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Texas AG Ken Paxton’s Developer Crony Takes Plea Deal

The Austin Statesman reports: Austin real estate investor Nate Paul on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a charge of making false statements to a financial institution as part of a deal with prosecutors, ending a six-year legal saga. All other counts against Paul will be dropped under the terms of the agreement. He faces up to six months in prison. Paul …

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DeSantis Names Florida AG To Replace Rubio In Senate

NBC News reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed state Attorney General Ashley Moody to the U.S. Senate, setting her up to fill the seat of Sen. Marco Rubio, whom President-elect Donald Trump tapped to be secretary of state. Rubio was selected to serve in Trump’s administration shortly after Trump won the 2024 presidential race, handing DeSantis a Senate appointment that …

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NBC: Rep. Byron Donalds To Run For Florida Governor

NBC News reports: Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., has been telling potential donors and Florida political players that he is running for governor in 2026, the clearest signal yet that his much-expected bid is moving forward. Donalds, who represents southwest Florida, has long been rumored to be considering a campaign to replace term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis, but those rumors have ramped …

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Gabbard Unable To Describe Responsibilities Of Job

Salon reports: Trump tapped Gabbard to serve as the Director of National Intelligence in his second term. In a new report from the Wall Street Journal, however, several insiders claimed Gabbard demonstrated little understanding of what the DNI actually does. She flubbed at least one interview with Republican senators ahead of her confirmation hearing. While meeting with Sen. James Lankford, …

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Johnson Ousts GOP Rep As Intel Committee Chair

Axios reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has ousted Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) as the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, multiple GOP sources familiar with the matter confirmed to Axios. Turner, who was tapped to lead Republicans on the panel by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in 2022, has at times broken with party leadership in a way …

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Trump Pushes Ramaswamy To Take Vance’s Senate Seat

The Washington Post reports: Trump has encouraged billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy to consider filling Ohio’s vacant Senate seat. Ramaswamy publicly withdrew his name from consideration for the post in November, after Trump chose him to lead the DOGE panel along with billionaire executive Elon Musk. But the Ohio native has reemerged in recent days as one of the leading contenders for …

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Bondi: I Never Heard Trump Call Rioters “Hostages” Or Say That Immigrants Are “Poisoning Our Nation’s Blood”

Mother Jones reports: At her confirmation hearing Wednesday, Pam Bondi probably assured she will become attorney general. She did that, however, by pretending to be an idiot. The former Florida attorney general and lobbyist refused to confirm or deny that Trump lost the 2020 election, declined to oppose pardons for violent January 6 attackers, would not say if she would …

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DeSantis Orders Flags Raised For Glorious Leader

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: Following other Southern state governors, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that U.S. and state flags across the state – now at half-staff in honor of the late President Jimmy Carter – will fly at full-staff when President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated next Monday. U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson already has suspended Carter’s 30-day mourning period to allow …

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Pence To Senators: Do Not Vote To Confirm Kennedy

Politico reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence’s organization, Advancing American Freedom, is calling for senators to vote against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s nomination for Health and Human Services secretary over his past support for abortion access. The letter from the conservative advocacy group Advancing American Freedom criticized Kennedy as being “pro-abortion,” specifically over his past support for abortions later in …

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Bondi Denies Patel Published Enemies Lies (He Did)

“Senator, to cut to the chase, you’re clearly talking about Kash Patel. I don’t believe he has an enemies list. He made a quote on TV, which I have not heard. I saw your sign, or Senator Durbin’s sign, about Kash, but I know that Kash Patel has had 60 jury trials as a public defender, as a prosecutor. He …

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MTG Denies Trump Said He’ll Instantly End Ukraine War

NOTUS reports: Early on in his latest campaign for president, Donald Trump unveiled a headline-grabbing campaign promise on Ukraine. “If I’m president, I will have that war settled in one day,” Trump told CNN at a candidate town hall in May 2023. “Twenty-four hours,” he said. It was a bold declaration. And it became so ubiquitous on the campaign trail …

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Christians “Lay Hands” On TX Capitol Hearing Room To Protect Republicans From Demons And “Jezebel Spirits”

The Texas Tribune reports: Two hours after Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock was elected Texas House speaker on Tuesday, Christian worshippers gathered in a Capitol meeting room to prepare for “spiritual war” and protect lawmakers from demonic forces. “Pray for the fear of the Lord to come into this place,” Landon Schott intoned from the stage as a small band …

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Bondi Refuses To Say That Trump Lost In 2020 [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi dodged a question from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Wednesday about whether President-elect Trump lost the 2020 election. Bondi echoed other Republicans in stating President Biden is now the president, but she would not say Trump lost, and she described the post-2020 transition as peaceful despite the events of Jan. 6, 2021. …

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LIVE VIDEO: Sean Duffy’s Senate Confirmation Hearing

USA Today reports: Sean Duffy, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Department of Transportation secretary, will appear before the Senate for his Wednesday confirmation hearing. From MTV reality star to former Wisconsin Republican congressman to Fox host, Duffy has accrued various job titles in entertainment and politics over the years. He, like other nominees, is an ardent Trump supporter and defender. …

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LIVE VIDEO: Rubio’s Senate Confirmation Hearing (Politico Predicts Trump Will Fire Him Within A Year)

Politico reports: Congratulations, Marco Rubio! You’ll soon be secretary of State. Condolences, too. You’re not likely to last long in the job. Unlike many of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees, Rubio is a shoo-in for Senate confirmation, having already nabbed some Democratic support. U.S. diplomats and foreign officials, too, view the GOP senator from Florida as a knowledgeable, not-insane, well-behaved person …

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LIVE VIDEO: Pam Bondi’s Senate Confirmation Hearing

The New York Times reports: Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, will head into her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday with a solid reputation as a prosecutor and a critical question looming: Would she stand up to Mr. Trump? An emboldened Mr. Trump, embittered by the two federal prosecutions against him, has …

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TODAY: Hearings For Bondi, Rubio, Vought, And Duffy

NBC News reports: Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks will face questions today from senators during confirmation hearings, including former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, his pick to lead the Justice Department. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Trump’s choice for secretary of state, will appear in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Rubio, a three-term senator with foreign policy …

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TODAY: SCOTUS Hears Challenge To Porn Age-Checks

The Associated Press reports: A Texas anti-pornography law is going before the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a collision of free speech rights, regulation of online content and the protection of children. Texas is among more than a dozen states with similar laws aimed at blocking young children and teenagers from viewing pornography. The adult-content site Pornhub has stopped operating …

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Tuberville: I Haven’t Seen Senators Drunk On The Job

“I don’t know any underlying stories and there are probably some out there. Now, there’s times that we’ll start and have started voting at three or four in the afternoon and go to the next day at noon, 20 hours, 21 hours straight and that might like make some of us look like we’ve had a long night at the …

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Jordan: Take The Olympics Away From Los Angeles

Newsmax host Rob Finnerty: “I’m wondering if you think that the Trump administration should seriously look at moving the Olympics to a red city where you know things are gonna be run properly, like a city in Florida, maybe Miami, or maybe Dallas in Texas, or maybe a city in your home state of Ohio? I’m not convinced that California …

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