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GOP Chair Says More Indictments Possible in Florida Fake Voter Guide Case

The chairman of the St. Johns County Republican Party in Florida said more people could face criminal charges as prosecutors pursue a case involving an alleged fake voter guide scheme tied to the 2024 Republican primary.

Speaking with host Matthew Boyle on Breitbart News Saturday, St. John’s County GOP Chairman Denver Cook said he believes the investigation may not be over, noting that additional evidence could emerge as the criminal case moves through the courts.

“I expect that this will go on. I presume there will be civil suits related to this as well. And just because indictments are filed one way, if further evidence is uncovered in the process of these people being brought in and being forced to testify,” Cook said, “I assume that should something further be uncovered, that further charges or further people could be indicted in the future. There’s no guarantee of that. But right now, this is a live criminal prosecution.”

Cook also said that investigators uncovered what he described as a coordinated effort to mislead Republican voters by distributing counterfeit voter guides bearing the local GOP’s branding.

“I had said that we were filing formal complaints. This led to them trying to cover up their illegal activity. And I spent two years working with investigators as much as I could and pressing to get the indictments finally forwarded,” Cook told Boyle. “I’ve sent you and others the indictment details, a sworn affidavit, and it just shows a shocking calculated criminal conspiracy that was done to subvert the voice of the St. John’s County Republican Party.”

Cook said the operation involved thousands of mailers and significant financial backing, calling it a deliberate attempt to influence the outcome of local Republican races.

“It was a mass-scale deception involving tens of thousands of dollars, tens of thousands of mailers, and a deliberate attempt to override the votes of the party itself, who voted to support these people. And to weaponize our official party logo and our name to the super voters in our community,” Cook revealed. “They were planning on sending those to the, you know, in our elections in St. John’s County, there’s about 25,000 super voters. Those are the ones that determine what happens in a primary.”

Although the defendants are Republicans, Cook said party affiliation should not shield anyone from prosecution — “anyone who violates the law or commits fraud, regardless of party.”

“And I’ve stressed, and we’ve talked privately in the past, what I think our citizens demand when it comes to election integrity and the way our government functions is accountability, oversight — and we’re not seeing that. And finally with this, after two years of pushing, we are seeing accountability and transparency.”

Breitbart News reported on Tuesday that five people, including two St. Johns County commissioners and a St. Augustine Beach commissioner, were charged over an alleged scheme to distribute counterfeit Republican voter guides during the 2024 primary election.

Prosecutors accused the group of creating unauthorized voter guides designed to resemble official Republican Party endorsements, and one political consultant also faces a felony charge for allegedly destroying or concealing evidence during the investigation.

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Rep. Jim Jordan Says Senate Republicans Must Nuke the Filibuster Now to Pass SAVE America Act Before Democrats Do It Themselves

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan has delivered a strong message to Senate Republicans, arguing that they need to get tough and eliminate the filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act while they still have the chance.

Jordan warned that Democrats will not hesitate to scrap the filibuster if they regain power, making it essential for Republicans to act decisively now to secure election integrity measures before the 2026 midterms.

Speaking to Fox News’ The Big Weekend Show, Jordan discussed President Trump’s push for the GOP to prioritize the SAVE America Act, a key election integrity bill that would require proof of citizenship for voter registration and implement other safeguards against fraud.

The legislation passed the House but has stalled in the Senate.

Jordan did not hold back in criticizing colleagues who refuse to consider ending the filibuster.

“It looks like Republican senators who will not vote to ever get rid of the filibuster. I think we know what’s going to happen!” he stated.

Jordan followed up by pointing out the likely outcome if Democrats take control.

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Using Marijuana Will Make You ‘A Loser In Life,’ GOP Congressman Says

A Republican congressman claims that using marijuana “hurts your DNA,” will “make you a loser in life” and leads to young women being “taken advantage of.”

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), one of the most outspoken opponents of cannabis legalization in Congress, made the comments in an  appearance on “High Stakes,” a podcast produced by the prohibitionist organization Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM).

“If you want to become a loser in life—if you want, as a young woman, to be around areas where the knowledge that you have of being assaulted, taken advantage of, and harming your life—just go forth and be around marijuana,” he said.

“I became very aware in college about people who used marijuana, who ended up literally dropping out—dropping out of life—who just chose that way of life,” he said. “I saw it from a personal perspective of a danger to someone’s future in their life.”

“There is not one positive effect of this marijuana,” Sessions claimed, despite the fact that nearly every state in the country has legalized cannabis for medical uses and the Trump administration has partially federally rescheduled it, officially recognizing its therapeutic value.

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Florida Gov. DeSantis Designates Terrorist Groups After Judge Pushes Back

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the state’s intent to implement its new statutory authority to identify, designate, and combat terrorist organizations operating in Florida, marking the first use of powers established by HB 1471. DeSantis signed the bill into law during a ceremony on the University of South Florida campus in Tampa on April 6, 2026, and the law took effect Wednesday, July 1.

Under HB 1471, Florida’s chief of domestic security within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement may designate qualifying organizations as domestic or foreign terrorist organizations. The governor and Cabinet then approve or reject each designation by majority vote before publication in the Florida Administrative Register.

“Today, we are officially designating terrorist organizations under Florida law. In addition to CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood, we are adding Antifa to the list, along with more than 90 Foreign Terrorist Organizations, including cartels,” DeSantis said in a statement. Among the named foreign designations are the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and cartels, including Cartel de Sinaloa, Tren de Aragua, Cartel del Noreste, and Cartel del Golfo.

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Florida Officials, Political Operatives Charged in Alleged Counterfeit GOP Voter Guide Plot

Five people, including two St. Johns County commissioners and a St. Augustine Beach commissioner, were charged Monday in connection with an alleged scheme to distribute counterfeit Republican voter guides during the 2024 primary election.

County Commissioners Sarah Arnold and Christian Whitehurst, St. Augustine Beach Commissioner and former Mayor Dylan Rumrell, political consultant Briana Jordan, and Jamie Lynn Johnson were each charged with one count of creating an unauthorized voter guide and one count of conspiracy. Jordan was also charged with felony tampering with physical evidence after prosecutors alleged she destroyed or concealed voter guides while an investigation was pending.

The charges come months after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed a confidential executive order assigning the case to an outside prosecutor. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigated the case, and 8th Judicial Circuit State Attorney Brian Kramer ultimately filed the charges after prosecutors in both the 7th and 4th Judicial Circuits recused themselves.

According to a sworn FDLE affidavit, investigators allege Jordan organized the scheme after the St. Johns County Republican Executive Committee endorsed a slate of candidates who were not represented by her consulting operation. Prosecutors say she created a counterfeit voter guide using the county GOP’s name and branding without authorization while omitting the disclaimer required under Florida law. Jordan’s bond was set at $12,000, and it is unclear when the defendants will make their first court appearances.

Investigators allege the counterfeit guides were assembled at a St. Augustine campaign headquarters before being mailed to thousands of Republican voters from post offices in Jacksonville and Orlando to conceal their origin. The affidavit alleges Jordan purchased more than 10,000 voter guides and approximately 20,000 postage stamps, while Whitehurst, Arnold and Rumrell helped prepare the mailers by placing labels and stamps on the envelopes.

Prosecutors also allege Jordan later burned remaining voter guides and searched for commercial shredding services after the operation became public. The fake voter guides became one of the biggest controversies of the 2024 Republican primary in St. Johns County. While the official St. Johns County Republican Executive Committee endorsed one slate of candidates, the counterfeit guide promoted a competing slate that included Whitehurst and several other local Republicans.

The competing endorsements reflected a broader intraparty fight over growth and development in one of the nation’s fastest-growing counties. The candidates featured on the counterfeit guide largely mirrored those backed by the Trump Club of St. Johns County, while President Donald Trump later endorsed the three incumbent county commissioners on Truth Social during the closing days of the campaign.

Ann-Marie Evans, who narrowly lost the Republican primary to Whitehurst, previously said she was “appalled” and “shocked” by the counterfeit mailers and blamed them for confusing voters during the race. Republican Party of Florida Chairman Evan Power also welcomed the charges, saying the party takes the unauthorized use of its branding seriously.

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Massie Introduces Resolution to Honor USS Liberty Crew, Declassify All Records.

America First GOP Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky introduced a resolution today honoring the crew of the USS Liberty, which Israel attacked 59 years ago as the ship patrolled international waters.

The resolution, which condemns the “unprovoked” Israeli attack, names the 34 dead, and calls upon the president to declassify records related to the attack.

It also condemns Israel.

Top U.S. military officials at the time called the attack deliberate, while Israel weakly claimed the attack was a case of “mistaken identity.”

Weeks ago, Massie called for a new investigation into the attack. Those who oppose discussing the Liberty or investigating it often call questions about it “antisemitic.”

The Unprovoked Attack

Sailing in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula on June 8, 1967, the Liberty was collecting signals intelligence related to Israel’s Six-Day War with nearby Arab states, notably Egypt.

The ship flew an American flag and was otherwise clearly marked.

Israeli reconnaissance aircraft surveilled the ship for more than six hours, flying as low as 200 feet, the Liberty Association website explains. Despite that surveillance, Israeli jets attacked the ship relentlessly for almost 25 minutes.

When it was over, 34 Americans were dead and 171 wounded. Captain William McGonagle received the Medal of Honor for heroism in secret. His citation says he received the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War. It does not name the country that attacked the Liberty. 

Fighter jets sent to defend the ship from two American aircraft carriers, the USS America and USS Saratoga, were recalled.

Recalling the aircraft, former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Thomas Moorer wrote for the Houston Chronicle in 2004, “was the most disgraceful act I witnessed in my entire military career.”

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Ohio Sen. Moreno Rips GOP Gov. DeWine for Putting Haitian Migrants over Americans

Ohio’s Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno blasted his state’s governor, Republican Mike DeWine, for the governor’s support of the thousands of Haitian migrants Joe Biden imported into the state as the Trump administration moves to revoke their temporary protected immigration status.

DeWine went on left-wing CNN and attacked the Trump administration for working to revoke the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of some 300,000 economic migrants from Haiti, thousands of whom flooded into the Buckeye State during the Biden years. On CNN, DeWine insisted that the Haitians have been an integral part of Ohio communities.

“It is not in the United States’s interest, certainly not in Ohio’s interest,” DeWine told CNN’s Jake Tapper, “to have people who are working every single day, who are supporting a family, who are buying houses, fixing up old houses, starting businesses, and then put deep roots in this country and really are contributing, and yank them out!”

DeWine painted a picture of Haitians who are important and contributing greatly to America and Ohio both.

But Sen. Moreno begged to disagree. In fact, Moreno said that these thousands of Haitians are a net drag on Ohio, and not a boon to the state’s economy at all.

Moreno said that housing has become more expensive because of all these migrants, that car accidents have soared, and that these Haitians are sucking up billions in welfare that should be going to Ohioans, not economic migrants.

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Pro-Amnesty RINO AZ Congressional Candidate Jay Feely Defends DACA, Points to His Record of Importing Haitians Under TPS in GOP Debate

Ex-Arizona Cardinals Kicker and Arizona RINO Congressional Candidate Jay Feely came out in defense of mass migration and DACA during his GOP Primary Debate last week. 

Feely faces Arizona State Representative Joseph Chaplik, the only Trump-aligned candidate in the race, in the July 21 Primary election. Mail-in voting started on June 24.

Despite his pro-amnesty stance, a history of close ties to the Clinton family and the Clinton Foundation, support for Barack Obama, and attacks on Trump, Feely was endorsed by Trump, leaving Arizona Trump supporters scratching their heads.

During the debate on Thursday, when the candidates were asked about Obama’s controversial Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which gives amnesty to illegal aliens who arrived in the US as children, Feely appeared to defend the program.

Chaplik responded to the question of “How do you balance the humane behavior there with coming down hard on criminals?” by emphasizing the need to continue strict immigration enforcement. “The criminals, the violent drug dealers, the rapist, the murderers that are in our country, we need to get them out immediately,” he said.

Chaplik continued, “We need to make sure that we have strong workforce labor, but the criteria is American. We do not want anti-American people in this country. It does not help our country. And so, when people come across that border, and they’re chanting ‘Death to America, that’s not the person I want working in the fields, and I don’t want that person working anywhere in this country.”

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RINO Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Caught in a Big Lie as He Defends the Large Number of Haitian Migrants Living in His State on TPS

On Sunday, RINO Ohio Governor Mike DeWine could stop himself from lying in an effort to defend the presence of Haitians in Ohio on Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

DeWine appeared on State of the Union with Jake Tapper to weigh in on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allowed President Trump to end TPS for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians.

As a result, 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians will lose their status and have to return home.

Ohio will be particularly impacted by the ruling. Reports indicate that roughly 30,000 Haitians live in the Buckeye State, with almost half of those residing in Springfield.

As TGP readers know, the presence of thousands of Haitians in Springfield rightfully sparked fury from both residents and conservative politicians. They have ‘culturally enriched’ the city with activities, including committing DUIs and dining on wildlife in medieval fashion.

While most sane individuals would welcome sending these Haitians back, DeWine argued that this would be wrong due to how many are ‘working’ and ‘supporting’ families.

“It is not in the United States’ interest, certainly not in Ohio’s interest, to have people who are working every single day, supporting a family, buying houses, starting businesses, and yank them out,” he told Tapper.

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With Friends Like This: GOP Senator Joins Forces with Elizabeth Warren to Push the Largest Tax Hike in Over FOUR DECADES

The one thing conservatives could generally count on from Republicans was their consistent opposition to tax increases. But one GOP Senator has decided to toss that principle aside and join forces with one of America’s most notorious leftists.

On Tuesday, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and Senator Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren (D-MA) wrote an editorial published by the far-left New York Times, which outlined their plan to ‘save’ Social Security.

Moreno and Warren correctly note that Social Security is facing a major funding crisis. By late 2032, the fund from which most Social Security beneficiaries are paid will be severely depleted unless Congress takes action.

If Congress does nothing, Social Security benefits could be cut by more than 20 percent.

The Senators write that instead of reducing the benefits, the government should adopt what they call a common-sense solution: lifting the Social Security payroll tax cap.

Warren and Moreno say that this is one way to make the payroll tax and solve the Social Security funding crisis for “another generation.”

More From the New York Times:

For 2026, the payroll tax cap, or taxable maximum, is $184,500. Workers and their employers each pay 6.2 percent on wages up to that amount. (Self-employed individuals pay 12.4 percent.) Today, the maximum Social Security withholding for one worker is $22,878, or 12.4 percent of $184,500. Not a penny more, even if an individual’s salary far exceeds $184,500.

Since the vast majority of Americans make less than that, most people are paying Social Security taxes on 100 percent of their earnings, while the highest earners are paying on only part of theirs.

Why should a middle-class nurse pay a larger share of her paycheck than a wealthy corporate lawyer? This is doubly unfair in an economy in which top earners’ wages, over time, have pulled far ahead of those of the average worker.

According to one estimate, eliminating the payroll tax cap would inject around $3 trillion into the program over the next 10 years. Lifting the cap so that all income is treated the same would generate substantial revenue that would extend the solvency of Social Security for another generation.

But what Warren and Moreno do not tell readers is that lifting the payroll tax cap would result in the largest tax increase in more than four decades.

This proposal would have a particularly devastating impact on sole proprietors, and costs would fall entirely on working Americans.

Moreover, the plan is more radical than any tax hike Joe Biden proposed.

Here is the National Review with the damning details:

That would represent a $3.4 trillion tax hike over a decade. As a share of gross domestic product, it would be the largest tax hike in over 40 years — eclipsing Bill Clinton’s 1993 tax increase, according to the Tax Foundation.

Not only would it represent a stunning betrayal of his own voters, as Moreno signed the Americans for Tax Reform’s pledge against any tax increases — it would even violate the $400,000-a-year Joe Biden threshold for tax increases.

Such a massive tax increase would also have crushing economic effects. Employers who don’t want to absorb the increase in payroll taxes will have to hire fewer workers or keep wages lower. It would place a significant burden on small business owners who operate as sole proprietors and pay self-employment taxes. And at a time when affordability has become a major issue, these costs would fall entirely on working-age Americans.

What makes Moreno’s turn to the hard left more distressing is that he has been one of the Senate’s most reliable MAGA warriors, particularly on immigration.

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