'Agenda is mostly to defund, disrupt, dismantle govt.'

'Agenda is mostly to defund, disrupt, dismantle govt.'

In failing to coalesce around Kevin McCarthy for speaker, Republicans showcased divisions that portend real difficulties in governing.

How many times will Kevin Mccarthy lose today?

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• 'Fearless' Special Counsel Jack Smith arrives in Washington to lead Trump probes
• Steve Bannon Wanted To ‘Turn Up The Heat’ After Jan. 6 Violence
• Kinzinger rips Trump Jr. over ‘We the People’ Bible sales

Amazing how there could be a border crisis after four years of Trump. You mean to tell me his wall was a scam? - Tim Hannan

Republicans Remove Metal Detectors At The House

Metal detectors were removed from outside the House chamber with the start of the new Republican-controlled House on Tuesday.

The extra layer of security was ordered put in place by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), who defected against Kevin McCarthy in House Speaker vote, in radio interview this morning blistered Newt Gingrich, who had criticized the impasse. - "I don't have time for listening to fossils.. sitting on Fox News"

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump calls for all Republicans to back McCarthy for Speaker
• Trump attacks McConnell, wife over GOP ‘turmoil’ after McCarthy fails to win Speakership
• Hannity Declares, 'House Republicans Now Are on the Verge of Becoming a Total Clown Show' After Doomed Speaker Votes
• Fox & Friends Floored By GOP Chaos Surrounding McCarthy Bid for House Speaker: 'A Disaster for the Republicans'
• GOP Rep. Tells CNN to Expect Plenty More Bitter Battles After McCarthy Chaos: 'You're Going To See a Messy Two Years In Washington'
• Jake Tapper Calls Marjorie Taylor Greene 'The Voice of Reason' Amid Speakership Fight That Jonah Goldberg Dubs 'A Fecal Festival'
• Matt Gaetz Demands Probe into ‘Squatter’ Kevin McCarthy for ‘Occupying’ Speaker’s Office: ‘How Long Will He Remain?’
• Lauren Boebert Defends Voting For Jim Jordan, Who Doesn’t Want to Be Speaker: ‘George Washington Didn’t Want to Be President’
• Kellyanne Conway says Trump 'reserves fear for one person' — his wife, Melania

Kevin McCarthy has learned his lesson

by Susan Collins

This Reminds Me Of A Russian Nesting Doll, With Putin In The Middle
A former senior aide to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was convicted Thursday after being found guilty of helping to funnel illegal foreign campaign contributions from a Russian national into former President Trump's 2016 campaign.

House Dems will continue to put people over politics.

Republicans are putting politics over the people.

And so America lacks a fully formed Congress for the first time in 100 years. - Hakeem Jeffries

Somewhere in Wyoming Liz Cheney is laughing her ass off right now. - adgirlmm tweet

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden aims to highlight bipartisanship amid House GOP chaos
• WH Reporters Laugh Along With Biden Spox About Chaotic Republican Speaker of the House Vote
• Hakeem Jeffries Says Democrats Will 'Not Save the Republicans from Their Dysfunction' by Helping Choose a Speaker

In Washington, D.C., a group of horrible people can't decide which of them is horrible enough to be their leader. - Middle Age Riot tweet

DOJ Allows Postal Delivery of Abortion Drugs. Oh, No, What Will The Red States Do?

The U.S. Postal Service is legally allowed to deliver prescription abortion drugs even in states that have curtailed access to abortion, the Justice Department said.

A legal opinion from DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel found that mailing mifepristone or misoprostol does not violate the Comstock Act, a nearly 150-year old law originally written to stop anything that could “corrupt” morals being sent in the mail, if the sender does not know if the drugs will be used illegally.

One day Republicans will realize Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney offered them a chance to save their party from extremists. - Sarah Reese Jones tweet

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Business/Tech News

• U.S. auto sales to fall in 2022, GM set to reclaim top spot from Toyota
• Feds say railroad must deliver grain to California chickens
• Joe Manchin wants to slam the brakes on the 'loopholes' in the EV tax credit that could give some Americans extra cash early this year
• Collapse, contamination: Mexican scientists sound alarm at Mayan Train

Tesla lost around $47 billion in market cap today. Or, put another way, it lost more than one full Twitter. - Dan Primack tweet

TV Stock Investor Says To Dump Crypto

CNBC’s Jim Cramer tore into cryptocurrency by urging anyone who owns it to dump it all right away.

In a Mad Money segment on his recommendations for things to sell early in 2023, Cramer devoted his attention to crypto. Cramer has been upfront in the past with his criticism of Sam Bankman-Fried, but he argued that beyond the FTX co-founder’s downfall, “there is constant wars among former colleagues all over the place in this industry.”

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

— Barack Obama

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Odd News

• Bird breaks world record by flying 8,435 miles without stopping
• A doctor accused of intentionally driving a Tesla off a 250-foot California cliff with another adult and 2 kids inside the car has been CHARGED
• California seeks sterilization victims to pay reparations
• ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Stars Sue Paramount for Child Abuse Over Nude Scene in 1968 Film
• Florida Ferris wheel breaks down with more than 60 people on board

Time To Deflate Photo

Now, that's a pose!

Peace.