arts walk, after a council member suggested the event promoted a drag show. The 5-2 vote strips the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts of $30,000 of tax dollars collected from hotel stays. David Glasheen, the council member who proposed …