Trump cultists

“Colorado’s west slope used to have a booming energy production economy. Unfortunately, we’ve been regulated into poverty in Colorado’s third district. I remember when I owned a small business, roughnecks used to come into my restaurant and I knew it was going to be a good, successful, profitable day because I had mud on my floor to clean up. But …

“To Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the honorable officials at the state of Israel. In this moment, I have chosen to ask you for citizenship in the state of Israel. “I have nothing to offer but my voice of support, and some might say that my support might be more valuable as an independent voice. Perhaps they are correct. But …

The Daily Beast reports: The office’s staff handbook, which two aides said was written by Mace herself, demonstrates the boss’s relentless focus on PR and media—along with her grueling expectations for staff. In the document, the responsibilities and expected deliverables listed for the position of communications director are extensive; the person is expected to send out at least one press …

“This is purely election interference. I believe any conservative or any Republican should not do business in a blue state. They are going to target conservatives, they are going to target anyone who’s connected to Trump. It is what these political activist judges do.” – Mercedes “My Husband Is Not Secretly Gay” Schlapp, in a Newsmax panel discussion about the …

CBS News reports: Some of the proposals on the bill to fund Congress’ operations have the unmistakable whiff of sarcasm. One amendment would require “stop, drop and roll” training for House colleagues who pull fire alarms. Other proposals hammer at hot button issues, including one proposal to provide gun storage lockers on Capitol Hill for licensed gun owners, alleging growing …

NBC News reports: Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno falsely claimed in a recent interview that Issue 1 — the ballot measure seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution — would allow a rapist to “force” a woman to have an abortion. The remark by Moreno, a businessman, is the latest from groups and individuals opposed to Issue …

The Hill reports: Former Trump administration aide Kash Patel on Wednesday denied claims that President Trump chose not to call up the National Guard during the Jan. 6 attacks or delayed efforts to approve their deployments in testimony he provided in the former president’s 14th Amendment case in Colorado. Patel, who was the chief of staff to acting Defense Secretary …

Raw Story reports: Gabriel Sterling, the Republican chief operating officer of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office, took a victory lap on Wednesday when he brandished a check his office had received from former Donald Trump attorney Sidney Powell. Sterling spoke to reporters about false accusations leveled by former President Trump and his supporters about the integrity of Georgia’s elections …

Phil Williams reports at Nashville’s CBS affiliate: Defeated mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson, refusing to accept her landslide loss in Franklin’s city election, has now partnered with discredited election deniers in Arizona in claiming the election was rigged. Hanson — who was defeated by incumbent Mayor Ken Moore by a four-to-one margin following a scandal-filled campaign — recorded a podcast over …

“Dr. Jill Biden — for Halloween, she was a doctor. And for Halloween, Joe Biden was President of the United States. Dr. Jill, actually, was dressed up like a cat, like she’s a 17 year-old high school girl, or something. And they put the makeup, like, the cat mouth on her. A lot of people thought it looked like a …

From the CBS report linked below by Sen. Tom Cotton: Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee was interrupted Tuesday as protesters called for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Blinken’s testimony was part of a hearing reviewing the Biden administration’s national security supplemental funding request. He was interrupted multiple times by shouts from the audience. …

“Getting arrested before the trials even began and getting put in jail would one billion percent be beneficial to him because it delegitimizes all of the already illegitimate trials. I would be goading. I would be trying to get these judges to put me in jail at this point if I were Trump because I think it benefits him.” – …

The Daily Beast reports: Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) does not have a bank account. At least, that’s what Johnson reports on years of personal financial disclosures, which date back to 2016 and reveal a financial life that, in the context of his role as a congressman and now speaker, appears extraordinarily precarious. Over the course …

“This is mind-blowing. Deplete our own stockpiles by sending weapons to, sadly, a losing cause in Ukraine. Then, spend more money to replenish the stockpiles which will help the defense contractors. They really do think you’re stupid. But the way things are going now in Ukraine, we should just have the Pentagon send weapons directly to Russia because they’re going …

“I’m not trying to deride the people, but it looks like locusts are coming because they’re going to destroy everything in their path. You’re seeing the end of America. That right there is the end of this nation. End of this nation. End of this nation as the constitutional republic that was bequeathed to our generation. Right there. If you …

Politico reports: Speaker Mike Johnson has tapped veteran Republican operative Raj Shah to build and oversee his communications operation, according to a person familiar with the move. Shah is expected to serve as Johnson’s deputy chief of staff for communications, where he will, among other things, help run messaging for House Republicans. Shah previously spent four years as senior vice …

South Carolina’s The State reports: Following her vote to oust former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace remains in the spotlight, recently responding to claims that the GOP is out to get her and to speculations about her becoming Donald Trump’s running mate for vice president. Mace maintained that Republicans are after her for, in part, …

“He can call the prosecutor a bastard if he wants. He can call a witness a bastard if he wants. He can call the judge whatever he wants to call the judge. And for this Judge Chutkan to say, wow, he’s threatening, he’s threatening — guess what? That same logic would apply to newspapers in this country. “And when you …

NBC News reports: A Nevada man has been charged after allegedly leaving a series of antisemitic, profanity-laced voicemails at the office of Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev. John Anthony Miller of Las Vegas was arrested Thursday and appeared in federal court a day later in connection with one count of threatening a federal official, the Justice Department said in a news …

CBS News reports: A physical altercation broke out during a hearing on Monday in the case of Vitali GossJankowski, a defendant convicted of several charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, resulting in toppled tables and multiple federal agents subduing the defendant on the ground. Judge Paul Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District …