Speaker of the House Mike Johnson will mark two years in that position, second in line for the Presidency under the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, on Saturday, October 25.
It has been a tumultuous two years, serving under Joe Biden, and now, Donald Trump.
Johnson has been extremely controversial in his utterances and actions, demonstrating an abuse of power, and being a total lackey to Donald Trump.
Johnson claims to be a devout “good” Christian, but he is anything but that, including
having the House of Representatives not in session for almost a month while the federal government is shut down.
refusing to seat an Arizona Democratic Congresswoman, Adelita Grijalva, elected nearly a month ago, so as to avoid her voting on forcing the “Epstein Files” to be made available by a majority vote of the House.
claiming that the NO KINGS marchers and demonstrators taking place today are “terorists and radicals”, who “Hate America and are Antifa”, denying their validity as a means of protest of the authoritarian moves of Donald Trump.
and demonstrating no concern about the impending health insurance disaster, including in his own home state of Louisiana, due to the massive tax cuts given the wealthy at the expense of ordinary people.
His controversial and divisive leadership has made him look worse than former Speakers Kevin McCarthy and Paul Ryan, and made former Speaker Nancy Pelosi shine as easily the best recent Speaker of the House since fellow Democrat Thomas “Tip” O’Neill in the 1970s and 1980s.
No Kings protests were all over the place in our neck of the woods yesterday, from big cities to small, rural, conservative towns.
Good. It’s encouraging to see that people in rural communities are turning against Trump. That gives me some hope.
Putin demanded Ukraine surrender key territory in call with Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/18/putin-trump-donetsk-war-ukraine/
DHS to spend $200 million on private jets for Noem, other officials.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/18/noem-jets-dhs-purchase/
Trump is a Putin puppet and just horrifically bad.
Trump’s claims about Venezuelan drug boats don’t match reality, officials and locals say.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/20/trump-attacks-venezuela-drug-boats/
ICE boosts weapons spending 700%
https://popular.info/p/ice-boosts-weapons-spending-700
Trump’s hope for quick second summit with Putin may be stalled as pre-meeting tabled for now.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/politics/trump-putin-meeting-possible-delay-russia-ukraine
There’s absolutely ZERO justification to hold a summit with war criminal Putin…certainly not now, probably not ever.
Ecuador says it has no evidence that survivor of US strike in Caribbean committed any crime.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/20/ecuador-says-it-has-no-evidence-that-survivor-of-us-strike-in-caribbean-committed-any-crime-00616041
So the Trump administration is now just murdering innocent people.
Appeals Court Ruling Allows Trump to Deploy National Guard Troops to Portland
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/us/appeals-court-national-guard-troops-portland-trump.html
Shutdown impacts are escalating with no end in sight.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/politics/government-shutdown-congress-federal-workers-analysis
Republicans set to reject Trump nominee Ingrassia after offensive texts.
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/20/2025/republicans-set-to-reject-trump-nominee-ingrassia
All but 2 Universities Decline a Trump Offer of Preferential Funding
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/us/politics/universities-funding-compact.html
White House’s East Wing partially demolished as work begins on Trump’s $250m ballroom.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/20/trump-white-house-ballroom-construction
The leaked Young Republican group chat points toward a bigger problem.
https://www.vox.com/politics/465329/young-republican-leaked-groupchat-antisemitism-shapiro-walsh
They’re heinous people.
Comey seeks to have indictment tossed for vindictive prosecution, questions about prosecutor’s appointment.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-comey-seeks-indictment-tossed-vindictive-prosecution-fbi-trump/
Arizona AG sues to force House Speaker Johnson to seat Democrat Adelita Grijalva.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/arizona-ag-sues-force-speaker-johnson-seat-democrat-adelita-grijalva-rcna238699
Jim Jordan calls on DOJ to prosecute ex-CIA Director Brennan.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/21/congress/jordan-goes-after-ex-cia-director-00617032
Jim Jordan is a total scumbag.