Additional reading: Connecticut Hamasnik senator Chris Murphy responded to a disputed report indicating that 26 Iranian “shadow fleet” vessels had breached the United States’ naval blockade by calling the news “awesome.” After intense criticism, he said he was being sarcastic and argued that the real story was “the fact that Iranian ships are blowing past the US ‘blockade.’” Just one problem: Fox News reported that there is “no evidence” that “26 vessels from Iran’s shadow fleet were able to make it past the U.S. blockade.” Defining deviancy down: A local California reporter asked top Democratic gubernatorial contender Tom Steyer to rate Gavin Newsom’s performance. “I haven’t followed it closely enough to give him a grade,” Steyer told her. Mr. Steyer, we award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul. Embattled Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned from Congress in disgrace on Tuesday amid allegations she laundered taxpayer money to fund her campaign—and purchased a three-carat diamond ring with the leftovers. The Free Beacon‘s Andrew Kerr was on this story well before the mainstream media, and you can read his reporting here. Arizona senator Ruben Gallego “proactively met in person with Senate Ethics Committee staff” one day after Florida congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna “accused Gallego of sexual misconduct based on another woman’s account,” Axios reported. Gallego, a close friend of sex pest Eric Swalwell, denied any wrongdoing and said he “proactively reached out to them and told them we will comply and give everything.” Check out our full Wednesday lineup below. Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s ‘Climate Study’ Is Bankrolled by Left-Wing Rockefeller Fund Amid Push To Force Oil Companies To Pay Billions in Damages Stanford Students Award Drag Group Five Times As Much Funding As Veterans Association ‘Awesome’: Connecticut’s Chris Murphy Cheers Disputed Report That Iranian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Breached US Blockade Dem Rep Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Accused of Laundering Taxpayer Money To Fund Her Campaign, Resigns From Congress Ilhan Omar Mocked for $30 Million ‘Accounting Error’: Democrat’s Amended Financial Disclosure ‘Insults the Intelligence of Her Constituents, or Shows How Really Stupid She Is’ Comrades in Harm: Mamdani Revives Obama Sports Curse Virginia Voters Approve Gerrymandered Congressional Map As Legal Challenges Loom Thanks for reading the Washington Free Beacon! Subscribe for free to receive new posts.