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Via email from GOP Rep. Jim Banks: Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks released the following statement about pending government funding legislation currently slated for a vote by the end of the week: “The border crisis, the inflation crisis, the supply chain crisis and the government debt crisis—each of the crises facing our nation today can be traced back to …

“I wanted to let her know directly that I had reflected on my previous remarks. As a strong Christian woman who values faith deeply, I never want anything I saw to offend someone’s religion. So I told her that. “She said that she still wanted a public apology because what I had done wasn’t good enough. So I reiterated to …

Politico reports: A judge is allowing a Broadway actor arrested for his alleged walk-on role in the Capitol riot to remain free on pretrial release, despite his bizarre claims to be beyond the jurisdiction of the court. At a contentious hearing held Monday, James Beeks — a Michael Jackson impersonator who starred as Judas in a traveling “Jesus Christ Superstar” …

The Independent reports: The House select committee investigating the 6 January insurrection will meet on Wednesday to consider authorising criminal contempt of congress charges against Jeffrey Clark, the ex-Trump justice department attorney who pushed to weaponise the department in service of former president Donald Trump’s push to overturn results of the 2020 election. If the committee votes in favor of …

The Orange County Register reports: A 26-year-old North Hills man accused of entering the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6 riot in Washington D.C. was taken into custody earlier this month and is now facing federal charges. Edward Badalian is facing a variety of federal charges, including conspiracy, obstruction, entering a restricted building and theft and destruction of government …

The Hill reports: A Republican lawmaker who previously served as White House doctor under former presidents Trump and Obama claims Democrats will use the new coronavirus variant of concern to cheat in the midterm elections. Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) spoke out on news of the variant of concern Saturday, saying the strain would serve as a pretext for absentee voting, …

Posted today to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: In his 1933 inauguration speech, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” There’s a lot of truth to that statement. The new Omicron variant of COVID-19 is striking fear in the hearts of people around the world. European countries as well as the U.S. have …

Mediaite reports: Appearing on Face the Nation Sunday, the infectious disease expert went after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) — who, earlier this year, called on the attorney general to prosecute Fauci. “Anybody who spins lies and threatens and all that theater that goes on with some of the investigations and the congressional committees and the Rand Pauls and all that …

Axios reports: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot will decide this week whether to hold former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt for failing to appear before the panel, Rep. Adam Schiff told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. Meadows is not the first witness to defy a subpoena to appear for a …

The Daily Beast reports: Ali Alexander, one of the main organizers of the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the deadly Capitol riot, has announced that he will comply with a congressional subpoena over his role in the attempted insurrection. In a video posted to Telegram on Saturday evening, Alexander appeared on camera for the first time in …

From convicted homocon rioter Brandon Straka: Dear Patriots, Firstly, I know this has been a VERY quiet year from me and from #WalkAway. This is not by choice. Most people who know me know I have an obsessive work ethic and I’m gaga about the work I do for #WalkAway and contributing to shifting the landscape of our culture and …

“You don’t hear about what’s going on as it relates to the riots in Europe on a daily basis now against the vaccine mandates. Because our media wants to block that out. “They’re going to make sure that you never hear about it because they don’t want you getting these kind of ideas that freedom may actually still exist in …

Newsday reports: About 20 members of the far-right group the Proud Boys marched through Rockville Centre on Small Business Saturday, drawing ire from local lawmakers and concern from local businesses and customers. Members of the group marched down Sunrise Highway, waving American flags and “Don’t Tread on Me” flags and playing music from the back of a pickup truck. Several …

“I talked to Congresswoman Lauren Boebert today. She has apologized for what she said and has reached out to Congresswoman Omar to meet next week. “I spoke with Leader Hoyer today to facilitate that meeting so that Congress can get back to talking to each other and working on the challenges facing the American people.” – House Minority Leader Kevin …

The Independent reports: Former Trump White House adviser Stephen Miller on Friday claimed pharmaceutical companies would have already revised formulations of Covid-19 vaccines to prevent the new Omicron variant if Donald Trump had remained president. Speaking on a special edition of Fox News’ Hannity, Mr Miller told viewers that the US would “already have modified vaccines to deal with the …

The Associated Press reports: “If I see a pathway to winning, I’ll run,” he said. “And I feel like I have the skills and the talent and the ability to be able to make a difference in our party and in the country. And I’m certainly, at 59 years old, not ready to retire. But I’m not going to do …

Fox News reports: Vice President Kamala Harris spent over $500 on cookware in a Parisian shop amid rising inflation and economic uncertainty at home in the U.S. The vice president visited the shop on her four-day diplomatic trip to Paris last week, reportedly dropping 516 euros on pots and pans at high-end cookware store E. Dehillerin. Harris took home a …

The Huffington Post reports: Lindell has been claiming since summer that he was coordinating a lawsuit among “tons” of state attorneys general, as many as 30, to be filed at 9 a.m. Tuesday directly with the U.S. Supreme Court and that he would spend the long Thanksgiving weekend explaining the suit during an ad-free webcast. On Friday, Lindell appeared on …

The Daily Beast reports: Former Trump campaign adviser Steve Cortes is out at Newsmax and will host his last primetime broadcast for the right-wing cable channel early next week, if not sooner, five sources familiar with the matter told The Daily Beast. Tensions between Cortes and the MAGA cable network had long been simmering, sources suggested, but it was the …

ABC News reports: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) issued an apology on Friday for remarks she made that used anti-Muslim tropes to refer to Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democratic representative from Minnesota and one of only three Muslim members of Congress. Omar said on Thursday that Boebert made up the story, and said that anti-Muslim racism should not be allowed in …