Podcasts about Freedom Caucus

In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sits down with Ed Corrigan, President & CEO of the Conservative Partnership Institute, to discuss how "the swamp" really works, how monied interests control and corrupt members of congress, what is was like working on the Trump 2016 transition team, why the swamp fears Trump, success of the Freedom Caucus, Speaker Mike Johnson, and how CPI is changing conservative culture in Washington DC.#EdCorrigan #CPI #WashingtonDC #Trump #TransitionTeam #USSenate #SenateSteering #TheSwampCorrigan has over 25 years of leadership experience on Capitol Hill and in the conservative movement. In 2009, GQ magazine named Corrigan to its list of “50 Most Powerful People in DC.” He was tapped by the Trump Transition to lead the personnel selection process for all domestic policy departments, placing hundreds of conservatives in key administrative positions. Known for his passion to build the conservative movement, he works with the Conservative Action Project and serves on the board of the Leadership Institute. Corrigan previously served in senior roles in the U.S. Senate. From 2003 through 2012, he was executive director of the Senate Steering Committee, the caucus of conservative senators, under two chairmen — Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL). He served again at Steering as executive director under Chairman Mike Lee (R-UT) during the Spring of 2017. Ed lives with his wife and two children on Capitol Hill.Learn more about Ed Corrigan's work:https://www.cpi.org/staff/ed-corrigan/https://www.twitter.com/edwardcorrigan––––––Follow American Moment across Social Media:Twitter – https://twitter.com/AmMomentOrgFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmMomentOrgInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/ammomentorg/YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qmB5DeiFxt53ZPZiW4TcgRumble – https://rumble.com/c/ammomentorg Check out AmCanon:https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/Follow Us on Twitter:Saurabh Sharma – https://twitter.com/ssharmaUSNick Solheim – https://twitter.com/NickSSolheimAmerican Moment's "Moment of Truth" Podcast is recorded at the Conservative Partnership Center in Washington DC, produced by American Moment Studios, and edited by Jake Mercier and Jared Cummings.Subscribe to our Podcast, "Moment of Truth"Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moment-of-truth/id1555257529Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/5ATl0x7nKDX0vVoGrGNhAj Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Jordan B Peterson sits down with the 46th governor of Florida and 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis. They discuss his working-class upbringing, the fundamentals of team building, the drastic need for government reduction, and how Florida might work as a national blueprint post 2024. Ron DeSantis is an American politician in the Republican party. He is a veteran from the U.S. Navy and is currently serving as the 46th governor of Florida (since 2019). DeSantis was initially a member of Congress elected in 2012, 2014, and 2016. He was a founding member of the Freedom Caucus, a Right-wing congressional caucus formed by conservatives and Tea Party members alike. DeSantis was an avid supporter of Donald Trump during his first campaign and is now running squarely against him for the 2024 presidential elections.  - Links - For Ron DeSantis: On X https://twitter.com/RonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor On Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/rondesantisfl On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/flgovrondesantis/ Campaign site https://rondesantis.com/ 

Welcome to More Than Medicine. Today's episode navigates the political waters with our guest, Representative Adam Morgan of District 20 in South Carolina State House. We're inviting you into our conversation about the birth of the South Carolina Freedom Caucus, its strategic conservative goals, and the challenges faced from lobbyists and special interests. It's a compelling tale of standing firm in conservative values, even when it's not the popular path.Do you ever ask yourself, what's happening in the political landscape of South Carolina? In our discussion with Adam, we shed light on the presence of corruption and influence from lobbyists, stressing the importance of an informed public. As we switch gears, we learn about Adam's plans for gunning a congressional seat in Washington - a conversation that reveals his staunchly conservative track record and his aspirations for strategic state growth. We underscore the need for resilient, principle-driven leaders in our government, a belief Adam aligns with as he plans to represent the 4th congressional district. Our conversation takes a more personal turn as we talk about Adam's objectives for border security and Department of Defense funding, should he be elected. A pressing issue we broach is the legislation related to vaccines for federal employees, a topic that is sure to ruffle a few feathers. We also bring to the fore the topic of non-traditional medicine, and the power of simply listening. All this and more in an episode that promises a journey through the intertwined worlds of politics, medicine, and strategic conservative growth.https://www.jacksonfamilyministry.comhttps://bobslone.com/home/podcast-production/

This week we record live from the campaign kickoff event for Rep. Josiah Magnuson, who represents the 38th district in the South Carolina State House of Representatives. We talk about this past legislative year and looking forward to the next, the Freedom Caucus, and the future of the state. We also discuss his new book “Biblical Civics” Sponsored by Wisefire Café and Stop 2 Shine auto-detail

Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Welcome to our Tuesday show with host Kerby Anderson. During the first hour, Kerby will share a teaching of the rich and exciting history of Thanksgiving. His guest is Congressman Keith Self. He and Keith discuss the Freedom Caucus & the military today and they'll probably touch on Israel's war with […]

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Ryan looks at the funding approval that passed the House & Senate to keep the government funded for now...kicking the can into 2024, where funding will become an issue AGAIN...Meanwhile, another Freedom Caucus tantrum on the House floor stranded GOP appropriation bills AGAIN, bringing their work to a halt anyway and starting their holiday vacation early.

Michelle Meyer, Mastercard Economics Institute North America Chief Economist, says October's slight drop in US retail sales doesn't take away from overall robust consumer spending. Diane Swonk, KPMG Chief Economist, details how the Fed will look to navigate a potential successful soft landing. Anastasia Amoroso, iCapital Chief Investment Strategist, says corporations could look to cut costs in 2024 if the Fed doesn't cut rates. Henrietta Treyz, Veda Partners Economic Policy Director, discusses an increasingly dysfunctional environment on Capitol Hill despite the passage of a stopgap funding bill. Jennifer Bartashus, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst, breaks down Target's better-than-expected 3Q earnings.    Get the Bloomberg Surveillance newsletter, delivered every weekday. 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transcript: This is the Bloomberg Surveillance Podcast. I'm Tom Keene, along with Jonathan Farrow and Lisa Abramowitz. Join us each day for insight from the best and economics, geopolitics, finance and investment. Subscribe to Bloomberg Surveillance on demand on Apple, Spotify and anywhere you get your podcasts, and always on Bloomberg dot Com, the Bloomberg Terminal, and the Bloomberg Business app. This is a joy what happens with young economists as you read their research and you go, oh, they're quite competent. Not long ago and far away, but a few years ago. That was Michelle Meyer absolutely owning the parsing of the American consumer. She worked for a small bank in Manhattan and is now Chief Economists North America from MasterCard Economics. You own the analysis I put you and Allen Zetner together. You own the analysis of the American consumer. Have we stopped spending? We clearly have not stop spending. Far from it, and think about the data this morning. It was an incredible combination of continued strength and retail spend, of rebound in Empire State manufacturing, which shows that there's still a need for more goods production, which is because consumers are still spending, and on top of that, you're getting some relief on the pricing side. So it's a really nice combination. I hate asking this question, and I'm stunned. It's my first time I've asked it. On November fifteenth, what's back to what's a holiday season look like? What's Black Friday? And then Black Monday and this and that? What does this retail madness did January look like? Well, it is a longer holiday season. We've learned that over the last few years, and it's a heavily promotional based holiday season, and part of that is because of the fact that there's so much demand out there to buy online. I mean, think about the numbers we just saw this morning. Our spending post numbers saw just over eight percent year of your growth in e commerce sales. So you know, you're seeing a consumer that is certainly exploring many different channels of spending, including online, and that creates a lot more opportunities for them to get products, and it also creates a lot more need for retailers to compete with these big moments in time where they offer promotions, and I think that's what's going to be indicative. So we'll learn a lot from the Black Friday period, and it's approaching very quickly. How sustainable is this combination of both robust retail sales and disinflation or even outright goods deflation. So I think you have to consider the different categories. I mean, when you looked at CPI yesterday, you certainly saw some categories like these big durable goods like your refrigerators back seeing some price declines. But for many other things, like many services, for example, you are still seeing some price increases. So part of the drop in prices for some of these goods simply reflects the fact that prices increased too much out of a pandemic because of supply chain issues, because of higher costs, and now it's reverting a bit more to something more normal, right, So that means in real terms you will see some support in terms of some of these items moving through. In nominal terms, you could see some move down in terms of overall spend. So it really depends on why inflation is moving, and that is a function of the type of product and how things evolved coming out of the pandemic. When you put it together, does this seem like a recipe for this goldilocks soft landing, or does this seem to paint the picture of a federal reserve that needs to do more and of an economy that has way too much momentum to really achieve the disinflation that a lot of people are baking into market evaluations. I think the data is shaping up in a way that's really favorable at the moment because you continue to have economic growth. Look at the third quarter GDP numbers, that was fairly broad based economic activity, not just consumers but also businesses investing inventories getting much more manageable and in stock So you know, things have been evolving remarkably well in terms of the real economy, taking out some of the excesses, labor market coasting into a litt bit of a slower trajectory for job growth, but still expansionary, while you get this relief on the inflation front. So how much of that is because of monetary policy, how much of that is because of the nature of the shock that we had initially, We'll see it's probably a bit of both. But it's evolving really quite quite nicely, and obviously exceeding many people's expectations. Out there. We talked about the interest expense and the debt and the deficit earlier with Mia mcguinnis. Let's talk about the average charge card is twenty five twenty six percent interest, migrating up now to twenty eight twenty nine percent interest. I find thirty percent to be almost criminal. But you people look at this daily, is that interest rate goes up, do we spend less? So what we're looking at overall is how monetary policy is transmitting into the economy broadly. So when you think about who's borrowing out there, there's companies that are borrowing in terms of the expansionary needs. There's consumers that are borrowing in terms of whether or not they want to buy a home or a big ticket item that might require some leverage. So higher interest rates are certainly transmitting into the economy. You can see it today with the retail sales number that's Mike just my friends. Around housing related items, furniture, some of these bigger ticket items that require debt. You are seeing some hit to those types suspending. So I think the high level of interest rates goes back to Lisa's point around how the FED is trying to calibrate this economy with some easing of real growth but still allowing inflation to come down. Okay, you're out of the game, but I'm going to ask you the game question here, which is what is your twelve months for to real GDP? Like, what's your twenty twenty You're talking to fancy people at MasterCard, and you know they don't want to charge cards. They want to know what Michelle Meyer thinks about the economy. What's your twenty twenty four real GDP call? So the good news is that we are I'm still in the game, and that we are still running at still absolutely that is who I am as a person, as an economist. When I look ahead, I mean this year we had an economy that ran above its underlying trend. So we're trending right now, given where GDP is for real growth somewhere between two point four percent right now in twenty twenty three. As we look ahead to twenty twenty four, we're probably going to see some moderation closer to the underlying trend growth rate of the economy closer to trend. Didn't answer, Ye's still in the game. I'm still I got to total go away. Michelle Meyer's MasterCard. There somewhere in the blur of the last four or five days through my small little brain, would somebody get Diane SWUNKA You know, I just said she has such a perspective different from three zip codes in New York, And I guess all of this is her academic work at the University of Michigan Longo. She's putting a penalty box there. At one point she was stealing signs from the Federal Reserve. Is I think it's a football joke there, Yeah, dian Swank understands Michigan's I guess in the penalty box, Diane Swank, is it free and clear? Is your own Powell not in the penalty box. I've asked this question four times, but with immense respect to your work and your holistic look at business data. Is it mission accomplished? Finally, for the FED, it's not mission accomplished because if that is still going to hold rates higher for longer. But we're done with right hikes and that's what we've been saying, and that's what we believe. That's the good news out there is that it does look like the soft landing is not only possible but probable. But the journey is not yet over, and the endurance part comes next, and that's what the FED is watching closely. They still expect to see growth below potential in order to have that soft landing occur. That's one of those technical things that consumers don't really like, because growth below potential is a rise in unemployment, which in fact we've already seen. Most of that rise we saw over the summer was because more people were looking for jobs, not because of mass layoffs than in October when we saw unemployment move up to three point nine percent, it was because we also saw the spillover effects of strikes as well. When I look at this economy and all the different narratives that are out there right now, the heart of the matter for me is fully employed America. Butter stop with what Austin Goolsby brilliantly said yesterday. Is a believer in a new productivity, a new regime of productivity that's going to make the job for everybody out there easier. Do you buy it? Well, we are seeing a major increase in productivity, and I think during the frenzy, the hiring frenzy that we saw, we know from ADP data that's locked at this more closely, many firms stopped hiring people. Then add on top of it the loss and hiring an educational attainment due to the pivot online itself. And now we're unwinding that and people are actually learning the jobs they have. Overlay that with innovation and technology and leveraging the technologies we were forced to use as we moved online, and you do get higher productivity growth, and that is helping to bring down inflation as well. The problem for most consumers, of course, is that the level of prices are still very high. And let's face it, you know, consumer sentiment hit its record high for University of Michigan Centiment Index in Chau two thousand. Yeah, I threw that in. Although I did go to Chicago too. They won the first Heisman Trophy right now with a lack of scandals, which a little better. Did you go to the Goldsby speech? I mean, you're such a hitter out there in Chicago? Did you darken the door for the Golsby speech? I wasn't at this one. I've been at many of them, and I'll be at one on December first with them. What about Hey, Dana speaking as well, what do you feel how do you kind of view the consumer here? We got some retail sales data today that came in a little bit better than expected, yet target, you know, still seeing some some challenges out there with the reported numbers, and of course we'll hear from Walmart tomorrow. What's what's your sense of the consumer out there? This is a consumer that shown remarkable endurance. Remember October is when the first student loans for about twenty three million student borrowers were due. Of course, they started paying those loans already in August while ahead of time, front running the interest accruing on those loans. But we know that student loan, your payments are going to crimp consumer spending. And I think what's also important is we're seeing the biggest trade offs everything within grocery stores. They're spending more at grocery stores than at restaurants during the month, and after adjusting for inflation, they're still spending more at grocery stores because it's really expensive after adjusting for inflation to go out to restaurants. That said, there's a lot of trade offs within that as well. Beef prices hit a record high during the month of October in that's due to the fact that we had all these droughts. That's in the herds, and I think, you know, the effects of those kinds of shocks are what really matter to consumers. And even as the FED is combating inflation the pace at which prices increase, many consumers who finally saw their wages level up only got to spend a moment in the sun before they were burned by inflation, and they're still playing catchup from those earlier increases exactly. So, you know, in terms of the consumer here we have the unemployment rate officially at three point nine percent. What do you think the FED would like to see that rate? Do they feel like it needs to drift a little bit higher before they get a sense that this economy really is cooling? Well, I hate to use the word like, because I think that's a little pejorative in this context. I think they think it needs to go a little above four percent in order to get the full derailing of inflation and to be able to really cut rates as we move into twenty twenty five. I think we're going to see rate cuts by the middle of twenty twenty four, but the descent on rates is going to be much less graduate much slower than the acent on rates, and I think that's very important to remember as well. The Center Reserve is really pretty pleased with the fact that so far until we had that October blip, which was by an external shock the strikes, that we were able to really see more people looking for jobs rather than layoffs contributing to unemployment, more data checks and all this turmoil, the vix goes to constructively bullish. We are higher above fourteen and now at fourteen point eight, a better VIX number off of yesterday. Dow up one hundred, SPX up sixteen points, doing better than call it nine o'clock, futures up four tenths of a percent, NASDAK up half a percent as well. We're with Diane's swank this morning of KPMG. Diane, my great theory is corporations are going to adapt and adjust. How do they adapt and adjust? Is it just going to be one expense reduction? You know, that's going to be a series of I think we're already seeing the adaption occur, and it's evolution more of a revolution than an evolution, and that is that after more than a decade of ulter low rates and some business models that were built entirely on ultra low rates still adapt to a more normal economy that has higher rates to it, and they have to deal with the higher wage levels that they leveled up to, and that means they got to make their workers more productive to be able to continue paying those wages without mass layoffs. And that's where I think we're going. I think we are going to see productivity growth continue to be elevated. That's the good news. I think also it's important to remember the tire meets the road on productivity growth when you combine innovation and technology with our human capital, and how valuable it is. When you really level the boats together two together, that's when you get the big benefits. Sure theory there is how the Cubs stole the Milwaukee Brewer's managers. I mean you get that. She's like consulting the Chicago Cubs. How do we jump started Creid Council bring them down to Chicago? Paul slip in one more? All right, So, Diane, I mean we have our President Biden in San Francisco meeting with President she. How do you figure China into your economic outlook here? What do you what do you what would you like to see. What do you think we're going to see. I think it's important that you know we can't deglobalization is a bit of a myth. We're seeing trading blocks that have moved, and more training within blocks rather than across blocks, which is actually boosting global trade. That's more friction in the global economy and ultimately more risk of supply chocks and more fragile supply chains. So I think the concept of de risking is something that is a relative concept. I understand there's geopolitical and strategic issues we need to deal with with China, but these are the two largest economies in the world. We're talking about China and the US, and it's better to have better relations than intense relations and intensifying geopol tensions between the two. Dane swanp KPMG. They're chief economists, thank you. The grace of Bloomberg's surveillance is we don't throw up films of people being wrong or people being right. This is a tough, tough business gaming out equities, bonds, currencies, commodities. If we tossed up a video John and Lisa Anastasia Amroso on the market a number of months ago. She held Lisa's hand and said, Lisa, It'll be okay. A chief investor strategist and what and correct bull joins us. Now, is this the second Is this the second bull market off the October lows thirteen months ago? Are we clicking in with a new bullmarket lift? I mean, I think this is giving investors a lot of faith and hope into the year end. You know, Tom, It's amazing how quickly things shift, And just in the last couple of weeks we went from really bad technicals to really a great technical setup. And I think what's likely to happen now is the chase into your end is on and it's going to involve a lot of stakeholders, whether it's this systematic traders, whether hedge funds that were called too short, whether it's all the cash eight trillion of it on the sideline. So I do think that we well, I was initially going to say drift higher into your end based on yesterday. We might rip higher into your end, but I do think we'll finish higher. Let's discuss what worked yesterday. Small caps, discretionary real a state. Is that what you think works going into your end? Well, I think tech is going to continue to work into your end because if you look at unprofitable tech, for example, it also rallied pretty massively yesterday as well. You know the reason I hesitate when it comes to consumer discretionary. You know, I love the target beat this morning, but it does feel like a bit of a one off. And you know, if we look at some of the surveys of consumer spending consumer spending intentions, consumers are likely to be slower and likely to be more discerning and the I want to look for promotions. So you know, maybe this everything rally does take consumer dis questioningly higher with it, but from a quality perspective, and where I have the most convictions on margins, on growth, on secular opportunity, John, I think it's still tech. Okay, So how much is this baking in both the ongoing profits and also yields going lower given that valuations are already pretty high considering how high the alternative is. Yeah, I mean everything is working in the right direction right now. Clearly this is a huge yield story. But when it comes to big tech, for example, you know, yes, yields help from the valuation perspective, But what I also like about big tech for example, is that earnings growth is there over and above the S and P. For example, for the next year or two, the average earnings growth is about sixteen percent. So and by the way, valuations, I know people say big tech or tech generally is expensive, but when you adjust for that earnings growth, it's actually not that expensive. And when you start looking at individual stocks, maybe forty times forward earnings on Nvidia, maybe that seems expensive, but when you expand the chart, it's not actually off the chart, so to speak. So everything is relative. What's the balance of risks? We've been talking about that throughout the morning for next year, as people get enthusiastic into year end, is it a better than an expected economic picture or is it some sort of recession that really feeds into a profit recession as well. Yeah, so we have to decouple the view into your end versus what might happen in twenty twenty four. And I think the reason for this optimist for twenty twenty three has been this is a soft landing year. This has proven to be a soft landing year. Now I think something harder may have to happen in twenty twenty four. And here's really the big question. Which is going to determine the direction of the markets in twenty twenty four is how quickly does the FED cut or do they cut? If they cut, then I think we're off to the races, and this is they go in all on risk moment. But if they don't cut, if they stay persistent, then I think some of the bold may be disappointed. Do we underestimate the ability of corporations to adjust? Twenty four months ago of screaming about that we saw Target. Today they've had a real, real post pandemic challenge. I guess, John, what's it up right now? Forty two? It's twenty five? Okay, who's keeping count? But the answer is I still think it's underestimated in FED centric, rate centric New York City that I'm sorry, each and every corporation out there is going to adapt and adjust. What are they going to do next year? Yes, corporations are adjusting, and the case of Target, it took them a while, but those inventories were eventually paired back. I think what corporations may struggle with next year until and unless the FED pivots is the refinancing bill of some of their corporate debt. And by the way, This goes across the spectrum. It's the US government which has to refinance about thirty five percent of the debt between now and the end of next year, is the commercial real estate operators that have to refile a lot of the debt, and then it's corporate. So you know, the reason, Tom, why I think we haven't seen more of an adverse impact is because the percentage of floating rate has been low and companies have not had a lot of fixed rate maturities that needed to be refinanced. That does start to change next year. So if the FED doesn't cut, I think it does become harder for corporates and how do they adjust well, if margins get squeezed, I think cost cutting is the next measure. Does that make life difficult for certain parts of the equity market given the nature of high yield issuers, Yeah, it does. The parts of the market that I worry about, or leverage loans for example, which have already had a full year of rates around five percent. And if you look at the net interst coverage ratios, there were about three and a half times going into the year for a lot of those issues. There are one times today, maybe one point three, So how does that picture change next year, especially if you have some slow down in the top line for high yield. I'm a little bit less worried because you do have generally higher quality and better fundamentals, and there's a small portion of high yield that needs to be rolled over next year. But from a broader economic perspective, and especially when I think about the banking sector, if you start to have more charge offs, incrementally more delinquencies, some default and by the way, venture capital bankruptcies have been on the rise, so all of that does start to impact some sector of the economy, which I think is the bank. Can we finish on the banks kind of left for dead at times this year and for good reason earlier in spring. What's your view on them into twenty four? A very mixed view on them into twenty twenty four, because in earlier on the show, I did say that, you know, I was kind of warming up to the bank sector because we were expecting the capital market activity to pick up. That really didn't pan out so far in the fall of this year, and I'm not sure that it does in twenty twenty four. So if you have lackluster capital market activity, in twenty twenty four, and then on top of that you do have those higher delinquencies, defaults, and charge offs. That comes back to roots for the banking sector. So I appreciate the rally that they're participating in, but that would not be my top pic today. You sound actually less optimistic than you did a bunch of months ago, quite a bit less optimistic. Can you frame that out just how much you think some of the gains have already been paked in. Yeah, I definitely sound less optimistic your end rally nowithstanding. And the reason for that is because a lot of investors coming into the year expected this to be maybe even a recession a year, or at least very lackluster economic growth, and instead we got close to five percent GDP in the third quarter. So a lot of people are now in the soft landing camp and are not even talking about recession. But if you think about this, you know, the longer rates stayed at the current levels, and by the way, if inflation falls and real rates start to pick up the relationship we also talked about previously, then we are going to get in restrictive territory relative to the neutral rate, and that's when you start to worry about the FED stays therefore too long, then that's what caused historically a recession. Well, I do worry about that, and I don't think it's in people's consensus numbers right now. Is my takeaway here that Amoroso is on the edge of bramo ye and it gets maybe less constructive gone into twenty five to be a long year of twenty four. So we can't just you know, prepare for the whole thing. That's the joy that I hurt six months ago. Oh, the joy is here. The joy is into your end and you know, you know, I do think that. Look, the FED for now seems to be behind us until mid December. You know, I think some of the worst Fed Treasury auctions are behind us. Okay, So that's the joy. The conversation. The joy was on the screen over the last twenty four and made away and I say, you're constructive so many times right to be and stay camo. So if I capital it the Henrietta Trace joins US now economic policy research director at Vada Partners. Henrietta, with all your years of experience in Washington, and how polarized is the polarity right now? I mean, they are just at each other's throats, almost literally. Certainly, the stories out of DC yesterday were just shocking. Frankly, they have to go on recess. I am so thankful that they have agreed to this kick the can approach. As you mentioned before, I think we're just going to be doing this again, and I'm not optimistic that it's going to stop in January or in February when the two current deadlines exist. We're going to be doing this every couple of months for the rest of twenty twenty four. So we should get used to this kind of acrimony government shutdown risks. Those headlines should just be permanently emblazoned every couple of months in the newsreel. We've got those headlines ready to go hendriady through the whole at twenty twenty four. Can you just frame how big this fight over spending might be just next year. You know, it's just loud. It's not a big fight. It's just a loud fight. They are not getting any reductions in federal spending. This is a clean cr There will be a minimum of about one hundred billion dollars an additional aid that goes out across domestic and international priorities. We are not fighting about spending cuts. We are fighting about the process. The Freedom Caucus came up with the idea of doing this laddered approach. It was rejected, resuscitated, and then finally included in part in this deal. But it contains no spending cuts, and there's no scenario where the second tranche, which includes defense and foreign operations spending, is going to expire after they reach a deal on the first couple of appropriations bills. So this is a lot of sound, This is a lot of bark very little bite. Given the fact that there was not Israel or Ukraine funding in this current bill, how likely do you think that will get done by January? By February? Does it even matter considering the spending that's coming out of different pockets. That's a really important question. And I think a lot of this is tied up with Minoriti leader maccaddeal and how much cloud he continues to have with the party. I think we can't underestimate the impact of the loss in Kentucky for the governor's race that materially acted his standing with his own conference in the Senate Republican Caucus. And I think that's a big problem for Ukraine AID. I was surprised in my last round of meetings in DC how little support there is for Ukraine versus what there has been from the United States for the last year and eight months. It is really a iffy question on whether Ukraine aid gets provided at all. I do think that keeping Israel aid off of the cr that they're passing now creates at least a pathway. But when you tie Ukraine to the border and recognize that we haven't had border security legislation pass in a decade or more, you really have a problem. So I think that it is good news that we don't have a bill yet. It keeps soap alive. But I would dim my expectations for robust aid to Ukraine and Israel. Obviously is another problem that is splitting the Democratic Party just in half, just ripping it apart. So those packages are going to be really hard to come by, and I wouldn't be surprised that they didn't get it till January. You know, it's getting harder and harder to parse through the signal from the noise in Washington, d C. We have all these real, tangible, important issues and yet we are focusing on scuffles both in the Senate that Bernie Sanders had to and with a wooden gavel, and then this the accusation that Kevin McCarthy elbowed fellow Republican Congress member Tim Burchett during some of the contentious negotiations. Are any of these important to you on a policy or just functional level? There is no policy, So I think Tom, you actually just made a statement about how if you don't have your fiscal house in order, you can enact policy. That's exactly what's happening. There is no policy, so we're only talking about fiscal austerity. There's no discussion about passing a year in tax build that's of any kind of merit. They're running around punching each other in the back because they have gripes and qualms with who's a liar, who has trustworthiness. There is no policy, there's no uniting policy that drives the House of publican conference, which is in control, and that means that the Senate can't get their act together or get their work done. And it's really been a darth of leadership that I think is exacerbated by Mitch McConnell being on the way out, and a speaker that is untested with no real leadership mandate to work with on the Republican side. So I think there is no policy. I don't think we will be voting on any meaningful legislation next year. They cannot move forward on impeachment. They can't move forward on you know, impeaching even the Homeland Security secretary. They don't have a plan for the border that is comprehensive or can pass with the Republican conference. When you have these type majorities and a lack of leadership, this is where you land. So we just have these short term fights about federal spending. Thankfully we don't have to deal with the debt ceiling next year. That would have been a real problem. Well, Henry Ti, given everything you've just said, doesn't that make it all the more amazing that we managed to find an agreement in the House yesterday. I mean, you know, yes, and I don't want to be just contrarian, but they're up. The scenario where we shut down is even worse because there's no path to reopen. So if you shut down the government, we will be shut down for quite some time. People talk about, oh, we couldn't possibly go past two weeks because you'd missed a pay cycle. The last time we did this, for no good reason, with no end in sight, we shut down for thirty five days, right over the Christmas holidays. I think the one thing that's kept my optimism alive contrary to a lot of popular opinion, with you know, twenty percent or less odds that we'd shut down all year, is basically that the alternative is worse. Shutting down means we stay shut down for quite some time. Everybody looks incompetent, and you can't have these fights about fiscal austerity and spending. If you're shut down, it starts to have a material negative impact. So I mean they're both bad options, but shutting down is the worst one, with lots of them looking competent when it's open. Henritta, trace their evade partners, Henritta, thank you. I don't talk to Jim Bartak ahead. Let us get briefs here to say the marriage Jennifer Bartash's marriage counselor joins us with Bloomberg Intelligence. Jen thank you so much for joining. I want you to explain what falls to the bottom line. Home depot has a net income margin of nine is tennis cents. Target I was shocked is three or a moldy four cents on the dollar. Is anybody making money in this business? Good morning, Tom. It's a good question, and it's definitely one of the challenges that we always see in this retail sector. But I have to say, Targets results today we're very encouraging, you know, and it does give a little bit of optimism for the fourth quarter. So when they beat across the board with revenue same store sales, you know, we did see a great increase in margin. That's all really because some of the productivity initiatives that they put in place are starting to really help take cost out of the business. Willmont anst on this news as well. It's up in a free market, buying more than one point two percent. Jen, will hear from that company tomorrow. What is the read across from that company to the other. Well, I think that Target having better than expected results really only means good things for Walmart. Walmart does tend to outperform in environments where people are pulling back or being very careful with their spending, and so I think that a better than expected result today may lead to a very good outlook for tomorrow as well. But Jen, how do you parse through just the management side of things versus the macro call on a management side of saying Target seemed to work down fourteen percent of some of its excess inventory, leading to some of this boost. Does that really cross over to some sort of read through in the broader consumer. Well, I think that what we've seen is across a lot of retailers, they've had to figure out their inventory in kind of this post pandemic world. We went through a phase where everybody was stockpiling inventory so that they've had stuff available, then they had too much and they had to clear it out, and now they're trying to find the right equal librium. And being down versus last year where there were still concerns about supply chain constraints just shows that we're really getting back to that equilibrium and we're seeing it across multiple retailers, and so I think what's important is that inventory is down that much, but they are already stock for holiday, So to us, that also means that they should be able to sell through a good portion of their inventory over the holiday season and not end up in the same position they were in where they had to have a lot of Markdown's post holiday jen Yesterday we were talking about drug stores in certain cities that are putting pictures of toilet paper behind the shelves and then having people ask request for it to be delivered to them from the back of this store. Target did talk about theft to our shrink as they call it, and saying it's still weighing on their margins in a material way. What do you make of this? How long are we going to hear about this in earnings and is this just simply an excuse for margin pressure or is this something that is going to become increasingly concerning for both investors as well as the corporate executives. What we usually see in longer term cycles is that theft escalates whenever the consumer is under pressure, and as inflation is coming down, that actually should be a little bit of a release on that pressure. With regards to theft and the losses that retailers are having. You know, people generally want to do the right thing, and Target in particular has been very vocal about theft levels. We've saw some store closures where they said it was just not profitable to operate, but We do think that as inflation comes down, that should easy get a little bit easier going forward. John, you don't you bihold cell, but I want you to note a four percent dividend, an eleven percent five year dividend growth. I got a multiple of fifteen, which is what one third of the high flyers one fifth of Nvidia. In that can Brian Cornell and his team say we're back on plan the pandemics beyond us and we will have the glide pass of the TAJE we knew years ago. I think we might be at a turning point. It might be a little early to say that we're already there, but I think that today's results definitely indicate that a lot of the strategies that they're retrenching, that they're putting back into place, do put target back on that right trajectory. Jennifer, thanks for the update. Let's cat cheup against tomorrow when we get numbers from Wolmont. Jennifer Pontanshestan of Bloomberg Intetogen's Subscribe to the Bloomberg Surveillance podcast on Apple, Spotify and anywhere else you get your podcasts. Listen live every weekday starting at seven am Eastern I'm Bloomberg dot com, the iHeartRadio app tune In, and the Bloomberg Business App. You can watch us live on Bloomberg Television and always I'm the Bloomberg Terminal. Thanks for listening. I'm Tom Keen, and this is BloombergSee 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What You Need to Know is the House can't get its act together. Eight Republican representatives tanked an effort to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. This is an easy decision. You can say, low hanging fruit. It's agreed upon from both the middle and the right that Mayorkas is derelict in his duty and has egregiously failed to perform his job. It's time for him to be fired. But 8 swamp creatures ensured that even that easy priority couldn't get done. Shame on them.  Dr. Naomi Wolf, author of the newly-released Facing the Beast and founder of Dailyclout.io, joins Ed to discuss some of the ways that her thinking has changed on particular issues. Dr. Wolf specifically highlights the importance of Second Amendment rights for the safety of women. Dr. Wolf and Ed also discuss the emergence of anti-semitism across the globe in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel. Dr. Wolf also goes over her groundbreaking journalistic work on the abuses of Pfizer and Fauci. State Senator Tammy Nichols of Idaho joins Ed to discuss the recent happenings in the Idaho legislature. Sen. Nichols discusses the efforts for transparency in spending in Idaho, as well as the backlash by moderate Republicans and RINOs. Sen. Nichols also discusses the history of the state-level Freedom Caucus in Idaho. Learn more at Nicholsforidaho.com. Wrap Up: a closer look at Joe Biden's worst 2nd Amendment violation and how a Texas federal court just nuked it. This is the tip of the spear of executive branch agencies running amok with attempts to make law, and that's not their job.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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You have to hand it to Biden. Despite his cognitive decline, he has never mistakenly deviated from his immoral views. I list all of the ways he is strategically helping Hamas kill Israeli soldiers. Meanwhile, the Right is in disarray. Republicans are bashing Tommy Tuberville for fighting the woke military; they have no plan for the budget fight; and now even the Freedom Caucus members are bitterly divided over unimportant matters. Later on, I chronicle how many of the Israelis killed by Hamas were actually left-wing activists who genuinely thought they could make peace with the Arabs. It is a tragic metaphor for what has happened to the Western countries that have embraced Islamic migration. We are now experiencing the same thing with our “generosity” to the Venezuelan migrants who are flooding our cities with dangerous gangs.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Full Hour | In today's third hour, Dom returns to a topic thread launched last hour, deeply analyzing the gag order set upon former President Donald Trump. Then, Dom turns into a conversation about the upcoming election, telling of a Philadelphia Inquirer article that suggests topics that are driving the upcoming election. Then, Dom welcomes Congressman Scott Perry, leader of the Freedom Caucus, back onto the Dom Giordano Program to hear about multiple topics unfolding on Capitol Hill. First, Giordano asks Perry what the ‘secret sauce' was that lead to the election of Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House, with Perry pulling back the curtain and taking listeners inside the tumultuous debate to determine the next speaker. Then, Giordano delve into other issues, with Perry previewing what's to come in funding Israel, and why it's necessary to separate questions of funding for Israel from Ukraine.

Dom welcomes Congressman Scott Perry, leader of the Freedom Caucus, back onto the Dom Giordano Program to hear about multiple topics unfolding on Capitol Hill. First, Giordano asks Perry what the ‘secret sauce' was that lead to the election of Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House, with Perry pulling back the curtain and taking listeners inside the tumultuous debate to determine the next speaker. Then, Giordano delve into other issues, with Perry previewing what's to come in funding Israel, and why it's necessary to separate questions of funding for Israel from Ukraine. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Editorial cartoonists Ted Rall (from the Left) and Scott Stantis (from the Right) discuss newly-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson (R-LA) and the process that led to his ascension. Scott raises the possibility that Representative Matt Gaetz and the far right-wing Freedom Caucus played the Republicans in the House to get the most radically-right Speaker in the history of the institution. Next, Ted and Scott fill out the painfully woke questionnaire sent out by journalism's most prestigious award, the Pulitzer Prizes administered by Columbia University. Listen, (and watch on YouTube), as the questions get progressively more politically correct. Making Ted rename the award "The Woke-litzer Prize."Finally, Ted and Scott discuss the question of the United States and its taxpayers spending billions and billions on the Ukraine and Israel wars. Should monies that might be better spent here at home be sent to conflicts that have very little to do with America? Scott and Ted take a deep dive into both and find disagreement over Israel as well as common ground over Palestine. 

Donald Trump blijft het nieuws beheersen. Hij speelde een hoofdrol in de burgeroorlog binnen de Republikeinse fractie in het Huis van Afgevaardigden bij de keuze van een speaker. De ultrarechtse Freedom Caucus bestaat uit marionetten die hij aan zijn touwtjes heeft. Uiteindelijk gaf hij hen instructies om allemaal op Mike Johnson te stemmen. Andere marionetten, de belangrijkste advocaten die hem bijstonden in zijn claim dat hij in de staat Georgia de presidentsverkiezingen had gewonnen, hebben bekend daarover te hebben gelogen, en getuigen nu tegen hun voormalige cliënt. En in het proces over Trumps rol in de bestorming van het Capitool is zijn voormalige stafchef door de knieën en getuigt tegen de oud-president. Want beiden, Trump en zijn stafchef, wisten beiden best dat Biden had gewonnen. Heb je vragen, opmerkingen, kritiek of complimenten, dan kan dat met een tweet naar @janpostmaUSA of @BNRdewereld, of met een mailtje naar dewereld@bnr.nl. Je kunt ook je vraag inspreken of intikken op de Amerika Podcast WhatsApp: 06 28 13 50 20.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Editorial cartoonists Ted Rall (from the Left) and Scott Stantis (from the Right) discuss newly-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson (R-LA) and the process that led to his ascension. Scott raises the possibility that Representative Matt Gaetz and the far right-wing Freedom Caucus played the Republicans in the House to get the most radically-right Speaker in the history of the institution. Next, Ted and Scott fill out the painfully woke questionnaire sent out by journalism's most prestigious award, the Pulitzer Prizes administered by Columbia University. Listen, (and watch on YouTube), as the questions get progressively more politically correct. Making Ted rename the award "The Woke-litzer Prize."Finally, Ted and Scott discuss the question of the United States and its taxpayers spending billions and billions on the Ukraine and Israel wars. Should monies that might be better spent here at home be sent to conflicts that have very little to do with America? Scott and Ted take a deep dive into both and find disagreement over Israel as well as common ground over Palestine. 

[This blog will always be free to read, but it's also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com.]I know it's asking a lot, but remember way back when Matt Gaetz filed a motion-to-vacate against then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy?That was a little over three weeks ago, and in that time, House Republicans have put forward three separate speaker-designates (that's the term for a presumptive Speaker before the majority party ostensibly votes them in): Reps. Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan, and Tom Emmer.For those unfamiliar, the typical process for the party holding the majority in the House is to nominate one (1) speaker-designate, who is then promptly voted in, takes the gavel, and pursues some sort of legislative agenda. There's usually not much, if any, suspense. Sometimes, a sitting Speaker may be challenged within their party before the start of a new congress, but after that, by the time the process gets to the House floor, there are no surprises.Which is all to say that this year has been completely bonkers, and the past month, in particular, has been especially embarrassing for House Republicans. In the midst of several international crises (Ukraine, Israel-Gaza, Taiwan), yet another looming budget showdown in a few weeks, and numerous other problems to address, the House GOP has been steadfastly aloof and incompetent over this speaker mess.Why is this so important? Because it's unclear if legislation can be passed by the chamber without a Speaker who has been voted into that position. The unelected Speaker pro tempore—Rep. Patrick McHenry—may not have constitutional power to do so, and moreover, McHenry has flat-out refused to test that theory.For a while there, a plan was floated for the bulk of the Republican majority to partner with Democrats and temporarily “elect” McHenry for a short period in order to pass critical legislation—similar to how a continuing resolution kicks the can down the road in a budget fight—but that got scrapped.Also: the Speaker of the House is second-in-line to the presidency, just after the Vice President, and this vacancy presents a wee bit of a constitutional crisis on that front, too.Anyway, only Jordan wound up getting a vote on the House floor (three failed ballot attempts, in fact) because Scalise had the good sense to avoid embarrassment and Emmer was essentially pushed out early yesterday evening, a mere 4 hours and 10 minutes after he won the conference vote.Finally, much later in the evening, Mike Johnson, a four-termer representing Louisiana's 4th congressional district and currently serving as the Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference, was named speaker-designate after three ballots in the party conference. More on him in a second, but how the hell did we get here? A quick timeline:January: After the GOP regained power in the House, Kevin McCarthy won the conference vote to become speaker-designate but then struggled through a jaw-dropping 15 separate ballots to finally get the gavel. In exchange for the title, he bargained away much of his power to extremists within his party conference, including the unprecedented implementation of a rule that would allow any single member to file a motion-to-vacate the chair, or in other words: it would only take one person to ask for a vote to fire McCarthy from the position.Oct. 2: Matt Gaetz takes advantage of McCarthy's earlier concession and files a motion-to-vacate.Oct. 3: McCarthy is removed before a vote of the full House, 216-210. Gaetz and his cronies within the GOP joined Democrats in voting to fire McCarthy. Dems gave McCarthy several options to keep the gavel and avoid this, but McCarthy refused to play ball. Oct. 4: Jordan and Scalise announce their bids for speaker-designate. Rep. Troy Nehls announces he'll nominate Trump for Speaker, which creates fairly considerable buzz that it may happen.Oct. 5: Trump endorses Jordan.Oct. 11: In a private vote by the GOP House Conference, Scalise defeats Jordan, 113-99, to become speaker-designate.Oct. 12: Scalise withdraws when it's clear he doesn't have the votes to overcome his detractors within the GOP.Oct. 13: Jordan defeats Austin Scott, 124-81, in another private vote by the GOP House Conference, becoming the second speaker-designate this month.Oct. 17: Jordan loses on the first ballot before the full House. He needed 217 to get the gavel. He could only muster 200 votes. That means 17 GOP colleagues voted against him. Oct. 18: Jordan loses on the second ballot, becoming the first speaker-designate to fail to reach 200 votes before the full House. Desperate, Jordan and his allies allegedly threatened a number of his colleagues, attempting to bludgeon them into his corner. This completely backfires, and Jordan makes up no ground.Oct. 19: More stories about Jordan's aggressive—possibly illegal—tactics come to light, and his candidacy is widely assumed to be dead. This does not make him drop out, however.Oct. 20: Jordan holds a bizarre press conference that morning in which he quotes the Bible and says he'll prevail. Literally moments after the presser begins, one of Jordan's allies, Rep. Derrick Van Orden, announces that he's in Israel (!!!). Jordan can only lose four GOP votes. Not a great sign! He proceeds to be further humiliated, losing his third consecutive ballot for Speaker. Later that day, Jordan is removed as speaker-designate in a private conference vote, 112-86.Oct. 20-22: A candidate forum is scheduled for the 23rd and nine candidates file before the deadline to be considered for speaker-designate.Oct. 23: Following the candidate forum, two candidates withdrew (Dan Meuser and Gary Palmer), leaving seven candidate vying for the big chair.Oct. 24 (yesterday): After five rounds in their private conference vote, Tom Emmer of Minnesota, House Majority Whip (3rd-ranking House Republican), emerges as the speaker-designate. Emmer is a controversial choice for House Republicans because he voted to certify the 2020 election results (gasp) and supported the Respect for Marriage Act. He is seen as more moderate than his opponents, yet Matt Gaetz inexplicably supports him and whips votes in his favor, which kinda implied Trump supported him, too. Here's where things get even more chaotic…Just past noon, Emmer won the vote and almost immediately called for a roll call within the conference to determine if he had enough support to go to the floor. There were reportedly 26 GOP holdouts. Remember: he could only lose four. Not good. But Emmer does have Gaetz and several other Freedom Caucus folks in his corner. So, maybe there's a path.At 1:11pm, Donald Trump, while sitting in court listening to Michael Cohen testify against him, posts on his platform Truth Social that Emmer is a “RINO” (Republican In Name Only) who shouldn't be Speaker. Ruh-roh.This causes a hell of a stir within the GOP conference, and Emmer is making no gains in bringing holdouts into the fold. The conference adjourns until 4pm to figure things out.Just past 2pm, Gaetz, who just voted for Emmer and quietly worked to get him over the threshold within the conference, is asked by CNN's Olivia Beavers about Trump's post on Truth Social and responds that it's really important to listen to “the leader of our party.” RUH-ROH. Also: WHAT?!In that moment, Emmer's candidacy is basically dead, and everyone is just working to figure out what happens next before House Republicans reconvene.Just after 4pm, the GOP conference gathers again, and Emmer drops out. He then promptly leaves the conference in a huff, even while his colleagues stay to figure out where to go from there. Reportedly, Rep. Rick Allen told Emmer in front of all their GOP colleagues that he needs to “get right with Jesus” due to his support last year for the Respect for Marriage Act, the new law that grants federal recognition to same-sex marriages. Anyone still believe these people aren't trying to overturn Obergefell?At 6pm, the GOP conference reconvenes yet again, and after three ballots, Johnson wins the vote over Byron Donalds, 128-29. They then do a roll call vote to determine if he'll have the support for a full floor vote; he gets 199 votes, with three members voting “present” and a few dozen members not voting. (Once again: he can only lose four GOP votes.)There will supposedly be a speaker vote before the full house today.Okay, so, that leads to two questions: 1) Who is this Mike Johnson guy? and 2) Does he have the votes?Mike Johnson is far-right. He's a steadfast supporter of Trump, notably serving as a member of his legal defense team during both impeachment trials in the Senate. He supported the Muslim travel ban, he opposes military aid to Ukraine, he's aggressively anti-LGBTQ and anti-choice — he's basically a Putin-sympathetic Christo-fascist.But it's really not clear that he has the votes. Because Johnson has flown under the radar, America really doesn't know him or his political positions yet. It's quite a roll of the dice for Republicans in Biden districts: do they take a chance on this guy now and hope he doesn't hurt their reelection chances next year? Pretty damn risky call.Here's where Johnson is dangerous: he's made few enemies among his colleagues, and he appears to be disciplined in presentation, a far cry from Jordan's toddler antics. This could be enough to get him to 217, but again: he can only lose four GOP votes, and with his extremist positions, it's asking a lot for his more moderate colleagues to take one for the team.Anyway, per usual, I will be live-tweeting the speaker vote when it takes place today, god help me. And as always, if you'd like to buy me a cup of coffee for my coverage of this ongoing fiasco, I'd certainly be grateful.I will leave you with this not-so-fun fact: there are 19 male House Republicans named Michael or Mike, and there are 33 women. When asked yesterday why no Republican women have run for speaker-designate, Rep. Cathy Morris-Rodgers replied: “We're wiser.”Oh, lord.Charlotte's Web Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Charlotte's Web Thoughts at charlotteclymer.substack.com/subscribe

So who is Mike Johnson, the presumptive new speaker? I'm joined by Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), who says that Johnson is probably the first bona fide social conservative to get into leadership and is genuinely a decent human being who is humble and respected. But does that translate into a strategic asset? Time will tell. But the way to make that happen is for the Freedom Caucus to unite behind an ironclad plan on the budget. I make the case for why the border should be the lead issue. There is new information indicating that Biden has let in tens of thousands of Middle Easterners just in the past year. We are facing unavoidable peril from the invasion, and if we cannot unite the House GOP behind a death match over that issue, then this entire exercise was a waste of time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney joins Good Morning BT with Bo Thompson & Beth Troutman with compelling content about the continuing process to select a new Speaker of the House, why the Freedom Caucus was originally created and what it has become, challenges faced by the current administration as the Israel war with Hamas escalates, Secretary of State Antony Blinken's letter to State Department staff after media reports of State Department staff members being upset by the humanitarian crisis increasing in Gaza, and Mulvaney Music Trivia!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

JOIN SHERI HORN HASAN FOR A LOOK AT ALL THE “ASTRO NEWS YOU CAN USE “AT KARMIC EVOLUTION DOT COM TODAY OCTOBER 20 AT 11 A.M. PT & 2 PM ET!We continue to adjust to last week's quincunxes which caused sudden confusion about what's true & what's not, as we approached the Libra Sun/Mercury superior conjunction October 19/20. Join us to discuss the repercussions of this--not only on the world stage, but the U.S. domestic one as well--as situations continue to spiral out of control & partners cajole &/or bully each other into accepting their points of view as Mercury & the Sun square Pluto October 20/21.Along the way, we'll review President Joe Biden's chart as transiting Saturn sits on his 3rd House of communication's South Node, indicating the obstacles he faces & the hard work necessary to convince the world—and his own Congress—that he's committed to peace & stability everywhere.We'll also check out the chart of Congressman Jim Jordan—one of the founders of the GOP's Freedom Caucus in the House of Representatives—as he doggedly pursues his Aquarius Saturn/Mars/Sun fixed ideology via his Venus/Eris/Jupiter/Moon stellium in Aries. Do these perhaps back up current complaints that he's strong-arming fellow GOP'ers to vote for him as speaker of the House, including through the use of threats?Not an impossibility as Mercury & the Sun square Pluto October 20/21 & we experience the first quarter monthly square of the Capricorn Moon to the Libra Sun & Mercury enters Scorpio October 21. Financial solutions come into play now as Venus in Virgo trines Jupiter Rx in Taurus, & Mercury moves into Scorpio then, too. We can only hope to recognize the blunt truth as Mercury trines Saturn Rx October 22, the Sun enters Scorpio October 23 & then trines Saturn, too, on the 24. And that perhaps long-term future goals—and plans to successfully achieve them--will come into concrete manifestation by then.It's at the Taurus Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on October 28 that we'll be asked to release our attachment to the Scorpio Sun's propensity for a constant state of transformation (which looks to be SO chaotic right now given the prominent presence of Eris, the goddess of chaos, discord & strife, as she aligns-with the transiting karmic Aries North Node of destiny.) Right now, however, confusions still reigns.Join us for an enlightening astro-discussion of these current astro-energies! And while you're at KARMIC EVOLUTION DOT COM, don't forget to download your free “How To Keep Your Sun Sign Happy!” astrological advice from renowned astrologer Steven Forrest! You'll be happy you did! Namaste…

Rep. Andy Biggs says that keeping Speaker Pro Tempore McHenry for 90 days and empowering him to be a temporary solution is “absolutely not” an option. The Freedom Caucus member says it is not a popular option for most of the House Republicans, that outside of Freedom Caucus “echo chamber,” members think the McHenry option is “a bad idea, it's dangerous,” and that Republicans should vote a new Speaker in and “get it over and done with.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: On Wednesday, the House of Representatives once again voted to fill the speakership position left vacant following the removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). The Republican nominee for speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), received 199 votes—well short of the 217 votes he needed to win a majority of the House and one fewer vote than he received on Tuesday. It seems increasingly unlikely that House Republicans will be able to coalesce behind one candidate. Consequently, many House members are calling for a temporary expansion of powers granted to Speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry (R-NC). According to Annie Karni of The New York Times, “Scott Perry, the chairman of the Freedom Caucus that Jordan helped establish, says he won't support any resolution to empower Patrick McHenry, the speaker pro tem. Perry says he hopes Jordan keeps fighting, adding that the race is simply about ‘stamina.'” You can read updates as they unfold here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/18/us/house-speaker-vote-jim-jordan On Wednesday, President Joe Biden delivered an address from Tel Aviv, Israel and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. While taking questions from the press, Biden discussed a deadly strike on a hospital in Gaza: "Based on what I've seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. But there's a lot of people who are not sure." The Wall Street Journal reports, “Israel, the U.S. government and independent security experts cast doubt Wednesday on Palestinian claims that an Israeli airstrike was responsible for a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital compound, saying the preliminary evidence pointed to a local militant group. Independent analysts poring over publicly available images of Tuesday's explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza and its aftermath say the blast site doesn't bear the hallmarks of a strike with a bomb or missile of the types usually used by Israel….The U.S. has collected ‘high confidence' signals intelligence indicating that the blast at the hospital in Gaza was caused by the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, U.S. officials said, buttressing Israel's contention that it wasn't responsible for the blast.” You can read more from the report from journalists Margherita Stancati, Yaroslav Trofimov, Nancy A. Youssef, and Stephen Kalin here: https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-tries-to-back-up-claims-it-didnt-attack-gaza-hospital-a8cc3405 Rich accuses Momma Zeoli of purchasing the worst frozen pizza he has ever tasted. RNC Research on X notes that progressive representatives Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Summer Lee have not removed social media posts falsely blaming Israel for a missile strike on a hospital in Gaza—which has now been attributed to Palestinian terrorists accidentally misfiring a rocket.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: Michele Exner—Senior Advisor for Parents Defending Education—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss her latest opinion piece in The Daily Caller, “The Real Reason Why Many Young Americans Side with Pure Evil.” You can read her editorial here: https://dailycaller.com/2023/10/17/opinion-the-real-reason-why-so-many-young-americans-are-siding-with-pure-evil-michele-exner/ The Wall Street Journal reports, “Israel, the U.S. government and independent security experts cast doubt Wednesday on Palestinian claims that an Israeli airstrike was responsible for a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital compound, saying the preliminary evidence pointed to a local militant group. Independent analysts poring over publicly available images of Tuesday's explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza and its aftermath say the blast site doesn't bear the hallmarks of a strike with a bomb or missile of the types usually used by Israel….The U.S. has collected ‘high confidence' signals intelligence indicating that the blast at the hospital in Gaza was caused by the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, U.S. officials said, buttressing Israel's contention that it wasn't responsible for the blast.” You can read more from the report from journalists Margherita Stancati, Yaroslav Trofimov, Nancy A. Youssef, and Stephen Kalin here: https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-tries-to-back-up-claims-it-didnt-attack-gaza-hospital-a8cc3405 On Wednesday, the House of Representatives once again voted to fill the speakership position left vacant following the removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). The Republican nominee for speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), received 199 votes—well short of the 217 votes he needed to win a majority of the House and one fewer vote than he received on Tuesday. It seems increasingly unlikely that House Republicans will be able to coalesce behind one candidate. Consequently, many House members are calling for a temporary expansion of powers granted to Speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry (R-NC). According to Annie Karni of The New York Times, “Scott Perry, the chairman of the Freedom Caucus that Jordan helped establish, says he won't support any resolution to empower Patrick McHenry, the speaker pro tem. Perry says he hopes Jordan keeps fighting, adding that the race is simply about ‘stamina.'” You can read updates as they unfold here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/18/us/house-speaker-vote-jim-jordan While appearing on the All In Podcast, billionaire venture capitalist and democrat donor Chamath Palihapitiya concedes that now, in hindsight, he realizes former President Donald Trump's policies were actually effective and good. He explained: “so much of the work that happened in [the Trump] administration turned out to be right” but no one wanted to acknowledgement is at the time because of “Trump derangement syndrome.”

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (10/18/2023): 3:05pm- On Wednesday, the House of Representatives once again voted to fill the speakership position left vacant following the removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). The Republican nominee for speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), received 199 votes—well short of the 217 votes he needed to win a majority of the House and one fewer vote than he received on Tuesday. It seems increasingly unlikely that House Republicans will be able to coalesce behind one candidate. Consequently, many House members are calling for a temporary expansion of powers granted to Speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry (R-NC). According to Annie Karni of The New York Times, “Scott Perry, the chairman of the Freedom Caucus that Jordan helped establish, says he won't support any resolution to empower Patrick McHenry, the speaker pro tem. Perry says he hopes Jordan keeps fighting, adding that the race is simply about ‘stamina.'” You can read updates as they unfold here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/18/us/house-speaker-vote-jim-jordan 3:15pm- On Wednesday, President Joe Biden delivered an address from Tel Aviv, Israel and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. While taking questions from the press, Biden discussed a deadly strike on a hospital in Gaza: "Based on what I've seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. But there's a lot of people who are not sure." 3:30pm- The Wall Street Journal reports, “Israel, the U.S. government and independent security experts cast doubt Wednesday on Palestinian claims that an Israeli airstrike was responsible for a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital compound, saying the preliminary evidence pointed to a local militant group. Independent analysts poring over publicly available images of Tuesday's explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza and its aftermath say the blast site doesn't bear the hallmarks of a strike with a bomb or missile of the types usually used by Israel….The U.S. has collected ‘high confidence' signals intelligence indicating that the blast at the hospital in Gaza was caused by the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, U.S. officials said, buttressing Israel's contention that it wasn't responsible for the blast.” You can read more from the report from journalists Margherita Stancati, Yaroslav Trofimov, Nancy A. Youssef, and Stephen Kalin here: https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-tries-to-back-up-claims-it-didnt-attack-gaza-hospital-a8cc3405 3:40pm- Rich accuses Momma Zeoli of purchasing the worst frozen pizza he has ever tasted. 3:50pm- RNC Research on X notes that progressive representatives Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Summer Lee have not removed social media posts falsely blaming Israel for a missile strike on a hospital in Gaza—which has now been attributed to Palestinian terrorists accidentally misfiring a rocket. 4:05pm- Libby Emmons of The Post Millennial writes, “Twitter user Douglass Mackey [has been] sentenced to 7 months in prison after being found guilty of election interference for making memes disparaging Hillary Clinton.” She notes, “[t]here was no evidence to suggest that any voter attempted to cast their ballot via text in response to Mackey's meme.” How could any court criminally punish satirical speech on social media? Could the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately end up hearing this freedom of speech case? You can read more here: https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-twitter-user-douglass-mackey-sentenced-to-7-months-in-prison-after-being-found-guilty-of-election-interference-for-making-memes-disparaging-hillary-clinton?utm_campaign=64483 4:40pm- David Averre of The Daily Mail writes: “Israel's Defence Forces have released a slew of evidence they claim proves an overnight explosion at a Gaza hospital that killed hundreds of people was caused by a misfiring rocket launched by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. In an audio clip procured by Israeli military intelligence, two alleged Hamas terrorists can be heard discussing the explosion and confirming the rocket came from Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) - an independent jihadist group. 'They are saying (the rocket) belongs to Palestinian Islamic Jihad. It's from us?' one alleged Hamas member asks in the clip provided by Israel's military intelligence.” You can read Averre's article here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12643229/Israel-blast-Gaza-hospital-Palestine-video-rocket-misfire.html 5:05pm- Dr. EJ Antoni—Economist & Research Fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget—joins The Rich Zeoli Show for The Drive at 5. Dr. Antoni reacts to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claiming that the U.S. can easily afford to fund wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. How is that possible when our country's annual budget remains imbalanced, and the current national debt exceeds $33 trillion? You can read Dr. Antoni's most recent commentary in the Telegraph Herald, “Worsening Economy Pushes Consumers Near the Breaking Point,” here: https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/opinion/article_49736bc5-9bd4-5b20-82b0-1cd8a5c2eeb0.html 5:30pm- Rich has a highly respected economist in-studio and decides to ask him if Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sounds like Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs! 5:40pm- In a House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing, University of Chicago Professor, and Economist, Casey Mulligan revealed that government regulations are costing American households massive amounts of money. Mulligan explains: “The most notorious cost of regulation is the paperwork, sometimes known as ‘red tape.' The federal executive branch alone issues thousands of new regulations each year that add to the 200,000 pages of federal rules already in place. One finding is that the rules finalized by the Biden Administration through the end of 2022 impose costs of nearly $10,000 per household, which is $1,300 more than the burden of the Obama Administration rules during the comparable timeframe.” You can read more here: https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-the-biden-administrations-regulatory-blitz-jeopardizes-americas-economy%EF%BF%BC/ 6:05pm- Michele Exner—Senior Advisor for Parents Defending Education—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss her latest opinion piece in The Daily Caller, “The Real Reason Why Many Young Americans Side with Pure Evil.” You can read her editorial here: https://dailycaller.com/2023/10/17/opinion-the-real-reason-why-so-many-young-americans-are-siding-with-pure-evil-michele-exner/ 6:30pm- The Wall Street Journal reports, “Israel, the U.S. government and independent security experts cast doubt Wednesday on Palestinian claims that an Israeli airstrike was responsible for a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital compound, saying the preliminary evidence pointed to a local militant group. Independent analysts poring over publicly available images of Tuesday's explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza and its aftermath say the blast site doesn't bear the hallmarks of a strike with a bomb or missile of the types usually used by Israel….The U.S. has collected ‘high confidence' signals intelligence indicating that the blast at the hospital in Gaza was caused by the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, U.S. officials said, buttressing Israel's contention that it wasn't responsible for the blast.” You can read more from the report from journalists Margherita Stancati, Yaroslav Trofimov, Nancy A. Youssef, and Stephen Kalin here: https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-tries-to-back-up-claims-it-didnt-attack-gaza-hospital-a8cc3405 6:40pm- On Wednesday, the House of Representatives once again voted to fill the speakership position left vacant following the removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). The Republican nominee for speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), received 199 votes—well short of the 217 votes he needed to win a majority of the House and one fewer vote than he received on Tuesday. It seems increasingly unlikely that House Republicans will be able to coalesce behind one candidate. Consequently, many House members are calling for a temporary expansion of powers granted to Speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry (R-NC). According to Annie Karni of The New York Times, “Scott Perry, the chairman of the Freedom Caucus that Jordan helped establish, says he won't support any resolution to empower Patrick McHenry, the speaker pro tem. Perry says he hopes Jordan keeps fighting, adding that the race is simply about ‘stamina.'” You can read updates as they unfold here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/18/us/house-speaker-vote-jim-jordan 6:55pm- While appearing on the All In Podcast, billionaire venture capitalist and democrat donor Chamath Palihapitiya concedes that now, in hindsight, he realizes former President Donald Trump's policies were actually effective and good. He explained: “so much of the work that happened in [the Trump] administration turned out to be right” but no one wanted to acknowledge it at the time because of “Trump derangement syndrome.”

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From rap videos to the Met Gala red carpet, high fashion and hip-hop are inseparable nowadays. A new book documents the melding of the two.   Rep. Jim Jordan, a far-right member of the Freedom Caucus, could become the next House speaker. He'll need to win over more moderate members of the caucus October 14 was the last day for Gov. Newsom to sign or veto hundreds of California bills. He approved ones that would tackle mental health and homelessness.  A federal judge imposes a gag order on Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. And the feds and ACLU reached a settlement over the Trump administration's child separation policy. After asking for equal pay as her male co-star, Somers was fired from the sitcom Three's Company. She went on to make millions as a health and fitness guru.

Full Hour | Today, Dom led off the Dom Giordano Program by discussing continued developments around the situation in Israel and the Gaza Strip, telling that there have been more progressives now coming to the defense of the terroristic acts by Hamas. Then, Dom offers his thoughts on a tragic shooting of off-duty police officers at the Philadelphia Airport, telling his take and asking whether there has been surveillance footage.' Then, Dom welcomes Representative Scott Perry, leader of the Freedom Caucus, onto the Dom Giordano Program to take us inside the debate for who should be the next Speaker of the House following McCarthy's ouster last week. Perry reveals why Steve Scalise has withdrawn his name from consideration, and reveals that many lawmakers have left Washington D.C. in an effort to not have to vote for Jim Jordan. Perry explains the importance of coming to a solution quickly, explaining with Dom the negative political implications of this situation. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Dom welcomes Representative Scott Perry, leader of the Freedom Caucus, onto the Dom Giordano Program to take us inside the debate for who should be the next Speaker of the House following McCarthy's ouster last week. Perry reveals why Steve Scalise has withdrawn his name from consideration, and reveals that many lawmakers have left Washington D.C. in an effort to not have to vote for Jim Jordan. Perry explains the importance of coming to a solution quickly, explaining with Dom the negative political implications of this situation. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Liam Donovan, a principal at Bracewell and longtime insider and observer of the Hill GOP, returns to weigh in on a chaotic couple of weeks in the House - including the surprise sidestepping of a government shutdown, the toppling of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and the budding race to fill his shoes. In this conversation, Liam talks the factors that led to McCarthy's ouster, how House Democrats could've "saved" him (and why they didn't), how he's thinking about the nascent race to be the next Speaker, a check-in on the '24 GOP presidential primary & more.IN THIS EPISODELiam's take on the 9-month tenure of Speaker McCarthy…Liam's biggest surprises in the saga of the toppling of Kevin McCarthy…Why the CR to keep the government open both antagonized GOP rebels while alienating House Democrats…Why Democrats might have chosen to “save" McCarthy…and why they didn't…How Liam is looking at the Jordan vs. Scalise battle for Speaker…Liam on the possibility of a McCarthy Restoration…Why acting-Speaker Patrick McHenry could be a default longer-term option…A couple members of the GOP conference who Liam thinks will be predictive of who emerges from the fight for Speaker…Liam on a possible shutdown after the 45-day CR elapses…The path forward for additional funding of Ukraine…Liam's latest take on Trump's strength in the GOP presidential primary and the campaigns of Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley…AND big bargaining chips, catching the fly, Wile E. Coyote, the debt limit crisis, Diet Trump, discharge petitions, evil-genius super villains, Brian Fitzpatrick, the Freedom Caucus, the Gaetz 8, the Full Ginsberg, Lindsay Graham, gratuitous shutdowns, Garret Graves, Ben Jacobs, Hakeem Jeffries, jousting with totems, Mitch McConnell, nihilism, AOC, Nancy Pelosi, Politico, procedural blockades, Punchbowl, The Republican Study Committee, revocable non-support, tipping points, Glenn Youngkin…& more!

Rep. Eli Crane, one of Eight Republicans to vote to oust Kevin McCarthy from House speakership. A says after emotions settle he's ‘hopeful' that new Speaker will be ‘more conservative, America-first Speaker to lead Congress through these tough times. House Freedom Caucus member says, Americans are ‘so tired' of Republicans not fighting, want to see “strong, honest, transparent leaders in Congress.” Additional interviews with Freedom Caucus member Rep. Andy Biggs and House Intelligence member Rep. Austin Scott on his thoughts for Congress getting their act together in the next 40 days to pass a comprehensive budget for the American people. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Stigall goes to a trusted source in the House of Representatives for the blow by blow truth of what was behind the Matt Gaetz, Kevin McCarthy spat. The attacks on both men - are they fair and warranted? What's real and what's gossip? You'll get the most thorough behind the scenes testimony of the state of House Republicans and where they go from here. Newsmax border correspondent Jaeson Jones reacts to blue state governors and mayors demanding the border be closed immediately. Chadwick Moore returns to discuss the growing fanbase of Tucker Carlson. Are they turing into the "Howard Stern" of old kind of fan? Maybe. Stigall has some evidence. -For more info visit the official website: https://chrisstigall.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisstigallshow/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisStigallFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.stigall/Listen on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/StigallPodListen on Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/StigallShowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's Headlines: In the midst of a chaotic recess in the House of Representatives, potential candidates for the next Speaker, Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan, have emerged, with Scalise being an establishment-leaning Republican and Jordan representing the far-right Freedom Caucus. President Biden announced $9 billion in student loan forgiveness for 125,000 individuals, despite student loan repayments resuming on October 1st. The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, raising suspicions that it's an attempt to evade accountability for decades of child sexual abuse amid changing laws. The Department of Justice charged eight Chinese companies and 12 executives for supplying chemicals used in the illegal production of drugs, particularly fentanyl, in a bid to combat the deadly drug epidemic. Abercrombie & Fitch is under investigation following allegations that its former CEO, Mike Jeffries, exploited men at sex parties hosted between 2009 and 2015, with some attendees lured under false pretenses and promised modeling opportunities with the company. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: WA Post: Scalise, Jordan running to replace McCarthy as House speaker WA Post: Biden touts $9B more in student loan forgiveness, progress in debt relief  CNN: Baltimore Archdiocese files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ahead of anticipated lawsuits over child sexual abuse  WA Post: NATIONAL SECURITY Foreign Policy Intelligence Justice Military U.S. charges Chinese companies, executives with fentanyl crimes BBC: Abercrombie & Fitch ex-CEO accused of exploiting men for sex  Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Single Topic Bills to Save AmericaScoundrels love complexity because they get to hide behind it. Today I will go through simple, easy examples of single topic bills that would be hard for anyone to argue against, as we discuss how they would reveal who wants to save America and who wants to ruin her. And, as evidenced by the Professional Republican Class's response to McCarthy getting canned, we discuss why the Shiny Shoes want to keep the precious omnibus bills.What does God's Word say? God Himself uses single topic laws and clear language for organizing the entire worldThe Ten CommandmentsEpisode 1,128 Links:Biden blames Republicans for the upcoming shut-down.Speaker McCarthy wont answer questions about impending shutdownRep Brandon Williams says he doesn't know how the shutdown works45 day spending bill passed, Schumer pokes at MAGAFLASHBACK: The Media's Long History of One-Sided Shutdown Coverage“Well-funded” GOP group suddenly realizes after extensive polling that they can't lay a finger on Trump…“Remember when you had a President who tried to save the country and didn't give a damn about being ‘blamed.'”Dana Perino, Fox News moderator last night has had a busy week. A few days before tanking last night, she introduced HILLARY CLINTON at her money laundering conference…normal stuff from a “conservative” journalist.BREAKING: GA Senate GOP just removed Colton Moore from “Freedom Caucus” for holding Fani Willis accountable…DeSantis on Bill Mahr's showMeet the guy who prosecuted me in Tampa for walking in a building on January 6th. My crimes were so egregious that he demanded I wear an ankle monitor, be drugged tested at random, surrender my passports, be restricted to middle district of Florida, and given a nightly curfew. What restrictions do you think he should get for stabbing a man repeatedly in public?2015. Forty five days after his son died, Joe Biden addressed the Ukrainian Prime Minister and a group of prominent Ukrainian business leaders. Listen carefully to what he said.Here's the guy The Party wants to replace the FigureHead, Gavin Newsome, American Psycho4Patriots https://4patriots.com Protect your family with Food kits, solar generators and more at 4Patriots. Use code TODD for 10% off your first purchase. Alan's Soaps https://alanssoaps.com/TODD Use coupon code ‘TODD' to save an additional 10% off the bundle price. American Financing https://americanfinancing.net Visit to see what American Financing can do for you or call 866-887-2275 BiOptimizers https://bioptimizers.com/todd Use promo code TODD for 10% off your order. Bonefrog https://bonefrog.us Enter promo code TODD at checkout to receive 10% off your subscription. Bulwark Capital http://KnowYourRiskRadio.com Find out how Bulwark Capital Actively Manages risk. Call 866-779-RISK or visit KnowYourRiskRadio.com Patriot Mobile https://patriotmobile.com/herman Get free activation today with offer code HERMAN. Visit or call 878-PATRIOT. RuffGreens https://ruffgreens.com/todd Get your FREE Jumpstart Trial Bag of Ruff Greens, simply cover shipping. Visit or call 877-MYDOG-64. SOTA Weight Loss https://sotaweightloss.com SOTA Weight Loss is, say it with me now, STATE OF THE ART! Sound of Freedom https://angel.com/freedom Join the two million and see Sound of Freedom in theaters July 4th. GreenHaven Interactive https://greenhaveninteractive.com Digital Marketing including search engine optimization and website design.

Democrats learned much from the Obama years:  we are DONE cleaning up Republican messes and then getting blamed when we do. You got elected, GOP, learn to govern, or go home.  More at proleftpod.com.  Support the show

We will not succeed in changing the GOP, much less defeating the Democrats, until we achieve some common purpose among those of us on the Right. Today, I discuss the intricacies of divisions even among Freedom Caucus members and how each one is offering a different strategy on the budget. I also game out the likely outcomes of the Jordan vs. Scalise fight for speaker and how it could present opportunities for another candidate. We also must ensure that we don't wind up with a leadership structure that keeps the status quo but is loyal to Trump as a person but not the issues motivating his base. That is embodied through people like Elise Stefanik, who is the lowest common denominator between the vices of the establishment and Trump with the virtues of neither. Finally, we're joined again by Chip Roy, who says he is working to build consensus on the Right for the budget strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our roll call vote to vacate the chair at KITM World Headquarters was roundly defeated this morning by David Waldman shrewdly bringing in a box of donuts for everybody. Plus, it's Thursday, so Greg Dworkin is here and has much to tell us about many things. Voters say Kevin McCarthy shouldn't have been ousted and don't believe Democrats should have saved him. That pretty much leaves Kevin and the MAGA nimrods at fault for their recent fiasco. McCarthy double-crossed friend and foe alike, therefore it was logical to assume that he would continue if given a chance. For Dems, the decision was strictly business. As for the Freedom Caucus, they were handed a bazooka, and so of course the first place they'd aim it would be their head. A head isn't really something they would miss after all. Now, the Problem Solvers have a problem, and if moderates could find any heads, they would certainly make them roll. Mitch McConnell and Lauren Boebert agree, mistakes were made. Matt Gaetz, Nancy Mace and Steve KG Bannon on the other hand ask what could be more reasonable than asking for an occasional government collapse? At least House Republicans won't be trying anything that stupid again any time soon… Nope, they will be much more stupid next time. There's always room there for more stupid. 2000 Mules finally goes to court, after doing as much damage as it could. Along the Texas border, counties are trying to make it illegal to even travel on their roads on the way to get an abortion. Idaho banned abortion, and it's not a big supporter of pregnancy or births either. As news gets worse and worse for Bob Menendez, New Jersey's first lady Tammy Murphy is popping up as a potential successor.

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Visit storyrealestate.com. https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-kevin-mccarthy-removed-as-house-speaker?utm_campaign=64487 Kevin McCarthy REMOVED as House Speaker Members of the House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to oust Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The final tally showed 216 in favor of the motion to vacate, while 210 were opposed. Though McCarthy is no longer third in line to the presidency, he will retain his seat. The House will now have to decide who, if anyone, has enough votes to take over as Speaker. Until then, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) will act as Speaker pro tempore. Earlier Tuesday, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) stood and repeated his motion to vacate. Rep Tom Cole (R-OK) rose to offer to table that motion. The 15-minute vote saw 208 Republicans vote in favor of McCarthy's leadership, and 11 against. All Democrats were in favor of vacating. Following a 60-minute back and forth between those for and against vacating McCarthy's position, the final vote was taken. Gaetz was able to initiate proceedings on his own thanks to the inclusion of the Jeffersonian Motion in the deal made when McCarthy accepted the Speakership in January. Under the agreement, a single person was permitted to introduce a motion to remove McCarthy if he "goes back on his word or policy agenda." In the months since, McCarthy has been criticized by members of his own party for decisions regarding the appropriation of funds to Ukraine, among other things. He recently drew ire from Gaetz and his crew for teaming up with Democrats to pass a 45-day stopgap resolution to keep the government running, despite there not being a properly passed continuing resolution. "You don't know chaos until you've seen where this Congress and this uniparty is bringing us," the Florida Congressman said in response to suggestions from reporters that removing the Speaker would throw the House into disarray. Others, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY), disagreed with Gaetz, and indicated that they would support McCarthy. "I agree with you we need serious change," Greene said, "but there is no plan and no one capable even stepping up. Last time Freedom Caucus threw out a Speaker, we ended up with Paul Ryan who did not support President Trump’s agenda. Nothing can truly change until Trump is back in the WH." Prior to the vote, McCarthy admitted it was "likely" that he would be vacated, noting that if all Democrats sided against him, they would only need five Republican votes. https://dailycaller.com/2023/10/03/dnc-officials-minorities-representation/ DNC Officials Are Freaking Out Because They Can’t Get Enough Minorities To Represent Them High-ranking officials at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) are expressing significant worries that the committee is not meeting its self-established minority representation goals, Politico reported. Six present and former committee members are increasingly fretting about the lack of desired diversity among delegates selected to attend the 2023 DNC convention, according to Politico. At the same time, President Joe Biden’s campaign is hemorrhaging minority support, which is crucial for securing a second term. “I keep looking at these diversity goals in big states like New York, like California. And, for some reason, whether it’s the African American community, Black community, the LGBTQ+ community, or Hispanic community, [the] numbers continue to decrease,” political strategist and former chair of the DNC Donna Brazile stated at a recent committee meeting in Washington, D.C., according to Politico. “It raises a red flag in my judgment,” Brazile told Politico in an interview. “And then I try to find out what the hell is it.” Biden’s support among black, Latino and Asian voters plummeted from 63% in July to 47%, according to a Monmouth University poll published on Monday. The poll also found that Trump’s support from these demographics increased from 23% to 33% over the same period of time. The DNC employs a formula to determine delegate diversity figures, which is tailored for each state and considers factors like census data and Democrat-leaning status, according to Politico. “If African Americans are 10 percent of the population, they’re usually like 15-20 percent of the Democratic vote,” political scientist and DNC member Elaine Kamarck stated, according to Politico. “So that’s how the math starts to work for the affirmative action goals.” Biden won the 2020 presidential election with support from more than 70% of nonwhite voters, according to The New York Times. https://nypost.com/2023/10/03/disturbing-video-shows-moment-beloved-activist-poet-is-randomly-stabbed-to-death-in-front-of-girlfriend-on-nyc-street/ Disturbing video shows moment beloved activist, poet is randomly stabbed to death in front of girlfriend on NYC street Disturbing new video shows the moment an activist and poet was randomly stabbed to death in front of his girlfriend – who desperately tried to get help in the aftermath of the harrowing attack in Brooklyn. Ryan Carson, 32, and his girlfriend can be seen sitting on a bus stop bench in Bedford-Stuyvesant and speaking with his girlfriend as the two made their way home from a wedding on Long Island just before 4 a.m. on Monday, according to the surveillance footage. Wearing a gray suit, Carson and the young woman, dressed in a blue, sleeveless gown, get up and begin to walk down the block, in the same direction as a man in a dark colored sweatshirt who had just strolled past the pair at the B38 bus stop, with his hood up over his head and his hands in his pockets. Just feet ahead of them, the stranger begins kicking scooters parked near the curb for no apparent reason, the footage – obtained by The Post on Tuesday – shows. Suddenly, the unhinged man turns to Carson The community activist – who replied that he wasn’t looking at anything – then stepped between his girlfriend and the irate stranger, who began to advance on the couple. “I’ll kill you!” the maniac threatens as Carson pleads with him to “Chill! Chill!” and holds up his hand. But the attacker pursues Carson, pulling a knife, as the victim’s girlfriend – running up behind them – is heard frantically yelling “Please, please, please!” As he runs, Carson tumbles over the bench the couple had earlier been sitting on. The assailant then grabs his jacket and knocks him onto the ground, savagely stabbing him multiple times in the chest as the victim’s girlfriend catches up to them. He then walks away as Carson lies curled up on the ground, before returning and approaching the terrified woman, who raises her hand to stop him. The sicko spits on her – while still clutching the knife – before kicking Carson’s mortally wounded body and storming away. An unknown woman then appears near the corner of the frame, yelling, “Don’t hurt him!” at the crazed man and repeating what sounds like the name “Brian” or “Bryan.” Investigators believe that woman and the suspect knew each other prior to the slaying, police sources said Tuesday. “I’m so sorry!” the same woman exclaims as she approaches Carson, still lying on the sidewalk, as his worried girlfriend stands at his side. The video cuts off as the girlfriend kneels over her loved one’s body, gently moving his arm that had been hanging over his face. She held her gravely injured boyfriend in her arms before he was rushed to Kings County Hospital Center, but it was too late – as the stab wound had pierced his heart, according to cops and sources. The horrific attack happened at Lafayette Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard, just blocks from the Bedford-Nostrand avenues train station, where the couple had gotten off the subway on their way home from the wedding, cops said. No arrests had been made in the heinous crime by Tuesday afternoon, but a “Wanted” poster circulated showing a close-up of the suspect wearing a black “Champion” sweatshirt. Men, this is a somber reminder it’s always a good idea to carry a firearm to protect yourself and those you love. And finally… https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-airport-now-sheltering-hundreds-of-illegal-migrants-as-city-waits-on-tents Chicago Airport Now Sheltering Hundreds Of Illegal Migrants As City Waits On Tents Chicago is now sheltering hundreds of illegal migrants at O’Hare International Airport as the city waits for new shelters to be built. The hundreds of recent arrivals, including babies and the elderly, live in a shuttle bus center at the airport’s Terminal 1, where they sleep on cardboard and use airport bathrooms, the Associated Press reported. Up to 500 migrants have lived at O’Hare at the same time in the crowded area where privacy is a curtain closed with staples, although the migrants have spread out beyond the curtain, some sleeping along windows as travelers walk by. Medical care is limited, and germs reportedly spread quickly in the living area. A private firm watches the migrants and their activities. The haphazard shelter situation has raised concerns about public health as well as safety. “It was supposed to be a stop-and-go place,” said Vianney Marzullo, one of the few volunteers at O’Hare. “It’s very concerning. It is not just a safety matter, but a public health matter.” Some migrants are also living at Chicago’s other airport, Midway International Airport, about 20 miles south of O’Hare. Others are sleeping on the floors of police stations. Chicago has been scrambling to respond to a migrant crisis before the cold winter months arrive. The country’s third-largest city has experienced an influx of about 14,000 migrants recently, many from Venezuela, and has already spent at least $250 million on the issue. Last month, the city of Chicago signed a $29.4 million contract with a private security firm to build massive winterized camps for newly arrived illegal migrants. The firm will be responsible for building, staffing, and operating the huge tents, which must be able to house between 250 and 1,400 migrants. Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson faced pushback last month when he asked all 50 city council members to find two acres in their wards for a large tent that could house 200 migrants. “I’ve looked in my ward. I just don’t have any available space. I have one of the most dense wards in the city,” Alderman Brian Hopkins, whose ward includes parts of downtown, said last month. In the meantime, Chicago leaders have been begging the federal government for help with the migrant crisis. “Let me state this clearly: the city of Chicago cannot go on welcoming new arrivals safely and capably without significant support and immigration policy changes,” Johnson said in late August. The federal government has already given Chicago and Illinois at least $8.5 million for the migrant crisis. Other major cities are battling a migrant problem as well. New York City is struggling to process about 113,000 migrants who have streamed into the city since last summer. New York also set up tent shelters for migrants last year but ran into issues, including flooding in one of those shelters. Other cities like Boston and Atlantic City, New Jersey, have rejected the idea of sheltering migrants in airports.

What’s Trending: Radical progressives are advocating for sex offenders, vandals near Seward Park hit a staggering amount of cars and a liberal Texas congressman praises police after being carjacked. // The American people do not benefit from McCarthy's ouster, only Matt Gaetz does. // Former King County prosecutor and current Camas City council member Leslie Lewallen is taking on Joe Kent in WA-03. She does not want Portland's problem to leak across the river.

Congressman Scott Perry says if we're going to borrow money to pay for anyone's debt, it should be our own. Americans need to see and understand the swampiness and depravity of rot that has taken hold in this Legislature and our form of government and that's what the Freedom Caucus is trying to show them. Perry says they had an amendment on the floor to stop paying for Ukraine's sovereign debt, for debt they had incurred before the war with Russia. The amendment to stop paying for Ukraine's sovereign debt failed because both RINOs and Dems voted against it. So we're borrowing money from China to pay for Ukraine's pre-war debt. Insane. The only time there's discussion about shutting down the govt. is when Republicans are in charge and some want to stop bankrupting the country. There's not one Dem who wants to save a penny. Dems only argue about how much more to spend. Perry says voters need to understand that the people they send to D.C. matters and what they say on the campaign trail doesn't often match what they do in D.C.. Perry urges everyone to call their Representative, tell them they don't agree with Joe Biden, or Schumer, or the guy who pulled the fire alarm. Pull you own fire alarm and help put this fire out. Tell them to stop bankrupting America. Call the Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 Ask for your Representative by name—give ‘em what for! GUEST: REP. SCOTT PERRY, CHAIRMAN-FREEDOM CAUCUSSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.