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1 hour ago, Tiberius said:

I'd bet Mike Johnson will keep his speakership because if the GOP can't pick a speaker on Jan 3 they can't certify the election on Jan 6.

 

Obviously.

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44 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

Are we buying Greenland? 

 

And why? 

 

https://fortune.com/2024/12/23/can-trump-buy-greenland-what-to-know-besides-no/


Greenland has a strategic location straddling the North Atlantic and the Arctic, a region whose vast stores of critical minerals and fossil fuels are coveted by the US, Russia and China.

 

You would have raging wood had Biden put this forth. 

 

 

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Mike Johnson's High Noon Moment Tomorrow

Duane Patterson 

 

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With the nation's focus rightly on the terrorist attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, and with what appears to be a gang shootout at a nightclub in Queens, the vote for the first domino to fall in a series of changes from the outgoing Biden administration to the incoming Trump administration takes place at Noon Eastern on Friday. 

Sure, Inauguration Day is on the 20th, and that promises to a Day One for the ages. But don't forget January 6th, which is when the House certifies the election results, putting President-Elect Donald Trump and Vice-President-Elect J.D. Vance on the glide path for the 20th. But tomorrow, January 3rd, is when the new Congress and Senate constitute. 

There will not be any fireworks in the upper chamber, as South Dakota Senator John Thune will now run things instead of Chuck Schumer, which is a grand thing. In the House, however, nothing happens until they have a Speaker. Mike Johnson is the only person who has or wants the job, but is not a lock to win the required 217 votes. The Republican caucus will send 219 members. He can lose two and no more to become Speaker. 

 

https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2025/01/02/mike-johnsons-high-noon-moment-tomorrow-n3798419

 

 

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Ahhhh.  Now the Trump agenda can start. . . . . . . too bad lefties.

 

 

 

Mike Johnson Wins Reelection As House Speaker

Matt Margolis

 

Original article: 

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) has failed to win the votes necessary to win the House Speakership in the first round of voting.

The final tally of the first round:

Mike Johnson: 216 votes.

Hakeem Jeffries: 215 votes

Others: 3 votes.

A 218-vote majority was needed to win the speakership.

 

UPDATE: 2:38 p.m.:

 

 Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas) switched their votes to Johnson on the first vote, giving him the majority and the House Speaker's gavel. 

 

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/03/mike-johnson-speakership-vote-n4935636

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, B-Man said:

Ahhhh.  Now the Trump agenda can start. . . . . . . too bad lefties.

 

 

 

Mike Johnson Wins Reelection As House Speaker

Matt Margolis

 

Original article: 

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) has failed to win the votes necessary to win the House Speakership in the first round of voting.

The final tally of the first round:

Mike Johnson: 216 votes.

Hakeem Jeffries: 215 votes

Others: 3 votes.

A 218-vote majority was needed to win the speakership.

 

UPDATE: 2:38 p.m.:

 

 Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas) switched their votes to Johnson on the first vote, giving him the majority and the House Speaker's gavel. 

 

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/03/mike-johnson-speakership-vote-n4935636

 

Trump spoke to them.  Made them an offer they couldn't refuse...

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