Tag Archives: GOP

FL Only State To Decline Food Aid For Poor Children

Florida Politics reports: Florida Democrats are piling on Gov. Ron DeSantis with demands he reverse his “appalling” decision not to reenlist the state in a pandemic-era program to bring federal food aid to 2.1 million children from low-income homes. Through his inaction, they said, DeSantis is blocking Florida’s neediest families from getting about $820 million in child food aid, which …

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Christie Begs Republicans To Face Up To 2020 Election Loss: Don’t “Tie Our Future To A Pile Of Lies” [VIDEO]

Forbes reports: Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, an erstwhile ally of former President Donald Trump, on Thursday tore into the ex-president’s political movement and baseless claims of election fraud, urging the Republicans to break with “the conspiracy theorists and the truth deniers” in their ranks. Christie said during an appearance at the Ronald Reagan Library that the GOP needs …

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Kentucky Ends Statewide Mask Mandate For Schools

The Associated Press reports: Kentucky lawmakers, many not wearing masks, voted Thursday to scrap a statewide mask mandate in public schools and shifted masking decisions to local school boards, acting in a special session as the state’s worst COVID-19 surge threatens to overwhelm hospitals. Gov. Andy Beshear responded late Thursday night by vetoing portions of the bill nullifying mask mandates …

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GOP Governors Vow To Defy Biden’s New Mandates

Fox News reports: Republican members of Congress and state governors were appalled by news Thursday that President Joe Biden will force employers with more than 100 workers to require coronavirus vaccinations or test employees weekly, vowing to block the new policy and terming it unconstitutional. The mandate, which is expected to affect as many as 100 million Americans in an …

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Sen. Rand Paul Calls For Jailing Fauci For Five Years

Mediaite reports: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said Wednesday he believed Dr. Anthony Fauci should receive up to “five years in jail” for allegedly lying in his testimony to Congress. “It’s a felony punishable by five years in jail,” Paul said in an evening interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. “I don’t think Biden Department of Justice will do anything …

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Court Blocks Florida’s “Run Over Protesters” Law

Miami’s ABC News affiliate reports: A Florida judge has blocked enforcement of Florida Gov. DeSantis’ controversial “anti-riot bill,” calling it unconstitutionally vague and potentially “a trap for the innocent.” A federal lawsuit challenging the controversial law signed by Gov. DeSantis was filed back in May, a month after he signed HB1 into law. The lawsuit, filed by multiple civil rights …

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Spicer Claims He’ll Sue Biden For Firing Him [VIDEO]

The Insider reports: Sean Spicer, a former White House press secretary, said he planned to sue President Joe Biden over a demand that Spicer and others resign from positions at US military academies given to them by President Donald Trump. “I will not be submitting my resignation, and I will be joining a lawsuit to fight this,” Spicer said on …

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Woman In Gorilla Mask Hurls Egg At Elder [VIDEO]

The Los Angeles Times reports: Larry Elder’s scheduled tour of homeless encampments in Venice ended shortly after it began Wednesday morning, with the leading Republican in the gubernatorial recall race hastily exiting in an SUV after being angrily confronted by a group of homeless people and advocates. Elder — who had arrived in his new “Recall Express” campaign bus shortly …

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GOP West Virginia Gov Rages At Anti-Vaxxers: For God’s Sake, How Difficult Is This To Understand? [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: Justice’s exasperation has continued to grow this week, including when it comes to conspiracy theories about vaccination — like that it implants microchips in people. “For God’s sakes a livin’, how difficult is this to understand?” he said Wednesday. “Why in the world do we have to come up with these crazy ideas — and they’re …

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Cultist Reps Haven’t Committed To Rally For Rioters

CNN reports: Law enforcement officials are bracing for potential clashes and unrest during an upcoming right-wing rally in Washington, DC, as violent rhetoric surrounding the September 18 event has increased online and counter protests are being planned for the same day, according to an internal Capitol Police memo reviewed by CNN. The event organizer, a former Trump campaign staffer, has …

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Ron DeSantis: “Other States Are Copying Us” On COVID

Newsweek reports: Florida governor Ron DeSantis has dismissed speculation of a presidential run, although a recent poll has shown that in any case, he would be comfortably beaten in a hypothetical face-off with President Joe Biden in 2024. During a press conference to promote the opening of a monoclonal antibody treatment center in St Cloud, Osceola County, DeSantis tried to …

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Arizona Threatens To Defund Tucson Over Vax Mandate

Courthouse News reports: The city of Tucson on Tuesday paused a policy of requiring employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 after the state attorney general said the mandate was illegal. “I believe that the city vaccine policy is an important and necessary step to protect our staff and the community,” said City Manager Michael Ortega. “Until we have a better …

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Texas Governor To “Eliminate All Rapists” So That Rape Victims Won’t Be Forced To Carry Their Rapists’ Babies

Houston’s NBC News affiliate reports: Texas Governor Greg Abbott weighed in on a burning question related to the state’s recently passed bill banning abortions after six weeks: what about victims of rape? During a Tuesday press conference, Abbott said the law gives rape victims up to six weeks to get abortion and thusly “does not do that [force victims to …

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TX Gov Signs Sweeping Voter Suppression Bill Into Law

The Texas Tribune reports: Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed into law Senate Bill 1, sweeping legislation that further tightens state election laws and constrains local control of elections by limiting counties’ ability to expand voting options. The governor’s signature ends months of legislative clashes and standoffs during which Democrats — propelled by concerns that the legislation raises new barriers …

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Cultist Reps Send Complaint Letter To Wrong Tech Exec In An Attempt To Thwart Investigation Into Capitol Riot

Forbes reports: A group of 11 right-wing Republican lawmakers mistakenly sent a letter addressed to the former CEO of Yahoo in an effort to pressure the company not to comply with a records request from the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot. The letter, first reported by Forbes, was sent to Marissa Mayer, who resigned as CEO of the …

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Caitlyn Jenner Backs Texas’s “Decision” To Ban Abortion

“I am for a woman’s right to choose. I am also for a state having the ability to make their own laws. So I support Texas in that decision, that’s their decision. “But as far as being a woman’s right to choose, I don’t see any changes in our laws in California in the future. “I think that they have …

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Abortion Snitch Line Booted Offline For Second Time

The Washington Post reports: Texas Right to Life’s website, ProLifeWhistleblower.com, which invited people to inform on those obtaining or facilitating abortions, has not stayed up for long, as website registration providers have said the online form to submit “whistleblower” reports violates their rules. On Monday, the organization confirmed that the website redirects to its main page as it seeks to …

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Florida Stops Reporting COVID Deaths By County

The Palm Beach Post reports: For those wanting to know how many people are dying every day in their own communities – good luck. The state of Florida won’t say. Nor will most local public health officials. At least one county acknowledged it doesn’t know. Federal websites show either incomplete or inconsistent data for Florida’s counties. We know that Florida …

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POLL: Half Of Texas Disapproves Of Gov. Greg Abbott

Austin’s NBC News affiliate reports: New polling from the Texas Politics Project asked voters whether they thought the state was headed in the right direction. Just 35% of those polls said yes, 52% said they thought Texas was on the wrong track. “This is really an eye-opener for us,” said Jim Henson, executive director of the Texas Politics Project at …

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Larry Elder Sets Stage For Stolen Election Claims

Fox News reports: Larry Elder charges that the 2020 presidential election was full of “shenanigans” and says he worried about potential voting irregularities in the Sept. 14 California recall election of embattled Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. “The 2020 election, in my opinion, was full of shenanigans. And my fear is they’re going to try that in this election right here …

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