This is bad, right? After three weeks of paralysis in the House, an exhausted GOP lined up behind a smiling, mild-mannered, Christo-nationalist Trump acolyte, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA). The new Speaker is an election denier who helped architect efforts in Congress to overturn the 2020 election and is squarely aligned with the far-right extremists in the House.
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A good read. I just hope it’s not too optimistic.
yeah. i’m just hoping the Democrats don’t whiff the ball on their messaging again