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The Associated Press reports: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ‘ office potentially violated state laws on purchasing, state property and government records when it purchased a $19,000 lectern for the Republican governor that’s prompted nationwide attention, an audit requested by lawmakers said Monday. Legislative auditors referred the findings in the long-awaited audit of the lectern to local prosecutors and the …

Little Rock’s CBS affiliate reports: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday announced a special session that will focus on tax cuts for Arkansans, corporations, as well as revisions to the state’s FOIA laws. The governor announced that the special session will begin on Monday and will focus on three things: cutting taxes, “streamlining state government,” and what she called “protections …

Little Rock’s NBC affiliate reports: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders requested a Major Disaster Declaration from President Joe Biden for the June 25 storms that hit Arkansas. Gov. Sanders is requesting assistance that would help affected communities with repairing homes, counseling services, access free to legal services and financial assistance for businesses and homeowners. The governor requested the assistance for those …

“We’ve got to get back to the basics of teaching math, of teaching, reading, writing and American history. And we cannot perpetuate a lie to our students and push this propaganda leftist agenda, teaching our kids to hate America and hate one another. It’s one of the reasons that we put into law banning things like indoctrination and CRT [critical …

Fox News reports: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R., says she’s on a mission to protect children from “the radical left woke mob” that parents in Democrat-run states are forced to worry about, signing bills on everything from education reform and transgender bathroom issues to making sure parents know what social media platforms their kids are using. “I think the …

NPR reports: Primaries across the country this year are being seen as a test of former President Donald Trump’s influence on voters and the Republican Party, but in solidly red Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ victory in the GOP primary for governor was no surprise. At 39, Sanders ran an unprecedented campaign for the job once held by her father, former …

ABC News reports: Sarah Sanders, whose memoir was published Tuesday, told ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos that the cacophony of negative comments from former officials — including former  Security Adviser John Bolton, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis — contrasted sharply with her own account because hers was “honest.” “It’s really simple,” Sanders …

Business Insider reports: In “Speaking for Myself: Faith Freedom, and the Fight of Our Lives Inside the Trump White House,” Sarah Sanders describes former White House colleague Josh Raffel as “a liberal, aggressive, foulmouthed Jew from New York City,” according to Jewish Insider, which obtained a preview copy of the book. During his time working at the White House, Raffel …

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump told Sarah Sanders she would have to “go to North Korea and take one for the team”, after Kim Jong-un winked at the then White House press secretary during a summit in Singapore in June 2018. “Kim Jong-un hit on you!” a delighted Trump joked, according to Sanders’ new memoir. “He did! He fucking hit …

“Look, the people who desecrated St. John’s Church — that is an act of true cowardice. The president standing up in front of the country, holding a Bible, standing before a church, that’s a sign of courageous leadership. “And that’s the type of leadership that we need. The president was looking for a way to bring people together. He’s been …

“Bloomberg, if he continues to rise, is going to have serious problems with women and African-Americans. His language is offensive and atrocious. “Then again, maybe he can buy the DNC just like Hillary did and steal it from Bernie in 2016. “Either way, I think this is a great night for President Trump.” – Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the second-most famous …

Fox News reports: Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Saturday she isn’t surprised by a recent poll that shows support for impeachment among independents has gone down by 14 percent. “We knew all along there was no scandal here,” Sanders told “Justice with Judge Jeanine” host Jeanine Pirro, regarding the Emerson University poll showing support among independents moving …

“Sarah Huckabee Sanders was treated like mud by many in the media when she was White House Press Secretary. “There is talk about her running for governor of Arkansas, and she told The Times this week that there’s a difference in someone who wants to be a senator or a governor and someone who is called to serve. She’s so …

The Washington Post reports: There were smiles, handshakes, hugs and photos as Sarah Sanders, the outgoing White House press secretary, hung out on Monday night with colleagues and journalists at a happy hour in a D.C. steakhouse. Amid all the bonhomie, the Erik Wemple Blog attempted to sneak in some business questions for the woman who pretty much ended the …

The Hill reports: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday that she doesn’t believe internal polling showing President Trump trailing former vice president Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2020 race. “I think the polling got it completely wrong in 2016, I don’t think it’s right now,” Sanders told reporters. “The president’s got a great story and we feel …

From the transcript of this morning’s Meet The Press: CHUCK TODD: Can you explain why Americans should not be concerned that the president of United States is essentially siding with a murderous authoritarian dictator over a former vice president in the United States? SARAH SANDERS: Chuck, the president’s not siding with that. But I think they agree in their assessment …

Mediaite reports: CNN host Alisyn Camerota grilled White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on President Donald Trump‘s tweet about former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson being “totally ill equipped” — even though Trump was the one who thought he was qualified enough to appoint. Sanders replied with a non-answer — choosing to avoid the question and focus on how …

Slate reports: The White House imposed new rules on reporters’ press access that some journalists say may disqualify “almost the entire White House press corps.” The White House press office implemented a new policy this week that aims at cutting down the number of journalists who can have a “hard pass,” a two-year press pass that allows reporters entry to …

Randy Rainbow is back today with a positively delicious evisceration of lying Trump World figures in the wake of the Mueller report. Today’s parody is set the tune of “Belle” from Disney’s 1991 classic, Beauty And The Beast, which was written by eight-time Oscar winner Alan Menken. As always, I won’t give away the jokes. This a must-watch.

“I’ve had the pleasure of working with almost every press secretary beginning with Pierre Salinger of John F. Kennedy’s administration. And except for Ron Ziegler who lied for Richard Nixon I’ve never seen anything like this with Sarah Sanders. There’s a difference. Ziegler lied about one thing, the question of whether the president of the United States was covering up …