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LISTEN: “I will f****** punch someone in the face for talking about Hegseth,” Rep. Van Orden says (opens the original)
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Who? Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) Ask a Pol asks: How do you feel about canceling the early session early? Key Van Orden: “I work. I will be here tomorrow,”* Rep. Derrick Van Orden exclusively tells Ask a Pol . *Interview was conducted Wednesday; Speaker Mike Johnson canceled the previously scheduled Thursday legislative session. Caught our ear: “I will f****** punch someone in the face for talking about Hegseth,” Van Orden tells us. Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interv
Thomas Massie on Epstein Files II: "It will be a very tangible impact on the perpetrators” (opens the original)
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Who? Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) Ask a Pol asks:Will your Epstein Files Transparency Act 2 have a tangible impact on the lives of these survivors? Key Massie:“It’s going to be hard to have more tangible impact than 3 million files,” Rep. Thomas Massie exclusively tells Ask a Pol . Caught our ear:“It will be a very tangible impact on the perpetrators, because one of the things it does is give the New Mexico attorney general the tools he needs to prosecute crimes at Zorro Ranch. And [Attorney Genera
Republican Tim Burchett’s skipping GOP convention over “$25,000 they want from members of Congress” (opens the original)
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Who? Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) Ask a Pol asks: Why are you skipping the first-ever Republican Party midterm convention in Dallas, Texas? Key Burchett: “Apparently, it’s like $25,000 they want from members of Congress,” Rep. Tim Burchett told Ask a Pol Politics . “But they said they’d work something out, but it was too late at that point. They should have told me that at the beginning.” Caught our ear: “They said they’d work something out, but it was too late at that point,” Burchett told us. “The
"It’s none of their damn business,” Sen. Rand Paul blasts Republicans fighting for tougher hemp regs (opens the original)
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Sen. Rand Paul: Whether people take Ambien or hemp for sleep is “none of their damn business” Who? Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) Ask a Pol asks: With this hemp hang-up, what do you make of this last-minute wrangling? Key Paul: “I think the people that are so opposed to hemp need to realize that people take all kinds of prescription drugs to help them sleep, and they’re making a judgment that somehow taking Ambien or Percocet is somehow better than taking hemp,” Sen. Rand Paul exclusively told Ask a Pol
Third time the charm? Another poll shows the Democratic US Senate candidate up in Texas (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON — The third poll in a row shows Democratic state Rep. James Talarico ahead of Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas’ U.S. Senate race. While it’s early, Texas lawmakers say it’s not an anomaly and Democrats have a real chance of winning a Texas Senate seat for the first time in more than three decades. “What do you make of all these polls coming out showing Paxton down?” Raw Story asked outgoing Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) of the latest Texas Southern University poll that has Ta
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