House speaker succession battle heats up: Jordan, Scalise and Trump in the mix

House speaker succession battle heats up: Jordan, Scalise and Trump in the mix

The House speaker’s gavel is up for grabs for the second time this year, and for the second time, that contest is threatening to divide the Republican caucus along ideological lines.

Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise are the top candidates to replace Kevin McCarthy, who was voted out as speaker in an unprecedented move Tuesday.

AOC just compared House Republicans to a malfunctioning Roomba and she’s totally correct. - Palmer Report

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Republicans seethe, seek revenge over speakership mess
• Former Marine dubbed ‘Conan O’Riot’ arrested by FBI for alleged role in Jan. 6 riot
• Man armed with handgun demands to see Wisconsin governor -- returns hours later with assault rifle
• Trump considering Capitol visit to meet House Republicans ahead of speakership election 

The Ugly Truth:

Speaker Donald Trump would be second in the presidential line of succession.

Given Donald's crazy and violent fans, this would place both Joe Biden's and Kamala Harris's lives in jeopardy. - Mrs. Betty Bowers

Hillary Has Something To Say...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanded the hard-rightwing “extremists” in the House GOP face backlash from the next speaker following Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) ouster from leadership.

A group of eight Republicans sided with House Democrats on Tuesday in the vote to oust McCarthy as speaker. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) spearheaded the vote after Congress avoided a government shutdown over the weekend.

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump terrified of being poisoned: former aide
• Judge orders closer scrutiny of Trump’s assets amid New York fraud trial
• Trump seeks to delay Mar-a-Lago case until after 2024 election
• Half of South Carolina Republicans support Trump; Haley leads DeSantis
• Nancy Mace Straight Up Lied About Her Post-McCarthy Ouster Fundraising on CNN
• Giuliani’s Drinking, Long a Fraught Subject, Has Trump Prosecutors’ Attention

"In all the years that I knew him,... I don't think I ever once saw Rudy Giuliani when he wasn't drunk."

- Michael Cohen

Trump Calls Fraud Trial an Attack on Swindling Lifestyle. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Throws Gaetz Under The Bus
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) savaged Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Wednesday night, claiming the House Republican bragged about washing down erectile dysfunction medication with energy drinks to prolong his sexual escapades.

House Republicans Hold Emergency Meeting to See Who Has to Sit Next to Matt Gaetz. - Andy Borowitz

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas
• Beto O’Rourke slams Biden border wall order as ‘impotent political posturing’
• Court picks new Alabama congressional map that heightens Black voting power
• Feinstein memorial service closed to public due to security concerns
• Menendez deep underwater with New Jersey Democrats after indictment: poll
• Biden dog Commander no longer at White House after multiple biting incidents

“My client Commander Biden asks that you respect his privacy at this time.” — Meatball Jones, Esq., Pit Bull

UPDATE: Joe Biden Doesn't Believe Walls Work

President Joe Biden said Thursday that he doesn’t believe border walls work, even as his administration said it will waive 26 laws to build additional border barriers in the Rio Grande Valley amid heightened political pressure over migration.

According to a notice posted to the Federal Register Wednesday, construction of the wall will be paid for using already appropriated funds earmarked specifically for physical border barriers.

If Trump goes to the Capitol to inject himself into the race for House Speaker, will he be wearing a two-horned fur headdress? - Michael Beschloss

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Business/Tech News

• Women Are Asking for Promotions, But Men Keep Getting Them
• GM makes counteroffer to UAW in strike talks
• NFL Urged TV Networks to Run Ads for Taylor Swift’s Upcoming Movie for Free: Report
• X Users Revolt Over Elon Musk Stripping Headlines From News Stories: Twitter Now ‘Borderline Useless’

Twitter is being redesigned to discourage clicking on links to reported and edited news stories - and to pay cash for the posting of plagiarized racist and pro-Russian memes. - David Frum

In 1989, The Mortgage Rate On The $60K Affordable House I Built Was 9.9%

US mortgage rates climbed even higher this week, hitting 7.49% and pushing homeownership further out of reach for would-be homebuyers.

That’s up from 7.31% the week before, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate was 6.66%.

There are few gentle pleasures greater than sitting quietly, watching your opponents making mistakes. - John Cleese

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Odd News

• Norwegian family finds 1,200-year-old Viking treasure while searching for a lost earring in their yard
• Customs officials seize giraffe poop from traveler at Minnesota airport
• Township trying to change street name after Harry Dick Road sign thefts
• New tests confirm antiquity of ancient human footprints in New Mexico
• World's largest charcuterie board assembled in Florida

Time To Deflate Photo

Hyperion, the world's tallest living tree, 380 feet, is estimated to be between 600-800 years old. It is located in the Redwood National Park in California.

Peace.

Trump Falls Off Forbes List of America’s 400 Wealthiest People After Truth Social's Value Tanks

Trump Falls Off Forbes List of America’s 400 Wealthiest People After Truth Social's Value Tanks

As Donald Trump contends with his legal battles and his 2024 campaign, Forbes has determined that the former president is no longer rich enough to make their list of America’s wealthiest people.

Trump made $2.5B while he was president, more than he's ever made in his life. Yet he just got knocked off the Forbes list and he can't even afford normal rich people sh*t like paying his lawyers and living somewhere nice. 

Where did all that money go? - BlackKnight10K

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• ‘They Are Not Conservatives’: McCarthy Flames ‘Angry and Chaotic’ GOP Hardliners On His Way Out
• Jim Jordan, Steve Scalise jockey to be Speaker
• Trump Rages Outside Court That Not Having Jury in Fraud Trial is ‘Beginning of Communism’: ‘You See What’s Happening!
• Fox & Friends Blames Nancy Pelosi for Kevin McCarthy Ouster: 'That's What You Get for Trusting Democrats'
• Acting Speaker Orders Pelosi To Vacate Her Office: 'The Room Will Be Re-Keyed'

For new, temporary Republican House leaders to take away Speaker Emerita Pelosi's private office, with threat of lockout (while she is in SF helping plan the memorial service for Senator Feinstein), is a disgrace and not the way a great nation like our USA should ever behave. - Michael Beschloss

UPDATE: Kevin McCarthy Kicked Pelosi Out Of Her Office, So He Can Move In. Classy Guy.

Kevin McCarthy was behind interim Speaker Patrick McHenry’s move to kick former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Majority Leader Steny Hoyer out of their office spaces, two Republican sources told CNN.

Marjorie Greene: Trump For Speaker!

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) endorsed former President Donald Trump for speaker of the House of Representatives on Tuesday following Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) ousting.

After eight Republicans, including Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), successfully removed McCarthy as House speaker, Greene — a vocal supporter of McCarthy who voted against his removal on Tuesday 

In Last Official Act as Speaker McCarthy Pummels Gaetz with Gavel. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• Hannity Claims House Republicans Are Trying to ‘Draft’ Trump as Speaker, Says Ex-President Is ‘Open’ to It
• Extremely Despondent Jim Jordan Tells CNN McCarthy ‘Didn’t Deserve This’
• Former House Republican Calls Gaetz and Allies 'Full Of It' – Adds, 'You Wouldn't Want Them Near Your Children'
• Furious Republican SMASHES Gavel After McCarthy Ousted By Far Right Rebels
• 'That's Literally a Picture of Him Surrendering!' Trump Fan Confronted Outside Rally Over His 'Never Surrender' T-Shirt
• Tim Scott's Fox Interview With Harris Faulkner Ends Abruptly After Skype Caller Interrupts

Today, our trial against Donald Trump and the Trump Organization continues.

Trump engaged in years of financial fraud to enrich himself and his family, and I am confident in the case we are presenting. - NY AG James

The Abusive Christian Cult of Amy Coney Barrett

The FBI has interviewed several individuals who have alleged they were abused by members of the People of Praise (PoP), a secretive Christian sect that counts conservative supreme court justice Amy Coney Barrett as a lifelong member, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The biggest winner from Kevin McCarthy’s ouster today was Amy Coney Barrett

She was exposed for belonging to the Christian cult People of Praise which the FBI is investigating for sex abuse

McCarthy & Gaetz’s combustion buried that damning exposé

Don’t let her get away with it. - Lindy Li

Trump getting gagged, McCarthy getting sh*tcanned — help help, I think I'm overdosing on schadenfreude. - Jeff Tiedrich

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden cancels $9 billion in student debt for 125,000 borrowers
• Video: Democrat Dean Phillips quits House leadership to challenge Biden. Hear strategist's reaction
• Ocasio-Cortez knocks McCarthy for blaming Democrats in speech after ouster as Speaker
• Hunter Biden weighs fundraising options as legal bills top $10 million

Let’s not kid ourselves: the Speaker’s chair was pretty vacant when Kevin McCarthy was sitting in it. - Adam Schiff

Giuliani Plans To Sue Joe Biden for Calling Him A Russian Pawn
On a day when it was reported that Rudy Giuliani, in throes of unpaid legal bill woes, lost another attorney, the former New York City mayor and lawyer for former President Donald Trump touted a “major announcement” with “far-reaching implications for justice and the rule of law” outside of the Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, New Hampshire...What was that announcement? Rudy Giuliani plans to sue President Joe Biden for calling him a “Russian pawn” during a 2020 debate.

You know what Karma looks like?

Kevin McCarthy trying to impeach President Biden for no reason at all with sham accusations just like his sham Benghazi campaign against Hillary Clinton and instead he ended up losing his own job. - Ricky Davila

 

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Business/Tech News

• Saudi Arabia maintains production cuts that have bolstered oil prices
• Trump appeals ruling stripping him of New York business certificates
• Emergency alert test interrupts White House, Capitol Hill briefings
• Biden’s FAA nominee pressed on staffing shortages with next shutdown fight looming 

GOP learns the hard way: Turning the base up too high blows out your Speaker. - Lee Drutman

Another Strike Because Workers Are Tired Of Being Underappreciated
On Wednesday, thousands of unionized health care employees walked off the job after failed contract negotiations with their employer, Kaiser Permanente, a company whose business model is distinctive, compared to most health care providers in the United States.

I'm old enough to remember when Kevin McCarthy was making jokes about hitting Speaker Pelosi with the gavel after becoming Speaker, but she got the last laugh, didn't she? - mmpadellan

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Odd News

• Astronomers are worried by a satellite brighter than most stars
• NASA rover spots 6000-foot-tall dust devil on Mars
• Don't be shocked if your cat glows in the dark — it's normal: study
• Wallet containing $10,000 returned to owner after being lost at train station
• Saudi woman breaks world record for rowing in open water
• 76-year-old speeds away from crash with other driver clinging to hood, Florida cops say

Time To Deflate Photo

Floating houses in the man-made Bokodi Lake in Hungary.

Peace.

House sets up final vote on ousting McCarthy: live coverage

House sets up final vote on ousting McCarthy: live coverage

The House is set to decide Tuesday whether to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), a vote that hasn’t taken place in more than 100 years.

Republicans should be forced to carry Kevin McCarthy to term, even if it endangers the life of the party. - Andrea Junker

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• John Kelly confirms Trump’s ‘suckers’ remark about war dead
• Trump Asks Judge Overseeing Fraud Trial to 'TERMINATE' His First Ruling — Just One Day After Viciously Insulting Him
• Trump Apparently Calls in Massive McDonalds Order to NYC Courthouse
• Trump says he would prefer to die by electrocution in bizarre campaign rant

I always thought suckers and losers were the ones still giving their money to a former president charged with 91 felonies. - Leslieoo7

 

Hey, Maybe Putin's Buddy Is Trying To Destroy America. Ya Think?
NBC News’s Ben Collins joined Rachel Maddon on Monday night to discuss his latest reporting on the “roadmap” Elon Musk appears to be following, a plan that explicitly aims to bring down the “globalist American empire...

Remember - Kevin McCarthy, Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert & Paul Gosar all share the same pre-existing sedition. - John Fugelsang

Republican Shenanigans

• 'Weird, Pseudo-Psycho Political Fetish' Republicans Furious Over Matt Gaetz's Coup Against Kevin McCarthy
• Greene warns expelling Gaetz ‘will not be tolerated’ by GOP voters
• Trump Campaign Sends a Birdcage to Nikki Haley’s Hotel After Trump Called Her a ‘Birdbrain’
• Donald Trump Jr. Laughs At Own Accounting Admission In Newly Released Deposition Video
• Texas AG Ken Paxton faces other legal troubles after being acquitted in impeachment
• DeSantis said he would support a 15-week abortion ban, after avoiding a direct answer for months
• Footage of Biden placing voting sticker on granddaughter misrepresented online
• Lara Trump May Find Herself in Legal Trouble After Covering a Song From Someone That Called Out the Family in 2020

The Tom Petty estate told Lara Trump not to do this; and she did anyway .  Which is just run-of-the-mill soulless entitled aristocratic brat petulance.  

It’s her actually calling it “my song” that adds that special layer of insane Trump-brand corrosively evil stupidity. - John Fugelsang

McCarthy Defies Motion to Vacate: “I Am Already Vacant”. - Andy Borowitz

The Republican National Committee Says No To Joint Christie/Ramaswamy Appearance

The Republican National Committee has shut down a planned joint appearance on Fox News’ Special Report by GOP presidential hopefuls Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy.

The two had planned to join Fox’s Bret Baier for the duration of the show on Tuesday, but decided to appear for back-to-back segments after the RNC threatened to exclude Christie and Ramaswamy from future GOP debates if they followed through with the joint appearance.

Stormy Daniels Not Surprised That Trump

Exaggerated Size of Something. - Andy Borowitz

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Rock The Voter News

• Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to federal gun charges
• Texas Democrat Carjacked One Mile From the U.S. Capitol In Second Assault On a Member of Congress This Year
• The moment when Selma Blair's service dog seemingly made Biden one of his people

Their Presidential nominee is in a NYC courtroom on trial for fraud. Their House Members are at war with each other instead of governing.

The Republican Party making their case for 2024. - Joe Walsh

Apparently, Biden's Dog Is A Fine Judge Of Character!

White House staffers continue to swoon over the Biden family's German shepherd Commander, despite the fact that the two-year-old has now been involved in at least 11 reported biting incidents, including one just last week.

"Everyone loves him," a White House staffer told Politico's West Wing Playbook. "He's always so friendly."

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Business/Tech News

• Sinclair Pulls Sponsored Segment Featuring Right-Wing Shock Jock Who Called for Killing Journalists, Politicians
• US expands probe into Ford engine failures to include two motors and nearly 709,000 vehicles
• Mexican president blames US sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela for migrant surge
• Arizona governor revokes Saudi-owned alfalfa farm lease, announces nonrenewal of others

The Biden admin has announced, in an historic first, major drug companies including Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb have committed to participate in Medicare drug price negotiations with the federal government. - Kyle Griffin, MSNBC

Judge Issues Gag Order Over Trump's Threats. Will Mr. Blabber Mouth Obey?
 The judge overseeing former President Trump’s New York fraud trial issued a limited gag order for all parties on Tuesday after Trump’s Truth Social account made a post targeting the judge’s principal clerk while she sat just feet away from him in the courtroom.

CEO pay of the largest carmakers in the world. 

Honda: $2.3M

Nissan $4.5M

Toyota: $6.7M 

BMW: $5.6M 

Mercedes: $7.5M

Porsche: $7.9M

Ford: $21M

Stellantis: $25M

GM: $29M

Folks, don't believe it for a second that US automakers can't afford to pay workers better wages. - Robert Reich

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Odd News

• How to see the last ‘ring of fire’ eclipse until 2046
• Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras
• 9-year-old who vanished from New York state park found safe and man linked to ransom note arrested
• FedEx paid man $400,000 after he lied about 67 lost packages, feds say. He’s charged
• Pennsylvania animal hospital's runaway tortoise found 2 miles away
• Dog caught behind the wheel of speeding car in Slovakia

Time To Deflate Photo

Delta Airlines, first class dining in 1969. The rest of us in the back of the plane, ate quite well, too.

Peace.