Tag Archives: GOP

Subpoenas Issued In Arizona Fake Electors Probe

CNN reports: Prosecutors in Arizona have issued several grand jury subpoenas in recent weeks to people connected to efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election in that state, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The subpoenas suggest the state-level probe is accelerating ahead of the 2024 presidential election, when Trump is …

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Hate Pastor At Center Of 2018 Election Fraud Scandal Wins GOP North Carolina US House Primary [VIDEO]

Politico reports: North Carolina Republican Mark Harris, whose previous election to Congress in 2018 was thrown out after credible allegations of election fraud, won a GOP primary for a newly drawn House seat. If that name sounds familiar to you, it is because his apparent victory in a similar district in 2018 was tossed out after an operative hired by …

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LOL: When A Texas County Counted All Votes By Hand

The Texas Tribune reports: Bruce Campbell, chairman of the Gillespie County Republican Party, predicted that results from the 13 GOP precincts would start trickling into the county elections office by 8:30 p.m. By 9:30 p.m., he expressed surprise that none had returned. They’d begun at 7:30 that morning in a glass-walled tasting room at a winery. At 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, …

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Ramaswamy: Trump Doesn’t Need My Money [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Fox host Neil Cavuto asked, “You’re a very successful businessman, a biotech entrepreneur, and you’ve made hundreds of millions of dollars. We’re told that Donald Trump has asked Elon Musk for some support. I dunno if that’s true or not. Elon Musk made it clear that he’s not giving to either Joe Biden or Donald Trump. I’m just …

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DeSantis Rips Haley For Not Honoring RNC Pledge

“She had waged a campaign on the idea that you can somehow win the Republican nomination for president by getting the votes of mostly just non-Republicans, and that just doesn’t work. “I signed the pledge. You sign the pledge saying that you’re gonna not take your ball and go home, and so I honored the pledge and she’s gonna have …

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Pro-Haley PAC Relaunches As “Haley Voters For Biden”

Semafor reports: A super PAC that urged non-Republicans to cast primary votes for Nikki Haley is pivoting to November, urging Haley’s voters to support President Joe Biden. Starting today, Primary Pivot will become Haley Voters for Biden, and urge anyone who supported Haley in a swing state to stick with the president in November. “This is an effort from people …

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FL Senate Passes Bill Banning Worker Heat Protections

NBC News reports: Florida’s Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would ban cities and counties from adopting requirements for mandatory water breaks and other workplace protections against extreme heat. The Republican-controlled Senate voted 28-11, along party lines, to pass Senate Bill 1492, which would prohibit local governments from determining workplace heat standards that go beyond those required by federal …

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AL Governor Signs Bill Giving Protection To IVF Clinics

The Birmingham News reports: Alabama lawmakers gave final passage Wednesday night to a bill intended to give legal protection to in vitro fertilization clinics after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling caused some to pause services. Gov. Kay Ivey announced shortly after that she had signed the bill into law. Lawmakers have scrambled to provide immunity that would allow clinics to …

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Trump-Backed House Candidate Wanted For Murder

Las Vegas’s Fox affiliate reports: A former Congressional candidate and professional wrestler is wanted for murder in Las Vegas, according to court records. Records show Daniel Stephen Rodimer has a warrant issued for an open murder charge in Las Vegas Justice Court. A request for the warrant was issued March 5, records show. Jail records do not show Rodimer in …

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GOP AGs To YouTube: Drop Abortion Pill Fact-Check

The Christian Post reports: A coalition of 16 attorneys general has demanded that YouTube remove information labels attached to videos discussing chemical abortions that they argue are “misleading” to viewers. In a letter sent to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on Monday, the attorneys general argued that the information panels the company included below videos on the popular video-sharing platform “misleads …

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Robinson: Women Shouldn’t Have The Right To Vote

The Huffington Post reports: On Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson won the GOP primary to become his party’s nominee for North Carolina governor, presumably with the help of female voters. “I absolutely want to go back to the America where women couldn’t vote,” Robinson said in a newly resurfaced video of his remarks at a March 2020 event hosted by …

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Kansas AG Sues TikTok For “Promoting Filth To Kids”

Topeka’s ABC affiliate reports: The Kansas Attorney General’s Office announced his office has filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, March 6 in Shawnee County District Court against social media company TikTok for misrepresenting its age-appropriateness in app stores, deceiving parents about the effectiveness of its parental tools and creating and aggressively promoting an addictive app that erodes the mental health of …

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New Ad Roasts “Extreme” NC Gov Nominee [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: The Democratic Governor’s Association dropped a new ad attacking the GOP candidate for governor of North Carolina, Mark Robinson, just as the results were coming in that he would win his primary on Tuesday night. The Democrat’s pouncing so quickly on Robinson is a signal they see him as a particularly weak candidate in a crucial swing state …

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House Approves Spending Bill To Avert Govt Shutdown

Reuters reports: The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation funding a broad swath of the federal government through the fiscal year that began in October, as yet another threat of a partial shutdown looms. The House voted 339-85 for the bill with 83 Republicans in opposition. It now goes to the Senate for passage by Friday, before …

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CA City’s Voters Ban Pride Flags On Public Property

Yahoo News reports: The rainbow Pride flag and other nongovernmental banners will no longer fly on city property in Huntington Beach, California, an oceanside side community that has become a hotbed for broader culture wars.  More than 58% of voters cast ballots in favor of Measure B. Measure B prohibits the display of Pride, breast cancer awareness and religious flags, …

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Man Charged With Trying To Scam Infamous Scammer

NBC News reports: Federal prosecutors have charged a Texas man they say tried to scam former Rep. George Santos as well as an actor, a musician and a professional athlete by falsely suggesting he could help get criminal charges dropped. Hector Medina, Jr., was arrested in his hometown of El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, and faces charges in the Eastern …

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Florida Approves Kindergarten Classes On Communism

Florida Politics reports: The mistakes made by the Soviets, the Chinese and other communist regimes are one step closer to being part of Florida K-12 classrooms. The House passed by a 106-7 vote SB 1264, a “History of Communism” product previously passed by a 25-7 vote in the Senate, putting the bill on a path for a Gov. Ron DeSantis …

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Cultist Rep Defeats Cultist Rep In US House Race

Roll Call reports: Rep. Barry Moore defeated fellow GOP Rep. Jerry Carl [photo] in the primary in Alabama’s 1st District Tuesday, bringing to a close a contentious member-vs.-member election. A Republican in his second term, Moore campaigned as a loyal supporter of Trump, touting his votes against supplemental funding for Ukraine and his support for a border wall. Moore and …

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Court: Vaseline Woman Must Face Defamation Lawsuit

Law & Crime reports: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake failed to keep Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer’s (R) defamation lawsuit on hold Tuesday, meaning the case move towards discovery and trial. In an orders list, the Arizona Supreme Court, having denied Lake’s petition for review, rejected the attorneys’ fees request and ordered the stay lifted. The allegedly defamatory Lake …

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Prosecutors: No Charges For Mr. Moms For Threeways

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports: The State Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday it will not charge former Florida Republican Party chairman Christian Ziegler with video voyeurism in connection with an alleged rape that authorities also declined to prosecute. Three assistants in State Attorney Ed Brodsky’s office explained the decision in a memo released Wednesday morning. The memo capped a protected investigation launched …

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