Jimmy Carter Completes 4-Minute Mile

PLAINS, GA—Pumping his fists in the air while racing across the finish line, former President Jimmy Carter reportedly ran a four-minute mile Thursday. “I took up jogging right around the time I entered hospice care because the doctors thought it would …

The Hill’s Morning Report — No deal; debt talks continue

Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. No deal; debt talks continue Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reported some progress Thursday as debt negotiations with President Biden’s team dragged on and lawmakers who departed the Capitol for…

Ron DeSantis Says He Won’t ‘Let the B*stards’ Grind Him or His Wife Down After Politico ‘Character Assassination’

Ron DeSantis said he wouldn’t “let the b*stards” grind him or his wife down after Politico published an “absolutely disgusting” article on Casey DeSantis.

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‘Not a Big Social Media Guy’: DeSantis Tells Newsmax He’d Rather Watch Cable News ‘Than Be on Some App’ After Disastrous Twitter Launch

Ron DeSantis said he’s “not a big social media guy” and “would rather watch” cable news “than be on some app,” following his rocky campaign launch on Twitter.

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Is a US Agency Helping Companies Sell Surveillance Tech to Repressive Regimes?

Is the federal government helping companies sell surveillance technology to repressive governments? Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wants to know, but a federal subagency has been cagey about the information.  In a letter sent on Saturday, Wyden asked the International Trade Administration (ITA), a subagency of the Department of Commerce, for details about its role in […]

Republicans Around the Country Are Trying to Rob Democrats of the Right to Govern

Zooey Zephyr was tired of watching Montana’s Republican-controlled legislature pass laws targeting trans residents, so last year, the 35-year-old Missoula native decided to join the chamber herself. She ran for an open seat and was elected with 79 percent of the vote. “If you wanna make a difference, get in that room,’” Zephyr recalled a […]

Republicans Around the Country Are Trying to Rob Democrats Of the Right to Govern

Zooey Zephyr was tired of watching Montana’s Republican-controlled legislature pass laws targeting trans residents, so last year, the 35-year-old Missoula native decided to join the chamber herself. She ran for an open seat and was elected with 79 percent of the vote. “If you wanna make a difference, get in that room,’” Zephyr recalled a […]

How Bad Could A Government Default Get?

With less than a week until the U.S. runs out of cash, economists and policymakers are using words like “cataclysmic event” and “calamity” to describe what will happen if Congress doesn’t raise the debt limit.  It seems bad. Economists are predicting that if the government is unable to pay its bills, it could bring much […]

Musk challenge to Fox faces setback with DeSantis debacle

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s glitch-filled campaign rollout is raising new questions about Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s ambitions — and his ability to carry them out. DeSantis granted Musk exclusive access to his campaign launch via Twitter Spaces — which yielded disastrous results for the Republican candidate for president and for Twitter itself. A slew of…

‘Simply losing it’: Bitter fight brews over federal judge’s forced retirement effort

A growing dispute over efforts to force the retirement of a 95-year-old federal judge is giving the public a rare glimpse into how the judicial system grapples with issues of age on the bench. Questions about age are looming large over Washington lately, with doubts about whether an octogenarian president is fit for reelection and…

McCarthy faces GOP skepticism on debt talks, defense spending 

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) says his proposal to cap discretionary spending won’t hurt defense programs, but fellow Republican lawmakers are skeptical of that claim and warn the Pentagon may see its budget effectively frozen while the nation faces growing national security threats from Russia and China. While Republican lawmakers have voiced general support for…

Unorthodox immigration bill catches both parties by surprise 

A new bipartisan immigration bill is spurring mixed reactions from lawmakers eager to reform the system following an unorthodox rollout that caught many by surprise. The legislation, spearheaded by Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) and Veronica Escobar (D-Texas), was unveiled Wednesday, with Republican sponsors wearing blue and some Democratic sponsors in red. The 500-page Dignity Act is seeking to…

Top DeSantis Aide Argues With 16-Year-Old About Botox and Ukraine One Day After Disastrous Campaign Rollout

Christina Pushaw, a top adviser to Ron DeSantis, argued with a 16-year-old Trump supporter about botox and Ukraine on Twitter just one day after the Florida governor launched his campaign for the presidency.

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‘Give Me a Goddamn Break’: Democrat Jim McGovern Blasts Republican Demands in Debt Talks

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) railed against House Republicans amid talks between President Joe Biden and GOP leaders in the lower chamber to agree to raise the debt ceiling before the U.S. defaults on its debts on or around June 1.

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Tim Scott warns Democrats will ‘weaponize’ divided GOP as 2024 inches closer

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott (R) on Thursday warned against a divided GOP, cautioning that Democrats could “weaponize” Republican candidates’ words against each other as they campaign for the White House in 2024. “I think the road to socialism runs right through a divided Republican Party,” Scott said on Fox News. “Everything we say about…

LinkedIn censors presidential candidate who says fossil fuels ‘required for prosperity’

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LinkedIn, whose founder Reid Hoffman funded a ‘Russian bot’ hoax against GOP candidate Roy Moore & underwrote Trump accuser E. Jean Carrol’s lawsuit, has locked the account of GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for expressing “fact-based views as a presidential candidate about climate policy and Biden’s … [Read More…]

Microsoft Outlook wants you to change your theme to ‘transgender’. Seriously.

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The global tech giant Microsoft is celebrating gay Pride Month with newly developed ‘special themes’ designed to install LGBT flags onto the computers and laptops of its users.(Article by Jake Welch republished from TheNationalPulse.com)Microsoft has provided five “new vibrant themes inspired by the flags of the … [Read More…]

Pride month is a cynical exercise in state-enforced homosexuality

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Pride Month — formerly known as June — is right around the corner, and with that comes the annual rainbow lighting of the White House, heaping of praise upon people like the Nashville shooter, and the continued denigration of religious institutions by American corporations.(Article by Samuel Mangold-Lenett republished … [Read More…]

Target loses $9B in week following boycott calls over LGBTQ-friendly kids clothing

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Target has lost $9 billion in market value since angry social media users called for a boycott of the Minneapolis-based retailer over its rollout of the “PRIDE” collection featuring LGBTQ-friendly clothing for children.(Article by Ariel Zilber republished from NYPost.com)A week ago Wednesday before the controversy … [Read More…]

Four policy takeaways from DeSantis’s pledge to ‘reconstitutionalize’ the federal government

Though his presidential campaign launch was overshadowed by technical glitches Wednesday evening, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) laid out a sprawling vision for transforming the federal government and gutting the administrative state. DeSantis described a plan to vastly expand the role of America’s chief executive and tried to distinguish himself from former President Trump by…

Newt Gingrich ‘moderately optimistic’ on where debt limit talks sit: ‘But it’s not done yet’

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Thursday that he’s “moderately optimistic” about where the ongoing debt limit negotiations sit. During an appearance on WABC 770 AM’s “Cats & Cosby Show,” Gingrich said negotiators on both sides have been meeting nonstop to get a deal done, adding that both President Biden and House Speaker Kevin…

GOP negotiator says White House ‘refusing to negotiate’ on work requirements

A top Republican negotiating a debt ceiling hike blasted the White House on Thursday over work requirements for social benefits programs, indicating that the thorny issue remains a sticking point as the country inches closer to a government default. Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) argued the Democrats’ staunch opposition to tougher work requirements will threaten the…

House Ethics Committee Concludes 2-Year Investigation into Eric Swalwell’s Affair with Chinese Spy Fang Fang – Says No Further Action Will Be Taken

The House Ethics Committee has officially concluded its two-year investigation into allegations that Rep.

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JUST IN: Texas RINOs Vote to Recommend Impeaching AG Ken Paxton – The Lone GOP Politician Fighting Against Democrat Election Fraud in the Lone Star State – OUTRAGEOUS AND TERRIFYING MOVE!

Attorney General Ken Paxton is the one man who has stood up against the Democrat-Marxist onslaught in the great state of Texas.

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