Flotsam and Jetsam - Johnson Recalls House to Open Government

The JTN staff reports Speaker Johnson calls for House members to return to DC to pass Senate-backed funding bill "Votes are expected to get started by 4 p.m. Wednesday, after swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.). It is expected to be a strict party line vote." They should have stayed in D.C. It's what we pay them for. From ET, Reopening the Government: Here’s What to Know About the Impact, "Federal workers get back pay, food aid resumes, and flights stabilize—but some fallout could take weeks to mend or never fully recover." Kevin McCollough at TownHall calls it Forty Days Wasted. At Hat Hair, a Larry video, Schumer Makes History As Most Hated Democrat, Dave Strom sees Democrats Are Hating on Schumer, But Are They Stuck With Him as Leader for Years? and John Sexton claims The Shutdown Was Useless (Dems Should Thank Schumer for Ending It). Stephen Kruiser at PJM worries If Schumer Gets Booted From Leadership, the Replacement Options Are Nightmares. It's a bit like how all current Republicans are Nazi's and all the older ones are elder statesmen. Ace wakes up to the realization that After the Shutdown Climb-Down, Democrats In Meltdown, "I don't mean to discombobulate you, but the Party of Reason and Emotional Stabilityis having a, get this, hysterical overreaction to normal, everyday, fairly trivial things that sane and emotionally-temperate people can barely find the energy to care about. Democrat Party Fanzine The Hill: Democtats Rage as Spending Bill Heads to House." At the Center Square, Nevada's two female senators explain their support for bill ending shutdown. "Progress on Obamacare tax credits was enough to convince Sen. Jacky Rosen to join seven fellow Democrats and one independent to vote to end America's longest federal government shutdown."

From atop Da Hill, Duffy says Flight cuts will end ‘only when the data says we should.’  At BI, A Republican lawmaker is riding his motorcycle back to Washington, DC, saying 'flights are too unreliable'. Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Literally" Quote Casey Handmer @CJHandmer, "I realized the Doom graphics engine running on a pregnancy test CPU could handle all of North American Air Traffic Control. I'm going to sit down for a bit." 

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn hears Dems Shriek ELEVENTY! Republicans 'Destroyed Healthcare in This Country'. Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "I can’t believe how Trump created and passed Obamacare. That bastard. https://x.com/namwella1961/s /namwella1961/status/1987860023557365844" At Da Signal, Trump to Sign Groundbreaking Executive Order Bolstering Foster Care.

At Breitbart, Ford Execs Praise Trump’s Auto Tariffs: ‘We Are No Longer Disadvantaged’ for Making Cars in America. Shipwreckedcrew looks at The Arguments on Tariff Case In SCOTUS -- Is The Hand Wringing By Conservative Legal Pundits Misplaced? "The outcome is likely to be fractured but my read is there will be 5-6 votes on an outcome upholding the tariffs, but with different reasons -- and maybe some limitations."

Some tinfoil hat material from Sundance at CTH, The 2025 MAGA Fracture and the Benefactors Behind It. Politicians don't always agree. It's not always a conspiracy. 

Breitbart hears Michelle Obama whine Trump’s East Wing Renovation Denigrating the Traditional FLOTUS Workspace. The Divine Ms. Devine at NYPo thinks Michelle Obama tries so hard to play the victim that she instead provides comedy gold. Althouse finds Cheryl Hines does a fabulous job of establishing rapport with Bill Maher right at the beginning of this Club Random podcast. "I'm listening to the whole thing, but only 26 minutes in. She's fascinatingly skillful at personal interaction... and he appreciates it. He raises the dumb subject of wearing orange — because it's "right before Halloween" — and somehow she's got him talking about women in "blood red" lingerie and how he doesn't want to be touching a woman wearing leather in the middle of the night...." I don't want to hear about Bill Maher and women in leather.

John Sexton hears Gov. Hochul Says No to One of Mamdani's Campaign Promises, no tax hike or free buses. Breitbart has a Report: NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani’s Chief Adviser Wants Social Workers Responding to 911 Calls. Just wait until the fat blue-haired chick start getting shot. TCW predicts Mamdani will rot the Big Apple in record time. From OTP, Giuliani Calls Mamdani A Serious Security Threat, Urges Him To Step Down As NYC Mayor-Elect and Councilwoman Invites Netanyahu To NYC On Day Mamdani Takes Office. Nice! Beege Wellborn hears Everyone Thinks He's the Next Mamdani Man: the Progressive Feeding Frenzy Is On. Daily Caller @DailyCaller, "Meet Chi Ossé — the queer Buddhist socialist NYC councilman reportedly planning to primary Hakeem Jeffries. A close ally of Zohran Mamdani and the only Gen Z member on NYC’s Council, Chi Ossé has reportedly told allies he plans to challenge Jeffries in 2026, per NYT." Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "I can’t believe I’m saying this but CNN just did some amazing reporting CNN used internet archives to find a top Democrat running for Senate in Michigan scrubbed his social media of thousands of posts showing his intention is to defund the police Muslim Democrat candidate Abdul El-Sayed “deleted thousands of tweets before launching his campaign. Among them were ones from 2020, in which he fully backed the controversial defund the police movement, calling police standing armies, and saying that cities should shift funding from law enforcement to social services. . . "

RedState's Nick Arama thinks Fetterman's Answer About Who the Leader of the Dem Party Is Tells You Why They're in Such Trouble. FOX & Friends @foxandfriends, "@LawrenceBJones3: Who is running the show now in the Democratic Party? @SenFettermanPA: No one really knows."

More later? Eh, I guess not.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: It’s Always Warm & Sunny Somewhere and FMJRA 2.0: In Like A Lion up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.