Republicans

The Daily Beast reports: J.D. Vance briskly marched up to Air Force 2, Kamala Harris’ plane, planning to give political reporters a show as he confronted the vice president uninvited on Wednesday. His power play dreams, like most of his chaotic veep run, were immediately thwarted once he realized Harris was not present. “I just wanted to check out my …

Gallup Polling reports: Fewer Americans today consider childhood vaccines important, with 40% saying it is extremely important for parents to have their children vaccinated, down from 58% in 2019 and 64% in 2001. There has been a similar decline in the combined “extremely” and “very important” percentage, which was 94% in 2001 but sits at 69% today. The declining belief …

Courthouse News reports: Huntington Beach will work to fight California’s prohibition on forcing educators to out LGBTQ students after the City Council voted Tuesday night to prepare a “parents’ right to know” ordinance. Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark submitted a request to prepare the ordinance in response to Governor Gavin Newsom signing the Support Academic Futures & Educators for Today’s …

Mediaite reports: Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) attacked the military record of Tim Walz during a press conference on Wednesday morning by accusing him of stolen valor. Vance claimed that Walz “abandoned” his unit in the National Guard before it was deployed to Iraq. Walz served in the National Guard in Nebraska and later Minnesota for 24 years reaching the rank …

Florida Politics reports: “I watched his speech and this guy is a shyster,” DeSantis told Sean Hannity, taking issue with Walz telling people that on abortion, they should mind their own business. “This is the guy that set up a snitch line during COVID for neighbors to inform if somebody was violating his draconian code restrictions. He claims people should …

Politico reports: An Arizona Republican who falsely claimed to be a legitimate presidential elector for former President Donald Trump — part of a sweeping effort by Trump and his allies to subvert the 2020 election — has pleaded guilty for her role in the scheme. Lorraine Pellegrino, one of 11 Arizona Republicans who falsely posed as Trump’s electors that year, …

The Georgia Recorder reports: The Georgia State Election Board pushed through proposed right-wing Republican election rules Tuesday that have sparked fierce debates over giving county officials greater authority to refuse to certify voter tallies. Tuesday’s election board meeting comes on the heels of Saturday’s campaign rally in Atlanta where former President Donald Trump praised conservative Georgia election board members Rick …

The Kansas City Star reports: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey won the Republican primary for the office on Tuesday, fending off an aggressive challenger in a nasty battle that pitted two candidates with virtually identical politics against each other. Bailey, a former lawyer for Gov. Mike Parson, who appointed him to the office less than two years ago, stands on …

FITS News reports: Federal agents conducting an ongoing investigation involving a sitting member of the South Carolina General Assembly are probing allegations related to “child exploitation” – specifically allegations tied to child sex abuse materials (or “CSAM”), more commonly known as child pornography. These allegations – confirmed by multiple sources familiar with the status of the investigation – served as …

“I think that clearly was a major factor, is that she was reluctant to put a vice presidential nominee on the ticket with Jewish heritage because they’re having a split in the Democratic Party. “They have a pro-Palestinian, in some cases pro-Hamas wing of the Democratic Party. Sadly for Josh Shapiro, because of his heritage, I think that is the …

Nashville’s NBC affiliate reports: FBI agents executed a search warrant late last week on Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles as the first-term Republican faces continuing scrutiny over fraudulent campaign financial reports that he filed, NewsChannel 5 has confirmed. Reached by telephone Tuesday, Ogles’ attorney declined to comment, although he did not deny that his client had been targeted for a search …

“So first of all, the reason I didn’t say a whole lot about Tim Walz is because the Democrats have showed a willingness to pull a little switcheroo on us. So I don’t even know if we’re actually going to get Tim Walz out of this campaign. “And I think that a lot of us are asking ourselves, well, it’s …

Miami’s ABC News affiliate reports: A local political candidate slapped one teenager and choked another in public at a restaurant Sunday in Miami-Dade Count and it was all caught on camera, according to police. George Bardmesser is a Russian-American attorney who is campaigning for Sunny Isles Beach commissioner. Police officers responded and handcuffed Bardness, 59, who wore a shirt promoting …

“They’re playing politics. Some people don’t want to do money to help victims of natural disaster in our own country because they want more money for things like Ukraine and things halfway around the world. And I think they need to stop playing politics with it and just get it done. We are way more proactive than any other state …

Florida Politics reports: “Minnesota was ground zero for the Black Lives Matter riots of 2020. Harris egged it on and Walz sat by and let Minneapolis burn,” DeSantis posted on Tuesday. Then he amplified the same themes at a press availability, saying Minneapolis “has been gutted as a result of those riots” and the Democratic ticket “really represents the spirit …

The Daily Beast reports: J.D. Vance wasted no time in going on the offensive as Kamala Harris named Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Donald Trump’s number two claimed Harris’ decision to overlook another top contender Josh Shapiro was evidence of “antisemitism” in the Democratic Party. “I think that they have not picked Shapiro, frankly, out of anti-Semitism …

CNBC reports: The North Carolina Attorney General’s Office said Monday that it is eyeing a political action committee created by billionaire Elon Musk following a complaint to the state election board over the PAC’s collection of personal data while failing to help users register to vote as promised. The North Carolina Board of Elections later Monday told CNBC that it …

CBS News reports: States that ban or restrict abortion have flooded anti-abortion counseling centers with nearly $500 million in taxpayer funding since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago, according to a new report. Equity Forward, a nonprofit advocacy group focused on issues including reproductive rights, analyzed budgets from 23 states that dedicate public funding to what …

The Hill reports: Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway has registered to lobby on behalf of a Ukrainian oligarch, according to a new foreign agent disclosure filing. Conway registered Friday to represent Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk’s foundation as a lobbyist, according to a filing uploaded by the Justice Department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The filing included an agreement between …

The Washington Post reports: For the first time in as long as anyone can remember, Arizona’s largest public school district isn’t opening its schools to voters as polling sites. The reasons have been building for years, but the final straw came last November with a small, low-turnout election that became mired in misinformation and menace.  Voters confused school staff for …