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Trump Rips Into Former Press Secretary for Mentioning Rising DeSantis Poll Numbers Trump attacked Kayleigh McEnany, a Trump loyalist, and called her “milktoast.”
Joe: Republicans screaming about debt ceiling now went along with Trump three times
GOP Congressman Says Debt Bill Should Go After Low-Income Housing Too With a House vote on the bill quickly approaching, Glenn Grothman is making one last attempt to cut even more social services.
Tape recording shows Trump acknowledging he kept classified document on Iran -CNN
At least 16 dead, dozens injured in shootings across the U.S. over Memorial Day weekend The gun violence occurred on beaches and at high schools and motorcycle rallies, among other locations, across at least eight states.
14-year-old fatally shot in the back by S.C. store owner who wrongly accused him of shoplifting, sheriff says The owner, Rick Chow, and his son chased Cyrus Carmack-Belton, who at one point fell but started running away again before he was killed, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said.
Trump escalates attacks on judges amid increasing legal scrutiny
GOP Congressman Admits Debt Ceiling Fight Was About Helping 2024 Republican Nominee A national default is okay as long as Republicans win the White House, according to this logic.
"Far-right" members threaten a 'reckoning' over McCarthy's debt limit deal
Trump Promises to Violate 14th Amendment ‘On Day One’ The former president has vowed to end birthright citizenship should he be elected president
Inside the Florida group pushing to slash food stamp rolls nationwide
Donald Trump Marks Memorial Day With Unhinged, All-Caps Rant
Sen. Whitehouse: Supreme Court justices are ‘in a fact-free zone as well as an ethics-free zone’
Patriot Front member pleads guilty to child pornography charges in Utah
With debt ceiling deal, GOP reveals its only real goal was cruelty to the poor
The Right Is All Wrong About Masculinity
‘Trump Bucks’ promise wealth for MAGA loyalty. Some lose thousands. The products are advertised online as a kind of golden ticket that will help propel Trump’s 2024 bid and make the “real patriots” who support him rich when cashed in.
Ohio banned August elections. Then the GOP planned one that could help preserve an abortion ban.
Noem starts ‘whistleblower hotline’ for South Dakota universities
Republican bill would mandate teaching about 'Christian foundations' of U.S.
Tuberville says he doesn’t know if inner city teachers ‘can read and write’  
Corporate Media Continues to Blow It on Coverage of Debt Ceiling Hostage Situation It's simple: "Republicans drove up the national debt by giving huge tax breaks to the rich and major corporations—now they're trying to make the rest of us pay for it."
The Head of the Republican Party Literally Said a Default Could Bode "Very Well” for the GOP. It's easy to see why debt ceiling negotiations haven't gone anywhere.
Arizona Republicans Embrace QAnon With Quack Covid Hearing A new committee has adopted a hashtag from the conspiracy theory’s followers, and is holding a two-day anti-vax circus at the state Capitol
Texas GOP Accused of 'Coordinated Effort to Force State-Sponsored Religion Into Our Public Schools' A Republican-passed bill to allow public schools to replace professional counselors with unlicensed chaplains is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott.
Florida unions sue DeSantis for serious violations of the U.S. Constitution
Heritage Foundation Says That Of Course GOP Will Use KOSA To Censor LGBTQ Content
 "Brainwashed by Globes"
Target removes some LGBTQ merchandise from stores ahead of June Pride month after threats to workers
Matt Gaetz Admits Republicans Are Holding America “Hostage” Over Debt Ceiling The Florida representative literally said the quiet part out loud.
South Carolina governor faces backlash for remark about hunting Democrats with dogs
Sh e stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Then Gov. Ron DeSantis made her a state regulator
DeSantis’s $13.5m police program lures officers with violent records to Florida Governor’s incentive scheme recruits officers with history of excessive violence or who have been arrested since signing up
“Shocked at the stupidity”: Prosecutors obtain lawyer notes that blow up Trump’s Mar-a-Lago defense
Nebraska GOP senator who voted for anti-trans and anti-abortion bill that passed by one vote admits she didn’t pay attention to the issue Political scientist says majority of Nebraska legislators ‘seem not to know or care what they’re doing as long as it feels right to them and they have the votes to do it’
NC Governor declares ‘state of emergency’ due to GOP school voucher expansion, tax cuts
The GOP Would Rather Hold Hungry Families Hostage Than Tax the Wealthy
NAACP issues travel advisory for Florida, saying the state is ‘openly hostile toward African Americans’ under Gov. DeSantis’ administration
Tensions in heavily GOP Tenn. county after conservative takeover reflect wider battle over elections
SENATORS COMPLAIN THAT NASA ISN’T ALLOWED TO BE RACIST ANYMORE
AOC Dunks on McCarthy: If You Want To Cut Spending, What About No Yacht Tax Breaks?
Greg Abbott Signs Law Making EV Owners Pay for Their Gas-Free Cars
Other Nations Baffled, Horrified by Very Idea of a Debt Ceiling as GOP Pushes US Toward Default
Hoax alert: tale of homeless vets booted because of immigrants false
Senate Candidate ‘Patriot Whistleblower’ Admits to Fabricating Sex Trafficking Story HOAX Ryan Dark White, who ran for Congress as “Jon McGreevey,” took pictures of a child he said was being trafficked. It was a campaign stunt, he now admits.
Facts matter: Another disastrous spate of failed GOP investigations
The Naked Political Corruption of the GOP Is Destroying US Democracy Lacking any core beliefs or principles other than obeisance to billionaires and the fossil fuel industry, the Republican Party has become one giant grift, and the USA is its mark.
GOP “FBI Politicization” Hearing Features Witnesses Paid by Trump Adviser
DeSantis Signs Bill to Allow State to Take Trans Kids Away From Their Families
Tensions flare in ‘weaponization’ panel hearing with sidelined FBI agents 
A Massive Leak Spotlights the Extremism of an Anti-Trans Medical Group
DeSantis criticizes Trump for implying Florida abortion ban is ‘too harsh’
Republicans aren’t fixing the migrant border plight. In fact they’re making it worse
Republicans’ financing of white vigilantism
Rudy Giuliani Accused of Being a Rapist, Racist, and Really Bad Lawyer
Election deniers seek to oust Kentucky Republican who expanded voting access
‘Black hearted haters of Christ’: GOP favorite for governor in North Carolina used Facebook for years to push toxic anti-trans tropes
Georgia prosecutor fights back against Trump attempt to remove her from election probe
Chilling footage shows white supremacist group Patriot Front marching through DC
Paul Gosar Faces Questions Over Staffer's Alleged Far-Right Links
Hundreds of White Supremacists March on Capitol With Shields, Battle Drums
Stark warning over Republicans’ ‘dehumanizing’ rhetoric on crime Experts say party’s ‘tough-on-crime’ approach for 2024 could spark rise in violence and worsen US mass incarceration
Chuck Edwards and his Republican Party seem to be the 'Party of Blatant Lies'
DeSantis ramps up executions as bid for president nears
Vivek Ramaswamy says Gen Z isn't 'proud to be American.' So he wants to force them to serve in the military if they want to vote.
Virginia joins list of GOP states leaving bipartisan effort to combat voter fraud amid conspiracies
Former Trump prosecutor slams GOP ‘political theater,’ takes the Fifth at deposition
Republican front-runner for North Carolina governor attacked Civil Rights Movement: ‘So many freedoms were lost’
DeSantis signs law to cover up records of his travel and visitors ahead of anticipated 2024 presidential run
Web of Lies: George Santos Charged with 13 Felonies, But  GOP  Leaders Refuse to Expel Him from Congress
Republicans Finally Admit They Have No Incriminating Evidence on Joe Biden
Texas plan to put chaplains in public schools is latest move to inject Christianity Also up for consideration: Requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms and dedicated time for prayer, Bible reading
GOP Senator Defends White Nationalists: ‘I Call Them Americans’ Tommy Tuberville said the Biden administration is "destroying" the military by trying to root out the racists and extremists
Trump’s family, allies aren’t ashamed to team up with neo-Nazis and antisemites Eric Trump, Lara Trump and some allies may not call themselves Hitler’s American friends. But they are happy to appear alongside some self-avowed antisemites and Hitler promoters, S.E. Cupp writes.
Kentucky Republican Candidate: ‘Will Not Have Transgenders in School’ if Elected
Florida teachers unions sue over new law, calling it retaliation
GOP Senator Admits Biden Probe Lacks ‘Hard Proof’ to Support Hype
'People aren't showing up to work,' South Florida workers already feeling heat of immigration bill
Republican Aims to Clarify His Defense of White Nationalists in Military
Trump tests how insulated his base is from the Carroll verdict reality
George Santos Is Charged by Federal Prosecutors in New York  
‘Trump was great at this’: How conservatives transformed a Colorado school district A new school board quickly enacted its agenda in Woodland Park. Now teachers are leaving and the board faces growing opposition, including from lifelong GOP voters.
Georgia GOP’s Far-Right Fringe Wants to Purge Moderate ‘Traitors’
Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Aimed At Weakening Public Sector Unions Florida unions have blasted the legislation as a naked power grab meant to hurt the governor’s political enemies.
Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards E. Jean Carroll $5M
Republicans are pushing American democracy to its breaking point
'Praying for Armageddon' exposes the power, influence of U.S. fundamentalist evangelicals "The issue of the power of the U.S. fundamentalist evangelicals is maybe one of the most important issues of today," Tonje Hessen Schei said
Why Are We Allowing the Private Sector to Take Over Our Public Works?
Texas GOP Rep. Says Americans Should Carry Guns To Stop Active Shooters, Following Mall Shooting
Greg Abbott Demonizes Migrants in First Public Address Since Double Tragedies in Texas The Texas governor isn’t too worried about guns or violence toward migrants, despite two recent attacks in his state.
Mike Lee rallies Senate GOP to oppose debt limit increase without spending cuts Lee has sought to use the debt limit to force spending since he first took office in 2011. And now 42 other Senate Republicans have joined Lee’s efforts.
Texas GOP Lawmaker Resigns After Probe Found Inappropriate Relationship With Teen Staffer
Fox News Guest’s Answer to Mass Shootings: ‘Plan to Kill Everyone You Meet’
Don’t 'piss off his voters': Recordings reveal DeSantis' 2018 thoughts on dealing with Trump
Texas lawmaker lobbies for 3rd graders to be trained to administer aid for gunshot wounds in the event of a school shooting, says report
New Twitter rules expose election offices to spoof accounts
Let’s Not Play The Blame Game, Say Lawmakers Blamed For Bank Failures Authors of a 2018 law rolling back bank regulations are oblivious to a damning report from the Federal Reserve.
Arizona official targeted by election deniers now struggles with PTSD
Kellyanne Conway is now caught up in Clarence Thomas' latest ethics scandal
Trio of Texas Churches Donated to Political Candidate Despite Clear IRS Prohibition
Mississippi Gov Launches Reelection Bid With Video Of Him As Clint Eastwood Shooting People Of Color
Trump Says Stars Get Away With Sexual Assault—‘Unfortunately or Fortunately’