New #GOP #housespeaker designee Mike Johnson (R-LA) with 128 votes. He was committed to overturning Joe Biden's 2020 victory through the independent state legislature theory and the US Supreme Court
44 voted for Other. 43 for McCarthy, 1 for Gym Jordan
"Democracy is messy sometimes, but it is our system. This conference that you see, this House Republican majority is united, is united. I'm honored to have the support of my colleagues."
#news #abortions bans are not reducing the number of abortions. Just moving them to other states and making those unable to travel suffer more. kind of a NIMBY issue
that is the point
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/upshot/abortion-numbers-dobbs.html
So that #ABC story about Mark Meadows flipping? Don't be too sure about that.
it is "use immunity" that means information Meadows gives cannot be used against him. very limited.
basically, Meadows has evidence he committed a crime, but Jack Smith probably has more against meadows, and is willing to give up this, to be able to use it against someone else.
good headline, got people to click
As long as 20 House GOP members refuses to accept the results of their own internal votes. they will never select a #housespeaker
The MAGA shamen spent more time in the #housespeaker chair than anyone else in the last 21 days
How long as the house been without a speaker?
https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/speaker-of-the-house-time-tracker-rcna120179
30 Minute timelapse of #Io appearing behind #Jupiter
credit: Christian Fröschlin
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almost 50 years ago #NASA launched a computer into deep space. And just updated the programming that holds 70kbytes.
Next week it will be transmitting data back at the rate of 1.4 kbps * 6.5 hours = 4 Mbytes
It takes 16 hours for the signal to travel the distance. what amazing engineering for #Voyager1
Trump just paid $5000 for not following gag order, and might end up getting jail time in a Civil trial if he violates it again
Trump isn't going to learn the power dynamics are not in his favor.
This is still up.
She just plead guilty to RICO charges and took a plea deal, and never won a single court case related #jan6th and most were dismissed before even coming to trial
The GOP is firmly against Democracy, Freedom, and the will of the people.
Kenneth Chesebro (a harvard man) sent an E-mail that pretty much nicely wraps up the #jan6th lawsuits were purely political and had no chance of winning in courts
#politics #GeorgiaRICO
(NYT archived site)
https://archive.ph/KeNRi
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