House of Representatives
February 6, 2025 — Scott Johnson

The Minnesota Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case raising the question of the constitutional power of the House of Representatives to compel the attendance of members. I have posted the video below. If you have been following events so far, it is at least of theoretical interest. However, that may be its only interest. In my post on where we were as of early this morning, I speculated
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February 6, 2025 — Scott Johnson

We’ve been following the standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the Minnesota House of Representatives. The winning Democratic candidate in a suburban metro district lied about his residence and got caught. He has been barred from taking office. Facing a Republican majority of 67-66 until the special election that Governor Walz just called for March 11, Democrats arranged a secret swearing-in ceremony before the legislative session that commenced on January
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February 4, 2025 — Scott Johnson

We have grown accustomed to Democrat defamation of Republicans with accusations that represent pure projection. Chuck Schumer is a master of the art. His act is built on it. He draws on it whenever he talks about Trump or Republicans. Minnesota Democrats don’t need to take their cue from Schumer in the projection department. They have Tim Walz to guide them. They also have Melissa Hortman, the leader of the
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January 30, 2025 — Scott Johnson

As we have recounted over the past few weeks, Minnesota House Republicans are in a standoff with House Democrats. Republicans hold a 67-66 majority but, according to the Minnesota Supreme Court, lack a quorum to conduct business. The Democrats have conducted a sick-out to deprive Republicans of a quorum since the legislative session commenced on January 14. That day and thereafter, Secretary of State Steve Simon — a Democrat whose
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January 3, 2025 — John Hinderaker

In a severe disappointment for Democrats and their press minions, Speaker Mike Johnson was re-elected today when two “no” votes flipped after the first round of voting, making a second round unnecessary. Keith Self of Texas and Ralph Norman of South Carolina were the Congressmen who changed their minds, leaving Kentucky’s Thomas Massie as the only purported Republican who voted with the Democrats. Johnson says that he made no promises
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December 19, 2024 — John Hinderaker

The Census Bureau released its population forecast earlier today. The American Redistricting Project has translated the Bureau’s forecast into Congressional representation as of 2030. As you would expect, it is bad news for the Democrats: 🚨2030 Apportionment Forecast🚨+4: TX, FL+1: AZ, ID, UT -3: CA-2: NY-1: IL, MN, OR, PA, RI, WI * Based on the 2024 Census Population Estimates released December 19, 2024. pic.twitter.com/lX8GYnFhCG — The American Redistricting Project
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December 12, 2024 — Scott Johnson

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified yesterday before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Blinken is a complete and utter tool. He is of course the guy who solicited the corrupt statement signed by the Dirty 51 impugning the authenticity of the evidence found on Hunter Biden’s laptop. That may have been a stroke of evil genius, but Blinken sounds like the man who taught
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December 11, 2024 — Scott Johnson

Louis DeJoy is the 75th postmaster general. He was appointed in May 2020 by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service. If he’s thinking about writing a memoir, I could see possible sales for one titled DeJoy of Sex, but DeJoy of the USPS will probably have to do. Maybe DeJoy of Sex at the USPS would be a possibility. However, DeJoy was gone when he testified
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November 6, 2024 — John Hinderaker

I yield to no one in my admiration for Donald Trump’s comeback. He overcame remarkable obstacles, worked like a dog, and pulled off one of the great political triumphs in American history. But this election, despite how the propaganda press tried to frame it, was not mostly about Donald Trump. The New York Times is at it again this morning, talking about Trump’s “cult of personality.” But Trump didn’t run
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November 3, 2024 — Scott Johnson

Republican Lily Tang Williams — “survivor of Mao’s cultural revolution,” “American by choice” — is running against Maggie Goodlander in New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District. See Ms. Lee’s video campaign bio here. Ms. Goodlander, the wife of historically awful National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, is favored to win. I hadn’t heard of Ms. Williams until the video clip below turned up on X yesterday. Having watched it several times now,
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June 26, 2024 — Scott Johnson

This past weekend Jamaal Bowman’s held a rally in the South Bronx that advertised his gross anti-Semitism and other warts to the voters in his largely suburban Westchester County district. AOC warmed up the small crowd in attendance by shaking her thing. In her remarks it sounded like AOC had been working on her urban accent with Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders pumped the old-time religion like William Jennings Bryan the
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June 13, 2024 — Scott Johnson

House Republicans voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt — they don’t like him either, but the vote was official business. They voted to hold him in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over the subpoenaed recording of President Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur. Hur found President Biden to be incompetent to stand trial and thus found charges based on Biden’s mishandling of classified documents
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June 3, 2024 — John Hinderaker

Anthony Fauci testified today before the House Oversight Committee. If any significant news emerged, I haven’t seen it. In the part I watched, the most disgraceful moments were furnished by the ranking Democrat, Jamie Raskin, who said the Republicans were attacking Fauci to distract attention from the failures of Joe Biden’s predecessor, whose mishandling of the virus caused 400,000 needless deaths. Thus redefining chutzpah. On the Republican side, Marjorie Taylor
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April 25, 2024 — Scott Johnson

In an act of leadership that contrasts with the malicious indifference of President Biden and his team, House Speaker Mike Johnson went up to Columbia University to call for the restoration of order on campus. He spoke from the steps of Low Library to denounce the treatment of Jewish students on campus. I have posted video below. Johnson was joined by a GOP delegation including Reps. Virginia Foxx, Anthony D’Esposito,
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April 17, 2024 — Scott Johnson

John and I found the protracted humiliation of Kevin McCarthy in connection with his election to be Speaker of the House a clown show. By contrast, Steve Hayward looked mostly on the bright side in “In re: Speaker McCarthy — dissents and concurrences.” Since then the GOP House majority has been dissipating. The clown show set the stage for the shrinking of the small GOP House majority to a number
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March 30, 2024 — John Hinderaker

For some months now, Chairman James Comer and his House Oversight and Accountability Committee have patiently been assembling evidence of Joe Biden’s corruption. This has been done largely out of public view, not because the proceedings have been in any way secret but because the Democratic Party press has, for the most part, acknowledged the investigation only in order to jeer at it. In fact, though, the evidence of Biden’s
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March 25, 2024 — Scott Johnson

Let us continue to deliberate over the political genius of Matt Gaetz and his allies as they leads House Republicans into the minority. The Wall Street Journal comments in the editorial “Honey, we shrunk the majority” further to my own thoughts: [T]he same Members who undercut the majority boast on the House floor and social media that they are the only honest conservatives in Washington. They’re posers masquerading as principled,
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