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Jack Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec BREAKING: House Oversight Committee to hold FBI director Chris Wray in contempt of Congress over refusal to turn over Biden docs thepostmillennial.com BREAKING: House Oversight Committee to hold FBI director Chris Wray in contempt of Congress over... 4:26 PM · May 30, 2023

On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) reacted to claims by some Republicans in Congress that there are no wins for Democrats in the debt ceiling bill by stating that in “most of the briefings that I’ve been in, people talked about how much worse it could have been.” After playing clips of House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) saying that Democrats didn’t get any wins in the deal, co-host Poppy Harlow asked, “Do you agree with that assessment?”

Joe Scarborough just made your search for the perfect Christmas gift for him a lot easier: make it a mirror! Because in a moment of utter obliviousness on Tuesday's Morning Joe, he praised President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy for acting like "grown-ups" in reaching a deal on the debt limit, Scarborough said: "We live in this . . . political world that's designed to promote discord, division, hatred, where our political opponents are actually our sworn enemy....And here, you know, the nation's economy was on the line. And, you know, he behaved responsibly. Biden behaved responsibly. They were grown-ups....

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he will lead an effort to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress if he refuses to share an informant file accusing President Biden of being part of a $5 million bribery scheme while he was vice president. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) gave Wray until Tuesday to comply with a subpoena for the tipoff — warning that his continued refusal would begin the contempt process. “Let me tell Director Christopher Wray right here, right now: If he misses the deadline today, I’m prepared to move contempt charges...

I am not entirely sure how it was possible, but it appears that Kevin McCarthy was able to find a deal that may, in fact, be worse than a clean debt ceiling increase. But based on feedback from conservatives in Congress and activists from around the country, that appears to be what we have.In previous writings, I contended that, as long as Republicans didn’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, any deal would be a win and progressives acted as though this was the case. But McCarthy, true to form for Republican leadership, seems to have done exactly that...

Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) claimed confidently that he is “not at all” concerned about losing his position as Speaker of the House despite growing opposition among conservative lawmakers regarding the recent debt limit deal reached between him and Joe Biden. On Sunday, Kevin McCarthy and Joe Biden reached a final agreement on the debt limit to avert a government default. “Good news,” Biden announced. “The agreement prevents the worst possible crisis, a default, for the first time in our nation’s history,” he said. “Takes the threat of a catastrophic default off the table.” “This is a good strong bill that a...

Several Republican representatives say they're unhappy with the debt ceiling deal after the White House and House Speaker reached a tentative agreement Saturday night. Kevin McCarthy said he'd spoken with President Joe Biden on the phone twice and struck a deal in principle after weeks of fraught negotiations. The deal means the US will avert a national debt default, which could trigger chaos on financial markets and send the dollar sinking – but the legislation still has to pass both the House and the Senate. Republican Congressmen Ralph Norman and Ken Buck both attacked the agreement. Norman, of South Carolina,...

Word from Australia that the New South Wales Police have suspended the officer who tased a 95-year-old woman at an aged care facility... In Mexico millions of people are on alert for evacuation due to volcanic activity... In Washington DC the talks between Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cutting a spending deal with the "far-right" National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir... "the political weaponization of the FBI to destroy a political candidate and then a sitting President" Politics in the USA and Democrat Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr... The third-place candidate in the first...

On Friday, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) wrote the FBI demanding they turn over a document alleging a bribery scheme involving then Vice President Joe Biden. The document in question is not classified. Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday said the FBI is poised to turn the damning document over to the Oversight Committe. But later today the FBI told Republicans to pound sand – the agency penned a letter to Comer they will not be turning over the document. ..... Snip..... The Daily Mail reported Speaker Kevin McCarthy has declared the FBI is poised to hand over a...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy considered removing Russia hoaxer and serial liar Adam Schiff (D-CA) from Congress as well as pursuing possible criminal charges following the release of the Durham Report. Special Counsel John Durham released his final report concluding the FBI had no verified intel when it opened the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into Trump in 2016. “Neither U.S. law enforcement nor the Intelligence Community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion in their holdings at the commencement of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation,” Durham wrote in a 300-plus page report sent to Congress, adding their investigation of Trump’s campaign...

Last week, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy visited Israel. McCarthy has yet to establish himself as a powerful force in Washington, in contrast to his Democratic predecessor Nancy Pelosi, or even his fellow Republican from a bygone era, Newt Gingrich. When he tried to get elected, the far-right wing of his party put him through a humiliating process that made Cersei Lannister's march of shame in Game of Thrones look like a lovely walk in the park. I hope that the humiliations he suffered at the hands of his fellow Republicans prepared him well for the...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Tuesday canceled Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s antisemitic event at the U.S. Capitol scheduled for Wednesday and will host a “bipartisan discussion to honor the 75th anniversary of the US-Israel relationship” in its place. Tlaib planned a Wednesday event at the Capitol Visitor Center to mourn Israel’s founding. The event was to celebrate the “Nakba,” which is a Palestinian term for the creation of Israel that loosely translates as “catastrophe,” according to the Washington Free Beacon. As the Washington Free Beacon detailed: Tlaib was scheduled to headline the anti-Israel event with several organizations that support the...

With Mika Brzezinski leading the charge, Morning Joe heaped praise on Kevin McCarthy today for his strong statement to a Russian reporter during his visit to Israel bashing Russia's invasion of Ukraine and in support of aid to Ukraine. In part, McCarthy said "I do not support what your country has done to Ukraine. I do not support your killing of the children either. And I think for one standpoint, you should pull out." Mika acknowledged that she has been a "frequent critic" of McCarthy, but called his statement "amazing," and even, without irony, clapped [see screencap] in a show...

A new development in the 7.5-million-dollar state lawsuits from Idaho medical conglomerate St. Luke's Hospital against Ammon Bundy and Diego Rodriguez. They are seeking relief from a federal court... The Biden Administration throwing down the gauntlet on the US National Debt. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen saying the Debt Ceiling must be increased by June 1st... An Israel air strike tonight in the Aleppo area of Syria...The attack coming ahead of the planned Wednesday visit to Syria by Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi... The White House speaking after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he would invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to...

Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, says that if President Joe Biden would not invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, he would invite him to Congress. Speaker McCarthy made his remarks in an extensive interview which will be published in Monday's Israel Hayom newspaper. McCarthy says he does not know the timing, but if it happens, he will invite Netanyahu to meet at the House. He adds that the Prime Minister is a dear friend, and as the leader of a nation with very good ties with the US, he believes the...

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) delivered remarks at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday morning that warned of the brewing debt ceiling showdown and torched President Joe Biden for being unwilling to work toward a solution. McCarthy pointed out that the economic woes facing Americans today are the result of "two short years" in which President Biden and Democrats in Congress added trillions of dollars to the nation's debt and undermined programs such as Social Security and Medicare. “We are seeing, in real-time, the effects of reckless government spending," McCarthy said in New York. "Record inflation, and...

"It's the economy stupid" Legendary Democrat Political Consultant James Carville-1992 Who do the Republicans and Democrats turn up the heat on social issues? So they can deflect from the economic issues that potentially could hurt both of them. When the economy is bad all incumbent politicians regardless of label are threatened... Every issue from Donald Trump to Hunter Biden to name the issue a distraction from the economic train running off the cliff the debt ceiling issue looms large Kevin McCarthy and Joe Biden will have to "cut a deal" sooner or later. The US dollar is under pressure its...

VIDEOAlmost every damn time a few January 6 videos are released we find yet more evidence that it was a Fedsurrection. In this case, a couple of recent video releases reveal an obvious Fedsurrectionist tearing away a gate section outside the Capitol as well as video of Capitol Police standing down, despite being berated by a MAGA patriot for doing nothing, as the Fedsurrectionists cause damage at the Capitol. Why do we still need to rely only on these few videos for evidence when there are at least 40,000 hours of J6 video which House Speaker Kevin McCarthy promised would...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif) popularity has spiked since taking on the new job as Speaker of the House this year. According to the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, McCarthy’s job approval rating is taking new heights, up 15 points from last year. He currently has a rating of positive seven. The poll found that 44 percent of voters approved of McCarthy’s job as Speaker, while only 37 percent said they disapproved. In December, just a month before securing the House Speaker votes, McCarthy’s job approval rating was at a negative eight, with only 36 percent of voters strongly or somewhat approving...

BEIJING (Reuters)--China will hold three days of military exercises around Taiwan starting from Saturday, the People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theatre Command announced, the day after Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen returned from a trip to the United States. China will hold "combat readiness patrols" and exercises around in the Taiwan Strait and to the north, south and east of Taiwan "as planned", it added in a brief statement. Tsai met U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy while in Los Angeles on Wednesday, angering Beijing which views Taiwan as its own territory...