You may have heard, but FINALLY: McCarthy Becomes Speaker (Stacy McCain), exploring Rolling Stone's claim that the long battle was fueled in part by Matt Gaetz' hatred for McCarthy over lack of support on the debunked sex trafficking investigation. "So says Rolling Stone, anyway, and while I’m skeptical that this left-wing publication has informed sources inside the GOP caucus, at the same time I don’t like Republican sex scandals. Republicans should be the party of boring middle-class married life. Let the Democrats have a monopoly on sex scandals. It’s an American tradition." Twitchy, McCarthy elected Speaker of the House after chaotic 14th and 15th votes – at least it wasn’t boring. Jazz Shaw at Haut Hare sees Chaos on the floor as Kevin McCarthy finally takes the Speaker's gavel. Sundance at CTH, Kevin McCarthy Succeeds on 15th Ballot, New House Rules Package Will Be Determined Monday. From Fox, Kevin McCarthy delivers first remarks after winning House Speaker: 'Our nation is worth fighting for', and Mike Rogers lunges at Matt Gaetz during House speaker voting, other members forced to intervene: video. "Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., then intervened and physically restrained Rogers." Sundance has the video, Representative Mike Rogers of Alabama Attempts to Fight Matt Gaetz in House Chamber. Jonathon Turley accuses Democrats of “Enjoying It Too Much”: Democrats Overplay a Simple Adjournment Vote and Elect Kevin McCarthy, instead of putting it off once again. Or maybe they just wanted to go to bed. "It was reminiscent of the scene in True Grit when John Wayne stops Glenn Campbell from spanking Kim Darby — not because she didn’t deserve it but because “you are enjoying it too much.”" Althouse read Rolling Stone too, "Kevin McCarthy was well aware he was going to lose his bid to become Speaker of the House of Representatives on the first ballot, three people with knowledge of the situation told Rolling Stone." "What he was not privately predicting was that the beatings would continue for an entire week. 'He knew he was going to get fucked — he just didn’t know they were going to fuck him this many times, or this hard,' explained one congressional aide." Bob Hoge at Red State thinks McCarthy Wins the 15-Round Bout, but Matt Gaetz Is the Real Winner.
NewsMax claims Trump Credited With Calling in to Close Deal for McCarthy. Mike Miller at Red State, Gingrich Revisted? As McCarthy Wins the Gavel, Sweeping New Rules Will Change the Way Congress Operates. Well, it isn't Nancy Pelosi's queendom any more. Nellie Bowles at Freep says TGIF: Congress Is Back. Let the Insanity Begin. "Kevin McCarthy needs more friends." Then he should get a dog, if Frank Luntz will let him. Ben Domenech at Spec World, cited at Haut Hair wonders What has McCarthy won? A thankless job with lots of power, even reduced. The Free Bacon watches The New CNN: Watch Commentators Sneer at McCarthy Victory, fair enough, I sneer at them.
Politico whines about the Proposed GOP select panel that would be empowered to review ‘ongoing criminal investigations’ The proposed “select subcommittee" would operate under the Judiciary Committee expected to be chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). Mike Miller at Red State hears an Ex-GOP Lawmaker Says House Investigations of FBI, CIA Will 'Shred the Integrity of the Federal Govt'. It's already shredded; this will just reveal the extent of the damage, we hope. Sundance has the video where Thomas Massie Discusses Creation of New House Subcommittee to Investigate the Fourth Branch of Government with Tucker.
At 1945 Harrison Kass wonders Is Donald Trump Headed To Jail? I doubt it. Brad Palumbo at WaEx thinks Democrats' latest attack on Trump is a giant nothingburger. At Ringside at the Reckoning, Paul Mirengoff discusses The personal cost of Elise Stefanik's support for Trump. Insty, UM, WHY? John Bolton stuns a British audience with announcement he WILL run for POTUS in 2024. "Well, you know, you can pay yourself a salary out of campaign funds when you’re a candidate, you can travel to places you want to go, people will treat you like you’re important even if you hardly have a shot, and it boosts cable news bookings, book sales, etc." Doesn't he have a war to start somewhere? David Strom at Haut Hare hears More "Republicans are violent" BS from Eric Swalwell, Mr. Fang Fang, soon to be relegated to the subcommittee on garbage collection. At Red State, Nick Arama says There Are Many Questions About George Santos, but Latest Leftist Complaint Is Incredibly Dumb. Alejandra Caraballo@Esqueer_ "George Santos flashed a white supremacist hand gesture on the floor of the house and became besties with Marjorie Taylor Greene. They're not being subtle." Sometimes, mostly even, and OK sign is just an OK sign.
January 6 is a day that will live in infamy. On this date, a brutal crime was committed. A miscarriage of justice. A blot on our nation’s history.
That’s right, I’m talking about this ->
Sarah Hoyt, JANUARY 6TH
However, there is nothing happy about Jan 6th. Not the two innocents butchered for no reason except they needed bodies as far as I can tell, not the setup to give themselves a reason to go after ideological dissenters, not the sad spectacle of grandma’s indicted for “parading” which is apparently now a crime in America, nor the people they still hold in jail, because why not, they have China envy and dream of making protesters disappear.
The only thing I can say is that what January 6 has done is given us a gauge for “Don’t do this. Nothing good will come of it, and there’s a good chance there will be a setup to get us in trouble.”
Sarah Arnold at Town Hall hears Kristi Noem Speak Out After Federal Agencies Leak Her Social Security Number "We expect a detailed response addressing how the breach of privacy occurred, who was responsible, what steps breach of you has taken to remedy the breach, and what specific measures and remedies will be taken to protect Gov. Noem and her family,” Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer to Newsmax: 'Prosecute' Schiff for 'Coup' of Trump. Nice idea, but it won't happen. I expect to see him called to testify at the new committee on governmental abuse. Watching him handle the subpoena should be amusing. Twitchy, Adam Schiff-For-Brains sure sounds nervous about McCarthy and new House rules (gosh, wonder why).
At JTN, Maricopa County announces investigation into Election Day printer issues ""Our voters deserve nothing less," officials declare." At Da Signal, After Telling 31,000 Noncitizens How to Register to Vote, Colorado Kept Information From Local Election Officials. I'm sure it was just an accident. /sarc
Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller reports White House Pressed Facebook To Censor Tucker Carlson, Document Reveals. Time to sue the bejesus out of both Facebook and the government people trying to censor us. To wit, Paul Sperry explains How Democrat Adam Schiff abused his power to demand I be kicked off Twitter simply due to a personal vendetta, as part of his Russiagate lies. Jazz Shaw at Haut Hare, How Adam Schiff got Twitter to censor a journalist. Jonathon Turley is shocked, shocked,“We Don’t Do This”: Adam Schiff and the Underbelly of American Censorship.
Schiff’s actions embody the slippery slope of censorship. By labeling his critics as QAnon supporters or purveyors of “misinformation,” he sought to have allies in social media “disappear” critics like Sperry — yet he found that even those allies could not stomach his demands. Given Twitter’s censorship of even satirical sites, it was akin to being turned down by a Kanye West podcast as being too extreme.
But Twitter is only one social media site. Censorship continues at many others, including YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, Google. Jim Lakely at WUWT, YouTube Bans Heartland Institute’s Channel Just Before Live-stream with Climate Scientist Judith Curry, for climate disinformation; ie disagreement with the liberal agenda.
The Peacock sees Elon Musk attorneys try to move trial from California to Texas, citing ‘local negativity’ "In a motion to transfer venue, attorneys argue that Musk has garnered negative publicity in California after taking over Twitter." Seems reasonable, which is why it won't happen.
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