Kevin McCarthy gives a press conference
See what you think. I think he does a good job:
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The newest Twitter files release
Here it is, from Matt Taibbi. It’s about the tale that Russian bots influenced the 2016 election, which appears to have been an actual disinformation campaign by the Democrats, who tried to convince Twitter to spread the word. Even the … Continue reading →
Biden’s classified documents are Trump’s doing!
Yes, this is satire, via the Babylon Bee: After multiple caches of highly classified government documents were found in different locations belonging to President Joe Biden, the United States Department of Justice acted swiftly to indict former President Donald Trump … Continue reading →
The IRS funding vote
There have been are a lot of things happening in the House recently – so many that I missed this on Monday, the day it occurred. Of course, it won’t be passed by the Senate, and even if it were … Continue reading →
The GOP House majority gets with the program
Did you miss this? It’s another victory: The House of Representatives passed a new rules package Monday that overhauls the way it functions by putting up more barriers to congressional spending and creating a more deliberate process for passing legislation, … Continue reading →
McCarthy keeps another promise…
…and tells Schiff, Omar, and Swalwell to say “buy-bye” to their powerful committee positions. Pelosi set the rules, as McCarthy reminded them: McCarthy said, “‘It’s not like it’s anything new. Remember, this is what Nancy Pelosi – this is the … Continue reading →
Speaker squeaker: on the battle behind and the battle ahead
One thing I can say about last night is that it certainly was dramatic. Another thing is that nearly every article I read points out that McCarthy is now weakened. He’s certainly weakened by the rule change that allows a … Continue reading →
Tonight’s vote for Speaker [scroll down for UPDATES]
I thought I’d put up a separate post for this, in case this one really ends up electing McCarthy. I make no predictions about that. They’ve released a rules package. Here it is, all 55 pages of it. I haven’t … Continue reading →
Hating Republicans: why not look it up?
It’s very common for me to see a question – sometimes rhetorical and sometimes otherwise – that can be answered rather easily with a simple search. Most of the time I don’t mind doing that search, but I wonder why … Continue reading →
Is the House Speaker impasse coming to an end?
I certainly hope so. The end might just be that the rebels have extracted enough concessions – some of them improvements on business-as-usual – and McCarthy gets elected. The latter is something that’s okay with me although not ideal because, … Continue reading →
Let’s have a little House Speaker Gedankenexperiment
I’m no Einstein. (I thought I’d get that out of the way first.) However, I’ve always liked that word: Gedankenexperiment, otherwise known as “thought experiment.” I’ve got one for you about the current brouhaha over electing a Speaker in the … Continue reading →
The conflict in the House continues
I hope it isn’t a case of he that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind – the “he” there being the right, and the house being the GOP in the House. Then again, the next line is and … Continue reading →