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The Couer d’Alene Press reports: The group North Idaho Republicans released a statement Friday criticizing the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee for hosting Greene at their annual Lincoln Day Dinner at The Coeur d’Alene Resort. It called on Idaho’s elected leaders to refuse to attend the event that is sold out and expected to have about 600 people. “North Idaho …

“Did you watch McCarthy during the speaker’s vote? I know many of you were in halls of Congress during that vote. I haven’t seen someone assume that many positions to appease the crazy Republicans since Stormy Daniels. “It only goes downhill from here, people. I mean, come on! But let’s be honest. We all knew that Matt Gaetz would never …

Mediaite reports: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis returned fire on former President Donald Trump’s attempt to depict him as a “groomer” who partied around with young women. Since DeSantis is now holding conversations about how to make it easier for government officials to sue the media for defamation, a reporter asked on Wednesday if his proposal would address Trump’s “damaging” posts …

“If you’re going to give a counter speech, you’ve got to talk about important issues. Don’t get me wrong, the wokeism is very important. But it’s not quite the heart of the matter right now, right? It’s not the heart of the matter. She is not — the reason is she’s just not — she’s not intellectually capable of going …

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: The Club For NO Growth, an assemblage of political misfits, globalists, and losers, fought me incessantly and rather viciously during my presidential run in 2016. They said I couldn’t win, I did, and won even bigger in 2020, with millions of more votes than ‘16, but the Election was Rigged & Stollen. They …

Political Flare reports: Well, it looks like Donald Trump is getting very afraid of Ron DeSantis, and rightfully so. Republicans are tired of Trump’s schtick. The meanness, the constant need for adulation and revenge. It gets old. DeSantis is just as awful as Trump, if not worse. So it’s no surprise that Trump is dropping pretty low to hurt DeSantis. …

The New York Times reports: The Club for Growth, a conservative anti-tax group that spent nearly $150 million in the past two election cycles, has invited a half-dozen potential Republican presidential candidates to its annual donor retreat next month — but not Donald J. Trump. In a meeting with reporters on Monday, David McIntosh, president of the group, said that …

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: ‘Sloppy’ Chris Christie, the failed former Governor of New Jersey, spent almost his entire last year in office campaigning in New Hampshire for the Republican Nomination for President. Much like his term in office, where he left with an Approval Rating of just 9%, his Presidential campaign was a complete disaster. He endorsed me …

“He had nothing! He was dead, he was leaving the race, he came over and he begged me, begged me, for an endorsement. He was getting ready to drop out. “There were tears coming down from his eyes. He said, ‘If you endorse me, I’ll win.’ So I end up doing it, and he wins. “They say it was like …

Mediaite reports: Far-right former Trump adviser turned podcast host, Steve Bannon, told his audience Monday “whatever you do, don’t send them any money” – referring to the Republican National Committee. Bannon, who ran former President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and worked briefly in the White House, expressed concern over the RNC reelecting Ronna McDaniel as chair on Friday. Ahead …

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: The Club For No Growth is a GLOBALIST group that I have been taking to the cleaners for years. We worked together for a period, but they couldn’t get away from China, Europe, Asia, and part’s unknown. They know I won’t play that game, I am America First all the way. That’s …

Politico reports: On Saturday, Trump took his sharpest swings at DeSantis to date, accusing the governor of “trying to rewrite history” over his response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Trump said DeSantis, who has been openly skeptical about government efforts to vaccinate people against the virus, “promoted the vaccine as much as anyone.” He praised governors who did not close down …

Vice News reports: Three weeks into his first term in Congress, New York Rep. George Santos is finding it very hard to make friends. On Monday, Sen. John Neely Kennedy of Louisiana told CNN reporters that the 34-year-old congressman—who has also been known as Anthony Devolder, Anthony Zabrovsky, and by a bunch of other aliases—was “nutty as a fruitcake” and …

The Guardian reports: Pompeo describes Trump calling John Bolton, his third national security adviser, a “scumbag loser”. After being fired, Bolton produced a memoir of his own, The Room Where It Happened. Trump sought to prevent publication but the book was a bestseller. Bolton has now floated a White House run of his own, to try to block Trump. Pompeo …

“I never had a conversation with Jared, Ivanka, or the president about the vice presidentship. What I will tell you is it’s really sad when you are having to go out there and put lies and gossip to sell a book. I don’t know why he said it, but that’s exactly why I stayed out of D.C. As much as …

Mediaite reports: Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo opened fire on Nikki Haley in his upcoming memoir, insulting her multiple times and accusing his fellow Trump administration alum of plotting to replace Mike Pence as vice president. In a published excerpt, Pompeo vents about a time when Haley got a personal Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump back when she …

Fox News reports: Former President Trump said in an interview this week that he’s prepared to “handle” a potential challenge from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.  Speaking to CBN host David Brody, Trump took credit for DeSantis’ rising political fortunes, noting that his endorsement in 2018 catapulted DeSantis to the front of the pack. “I …

The Daily Beast reports: On the first day of Congress this year, Jan. 3, the mounting tension between Greene and Boebert reached its boiling point. According to multiple sources, the two women were nearly in a screaming match in the Speaker’s lobby ladies room just off the House floor. “Greene questioned Boebert’s loyalty to McCarthy, and after a few words …

The Daily Beast reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn’t even declared whether he’ll run for president in 2024, and Donald Trump has tried to restrain himself from going after his top GOP rival, but the former president’s allies are already mounting an offensive—with South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem now leading the charge. Noem may be interested in running for president …

Bloomberg News reports: Representative Matt Gaetz is emerging from last week’s bitter speaker fight as the member of Congress everyone in Washington loves to hate. While he pegged Kevin McCarthy as “the biggest alligator in the swamp” and the “masthead of the lobbying corps” whose bid for House speaker was an “exercise in vanity,” Gaetz’s fellow Republicans want the Florida …