Fox reports the House elects Johnson as speaker as Republicans rally, "The House elected Mike Johnson as the next speaker of the House on Wednesday as Republicans rallied behind his nomination after weeks of infighting." Breitbart, Rep. Mike Johnson Wins Republican Speaker Nomination. Cami Mondeaux at WaEx reports House elects Mike Johnson as speaker after three weeks at an impasse, 220 to 209. Ed Driscoll at Insty, THERE. THAT WAS EASY: Mike Johnson elected House speaker three weeks after Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster. Insty, HABEMUS ORATOR: House elects Mike Johnson as speaker after three weeks at an impasse. With unanimous Republican support. "UPDATE: And America’s paper of record is on it!" Babylon Bee, Smoke Rises Over Capitol Indicating Congress Has Resumed Setting Taxpayers' Money On Fire. Spencer Brown at TownHall, A New Speaker of the House Has Been Elected. At Da Caller, Mike Johnson Wins Speakership On First Vote. Da Signal, Mike Johnson Becomes Speaker of the House of Representatives. Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.23.23, EBL: I lost interest in Speaker after Jim Jordan–who just pulled up in the GOP clown car? Louder With Crowder: Byron Donalds announces he’s running for Speaker of the House and Occasional Cortex is PISSED,
Sundance at CTH, Remarkable Details – Matt Gaetz Gives Details of Backroom Machiavelli Tactics Triggered by Kevin McCarthy During House GOP Conference. Ace, Matt Gaetz: McCarthy Outed Himself as the Ringleader Knifing All Other Speaker Nominees in the Back; The Exposure of This Betrayal Led to the Election of Johnson. "From Deb Heine of American Greatness: Matt Gaetz claims that McCarthy was ringleading the liberals to tank every single person nominated as speaker, to force the caucus to ultimately conclude that they must renominate him for Speaker." Althouse, "Amid the impasse, [Kevin] McCarthy is floating a plan that would reinstall him as speaker and make Jordan, a conservative Trump ally, the assistant speaker..." "... according to three sources familiar with McCarthy’s pitch. Asked why the idea — which lacks key details, like how it would be enacted and whether it could even gain enough traction to happen — was being floated now, a GOP lawmaker replied: 'We’re desperate.'..." and Oh! They actually elected a Speaker of the House. "Hmm. Okay. Mike Johnson. "Rep. Mike Johnson elected speaker, breaking weeks-long stalemate" (WaPo): "He is antiabortion, voted against Ukraine aid and supports LGBTQ restrictions.... Johnson received votes from all 220 Republicans present." From the NYT: "Who Is Mike Johnson? One of the House’s Staunchest Conservatives. A lawyer and former chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, he played a pivotal role in congressional efforts to overturn the 2020 election."" Sister Toldja at RedState, WATCH: CNN Political Analyst Accidentally Reveals the Real Reason Democrats Don’t Like Mike Johnson "He is hugely conservative, but he doesn't wear it on his sleeve all the time. So he can get along with moderates and listen to them. And it will be interesting to see what happens with Ukraine aid, for example. But, you know, he’s not the devil incarnate." Also, Virginia Foxx Triggers All the Right People Over Answer to ‘Reporter’s’ Question for Mike Johnson. Paul Bedard at WaEx, Here it comes: Democrats pile on ‘appalling,’ ‘dangerous’ Speaker Johnson. Sundance at CTH calls it a HUGE WIN – Mike Johnson Becomes Speaker of the House and hosts President Trump as he Delivers Brief Remarks on New House Speaker Mike Johnson. Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.25.23 (Afternoon Edition) Twitchy says Adam Schiff Stomps On Self-Awareness Rake While Rolling Out Accusation Against New Speaker,
JT Young at Da Fed, Polls Show Trump Beating Biden In Battleground States, Even Amid Numerous Indictments. 1945 claims The Democrats Do Have A Way To Get Rid Of Joe Biden "Two-thirds of Democrat-leaning voters don’t want to see President Joe Biden to run for a second term, a CNN poll released last month found." At Am Think Matt Kane thinks RFK Jr.’s Impact? Advantage: Trump. As I've noted previously, polls go either way, probably depending on how the question is asked. The truth is we just don't know. Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.23.23, The Lid says Kennedy Throws Race To Trump Over Biden In Harvard-Harris Poll. At Am Con, What Nikki Haley Gets Right "We should thank her for exposing the lunatic id of GOP hawkism." TNP reports Perry Johnson Drops from Prez Race, Endorses Trump. Who? Scott Johnson at Power Line on My cousin Dean "This is a mostly personal note about Minnesota Third District Rep. Dean Phillips. Dean is my cousin. I anticipate that he will announce his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in New Hampshire no later than the filing deadline this Friday. His presidential campaign bus was spotted running down the road yesterday in Ohio." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, "I had no idea that the two of them were related. They are, clearly, not closely aligned politically but certainly seem to be familially. I share Scott’s historical enthusiasm about Phillips’ potential for a Eugene McCarthy moment in 2024, but I don’t see any statesmen or stateswomen in the party that would pull Democrats away from the progressive cliff. Four years ago, the only such faint hope was Biden himself. Maybe we should cheer for Phillips to do a bit better than McCarthy did."
Stacy McCain claims this is the Biggest Story of the Week: DOJ Subpoenaed Senate GOP Staff Phones
If you know anything at all about Capitol Hill, you know that Chuck Grassley’s staffer are the best investigators of governmental waste, fraud and abuse. Every year there are dozens of big stories that never would have come to light if not for the tireless work of Grassley’s staff. For many years, the ace in Grassley’s office was Jason Foster, who has recently left the Hill to launch his own non-profit organization, Empower Oversight, to continue that kind of investigation independently. The latest news should shock the conscience of the country:
While House and Senate oversight committees were investigating the Department of Justice and the FBI for their role in the Russia-collusion hoax, the DOJ subpoenaed the private phone and email logs of multiple congressional staffers, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed Tuesday reveals. The executive branch’s targeting of staffers assisting with congressional oversight of the DOJ and FBI represents a dangerous intrusion into the legislative branch’s functioning — and one that demands answers and an accounting.. . .
On Tuesday, the Virginia-based whistleblower firm Empower Oversight dispatched a letter to the attorney general and a slew of other DOJ officials, including the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. That letter detailed how the organization’s founder, Jason Foster, learned last week from a notice provided by Google that the DOJ had subpoenaed records of his Google Voice telephone number. The subpoena issued to Google required the tech giant to provide all telephone connection records and text message logs for Foster’s private Google account from Dec. 1, 2016, to May 1, 2017. . .
Read the whole thing. What Foster was doing at the time, of course, was trying to get to the bottom of “Operation Crossfire Hurricane,” the corrupt scam (set in motion by the phony Steele dossier paid for by Hillary’s campaign) to investigate Trump’s advisers for “Russian collusion.”
At PM, BREAKING: Dem congressman Jamaal Bowman charged in DC court for pulling fire alarm in Capitol "Bowman has been charged with False Fire Alarm." Pleads criminal stupidity. "Is Jamaal Bowman going to be thrown into the DC Gulag without bail," Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote in on X. "Will the FBI be raiding his home in the middle of the night? How many days in solitary confinement will he receive?"
Breitbart reports James Comer Blows Holes into James Biden’s Explanation for Giving Joe Biden $200K “Either Joe Biden made $200,000 or he didn’t lose $200,000. Either way, Joe Biden is $200,000 better off today because of his family’s influence-peddling scheme,” Comer added. “And like everything else, we know that Joe Biden met the CEO, we know that Jim Biden made a pitch for Americore Health that he could help them get all sorts of money from the Middle East through his brother’s contacts in the Middle East.” Scott McKay at Am Spec, Biden Pays Cash for a Beach Palace While You Struggle to Get a Mortgage. "More evidence of corruption has surfaced." Da Caller, Biden Associate At Center Of China Money Transfers Played Golf With Joe Up To A Dozen Times, FBI Docs Show. There won't be any minutes from those meetings. Did Biden-Appointed U.S. Attorneys Give Jim Biden’s Americore Scandal The Hunter Biden Treatment?, Da Fed's Margot Cleveland has suspicions.
Breitbart, Joe Biden: U.S. Committed to ‘Palestinian People’s Right’ to ‘Self-Determination.’ Ace, Karine Jean-Pierre Attempts to Walk Back Her Antisemitism. The Free Bacon reports on Biden's Deep State: Pentagon Employee Calls for Israeli Ceasefire on Social Media, Undercutting Admin's Support for Jewish State "Yousra Fazili, a former strategic adviser to the Qatari ambassador, serves as chief of staff to Pentagon comptroller." Hat Hair's Dave Strom points out Israel Delays Ground Invasion Because US Is Unprepared to Defend Itself. The Wall Street Journal@WSJ, "Breaking: Israel has agreed to delay its invasion of Gaza so the U.S. can get missile defenses in place to protect American troops in the region https://on.wsj.com/3Sd2Weg" From Da Caller, EXCLUSIVE: Border Authorities Are Counting Palestinian Migrants As Other Nationalities. Cliff Sims at Da Fed writes Biden’s Global Chaos Vindicates The Strong Foreign Policy Of His Top Rival.
NYPo points out Bidenomics just popped a historic $2T hole in the federal budget. I&I wonders How Did Biden Manage To Lose $300 Billion? "Friday afternoon, the Treasury Department reported that, despite a growing economy and low unemployment, the federal deficit shot up by $320 billion in fiscal year 2023. That’s unusual. But what’s really bizarre is why the deficit exploded. According to the report, overall spending actually dropped by 2% compared with 2022 as the COVID-19 spending splurge abated. What drove up the deficit this year was a sudden and completely unexpected 9% drop in tax revenues. Not only did revenues come up hundreds of billions lower than last year, but they were well below what everybody expected them to be. . . . Somebody in the Biden administration should be made to explain what happened. In the meantime, we’re now deeper in debt than ever. Way to go Brandon. "
AP is pretty happy that Trump is fined $10,000 over a comment he made outside court in his New York civil fraud trial. Capt. Ed comments "I suspect that this will facilitate an appeal of the gag order. This is a civil case and there’s no jury to influence, so the gag order doesn’t make a lot of sense in the first place. Trump is clearly angering the judge who will decide the case and the penalties, which isn’t a smart idea, but that doesn’t merit an infringement on Trump’s right to criticize the process and the officials involved." Sundance, Crazed NY Judge Claims Trump Violated Gag Order by Criticizing Michael Cohen. "The judge then said he did not believe Trump, “as the trier of fact, I find the witness is not credible“, he decreed from his perch; preferring to believe that President Trump was talking about Judge Engoron’s clerk. The idiot in a robe then levied another $10,000 sanction based on his wrongful assumption of President Trump’s thinking." If I were Trump, I'd slap down a million dollar check and ask the judge to tell me when that was used up. Matt Boose at Am Great says Silencing Trump is an Affront to American Democracy. Joy Pullman at Da Fed reports Trump Attorneys Argue ‘Vindictive’ Special Counsel Indictment Criminalizes Speech. And that's the point. Mary Chastain at LI points out that in the Trump Georgia Case: Lawyer Jenna Ellis Takes a Plea Deal, “Ellis pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings.” At Am Think Joe Fried wonders What happened to Sidney Powell? TNP, Disputed ABC Report Claims Ex-Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Granted Immunity, Cooperating With Jack Smith.
Paul Bedard hears the Liberal Media Scream: Morning Joe warns of Trump retaliation just short of firing squads. Sounds good to me.
Ace, Reap the Whirlwind: George Soros Funded the Fake Pro-Hamas "Jewish Groups" That Staged an Insurrection in the Capitol "As if you had any doubts."
VodkaPundit, posting at Insty, says IT WORKED AGAINST CIGARETTE MAKERS: 41 states sue Meta, claiming Instagram, Facebook are addictive, harm kids. “The barrage of lawsuits is the culmination of a sprawling 2021 investigation into claims that Meta contributes to mental health issues among young people. While the scope of the legal claims vary, they paint a picture of a company that has hooked children on its platforms using harmful and manipulative tactics.”” They still sell lots of cigarettes. Matt Taibbi at Racket, Newsguard Case Highlights the Pentagon's Censorship End-Around. "The Consortium News lawsuit against a private news rating system lays out how the government can suppress speech by proxy."
Hat Hair's Beege Wellborn reports Cretinous Students Glorify Hamas "Martyrs" on GWUs Library Facade and Dave Strom finds UC Berkeley Offers Extra Credit to Protest Israel and Capt. Ed makes the case to Decolonize Academia Now! Herr Professor Jacobson at LI, “Cornell did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Jacobson’s call to evaluate antisemitism on campus” “I renew my call for the Board of Trustees to take action to examine the antisemitism problem on campus and the connection to the ‘intersectional’ racialist ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ advocacy and programming which isolates and marginalizes Jews.” Jordan Boyd at Da Fed not shocked when SPLC Union Won’t Call Out Pro-Hamas Hate Groups But Accuses Israel Of Genocide. Sarah Hoyt at Insty thinks THIS IS HORRIFYING: Strange doings at Cooper Union. "my sources tell me several Jewish students @cooperunion "are currently locked in the school library as a pro Hamas rally outside of the cooper Union building learnt the Jews were afraid and sitting in the library, then brought the protest inside and are barricading all exits. Police have been called for 40 min and are afraid to get involved. Security locked the students in as they are worried they cannot protect the Jews rn." Insty cites JEFF GOLDSTEIN:
Never Again, Again. “In a post to X yesterday, Meghan McCardle, lately of The Washington Post (but to me, always a fellow old-school political blogger), tried threading the same Gordian knot many coastal intellectuals have been keen to thread of late — namely, the supposed difficulty of reconciling support for free speech with the uncomfortable, or at least, inconvenient, specter of the educated elite, from whom their kind routinely draws the next generation of ideological reinforcements, protesting in support of a government explicitly dedicated to ethnic cleansing and genocide. . . . The truth is, these students didn’t offer ‘tone deaf statements’ in the laudable and courageous course of free speech activism. Rather, as the presumptive future leaders of a pluralist country — adults who have access to more information faster than any others like them in history — these self-satisfied virtue groupies got a charge out the transgressive stance of blaming the Jews for the slaughter, rape, and kidnapping of their own civilians, many of whom were killed in door-to-door sweeps whose object was their complete extermination.”
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Da Wire claims an EXCLUSIVE: American Academy of Pediatrics Named In Bombshell Detransitioner Lawsuit "Young girl was "unfortunate victim of a collection of actors who prioritized politics and ideology over children’s safety," lawsuit states." OutKick reports Eventbrite Prohibits Riley Gaines Event Promotion, But Allows Pro-Hamas Listings.
The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Pre-Halloween Treats and FMJRA 2.0: Dinosaur Tales up on time and under budget.
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