Republican Mike Johnson Elected As New House Speaker

On Wednesday, the Republican-led House elected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as its 56th speaker following a weeks-long stalemate in which three Republican nominees failed to unite the party and win the vote after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) got pushed out of the speakership. Johnson defeated Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), the nominee for the Democrats, in a vote of 220-209.  Johnson managed to largely unite the Republican Party, which has a narrow majority in the House, which the three prior nominees — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer

Pro-Hamas Activists Storm Cannon House Office Building

On Wednesday, a group of pro-Hamas activists stormed the Cannon House Office Building and refused to leave as they began chanting and demanding that Congress call for a ceasefire in Gaza.  Many of the pro-Hamas activists wore shirts that read “not in our name” on the front, and “Jews say cease fire now” on the back, as noted by The Post Millennial. They also held signs that read “Let Gaza Live” and “ceasefire.” Ironically, the group calls themselves Jewish Voices for Peace, and describes itself as “Jews organizing toward Palestinian liberation and Judaism beyond Zionism.” Pro-Palestinian protestors take over the

Trump Gives a Video Shout Out to The American Spectator

Amazing. This last week The American Spectator, where I hang my hat as a contributing editor, held its annual dinner in Washington. It was a terrific night with about 500 of our conservative friends and colleagues. And of course it was led by our founding father R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. – known to all as Bob. In the middle of the dinner there was a short video that appeared at the big screen in the front. And the star of that video was, yes indeed, former President Donald Trump. Who, to my amazement, gave me a shout out.

Real Wages Of Americans Continue To Fall In September

Joe Biden

The real wages of American workers fell again in September as the record-inflation crisis that began under President Biden continued, according to a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The report found that the real average hourly earnings for “all employees decreased 0.2 percent from August to September, seasonally adjusted.” “Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.2 percent over the month due to the change in real average hourly earnings combined with no change in the average workweek,” the report added.  The decrease in real earnings was a result of the inflation crisis as prices rose “0.4 percent in

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