Trump cultists

KAITLIN COLLINS: And we’ve seen the blowback that some Republicans in your caucus are getting when they go back home to their districts, worried about these cuts or worried about what DOGE is doing. Do you have concerns that that’s anything that Democrats will be able to use to run against those Republicans? JOHNSON: No, no, I don’t because the …

The Hill reports: Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) says he is preparing legislation to feature President Trump on a new $250 bill. “Grateful to announce that I am drafting legislation to direct the Bureau of Graving and Printing to design a $250 bill featuring Donald J. Trump,” Wilson wrote in a Tuesday post on X with a mock-up of the proposed …

Raw Story reports: Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) has a warning for veterans: you’ll have to “contribute” to society if you need food assistance. Speaking to Fox Business on Wednesday, Fallon, a Trump loyalist who has been accused of illegally failing to disclose millions in stock trades, laid down his case for the new restrictions on SNAP. “We have a message for …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump’s nominee to be solicitor general told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that presidents might rightfully defy court orders in “extreme cases.” “Generally, if there’s a direct court order that binds a federal or state official, they should follow it,” D. John Sauer said at his confirmation hearing, in response to questioning by Sen. Dick Durbin …

“There’s some good studies that actually demonstrate that Medicaid coverage is no better than you having no coverage and just going for emergency care to the hospital. Why? Because the reimbursement rates on Medicaid are so low that doctors don’t even take Medicaid. “Good doctors don’t like taking Medicaid because the reimbursement rates are pennies on the dollar of what …

“I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. “We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others. “There was a time when a …

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds officially announced that he will run for Florida Governor. “I’m here to announce my candidacy to be the next Governor of the great state of Florida,” Donalds said in a prime-time interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “I think now is the time to now take the mantle and lead our state into …

Politico reports: GOP leaders successfully flipped Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.), who had been a holdout on their budget plan. Republicans pulled their first vote after three Republicans, including Spartz, indicated they would vote against the budget resolution. They called for a second vote after flipping Spartz. Earlier in the day Trump had placed a call to one of the GOP …

Florida Politics reports: Deputies from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office executed a court order at Gulf Coast Gun in Milton, confiscating portions of business’ inventory as part of a legal matter between the shop’s owner and another company. Circuit Judge James Duncan ordered inventory from the shop to be seized as collateral for a loan Gulf Coast Gun owner …

Mediaite reports: A House hearing Tuesday descended into chaos when Chairman James Comer (R-KY) threatened to have Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) forcibly removed for calling President Donald Trump a “grifter.” During his speaking time, Frost called Trump the “grifter-in-chief” and accused both him and Elon Musk of using their positions to “enrich themselves to the tune of billions of dollars.” …

TRUMP: Brian, would you like to ask a question? Go ahead. BRIAN GLENN: Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to touch upon, real quickly, the Harvard poll that came out that had – thank you very much – the Harvard poll that came out had you up nine-plus points. And all of your agenda that you ran on, …

Reuters reports: Apple shareholders voted to keep the tech giant’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies at an annual meeting on Tuesday, a win for management which had opposed efforts by a conservative group to scrap the program. The vote was seen as a test of shareholder views about the value of DEI programs, which many companies added or beefed up …

The Hill reports: House Republicans advanced their budget resolution to enact President Trump’s legislative agenda on Tuesday, teeing the measure up for a final vote even as GOP opponents of the measure appeared to hold firm. The chamber voted 217-211 along party lines to adopt the rule — which governs debate on legislation — for the House GOP’s budget resolution. …

“I’m concerned with this because I want to see President Trump victorious. Distractions are the enemy. Yesterday, it was Edward Martin, the US attorney for the District Of Columbia. “He put out a statement, quote, ‘as President Trump’s lawyers, we are proud to fight to protect his leadership as our president, and we are vigilant in standing against entities like …

The Daily Beast reports: Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles, largely known for his attempts to hand President Donald Trump a third term and to impeach Former Vice President Kamala Harris, filed an impeachment resolution on Monday against a federal judge who countered Trump’s efforts to censor information on gender. U.S. District Judge John Bates, originally appointed by former President George Bush, …

The New York Times reports: Vivek Ramaswamy, the biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate who briefly aided President Trump’s government-restructuring efforts, announced his candidacy for governor of Ohio on Monday, vowing to place the state at the forefront of a “second industrial revolution” in the United States. Several hours after his announcement, Mr. Trump offered his endorsement in a …

Politico reports: House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan subpoenaed the FBI for a trove of new materials related to the Biden administration’s activities, including investigations around the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and communications with Big Tech companies. The letter to new FBI Director Kash Patel is the first subpoena request from Jordan this Congress, as the Ohio Republican’s key ally and …

The St. Joseph News-Press reports: During an extraordinarily heated town hall on Monday, Rep. Mark Alford praised Trump and defended Musk as he slashes his way through the federal workforce – including firings in the Kansas City region. At every turn, an angry crowd of dozens shouted their displeasure with the second-term Missouri Republican. “Just because you have a government …

Axios reports: The White House asked a judge Monday to allow it to continue barring the Associated Press from some press events, arguing in a new court filing that access to the president is at his discretion and not a constitutional right. Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for D.C., falsely referred to his office as “President Trump’s lawyers” in …

“As soon as this email was sent, federal workers started to scream and say what do you mean I have to tell you what I do? This is harassment. This is taunting. This is unfair. No one has ever asked a federal worker, what do you do? Now, we do this every single week at Turning Point USA and Turning …