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President Joe Biden reportedly is planning an aggressive midterm campaign that will label Republicans obstructionists to his efforts to move the country forward amid the apparently waning coronavirus pandemic while at the same time rallying for Democrats to help his party retain control of the U.S. House and Senate.

CNN reports that the president has complained in recent private conversations that he is frustrated with what he sees as journalists' lack of reporting about how Republicans have ditched any and all GOP principles solely with the intent of reclaiming the representative branch of government.

According to reports from the Daily Beast and the conservative Bulwark, extremists from both the far-right and the far-left are finding not only common ground in defending Russian President Vladimir Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine but are also making a nice living pushing propaganda for the Russian strongman.

Writing for the Beast, Mathew Foresta suggested that former Russia Today personalities like internet comedian Lee Camp and commentator Sameera Khan have found new life for their careers now that Russia has pulled the plug on RT.

Kellyanne Conway, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, gave a speech Wednesday evening at UW-Whitewater, focusing on threats to conservative speech from progressives as she spoke in front of nearly 200 people.

Speaking for about an hour in the half-full Timmerman Auditorium — which seats about 400 — Conway railed against threats to free speech as she repeatedly told the audience they were on “the right side” of issues ranging from immigration to abortion access, critical race theory and charter schools, while dropping the names of the many famous conservative figures she knows, including Trump and former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Among the people in attendance was state Sen. Steve Nass (R-Whitewater).

According to a Politico report, there is grumbling and discord among members of the conservative Freedom Caucus that threatens to pull it apart with one former member saying it is devolving into an "extreme outrage machine" instead of attempting to influence policy and pass legislation.

Leading off with a squabble that broke out between Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) at a get-together last month where the two had to be separated, Olivia Beavers is reporting that the Freedom Caucus, once dedicated to conservative causes, changed drastically under Donald Trump and now there are fears it may lose whatever influence it once had.

On Thursday, CBS 5 Phoenix reported that Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, who is currently running for Senate as a Republican, has diverted money away from a fund intended to fight consumer fraud in order to litigate other, more political cases.

"In budget requests submitted by the Attorney General since 2018, the office has increasingly diverted money in the Consumer Protection and Fraud Revolving Fund to pay for other operations. Analysis of the operations shows they have little or no connection to protecting Arizona consumers," reported Morgan Loew.

Republican officeholders and candidates are baselessly claiming that undocumented immigrants are voting.

The false claims are impacting politics far away from the U.S.-Mexico border as part of Donald Trump's conspiratorial claims of election fraud, which is exceptionally rare, and whipping up hysteria that non-citizens are sneaking into the country and casting ballots, reported the New York Times.

Donald Trump denied that House minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) had called him on Jan. 6 to put a stop to the U.S. Capitol riot.

Republican lawmakers say McCarthy told them that he insisted the rioters were Trump supporters and demanded the former president call them off, and the California Republican claimed that Trump defended the insurrectionist mob.

US President Joe Biden on Thursday proposed a huge $33 billion package for arming and supporting Ukraine, saying that "caving" in to Russia is not an option for the West as the war stretches into a third month.

Speaking in the White House, Biden also outlined proposed new laws to allow using luxury assets stripped from Russian oligarchs under unprecedented sanctions to compensate Ukraine for the destruction wreaked by the invading Russians.

US Democrats announced legislation Thursday to punish fuel companies they accuse of unfairly raising prices at the pump, as record inflation threatens the party's prospects in November's midterm elections.

The reforms would allow regulators to impose heavy fines on companies exploiting the war in Ukraine and a pandemic-related surge in crude prices to cash in at the expense of American motorists.

A Republican lawmaker tripped himself up during a hearing with Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday.

Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) challenged Mayorkas to explain statistics showing deportations for violent criminals had gone down compared to the final year of the Trump administration, and the secretary explained his claim that deportations had actually gone up under President Joe Biden.

Republican congressional candidate Dave Williams will not have “Let’s Go Brandon” appear as a nickname on the June primary ballot, a Denver District Court judge ruled Wednesday.

“Upon consideration of all of this testimony, evidence, briefing, argument and authority the Court held a hearing today by videoconference and entered on the record findings of fact, conclusions of law and an order denying relief on the petition,” District Court judge Andrew McCallin wrote.