About to go to the House Floor.

The votes that were for Andy Biggs on the first ballot appear to be going for Jim Jordan on the second ballot. It's almost like it was all orchestrated, like it was all part of the plan.

-The House literally doesn't have the votes to adjourn -As long as it doesn't adjourn, the House is required to take endless speaker votes -No one can win those votes -So Kevin McCarthy is stuck in endless repeating, inescapable loop of failing to become Speaker over and over

I've seen enough: GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R) will not win the speaker's gavel on the seventh ballot.

Per the physicians at UCMC, Damar’s breathing tube was removed overnight. He continues to progress remarkably in his recovery. His neurologic function remains intact and he has been able to talk to his family and care team.

A multiyear effort to prevent police from lying to children in Colorado may be dead on arrival already this year. The Dem leadership decided to add a former prosecutor opposed to the reform to a tiny legislative committee where he'd be the decided vote. boltsmag.org/colorado-senat…

It's a new day in Congress! Members and the public will actually get a chance to read legislation and provide feedback before votes. (Just kidding, the House GOP has a secret 3-page addendum to their rules package.)

Kevin McCarthy then: On the first day of the new House, we'll read the whole U.S. Constitution in public. Kevin McCarthy now: On the first day of the new House, we're refusing to make public the secret addendum to the rules package of promises I've made to the extremists.

California needs a warrior in the Senate—to stand up to special interests, fight the dangerous imbalance in our economy, and hold so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell accountable for rigging our democracy. Today, I'm proud to announce my candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024.

We’ll be talking more to Katie Porter Archived Handle about her Senate announcement on the next Pod Save America - let me know if you have questions!

One of the leading Virginia politics knowers projects that Democrat Aaron Rouse will flip newly elected Congresswoman Jen Kiggans’ vacant seat in the Virginia Senate. Big pickup ahead of GA session!

Result: Democrats FLIP a state Senate seat in Virginia in a special election tonight. Aaron Rouse‘s win expands their majority by one seat to 22-18, more breathing room for the coming 2023 session.

Biden Presidential Approval Poll from YouGov/The Economist: Approve: 50% Disapprove: 47% This is the first time that Biden has had a positive approval rating since the Afghanistan withdrawal and the most successful in-party midterm since 2002 docs.cdn.yougov.com/6ig3yyjvb9/eco…

The economy is starting to run well with inflation seemingly cooling down, shipping delays coming down, the housing market tapering a little, good jobs reports etc. It probably doesn’t hurt to be able to point towards House Republican dysfunction as a counterpoint to the admin

Holy shit. The Nassau County Republican Party just said that George Santos told them in his vetting interview that he was a star volleyball player at Baruch College and won the league championship. He didn’t even attend the school.

They should just start preemptively arresting anyone on the Forbes 30 Under 30.

Sleeping fully dressed, loaded rifle clutched in my hand, sitting on the kitchen floor in front of my gas stove, Fox News Channel blaring in the background.

Twitter has killed off API access for 3rd party Twitter clients. That's it for me. I signed up for Twitter in January 2007, and in January 2023, Elmo killed the service effectively for me. 16 years. It was a good run. You can find me on Mastodon going forward. So long, everyone.

You can find me on Mastodon @[email protected] - mastodon.social/@joelhousman

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