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The Indianapolis Star reports: During a committee hearing Wednesday about Senate Bill 167, a wide-ranging bill inspired by the national discourse over critical race theory, history teacher Matt Bockenfeld raised concerns about what the bill would require of teachers. “For example, it’s the second semester of U.S. history, so we’re learning about the rise of fascism and the rise of …

The Associated Press reports: A former Michigan legislative leader on Friday denied allegations that he raped his future sister-in-law starting when she was 14 or 15, saying they had a sexual relationship for years but that both were consenting adults. Lee Chatfield, a Republican who led the House in 2019 and 2020, has had multiple extramarital affairs including with his …

CNN reports: South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, announced Saturday he is running for re-election in 2022. “I’ve always promised that I would do the work, even when it was hard, uncomfortable, or unpopular. That work continues, which is why after careful consideration and prayer, and with the support of my family, I’m asking …

From the editorial board of the Kansas City Star: We asked weight loss experts, and people who have lost large amounts of weight themselves, whether it’s possible to lose 90 pounds in six months simply by eating better and hitting a humble home gym for half an hour five or six times a week. Their response? Absolutely not, almost certainly …

Mediaite reports: The Texas Republican Party put out an odd message on Twitter Friday that immediately sparked a wave of criticism. The tweet read, “If you can wait in line for a covid test, you can wait in line to vote.” The Texas GOP employees behind the account took note of the fast reaction to the tweet and followed up …

Yahoo News reports: A Florida official admitted Thursday that as many as 1 million COVID-19 test kits expired in a state warehouse over the last few days of December while coronavirus cases were skyrocketing and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said nothing about the health crisis. Kevin Guthrie, director of the state Division of Emergency Management, made the startling revelation about …

Florida Politics reports: Military men like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis know the actual meaning of the phrase “Charlie Foxtrot,” and while the precise translation isn’t suitable for a family publication, it worked just fine as a title for a fundraising email from the Governor’s re-election campaign. From there, DeSantis lumped the Capitol rioters in with the mainstream conservative movement: “The …

The Texas Tribune reports: A planned San Antonio charter school was on the verge of winning final approval from the Texas Education Agency last August when a final set of requests arrived. Among them: The school needed to scrub its website and application of a quote by “How to Be an Antiracist” author Ibram X. Kendi. In documents obtained by …

The New York Times reports: Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia said he would ask the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for authorization to begin offering fourth doses of a coronavirus vaccine to residents. At a news conference, Mr. Justice, a Republican, said he wanted to start offering fourth doses to people 50 and older, as well as to …

The Associated Press reports: Two county commissioners in central Florida were suspended from office Thursday, several weeks after being arrested and charged with lying during an investigation of possible Sunshine Law violations. Gov. Ron DeSantis issued two executive orders to remove Sumter County commissioners Oren Miller and Gary Search from their elected offices until their criminal cases are resolved, in …

The New York Post reports: America isn’t just seeing less of Mike Pompeo because the Trump administration is no longer in the White House. We are seeing less of the former secretary of state because there is literally less of him — 90 pounds, to be exact. The former director of the CIA has faced a lot of challenging situations …

The Associated Press reports: A judge said Thursday he will fine Cyber Ninjas, the contractor that led Arizona Republicans’ 2020 election review, $50,000 a day if the firm doesn’t immediately turn over public records related to the unprecedented inquiry. The judge found Cyber Ninjas in contempt for its failure to turn over documents, which two Maricopa County judges and the …

Todd Heywood reports at Lansing City Pulse: The sister-in-law of former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield has filed a criminal complaint against him with the Lansing Police Department for allegedly sexually assaulting her beginning when she was a teenager attending his church and the associated Christian school. A city spokesman said today that the city has transferred the matter to …

The DCist reports: Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) says he plans to introduce a bill that would overturn a vaccine mandate for school kids in D.C., which is more than 1,100 miles from the border of the state he actually represents in the U.S. Senate. “These mandates, we’re seeing them all over the place. You know, we’re seeing them in schools. …

The Washington Post reports: Georgia Republicans planned to spend the anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol praying — not just for those killed or hurt during the Jan. 6 riot but also or the “‘J6 Prisoners” and “J6 Patriots” who stormed the building in a futile attempt to keep President Donald Trump in power. But after bipartisan blowback, …

The Hill reports: Former Vice President Dick Cheney accompanied his daughter Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) to the Capitol for events marking anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and expressed disappointment with GOP leadership. “It’s not a leadership that resembles any of the folks I knew when I was here for 10 years,” Dick Cheney told reporters after …

Mediaite reports: Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) wasted no time ripping Joe Biden for his speech remembering Jan. 6, accusing the president of “brazen politicization.” Graham disagreed with the tenor of Biden’s speech, which he blasted in a tweet that somehow invoked the Taliban. This, of course, is very different from what Graham said a year ago [clip below] on the …

Florida Politics reports: Two members of Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ staff on Wednesday compared a Jacksonville protester — who made a nonviolent stand refusing to leave a press conference — with the rioters last year who battered their way into the U.S. Capitol killing one police officer and injuring scores of others. DeSantis Press Secretary Christina Pushaw and another member of …

Mediaite reports: One year after the violent and deadly attack on the Capitol Building, somber reflection will be a programming staple for many news media outlets. Viewers of Fox News, however, will likely see the most damning criticism of that day because of a paid advertisement from the Republican Accountability Project. The supercut shows leading Republican members of Congress — …

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Democratic lawmakers in Orlando and Jacksonville are seeking an audit of Florida Power & Light, following Orlando Sentinel reports revealing ties between the utility giant and the operatives who orchestrated the “ghost” candidate scandal in last year’s state Senate elections. Records recently obtained by the Sentinel showed the consultants who controlled Grow United Inc., the dark-money …