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CNN reports: GOP Rep. Jim Banks lamented on the House floor that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi prevented him from serving on the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol on Thursday. And yet, Banks sent a letter to at least one government agency falsely claiming that he is ranking member of the committee in his signature. …

The Daily Beast reports: J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy and Republican Senate candidate currently running to replace Rob Portman, thoroughly embarrassed himself on Twitter Friday morning when he used to tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins to bootlick former President Donald Trump. The implication was that America “needs” to hear Trump’s unvarnished thoughts about his comedy nemesis accidentally killing …

Mediaite reports: A House Republican ended his floor speech Thursday by using a euphemism widely understood to mean “Fuck Joe Biden.” “People are understandably frustrated,” said Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL), in comments trashing the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. “Actually, they’re very angry. And they’re not going to sit back and take it much longer.” Indeed, Posey’s anger manifested itself with …

Fox News reports: Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis tweeted out an updated version of the Florida state flag that was trending on social media after calling for a special session to ban local coronavirus vaccine mandates. “Don’t tread on Florida,” the flag reads with an alligator on the bottom paying tribute to the Gadsen [sic] flag that contains the message …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his counterpart from Missouri filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the Biden administration, claiming it broke the law by halting border wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border. “The Biden administration’s flat refusal to use funds that have already been set aside by Congress to build the border wall is not …

The Dallas Morning News reports: Nearly a year after offering up a hefty bounty for evidence of voter fraud in the wake of Donald Trump’s loss, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has handed out his first reward. But instead of going to an informant who smoked out fraud by Democrats, Patrick’s five-figure payout went to a progressive poll worker in Pennsylvania …

The Hill reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), tangled with two members of the Jan. 6 committee on the House floor Thursday, getting into an impromptu shouting match over Black Lives Matter and a wild conspiracy theory about space lasers starting California wildfires. Greene, a top Trump loyalist, crossed the aisle and approached Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Jamie Raskin …

Las Vegas’s CBS News affiliate reports: A Las Vegas man is accused of forging his dead wife’s signature on her ballot, mailing it in and then claiming it had been stolen. Donald “Kirk” Hartle, 55, faces two charges relating to the 2020 election, records showed. The charges come after an investigation from the Secretary of State’s Office, which investigates any …

The New York Times reports: A prominent Washington lobbyist close to Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader, is warning Republican political consultants that they must choose between working for Representative Liz Cheney or Mr. McCarthy, an ultimatum that marks the full rupture between the two House Republicans. Jeff Miller, the lobbyist and a confidant of Mr. McCarthy’s dating to their …

Vice News reports: At 9 p.m. every night, inmates in the so-called Patriot Wing of the D.C. Correctional Treatment Facility reportedly stand at attention and sing The Star-Spangled Banner. You can even listen, if you want, to an alleged recording of it on the website called The Patriot Freedom Project. Inmates had also started their own handwritten newsletter and passed …

Mediaite reports: Fox News host Lawrence Jones reported from a Leesburg, Virginia diner Thursday morning, and broke major news when he came across a student who revealed — live on camera — that he felt “attacked” by “woke teachers” who showed him “degrading” videos. In what is a remarkable coincidence, the student in question, William Shultz, is the son of …

Bloomberg News reports: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he is calling back the Republican-dominated state legislature to take action against employer Covid-19 vaccine mandates. Speaking Thursday in Clearwater, Florida, DeSantis said he wanted to block employers from firing workers over vaccination status. “That’s something that cannot wait until the regular legislative session next year,” DeSantis said. “It needs to happen …

The Texas Tribune reports: Oil and gas industry groups had a heavy hand in choosing representatives to serve on a council intended to ensure energy and electricity operations continue during extreme weather conditions, emails provided to The Texas Tribune and confirmed by the Texas Railroad Commission show. The February power outages caused the deaths of as many as 700 people, …

The Washington Post reports:  All the committee’s subpoenas: Of the 19 former Trump aides, advisers and rally organizers subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, only one — Steve Bannon — has so far refused to cooperate with the investigation. The House is expected to vote today on the resolution to hold Bannon in contempt. And …

“I thank the gentleman for yielding because I think someone may be trying to kill me and if they are successful I would like my constituents and my family to know who stopped their arrest. “Madame Speaker, on October 8th, 2021, a Twitter handle styled ‘CIABobIsAtYourDoor’ tweeted to @RepMattGaetz, ‘Lookie here pal, I live in Portland. Portland has ordered a …

Axios reports: “I talked to the president after the attack. I’ve been clear about that,” Jordan told the House Rules Committee while testifying against a resolution to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress. Jordan said he “did not speak to the president during the attack,” though minutes later conceded that he “may have talked to him before, I don’t …

Reuters reports: A bill aimed at thwarting restrictive new voting laws enacted in Republican-led states failed to advance in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, as Republican lawmakers blocked a Democratic effort to begin debating the measure. The Senate voted 49-51 to end debate on whether to bring up the bill, known as the Freedom to Vote Act, falling short of …

Politico reports: Mark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff, has brought on a top Republican lawyer to handle the House’s Jan. 6 investigation. Two people familiar with the matter told POLITICO that George Terwilliger, the deputy attorney general during the George H. W. Bush administration, is representing Meadows for the select committee’s inquiry into the Capitol attack. Terwilliger confirmed that …

The Hill reports: Las Vegas city councilwoman Michele Fiore (R) announced on Tuesday she is running for Nevada governor. In her launch video, Fiore shows a truck with a “Trump 2024” sticker and pulls out a gun to introduce her “three shot plan.” The plan is to ban vaccine mandates, ban critical race theory and stop voter fraud. Fiore came …

ABC News reports: U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska expects to be charged with lying to the FBI while federal agents were investigating campaign contributions funneled to him from a Nigerian billionaire, the nine-term Republican said as he proclaimed his innocence and promised to fight the charges. In a YouTube video posted Monday night, Fortenberry said he was “shocked” and …