9 posts tagged ‘Mike Johnson’
Cheryl Hines Seems Cool With RFK Jr.'s Conspiracy Theories But Draws the Line at Alex Jones
Jezebel,
On Thursday, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Cheryl Hines as its latest cover star. In the accompanying story, the Curb Your Enthusiasm star and RFK Jr.’s indubitable better half got very candid—mostly, about her husband. Read more...
Anti-Abortion Leaders Are Turning on Mike Johnson Because He’s Trying to Stop a Shutdown
When Mike Johnson was elected House Speaker over two long months ago, anti-abortion hard-liners celebrated it as a win: Finally, here was a fellow extremist, who compared abortion to the Holocaust and even blamed abortion for school shootings, presiding over the House of Representatives. But according to a new… Read more...
Honeymoon's Over: Republicans Threaten to Oust Mike Johnson for Trying to Avoid Shutdown
In today’s episode of “Who could have seen this coming???,” House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing the threat of an ousting about two months into his reign as Speaker. Johnson maintains that he’s standing by a spending deal he forged with Democrats to fend off a government shutdown next week, and the $1.59 trillion (and… Read more...
Republicans Are Having a Very Level-Headed Reaction to Trump Being Removed From Colorado Ballot
On Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court issued a very reasonable ruling that former President Trump should not be allowed on the state’s 2024 ballot, because he “engaged in an insurrection” in the days leading up to and during January 6, 2021. Very fair! The 14th Amendment explicitly bars that sort of thing. But in the… Read more...
A Roundup of the Dumb Shenanigans in Congress That We *Would* Have Covered, If Not for…You Know
In case you didn’t notice, Jezebel went offline for a hot minute (approximately one month and some change). And yet, during that little break so generously provided by our corporate overlords to let us rest and reflect on life and the cosmos, for some reason, news kept happening. Specifically, our esteemed… Read more...
Speaker Mike Johnson is flying a Christian nationalist flag outside his office
Boing Boing,
Newly elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Mike Johnson (R-LA), recently started flying a Christian nationalist flag outside his office. Known as the Pine Tree Flag, Appeal to Heaven Flag, or the Washington Cruiser Flag, it has been around since the Revolutionary War. — Read the rest
As GOP scrams for recess, Democrat hilariously reminds them who to thank next week (video)
As the squabbling House Republicans hightail it out of D.C. for an early Thanksgiving reprieve, Democratic Rep. Sean Casten gives a hilarious send-off message to remind his MAGA colleagues — and Speaker Mike Johnson in particular — just what they should all be thankful for. — Read the rest
House Speaker Mike Johnson Plays Dumb When Asked About His Vote Against Birth Control
On Sunday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) claimed in a cable news interview that he simply couldn’t recall whether he’d voted against birth control—despite doing so a little over a year ago. Read more...