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CNN host Dana Bash cracked a joke on Wednesday as the heated hearing for Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) developed into a fiery back-and-forth similar to the popular reality show franchise.

The broadcaster dropped the Bravo reference after Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) faced off with Mullin over whether he was the right person to lead the Department of Homeland Security after the nominee approved of a violent attack against the Kentucky Republican. Mullin, who President Donald Trump has selected to replace outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, was grilled by Paul and other senators in a series of tough questions about his anger, temperament and concerns over his "classified work" outside the United States.

"Back with my panel meanwhile, on the Real Housewives of the U.S. Senate, this is, you know, I mean, it's actually, it is a serious issue that Rand Paul is trying to get at, which he said is, you know, character and that questioning whether he has anger issues," Bash said. ...

Democratic strategists took to CNN Thursday to implore party leaders to stop talking and start taking action to show how painful President Donald Trump's tariffs are to average Americans.

Anchor Kate Bolduan played a clip of Trump quipping at Wednesday's Cabinet meeting, "Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know? And maybe the two dolls would cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally."

Ana Navarro began, "It's just, it's so disconnected from everyday reality of Americans. It's so tone deaf. It's so 'Marie Antoinette, let them eat cake.' And I think it's part of the the problem is that Donald Trump is not only surrounded by a bunch of sycophants who don't push back on him, but they're rich sycophants." ...

The Vermont Democratic Party is one of many political fundraising committees that have fallen victim to theft during the past couple of years.

But it’s the only one where the thief deposited the stolen funds into a sports betting account.

A Raw Story analysis of Federal Election Commission records showed the Vermont Democratic Party experienced a fraudulent charge of $925 on its political committee debit card — and the money went into an account on the sports and fantasy gambling site FanDuel....

Donald Trump’s Republican National Committee is touting the role of union labor in building out Fiserv Forum and other venues for the party’s national convention next month in Milwaukee.

But the feelings of affection aren’t exactly mutual.

In an email Thursday, the RNC boasted that the majority of workers involved in the convention buildout will be union members. Republicans name-dropped stagehands represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, or IATSE; drivers represented by the Teamsters; and electricians represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers....

Their tweeted barbs turned to fighting words and nearly physical blows on a vaunted Senate chamber floor.

And the gloves keep coming off.

Teamsters President Sean O'Brien continues to needle his unsuspecting nemesis in Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), a former MMA contender, after they came close to fighting during a hearing that was supposed to make promising strides on income equality. ...

A fraudulent check scam cost the Oregon Republican Party more than $800, making the political group the latest victim in a string of attacks targeting campaigns and committees this year.

The Oregon Republican Party lost $842.99 when a suspicious check made payable to “Jeremiah Grieser” was deposited at Alliant Credit Union on May 30, according to a Salem Police Department report obtained by Raw Story.

An Oregon Republican Party official “discovered a suspicious check that did not match any known format of checks used by the Oregon Republican Party. Upon investigating further, she discovered that the check was fraudulent and had been fabricated using the Umpqua Bank account information of the Oregon Republican Party,” said the report filed by Michael Vega, an officer with the department....