359-43-7: House votes to table Georgia GOP Rep. Majorie Taylor-Greene's effort to vacate the chair and oust Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as House Speaker.

More Republicans (196) voted Yes than Democrats (163)
11 Republicans voted No.

NEW. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez votes to oust Mike Johnson.

“I think this is damaging to the Republican Party. I think it's damaging to the institution of the House of Representatives,” fellow Georgian Rep. Austin Scott tells reporters about Greene’s motion to vacate.

HAPPENING NOW: Rep. Greene is moving her motion to vacate now on the House floor. Before she could formally introduce it, the chamber breaks out in boos from the House Republican side of the chamber

NEW: Speaker Mike Johnson said passing a GOP-backed voter ID bill is critical to preserving the rule of law this fall.

Trump aides who fought the 2020 election results wholeheartedly agreed

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#GOP #Congress #Elections2024

I had a long and good talk with Tom LoBianco, 24sight News, "Pence whisperer" about the state of political journalism, going off on my own and how to make a living (or try) doing what you love.

I hope you'll give it a listen.

24sight.news/p/being-a-free…

Y’all, we have to advocate for ourselves and be unapologetically noisy about it, or people are not going to understand all the ways that local journalism is in deep trouble right now. pewresearch.org/journalism/202…

Vladimir Putin’s inauguration to a new six-year term is about to start. And of course Steven Seagal is there

Why ever force a failed vote when you can have this

In response to my question about whether he’d seek the speakership again after the November election, Speaker Johnson said “I intend to lead this conference in the future.”

“The most important thing that we have to do right now is govern the country well,“ he said.

Now listed! The 24sight Pod on Spotify - catch up on all the hot intel

With your highly informed and moderately snarky hosts: Tom LoBianco, 24sight News, "Pence whisperer" Warren Rojas

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I do not make up any meetings with foreign dictators. Order it today!

Brad Parscale helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he’s back, and an AI evangelist ....by Alan Suderman & Garance Burke . First in our series this year on the 'AI Campaign.' apnews.com/article/ai-tru…

KEEP VIOLATING THAT GAG ORDER MR. PRESIDENT! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

The tit-for-tat in the House GOP as Speaker Johnson’s call to his colleagues to stop meddling in each other’s primaries is being ignored.

Don Bacon, a swing-district Republican, is now being targeted by Bob Good, the Freedom Caucus chairman whose primary foe is backed by several…

lol

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As long as they're renewing Trump's $1.5T #tax cuts (next 10 years: $3.5 trillion) why not make some improvements?

Catch up on that and other #Senate #Republican wish list items 24sight News

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#Congress #GOP #agenda

It's another deadline week in Congress. Senate's not back until tomorrow when they'll continue work on a 5-year FAA reauthorization bill. It must pass the Senate & the House before Friday's midnight deadline when FAA programs are set to expire. CSPAN 2 c-span.org/congress/

Narrator voice : a Trump trifecta will lower taxes

Sketched one of the greatest one-liners in movie history. #Spaceballs
Brush pens on cold press paper.
Available to own if anyone wants him. 🪮