A strong majority of Americans from both political parties – 60 percent – support the move by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and his colleagues in the House of Representatives’ decision to remove Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca) from the Speakership, according to a CBS News poll.
Exactly three-quarters of the 2,155 U.S. adults surveyed told pollsters they approved of the decision because McCarthy “wasn’t effective” as House Speaker. A total of 54 percent of conservatives approved of his removal, with 70 percent of liberals concurring.
The two predominant reasons why the public disapproved of McCarthy was because he “prevented a government shutdown” at 59 percent and it “disrupted Washington” at 54 percent. For the new speakership, 64 percent of the American electorate believe it’s important that the new Speaker tries to “cut federal spending.”
Representative Matt Gaetz‘s motion to vacate followed the House passing a temporary funding measure to avoid a government shutdown last week. Republicans are expected to meet this week to discuss McCarthy’s replacement, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) seen as favorites.
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A strong majority of Americans from both political parties – 60 percent – support the move by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and his colleagues in the House of Representatives' decision to remove Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca) from the Speakership, according to a CBS News poll.show more
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The data further reveals that those who had a meltdown in the aftermath of Matt Gaetz’s moves on the Hill last week are wildly out of touch with public sentiment on this matter
The data further reveals that those who had a meltdown in the aftermath of Matt Gaetz’s moves on the Hill last week are wildly out of touch with public sentiment on this matter show more
Ron DeSantis, who has heavily criticized Donald Trump for declining to participate in GOP primary debates hosted by hostile networks, has lost six points since the most recent contest hosted by Fox and Univision.
National numbers from DeSantis-friendly pollster WPA puts the Florida Governor a distant second, on 13 percent – tied with the previously unknown Vivek Ramaswamy, who has been the candidate most vocally sympathetic to Trump. The former president leads the two by 35 points.
Nikki Haley, who supposedly had a breakout performance at the last debate, with legacy media in America and Britain touting her as Trump’s new chief rival, has actually lost a point, and sits in fourth place on eight percent, just behind Chris Christie.
Haley pushed Ramaswamy hard during the debate, criticizing him for using TikTok to try and reach younger voters and declaring “we can’t have TikTok in our kids’ lives” – though it later turned out her own daughter posts to the Chinese social media platform.
Ron DeSantis, who has heavily criticized Donald Trump for declining to participate in GOP primary debates hosted by hostile networks, has lost six points since the most recent contest hosted by Fox and Univision.
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President Joe Biden blamed the media for American discontent with his handling of the economy while fielding press questions on the September jobs report at the White House on Friday.
“You all are not the happiest people about what you report. You get more legs when you report something negative,” Biden said. “I think [Americans] know they’re better off financially than they were before. It’s a fact,” he concluded, before going on to make a strange point about throwing a dog in a lake.
Biden is asked about why Americans aren't happy about the economy:
"You all are not the happiest people about what you report. You get more legs when you report something negative… I think [Americans] know they're better off financially than they were before. It's a fact." pic.twitter.com/ZWM9kX0Pdk
Recent polling on the economy has been abysmal for the 80-year-old Democrat, who is ostensibly seeking re-election in 2024.
Two weeks ago a Washington Post-ABC News poll found just 30 percent of Americans approve of the Biden economy. For the first time in 32 years, Republicans lead Democrats – 53 to 39 percent – on the question of who would handle the economy better in Gallup’s tracking poll. A late-September Marquette Law School poll showed 52 percent of voters think former President Donald would better handle the economy – only 28 percent said Biden would handle it better.
Despite the Biden White House repeatedly claiming Americans are better off financially now than ever before under, mounting evidence suggests unease about the state of the economy is justified. Under Biden, nearly two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck. Home mortgage rates have soared to the highest levels in 23 years. In August, credit rating agency Fitch downgraded its AAA U.S. government debt rating to AA+.
Biden’s decision to center his campaign on the success of “Bidenomics” increasingly looks like a blunder. Fears over the state of the economy is driving down support for Democrats across key constituencies, including among Black and Hispanic voters. In a historic speech in Michigan, Trump made the case for “patriotic protectionism” – a relentless effort to reshore jobs from China and combat foreign trade manipulation.
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President Joe Biden blamed the media for American discontent with his handling of the economy while fielding press questions on the September jobs report at the White House on Friday.
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Joe Biden has nominated Hampton Dellinger, who previously worked at the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner alongside Hunter Biden, to serve as Special Counsel at the Office of Special Counsel, responsible for enforcing laws including the Whistleblower Protection Act and the Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, or Hatch Act.
In addition to working for Boies Schiller Flexner’s Crisis Management and Government Response team while Hunter Biden was employed there, Dellinger donated to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.
Boies Schiller Flexner worked for Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy corporation where Hunter Biden served on the board, and which Joe Biden is accused of performing favors for. Emails found on the First Son’s laptop indicate he and Dellinger attended private gatherings together and corresponded about firm-related events.
The Special Counsel at the Office of Special Counsel should not be confused with special counsels more generally, such as Jack Smith, who has been tasked with prosecuting Donald Trump, or David Weiss, who is pursuing much less serious charges against Hunter Biden.
Dellinger’s responsibility for whistleblower protection may cause some concern, however, as a number of whistleblowers at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and elsewhere have come forward to say investigations into the Bidens are being stymied, and claim they have suffered retaliation for speaking out.
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Joe Biden has nominated Hampton Dellinger, who previously worked at the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner alongside Hunter Biden, to serve as Special Counsel at the Office of Special Counsel, responsible for enforcing laws including the Whistleblower Protection Act and the Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, or Hatch Act.
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At least three Republican Members of Congress have voiced their intent to back former President Donald Trump for Speaker of the House. Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) said Tuesday he will nominate Trump for the Speakership. Reps. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) and Greg Steube (R-FL) bothsaid they would support the nomination.
Trump, the presumed 2024 Republican nominee for President, appears to be open to serving as Speaker of the House for a short period of time while a more permanent replacement is decided upon – though he has emphasized he is focused on defeating Democrat Joe Biden and retaking the White House. In a post on Truth Social, Trump pledged to “…do whatever is necessary to help with the Speaker of the House selection process…” and ensure the selection is a “…Speaker who will help a new, but highly experienced President, ME, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
A Trump nomination for Speaker faces two potential obstacles besides the task of securing a 218 vote majority in the House of Representatives – something every Speaker nominee will face. First is the question of whether or not a non-member of the House of Representatives can serve as Speaker. Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution states: “The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.” It does not specify the Speaker has to be an elected member serving in the legislative body – meaning, in theory at least, a private citizen could be chosen. This is the view held by the government’s Congressional Research Service as no other officers of the House elected along side the Speaker are required to be members either.
Not all constitutional scholars agree with this interpretation however. The prior clauses in Article 1, Section 2 detail the precise requirements to serve as a member of the House or Senate and the procedure for electing members of either legislative body. Some argue these clauses govern all subsequent clauses in this section, meaning the Speaker must be a member of the House. Additionally, the first meeting of the United States Congress adopted rules requiring the Speaker to cast tie-breaking votes – and only elected-members of Congress can vote. Lastly, scholars note the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 specifically recognizes the Speaker as being an elected Representative in the House.
The last hurdle for a Donald Trump nomination for Speaker are two provisions in Conference Rules adopted by House Republicans at the start of this year. Rule 26 states any “….member of the Republican Leadership shall step aside if indicted for a felony for which a sentence of two or more years imprisonment may be imposed.” The Speaker is listed as a member of Republican leadership under Rule 2.
While the Republican Conference rules could simply be amended, it may not be necessary. The Speaker of the House, unlike other leadership positions, is enumerated as an officer of the House specifically by the Constitution, likely meaning any Conference restrictions – and punishments – regarding the Speakership could only be enforced against members who supported a candidate in violation of the rules and not the Speaker themselves.
So could Donald Trump be Speaker? Unfortunately the answer might have to be: we’ll see.
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At least three Republican Members of Congress have voiced their intent to back former President Donald Trump for Speaker of the House. Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) said Tuesday he will nominate Trump for the Speakership. Reps. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) and Greg Steube (R-FL) bothsaid they would support the nomination.
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Former President Donald Trump allegedly shared sensitive and extremely specific details regarding U.S. nuclear submarines with Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt, according to a scarcely believable leak from Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith‘s investigation team.
Smith’s investigation claims during an April 2021 meeting at Mar-a-Lago the former President disclosed to Pratt the exact number of number of nuclear warheads typically carried by U.S. submarines and “…exactly how close they supposedly can get to a Russian submarine without being detected.”
The leak, according to the corporate media, purports the information shared was ‘sensitive’, though as usual, there is no indication it was actually true, accurate, or even considered classified. Details regarding the U.S. Navy’s nuclear assets are published by the corporate media with some degree of frequency. A January 2022 report from CNN stated the USS Nevada, an Ohio-class nuclear submarine, was “carrying 20 Trident ballistic missiles and dozens of nuclear warheads” while at port in Guam. The U.S. Department of Defense website lists the specific model of ballistic missile Ohio-class nuclear submarines carry and the days-at-sea they can undertake before needing maintenance. ABC News reported in 2022 the Ohio-class strike range was 4,000 miles.
This isn’t the first time that Department of Justice sources have leaked details regarding ongoing investigations to the media in an effort to create a narrative favorable to the Biden White House. ABC News reported last week DOJ sources indicated the investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified documents would conclude his actions were “more likely a mistake than a criminal act.” The corporate media network was also the first to report on Smith’s allegations that Trump had shared sensitive information regarding U.S. nuclear submarines.
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Former President Donald Trump allegedly shared sensitive and extremely specific details regarding U.S. nuclear submarines with Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt, according to a scarcely believable leak from Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith's investigation team.
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Jean-Claude Juncker, the previous President of the European Commission, has said there is no chance of Ukraine joining the European Union in the near future, as “[a]nyone who has had anything to do with Ukraine knows that this is a country that is corrupt at all levels of society.”
Juncker, an old rival of Brexit champion Nigel Farage, urged European leaders not to “make false promises to the people in Ukraine who are up to their necks in suffering.”
“I am very angry about some voices in Europe who are telling Ukrainians that they can become members immediately,” he said. “That would be neither good for the EU nor for Ukraine,” he said, referencing its issues with endemic corruption and stating flatly it is “not eligible to join and needs massive internal reform processes.”
Internal EU assessments have indicated Ukraine would be an enormous financial burden to the bloc, sucking €186 billion (~$195 billion) out of its budgets over seven years and depriving existing members, particularly relatively less-developed former communist countries, of substantial funds.
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Jean-Claude Juncker, the previous President of the European Commission, has said there is no chance of Ukraine joining the European Union in the near future, as "[a]nyone who has had anything to do with Ukraine knows that this is a country that is corrupt at all levels of society."
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Ukraine joining the European Union would also risk escalating the country’s conflict with Russia, as the EU treaties increase a NATO-like mutual defense clause
Ukraine joining the European Union would also risk escalating the country’s conflict with Russia, as the EU treaties increase a NATO-like mutual defense clause show more
The New York Times, MSNBC, and Snopes are collectively freaking out over The National Pulse’s interview with former President Donald Trump, declaring his rhetoric over the U.S. southern border to be Hitlerian, and bemoaning his complaint over the amount of communicable disease and numbers of deadly drugs pouring into America.
MSNBC’s resident Islamic extremist, Mehdi Hasan, took to X (formerly Twitter) to cry about Trump’s rhetoric. Hasan, however, has previously called non-Muslims “cattle” and “animals” in video first popularized by National Pulse editor Raheem Kassam, over a decade ago.
The New York Times and Snopes quickly followed Hasan’s lead, with the grey lady – itself owned by a slave-owning family which promoted Hitler during the 1930s – declaring: “Trump Escalates Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric With ‘Poisoning the Blood’ Comment”.
Mr. Trump made the remark in a 37-minute video interview with The National Pulse, a right-leaning website, that was posted last week. It drew broader scrutiny on Wednesday after the liberal MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan surfaced the quote in a post on X.
– New York Times, October, 2023.
President Trump’s comments, however, related directly to the mass importation of killer drugs like fentanyl, as well as communicable disease coming over the U.S. southern border – a fact that Snopes attempted to skirt.
Hitler’s comments – presumably still available via the New York Times’s own archives – referred to Jewish journalists, not drugs or disease:
And so this poison was allowed to enter the national bloodstream and infect public life without the Government taking any effectual measures to master the course of the disease.
– Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf.
The three news outlets, as well as the Islamist Mehdi Hasan, appeared to take their lead from the far-left Meidas Touch website, which first made the false comparison under the byline ‘J.D. Wolf’. Meidas Touch is a Democrat-linked political action committee, not a news or research service. The site’s contributors include mostly far-left, openly ‘anti-Trump’ activists who masquerade as journalists.
The New York Times, MSNBC, and Snopes are collectively freaking out over The National Pulse's interview with former President Donald Trump, declaring his rhetoric over the U.S. southern border to be Hitlerian, and bemoaning his complaint over the amount of communicable disease and numbers of deadly drugs pouring into America.
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Donald Trump has given Rep. Jim Jordan his “complete and total endorsement” for Speaker of the House of Representatives following the ceremonious ouster of Kevin McCarthy. The 45th President claims he would also be willing to step in himself on a temporary basis if necessary.
The former president said Jordan, who leads House Freedom Caucus and chairs the House Judiciary Committee and Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, was strong on borders, crime, gun rights, and veterans, and would be a “GREAT” speaker.
If House Republicans are unable to select a speaker from among their own ranks, however, he has signaled he is ready to answer calls from some members that he fill the role himself.
“I have been asked to speak as a unifier because I have so many friends in Congress,” Trump said. “If they don’t get the votes, they have asked me if I would consider taking the speakership until they get somebody longer-term, because I am running for president,” he explained.
“They have asked me if I would take it for a short period of time for the party, until they come to a conclusion – I’m not doing it because I want to – I will do it if necessary, should they not be able to make their decision,” he added.
Rep. Matt Gaetz has previously endorsed Trump for the role, and Gaetz’s erstwhile ally Marjorie Taylor Greene – though she backed McCarthy – has also urged the former president to take up the gavel, saying the House of Representatives would become “the House of MAGA”.
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Donald Trump has given Rep. Jim Jordan his "complete and total endorsement" for Speaker of the House of Representatives following the ceremonious ouster of Kevin McCarthy. The 45th President claims he would also be willing to step in himself on a temporary basis if necessary.
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Former Secretary of State and failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called for a “backlash” against what she calls “extremists” in the House GOP after Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) ouster from leadership. A group of eight Republicans sided with House Democrats on Tuesday in the vote to remove McCarthy as speaker.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) spearheaded the vote, with Reps. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) the main contenders to take over the speakership.
“They do not represent a majority of even the Republican Party,” Clinton insisted. “When you look at the extremists in the House, they certainly don’t represent a majority of the country… Somebody has to stand up and say, ‘Enough!’
“At some point, there needs to be a backlash against the control that this small group of extremists have,” she demanded. “And I don’t know who will lead that, but let’s hope whoever becomes the new speaker will.”
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Former Secretary of State and failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called for a "backlash" against what she calls "extremists" in the House GOP after Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) ouster from leadership. A group of eight Republicans sided with House Democrats on Tuesday in the vote to remove McCarthy as speaker.
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