Mike Johnson and the troubled history of recent Republican speakers Johnson is the sixth Republican elevated to the speakership since 1994. The five who preceded him all saw their time in the office end in relative degrees of defeat or frustration. 04/28/2024 - 9:42 am | View Link
White House Correspondents’ Weekend Saw A Surreal Mix Of Celebrity And Power Players — And A Backdrop Of Protest And Disruption The White House Correspondents' Dinner took place amid pro-Palestinian protests outside the Washington Hilton. 04/28/2024 - 8:35 am | View Link
'Total Loser': Donald Attacks Trashes Mitt Romney While Endorsing GOP Primary Candidate to Fill Utah Senate Seat Former President Donald Trump called outgoing Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) a “total loser” while endorsing his potential Senate replacement on Truth Social, RadarOnline.com has learned. Mitt Romney isn't ... 04/28/2024 - 6:30 am | View Link
Not a winning strategy: Four times House GOP all-or-nothing politics has cost it In the 118th Congress, House Republicans have been riddled with party infighting and chaos since being sworn into office earlier in 2023. 04/22/2024 - 10:31 am | View Link
GOP hardliners retool for fresh push to oust Speaker Mike Johnson after Ukraine aid bill defeat Now that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) committed the ultimate defiance against them by wrangling through another tranche of Ukraine aid, all eyes are on the rabble-rousers. 04/21/2024 - 7:03 am | View Link
Adolf Hitler, who rose to power on the backs of anti-Semitic scumbags, crackpots and German nationalist zealots finally ended his reign of terror by killing himself.
On April 30, 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head.
Tim Kennedy (D) is projected to win the special election for New York’s 26th congressional district, the Washington Post reports.
“When Kennedy is sworn in as a member of the House Democratic conference, it will temporarily shave the chamber’s Republican majority to one seat, leaving a small margin for error for party-line agenda items.”
(NEW YORK) — Large numbers of New York City police officers began entering the Columbia University late Tuesday as dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters remained on the campus.
Demonstrators had occupied Hamilton Hall hours earlier after setting up an encampment earlier in the month.
Students had defiantly set up tents again after police cleared an encampment at the university on April 18 and arrested more than 100 people.
“Hundreds of police officers in riot gear marched onto the campus of Columbia University in Upper Manhattan late Tuesday, where protesters had occupied a campus building, as clashes over the war in Gaza continued to escalate at American universities,” the New York Times reports.
The second week of the Donald Trump criminal trial testimony began with a bang!
First up, a ruling on the gag order. Trump was found in criminal contempt and fined $1k for each of the 9 violations. He was also ordered to remove the offending 9 posts by 2:15pm (which he complied with) AND warned that he will be incarcerated (maybe) for future violations.
Reminder: there is a 2nd gag order violation hearing scheduled for this Thursday morning.
BREAKING:Judge Merchan threatens Trump with jail time for further violations of his gag order."Defendant is hereby warned that the Court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will…
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 30, 2024
BREAKING: Donald Trump has just complied with the order from Judge Merchan to remove social media posts from his Truth Social page and his campaign website that the judge deemed in violation of the gag order.
The U. S. House voted Tuesday to end federal protection for gray wolves, approving a bill that would remove them from the endangered species list across the lower 48 states.
A handful of Democrats joined with Republicans in passing the bill. The measure now goes to the Senate, but it appears doomed after the White House issued a statement Monday warning that the Biden administration opposes it.