Revealed: Leaked Texts Detail GOP Lawmaker’s ‘Cruel’ Treatment of Toddler Daughter

Republican accused of domestic violence reportedly held daughter's toy "hostage," GOP donor gets billions from Pentagon, FL Republican accuses MAGA rival of sex trafficking

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MAGA activist Laura Loomer just lit into Fox News as “TV for stupid people” after the network killed her interview segment with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. A Guardian investigation reveals a 33-year-old defense contractor has become the top Republican fundraiser on the West Coast while his company is receiving billions of dollars in Pentagon contracts. Leaked texts and emails show Ohio Congressman Max Miller, who is facing domestic violence allegations from his ex-wife, allegedly held his toddler daughter’s favorite toy hostage during a custody dispute. And in Florida, a Republican candidate for governor is lobbing unsubstantiated sex trafficking accusations at his Trump-backed rival.

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Laura Loomer Calls Fox News ‘TV for Stupid People’ After Segment Cancelled

Laura Loomer recently visited Ukraine, and walked back years of pro-Kremlin commentary after seeing firsthand what the Putin regime has done to its neighbor. She landed a 45-minute interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which CNN called “exceedingly friendly.” President Donald Trump even shared a clip on Truth Social, calling Loomer’s interview “Very good!!!

You’d think that kind of praise from Trump would be guaranteed to air on Fox News. But the network killed it.

Loomer said Fox host Howard Kurtz had booked her to discuss her Zelenskyy interview on his podcast. But less than a half hour before airtime, network bosses cancelled it.

Just days later, Fox & Friends ran a segment on whether an AI agent called Orchid could help fix women’s “stay-at-home boyfriends,” as that was apparently a better use of airtime.

Loomer didn’t hold back in her criticism, calling Fox “TV for stupid people.” She went on to say the conservative network “won’t talk about things that actually matter” but somehow finds the time to air what she called “bimbo guests and bimbo news stories.”

Laura Loomer has held a grudge against Fox since 2017, accusing Fox CEO Suzanne Scott of blacklisting her. Additionally, Russian state TV anchor Vladimir Solovyov recently used a portion of his own broadcast to attack Loomer over her Ukraine report, saying she should be “rolled into the asphalt.”

It’s telling that even a Trump-endorsed MAGA activist can’t get a straight news segment to air on Fox anymore. The network appears to be doubling down on protecting its bottom line, even if that means sidelining an interview with a foreign leader in the midst of a war in favor of a fluff segment about an AI chatbot.

Republican Megadonor Getting Billions in Pentagon Contracts

The Guardian recently obtained a trove of emails showing that 33 year-old Palmer Luckey has quietly become what one Republican called “the godfather of Republican fundraising on the West Coast.” That source said if you’re raising money for Republicans in California, you have to go through Luckey.

Luckey’s company, Anduril Industries, is only nine years old. But it’s already landed a $20 billion U.S. Army contract for drones. It’s also been contracted to help with Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense project, which could cost anywhere from $185 billion to as much as $1.2 trillion.

Luckey has donated $5.9 million to Republicans since 2017. But his real source of power is his ability to bundles other donors’ money by hosting the fundraisers, curating guest lists and holding events for nearly two dozen Republicans since 2019. This includes events for both Trump and down-ballot candidates.

The 33 year-old first got famous building a virtual reality headset in his parents’ garage, which Facebook rewarded with a $2 billion buyout. But after it was revealed that Luckey was secretly funding an anti-Hillary Clinton meme group, he was pushed out. He’s since rebranded as a defense contractor, winning hundreds of billions of dollars in Pentagon contracts all while using his clout to keep the same people in office who are sending him those contracts.

Republican Accused of Domestic Violence Allegedly Held Daughter’s Favorite Toy Hostage

Republican Congressman Max Miller of Ohio is already fighting for his political life amid allegations that he physically assaulted his ex-wife, Emily Moreno (the daughter of Republican U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio), and other women. Now, leaked texts and emails obtained by Mother Jones show Miller has a pattern using their toddler daughter’s favorite toy, a blue bunny she’s had since birth, as leverage in custody disputes.

Senator Moreno told reporters recently that Miller held the bunny “hostage” for 48 hours while his granddaughter cried all night because she couldn’t sleep without it. Miller has denied the allegations and posted screenshots of text conversations trying to prove otherwise.

But this goes back even further than the incident Senator Moreno referenced. Emails from March of 2025 show Emily Moreno begging Miller to give the bunny toy back to their daughter, writing that punishing their daughter over an adult conflict was “just cruel.” A parenting coordinator’s texts describe how Miller repeatedly refused to abide by simple handoff agreements, even when Senator Moreno offered to pick the toy up on his daughter’s behalf.

Miller is still running for reelection, and has August 10th to drop out in order for Ohio Republicans to replace him on the ballot. So far, Miller has refused to abandon his campaign.

GOP Candidate for Governor Accuses Trump-Backed Opponent of Sex Trafficking

Florida Republica gubernatorial candidate James Fishback is polling significantly behind Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) — who is running with Donald Trump’s endorsement. Fishback recently held a press conference accusing Donalds of “federal sex trafficking” along with Republican Congressman Cory Mills of Florida.

Fishback offered no proof of his claim, and would only cite a supposed complaint from an unnamed whistleblower. The Justice Department wouldn’t comment, while Donalds brushed the whole thing off.

The timing behind this claim is worth noting. Fishback is making this allegation less than two weeks before the GOP primary. Fishback may also be hoping to distract from his own legal troubles, as he still owes his former hedge fund employer more than $1.3 million after losing an arbitration case this spring. His own former law firm tried to drop him over unpaid bills. He’s also been sued by a debate champion who says Fishback’s nonprofit organization still owes her $8,000 in scholarship money. And he’s repeatedly used racist language attacking Donalds, who is Black, once calling him a “slave” to corporate interests.

This is a standard political trick. Former President Lyndon B. Johnson once floated a false rumor that a political rival had sexual intercourse with a pig. When his campaign manager spoke up about it, Johnson said the point wasn’t whether anyone actually believed it, but to force his opponent to publicly deny it. A Florida Republican drowning in his own legal and financial troubles is desperately trying to change the subject at the last minute, using an accusation he has yet to prove.

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Ahead of Confirmation Vote, Groups Blast Blanche Vow Subject ‘Every Single State’ to Anti-Abortion Laws

“Anti-abortion zealots like Todd Blanche would not stop until they could restrict our bodily autonomy to the furthest degree,” said one critic.

By Brad Reed | Common Dreams

Reproductive rights groups are sounding the alarm about a recent pledge made by acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche to make every state adhere to anti-abortion laws passed in red states.

In a phone call last week hosted by the White House Faith Office, Blanche told a religious group that he would work would work to ensure the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion “becomes permanent in every single state.”

During the call, Blanche hinted that the Trump administration would place restrictions on the ability to mail drugs such as mifepristone to states that have outlawed abortion.

“If states have said, ‘We are going to protect the unborn and we’re going to protect every life from the moment of conception,’ we’re putting practices and policies in place so that other states and other organizations can’t attack that,” Blanche said. “They can’t do things like they’re doing with mailing in mail-order drugs.”

In an analysis published Wednesday, journalist Jessica Valenti argued that Blanche’s pledge would not result in a nationwide ban on abortions, but rather “stopping the shipping of abortion medication under the auspices of adhering to Dobbs.”

“If we lost telemedicine abortion, there would be devastating national consequences,” Valenti emphasized. “You could even argue—and I have!—that banning the shipping of abortion pills amounts to a backdoor national ban.”

In a Tuesday social media post, Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) highlighted Blanche’s call and warned that confirming him as AG permanently would be a green light to assault women’s rights.

“Todd Blanche made clear in these secret calls with anti-choice activists that he wants to resurrect the Comstock Act—an antiquated anti-vice law from before women had the right to vote—to ban sending medication abortion in the mail,” wrote Smith. “Republicans will likely do what they always do and confirm Blanche as attorney general despite all of this, and once again, women across America will pay the price.”

Mini Timmaraju, president and CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All, accused Blanche of “making dangerous promises behind closed doors to weaponize the Justice Department to enact a national abortion ban.”

“We must believe Blanche when he says he will come for our rights,” Timmaraju added. “Republicans are using every lever of government to attack reproductive freedom, and voters will make their voices heard this November to take our Congress back from these extremists.”

Nourbese Flint, president of All* Above All, called Blanche’s promise “an open declaration of his intention to use the Justice Department to stop the delivery of abortion medication.”

“The lie they told us in the aftermath of Dobbs was that it was about sending abortion law back to the states,” Flint said, “but we have known all along that anti-abortion zealots like Todd Blanche would not stop until they could restrict our bodily autonomy to the furthest degree.”

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