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The Hill reports: GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has decided to capitalize on former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley’s “scum” comments by selling merchandise on his website. Ramaswamy, 38, called out Haley’s daughter during the third GOP presidential primary debate on Wednesday in Miami for using TikTok, after the former South Carolina governor “made fun” of him for joining it …

The Jewish Chronicle reports: Jackson Hinkle has been banned from WhatsApp, YouTube, Paypal, and Twitch for spreading misinformation and become one of the most viral users on X/Twitter. Or, as he sees it, he has been silenced by a “corrupt cabal of elite leadership who will do anything to silence independent voices”. Hinkle recently pivoted to Twitter, banking on Elon …

The Associated Press reports: A Texas judge has denied a Republican effort to overturn election results in the nation’s third-most populous county, a Democratic stronghold that’s been beset by GOP efforts to dictate how ballots are cast. A losing GOP candidate in a November judicial race had filed a lawsuit calling for a new election in her contest in Harris …

The Meidas Touch reports: Days after Ohio voters passed Issue 1 and codified abortion rights into Ohio’s constitution, Republicans are not accepting the election results. In a new, unhinged press release issued by the Ohio House Republican Committee, GOP members rant that “foreign billionaires” impacted the election results and call the results tainted by so-called “foreign interference.” It is unclear …

“It’s no fun to be lied about and maligned and misquoted. You faced that in your time in service and [in your] career as well. I’ve got a resilient little team here [in my] family. I’m blessed. Kelly is a woman of strong faith. She knows she believes God called us to this. “And so she’s being sustained by the …

Rolling Stone reports: The flag — which Rolling Stone has confirmed hangs outside his district office in the Cannon House Office Building — is white with a simple evergreen tree in the center and the phrase “An Appeal to Heaven” at the top. Historically, this flag was a Revolutionary War banner, commissioned by George Washington as a naval flag for …

Newsweek reports: A Florida state representative, identified online as Republican Michelle Salzman, has gone viral on social media for shouting “all of them” after being asked how many dead Palestinians will be enough. The politician was responding to a speech calling for a ceasefire from Democrat Rep. Angie Nixon. Speaking in the Florida Senate a visibly emotional Nixon asked: “We …

The Messenger reports: Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has brought his quarrel with ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to the big screen in a documentary-style short film titled “Gaveled Out: Return of the People’s House,” which he posted to X on Friday. The 13-minute movie starts in January with McCarthy’s difficult election to the speakership where he was shown asking …

Roll Call reports: Rep. Brad Wenstrup, an Ohio podiatric surgeon representing what is considered a safe Republican Cincinnati-area seat in Congress, announced late Thursday that he will retire at the end of this term. In a nearly three-and-a-half-minute video, Wenstrup, the chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, vowed to “run through the tape” before he leaves Congress, …

From the event’s website: Republicans Overseas France and Republicans Overseas Worldwide will organize the first Worldwide Freedom Initiative (WFI) on November 10, 2023 in the heart of Paris, France that will be like no other conference in Europe. We will have the great honor to host dignitaries from the USA, Europe and other continents. WFI has the basic goal of …

NBC News reports: Rep. Elise Stefanik, the House GOP conference chair, has filed a judicial ethics complaint against the judge presiding over the New York civil fraud case against Donald Trump, accusing Judge Arthur Engoron of “weaponized law fare” against the former president, and calling on the judge to recuse himself. Engoron had exhibited “clear judicial bias” against Trump, including …

The Associated Press reports: A North Carolina congressional candidate who narrowly lost in the state’s only U.S. House swing district in 2022 is running in 2024 for a seat in another part of the state. Republican Bo Hines on Thursday filed candidacy papers with federal elections officials and released a video for his bid in the 6th Congressional District. The …

“What you have here is so clearly, visibly a bunch of people who are crooks. I mean, this isn’t a complicated case. Joe Biden and his family are collectively the Sopranos of New Jersey — I mean, of Delaware. They’re clearly crooks, and you have to start with that. The minute you say to yourself, ‘could this be an episode …

The Daily Beast reports: After Rep. Lauren Boebert helped get Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene kicked out of the House Freedom Caucus over the summer, Greene has been on a payback mission against her former friend-turned-nemesis. And after a date at Beetlejuice The Musical turned into a national conversation about groping, Greene has resorted to a playbook familiar to any woman …

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Thursday filed a motion calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. southern border. The resolution is privileged, which means the House has to move on it within 48 business hours. Greene said she expects a vote next week. Impeaching …

CNN has the transcript: Raju: [Rep.] Matt Gaetz [(R-FL)], you’ve been mentioning a lot. How much would the Republican Party benefit if he were no longer a member of the House, in your opinion? McCarthy: Oh, tremendously. I mean, people have to earn the right to be here, and I just think… I mean, he’ll admit to you personally he …

Florida Politics reports: HB 395, filed by Rep. Dean Black of Jacksonville, proposes state “protection of historical monuments and memorials” and authorizes “all actions to protect and preserve all historical monuments and memorials from removal, damage, or destruction.” The bill would punish local lawmakers and officials who voted to remove such memorials, authorizing a fine of the costs of replacing …

The Atlantic reports: It wasn’t clear at first why Peter Thiel agreed to talk to me. He is, famously, no friend of the media But the impetus for these conversations? He wanted me to publish a promise he was going to make, so that he would not be tempted to go back on his word. And what was that thing …

The Hill reports: House Republicans on Thursday pulled their annual financial services and general government funding bill amid divisions on abortion-related provisions and FBI funding. It was the second time in a week GOP leaders opted to punt a vote on a funding bill over divisions within the party. Some moderate Republicans came out in opposition against language seeking to …

The Daily Beast reports: House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-KY) on Wednesday subpoenaed President Joe Biden’s brother, James Biden, who Comer has implicated in unsubstantiated allegations of “shady business practices” in the Biden family. Comer has in particular been trying to make hay out of two personal loan repayments from James Biden to his brother, for $40,000 and $200,000—with …