Jim Jordan Suffers 2nd House Speaker Vote Defeat (www.msn.com)
Jordan lost the second round of votes Wednesday when 22 Republicans voted against him -- two more votes against him than Tuesday’s first-round vote.
Calls for McHenry rise as Jordan faces third Speaker vote: Live coverage (thehill.com)
Fifteen days after Kevin McCarthy was removed as House Speaker, the chamber remains at a standstill and will not hold another vote to find a leader on Wednesday, a source familiar with the situatio…
Climate change is still the top issue in the 2024 election (thehill.com)
No international, national or local issue is more important than global warming. Voters and candidates must treat it that way.
[News] Senator Calls For Return of Old Mississippi Flag: ‘Our People Died Under That Flag’ (www.mississippifreepress.org)
Mississippi Sen. Kathy Chism, R-New Albany, said the Legislature should not have retired the Confederate-themed state flag.
[News] McCarthy in fiery exchange with reporter blames Dems for bringing ‘chaos’ with ouster (thehill.com)
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had a fiery exchange with reporters Friday about the House’s ongoing dilemma, blaming Democratic members for bringing “chaos to Congress.”...
[News] Executive at Donald Trump’s company says 'presidential premium' was floated to boost bottom line (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s top corporate deputies considered adding a “presidential premium” when calculating the value of his Trump Tower penthouse, Mar-a-Lago resort and other assets during his White House years, a gambit that would’ve padded his net worth by nearly $145 million, an executive at the former...
The Online Sleuths Who Helped the FBI Track Down January 6 Insurrectionists (www.politico.com)
Inside the network of sedition hunters driving the largest investigation in FBI history.
[News] Republicans nominate Steve Scalise to be House speaker and will try to unite before a floor vote (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on Wednesday nominated Rep. Steve Scalise to be the next House speaker and will now try to unite around the conservative in a floor vote to elect him after ousting Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the post....
New Filing Claims Motive in Classified Documents Case (www.salon.com)
[News] RFK Jr. launches independent bid for president, leaving Democratic race against Biden (abcnews.go.com)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is dropping out of the Democratic primary race against Joe Biden to launch an independent campaign for president next year, he said in a speech on Monday....
[News] Election denier and 'MyPillow Guy' Mike Lindell confirms he's out of money, can't pay legal bills (apnews.com)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys who’ve been defending MyPillow chief executive and election denier Mike Lindell against defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies are seeking court permission to quit, saying he owes them unspecified millions of dollars and can’t pay the millions more that he’ll owe in legal expenses...
[Analysis] Two Families Got Fed Up With Their States’ Politics. So They Moved Out. (www.nytimes.com)
The Nobles of Iowa moved to blue Minnesota. The Huckinses of Oregon moved to red Missouri. Their separate journeys, five weeks apart, illustrate the fracturing of America.
[Opinion] Hakeem Jeffries: A bipartisan coalition is the way forward for the House (www.washingtonpost.com)
In recent days, Democrats have tried to show our colleagues in the Republican majority a way out of the dysfunction and rancor they have allowed to engulf the House. That path to a better place is still there for the taking....
[News & Opinion] "Already an embarrassment": Legal experts shred Judge Aileen Cannon for granting Trump "delay" (www.salon.com)
The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump's classified documents case on Friday temporarily paused a series of significant pre-trial deadlines pertaining to prosecutors' sharing of sensitive materials that the former president is entitled to while building his defense, The Messenger reports....
Trump drops lawsuit against New York fraud judge (www.rawstory.com)
Donald Trump has dropped a last-resort lawsuit against the judge overseeing his New York fraud trial. The former president's attorneys withdrew their lawsuit against Justice Arthur Engoron, which had been seen as a long-shot attempt to stop his real estate empire from being dismantled after he f...
We’ve Finally Solved The Mystery Of George Santos’ Mysterious Fortune (talkingpointsmemo.com)
As Santos’ campaign treasurer pleaded guilty to a fraud conspiracy charge related to her work on his team, we got an answer.
McCarthy ousted as House speaker in dramatic vote as Democrats join with GOP critics to topple him (apnews.com)
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been voted out of the job in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history. The 216-210 vote was forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and throws the House and its Republican leadership into chaos.
Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’ The president has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic. (www.theatlantic.com)
[News] McCarthy says he won’t give Democrats anything in exchange for support as Speaker (thehill.com)
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that he would not give Democrats anything in exchange for their votes to help save his Speakership, after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) moved to force a vote on ousting him....
[News] Rep. Matt Gaetz files resolution to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz filed a resolution late Monday to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, setting up a likely showdown vote in the House in the days ahead....
Mary Katharine Ham challenges Bill Maher & Sam Harris on Russiagate (www.youtube.com)
This was the last 4 minutes of the panel guest portion of the show and it demonstrates Bill and Sam still have an acute case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
[News] John Kelly goes on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about Trump | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
John Kelly, the longest-serving White House chief of staff for Donald Trump, offered his harshest criticism yet of the former president in an exclusive statement to CNN.
[News] U.S. Supreme Court will not hear challenge to Donald Trump’s ballot eligibility - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a case that seeks to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in 2024....
The Biden Interview: The President Talks About the Supreme Court, Threats to Democracy and Trump’s Vow to Exact Retribution (www.propublica.org)
In a sit-down conversation with ProPublica, Biden discusses Kevin McCarthy’s “terrible bargain,” the fear of change that drives threats to democracy and the Supreme Court’s need for an ethics policy.
[News] California governor names Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat (apnews.com)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has selected Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign, to fill the U.S. Senate seat made vacant by the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein....
