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With January approaching, lawmakers are preparing to gather at their respective state capitols for their annual legislative session. Tech experts are urging them to address the growing threat of "deepfakes" generated by artificial intelligence prior to the 2024 election.

"Deepfakes," in which generative AI creates an image or video of a public figure saying or doing something out of character, have become increasingly more common in recent years. According to NBC News, experts and advocates are warning lawmakers that they could soon make it virtually impossible for voters to determine the veracity of what they're seeing online.

According to an amended lawsuit filed by a former GOP campaign staffer who accused CPAC head Matt Schlapp of sexually assaulting him in October 2022, executives at the influential conservative group were aware of similar claims made against him previously.

The Washington Post is reporting the suit, filed by Carlton Huffman, points to information that indicates the Schlapp groping attack in Georgia was not the first time assault claims were made against the man who has long been the face of the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Without naming the victims, the Post reports the filing notes, "In one alleged incident, during a fundraising trip to South Florida in early 2022, Schlapp was accused of stripping to his underwear and rubbing against another person without his consent, according to the filing. In 2017, at a CPAC after-party, Schlapp attempted to kiss an employee against his wishes."

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The report also states that both victims reported the incidents to CPAC execs but no action was taken as officials looked the other way.

According to the report, "The amended lawsuit adds to the financial and political pressures on the ACU, a standard-bearer of the conservative movement that has endured an exodus of board members, staffers and corporate sponsors amid mounting concerns about Schlapp’s leadership and financial stewardship. Schlapp and the ACU have not responded to the amended complaint in court yet."

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was torn apart in a blistering attack by fellow Louisianan and Democratic strategist James Carville.

The no-holds-barred attack zeroed in on Johnson’s right-wing Christian nationalism — which Carville said showed a level of “breathtaking hypocrisy.”

In the new landscape of abortion discourse following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-8th) and other Democrats are calling on top social media sites to combat potentially harmful misinformation related to abortion access and procedures.

On Dec. 7, Raskin and 12 other Democratic members of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability sent letters addressed to Elon Musk, the chairman and chief technology officer of the social media site formerly known as Twitter, now called X, and Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and chief executive officer of Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, calling on them to combat the spread of misinformation on abortion.

Reeling from a string of school board election losses and a nationally publicized sex scandal, the "conservative powerhouse'' that is Moms for Liberty is suddenly finding itself looking at irrelevancy not long after it was founded.

According to a report from New York Times, the revelation that Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler and her husband, Florida GOP head Christian Ziegler have been caught up in a threesome sex scandalwith accusations of rape has shaken the group to its core and greatly diminished its reputation.

Former Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani losing a defamation case against two Georgia poll workers and being ordered to pay $148 million is a byproduct of reckless behavior his attorney was unable to rein in, according to a defense lawyer.

In a Saturday column for MSNBC, personal injury and criminal defense attorney Danny Cevallos wrote that the man formerly regarded as "America's mayor" routinely "engages in self-sabotage" that makes him a difficult client to defend.

It has been almost one week since Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform and issued an ominous warning to Sen. Ted Cruz with little explanation and one columnist thinks the Texas Republican may have a "Trump problem" that could hurt Cruz's bid for re-election.

Last Sunday Trump wrote of Cruz and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO): "So interesting that the Democrats are looking hard at the Senate races in both Missouri and Texas. Josh and Ted must be very careful. Stranger things have happened."

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Katie Phang Show," former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade stated that cash-strapped Rudy Giuliani may not be able to appeal the massive $148 million judgment levied against him for defaming two Georgia poll workers.

Late Friday, a jury slapped the former New York City mayor with the multimillion-dollar penalty to be paid to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss that included $75 million in punitive damages.

Supporters of Clerk and Recorder Sandra Merchant asked the Cascade County Commission on Friday to reverse its decision to remove election duties from her, saying they may sue the county for making the change.

“We’re gonna have to pay a lot of money to sue you, so thank you for making me sue my county,” said Julie Bass, who has worked closely with the Elections Office during Merchant’s tenure. “This was a communist move, to take our right to vote away.”

After years of requests from the Michigan Attorney General’s Office for Michigan State University to release documents for the state’s investigation into sexual abuse by ex-Olympic and MSU doctor Larry Nassar, university leadership agreed on Friday to release the documents.

“I started all this when I was a freshman in high school and now I’m a junior in college,” Elizabeth Maurer, a survivor of Nassar’s abuse, said after the MSU Board of Trustees unanimously voted to review and release the requested documents.

A swing Ohio House district Republicans were counting on winning to maintain their majority in the House of Representatives next year just became even more competitive.

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), who has represented her Toledo-area district since 1983, will face a steep reelection campaign in 2024 after the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature carved up her district in the wake of the 2020 Census. In 2022 she faced off against Air Force vetera JR Majewski, who ended up losing after it was discovered he lied about serving in Afghanistan (he actually served in Qatar, which the AP said was "a safe distance from the fighting"). After news of the scandal broke, Kaptur easily won reelection by 13 points.