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Newsweek reports: Ted Cruz has hit out at Nancy Pelosi and branded the January 6 commission a “sham” in a Twitter attack. The firebrand Republican Senator called out the Democrat House Speaker as she prepares a panel to examine the cause of the riot at the U.S. Capitol and how to avoid repeat scenes. Sen. Cruz said in the tweet, …

“Now that vaccines are open to everyone and information expertise are everywhere, why does it matter how many COVID cases we have in this country? “Now that we all have a choice in how to handle our personal health including vaccines, distancing, masks, why do we need the president of the United States and Facebook to shut us down and …

CNN Business reports: Tucker Carlson has called the idea of vaccine passports the medical equivalent of “Jim Crow” laws. And other Fox News personalities have spent months both trafficking in anti-vaccine rhetoric and assailing the concept of showing proof of vaccination status. But Fox Corporation, the right-wing talk channel’s parent company, has quietly implemented the concept of a vaccine passport …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis said he supports demonstrators showing support for the protests in Cuba, but he does not support those demonstrators blocking major South Florida thoroughfares. Demonstrators supporting the protests in Cuba marched to Miami’s Palmetto Expressway Tuesday, where several of them sat down in the roadway. Traffic was eventually blocked in both directions. “We can’t have …

The Associated Press reports: Demonstrators expressing solidarity with the thousands of Cubans who waged a rare weekend of protests around their island nation shut down a stretch of a major South Florida expressway Tuesday. The large group gathered at a busy Miami intersection chanting support for the Cubans, who had taken to the streets of several communities around the communist …

The Hill reports: After Texas Democrats flew to D.C. Monday to deny GOP the quorum they need to vote in a special legislative session, Cruz was said the “political stunt” was “ironic” given Democratic opposition to voter ID measures. “As they were getting on their private jet to fly to Washington D.C., they almost surely had to show identification to …

Mediaite reports: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy blasted Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan for a congressional commission to investigated the events leading up to, during, and after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, calling it the least bipartisan commission ever. This may come as a surprise, however, to anyone who recalls how McCarthy led a successful Republican effort to …

West Virginia Metro News reports: A West Virginia delegate who sponsored a bill forbidding the teaching of sexuality in public schools went viral on social media with a video of an explicit discussion of advice for women receiving oral sex. Delegate Joe Jeffries, R-Putnam, posted the video on Tiktok, a social media platform popular among youth that features short-form videos. …

Politico reports: J.D. Vance, the bestselling author and a Republican Senate hopeful, said on Monday that he regretted his since-deleted Twitter posts that criticized Donald Trump, amid accusations of flip-flopping as he vies for a seat in Ohio. Now, as he runs for office, Vance has shifted toward a pro-Trump position, recently visiting the former president in Florida in hopes …

Two weeks ago in his speech to the right wing Faith & Freedom conference, Sen. Marco Rubio claimed that Democrats want to silence dissent. Marxists don’t tolerate dissent. They do not tolerate dissent. If you speak out in Marxist societies, you go to jail, you go into exile, some were executed. In new Marxism, if you speak out, you get …

Talking Points Memo reports: No cancel culture or censorship to see here! Just a state official bragging about having a book event cancelled because the work in question challenged his beliefs about history. Well, okay, maybe a little censorship: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) on Friday openly bragged about ordering the cancellation of a book talk at a state …

Via press release from GOP Sen. Josh Hawley: Ahead of President Biden’s Wednesday address on the spiking crime throughout America, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) rolled out his own legislative agenda to hire 100,000 new police officers, boost police morale, and keep American families safe. As violent crime continues to plague the country, communities and law enforcement officers are under siege. …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas’ main power grid struggled to keep up with the demand for electricity Monday, prompting the operator to ask Texans to conserve power until Friday. The conservation request comes at a time of heightened anxiety around electricity following the state’s catastrophic February power outages that left millions without power for days. Those outages that were prompted …

Florida Politics reports: Twitter on Monday suspended Rebekah Jones, a former Department of Health data curator who made national headlines after being fired from the department for insubordination from its platform. While it is unclear why Twitter suspended the account, the social media giant typically sidelines accounts after they violate “Twitter rules.” The DeSantis administration released a statement applauding the …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump praised Democratic Senator Joe Manchin for refusing calls to nuke the filibuster, as Democrats face a Republican blockade against Joe Biden’s agenda and legislation on voting rights, infrastructure, gun control and other critical issues. “It’s a very important thing,” the former president told Fox Business Network on Monday. “He’s doing the right thing, and it’s …

Raw Story reports: Republican Party Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel Wednesday evening posted a tweet wishing the LGBTQ community “Happy #PrideMonth.” It did not go over well. The GOP has been at war with the LGBTQ community at every turn, and considerably ramped up their attacks this year. “2021 has officially surpassed 2015 as the worst year for anti-LGBTQ legislation in recent …

Playbook reports: Twitter removed a tweet from ’80s pop singer Richard Marx for violating its rules after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said it encouraged violence against him. (The tweet came days before someone sent a suspicious package with white powder to the senator’s home in Kentucky.) But that hasn’t stopped Marx from spreading the message in his original tweet — …

Mediaite reports: Senator Josh Hawley is convinced that he is being censored, silenced, and canceled by both the liberal media AND what he derisively calls “Big Tech.” This, despite the fact he is a frequent guest on Fox News, is heard speaking publicly at many Senate hearings in which he participates, oh and he now has one of the best …

CNN reports: New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, one of former President Donald Trump’s loudest defenders in Congress, once harshly attacked Trump over both his rhetoric and policies, claiming that she’d be an “independent voice.” Stefanik also frequently criticized Trump’s rhetoric, saying in one January 2016 interview, “Unfortunately, it’s tapping into the fear today of our security situation.” She added, “I …

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