Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Kevin McCarthy's deal with his defectors reportedly gives them the opportunity to force the U.S. to default on its debt and crash the global economy.

They plan to use the threat of default to force massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

ALERT: Federal court strikes down South Carolina's 1st Congressional District after finding that it is racially gerrymandered in violation of the 14th and 15th Amendments. The court ordered South Carolina lawmakers to draw a new map by March 31, 2023.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-court-strikes-down-south-carolina-congressional-district/

If #GeorgeSantos were to claim to have the same chance of becoming #Speaker as Kevin #McCarthy, he would be telling the truth.

If we end the day at 11: McCarthy has the lead in most votes for speaker since 1913 — and the lead in most speaker elections lost by a party leader.

Jeffries has the third-most votes and the record for elections in which he was the top vote-getter. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/04/jeffries-has-now-received-more-lifetime-votes-speaker-than-boehner/

New: The estate of Brian Sicknick, the US Capitol Police officer who was assaulted during the Jan. 6 attack and later died, is suing Donald Trump and two men charged in connection with the assault who took plea deals. More to come. https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/r0ugL49ZOQ8k/v0

Kevin McCarthy just lost the #SpeakeroftheHouse vote for the 9th time in 3 days.

Kevin McCarthy = 9 losses in 3 days
Nancy Pelosi = 0 losses in 8 years.

Shawgi Tell reminds us once again that charter schools can close any time they wish, with no notice or assistance to the families left high and dry. - Historically in less than 20 years half of all charter schools go out of business and close. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/shawgi-tell-another-charter-school-abandons-parents-students-and-teachers/ #Education

That gavel keeps looking like it wants to fly into Hakeem Jeffries hand like Thor’s hammer

#BREAKING White House says US, Germany to send Ukraine armored vehicles

Nobody should think that McCarthy is the establishment of Republican here being held hostage by insurgents. All groups are majority-MAGA nihilists and nobody is fighting for effective or a good government, but just individual self advancement based on where they sit.

We’ve gone from the most productive Congress in decades under Democrats to one where a barely passing motion to adjourn and go home by republicans is the treated like a glorious victory.

Remember those cars Andrew Tate bragged about in his original tweet to Greta Thunberg?

Romanian authorities just seized them.

It seems odd that the third hand on a watch is called the second hand.

Once upon a time, GOP stood for limited government. In time, it became the party of “cultural conservatism.”

Now, it’s a cauldron of bitterness, xenophobia, racism, homophobia & anti-intellectualism.

Let's be clear: The Republican Party has lost any legitimate reason for being.