No, Kevin, Republicans did this Please append this to Digby’s Tuesday post, The Most Fatuous Spin In World History. Former speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) spun like a top yesterday after Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) lost his first vote for Speaker of the House by 20 Republican votes one week after Republicans gave McCarthy the boot and stopped the House cold amidst an international crisis. McCarthy: “Every single Democrat voted to stop one branch of government. They created this mess with eight Republicans. Every single Democrat did this.” McCarthy was referring to the vote last week that ousted him as speaker. Um, Short Attention Span Theater, Kevin. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) reminds Republicans that the reason they, McCarthy, Jordan, and the country are in this mess (and why McCarthy is out of a job) dates from a January vote by Republicans only (here). McCarthy himself set the stage for his ouster by caving to his MAGA lunatics’ demand for a rule change that would allow only one member of Congress to bring a “motion to vacate” and force a vote on removing the speaker. One did. Matt Gaetz did. And here we are.
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Tehran's support for 'wars of division' in the Middle East is an attempt to divide the West, argues Brian Latham
“That England that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself” – William Shakespeare, ‘Richard II’ The making of the Black working class in Britain was a long process reflecting essential changes in Britain’s labour needs over time, both at home and abroad. Difference has always been a feature of […]
In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: SNL, Avatar: The Last Airbender, TWD: Daryl Dixon, Gen V, Gargoyles, Superman and Lois, Doctor Who, and more!
DrupalCon, the main event about the digital experience platform Drupal, is being held this year in Lille, France. Over 1,200 digital experts and Drupal professionals are getting together to exchange ideas and work on the Drupal project. KitKat and Jägermeister are giving a showcase of their online platforms, and many other Drupal users are present. On 17 October, founder and project lead Dries Buytaert gave an inspiring keynote about Drupal's impact on creating a safe and secure web for everyone and about new opportunities and developments happening with Drupal.
Peter Oborne reports from East Jerusalem on last night's deadly attack on an Anglican-run hospital in Gaza
Johnson was found to have unlawfully suspended Parliament and lied to MPs.
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Indian author and journalist Pankaj Mishra helps explain the new era of crisis that the world is entering upon.
The post India — and the World — After Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.
In 2022, the financial well-being of adults in the U.S. declined and inflation was a main economic challenge people were facing, according to a Fed survey.
Bug Smash is a community initiative started in May 2020 to reduce the number of bugs in Drupal core.
This post follows Quietone’s Bug Smash Initiative 3-year update a few months ago by providing an update on the decisions of the Bug Smash community about the future of the initiative.
What are Bug Smash’s stats?
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Priority |
Initial - 2020-04-21 |
Goal |
% Diff |
Recent – 2023-10-13 |
Actual Reduction |
% Diff |
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300 |
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308 |
-30 |
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6000 |
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4401 It’s Wednesday and while there is a lot to write about, I am prioritising the release today of our latest research at the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE). The release of what we are calling the – CofFEE Financial Resilience Barometer – Version 1.0 – is part of a research collaboration I have…
This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.
They think it’s perfectly normal This is the way wingnuts used to sound back in the dark ages when I was growing up. I guess it’s what they mean by “making American great again.” In August, reporter Yanqi Xu heard her name called from a stage in Philadelphia for a national award recognizing Our Dirty Water, her series examining Nebraska’s high nitrate levels and their potential connection to childhood cancer. Weeks later, she published a piece looking at the environmental impact of Pillen Family Farms, Gov. Jim Pillen’s company. She found that 16 Pillen hog farms have recorded nitrate levels higher than 50 parts per million – five times higher than is considered safe to drink. One farm recorded a reading of 445 parts per million. Yanqi combed through hundreds of government records to find that a dozen Pillen operations violated state regulations. Employees at one farm constructed a PVC pipe to drain pig waste into a freshwater channel. Four days after we published that story, Governor Jim Pillen called into KFAB radio from a trade mission in Japan.
The coffee company says the union, Starbucks Workers United, is making people think it stands in solidarity with Palestine after the Hamas attack. The post Starbucks Is Suing Its Union After “Solidarity With Palestine!” Tweet appeared first on The Intercept. Will Mike Pence or Tim Scott drop out first? Scott’s Super-Pac pulls ads: The super PAC supporting Tim Scott’s presidential bid is canceling most of its remaining TV spending, reversing course after reserving $40 million in ads for him ahead of the Iowa caucuses. The retreat from TV is the latest sign of how dire the primary has become for a candidate who once anticipated outside help from big donors — but who is now polling in low single digits and hasn’t yet qualified for the third debate. Pence reports a dismal fund-raising haul: Former Vice President Mike Pence is reportedly facing an “existential cash squeeze” that could bring an end to his 2024 run for the White House. Pence’s campaign told NBC News that filings due at the Federal Election Commission by the end of Sunday will reflect some $620,000 in debt, and that Pence has resorted to putting $150,000 in personal funds to the low-polling effort.
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