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Colorado Newsline reports: Jenna Ellis, the Colorado attorney who was former President Donald Trump’s senior legal advisor as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss, has been censured by a Colorado judge for misconduct. The public censure order was signed Wednesday by Presiding Disciplinary Judge Bryon M. Large, who oversees lawyer discipline cases in Colorado. As part of an …

USA Today reports: Republican presidential hopefuls are vowing to wage a war on “woke,” but a new USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds a majority of Americans are inclined to see the word as a positive attribute, not a negative one. Fifty-six percent of those surveyed say the term means “to be informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices.” That includes …

NPR reports:  Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was being treated at a local hospital after he fell at a hotel Wednesday evening. The 81-year-old senator from Kentucky fell after he tripped at a hotel in Washington, D.C., his spokesman said. “This evening, Leader McConnell tripped at a local hotel during a private dinner.” McConnell spokesman Doug Andres said in a …

Deadline reports: Actors’ Equity Association has condemned Tennessee’s new legislation restricting drag performance, urging theaters in the state to “join us in rejecting it entirely and lobbying for its elimination.” The union, which represents actors and stage managers in live theater, also said it is “monitoring the progress of similarly dystopian laws in other states.” Tennessee recently became the first …

“Hey, look over there! A classic distraction technique, distracting us away from the real issues that they were voted into office to focus on: jobs, healthcare, keeping our children safe from harm at their own school. “But we know that bullies are incompetent at solving real issues. They look for easy targets so they can give the impression of being …

Bloomberg News reports: California will no longer renew a $54 million contract with Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. following the drugstore chain’s decision to stop dispensing abortion pills in several states, according to Governor Gavin Newsom. The action comes a day after the Democratic leader said California would stop doing business with the company. Renewal of the contract to procure specialty …

Cincinnati’s ABC affiliate reports: Eric Deters, a candidate for Kentucky governor, pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor charges after police said he chased down his nephew and sent harassing messages to his sister-in-law. In a release, the Kenton County Attorney’s Office said Deters entered guilty pleas for one count of menacing and two counts of harassing communications. Court documents claim Deters …

Tampa’s Fox affiliate reports: From inside the State Attorney’s Office building in Tampa, the governor of Florida took aim at some media outlets and individuals, saying they are falsely explaining the state education department’s stand on some books in schools. Before Gov. Ron DeSantis took the stage, a video played in the room, showing alleged examples of books that have …

The Hill reports: Lawmakers in Michigan have passed a bill to expand civil rights protections to the LGBTQ community, with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) expected to sign the measure into law when it reaches her desk. The vote in the Democratic-led state House on Wednesday, which passed the bill with a 64-45 margin, would codify protections from discrimination based on …

NBC News reports: Jan. 5, Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch tapped an email out on his iPhone: Maybe our top talent needs to take a stand. “It’s been suggested our primetime three should independently or together say something like ‘the election is over and Joe Biden won. We are all disappointed by it happened. We love America and have to …