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The Denver Gazette reports: Silt Police Chief Mike Kite confirmed to The Denver Gazette that “Boebert and her ex-husband, Jayson, were involved” and said that there is surveillance video from the restaurant, as well as 911 dispatch records, though that information was not released because Saturday’s incident is an ongoing investigation. “We are treating this case no differently than we …

From the Heritage Foundation’s Daily Signal: “We believe that there were easily 200 FBI undercover assets operating in the crowd, outside the Capitol, embedded into groups that entered the Capitol or provoked entry of the Capitol,” Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., said. Higgins appeared on the Tucker Carlson Network for an interview that aired Saturday, the third anniversary of the day …

The Hill reports: Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), the House Republican Conference Chair, joined former President Trump on Monday in calling for Austin’s resignation. “This concerning lack of transparency exemplifies a shocking lack of judgment and a significant national security threat,” she said in a statement. “There must be full accountability beginning with the immediate resignation of Secretary Austin and those …

NBC News reports: House Republicans on the Judiciary and Oversight on Monday released their report recommending that the president’s son Hunter Biden be held in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to appear for a closed-door transcribed interview as part of their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The Oversight and Judiciary Committees also released the resolutions that will …

Orlando’s NBC affiliate reports: A senator in Florida is pushing a bill that would make it more difficult to vote by mail. Currently, people who want to vote by mail in the state of Florida simply register to vote and request a mail-in ballot. However, Senate Bill 1752, filed by state Sen. Blaise Ingolia, would change that system with one …

The Associated Press reports: The Republican Party of Florida is scheduled to hold a special meeting Monday to vote on removing Chairman Christian Ziegler and select a new leader as police investigate a rape accusation against him. Beyond the rape accusation, there is another troublesome element for the party. Under DeSantis, Florida has stripped rights away from LGBTQ+ Floridians and …

The Denver Post reports: The Silt Police Department is investigating a Saturday night incident at a restaurant involving U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and her ex-husband Jayson Boebert. In a statement to The Denver Post from her campaign manager, Boebert said, “This is a sad situation for all that keeps escalating and another reason I’m moving. I didn’t punch Jayson in …

The Washington Post reports: Congressional leaders reached a $1.66 trillion agreement Sunday to finance the federal government in 2024, preserving funding for key domestic and social safety net programs in the face of GOP demands to cut the government’s budget. Now lawmakers are up against a stiff deadline to pass legislation to codify the deal and avert a partial government …

The Hill reports: Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Sunday pushed back against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)’s claim she considered signing an amicus brief on overturning the 2020 election results, noting she was only in communication with Johnson about the brief. In an interview that aired earlier Sunday with CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Johnson told moderator Margaret Brennan he …

The Daily Beast reports: On Saturday night, three years to the day after supporters of Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol building, election objecting Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is the subject of an active police investigation into an alleged physical altercation with her ex-husband, Jayson Boebert, at a restaurant in her district Saturday night. According to the aide, on Saturday, …

Mediaite reports: Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) would not commit to certifying the results of the 2024 election in a stunning NBC interview on Sunday. NBC anchor Kristen Welker put the question directly to the New York congresswoman during a tense showdown on Meet the Press. “Would you vote to certify, and will you vote to certify the results of the …

The Messenger reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., walked a fine line between criticizing and defending language by former President Donald Trump attacking immigrants for “poisoning the blood” of the nation. Johnson, who prides himself on being a devout Christian, told “Face the Nation” news host Margaret Brennan on CBS in an interview Sunday that Trump’s invective is not “language …

NBC News reports: A top Republican official in Missouri is threatening to remove President Joe Biden from appearing on the ballot as retaliation for the determination in two other states that Donald Trump doesn’t qualify because he “engaged in insurrection.” “What has happened in Colorado & Maine is disgraceful & undermines our republic,” Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wrote …

The Detroit News reports: A group of Michigan Republicans voted Saturday afternoon in Oakland County to remove Kristina Karamo as chairwoman of the party, but Karamo has said she won’t recognize their meeting. A video from inside the meeting, which wasn’t open to the media, showed the Republicans who had gathered cheering once it was announced that Karamo had been …

Mediaite reports: On Saturday, three years to the day after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol because they had been convinced by Trump that the election was stolen, Ramaswamy posted to X: “Happy Entrapment Day.” In his 2022 book Nation of Victims, Ramaswamy tore into Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the consequences of …

“This was [the Iowa shooter] somebody who was really hopped up on this gender ideology and you saw it in the profile, you know, the media doesn’t want to talk a lot about that because it doesn’t fit their narrative. “Unfortunately, what you find through all this is like, I mean, the left will use some of this mental health …

Bridge Michigan reports: The Michigan Republican Party, under embattled Chair Kristina Karamo, is considering a plan that would effectively end primary elections by authorizing party insiders to select nominees for most political offices. The “Better Political Representation” motion, slated for a potential state committee vote at a Jan. 13 meeting called by Karamo, was announced Saturday in a video that …

NBC News reports: Dramatic, newly released video shot by a Jan. 6 rioter shows the confrontation between two Republican members of Congress and Capitol rioters trying to breach the main door into the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives. The videos show rioters staring down the barrels of guns through broken glass as they tried to force their way …

Florida Politics reports: Legislation filed late Friday would prohibit minors in Florida from having social media accounts. Fiona McFarland, a Sarasota Republican, filed the legislation (HB 1). Of note, the designation of HB 1 is normally held for priority legislation for House leadership. As written, the bill would require tech companies to enact reasonable age verification methods, prevent anyone under …

The Messenger reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., was fined $12,000 after the Federal Election Commission determined she illegally fundraised for the Stop Socialism Now PAC, which is aligned with Greene, according to a conciliation agreement made public Friday. The fine was levied over online ads for the super PAC in which Greene asks for donations to finance the Georgia …