🤭🤣Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden

Someone’s plans to harvest dozens of apparent marijuana plants grown on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds have gone up in smoke.

The plants sprouted in a tulip garden outside the Capitol, WMTV-TV reported Thursday.

Tatyana Warrick, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Administration, told The Associated Press in an email Friday that workers had removed the plants, but that her agency couldn’t determine if they were marijuana or hemp.
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Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are talking at length about plans for next year, a strong sign that the former president sees the speaker as more than an interim caretaker.

Trump and Johnson are aiming to avoid the legislative scramble of Trump's early days in the White House after his win in 2016, sources told Axios.

The two have discussed budget priorities and how congressional Republicans could help pass Trump's second-term agenda

They've discussed using budget reconciliation to get around the need for 60 Senate votes to pass legislation on their agenda — such as energy and tax policy — if Republicans sweep the House, Senate and the White House.

Trump sees Johnson as a "good enough ally" and understands the importance of dealmaking in Congress, a top Trump ally told Axios.
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President Biden rejects additional debates against Trump

President Biden and his team are shutting the door to additional debates with former President Trump, suggesting the two scheduled contests already agreed to by both sides will be the only matchups of the 2024 presidential election.

“The debate about debates is over,” Team Biden told NBC News. “No more games.”

The two scheduled contests include a June 27 event hosted by CNN and a Sept. 10 showdown with ABC News.
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Amid outrage at footage showing Diddy violently attacking his ex-girlfriend Cassie, the embattled rapper is fearful more damaging videos will emerge, an insider told DailyMail.com 

A source revealed that Diddy was 'stunned' by the video's release, and has been huddled with his lawyers for crisis talks as he fears more could follow. 

'His team is bracing itself for the release of more videos and are now aware that some of the people who were paid to dispose of them may have kept copies,' they said.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Louisiana set to become first state in the union requiring 10 Commandments be posted in schools

BREAKING: Meteor seen over Spain and Portugal, may have fallen near the town of Pinheiro

I can’t even begin to guess the hours involved in carving this. 🤯🤯🤯.

Creativity is one of our greatest gifts.

Biden HQ:

“Trump starts playing QAnon music during his bizarre slur-filled NRA speech”

Kek, new genre unlocked 🔥

🔗 Link (go tell ‘em #NCSWIC)

Commission on Presidential Debates co-founder Frank Fahrenkopf claimed that President Joe Biden’s campaign urged CNN to “promise that they wouldn’t let [Robert F Kennedy Jr.] in regardless” to its June 27 debate.

Fahrenkopf also implied that Kennedy could file a lawsuit given a potential violation of Federal Election Commission rules.

When asked if this constituted a violation, Fahrenkopf told Politico, “It could, but my lawyering days are over. I’ll leave that to the lawyers on both sides. But it’s an issue certainly to raise. I’m surprised. When this thing went down yesterday I said, ‘Boy, I bet Kennedy is going to file some lawsuit somewhere.'”
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UPDATE: A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed in a northern region of the country Sunday, according to Iranian state news agency IRNA. His condition is currently unknown.

Iranian officials say dense fog is making it difficult for rescue crews to locate the downed aircraft in the remote, mountainous East Azerbaijan Province. As the night grows later in Iran, extreme cold will further complicate the effort.

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🇷🇺🇮🇷⚡️Russia is ready to assist in finding the missing helicopter of President Raisi in Iran and investigating the causes of the incident - Maria Zakharova

Marco Rubio won’t accept 2024 election results if they’re ‘unfair’

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, an ally of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, will not accept the results of the Nov. 5 election if they are “unfair,” he said on Sunday.

“Will you accept the election results of 2024, no matter what happens, senator?” NBC News’ “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker asked Rubio, a Florida Republican, in an interview.

“No matter what happens?

No,” Rubio answered. “If it’s an unfair election, I think it’s going to be contested by either side.”
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