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Bloomberg News reports: Missouri Republicans are mulling a redistricting plan similar to one taking shape in Texas that President Donald Trump has pushed to bolster the chances for the GOP to maintain control of Congress after the 2026 midterm elections. Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe is considering a redistricting plan, said State Senator Cindy O’Laughlin, the Republican president pro tem. A …

Judicial commentary site Balls & Strikes reports: Eric Tung, 40, is a well-credentialed establishment conservative: a University of Chicago Law School grad who clerked for then-Judge Neil Gorsuch, Justice Antonin Scalia, and now-Justice Gorsuch again, and is now a partner at Trump-friendly firm Jones Day, where he often represents clients in the cryptocurrency industry. Tung is a self-described originalist: At …

The Washington Post reports: The party at John R. Davis Elementary School was in full swing, but at the snow cone station, the school’s librarian was in tears. Ten days later, John R. Davis Elementary School would close — not just for the summer, but for good. Now, as the new school year begins, the Roosevelt Elementary School District opens …

From the editorial board of the Tulsa World: State Superintendent Ryan Walters insulted Oklahomans when he recently lied at a press conference and then attempted to plant a conspiracy theory about it. This is just the latest in nearly five years of controversies. Rather than confirm, deny or explain possibilities of what might have happened, a spokesman for the Oklahoma …

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: Brian Burch, a fierce critic of the late Pope Francis and longtime leader of a group that spent millions of dollars to put President Donald Trump back in the White House, was confirmed Saturday as U.S. to the Vatican on a party-line 49-44 vote in the Senate. Burch is the former head of …

The Washington Post reports: Pregnant veterans would no longer be allowed to receive abortions at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals in cases of rape, incest or when the pregnancy threatens their health under a proposed rule from the Trump administration that would revoke a Biden-era policy expanding abortion access. Months after the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to an …

Axios reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to visit a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Monday as part of a private visit to Israel organized by a pro-Israel advocacy group. While many Republican Congress members have visited West Bank settlements, it is highly unusual visit for a speaker of the house to do so. Johnson’s unannounced trip …

Austin’s ABC affiliate reports: Community members came together on Saturday morning to paint over vandalism spray painted on a LGBTQ-friendly church in South Austin. Life in the City UMC said its pride flag was torn down on Thursday night and a message saying, “Pride was the first sin,” was spray painted on the front of the building. According to Pastor …

The Associated Press reports: A federal receiver is on the hunt to recover $140 million lost in an alleged Ponzi scheme that benefited some Republicans in the top ranks of their party in Georgia and Alabama. He’s looking to claw back funds, including almost 1,000 political donations totaling more than $1 million, that often backed far-right Republican insurgents. Some of …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: One Million Moms has received numerous complaints regarding Jimmy John’s new “Spicy Summer Read” ad campaign, which introduces The Blade and the Brine, the company’s steamy romance novel. Jimmy John’s description of the book in its YouTube commercial states, “Things are heating up at Jimmy John’s with our ‘Summer Menu of Ultimate …

The Meidas Touch report: At Turning Point USA’s BLEXIT Liberation Show in Tampa, pro-Trump speaker and former Republican House candidate Vince E. Ellison delivered a chilling speech filled with violent and dehumanizing rhetoric. Addressing supporters of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Ellison, who spoke after GOP Representative Nancy Mace, declared, “You are inferior. Yeah, you need it. I don’t need …

The Christian Post reports: A Texas father is suing a California doctor for “wrongful death” after he illegally mailed abortion pills that were used by his married lover to end two of their pregnancies, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. The Galveston man is also suing the woman’s husband, from whom she is separated, and her mother for …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: Ulta Beauty continues their blatant refusal to back down from their undying support of the withering LGBTQ+ movement as they begin selling the hair products of non-binary Netflix star Jonathan Van Ness. A recent product reveal video shows Van Ness jumping and shrieking as he makes a mockery of women and — what …

Breitbart reports: Dr. Stella Immanuel, a Texas physician known for treating thousands of COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, joined fellow physicians Dr. Simone Gold, Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, and other experts in front of the United States Supreme Court to demand accountability from those who mandated vaccines and censored opposing voices. The demonstration fell on the fifth anniversary of …

From the Family Research Council’s website: This commonsense guidance ignited an immediate furor from the mainstream media. “Trump administration urges federal employees to talk religion at work,” read The Washington Post headline. “Trump memo allows federal workers to persuade coworkers their religion is ‘correct,’” hyperventilated The Hill headline, apparently outraged at any religion making such an absolute claim. In their …

“This is horrifying. It’s a crime against children and against nature and against common sense. Obviously, little babies need their mommies. And you know what? Kids need their daddies too. And they’re not gonna do as well if they’re being raised by two men who are selfishly purchasing kids, or two women, or a single parent who is intentionally depriving …

Open Secrets reports: President Donald Trump’s White House press secretary has a money problem that won’t go away. As spring turned to summer, Karoline Leavitt’s 2022 congressional campaign committee failed to pay off a penny of the $326,370.50 it owes across more than 100 creditors, according to a new disclosure filed with the Federal Election Commission. Karoline for Congress raised …

The Christian site Beliefnet reports: In a bold move to reaffirm tradition and honor faith, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll has ordered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to restore the Academy’s historic crest to Bibles housed in the West Point Cadet Chapel. “Since the founding of West Point and before, generations of cadets, officers, and Soldiers have …

NewsNation reports: One Tennessee school district will no longer accept doctors’ notes to excuse an absence despite objections from parents. Lawrence County School System officials said the school is instituting the policy to teach students work ethic and reliability, saying that students will be expected to go to work sick or injured as adults. With no federally mandated sick leave, …

Albany’s ABC affiliate reports: A man once entrusted to run political parties has admitted to stealing campaign funds. NYS Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday that 49-year-old Jason McGuire, the former chairman of the Livingston County Conservative Party, pleaded guilty to pocketing $16,000 of the party’s funds from 2020 to 2021. Officials said he spent the stolen money on meals …