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“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 …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Governor is showing no mercy to the Democrats in the White House, contending that a so-called “Hamas caucus” in their party holds them in thrall. During remarks in South Florida, he ripped Biden and Harris in the wake of protests in Washington against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. “They are not friends of …

The Arizona Republic reports: With just a few days to go until the primary election, Arizona’s own Blake Masters on Wednesday demonstrated once again why he’s not in the U.S. Senate. This, by explaining what it takes to be an elected leader in America. No, not intelligence or ideas or even the ability to get things done. Not humanity or …

The Washington Post reports: A year before J.D. Vance was elected to the Senate, he advocated for a novel way to enhance the political strength of families — by giving parents the ability to cast tens of millions of additional votes on behalf of their children. Vance, now the Republican nominee for vice president, in a 2021 speech called for …

“I think she’s one of the weakest candidates I’ve ever seen in the history of our country. I mean, intellectually, just really kind of the bottom of the barrel. I think it’s just a failure from top to bottom. I think she was a DEI hire and I think that that’s what we’re seeing, and I just don’t think that …

First, a reminder from yesterday: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent a letter to House members warning there would be arrests if people disrupted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to lawmakers Wednesday. Johnson said in his letter, shared Tuesday, that there will be additional security measures and the note served as a “friendly reminder of the longstanding rules and decorum …

The Meidas Touch reports: Heritage Foundation President and Project 2025 architect Kevin Roberts has a new book coming out, and Donald Trump’s running-mate JD Vance wrote a very enthusiastic foreword and review promoting his work, and even urged people to buy the book on his Twitter page before he was chosen as Trump’s running mate. Donald Trump and his campaign …

ABC News reports: The three University of Alabama System campuses on Tuesday shuttered diversity, equity and inclusion offices— and opened new offices — to comply with a new Republican-backed law attempting to ban the programs on public college campuses in the state. The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, along with the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of …

The Washington Examiner reports: Missouri gubernatorial candidate Bill Eigel released a campaign ad featuring a Spanish translator telling illegal immigrants that they will be deported if he is elected. In the ad, a Spanish translator flanks his left, paraphrasing what he says. “No more illegals,” the translator says in Spanish. “No more money. The party’s over.” If elected, Eigel vowed …

“Two attacks I’ve heard Republicans give that are totally stupid and dumb to do is the DEI attack, OK? The other attack that I would not do is saying that the president has to resign. That would be an advantage for Kamala. “Air Force One is very powerful when it lands somewhere. And you know what? Something will happen between …

Newsweek reports: Lauren Boebert has introduced an amendment in the House that would cut the salary of Melissa Schwartz, a senior figure within the Department of the Interior, to just $1. On Tuesday, the congresswoman called her a “liberal troll” who “belongs under a bridge.” Boebert said: “Melissa Schwartz is yet another horrendous and miserable use of taxpayer dollars. She …