GREAT FAKE NORTH: Colorado news picked up on our report that one of Rep. Gabe Evans’s (R., Colo.) Democratic opponents used a photo from Canada for his cover photo. Watch the clip here.
TICKET CRASHER: The Trump administration’s Department of Justice and FBI got backup from LiveNation, which sent its public comment about what it calls the “unfair practices in the live entertainment industry.” Trump’s Executive Order 14254 called for a deeper analysis on the harms caused by “unscrupulous middlemen” in the ticket resale industry.
REORG MOVING ALONG: Michael Rigas, a Deputy Secretary of State, emailed State Department staff today announcing further reductions in force. “The Department will soon be communicating to individuals affected by the reduction in force,” Rigas’s email, obtained by the Washington Reporter, read. “Once notifications have taken place, the Department will enter the final stage of its reorganization and focus its attention on delivering results-driven diplomacy.”
IF LOOKS COULD KILL: Chris Cuomo recently lavished praise on air to Rep. Mike Haridopolos (R., Fla.) for being both better looking than him and for having better hair than he does.
HOLOCAUST BELITTLING: The Lincoln Project, a failed liberal super PAC, is comparing Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R., Fla.) Alligator Alcatraz to the Holocaust. This move was rightfully condemned by conservative commentators for belittling the systemic genocide.
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