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Gaetz Rages Over News That Ethics Report Is Coming: If I’m Guilty Of Anything It’s That I “Partied Too Hard”

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz writes on X: The Biden/Garland DOJ spent years reviewing allegations that I committed various crimes. I was charged with nothing: FULLY EXONERATED. Not even a campaign finance violation. And the people investigating me hated me. Then, the very “witnesses” DOJ deemed not-credible were assembled by House Ethics to repeat their claims absent any cross-examination or challenge …

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Anti-Vax Ex-Rep. Dave Weldon Named To Head CDC

The Washington Post reports: President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced that Dave Weldon is his choice to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the federal government’s top public health agency. Weldon, 71, is a medical doctor and former lawmaker who served in the House, representing Florida. The former congressman has been a strong …

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Trump Vows To Invoke Anti-Immigrant Law From 1798

CNN reports: “I will invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 18, no, of 1798. Think of that, 1798. That’s when we had real politicians that said we’re not going to play games. We have to go back to 1798 to target and dismantle every migrant criminal network operating on American soil,” Trump said at a campaign event in Greenville, North …

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Axios: Trump Preparing “Catalog” Of Cheating Claims

Axios reports: Through public remarks, Truth Social screeds and more than 100 preemptive lawsuits, Donald Trump is assembling a detailed catalog of excuses for rejecting the results of the 2024 election — if he loses. The Trump-aligned efforts to overturn the 2020 election — both overtly and covertly, peacefully then violently — shocked the American public. No one should be …

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NBC: Trump Plans To “Soon” Visit Springfield, Ohio

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump is planning to visit Springfield, Ohio, “soon,” a source familiar with the planning told NBC News. The town has become the epicenter of a national political fight on immigration, with Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, spreading baseless conspiracy theories that Haitian immigrants in Springfield are eating dogs and other …

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Womp Womp: Truth Social Stock Slides To New Low

CNBC reports: Shares of former President Donald Trump’s social media company on Monday touched their lowest price since they began public trading on the Nasdaq nearly five months ago after a merger. Trump Media, the company that owns the Republican presidential nominee’s preferred social messaging platform Truth Social, traded below $22.40 per share before noon ET. Trump Media has said …

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Mike Huckabee: Vance Hasn’t Been “Infected” By DC

“When people say JD Vance hasn’t been in office that long … good. The longer people stay in a political office, particularly if it’s in Washington, more so than anywhere else, they get infected by this horrible Potomac River disease. “The Republican Party in the past has been the silk-stocking, country club, elitist party of the east and west coast. …

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Megadonor Miriam Adelson Gives $1M To Cruz PAC

The Texas Tribune reports: Miriam Adelson, the billionaire casino tycoon and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, gave $1 million to a super PAC supporting Sen. Ted Cruz’s reelection, according to the group’s monthly finance report. The donation was the largest single contribution in May to the Truth and Courage PAC, which is independent of Cruz’s official campaign. The group reported …

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Hair Furor Rants: “Nobody Can Ever Trust Fox News”

“Nobody can ever trust Fox News, and I am one of them, with the weak and ineffective RINO, Paul Ryan, on its Board of Directors. He’s a total lightweight, a failed and pathetic Speaker of the House, and a very disloyal person. Romney was bad, but Paul Ryan made him look worse. As a team, they never had a chance. …

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Barron Trump To Serve As GOP Convention Delegate

ABC News reports: Barron Trump, the youngest child of former President Donald Trump, was chosen as one of Florida’s at-large delegates for the Republican National Convention, according to a list of delegates obtained by ABC News. In response to the news of Barron Trump being selected as one of Florida’s at-large delegates to the Republican National Convention, a Trump campaign …

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Highly Concerned Maine Woman Supports Nikki Haley

The Bangor Daily News reports: U.S. Sen. Susan Collins voted for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary, becoming only the third member of Congress to back the longshot challenger to former President Donald Trump. Collins, a longtime Trump skeptic who was one of seven Republicans to vote to convict him on a Democratic impeachment charge …

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CA Man Pleads Guilty To Firebombing Abortion Clinic, Plotting To Bomb LGBTQ Pride Night At Dodger Stadium

From the Justice Department: A California man pleaded guilty today to a firebombing attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa in March 2022 and planning to attack an electrical substation in Orange County, and further admitted to plotting an attack on Dodger Stadium last year on a night celebrating LGBTQI+ pride. Tibet Ergul, 22, of Irvine, pleaded guilty …

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SC Moms For Liberty Chapter Met With Protesters

Charleston’s CBC affiliate reports: As the Charleston Moms for Liberty Chapter gathered for a meeting in Mount Pleasant Thursday night, protesters met them outside of the building. Protesters listed several reasons for gathering, including the Charleston County School District’s Board Chair attending the chapter meeting. “The meeting is not open to the public, it’s only for members, so we think …

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Illinois Youth Pastor Pleads Guilty To Child Sex Charges

Quincy’s NBC affiliate reports: A Quincy man who was a youth leader at Hope Lutheran Church in Quincy pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of criminal sexual abuse of a victim between 13 and 18 years old. The charges are Class 2 felonies. Court records show that 22-year-old Isaiah Mikkelson pleaded guilty to two of the seven total charges against …

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DeSantis: Biden Lies And “Politicizes The Weather”

Florida Politics reports: In Yankeetown Sunday, the Governor was asked about President Joe Biden’s assertion, made Saturday in Live Oak, that “nobody intelligent can deny the impact of the climate crisis.” The Governor’s take? Comments like that are just a “lie” designed to “politicize” natural phenomena. Noting that storms have hit Florida long before the current era, the Governor said …

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Idalia Likely To Become “Dangerous Major Hurricane”

The New York Times reports: Tropical Storm Idalia was intensifying and expected to strengthen into “a dangerous major hurricane” by the time it reaches Florida’s Gulf Coast early Wednesday, forecasters said. The storm is expected to strengthen slowly on Monday as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico, but confidence is high among forecasters that rapid intensification will occur Tuesday, …

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Georgia Sues Cultist Group Over “2000 Mules” Claims

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: The Georgia State Election Board is suing True the Vote over the organization’s failure to comply with subpoenas that would back up its allegation of a ballot collection scheme highlighted in the movie “2000 Mules.” The lawsuit filed in Fulton County Superior Court on Tuesday asked a judge to compel True the Vote, a Texas-based conservative …

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Florida County Reports More Malaria Cases [VIDEO]

The Miami Herald reports: Health officials have confirmed two new cases of malaria have been contracted in Southwest Florida as a statewide health advisory for the mosquito-borne illness remains in effect. That brings the total to six cases since the first infection was reported in late May. All six cases were reported in Sarasota County, with the most recent two …

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Trump: I Was Too Busy To Hand Over Those Documents

Deadline reports: Fox News has released a preview clip of anchor Bret Baier’s interview with Donald Trump, the former president’s first sit down since he was indicted last week on federal charges related to his withholding of classified documents. In the clip, Baier noted to Trump that the National Archives and Records Administration asked for the return of the documents. …

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Georgia County Republicans May Ban LGBTQs Because They Don’t “Eat Brownies That Are Made Of 20% Poop”

“It’s not that we don’t love [LGBTQ people]. It’s not that we don’t like them. But if you’re going to be part of the Republican Party, you have to support the platform, and the rules and bylaws 100%, not just 80%. “If I made brownies, and I said, ‘Well, these are 80% brownies and 20% poop’, you would not eat …

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