Electing a Speaker Isn’t the Hard Part
Posted By: Moritz55, 10/26/2023 2:36:39 PM
The white smoke billowed from atop the Capitol Rotunda, informing the masses that we have a Speaker of the House. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) was elected on Wednesday on a party-line vote. Amid the jubilation that the 22-day grinding halt of the House of Representatives has now ended, it’s worth remembering that electing a Speaker is the easy part. The decision of who will lead the majority caucus in the House has mostly never been in doubt for the entire history of the Republic. What that leader does is the more fraught question, and the situation Johnson faces is in no way easier than what now-backbencher Kevin McCarthy had to deal
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In a bold surprise move back in February 2021, the Saudi government announced that it would, by 2024, cease doing business with any international companies whose regional headquarters were not based within the country. The news stunned investors and expat workers, many of whom saw the move as a shot at Dubai, the United Arab Emirates commercial capital that is home to the highest concentration of Middle East regional headquarters.
Hamas have set up their main base beneath Gaza's biggest hospital, Israel claims, as it announced it expects 'a long and difficult ground offensive' will begin soon.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said there is 'concrete evidence' to suggest Shifa hospital in Gaza City is a Hamas base of operations. Its spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that 'hundreds of terrorists flooded into the hospital to hide there after the massacre of October 7'. He said it is 'one of many' hospitals being used by the terror group and that they chose it to 'exploit innocent Gazan civilians as human shields'. He also noted that Hamas is using fuel stored in
The overwhelming media narrative these past three weeks has been that Republicans cannot govern because, after 18 rounds of voting in less than a year, they could not pick a speaker of the House — the chamber in which they hold majority control.
The political bed-wetting among Republicans in Washington sounded just as dire.
“We are going to lose 25 seats over our inability to pick a speaker!” they squealed. The Republican Party has just earned its place in the permanent minority — forever, they cried. But the media narrative and professional Republican caterwauling, as usual, is completely wrong. Sure, the last few weeks have been embarrassing
Trump and Giuliani never fell for Sidney
Powell’s 2020 election ‘Kraken’
— but the left sure did 13 replies
Powell’s 2020 election ‘Kraken’
— but the left sure did 13 replies
Sidney Powell, the one-time Trump legal adviser — who famously failed to “release the Kraken” that would overturn the 2020 election — has flipped.
This news has been greeted with great glee in the usual circles. Ahhh, salivated the New York Times. “Sidney Powell’s Plea Deal Could Be a Threat to Trump.” Hurrah! “Sidney Powell was Trump’s biggest ‘fighter.’ Now she’s a big threat,” trumpeted the Washington Post.
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The FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force used a sham assessment opened by FBI headquarters to cull reporting from confidential human sources (CHS) throughout the country related to the Biden family and then falsely brand the intelligence as “foreign disinformation,” Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, revealed Wednesday.
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Electing a Speaker Isn’t the Hard Part
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The white smoke billowed from atop the Capitol Rotunda, informing the masses that we have a Speaker of the House. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) was elected on Wednesday on a party-line vote.
Amid the jubilation that the 22-day grinding halt of the House of Representatives has now ended, it’s worth remembering that electing a Speaker is the easy part. The decision of who will lead the majority caucus in the House has mostly never been in doubt for the entire history of the Republic. What that leader does is the more fraught question, and the situation Johnson faces is in no way easier than what now-backbencher Kevin McCarthy had to deal
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House Republicans to hold 3rd internal
vote to find speaker candidate 3 weeks
after McCarthy ouster 9 replies
vote to find speaker candidate 3 weeks
after McCarthy ouster 9 replies
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Blue state suspends basic skills graduation
requirement again, citing harm to students
of color 38 replies
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of color 38 replies
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Gavin Newsom Pledges California Will Be
Xi Jinping’s ‘Long-Term, Stable, and
Strong Partner’ 30 replies
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Who’s He?
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The embarrassing impasse in the House of Representatives has finally ended, as Louisiana’s Mike Johnson has been elected Speaker. So, who is Mike Johnson, and why was he finally able to succeed where several more notable House members failed?
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Joe Biden has blown up the world
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A top Biden-appointed prosecutor verified whistleblower claims that he declined to prosecute Hunter Biden for tax crimes, but bizarrely blamed being 'resource-strapped' as the main reason behind his decision.
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After a number of Republicans urged Biden’s State Department to revoke the visas of pro-Hamas foreign students who hold F-1 visas, National Security Council (NSC) spokesman John Kirby said the administration will not do so.An exchange at a White House briefing went as follows:
REPORTER: There’s been an uptick on the right among some Republicans who have called for students or foreign nationals who are demonstrating
Special Counsel Jack Smith asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to impose a strict federal gag order on Trump and send him to jail if he talks about any witnesses.
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Jack Smith is using the DC J6 case to gag Trump.
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