McCarthy is McLeavin'

Former House speaker Kevin McCarthy announces he’s leaving Congress

Rep. Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday he will resign from Congress at the end of this month.

With George Santos, Kevin McCarthy, and Bill Johnson leaving Congress, Republicans will now be down to a 1 seat majority.

Hakeem Jeffries could become Speaker solely because of Republicans’ own dysfunction. - Brian Cohen

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The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Fox & Friends Cheerleads Trump Over Him Saying He Would Be a Dictator on 'Day One': 'Incredible What He Does'
• ‘He’s Not a Megalomaniac’: Chris Cuomo Says Trump ‘Won't Destroy Any of the Institutions’ if Elected
• Trump wanted staffer 'executed' for leaking he rushed to bunker during protest: ex-aide
• ‘Test case’ for America: Colorado’s top court poised to weigh Trump’s eligibility to run again
• Jack Smith wants to tell jury about Trump’s earlier attempts to sow doubt about elections
• Senate progressives demand Biden reduce Gaza civilian deaths caused by US weapons 
• Putin arrives in Middle East flanked by Russian fighter jets
• Fighting intensifies in Gaza's south

1,064 days later and not one single Republican member of Congress has been indicted for their role in January 6.

Not one. - Don Winslow

Dear God, Putin Has Control of the GOP Senate

Senate Republican leaders, ahead of a key procedural vote Wednesday, are urging their GOP colleagues to block legislation to provide more than $61 billion in military and foreign aid for Ukraine because the package does not include immigration and asylum reforms. 

Any hopes of getting a bill passed this week were dashed when tempers boiled over at a classified briefing on the war in Ukraine and senators got into a shouting match over border security. 

Y'all acting like Hamas didn't meet with Putin 2 weeks ago. - Mr. Weeks

At a time when some 16,000 Palestinians have been killed in the last 2 months, two-thirds women and children, & 1.8 million displaced from their homes, NO. I don't think it's a good idea to hand another $10 billion to Israel's right-wing extremist government no strings attached. - Sen. Bernie Sanders

Republican Shenanigans

• US breaks record for most mass shootings in single year after weekend murders
• James Comer Lashes Out at NBC News Host For Confronting Him on Biden Loans: 'You're Financially Illiterate!'
• 'I Personally Don't Think He Makes It': Trump Says He Doesn't Believe Biden Will Last Until the General Election
• 'Just a Minute!' FBI Director Wray Pushes Back As Hawley Tears Into Him With Allegations of Targeting Catholics
• Marjorie Taylor Greene Reportedly Complained to House Speaker That GOP Colleague Aggressively Shook Her
• The Bogus Historians Who Teach Evangelicals They Live in a Theocracy
• RFK Jr. Tells Fox News, 'I Was on Jeffrey Epstein's Jet Two Times' – Denies He Knew About Sex Crimes

Nancy Pelosi is 25 years older than Kevin McCarthy. 

One continues to be a successful member of Congress. The other is a burnout failure. 

One defended our nation’s Capitol at 80+. The other sold out our democracy for nothing.

Younger does not equate to better. - Kaivon Shroff

Where In The World Is Rudy Giuliani?

Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two Georgia election workers who have been tormented by harassment and threats since 2020, were prepared Tuesday to confront the man they view as the chief instigator of their suffering: Rudy Giuliani.

But Giuliani was a no-show at a federal court hearing in the duo’s defamation lawsuit, prompting a lashing for his attorney by U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, who had ordered Giuliani to be present.

Like many, Kevin will never get the stink of Trump off him. - Molly Ploofkins

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Rock The Voter News

• White House Shames University Presidents Over Anti-Semitism Hearing: 'Unbelievable That This Needs to Be Said'
• 'It's Just a Bunch of Lies!' President Biden Bristles When NY Post Reporter Asks About Hunter and Impeachment Inquiry
• President Biden to visit Los Angeles over the weekend
• Andrew Cuomo would ‘trounce’ Eric Adams in Dem primary for mayor, polls show
• Schumer demands Massie take down 'antisemitic' meme
• Hunter Biden battle with House GOP over public vs. private testimony heats up

He didn't show up at my inauguration, which I can't say was a disappointment. My guess is he won't show up at my next inauguration. - Joe Biden

Jim Thorpe Would Agree

President Joe Biden plans to ask Olympic organizers to allow a Native American lacrosse team with players from the Onondaga Nation to compete in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Biden will announce his support today for the Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse team to be granted a narrow exception to field their own team, White House officials said.

Congrats Taylor Swift!

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Business/Tech News

• Mortgage refinance demand jumps 14% as rates fall to lowest point since August
• CEOs of the nation's biggest banks warn that new regulations could harm the economy
• Actors vote to approve deal that ended strike
• McDonald's plans record restaurant expansion, boost in loyalty program

Evangelical groups in Texas are opposed to sports betting because they fear it will attract an "unsavory element" to their state.

That ship has f-cking sailed. - Middle Age Riot

Deadly Lemonade For Some?

Panera is being sued again after another customer is said to have died after consuming the chain’s caffeinated lemonade.

Dennis Brown was a 46-year-old man with a chromosomal deficiency disorder, ADHD and high blood pressure who avoided energy drinks, according to a wrongful death complaint filed this week by his mother, brother and sister. A loyal Panera customer, he started regularly ordering “charged lemonade” in late September, according to the suit.

"Matt Gaetz belongs in jail." - Kevin McCarthy, ruining his reputation by telling the truth. - Middle Age Riot

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Odd News

• More than 1000 climate scientists urge public to become activists
• 10 Photos From the 2023 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year
• Brains of newborns aren't underdeveloped compared to other primates, finds new study
• Australian men visit 99 pubs in 24 hours to break world record
• 'Dead' woman nearly suffocated in morgue bag
• Woman who won $1M lottery prize in 2006 scores $25M jackpot

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I wonder if this steam locomotive has a dining car. I'm craving a club sandwich.

Peace.

Two new Supreme Court cases ask if there is a right to medically necessary abortion

Two new Supreme Court cases ask if there is a right to medically necessary abortion

A federal law requires most hospitals to perform emergency abortions. The question is whether a Republican Supreme Court will enforce it.

Supreme Court Rules Anyone Who Had Abortion Under Roe Must Be Re-Impregnated. - The Onion

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Speaker Johnson Says Faces on Jan. 6 Tapes Being Blurred to Prevent DOJ Retaliation
• Liz Cheney Tells Maddow She ‘Ran To The Capitol’ After Secretly Listening In To Trump WH Call Plotting On Jan 4
• Brit Hume Says Trump Is ‘More Likely To Drive the Republicans to a Defeat’ Next Year Than Become a Dictator
• FBI sees 60 percent jump in hate crimes cases since Israel-Hamas war
• WHO says situation in Gaza ‘getting worse by the hour’ as war intensifies
• Biden administration pledges more aid to Gaza civilians, including new field hospital
• Appropriate response will follow: Putin threatens Latvia
• Tuberville drops hold on military promotions.

Sen. Chuck Schumer: Ronald Reagan would be rolling in his grave if he saw his Republican Party letting Vladimir Putin roll through Europe.

Even Jake Tapper Was Taken Aback...
CNN anchor Jake Tapper was visibly disgusted after Mark Regev, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, victim-blamed nine members of a CNN producer’s family who were killed during Israel’s bombing in Gaza.

Every Word Besides ‘Children’ Used To Describe Palestinians Under 18. - The Onion

Republican Shenanigans

• 'That's Bullcrap!' James Comer Defends Absurd Hunter Biden Car Loan Bombshell — By Making Another Laughable Argument
• Patrick McHenry, ex-Speaker pro tempore, to retire at end of term
• Liz Cheney weighs strategy to tank Trump
• CNN to host Iowa town halls with DeSantis, Ramaswamy
• Christie predicts Trump ‘won’t be able to vote for himself’ in 2024 due to conviction
• Tenured professors are leaving Florida, blame DeSantis' administration
• Vouchers Helping Families Already in Private School, Early Data Show

Why can't anyone ever ask Liz Cheney live on tv why she blocked subpoenas for Ginni Thomas? She damned sure left that part out of her book. - BlackKnight10K

DeSantis Throws Some Loose Change to FSU

Gov. Ron DeSantis is adding financial heft to the backlash from undefeated Florida State’s exclusion from the College Football Playoff.

DeSantis announced Tuesday that his 2024-25 budget includes $1 million for “any litigation expenses that may come as a result of this really, really poor decision by the College Football Playoff to exclude an undefeated team” that won a major conference title. The Republican made his remark during a news conference to present his budget.

I still don't understand why Marjorie Taylor Greene wasn't charged with a crime for showing naked photos of Hunter Biden on the House floor. These people just get away with everything. - Victoria Brownworth

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Rock The Voter News

• ‘No!’ Democratic Guest Recoils in Disgust After Jake Tapper Asks if Her Party ‘Should Have a New Candidate’
• 'Oh No, Please! Please Don't! Impeachment!' Fetterman Brutally Mocks Speaker Johnson on Biden Impeachment
• Bob Menendez's gold bar stash includes bars reported stolen in armed robbery a decade ago

Biden’s Approval Rating Skyrockets After Announcing He Taking Nation To The Circus. - The Onion

Senate Republicans Would Impeach Biden In A Heartbeat

Senate Republicans are softening their public criticism of the House effort to impeach President Biden after largely panning the idea earlier this year.

While a number of Senate Republicans aren’t keen on holding a Biden impeachment trial, they aren’t actively dissuading the House from holding a vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry.

How many of you have paid your kid’s car payments?

We’re all going to prison. - Woman In The Moon

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Business/Tech News

• EPA lays groundwork for stronger climate rules
• ChatGPT tops Wikipedia's most-viewed articles of 2023 list
• Raft of Pro-Alabama Apologists Defending Bad CFP Committee Decision Represents the Worst of Sports Journalism
• Elon Musk Backs Conor McGregor For Irish President As UFC Star Teases 2025 Run

We’ve created close to 800,000 manufacturing jobs since I’ve taken office. - Joe Biden

Elon Musk Makes So Many Enemies, Doesn't He?

Elon Musk is cooking up a feud with Paris Hilton.

The owner of X (formerly Twitter) slammed the heiress-turned-entrepreneur on Sunday for pulling her “Be an Icon” kitchenware ads from the social media platform amid concerns over its antisemitic content. 

“The ad campaign wasn’t super convincing tbh,” Musk, 52, wrote via X. “I don’t think Paris cooks a lot.”

Social Security has never missed a payment in its 88 years.

ALL generations benefit from Social Security! - SSWorks

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Odd News

• Research shows that wildfires have erased two decades' worth of air quality gains in western United States
• Astronomers Discover Rare Solar System Where Planets Orbit in Mathematical Harmony
• 70-year-old woman gives birth to twins in Uganda
• A dying lake could be the site of CA’s next ‘gold’ rush
• Texas woman finds opossum lounging in her Christmas tree

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The Caryatids represented the women of Caryae, who were doomed to hard labour because the town sided with the Persians in 480 bc. The one of the left had her arm pulled completely out of its socket.

Peace.

Trump, allies fire back at media warnings of second-term dictatorship

Trump, allies fire back at media warnings of second-term dictatorship
Headlines blaring warnings about how a second Trump presidency could slip toward dictatorship on Monday prompted a stiff pushback from allies of the ex-president, who is topping GOP primary polls just weeks before the Iowa caucuses.

"In my view, fundamentally, there is a choice to be made. You can't both be for Donald Trump and for the Constitution. You have to choose." - Liz Cheney

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Lindsey Graham Warns Liz Cheney to Get On Board With Trump 2024 Or Else ‘The World Will Be Truly On Fire’
• The Atlantic Dedicates Entire Issue to Warning 'Fascist' Trump Poses Dire Threat to America: Second Term 'Will Be Much Worse'
• 3 commercial ships hit by missiles in Houthi attack in Red Sea, US warship downs 3 drones
• 'Awful News': Christiane Amanpour Says 'At Least Nine Members' of CNN Producer's Family Killed in Gaza
• 'Classic Antisemitic Thuggery': Top Democrats Slam Pro-Palestinian Protesters Targeting Jewish Business
• Protestors outside Pelosi’s home demand Israel-Hamas cease-fire
• NATO chief on Ukraine war: ‘Be prepared for bad news’
• US nearly out of money to help Ukraine fight Russia, White House warns Congress

To all my Arab and Muslim friends who want to blame President Biden for the conflict in Gaza. Biden was largely responsible for negotiating the ceasefire and has gotten no credit, but can you at least tell me why Hamas wouldn't just give back the women that they took hostage? - BlackKnight10K

The Segregation Wall, Palestine, by Banksy

Netanyahu Is Going To Start A Regional War With All These Civilian Deaths

IDF expands ground offensive into southern Gaza. Israel is warning Palestinians to evacuate specific neighborhoods, but residents say there is no safe place to go. Pressure is growing from the U.S. to lessen civilian suffering and deaths.

Hey everybody, it's the Elon Musk Show, where a spoiled rich guy sucks all the oxygen out of an app he's destroying for the attention he craves! -Kona Lowell

Republican Shenanigans

• James Comer Claims GOP House Moderates Will Now Vote to Impeach Biden Because Constituents They Met at Walmart Want it
• Trump Says He’d Win California and New York If Only Jesus and God ‘Came Down’ To Oversee Election
• Trump Denies Liz Cheney’s Claim He Wasn’t Eating After Jan. 6 — Insists He Was Actually Stuffing His Face: ‘I WAS ANGRY’
• Moms for Liberty Co-Founder Admitting to Threesome Sparks Backlash

Trump isn't just a threat to national security, he's a threat to global stability. - Liam Nissan

Republicans Are Such Simple Minded Investigators

House Republicans ramping up their impeachment inquiry are touting subpoenaed financial records that show President Biden received monthly payments from a business account for his son Hunter Biden in between his time as vice president and president. 

But Hunter Biden’s attorney is pushing back at the House GOP, saying that the monthly $1,380 transfers account for repaying his father for a truck payment that Hunter Biden was unable to finance himself.

Guys, Hunter paid back his dad. 

Impeachment might not be enough. - John Collins

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Rock The Voter News

• White House: Johnson ‘throwing red meat’ to Greene by pushing House vote on Biden impeachment inquiry
• Swalwell predicts McCarthy will leave Congress in coming weeks
• CNN’s Bash has tense exchange over Hamas rapes with Jayapal

This is good. The White House is now saying any Republican member of Congress who votes against the Ukraine funding package is basically voting for Putin. The Republican Party has turned full-on pro-Putin & pro-Russia & it’s very good the White House is calling them out for it. - Victor Shi

Good For California!
California, along with a group of international partners, announced the official kickoff of a subnational partnership focused on reducing methane, on the sidelines of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai this weekend.

Jimmy Carter outlived Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Richard Nixon, Leonid Breznev, Henry Kissinger, The Ayatollah Khomeini, Saddam Hussein, Donald Rumsfeld, Roger Ailes, Dick Cheney's 1st heart & Donald Trump's soul. - John Fugelsang

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Business/Tech News

• And So It Begins: HBO Is Making a Movie About George Santos Produced by 'Veep' Exec
• ESPN's Mike Greenberg Slams Absolutely Loses It Over Florida State Snub in Fiery Rant: Yesterday, 'Football Became Figure Skating!'
• From Chuck Todd to Ron DeSantis, The Political World Rages About Florida State's Playoff Snub: 'Never Shoulda Outsourced the Playoff Lobbying to a Super PAC'
• Scott demands texts and emails of College Football Playoff committee after FSU snub 

College football is a place we all go to get away from the bs, and now college football is the bs. It's just so disheartening. - Michael Rogner

Apple Urges Users To Update Their iOS Device Pronto!

If you have an iPhone or other iOS device that doesn’t have automatic updates turned on, you should install the latest security fix immediately, Apple says.

Apple released iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2 Nov. 30 with a message reading, “This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.”

If you ever think your job is pointless, just remember someone works on the Russian council for human rights. - Darth Putin

8 years ago many Democrats would never have dreamed they could go through what we have in that time and still be fighting strong. Yet, here you are. Stronger than you were 8 years ago. Fighting harder than ever. Well done. - Jack Hopkins

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Odd News

• Geomagnetic storm likely to impact Earth through Tuesday: What we know
• JAMES WEBB SPOTS STRANGE "GHOSTLY" OBJECT REAPPEARING
• Deer runs through Sam's Club store in California
• Military missile spent over 100 years as a garden decoration in Wales
• Florida Woman Rescued After Mouthing 'Save Me' to Police When Alleged Kidnapper Calls Them About His Medical Emergency

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Mt. Kilimanjaro from the space station. 

Peace.