Tag Archives: GOP

QAnon Ron Johnson: Dems Tampered With Epstein Files

NBC News reports: The New York Times described Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson as Trump’s successor as the Republican Party’s “foremost amplifier of conspiracy theories and disinformation.” The senator has seemed a little too eager to prove his critics right, peddling bizarre and easily discredited nonsense about Covid-19. And the Jan. 6 attack. And vaccines. And climate change. And the 2020 …

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Fine Bill Would Ban House Subscriptions To “Filthy” WSJ

The Hill reports: Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) wants the House to ditch any subscriptions it has to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) following the newspaper’s bombshell report Thursday that shed new light on President Trump’s ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I’ll be introducing legislation to end the House of Representatives subscription contract with the WSJ,” Fine wrote on …

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Johnson Claims Trump Has “90% Approval Rating”

“There are a lot of praises to sing, and everyone will be singing that tune, and certainly the voters will when they come to the midterms in 2026. This is the beginning of a great run for America. President Trump called me early this morning, we were doing a victory lap together on the phone about the passage of the …

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1.4M Families Would Lose Housing Under HUD Proposal

The Associated Press reports: More than 1 million low-income households — most of them working families with children — who depend on the nation’s public housing and Section 8 voucher programs could be at risk of losing their government-subsidized homes under the Trump administration’s proposal to impose a two-year time limit on rental assistance. That’s according to new research from …

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Analysis: Obamacare Premiums To Go Up 75% In 2026

NPR reports: Health insurance premiums are going way up next year for people who buy their insurance on Healthcare.gov or the state-based marketplaces, according to an analysis out Friday. The average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium, according to the analysis from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group. Summer is …

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TODAY: Jordan Gets Deposed In Wrestling Scandal

NBC News reports: Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, one of the Republican Party’s top inquisitors in Congress, is expected to be deposed Friday about allegations that he failed to protect the wrestlers he once coached at Ohio State University from a sexual predator, four plaintiffs in lawsuits against the university told NBC News. Jordan, who was the assistant wrestling coach …

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House Passes $9B Rescissions Bill In 216-213 Vote

CBS News reports: House Republicans approved a package after midnight Friday to claw back $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding, sending it to President Trump’s desk. Congress beat a Friday end-of-day deadline to pass the bill, which is known as a rescissions request, after which the money would have had to be spent as originally intended. Efforts …

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Mullin Blocks Senate Resolution On Epstein Files

The Hill reports: Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Okla.), the Senate Republican deputy whip, on Thursday blocked a request by Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) to demand the Trump administration release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Gallego, a first-term senator, stood up on the Senate floor to demand that colleagues “show the American people that they deserve the truth” …

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FL Deletes Alligator Alcatraz Contracts From Database

The Miami New Times reports: State contracts related to Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial detention facility in the Florida Everglades, appear to have disappeared from the state’s public contract database. On Wednesday, Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani noticed that dozens of Alligator Alcatraz contracts on the Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System (FACTS) website were suddenly gone. Just a day prior, the Orlando state …

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Tuberville Blames US Citizens Arrested By ICE For “Hanging Around Illegals, Something Bad Can Happen”

REPORTER: “So Senator, do you care if U.S. citizens accidentally get detained in ICE raids?” TUBERVILLE: “If US citizens?” REPORTER: “Yeah, it’s been happening a lot. It’s been having a lot with veterans in particular.” TUBERVILLE: “Well, first of all, don’t put yourself in a situation where that happens And I’m sure with all the illegals we have in this …

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Senate Approves $9B Rescissions Bill In 51-48 Vote

The Washington Post reports: The Senate narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s request to claw back $9 billion in foreign aid and federal funding for public broadcasting early Thursday, handing the administration a victory in its ongoing power struggle with Congress over federal spending. The vote was 51-48. Two Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) — voted …

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Senate Confirms Man Who Called Obama “Treasonous Muslim Terrorist Leader” To Top Pentagon Personnel Job

Military.com reports: A retired Army officer and conservative commentator who could not be approved for a Pentagon job during the first Trump administration because of past Islamaphobic and conspiratorial statements has been confirmed by the Senate to be the Pentagon’s personnel chief in the second Trump administration. In a 52-46 party-line vote Tuesday afternoon, the Senate confirmed Anthony Tata to …

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Far-Right Texas State Rep Challenges Dan Crenshaw

The Texas Tribune reports: State Rep. Steve Toth, a Conroe Republican aligned with the rightmost faction of the Texas Legislature, announced a primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw on Tuesday, setting up the state’s latest intra-party midterm clash. Toth, who is serving his fifth term in the Texas House, is part of a group of hardline GOP lawmakers who …

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Trump Shows Republicans Letter Firing Jerome Powell

The New York Times reports: President Trump showed off a draft of a letter firing the chair of Federal Reserve, Jerome H. Powell, during a meeting with roughly a dozen House Republicans on Tuesday night, polling them as to whether he should do it and indicating that he likely would, according to two people briefed on the meeting. The meeting …

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Johnson Platforms Anti-Vax Kooks At Senate Hearing

NBC News reports: Led by Covid vaccine misinformer Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., the “Voices of the Vaccine Injured” hearing featured a witness list pulled straight from the anti-vaccine movement’s leadership roster: two senior employees of the Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-founded nonprofit Children’s Health Defense (CHD) and parents featured in “Vaxxed,” the documentary-style film that helped launch the current anti-vaccine era. …

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Senate Advances $9B Recissions Bill With Vance’s Help

The Washington Post reports: The Senate voted Tuesday to advance President Donald Trump’s request to claw back $9 billion in foreign aid and federal funding for public broadcasting despite the misgivings of some Republicans. The vote was 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance breaking a tie after Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) broke with …

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Hawley Moves To Repeal Medicaid Cuts He Voted For

The Huffington Post reports: In a head-spinning move on Tuesday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation that would repeal cuts to Medicaid he helped make possible only two weeks ago. “President Trump has always said we have to protect Medicaid for working people. Now is the time to prevent any future cuts to Medicaid from going into effect,” Hawley said …

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House Republicans Again Block Release Of Epstein Files

Axios reports: House Republicans on Tuesday voted down another Democratic procedural maneuver aimed at forcing the Justice Department to release documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. It’s the second time this week Democrats have forced their GOP colleagues to choose between loyalty to President Trump and a MAGA base that is furious at his administration over its handling of the Epstein …

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Trump Tells Texas Republicans To Redraw House Maps To Give Themselves Up To Five More US House Seats

Politico reports: Trump wants lawmakers in Texas to redraw the state’s congressional district map to give Republicans five more House seats, he told reporters Tuesday. “There could be some other states we’re going to get another three, or four or five in addition. Texas would be the biggest one.” he said. “Just a simple redrawing we pick up five seats.” …

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Senate GOP Exempts PEPFAR From Clawback Package

Politico reports: Senate Republicans will scale back the White House’s $9.4 billion spending clawback request as they look to shore up their vote count. Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), who is leading the rescissions effort in concert with the White House, said Republicans will remove a $400 million cut to the global AIDS program known as PEPFAR, bringing the total amount …

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