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“I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians. I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor. “My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the …

Mediaite reports: Anti-woke musician Kid Rock performed at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on the fourth and final night in a spectacle that received a mixed reaction, to say the least. “What up, America?!” he said to the largely middle-aged and elderly crowd upon being introduced on Thursday night. For the next four minutes, the 54-year-old shout-sang to the …

Yahoo News reports: Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan fired up an excited crowd with his WWF antics and references at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Thursday. The former reality star called on voters to support Donald Trump, another veteran of reality TV, as he led the crowd in chants of “USA! USA!” and hammed it up for the cameras. …

CNN reports: When former first lady Melania Trump enters the Republican convention Thursday night, she won’t be doing so on stage as she did in 2016 and 2020. Though several people appealed to her to give a speech multiple times lately, she declined to do so, two sources familiar told CNN. That breaks with a modern tradition at political conventions …

The Guardian reports: Walking out to a standing ovation, Peter Navarro, the former Trump official, delivered a speech of personal grievances at the Republican national convention on Wednesday, hours after he was released from federal prison following his conviction on contempt of Congress charges for obstructing the January 6 committee investigation. The former Trump White House adviser tried – as …

The New York Times reports: Republican senators, including a member of the Senate’s leadership, accosted the director of the Secret Service in a suite at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night, demanding that she resign or provide a full explanation for the security lapses. Senators John Barrasso of Wyoming, the third-ranking Senate Republican, and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee aggressively …

Newsweek reports: Representative Matt Gaetz’s appearance at the Republican National Convention is sparking a flood of jokes and memes. Gaetz spoke at the convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday night, reaffirming his loyalties to GOP nominee and former President Donald Trump and harshly criticizing President Joe Biden. But spectators seemed more focused on how the congressman looked, questioning his unmoving forehead …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has offered suggestions and directly edited the final speeches of convention speakers in an effort to tone down the political rhetoric in the wake of Saturday’s shooting and focus on policy contrasts with President Joe Biden, NBC News has learned. While convention speakers this week have served up plenty of red meat …

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: After a rough year of scandal, electoral defeats, and effective counter-organizing, the anti-LGBTQ, book-banning Moms for Liberty put on a show of force at the Republican National Convention. A Moms for Liberty town hall Tuesday afternoon drew two governors, three members of Congress, and three state attorneys general. The event started with a …

CBS News reports: Peter Navarro, an ex-aide to former President Donald Trump, is set to be released from a low security federal correctional facility in South Florida on Wednesday morning. Navarro was found guilty in September of contempt of Congress charges for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. After …

Politico reports: Running mate shortlister Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was the last elected official to speak on Tuesday night. And he focused his speech on American greatness and Donald Trump’s leadership. “By giving voice to every day Americans,” he said, “President Trump has not just changed our party — he has inspired a movement.” He praised Trump for expanding the …

Florida Politics reports: Ron DeSantis, who ran a challenge to Donald Trump from the right before endorsing the former President in January, addressed the RNC crowd Tuesday, directly after his fellow challenger and Primary rival, Nikki Haley. “Let’s send Joe Biden back to his basement and let’s send Donald Trump back to the White House,” DeSantis said to cheers, eliciting …

The Washington Post reports: “We should acknowledge that there are some Americans who don’t agree with Donald Trump one hundred percent of the time, I happen to know some of them and I want to speak to them tonight,” Haley said. “My message to them is simple: You don’t have to agree with Trump 100 percent of the time to …

Little Rock’s ABC affiliate reports: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders spoke at the Republican National Convention Tuesday night. She praised Trump, saying she had never been prouder to stand with him. “Not even an assassin’s bullet could stop him,” Sanders said. She said America and the world were safer when Trump was president. “God Almighty intervened because America is one …

The Mirror reports: Donald Trump’s long-term ally, lawyer, and political fixer Rudy Giuliani was spotted taking a major tumble as he entered the Republican National Convention hall for the second day of the party’s coronation of Donald Trump’s as their presidential nominee. In a televised video from the conference floor, he can be seen bending over before wiping out completely …

Rolling Stone reports: U.S. Concealed Carry Association, founded in 2003, is based in Wisconsin and claims a membership of 800,000. USCCA pitches itself as a concealed carry advocacy group, encouraging self-defense with firearms. The gun violence publication The Trace has highlighted USCCA as one of many groups “scrambling to fill the NRA’s void,” with that beleaguered gun rights group raising …

British tabloid The Mirror reports: Boris Johnson has flown to the US to speak to an almost empty room at the Republican National Convention. Humiliating photos obtained by the Mirror show the former Prime Minister addressing rows of unfilled seats in a hotel ballroom in Milwaukee. Mr Johnson has been scrambling to stay in the spotlight with speeches, newspaper columns …

NBC News reports: Some high-profile speakers on the first night of the Republican National Convention leaned into anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, doubling down on the party’s 2024 platform, which calls for keeping “men out of women’s sports” and ending “left-wing gender insanity.” Their speeches Monday especially targeted transgender and non-gender-conforming people. “Let me state this clearly: There are only two genders,” said …

CBS News reports: Former President Donald Trump arrived Monday night at the Republican National Convention, making his first public appearance since he survived an assassination attempt two days earlier. Trump told ABC News earlier Monday that his ear is recovering and that the assassination attempt has had “an impact” on him. He said he hopes the bandage would be off …

Newsweek reports: A video circulating on social media that appears to show former President Donald Trump fall asleep during a speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee has gone viral. The clip filmed during Harmeet Dhillon’s speech shows Trump appearing to momentarily drift off while his running mate JD Vance is next to him with his eyes open. …