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GOP Senators Threaten To Block Bill To Avert Shutdown

The Hill reports: A bill to avert a partial government shutdown Friday night is running into delays in the Senate. Absent unanimous consent or an agreement between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Republicans, the upper chamber might not be able to vote until final passage before Saturday — after the government shutdown deadline but before many effects of …

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Man Who Said Trump’s “Fucking Crazy” Bends The Knee

The Advance reports: New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has referred to former President Donald Trump as an “asshole,” once joked that he belongs in a mental institution, and campaigned like hell for Trump rival Nikki Haley. But now with Haley out of the race, he’s back on Team Trump. “I’m going to support the ticket. I’m going to support Donald …

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Freedom Caucus Rep To Retire, Cites Death Threat

Newsweek reports: Republican Representative Matt Rosendale announced on Friday that he is planning to leave Congress over “defamatory rumors.” In a statement posted to X, formerly Twitter, Rosendale said that he will be withdrawing from the House race. Rosendale previously announced that he was backing out of the Senate race shortly after launching his campaign. “Since that announcement, I have …

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DeSantis To Sign Bill Requiring Permit To Sleep In Public

“I’m going to sign legislation over the next month or so to really counteract Florida ever going in the direction of California on things like homelessness. “Cities can govern themselves and there are certain state laws, but you know, we don’t want a city to turn into a Los Angeles or San Francisco with respect to having homeless everywhere. “So …

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Guest Of GOP Rep Arrested For Disrupting Biden’s SOTU

Axios reports: The father of a U.S. Marine killed in the 2021 Kabul airport bombing was arrested for disrupting President Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday. The disruption by Steve Nikoui as an invited guest of a member of Congress was an extremely rare break in decorum that punctuated a night filled with heckling from lawmakers. Nikoui is …

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Johnson Rolls His Eyes At Biden’s J6 Mentions [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) rolled his eyes and shook his head on Thursday after President Joe Biden attacked Republicans in the audience over the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. “We will not bow down! I will not bow down!” declared Biden during his State of the Union address. “In a literal sense, history is watching. History is …

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GOP Sen. Katie Britt Delivers Bizarre SOTU Response

The Daily Beast reports: Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) delivered the official Republican response, a stern but bizarrely delivered rebuttal that focused heavily on immigration and the economy. The freshman senator is considered a rising star in the party. But her speech’s intense tone—with an over-the-top dramatic cadence that was delivered in a kitchen—left political operatives and observers struggling to make …

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Santos Claims He Is Running For US House Again

ABC News reports: Disgraced former Republican Rep. George Santos arrived in the House chamber on Thursday night about an hour before President Joe Biden’s speech was to begin and about three months after he became the first House member to be expelled in more than 20 years. He was seen seated on the GOP side near the aisle — his …

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MTG Heckled Biden At SOTU While Wearing MAGA Hat

USA Today reports: Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) wore a shirt with the phrase “say her name” and a pin with the photo of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student killed by a person federal authorities said entered the country without authorization. The shirt is an appropriation of the Black Lives Matter movement’s chant that is intended to give voice to women …

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Trump-Backed Murder Suspect Surrenders To Police

The Guardian reports: A former pro wrestler who won a prominent endorsement from Donald Trump while unsuccessfully running for Congress in Nevada surrendered to authorities on Wednesday on an arrest warrant for murder. Daniel Rodimer, 45, was booked in connection with the slaying of 47-year-old Christopher Tapp, who was reportedly beaten to death in Resorts World Las Vegas on 29 …

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Johnson Dodges On Whether IVF Constitutes “Murder”

CBS News reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that in vitro fertilization and the handling of embryos remains an issue that “policymakers have to determine how to handle.” “We need to look at the ethics surrounding that issue, but it’s an important one,” Johnson told “CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokoupil on Thursday. “If you do believe that life begins …

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Navy Demoted Ronny Jackson After Trump WH Probe

The Washington Post reports: Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician turned GOP congressman, regularly touts his military bona fides. “As a retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral with nearly three decades of military service I understand the commitment and sacrifices made by servicemen and servicewomen to serve our country,” the two-term Texas representative writes on his congressional website, posted to …

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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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