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LIVE VIDEO: House Hearing On Impeaching Mayorkas

NBC News reports: Members of the House Homeland Security Committee are meeting Tuesday to discuss the Republican-led impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. House Republicans accuse Mayorkas and the Biden administration of disregarding federal laws on immigration and seek to make Mayorkas the second Cabinet official impeached in U.S. history. Tuesday’s hearing is another step toward a formal …

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AZ Bill Would Let Lawmakers Overturn Popular Vote

The Arizona Republic reports: Arizona state Sen. Anthony Kern, one of the Republicans being investigated by Attorney General Kris Mayes for falsely certifying that the state’s electoral college votes should be awarded to Donald Trump instead of winner Joe Biden, has come up with a novel approach to protect election stealers in the future: Make it legal. Kern has introduced …

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Man Charged With Threat To Kill Texas House Speaker

Beaumont’s CBS affiliate reports: Daniel Troy Leblanc, 44, is held on a $500,000 bond set by Justice of the Peace Ben Collins Sr. The judge has ordered that if Leblanc posts bond, he avoid all contact with House Speaker Dade Phelan and wear a GPS ankle monitor. According to the DPS, on Monday, January 15, Special Agents from the Texas …

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“Army Of God” Trucker Convoy Is Off To Weak Start

Vice News reports: Paranoia about federal entrapment is looming large over the “Take Our Border Back” convoy, which departed Virginia Beach Monday morning and plans to arrive in Texas later this week. By noon Monday, after a few hours on the road, the convoy had amassed just a few dozen participants—so far, predominantly men over the age of 60. The …

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Ohio AG To Consider Adopting Execution By Nitrogen

The Associated Press reports: Republican state Attorney General Dave Yost scheduled a news conference Tuesday to discuss “next steps to kickstart” Ohio’s capital punishment system. He has expressed support for the nitrogen gas method used for the first time in Alabama last week, when convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was put to death with nitrogen gas administered through a …

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GOP Rep Nominates Trump For Nobel Peace Prize

The Messenger reports: Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., has nominated former President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, citing the “historic” Abraham Accords, which were signed between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain in 2020. “Donald Trump was instrumental in facilitating the first new peace agreements in the Middle East in almost 30 years,” Tenney told Fox News Digital …

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Scott: The Country’s “Most Racist People Are Liberals”

“They are vile and disgusting comments coming from the far-left. Sean, the most racist in the country are liberals. The bigotry that comes from the far radical left, it’s just normal these days. Why? Because they’re trying not just to attack me, but they’re trying to make sure that any other minority who will think for themselves and consider the …

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Haley’s SC Home Targeted With Second Swatting Call

Reuters reports: Two days after a man called in a fake emergency at the South Carolina home of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, she was targeted by a second “swatting” attempt on New Year’s Day, this time by someone who said Haley had shot her daughter, according to an incident report seen by Reuters. A Charleston County sheriff’s deputy responded …

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New QAnon AZ GOP Chair: “I Wear The Armor Of God”

Raw Story reports: The newly-elected Arizona Republican Party chair, Gina Swoboda, proudly told longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon on his “war room” show that the former president personally urged her to run for the position and vowed to continue pushing lawsuits on his behalf to restrict access to voting in Arizona. In response to Bannon asking her how she …

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Florida Bill Requires Homeless To Get Permit To Sleep

Florida Politics reports: Sen. Jonathan Martin’s legislation (SB 1530) would ban counties and municipalities from permitting public sleeping or public camping on public property without explicit permission via temporary permits, a move deemed by the bill language to fulfill an “important state interest.” Localities may designate certain public property for sleeping or camping with the sanction of the Department of …

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GOP Rep “Can’t Recall” Voting Against Infrastructure Bill After Presenting Giant Check For Small Business Project

The Insider reports: On Sunday, Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida was asked about federal funding she’s been bragging about bringing to her Miami-area district. It didn’t go so well. In an interview with CBS Miami on Sunday, host Jim DeFede asked Salazar about her votes against three bills: an omnibus bill to fund the government for 2023, the …

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Bolton Calls For “Disproportionate” Strikes On Iran

The Hill reports: Former national security adviser John Bolton called for “disproportionate” strikes inside Iran after a drone attack killed three U.S. service members in Jordan over the weekend. Bolton said Sunday night on NewsNation that the U.S. needs to carry out retaliatory attacks in the wake of the deadly drone strike. He said the U.S. needs to “impose enough …

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PA Supreme Court Rules Abortion Access Is A Right

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: Pennsylvania’s highest court on Monday recognized for the first time that access to abortion is a right guaranteed by the state’s constitution, a significant finding in the wake of the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning nationwide abortion rights. The finding came in a case focused on a much narrower issue — whether Medicaid should cover …

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Fox Analyst: GOP Has No Basis To Impeach Mayorkas

“The first article is basically a disagreement about the level of enforcement being done by the administration. The fact is, impeachment is not for being a bad cabinet member or even a bad person. It is a very narrow standard. “Past Congresses have recognized that there’s a danger to this once you cross the Rubicon and start to remove cabinet …

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Haley Vows To Stay In Race Through Super Tuesday

“I have every intention of going to Super Tuesday. Through Super Tuesday we’re going to keep on going and see where this gets us. That’s what we know we’re going to do right now. I take it one state at a time. I don’t think too far ahead. I need to show that I’m stronger in South Carolina than New …

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Paxton Demands Medical Records Of GA Trans Clinic

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is requesting medical records of Texas youth who have received gender-affirming care from a Georgia telehealth clinic, marking at least the second time he’s sought such records from providers in another state. The clinic, QueerMed, confirmed on Friday morning that they received the request. QueerMed said it stopped servicing youth in …

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Sen. Lindsey Graham: “Hit Iran Now, Hit Them Hard”

“The Biden Administration can take out all the Iranian proxies they like, but it will not deter Iranian aggression. I am calling on the Biden Administration to strike targets of significance inside Iran, not only as reprisal for the killing of our forces, but as deterrence against future aggression. “The only thing the Iranian regime understands is force. Until they …

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Texas Lt Gov Warns Biden: “Don’t Mess With Texas”

The Messenger reports: “Don’t mess with Texas,” the state’s Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick ominously warned Sunday in a message directed at President Joe Biden in a clash over border control. “We believe constitutionally we are right. We have a right to defend our citizens. We have a right to defend this country,” Patrick said on Sunday Morning Futures when …

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SD Gov: Biden Can Fix The Border Without Congress

“The senators are really good at spinning a story to make themselves look good. What I would say is that I always look for someone who’s willing to take action and President Biden has all the authority he needs to take action today. “And you’d have Republicans coming down to the White House asking that to be partners on fixing …

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Mississippi Advances Ban On Abortion Ballot Measures

Mississippi Today reports: Mississippians would be prevented from placing an initiative on the ballot to change the state’s strict anti-abortion laws under a proposal passed Wednesday by the House of Representatives. House Concurrent Resolution 11, which is still several legislative steps from becoming law, would give citizens the ability to gather signatures to propose new state laws or change existing …

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