House of Representatives
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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March 23, 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.” It is at least worth noting that the GOP majority is dissipating. The clown show set the stage for the shrinking of the small GOP House majority
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March 22, 2024 — Scott Johnson
In his opening statement to the House Oversight Committee earlier this week, the glorious Mr. Tony Bobulinski torched Reps. Dan Goldman and Jamie Raskin: We keep hearing from certain corners that our “democracy is at risk” and that “democracy is on the ballot in 2024,” yet the same people preaching this mantra, who know better, continue to lie directly to the American people without hesitation or remorse. Representatives Dan Goldman
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March 21, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Tony Bobulinski testified under oath before the House Oversight Committee yesterday. The Democrats of course sought to turn his appearance into a circus. Tox News captures a few of the highlights/lowlights here. Josh Christenson picks up a strand of Bobulinski’s testimony in the Biden family business newspaper of record here. This is classic. The lady reclaims her time. Heated exchange between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Tony Bobulinski. .@RepAOC: "Did
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March 20, 2024 — John Hinderaker
Control of both the House and the Senate will be up for grabs in November. It would be great for Republicans to take control of the Senate, but it is absolutely vital that they retain, and if possible expand, their grip on the House. Today, Rasmussen Reports released their most recent generic Congressional preference numbers: With less than eight months to go before election day, Republicans have a six-point lead
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