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The Guardian reports: Rupert Murdoch loathes Donald Trump so much that the billionaire has not just soured on him as a presidential candidate but often wishes for his death, the author Michael Wolff writes in his eagerly awaited new book on the media mogul, The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty. According to Wolff, Murdoch, 92, …

Radio Iowa reports: Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis says Donald Trump’s recent statements on the abortion issue show the former president’s “values” are out of step with Iowa GOP voters. Trump said during an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the six week abortion ban DeSantis signed into law this spring was a terrible mistake. “Donald Trump may think …

The Insider reports: A conservative commentator has taken aim at US Rep. Lauren Boebert, calling her an “embarrassing bimbo” after she was kicked out of a Denver theater last week. Ann Coulter, a conservative pundit and writer, responded to news of the incident with a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, writing: “Totally embarrassing bimbo.” Former president Donald Trump’s …

The Texas Tribune reports: Hours after his acquittal in the Texas Senate, Attorney General Ken Paxton’s far-right supporters doubled down on their promises for swift retribution against fellow Republicans who supported his removal from office. In particular, they vowed a scorched-earth campaign against House Speaker Dade Phelan, casting him as the ringleader responsible for the impeachment process and calling for …

The Texas Tribune reports: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick broke his personal silence Saturday on Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment after the Senate voted for acquittal, blasting the House’s impeachment process as deeply flawed. “The speaker and his team rammed through the first impeachment of a statewide official in Texas in over 100 years while paying no attention to the precedent …

GOP Rep. Ken Buck writes for the Washington Post: The House is back in session, and Americans are getting an up-close look at Washington’s dysfunction. We are barreling toward a government shutdown without making progress on cutting our out-of-control spending. Yet Republican leadership has decided to divert attention to an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. What’s missing, despite years of …

“I know him well as a friend, as a former boss, I have great love and respect for him personally. But everything that you just said resonates with me as exactly why I simply can’t support him for elected office again. “Why I have chosen to distance is because of that, frankly, malignant narcissistic tendency to simply say that he’s …

The Hill reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Thursday dubbed the House Freedom Caucus the “burn-it-all-down caucus,” a swipe at the conservative group that ousted her from its ranks over the summer. “I’m not a member of the burn-it-all-down caucus anymore,” Greene told reporters. “I’m a greatly, very happily a free agent and I want to do my job …

The Messenger reports: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Thursday dared members from his own party who have been threatening to oust him to bring a motion to vacate to the House floor. According to a source in the room during a House Republican Conference meeting Thursday morning, the speaker said he’s not scared of the motion, which — if …

“I am the most investigated man in the entire Congress. And right there you saw Kevin McCarthy lying like a dead dog, because I have never asked him to interfere in any ethics matter. “That is an abject lie from a sad and pathetic man who lies to hold on to power. He lied to get power in January when …

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was easily re-elected last November, but now establishment RINOS are trying to undo that Election with a shameful impeachment of him. Who would replace Paxton, one of the TOUGHEST & BEST Attorney Generals in the Country? Could it be a Democrat, or even worse, a RINO? The voters have …

NBC News reports: Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., a member of the hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus, dismissed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comments on a timeline for an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden as “absurd” during an interview on “Inside with Jen Psaki” on Sunday. In a video posted online last month, Greene said she won’t support any measure to …

Politico reports: Kevin McCarthy is facing the greatest peril to his speakership since he clawed his way into the job eight months ago, with multiple factions of his party feuding and a looming revolt ahead during the battle to fund the government. Ultra-conservative members of the House GOP are talking in unsubtle terms about turning on McCarthy if he does …

The Hill reports: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R ) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) campaign are both pushing back on former President Trump’s “Covid Tyrant” claims. Kemp responded to a video of Trump where the former president said that “Covid Tyrant[s]” want to take away Americans’ freedoms and called on people to “not comply.” Kemp appeared to take the …

“What he did in that video was completely homophobic, terrible dialing us back, and he lost a lot of suburban women. What he did in that video was completely homophobic, terrible dialing us back, and he lost a lot of suburban women. “We have to have a society where we allow adults to live their lives as long as you’re …

Mediaite reports: Conservative commentator Ann Coulter slapped back at former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, branding him a “GIGANTIC PUSSY,” after Trump called Coulter “washed up” and “a Stone Cold Loser.” Trump lashed out at his former ally in a series of Truth Social posts on Wednesday which came seemingly out of nowhere. Coulter responded to the attack with her …

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: Ann Coulter, the washed up political “pundit” who predicted my win in 2016, then went unbearably crazy with her demands and wanting to be a part of everything, to the consternation of all, has gone hostile and angry with every bit of her very “nervous” energy. Like many others, I just didn’t want …

Politico reports: The top strategist for Ron DeSantis’ super PAC privately told donors that Vivek Ramaswamy posed a threat to the Florida governor — and bragged that the super PAC was behind an avalanche of opposition research targeting the rival candidate. “Everything you read about him is from us,” Jeff Roe, the leader of the DeSantis-aligned Never Back Down told …

Mediaite reports: Since Kemp refused Trump’s calls for him to help him overturn his 2020 loss in Georgia, he has become a persona non grata on the MAGA right. Trump’s allies have escalated their attacks on Kemp in recent days after the governor said he would not remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for criminally charging Trump, leading some …

The Messenger reports: Vivek Ramaswamy pushed back against fellow Republican candidate Nikki Haley’s attacks on his foreign policy positions by targeting her Indian name. In an updated section of his website aimed at dispelling “myths” about him, Ramaswamy took aim at Haley for her criticism of his position on the U.S. relationship with Israel. Haley and Ramaswamy exchanged verbal blows …