Ladies and gentlemen, the “alpha male” candidate.

Marjorie Taylor Greene just introduced an amendment to the Israel aid bill requiring that the funds be used for “space laser technology,” apparently a nod to her “Jewish space lasers” conspiracy theory.

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New: Colorado Republicans just blocked a bill that would help victims of childhood sexual abuse sue their abusers.

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In honor of Lara Trump's breakout, inspiring music career, my friend No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen and I decided to rank the WORST political songs in history. I promise you will hate this one. youtube.com/watch?v=oBLT93… h/t Jon Favreau our assignment editor

Republican priorities in recent days:

—Banning non-citizens from voting, which is already illegal in federal elections
—Banning “chemtrails,” which are a far-right conspiracy theory
—Protecting gas stoves
—The “Liberty in Laundry Act” and “Clothes Dryers Reliability Act”

New: Tennessee Republicans just enacted a new law to combat “chemtrails,” which is part of a far-right MAGA conspiracy theory.

They are baselessly theorizing that Biden is sending airplanes across the planet to control the weather and poison Americans.

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I’ll save you the listen.

Here’s Kari Lake in her own words citing this abortion ban, calling it a “great law” and encouraging other states to follow.

Not amount of backpedaling will make us forget.

Mike Lawler’s district voted for Joe Biden over Donald Trump by double digits.

New: A member of Trump’s campaign leadership was arrested after he threatened a mass shooting against law enforcement, threatened to rape his boss’ wife, and was having inappropriate relations with a teenage girl.

He gave Trump an inscribed AR-15.

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Kevin McCarthy just now: “I’ll give you the truth about why I’m not Speaker. It’s because one person wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old.”

And there you have it.

Arizona’s Democratic Attorney General won her election by 500 votes out of 2.5 MILLION cast.

Elections matter.

This new Biden commercial airing nationwide is absolutely gut-wrenching.

He said “if I’m not going to be on the ballot, no one can”

Make this make sense. Republicans like Huckabee Sanders can't help themselves when they see an opportunity to create fear and panic among their base. WTF do Arkansans think? that a great evil will be unleashed by the eclipse, spitting fireballs down at the innocent? Jesus Christ.

One minute of pure brilliance from Jon Lovett:

'Voting is not some grand statement of human identity. It is not the defining character trait that proves who you are or what you believe. It is an opportunity to use a lever of power to make the country better or to make the…

New: Trump is reportedly planning to “end” Russia’s war against Ukraine by pressuring Ukraine to give up its territory to Putin.

Trump also wants to pull America out of NATO.

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New: Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has declared a state of emergency ahead of tomorrow’s eclipse.

It will remain in effect until Wednesday.

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Lauren Boebert was reportedly so drunk at a recent MAGA event, she had to be dealt with by Trump’s security because she kept trying to take selfies with him.

One witness said she was “overserved.”

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New: Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State says he may not allow Joe Biden to be on the ballot in November.

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