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“It’s important for Americans to know the truth. This has been fraught with an unbelievable amount of misinformation and untruths. When you see the footage yourself, it’s going to give you an understanding of what was there and what occurred that day. Because we’re currently only depending on really partisan descriptions of what happened. Now the American people can see. …

The Daily Beast reports: In a series of early morning tweets, retiring congressman and long-shot presidential candidate, Dean Phillips, articulated his thoughts on the 2024 election. He said while he was a staunch supporter of the Biden agenda and respects the president, he thinks the level of government missteps is “staggering” and that its “delusional” to believe that Joe Biden …

The Messenger reports: “I know I’m going to get expelled when this expulsion resolution goes to the floor,” Santos said on Twitter Spaces, reported Alexander Solender of Axios. “I can do math,” he added, referring to the expected vote tally. He’s daring Ethics Committee Chair Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., who filed a Santos expulsion resolution last week, to force a …

The Messenger reports: Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., announced Friday that he will not seek re-election to Congress as he mounts a longshot primary challenge to President Joe Biden. Echoing statements he has made about Biden’s reelection campaign, Phillips said in a press release that after three terms in Congress it is “time to pass the torch.” “My journey to public …

The Huffington Post reports: In 2004, Johnson was the lead attorney for Stockwell Place Elementary when the Bossier Parish public school got sued for pushing Christianity on its students. A set of Jewish parents sued the school after learning it was holding prayer sessions, teaching Christian songs in class and promoting a teacher-led prayer group called Stallions for Christ that …

The Birmingham News reports: Daniel Boman, a Republican candidate for Congress in Alabama’s 5th District, was suspended from practicing law because of racist and misogynistic language he used during a phone call threatening a lawsuit against an appliance company in 2017. The penalty is part of a longer disbarment period that is also related to an alleged theft from an …

Politico reports: Utah Republican Celeste Maloy will be the newest member of Congress, bringing the House back to its full complement of 435 members. Maloy defeated Democratic state Sen. Kathleen Riebe and a handful of third-party candidates in Tuesday’s special election in Utah’s 2nd District. Former GOP Rep. Chris Stewart stepped away from his seat earlier this year. Maloy, a …

Iowa Public Radio reports: A jury spent about five hours deliberating before convicting Kim Phuong Taylor on 52 counts of voter fraud in federal court Tuesday in Sioux City. Taylor faces up to five years in prison on each count. A sentencing date hasn’t been set. Prosecutors say Taylor took advantage of other Vietnamese immigrants by illegally filling out election …

Roll Call reports: Republican Rep. Bill Johnson of Ohio announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection in 2024 after accepting an offer to become Youngstown State University’s new president. Johnson, who was first elected to represent The Buckeye State’s 6th District in 2010, said in a statement he will continue serving in the House “for several more months” and that …

CNN reports: Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, voiced support for revisiting Supreme Court decisions that struck down restrictions on the use of contraception, barred bans on gay sex and legalized same sex marriages, according to a CNN review of his prior public statements. On a conservative talk radio show the day the Supreme Court struck down Roe …

“There was no Due process! A report designed to smear me and create narratives that are false is what this was. We were never asked a single question pertaining to their ‘findings’ all we were asked for was to produce and we did to the best of our ability. They got so much wrong in this report and refused my …

Newsmax host, far-right podcaster, and serial plagiarist Benny Johnson: “Do you think that Eric Swalwell wears a tuck friendly swimsuit?” Sen. Ted Cruz: “He may be wearing one right now.” Johnson: “Only Fang Fang would know. And we are in Chinatown right now.” Cruz: “To be fair, in order to have a tuck friendly swimsuit, you have to have something …

The Hill reports: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced the creation of a new joint fundraising committee, called Grow the Majority, that will be his principal fundraising apparatus to support Republicans running for House seats. The creation of the organization will allow Johnson and his political apparatus to solicit six-figure donations from high-dollar donors and distribute those funds across the 70 …

The Daily Beast reports: Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) told Fox News on Sunday that her attempt to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was a “failure” after eight Republicans voted against it. Greene swore that she would not give up saying she planned to bring the articles of impeachment back to the floor after Thanksgiving. “And this time,” …

“This MAGA clown car has to come to a screeching halt instead of shifting into high gear. And so he and his colleagues and his enablers need be held responsible. I’d be very happy to have him resign. Stop the embarrassment that has befallen the people in his district and the state of New York. Just go away. And I’ll …

Politico reports: Unlike previous attempts to remove the embattled New York Republican, the latest push led by Ethics Committee Chair Michael Guest (R-Miss.) could actually get the two-thirds majority that is required to expel him. If all Democrats vote to boost Santos — the most likely outcome — then roughly 80 GOP members would need to join them in order …

The Daily Beast reports: Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has sought to fundraise off his spat with Rep. Jared Moskowitz in which Comer called the Florida Democrat a “smurf.” Comer on Friday sent a series of texts and emails with the subject line, “I did call Democrat Congressman Jared Moskowitz a smurf,” adding that “I will not be apologizing …

The Hill reports: Gabrielle Lipsky, the communications director for Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), has resigned from the congressman’s office, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to The Hill. Lipsky resigned after the House Ethics Committee published a damning report following its investigation into Santos, which found “substantial evidence” that the New York Republican “violated federal criminal laws.” Lipsky began …

Mediaite has the transcript: Willie Geist: Where to begin there, Joe. There’s so much. America is “irredeemable,” it’s “dark and depraved.” Just to, let’s lift ourselves out of the subtext. He went on to say – really what he’s talking about here is that we have gay people in America. He said one in four high school students say that …

Roll Call reports: The House Ethics Committee found substantial evidence that Rep. George Santos committed additional violations of criminal law, including misreporting loans from the 2020 campaign and other reporting violations, according to a report released Thursday. Ethics Chairman Michael Guest said after the committee’s report was released that he would file a motion on Friday to expel Santos, R-N.Y., …