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Hunter Biden writes in a USA Today op-ed: Over four years ago, I chose life over the slow strangle-death grip of addiction, which in my case consisted each day of a bottle of vodka and as many hits on a crack pipe as possible. I am prouder of that choice and of my recovery than anything I’ve ever done. My …

The Daily Beast reports: The office’s staff handbook, which two aides said was written by Mace herself, demonstrates the boss’s relentless focus on PR and media—along with her grueling expectations for staff. In the document, the responsibilities and expected deliverables listed for the position of communications director are extensive; the person is expected to send out at least one press …

“This is purely election interference. I believe any conservative or any Republican should not do business in a blue state. They are going to target conservatives, they are going to target anyone who’s connected to Trump. It is what these political activist judges do.” – Mercedes “My Husband Is Not Secretly Gay” Schlapp, in a Newsmax panel discussion about the …

CBS News reports: Some of the proposals on the bill to fund Congress’ operations have the unmistakable whiff of sarcasm. One amendment would require “stop, drop and roll” training for House colleagues who pull fire alarms. Other proposals hammer at hot button issues, including one proposal to provide gun storage lockers on Capitol Hill for licensed gun owners, alleging growing …

NBC News reports: Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno falsely claimed in a recent interview that Issue 1 — the ballot measure seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution — would allow a rapist to “force” a woman to have an abortion. The remark by Moreno, a businessman, is the latest from groups and individuals opposed to Issue …

“We had a former CIA guy come on ‘Primetime’ the other day, and he said the CIA makes money on the side with drug trafficking. It’s like a side hustle because their funding isn’t big enough, so they do some, you know, black ops in order to boost their budget and hide it from congressional oversight. And then use it …

“I want to say something about Arab Americans and about the Muslim world. We — and when I say we — I mean, the West and western technology have created the Middle East. We made them rich. We got that oil out of the ground, our military protects all of these oil shipments flying around the world, making them rich. …

The Christian Post reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., revealed in a recent interview that his favorite part of the Bible is a psalm. “I love Psalm 37,” Johnson told The Daily Signal on Tuesday. “I would call that my life’s passage. The whole psalm. It’s great, and it’s so applicable to these times.” Johnson, a member of Cypress Baptist …

Raw Story reports: Gabriel Sterling, the Republican chief operating officer of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office, took a victory lap on Wednesday when he brandished a check his office had received from former Donald Trump attorney Sidney Powell. Sterling spoke to reporters about false accusations leveled by former President Trump and his supporters about the integrity of Georgia’s elections …

Phil Williams reports at Nashville’s CBS affiliate: Defeated mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson, refusing to accept her landslide loss in Franklin’s city election, has now partnered with discredited election deniers in Arizona in claiming the election was rigged. Hanson — who was defeated by incumbent Mayor Ken Moore by a four-to-one margin following a scandal-filled campaign — recorded a podcast over …

“Hamas was designated as a terrorist organization in 1997, and systematically since then, Democrats more and more have been the ones who said they’re pro-Hamas. But you know what Democrats are choosing? They’re the ones that preach the tolerance. But if it’s killing a Jew, they’re just fine with it. I just cannot believe we’re at this point in our …

The New York Times reports: Representative Ken Buck, a conservative Colorado Republican who played a central role in ousting Kevin McCarthy from the speakership, said he will not seek re-election next year, citing his party’s election denialism and many members’ refusal to condemn the Jan. 6. 2021, assault on the Capitol. Mr. Buck, serving his fifth term from a sprawling …

“Dr. Jill Biden — for Halloween, she was a doctor. And for Halloween, Joe Biden was President of the United States. Dr. Jill, actually, was dressed up like a cat, like she’s a 17 year-old high school girl, or something. And they put the makeup, like, the cat mouth on her. A lot of people thought it looked like a …

Via press release from Starbucks: It’s OK, you can look now! The holidays arrive in U.S. Starbucks stores on Nov. 2, and we’re here to tell you all about this year’s bright and beautiful collection of holiday cups. The cup collection is clad in holiday red and Starbucks greens and a mood-boosting magenta, each one accented with sparkles for a …

From the CBS report linked below by Sen. Tom Cotton: Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee was interrupted Tuesday as protesters called for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Blinken’s testimony was part of a hearing reviewing the Biden administration’s national security supplemental funding request. He was interrupted multiple times by shouts from the audience. …

“Getting arrested before the trials even began and getting put in jail would one billion percent be beneficial to him because it delegitimizes all of the already illegitimate trials. I would be goading. I would be trying to get these judges to put me in jail at this point if I were Trump because I think it benefits him.” – …

The Daily Beast reports: Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) does not have a bank account. At least, that’s what Johnson reports on years of personal financial disclosures, which date back to 2016 and reveal a financial life that, in the context of his role as a congressman and now speaker, appears extraordinarily precarious. Over the course …

“This is mind-blowing. Deplete our own stockpiles by sending weapons to, sadly, a losing cause in Ukraine. Then, spend more money to replenish the stockpiles which will help the defense contractors. They really do think you’re stupid. But the way things are going now in Ukraine, we should just have the Pentagon send weapons directly to Russia because they’re going …

“I’m not trying to deride the people, but it looks like locusts are coming because they’re going to destroy everything in their path. You’re seeing the end of America. That right there is the end of this nation. End of this nation. End of this nation as the constitutional republic that was bequeathed to our generation. Right there. If you …

South Carolina’s The State reports: Following her vote to oust former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace remains in the spotlight, recently responding to claims that the GOP is out to get her and to speculations about her becoming Donald Trump’s running mate for vice president. Mace maintained that Republicans are after her for, in part, …