Government shutdown looms as new speaker struggles to control hardliners

Government shutdown looms as new speaker struggles to control hardliners

House Speaker Mike Johnson may already be losing his first clash with far-right lawmakers who are making the nation ungovernable.

The government shuts down in less than 5 days, harming our economy and national security.

So what is House GOP having us vote on tonight?—Impeaching the Secretary of Homeland Security.

House Republicans are not serious people. - Rep. Ted Lieu 

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Obama Disappointed Bill Maher With 'Moral Equivalency' On Israel and Hamas: 'Enough!'
• 'Factually Wrong': Congressman Calls Out Gaza Death Toll Being Shown On Screen During 'This Week' Interview From Israel
• Heartbreaking Video of Gaza Newborns Removed From Incubators Due To Lack of Electricity
• Dem lawmaker Claims A Second Trump Term Would 'Look A Lot Like Vladimir Putin in Russia’
• Zelensky sounds winter warning as Russia ramps up attacks

Nation Terrified That Mike Johnson is the Adult in the Room. - Andy Borowitz

French Protest Against Antisemitism

 More than 180,000 people across France, including 100,000 in Paris, marched peacefully on Sunday to protest against rising antisemitism in the wake of Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.

Once Hamas is gone, ousting Netanyahu is next. - electricbrotha

Trump Honors Those Who Avoided Serving Country By Visiting Tomb Of the Unknown Podiatrist. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump team busted for lying about Wall St. property during fraud trial
• Bannon Warns 'Trump is a Moderate' In the MAGA Movement And In The Future The Left Will 'Pine' to Have Him Back
• Trump's Lawyer Reminds Maria Bartiromo 'I'm Gagged' After Fox Anchor Tees Her Up to Go After Judge and His Clerk in Fraud Case
• Fox News Host Blown Away When Tim Scott Ends His Presidential Campaign on Live TV
• Ex-GOP Comms Director Gets in Kari Lake's Face Over Election Denialism: I Wish You'd 'Stop Talking About this Fake Thing!'
• Trump ‘demanded a straight-up quid pro quo’ from Kim Kardashian, later broke with her over Biden: Book
• US Supreme Court announces formal ethics code for justices

Nikki Haley Gives Me The Creeps

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s campaign announced plans for $10 million in TV, radio and digital advertising across Iowa and New Hampshire as she looks to build on momentum after the third GOP debate last week. 

The Haley campaign will book the ads beginning in the first week of December, according to a release, as the party heads toward the start of voting in January. 

The GOP has transitioned

from "I am not a crook" 

to "a crook is not a crook." - John Fugelsang

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Rock The Voter News

• Secret Service Protecting Biden Granddaughter Open Fire After Three People Attempt Car Break In
• Trump’s ‘vermin’ comment blasted by Biden aides
• Democrat Dean Phillips says he’ll vote for Speaker Johnson’s CR proposal
• Pink to give away banned books at Florida tour stops
• FBI seizes New York mayor's phones in corruption probe

"Root out the vermin." Hmmm. Probably sounded even worse in the original German. - Jimmie von Tungeln

Biden Uses Quite Descriptive Term of David Axelrod

Former Obama adviser David Axelrod brushed aside reporting that President Biden used colorful language to complain about his recent commentary about Biden’s reelection chances and political future.

Politico’s Jonathan Martin, who has covered Biden for years, reported Monday that Biden referred to him as a “pr‑‑‑” following Axelrod’s recent comments, citing a person who has heard Biden use the word on occasion in private.

Welcome to New York, where our mayor would really like to borrow your cell phone for just a second. - John Fugelsang

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Business/Tech News

• 'I'm Working Three Jobs ': Latino Voters Tell CNN Why They Aren't Happy With Biden Presidency
• Vermont May Be the Face of a Long-Term U.S. Labor Shortage
• USA Today hires dedicated Beyoncé correspondent
• Thanksgiving shutdown sets up nightmare scenario for travels

As Trump Tower comes under scrutiny in Donald Trumps $250 Million civil fraud case:

Saudi Arabia owns the 45th Floor of Trump Tower

China owns the 21st Floor of Trump Tower

Russia owns the floors in-between.

MAGA Republican cult doesn’t want us talking about this. - MadeintheUSANJ

Do the major media outlets realize that they'll be the first to go in a second trump term? I feel like they don't know that. - MuellerSheWrote

American Industry, Academic, and Communities Want China and US To Get Along
A broad range of American industry, academic and community groups are urging President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping to offer public reassurances that Washington and Beijing are lowering the temperature of the fraught relationship when the leaders meet Wednesday in California.





“We will not learn to live together in peace by killing each other's children.” - Jimmy Carter

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Odd News

• NASA can’t talk to its Mars robots for two weeks because the sun is in the way
•  ‘Christmas tree’ galaxy shines in new image from Hubble and JWST
• AI chemist finds molecule to make oxygen on Mars after sifting through millions
• Washington woman crochets for 34 hours, 7 minutes
• Florida Carjacking Suspect Leveled by Army Veteran After Assaulting Pregnant Woman, Say Cops

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The ruins of Choquequirao, Peru are 3050 meters above sea level. It is called ''another Machu Picchu.''
Though the ruins are still not entirely excavated, they are estimated to be about three times the size of Machu Picchu.
The ruins are only accessible by walking 4 days to reach the top of the mountain.
I'd prefer to have a helicopter drop me off.

Peace.

Suspicious letters have been reported at election offices this week in Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Georgia.

Suspicious letters have been reported at election offices this week in Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Georgia.

Fentanyl was found in four of the letters, according to a statement from the FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, per The Associated Press.

BREAKING NEWS: ENVELOPES FILLED WITH MYSTERIOUS WHITE POWDER DELIVERED TO DONALD TRUMP JR. - Liam Nissan

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• 'Far too many Palestinians have been killed,' Blinken says; Gaza health ministry says hospitals hit in strikes
• UN mourns record death toll in war with over 100 employees killed in Gaza
• UN chief says Gaza deaths show something 'wrong' with Israel tactics
• 750+ Journalists Sign Letter Condemning 'Israel's Killing of Journalists in Gaza'
• Journalists Occupy New York Times Building in Protest of Newspaper's Gaza Coverage: 'There is Blood on the Hands' of the Editorial Board
• Screw Him’: Congressional Democrat Loses It on Tuberville for Blocking Military Nominations
• AOC and MTG Join Forces to Fight Julian Assange's Extradition to U.S.

A Proud Boy just got 15-years…he was crying as he was led away. - Mark Mason  

Tomorrow is Veteran's Day. Thank you for your service!

Now, The GOP Wants To Impeach Homeland Security Secretary. Geez Louise.

At last count, the House Republicans’ impeachment list included President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, six Cabinet secretaries, the director of the FBI, and a federal prosecutor some conservatives don’t like. But there’s one figure in particular the party has focused on for quite a while.

On the first day of the current Congress, Republican Rep. Pat Fallon of Texas filed articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and his resolution currently has 47 GOP cosponsors.

Poll: Republicans Think Biden Too Old to Violently Overthrow Democracy. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• 'I Say Go Down And Indict Them!' Trump Says He Can Sic DOJ on His Opponents If He Wins In New Interview
• Judge Demands Apology After Trump Lawyer Suggests Prosecutor Should Work for Vladimir Putin Because ‘That’s Where He Belongs’
• Judge denies Trump bid to delay classified documents trial
• Trump defends family separation policy in new interview
• Kinzinger says he would support Christie above other GOP candidates
• 'I'd Much Rather Be a Republican': CNN's Data Guru Breaks Down Grim 2024 Senate Map for Democrats 
• 'Why Did You Go After Her Family?' Fox Host Grills Ramaswamy For Personal Attacks on Nikki Haley
• Kevin McCarthy NUKES House Republicans Who Voted to Oust Him to CNN’s Manu Raju
• New York Times Devotes Column to the Trumps' Courtroom Attire: 'Gentle, Pulled-Together Professionalism and Good Will'

Republicans aren't going to cut Social Security. They're just going to raise the retirement age to death. - Middle Age Riot

Will Canada Pay For The Wall?

Among the wild statements made by presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy during Wednesday’s GOP debate was the proposal to build a wall not on just the southern border of the United States, but the northern one it shares with Canada. And some Canadian experts are calling it “ludicrous,” “completely nuts,” and a whole host of other things.

Supreme Court Conservatives Issue “Just Kidding” Ruling on Roe v Wade. - Andy Borowitz

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden trolls Trump after election night victories: ‘We haven’t stopped winning’
• Harris, Clyburn heading to South Carolina to file Biden paperwork for primary
• Emotional clashes over Israel torment House Democrats: ‘It’s hell’
• Supporters try to rekindle Puerto Rico status change
• Manchin won’t run for reelection in 2024

Don't worry, West Virginia. Joe Manchin will still be watching your struggle from his houseboat. - John Collins

Florida Determined To Disenfranchise College Students Of Color

The Florida Board of Governors voted late Wednesday to keep public universities from using government funds for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

The vote is the latest move in the state’s crackdown on diversity programs in schools.

🎵 Come and listen to a story ‘bout a man named Joe. 

Rich mountaineer made his fortune out of coal. 

Then one day came the No Labels shills. 

So he flipped ‘em the bird up on Capitol Hill. Congress, that is. 

Millionaires. Podcast stars. Yachts with swimmin’ pools. 🎵 - Scott Linnen

Joe Manchin?

Jill Stein?

Cornel West?

RFK Jr.?

Dean Phillips?

Marianne Williamson?

Hell No.

We’re ridin’ with Biden. - USA Singers

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Business/Tech News

• Apple settling claims it illegally favored immigrant workers in hiring practices for $25M
• Honda to increase pay for US autoworkers following UAW strike
• Federal regulators take a bite out of meat monopolies
• 'Just Close the F*cking Door': Mild-Mannered Fed Chair Drops F-Bomb When Protestors Interrupt Him

Has anyone considered desalinating MAGA tears and using them to refill Lake Mead? - Angry Staffer

 

This Is Not Kosher

People in Mississippi's largest county are demanding answers about why some polling places ran out of ballots and voters had to wait for them to be replenished on the day the state was deciding its most competitive governor's race in a generation.

It's unclear how many people left without voting, and activists and local leaders say election officials' failure is shocking, especially in a state where civil rights leaders were beaten or killed in the 1960s and earlier to secure voting rights for Black residents.

Before the internet, I thought ignorance was the lack of access to information.  Well, I quess it wasn't that. - Bob Golen

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Odd News

• U.S. Space Force Partners With Elon Musk To Launch Mysterious X-37B Space Plane
• Scientists create chimeric monkey with two sets of DNA
•  DC park closed after discovery of WWI-era munitions
• Man crushed to death by robot 'that confused him for box of vegetables'
• Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders' 400K Rolls-Royce reportedly booted by campus police
• Human mattress dominoes record toppled by 2355 people in Philippines

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Apparently, in Ronda, Spain, the HOA is very strict about roof and house colors.

Peace.

House GOP pulls second funding bill in a week

House GOP pulls second funding bill in a week

House Republicans on Thursday pulled their annual financial services and general government funding bill amid divisions on abortion-related provisions and FBI funding. 

It was the second time in a week GOP leaders opted to punt a vote on a funding bill over divisions within the party.

GOP: Freedom isn't free!

But don't ever ask me to pay for it

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• U.S. forces under fire in Middle East as America slides towards brink
• Netanyahu Condemns Media Working With Photojournalists Who Were 'Accomplices in Crimes Against Humanity'
• BBC Debunks Israeli Official's Disinformation Video Accusing Gazans of Staging Injuries
• U.S. Lawyer Arrested After Fatally Shooting 2 Protesters on Camera in Panama

House Votes To Censure 66% Of Americans For Antisemitic Support Of Ceasefire. - The Onion

I wonder If Was Jeffrey Epstein Was Ever Involved

Three individuals have been arrested on charges of operating a “high-end brothel network” in Massachusetts and Virginia with a clientele that included elected officials, military officers and government contractors with security clearances, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

Creepy opportunists of the day:

--Joe Manchin, exiting the Senate, maybe to front No Labels 

--Jeff Weaver, former Bernie Sanders advisor now working for Dean Phillips, one of the most conservative House members, running against Biden

--Jill Stein is running for president, because Jill Stein.

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump Says His Parents Are Looking Down at Indictments From Heaven: 'We're So Proud of You, Son'
• 'You're Just Scum': Haley BODIES Ramaswamy, Warns Him to 'Leave My Daughter Out of Your Voice!'
• Vivek Ramaswamy Calls Ukraine’s Jewish President a ‘Nazi’
• Ramaswamy Calls Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis 'Dick Cheney in Three-Inch Heels'
• Dana Bash Confronts RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel About Vivek Ramaswamy Demanding Her Resignation
• Fox's Mike Huckabee Claims Women Who've Had Abortions 'Probably Got Talked Into' Them
• 'KILL THAT G*DDAMN BULL! TRUMP IS THE MAGA-DOR!' Roseanne Shrieks Her Way Through Bizarre Chant at Trump Rally
• 'She's So Evil!' Harris Faulkner Rips Into 'Bitter' Hillary Clinton Comparing Trump to Hitler
• NewsNation to Host Next GOP Primary Debate — With Megyn Kelly as Moderator

He’s losing his supporters.

He’s losing his clout.

He’s losing his businesses.

He’s losing his mind.

He’s on the verge of losing his freedom.

Justice and Karma are here to collect their dues. - 7Veritas4

Oo, Oo, Republican Infighting!

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) ripped Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) in an interview Thursday, saying he doesn’t think she has earned the right to be reelected to her post.

Nikki Haley calling vivek ramaswamy "scum" shows a level of bipartisanship we rarely see from Republicans these days. - Covie

If NBC's strategy was to make sure normal people see how bat feces crazy the Republican party has become, mission accomplished. - BlackKnight10K

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden Snipes at Fox's Peter Doocy for Asking About Brutal NY Times Survey: 'You Don't Read the Polls Obviously!'
• This election shows Democrats are not doomed after all
• Hunter Biden files defamation lawsuit against former Overstock CEO

Boom. President Biden just owned a Fox reporter who asked about his reaction to Trump “beating him in the polls” by saying, “You don’t read the polls. There are 10 polls, 8 of them I’m beating [Trump]. You guys only do 2: CNN & New York Times.” THIS is how you call out the media. - Victor Shi

I really hope they don’t replace Ronna McDaniel — she’s been a fantastic RNC chair…

…for Democrats. - Angry Staffer

Comer Suffers Karma Whiplash
House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-KY) on Wednesday subpoenaed President Joe Biden’s brother, James Biden, who Comer has implicated in unsubstantiated allegations of “shady business practices” in the Biden family...According to Kentucky property records, Comer and his own brother have engaged in land swaps related to their family farming business. In one deal—also involving $200,000, as well as a shell company—the more powerful and influential Comer channeled extra money to his brother, seemingly from nothing.

President Biden has done more good for America than the 5 GOP candidates on stage combined(and the one who isn’t). 

All the more reason we must rally around the President in 2024. - Ron Harris

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Business/Tech News

• MGM Resorts reaches historic labor deal with Las Vegas unions, averts strike
• Tesla slapped with 'Reduce' rating at HSBC, with timeline and costs of future products a concern
• More Executives Vanish in China, Casting Chill Over Business Climate
• China-focused GOP lawmakers issue demands for Biden ahead of Xi meeting

Republicans sure do hate Chinese communism. 

But they sure do love that cheap Chinese Communist labor. 

Likewise they surely do hate Mexican immigrants, but goddamn do they love that cheap Mexican labor. 

What they DON'T love is paying an American a living wage. - Stonekettle

Karens, In Every Walmart, Will Soon Be Melting Down

Retail giant Walmart has announced plans to hold daily “sensory-friendly hours” for customers at all of its U.S. locations starting Friday. 

In a Tuesday news release, Walmart said from 8-10 a.m. local time, it will change its TV walls to a static image while also lowering or turning off lights where possible in an effort to make customers with sensory disabilities feel more comfortable.

Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the terms and conditions I do not read. - Bob Golen

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Odd News

• More than 400 earthquakes detected under Mount St. Helens in 3 months
• The last 12 months were the hottest in recorded history
• ‘Extraterrestrials’ return to Mexico’s congress as journalist presses case for ‘non-human beings’
• Australian surfer rides record-breaking 43.6-foot wave
• A bear stole a Taco Bell delivery order from a Florida family's porch — and "then he came again for the soda"

Time To Deflate Photo

Costa Rica: The Mermaid of Playa Esterillos sculpture rests on the north end rocks facing out from the shore towards the horizon. When the tide rises, the ocean covers her pedestal and the statue looks like it is rising out of the water. The work, a bronze cast, was created by sculptor Albino Valverde, who is from the Puriscal barrio of San José.

Peace.