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BREAKING: Jim Jordan Nominates McCarthy on Second Speaker Ballot; McCarthy Still Doesn’t Have the Votes
It's been a dramatic first working day of January on Capitol Hill, as the House has just failed to elect a Speaker on the second ballot of the day. As Jennifer O'Connell covered, 19 Republicans did not vote for Rep.…
Kevin McCarthy Loses the First Round of Votes – Can He Turn the Tide?
The voting in the 188th Congress for the Speaker of the House has just concluded. For the first time since 1923, a House Speaker will not be elected on this first round of votes. A century ago, it took nine rounds of voting…
Mocking the Media with The 2022 Pulitzer Prize Dis-Honors – Part-2
After a year of mocking the mockable aspects of journalism, here are the year's Pulitzer dis-honorees.Read More
Anti-Kevin McCarthy Republicans Make Their Demands and Reveal How Far They Are Willing to Go
Things are moving quickly Tuesday morning as the first vote on who will be the Speaker of the House approaches.Read More
Why Did Kevin McCarthy Wait So Long to Try to Win People Over?
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A ‘Unity-Candidate’ Declares His Candidacy as the House Speaker Vote Approaches
With Kevin McCarthy likely short of the votes needed to become Speaker of the House, a "unity candidate" has finally thrown his name into the ring.Read More
Of Cephas Hour and Music That Matters
In the latest Cephas Hour installment, things kick off with an unspoken commentary regarding the comparative artistic quality of two recent Kennedy Center visitors. Following this, things get serious.Read More
Facial Recognition Software Leads to Mistaken Arrest of Georgia Man
Anyone who has ever seen a Hollywood dystopian action flick knows that the more automated life becomes, the closer we are to huddling in giant, underground cities while an elite few humans battle the machines for dominance of…
Donations to Damar Hamlin’s Community Toy Drive Have Gone From $2,500 to More Than $1.5 Million
Back in 2020, when Damar Hamlin had just entered the NFL, he created The Chasing M's Foundation as a way to give back to the community in which he was raised. He set up a modest GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for the…
MIT Goes Against the Grain, Releases a Stunning Statement Endorsing Free Speech
Surprise -- the Massachusetts Institute of Technology endorses students' liberty to engage in offensive speech...officially.Read More