“#SpeakerJohnson is being lobbied by his members to raise the threshold required to trigger the procedure to oust the speaker, according to multiple GOP sources – a move that would help ensure the Louisiana Republican can pass foreign aid bills and still keep his job without needing to rely on Democrats to bail him out.”
“#SpeakerJohnson announced Wednesday he is sticking with his plan to put a series of foreign aid bills on the floor, including funding for #Ukraine, after facing significant pressure from hardliners.”
Put this on blast! [Gifted article, The Washington Post] Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has been gathering data on the vulnerabilities of its Western adversaries, a classified Russian document shows. By Catherine Belton
161 #Ukrainian children that were abducted to #Russia and #Belarus were found in #Germany with the help of German law enforcement agencies, says Ivan Vyhivskyi, the Chief of the National Police of #ukraine
The longer Johnson takes to finalise the bill, the more likely it is to generate legislative baggage that could destroy the deal and may push him to rely on #Democrats after some #GOP reps push to remove him.
The problem for #SpeakerJohnson is, once that motion gets called it’s going to be very difficult for the wing nuts to vote to save him because their base in those districts have been so radicalized by MAGA media that they will get serious blowback back home. Not having to vote helps them
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Massie: I asked him to resign.. The motion is going to get called. And then he's going to lose more votes than Kevin McCarthy
“A defiant House #SpeakerJohnson, facing growing threats to his speakership, said Tuesday he is not resigning and dismissed threats to his gavel as “absurd” after a second Republican member of Congress threatened to oust Johnson for his handling of legislation to send foreign aid to #Ukraine and #Israel.”
Kharkiv, #Ukraine. Tonight, russians killed 3 rescuers who arrived to extract people from under the rubble.
A firefighter crying at the place where a russians killed his father, a 52-year-old rescuer.
Vladyslav Loginov devoted his life to work in the fire service. His son, Volodymyr, followed in his father's footsteps and became a firefighter, working as a squad leader in a neighboring fire department.
There is no reasons to rush with aid to Ukraine from the USA. Ukrainians will wait.
#Terrorism and #genocide are what the House of Representatives of the USA supports by its inaction.
"...David Green, the multi-billionaire founder of the Hobby Lobby[...] was one of those behind the “He Gets Us” ad campaign."
"The Signatry, the org behind the He Gets Us ads, contributed more than $30 million from 2018 to 2020 to the [ADF], a right-wing Christian legal group that has experienced enormous success in Supreme Court decisions that expanded rights for conservative Christians while eviscerating the separation of church and state."
“If you try to move a bill that solves the border crisis during this presidential year, I will do whatever I can to destroy you, because I do not want you to solve this during the presidential election,” Lankford said he was told.
This is an Oklahoma Republican Senator announcing publically he was threatened by a "tv presenter" I am assuming it was Hannity or some other arrogant prick dipstick, and I sure hope it has long legal outcomes.
"Forget about Goldwater, Nixon or Reagan. No one played as much of a role in turning the South red as the leaders of the Southern Baptist Church." #SpeakerJohnson and #Project2025 are what they've been working toward for decades.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said in a Friday letter to his colleagues that Senate legislation addressing the border and aid to Ukraine and other countries would have been “dead on arrival” in the House, if reports about its terms are true.
A band of House conservatives tanked a procedural vote Wednesday in a rebellion against the spending deal Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) struck with Democrats, which members of the right flank have sharply criticized.
The GOP is about to be on their third Speaker of the term 🤦♂️
Jake Sherman:
INSIDE HOUSE GOP MEETING —
Jim Jordan and #SpeakerJohnson
going at it. Jordan saying Republicans shouldn’t have agreed to any of the “side deal” items in the spending deal. Of course that was all McCarthy.
US House pushes ahead with $95bn foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan (www.theguardian.com)
Coalition of lawmakers helped legislation clear procedural hurdle to reach final votes, following opposition from rightwing Republicans
Speaker Johnson: Senate border deal ‘dead on arrival’ in House (thehill.com)
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said in a Friday letter to his colleagues that Senate legislation addressing the border and aid to Ukraine and other countries would have been “dead on arrival” in the House, if reports about its terms are true.
Conservatives tank procedural vote in revolt against Johnson’s spending deal (out.reddit.com)
A band of House conservatives tanked a procedural vote Wednesday in a rebellion against the spending deal Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) struck with Democrats, which members of the right flank have sharply criticized.