84 House Democrats validating a scurrilous conspiratorial narrative from Trump loyalists and risking national security. Shameful. washingtonmonthly.com/2024/04/11/pro…

WOW -- BIGGS' WARRANT AMENDMENT TIED 212-212

amendment FAILS

House scene:

GOP member walks by me, glances at TV in the basement.

Stops, walks backwards to look at the vote again on the warrant amendment.

Member: “It’s going to very very close”

Currently 182-187.

News: Administration says it supports House’s 702 bill

BUT “strongly opposes” the warrant requirement amendment

Stuttering isn’t a moral failing. But neither is it a liability. It’s a strength, indeed, a broadly invalidated superpower. It’s why, though he’s lived more than eight decades, the president is as sharp as ever. A THREAD.

aaaand Speaker Johnson just raised $20M in 1Q politico.com/live-updates/2…

“Progressives Should Not Partner with Trumpers to Undermine FISA” my latest for the Washington Washington Monthly washingtonmonthly.com/2024/04/11/pro…

Thought this was a good auto piece by Jack Ewing on what happens when a factory actually transitions from ICE and produces only electric vehicles. Enter Volkswagen at Zwickau. Things did not go nearly as poorly as expected.

For those keeping track at home. Recent Speakers and The Lost Rule Votes:

Gingrich: 6 votes in 4 years
Hastert: 2 votes in 8 years
Pelosi: ZERO
Boehner: ZERO
Ryan: ZERO
Pelosi, redux: ZERO
McCarthy: 3 votes in 8 months
Johnson: 4 votes in 6 months

I joined the The Julie Mason Show today to talk abortion and 2024, check out the clip here: siriusxm.com/clips/clip/fb8…

NEW📺: 'Golfing Can Be Funnier Than Caddyshack!? I Give You Trump' - W pal Tony Michaels 🎙

🔥WATCH!! youtube.com/watch?v=TfyZyD… #RoevemberIsComing #TrumpForPrison2024

Tags: Matt Gaetz Discharge Petition Arizona Supreme Court Fauci Rand Paul SCOTUS Student Loan Marge Kari Lake

Check out Paul Paul Glastris talking with Jake Tapper about the Washington Washington Monthly's Presidential Accomplishment Index, comparing the policy achievements of Trump and Biden cnn.com/videos/politic…

Rule defeat #7 was an embarrassing failure for Johnson and R leadership, but they narrowly avoided a much more significant loss moments earlier when the previous question squeaked through by 1 vote. A PQ hasn't been defeated since 1988; it could've given Dems control of the floor

Quinnipiac has Trump +2, Stein +8.

One question that evidently didn't get asked of Trump is would he *veto* a national abortion ban? Because not signing a federal abortion ban doesn't stop that bill from becoming law - it just becomes law after 10 days without a President's signature.

Last time a bill was sent to the President's desk that passed the House under a Rule?

May 31, 2023.

((no you read that right...almost a year ago))

Cornel West's running mate is someone who accused white supremacists of rigging the Super Bowl. twitter.com/DocMellyMel/st…

#MTPol : 'Jon Tester worked with Republicans, fighting to shut down the border...and he fought to stop President Biden from letting migrants stay in America.'

Tester (D) is up with a new ad that distances himself from Biden. Tester has reserved $14.5M in ad spending for #MTSen .