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Mediaite reports: Conservative commentator Candace Owens has made herself part of the Ukraine news for a second time in less than a week with her contention on Tuesday that the United States is to blame for Russia’s invasion. Putin and other members of the Russian leadership both yesterday and in recent weeks claimed the U.S. has been helping Ukraine “prepare …

Media Matters has the transcript: Why does Putin feel so empowered? The entire Western world is putting sanctions, right now, on Russia as they call this an invasion. There well might be. I’m not the person to determine whether or not this is an invasion or an annexation. It feels as if Putin is going into places that want him. …

The Hill reports: Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has crafted an 11-point plan laying out what the agenda should be for Republicans and conservatives if they retake control of Congress this year and the White House in 2024. Scott, the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, released what he called a plan to “rescue America,” which includes a promise to …

The Des Moines Register reports: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will deliver the Republican Party’s rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address next week. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy made the announcement in a release Tuesday morning. “While Washington Democrats fail working Americans, Republican governors are fighting and winning for families,” McConnell …

“Pre 2020, I was an idealist who truly wanted to help Ukraine become a strong democracy. I spent a lot of time in Ukraine, still have friends there I worry about now. But the sad fact is the USA is in no position to ‘promote democracy’ abroad while our own country is falling apart. “I’ve met a lot of great …

The Dallas Morning News reports: Four former aides who reported Attorney General Ken Paxton to the FBI for alleged bribery are now accusing him of lying about his legal troubles while facing a tough reelection bid. In a rare public statement on Monday, the ex-employees said “their preference was to remain silent while the wheels of justice turned.” In recent …

Salon reports: Democrat Stacey Abrams and former Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue found themselves in an unlikely alliance last week after Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, backed a rule change that could benefit his election chances — and not for the first time. Kemp, Georgia’s former secretary of state, has been repeatedly accused of abusing his power to aid his …

“Tucker, they are actually very close. Now, what’s going on in North Carolina is that the state board of election, a panel of five people, is asserting that they have the ability to bar 740,000 plus Americans in my district from being able to elect me to send me to Washington to be their weapon to fight against the deep …

The Providence Journal reports: H. Russell Taub, the onetime Republican congressional candidate who was imprisoned for defrauding political donors three years ago, illegally sought help from Russian intelligence in his failed bid to unseat U.S. Rep. David Cicilline in 2016, the Federal Election Commission has found. A few months before the November 2016 general election, Taub sent a direct message …

“It is tyranny, what you see happening in Canada. And let me tell you something. When you think of a tyrannical government, you often think of places like North Korea. Sean, this is how it starts. They start chipping away, one by one at your freedoms until you don’t even realize they’re gone. It is a really dangerous game they’re …

Playbook reports: Ohio GOP Senate candidate Josh Mandell and Dem candidate Morgan Harper participated in a debate Monday evening. Things got, uh, interesting. Axios’ Columbus man Tyler Buchanan tweeted a thread of clips from the debate, including one where Mandel spars with an audience member, one where he insults Harper’s intelligence and invokes Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (D-N.Y.). And then there’s …

The Associated Press reports: An Arizona House committee on Monday approved a proposed law that would make it illegal to make video recordings of police in many circumstances after the Republican sponsor made changes he said were designed to address constitutional concerns. The original proposal from Rep. John Kavanagh made it illegal to record within 15 feet of an officer …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) will be on a panel Sunday titled “The Moron in Chief.” In what can only be a conversation about President Joe Biden’s many stumbles this past year, Boebert is all but guaranteed to throw punches while she trashes Biden along with radio host Buck Sexton, former football player Jack Brewer and Institute of World …

From the editorial board of the Washington Post: The federal government does not maintain an official “no-brainer list” of policies. If it did, there’s a good chance many Americans would applaud if one were a rule barring violent, unruly and disruptive airline passengers from the skies. Nonetheless, some Republicans in Washington are grandstanding, rejecting no-nonsense measures to keep passengers and …

The right wing Washington Examiner reports: Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a 2020 presidential primary candidate who has been critical of President Joe Biden and liberal lawmakers, will be the headliner at the main CPAC dinner event this week, officials told Secrets Monday. Gabbard, the former Hawaii congresswoman, will speak at the annual Ronald Reagan Dinner held by the American …

Newsweek reports: Rioter Jenna Ryan claimed on Saturday that she was denied “basic human needs” when she was in jail over charges related to the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021. “They’re using COVID to sadistically abuse all the inmates and deny basic human needs like sunshine, phone, food,” she tweeted, referring to her treatment in prison. “No human deserves …

The Insider reports: Donald Trump’s new social media app Truth Social encountered technical difficulties shortly after launching to the public on Sunday evening, according to its official website. At 11:24 p.m. ET on Sunday, an update was posted on Truth Social’s website saying an issue was under investigation. At 7:15 a.m. ET on Monday, the status page on the website …

The Michigan Advance reports: It may have been the last question of last week’s debate for the three men seeking the GOP nomination for Michigan attorney general, but the inquiry seeking their stances on a 1965 Supreme Court ruling has garnered the most attention. The question concerned the high court’s decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, a landmark decision that struck …

Mediaite reports: Days after filming a video outside Trump Tower in which she touted her support for a wide-range of former President Donald Trump’s policies, in what appeared to be a desperate effort to win back his support, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) now says she’s prepared to defeat a primary challenger he has endorsed. “I’m gonna win without him,” Mace …

“You spoke about a ‘breakdown of the rule of law’. I invite you to study what happened in our federal elections last June. “All political parties, with no exception, accepted the results and kept moving forward to strengthen our democracy and freedom of expression. “When you mention politicians and journalists killed in Mexico, you add your voice to many, including …