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The Colorado Republican Party is electing a new chairperson later this month, and a report from the Colorado Sun claims that some in the party are fearing a "disastrous" election denier winning the vote.

The publication notes that only one of the six candidates running to be the next chairperson of the Colorado GOP thinks that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, although that candidate has claimed that they don't know whether Biden won "by hook or by crook."

Leonard Leo, the right-wing leader of the judicial activist network the Federalist Society, is coming under scrutiny for his "lavish" use of the organization's funds to live the high life, POLITICO reported on Wednesday.

"A network of political non-profits formed by judicial activist Leonard Leo moved at least $43 million to a new firm he is leading, raising questions about how his conservative legal movement is funded," reported Heidi Przybyla. "Leo’s own personal wealth appeared to have ballooned as his fundraising prowess accelerated since his efforts to cement the Supreme Court’s conservative majority helped to bring about its decision to overturn abortion rights. Most recently, Leo reaped a $1.6 billion windfall from a single donor in what is likely the biggest single political gift in U.S. history."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) reiterated her demand for separation from "woke" liberals by calling for "safe spaces" for conservatives.

Republicans have long sneered at their ideological opponents as "snowflakes" looking to retreat into "safe spaces" -- often to escape racist, sexist or homophobic abuse from conservatives -- but the firebrand Georgia Republican claims she and likeminded folks "deserve" their own.

Former Republican strategist and Lincoln Project activist Stuart Stevens slammed the Republican Party as an "autocratic movement" that no longer has any faith in the democratic process on MSNBC's "All In" Tuesday night.

His remarks came during a discussion with anchor Chris Hayes about Jeb Bush coming out with a video on Fox News praising Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — a moment many have characterized as an "endorsement" but that he has subsequently tried to walk back — and the ongoing legal troubles Fox is facing for pushing election lies.

President Joe Biden's plan to forgive more than $400 billion in student loan debt to over 40 million borrowers drew criticism from conservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday as the justices heard oral arguments in a pair of cases that will decide the fate of one of the president's signature policies and impact the financial futures of millions of Americans.

Politico reports members of the high court's right-wing supermajority "repeatedly questioned whether the Education Department had the legal authority it claimed to discharge federal student loan debt to help borrowers recover economically from the national emergency spurred by Covid-19."

United States Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) undermined her own attack on President Joe Biden's immigration policies surrounding illegal drugs that have been intercepted by Customs and Border Patrol during a Tuesday House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee hearing.

"I want you to know that in 2020 there were 4,800 pounds of fentanyl seized by CBP. But in 2021, fiscal year 2021, it increased to 11,200 pounds of fentanyl was seized by the CBP. That is a direct result of Biden administration failure policies," said Greene. "Now here we are in – to date, to date, fiscal, fiscal year 2023 – they have already seized 12,500 pounds of fentanyl. The Biden administration is failing this country by not protecting our border and securing our border, and stopping Chinese fentanyl from being brought into our country illegally by the cartels, and people are dying every single day because of it."

In a conversation with Stephanie Ruhle on Monday, former FBI general counsel, Andrew Weissmann, suggested that "more" charges might be coming "on the criminal side" for Fox News.

Speaking to Nicolle Wallace on Tuesday, he focused more on the idea of legal consequences that Fox News could face as a company.

The mayor of New York City has blamed the lack of prayer in public schools for a flood of guns being found in them.

“When we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools,” Democrat Eric Adams said at an interfaith breakfast Tuesday, Politico reported.

During a final revocation hearing for Mario Puente, who admitted to violating the terms of his supervised release, the federal judge overseeing his case decided to teach Puente daughter an impromptu lesson on the dangers of drugs, Above the Law reported.

Puente told Judge Roger Benitez of the Southern District of California that he needs to leave the city of San Diego in order to get away from people who cause him to get in trouble. Another reason, according to Puente, was his daughter, who he wants to be a better example for -- or else she might follow his same path in life.

A shouting match broke out between Alex Murdaugh's defense attorney, Dick Harpootlian, and one of the defendant's former law partners, Ronnie Crosby.

As Law & Crime captured, the moment came as part of a discussion about wild hogs in the state and guns used to deal with the hog situation vs. hunting birds or other game.

President Joe Biden provoked laughter from a crowd in Virginia Beach on Tuesday after he told a joke about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

At an event about affordable health care, Biden recalled that he had openly "negotiated" with Republicans during his State of the Union address.

Almost a month has passed since a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derailed near East Palestine, Ohio. Since then, residents of East Palestine — which is near the Pennsylvania state line and is about 40 miles northwest of Pittsburgh — have been complaining of headaches, nausea, skin rashes and other ailments. And Erin Brockovich, the environmental activist famously portrayed by Julia Roberts in a 2000 movie, has been sounding the alarm and warning that residents of the Rust Belt town are facing an environmental nightmare.

MAGA Republicans have had an overtly partisan response to the crisis, pointing the finger at President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. And some of them, including former President Donald Trump, Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk and Fox News host Tucker Carlson, have described the suffering in East Palestine as a racial issue and claimed that Democrats are neglecting East Palestine residents because they are mostly white, conservative, working class and Republican.

Borrowers, advocates, and lawmakers converged on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday night and Tuesday morning to defend President Joe Biden's stalled student debt relief plan as justices prepared to consider a pair of right-wing challenges to the popular proposal.

Attendees argued that Biden's move to erase up to $20,000 in student debt for federal borrowers with individual incomes under $125,000 and modify the income-driven repayment program is just, legal, and necessary. Although it falls short of progressives' demands for universal cancellation, speakers made clear that the White House's plan is key to improving economic security.