Trump cultists

“The Chinese party is actually in the United States in rural Oklahoma. And the worst that he [Biden] can come up with as a threat to democracy is his political opponent. That sends shivers down my spine. “Every American should be concerned when the president of the United States, the most powerful man in the world, considers his political opponent …

Politico reports: Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is floating a special legislative session to change how the state casts electoral college votes to benefit former President Donald Trump. Close allies of Trump, including Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk, launched an eleventh-hour push in recent weeks to change the system. Pillen endorsed the effort earlier this month, which quickly got the attention …

The Daily Beast reports: A Republican politician on Long Island—who just last week held an umbrella over former President Donald Trump’s head at the wake for a slain New York City police officer—has come under fire over a controversial plan to organize what critics contend is essentially a “personal militia.” “This is open season to kill,” Barbara Powell, the president …

The Arizona Republic reports: Arizona Sen. Anthony Kern invited a prayer group to the Senate floor on Monday. Kern led the group, who spoke in tongues, through a prayer as they knelt over the state seal. “Let it be so, Father God,” Kern said. “Lord, right now, we ask thee to release the presence of the lord in the senate …

CNN reports: A New York-based campaign official for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who raised the possibility that voting for the independent presidential candidate would help Donald Trump defeat President Joe Biden previously promoted false claims that the 2020 election was rigged and attended “Stop the Steal” rallies after the election, including the rally on January 6, 2021. Rita Palma, who …

Newsweek reports: A Republican hoping to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate suffered a setback to his campaign this week after facing allegations that he lives in Florida. Former Congressman Mike Rogers, who has made much of his local roots in a bid to win over voters, faced backlash online after the staff of Democrat rival Elissa Slotkin released information …

Politico reports: When John Nassif surged into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, he was among the hundreds chanting “Whose house? Our house!” But that’s not exactly true, a federal appeals court countered Tuesday, rejecting Nassif’s challenge to his conviction for “demonstrating” inside the Capitol and ruling that the building itself — as opposed to the spacious parkland outside — …

The Associated Press reports: House Republicans will delay bringing their case against Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate until next week, two months after impeaching the Homeland Security secretary. It will be the third time in five years that senators are sworn in as jurors in the court of impeachment. House Speaker Mike Johnson had planned to send the impeachment charges …

“I want you to know that anyone who serves in leadership in America should be prepared to battle for what is right. We should be prepared to fight it out with one another. We should be prepared to find common ground. We should be prepared to hold the line and do what’s right, to do what our voters want us …

The New York Times reports: A federal judge in Manhattan sentenced a Florida woman on Tuesday to a month in prison for her role in a brazen scheme to steal the diary of President Biden’s daughter and sell it to a right-wing group in the hope of disrupting the 2020 election. The conduct of the woman, Aimee Harris, “was despicable …

The Meidas Touch reports: After the Arizona Supreme Court today upheld their draconian 1864 abortion law which calls for 2-5 years in prison for anyone involved in performing an abortion, Kari Lake fired off a statement saying that she disagrees with the decision and hopes that the voters will overturn it in a referendum this November when her Senate race …

CNN reports: Conservative activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman have agreed to pay $1 million to the New York attorney general’s office and others for running a voter suppression campaign targeting Black voters during the 2020 election. The deal announced Tuesday by state Attorney General Letitia James represents the latest punishment the pair will face for orchestrating a broad voter …

The Guardian reports: In the five-page memo sent to her Republican colleagues on Tuesday morning, Greene laid out a detailed case against the speaker, accusing Johnson of failing to deliver on promises he ran on and breaking legislative procedural rules. Johnson is “throwing our own razor-thin majority into chaos by not serving his own GOP conference that elected him”, Greene …

The Heartland Signal reports: During an appearance on the “Guy Benson Show,” Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde responded to a question on 2020 voting irregularities by saying people in nursing homes aren’t “in a point” to vote. “We had nursing homes where the sheriff of Racine investigated, where you had 100% voting in nursing homes,” Hovde said. “Well, if you’re …

CNN reports: Rita Palma, the Kennedy campaign’s state director in New York, has repeatedly made the case, including in a meeting with Empire State Republicans, that efforts to put Kennedy on the ballot in New York will help “get rid of Biden,” which she called her “No. 1 priority,” and make it easier for Trump to win the historically Democratic …

“Chef José Andrés has been the singular force behind pushing the Biden administration into effectively undermining Israel’s military effort to extirpate a terrorist group that is currently holding over a hundred hostages, including five Americans. “So he went on national TV where the legacy media who, of course, are also part of this broad spectrum left-wing movement. He went on …

“I respectfully disagree with President Trump’s statement that abortion is a states’ rights issue. Dobbs does not require that conclusion legally and the pro-life movement has always been about the wellbeing of the unborn child – not geography. “The states’ rights only rationale today runs contrary to an American consensus that would limit late-term abortions and will age about as …

Forbes reports:  Many Republicans in Congress have no problem giving Donald Trump their political support or spending donor money at his hotels, golf clubs and resorts. But when it comes to using their own funds to back his latest venture, Trump Media & Technology Group, barely any of them want anything to do with it. Just two lawmakers have reported …

“The left is really concerned that he has a real shot here. He’s gonna win and they are afraid of that so they are using every mechanism possible, whether it’s prosecutors, attorneys general, and just to go after this man for things that are absurd, and people know it, they see it. “The American public is not dumb, Donald Trump …

Politico reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defended a program he began nearly two years ago to shuttle migrants out of Texas to cities across the country Sunday, accusing President Joe Biden of using asylum-seekers as “political pawns,” amid criticism that he has done just that. But “the person who’s actually using illegal immigrants as political pawns is Joe Biden,” Abbott …