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What has become of America? https://t.co/mj0J5zUJA2— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 31, 2024Responding to: Violent activists tore down dozens of statues including Columbus, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington. None were held accountable or charged with a hate crime.Michael Cassidy knocks over a Satan statue made out of household items and gets charged with a hate crime.Welcome… pic.twitter.com/NdS70sXQKi— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 31, 2024

Governor Ron DeSantis is facing backlash after offering to send aid to a man accused of illegally tearing down a Satanic Temple display at the Iowa State Capitol. [cut] Several supporters of Trump's MAGA movement responded by quickly pointing out that Cassidy's funding campaign had already been suspended after a $20,000 goal was reached within hours. Some also complained that DeSantis, during a recent CNN town hall event, had blamed Trump for the statue being displayed at the Iowa Capitol in the first place. "You blamed the statue on Trump," right-wing influencer Jack Posobiec wrote in response to the DeSantis...

Michael Cassidy, a Christian and former military officer, beheaded the Satanic Temple statue erected at the Iowa State Capitol, the Sentinel reported Thursday. The report said Michael Cassidy first pushed the Baphomet statue over before he decapitated it. The statue had been erected in the Iowa State Capitol after the Satanic Temple received permission. The decapitated head was then thrown into the trash.

Tuesday’s runoff pits two factions of the Republican Party against each other in one of the reddest states in the country, with Guest defending the Reagan-era GOP aimed at promoting fiscal restraint, and Cassidy—albeit in a somewhat half-hearted manner—championing an emerging family-oriented economic populism aimed at curbing what he calls the “destruction of the American family.” Guest said he worries that Reagan-era Republicans are a dying breed, and points to Cassidy’s prior commitments to sweeping social net policies as a sign that the GOP is moving into dangerous territory. “They are positions that no Republican who was running for Congress...

Congressional primary runoffs with incumbents are rare in Mississippi. This year, two of the state's Republican representatives are fighting to keep their jobs in runoffs against challengers from their own party. U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo is seeking a seventh term and was considered vulnerable after being accused in a 2021 congressional ethics report of abusing his office by misspending campaign funds. U.S. Rep. Michael Guest is seeking a third term. He voted to create an independent commission to investigate the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and was forced into a runoff amid criticism that he was...