Outstanding Speaker Added to Rosenacker Alaskan Seminar Cincinnati, OH: — Rosenacker & Associates (R&A) has announced an additional speaker for their continuing education seminar in Anchorage, Alaska. The newly added speaker, Ms. Brigitte C. Morgan, is the Deputy Chief of Mortuary Affairs Operation Location Pacific, Joint Base Pearl Harbor – […] Read More
I wonder whether my friend Maksym Butkevych knows the name of House Speaker Mike Johnson. Maksym is a defender of Ukraine and prisoner of war who has been held by Russian forces since 2022. There has been no word from Max since August, months before Johnson became speaker. I do […] Read More
Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s last day in Congress was Sunday. The Bakersfield Republican congressman and former speaker’s career in Washington, D.C., spanned more than a decade and a half. Always a prodigious fundraiser, McCarthy rose quickly through the ranks of the House GOP after winning election in 2006. His first attempt […] Read More
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Legacy Launch Pad Publishing has released “The EPIC Goal Workbook: The Guide to Achieving Extraordinary, Powerful, Impactful and Courageous Goals” (ISBN: 978-1956955682; paperback), written by Anna David, a leading speaker on goal setting. “The EPIC Goal Workbook” has a specific intention: to show people […] Read More
Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to keep the government open past Friday faces several hurdles this week as time runs out to avert a shutdown. Johnson unveiled his stopgap bill on Saturday that would extend government funding at current levels for some agencies until Jan. 19, while others […] Read More
House Speaker Mike Johnson, the obscure former backbencher vaulted out of the far-right field to Congress’ highest-ranking job just over two weeks ago, told Sean Hannity that the many Americans wondering about his worldview should simply “pick up a Bible” and read it. It’s funny, though — my copy doesn’t […] Read More
Back in my school days, a “C” grade was a certification of rank mediocrity. That’s the right way to think about a recent scorecard on which the U.S. retirement system scored an inexcusably deficient C+. That grade placed the U.S. behind Netherlands, Iceland and Israel (all A’s); and Australia, Belgium, […] Read More
In less than 15 months, Congress will count and certify the votes from the electoral college. It is truly frightening that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), from the far right of the Republican Party, might have a prominent role in the process. If Republicans keep control of the House in […] Read More
WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Johnson, a relatively inexperienced Louisiana Republican who fought to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, was elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, ending weeks of leaderless chaos that followed the Oct. 3 ouster of Bakersfield Rep. Kevin McCarthy. Johnson’s ascension to […] Read More
WASHINGTON — Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan ended his campaign for speaker Friday after he failed for the third time to secure a majority on the House floor and his Republican colleagues voted, by secret ballot, that he should not press on. Reps. Austin Scott of Georgia, Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, Pete […] Read More
WASHINGTON — He built his brand on being a roaring archconservative unafraid to take on liberals. He was a pioneer of this new right-wing faction that has become the face of the Republican Party. He was former President Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. House of Representatives. And now, he’s put […] Read More
WASHINGTON — John A. Boehner lasted five years as House speaker before he ran out of patience with his party’s hard-line Freedom Caucus. “Legislative terrorists,” the Ohio Republican called its members after he quit in 2015. “They can’t tell you what they’re for. They can tell you everything they’re against. They’re […] Read More
Laguna Beach council meeting halted by ‘Zoombombing’ incident
Laguna Beach officials on Tuesday ended a city council meeting early after a handful of speakers unleashed antisemitic, homophobic, transphobic and racist tirades over Zoom during a public comment period. The incident appears to be an example of “Zoombombing,” an unfortunate trend that began when the pandemic forced public meetings […] Read More