Pelosi to step down from U.S. House leadership, remain in Congress

Pelosi to step down from U.S. House leadership, remain in Congress

 U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to hold that powerful post, said on Thursday she will step down as the chamber's Democratic leader as her allies prepared a passing of the torch to Representative Hakeem Jeffries.

Without Nancy Pelosi, who knows if we would have survived 4 years of Donald Trump in office. She held this country together. - Kaivan Shroff

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• House GOP makes clear it's going after Joe Biden via Hunter
• Jan. 6 panel hits back at Pence over new interviews
• Trump, Sons Had Role in Tax Fraud Scheme, Allen Weisselberg Reportedly Testifies at Company's Trial
• Zelensky on missile blast in Poland: ‘I don’t know 100 percent … what happened’

In a few years when we look back at how crazy these American Nazis went, don't forget the direct involvement of so many American churches. - Liam Nissan

Welp, Looks As Though Putin Has Punted Trump & Embraced DeSantis

[Airs clip of Trump announcing his candidacy]

I have a few technical questions. First of all, why is Trump doing this? Really, what is it for? It would be impossible to find a worse time for this. It gives him absolutely nothing. He performed quite poorly. And I mean very poorly. There can be no positives from this. What the heck is it for? Why is he doing this?

The red wave did not materialize. They did not take the Senate, not as big of a majority in Congress as they needed. Within the party, DeSantis looks more successful. Is this an attempt to interrupt DeSantis? Or is this a gift for Biden?

Republican Shenanigans

• Gleeful Kinzinger Says 'Coward' McCarthy Will Be Held ‘Hostage’ by Greene and Gaetz, Who Want to ‘Burn It All Down’
• 'I Am Still in This Fight': Kari Lake Defiantly Announces She's Assembled 'Best and Brightest' Legal Team to Contest Election Results
• Judge strikes down higher education portions of DeSantis’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’
• Ron DeSantis Says to 'Chill Out’ After Reporter Asks If There's ‘Civil War’ in GOP Over Him and Trump
• Republican Arkansas governor ‘seriously’ mulling 2024 White House bid
• Uh, What? Herschel Walker Veers Off Course to Give a Speech About Werewolves and Vampires
• Madison Cawthorn Pledges to Follow Trump Until Death, 'Barring Some Terrible Information' About Him
• Mike Pence Tells Jake Tapper About That Time He Tried To Get Trump To 'Turn To Jesus'
• South Dakota Republican Charged With Rape After Losing Election to His Mom

Republicans running in the midterms:

‘INFLATION! CRIME! THE BORDER! INFLATION! CRT! INFLATION! INFLATION! INFLATION!!!!’

[Take control of the House]

‘Our top priority is… Hunter Biden!’ - JoJoFromJerz tweet

Texas Is Getting Stupider

A bill proposed in Texas would allow a fetus to count as an individual when a pregnant person is driving in a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane.

The bill follows an incident earlier this year in which Plano resident Brandy Bottone claimed that new anti-abortion laws in the state meant her unborn child entitled her to driving in the lane, usually reserved for carpools, buses and other rideshares.

That nobody had any expectation that McCarthy would do the classy thing and be present for Pelosi’s announcement tells you where the bar is set for the incoming goon squad. - Schooley tweet

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden honors Pelosi’s career: ‘Most consequential’ speaker ‘in our history’
• Warnock: Walker ‘crossed a line’ with attacks against family
• Whiteboard-Wielding Katie Porter Defeats Republican Challenger
• Court awards $6 billion in student loan relief to borrowers

The reports of MAGA’s death are greatly exaggerated. - Andrew Weissman tweet

I Wonder How Mitch McConnell's Wife Feels About This.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell voted against legislation that would protect interracial marriages on Wednesday, despite the fact that he's married to an Asian American woman.

McConnell, who is white, is the husband of former U.S. Secretary for Transportation Elaine Chao, the first woman of Asian heritage to be appointed to a presidential cabinet.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Hillary Clinton a presidential candidate when the DOJ launched an investigation into her e-mails?

In fact, wasn't Trump cheering them on? - OldManLefty tweet

Many years ago I remember watching the middle-aged Tea Party Patriots™ marching around in their silly little tri-corner chucklef*ck hats, holding misspelled protest signage, and laughing my ass off at them. I never, ever imagined they'd become the mainstream Republican party. - Liam Nissan

I knew, Liam.

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Business/Tech News

• SpaceX employees say they were fired for criticizing Elon Musk in open letter
• Starbucks workers are striking across the country. Here’s which stores are affected
• 'I'm Not Dead!' Jimmy Fallon Jokes About #RIPJimmyFallon Trending on Twitter After Elon Musk Refused to Stop It
• No Boozy NYE For CNN Anchors: New Leadership Calls it Damaging to Respectability if Hosts Drink While Ringing in the New Year

We all thought Donald Trump was finished, but clearly he has a lot more losing to do. - Middle Age Riot

CNN Says They're Not Covering Trump As They Did In 2016. LOL. They Already Are.

Chris Licht, CNN’s new top boss, said the network will not cover former President Trump as much as it did during his first run for president in 2016 and his four years in the White House.

“We have fact checkers ready to go. We will put things in perspective. We will not let everything he does consume the news cycle, right?” Licht said

My Administration locked in $800 in annual savings on health insurance for 13 million Americans, a $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors, and a $35 cap on insulin for seniors on Medicare.

Lowering health care costs is about giving people breathing room. - President Biden tweet

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Odd News

• Winchcombe meteorite bolsters Earth water theory
• A 95-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Was Discovered With An Entire Dinosaur In Its Stomach
• FDA clears lab-grown meat for human consumption
• Married couple boast a total 98 body modifications
• Teen escapes North Las Vegas home after being locked in room for a year, police say
• 4th grader uses Heimlich to save fellow student from choking

Time To Deflate Photo

Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado. That sand dune is scary.

Peace.