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Newsmax host Rob Finnerty: “I’m wondering if you think that the Trump administration should seriously look at moving the Olympics to a red city where you know things are gonna be run properly, like a city in Florida, maybe Miami, or maybe Dallas in Texas, or maybe a city in your home state of Ohio? I’m not convinced that California …

Politico reports: Pete Hegseth has won over Sen. Joni Ernst. The Iowa senator said Tuesday she will be voting to confirm Hegseth to the next Defense secretary, a crucial endorsement for a nomination that seemed to be on shaky ground a few weeks ago. Ernst told an Iowa radio show that said the former Fox News host was able to …

“With the absurd catastrophic policies they’ve put in place, California is a disaster. Those same people weren’t concerned about the people in North Carolina or the people in Florida who we’ve tried to help. “So this is really important though, they’ve caused this problem. These people are obstructionists. They also, by the way, tried to cap insurance under Proposition 103. …

The House side of Congress also saw fireworks today: The House Oversight Committee went off the rails on Tuesday as Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) fumed at Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) for using the term “child” in reference to her, resulting in Mace asking the Texas Democrat if “she wants to take it outside.” Mace jumped in and said, “I am …

Raw Story reports: During a Tuesday confirmation hearing for defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, Sen. Eric Schmitt complained about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in the military. “This stuff is insane,” Schmitt said after claiming that “5,800 white officers” would be fired if the Air Force had quotas. “And people wonder why recruiting is dropped off.” “They’ve lowered their …

Axios reports: Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has been making calls and telling people she is likely to make a bid for governor, D.C. and Tennessee sources tell Axios. Blackburn would be a formidable contender in the 2026 gubernatorial race. She would be running to be the first female governor in the state’s history. State and federal elected officials have been …

“There’s a lot of senators here I wouldn’t have on my board because there’s no qualifications except your age and you’ve got to be living in the state and you’re a citizen of the United States to be a senator. How many senators have showed up drunk to vote at night? Have any of you guys asked them to step …

The Hill reports: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Tuesday that flags will fly at full-staff at the Capitol on the day of President-elect Trump’s inauguration and then will be lowered back to half-staff to honor the late President Jimmy Carter’s death last month. “On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country …

Alabama Politics reports: Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday ordered flags at the state capitol and state offices be returned to full staff on Jan. 20 in honor of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump to office. The flags are currently flying at half-staff as the nation mourns the death of former President Jimmy Carter, and President Joe Biden ordered that …

“Let me give you an example of how really stupid this is. The Reagan Library had goats that ate the shrubs and when they had a big fire in the Simi Valley, it didn’t get to the library. Because all of the shrubs that would’ve caught fire had been eaten by the goats. Laguna Beach right now has the same …

“They got 40 million people in that state and they vote in these imbeciles in office, and they continue to do it. And it’s just a very small part of them in that state that’s doing it. If you go to California, you run into a lot of Republicans, a lot of good people. And I hate it for them. …

CBS News reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has directed that American flags on state property be flown at full staff to mark President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week, bypassing the national mourning period for former President Jimmy Carter. The move has sparked both praise and criticism on social media. On Dec. 29, President Biden ordered flags across the country to …

“We’ve got to have a serious conversation about that. Obviously, there has been water resource mismanagement, forest management mistakes, all sorts of problems. And it does come down to leadership. And it appears to us that state and local leaders were derelict in their duty and in many respects. “So that’s something that has to be factored in. I think …

The editorial board of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Gov. Ron DeSantis needs to work his way back into Donald Trump’s good graces. To do that, he will call the state Legislature into a special session on Jan. 27 to help Trump carry out “the largest deportation program in American history.” To that end, DeSantis needs new laws to force county …

Axios reports: House Republicans on Monday introduced a bill that would allow President-elect Trump to enter into negotiations with Denmark to acquire Greenland. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) is introducing the two-page “Make Greenland Great Again Act.” It’s the latest in a series of proposed Republican legislation to bring Trump’s vision of a new, sprawling American empire to fruition. Rep. Marjorie …

The Meidas Touch reports: As wildfires rage across California, a number of the state’s Republican lawmakers have drawn criticism for abandoning their the state during the crisis, opting instead to join Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. The entire California House Delegation was there except David Valadao who voted to impeach Trump after January 6th. Instead of coordinating aid, offering a presence, …

“When you see what’s being shown on television, in addition to the tragedy on the ground, you’re also seeing gross mismanagement in California by elected officials, and it’s heartbreaking to hear the fire chief say that they’ve diverted all of this money away from the fire department to be used for social programs when they were already stretched too thin. …

Bloomberg News reports: Vice President-elect JD Vance tempered his boss’s promise to pardon all the protesters involved in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, saying those who behaved violently should “obviously” not receive pardons. Five people died as a result of the violence and the hundreds injured included 174 police officers. “If you protested peacefully on January 6, …

Via press release from GOP Rep. Cory Mills: Today, Congressman Cory Mills (FL-07) sent a letter to congressional leaders in both chambers, urging them to exercise their authority and raise the U.S. flags at the Capitol to full-staff on the morning of January 20, 2025, in honor of the 60th Presidential Inauguration. This gesture would recognize the historic occasion while …

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Rep. Cory Mills intends to run for U.S. Senate in 2026 — even if he is not named to the post by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The New Smyrna Beach Republican told the press on Saturday he doesn’t know when DeSantis will appoint a successor to U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of …