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DeSantis disavows controversial GOP bill

Even former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a far-right Republican, condemned the GOP bill

Salon

Afternoon Update: critics warn RBA risks ‘overshooting’ on rate hikes; Sally Rugg’s court loss; and Sphinx-like statue found in Egypt

Australians with a mortgage have been hit with a record 10 consecutive interest rate rises as the Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate to 3.6%

The Guardian - AU

Gingrich decries ‘insane’ Florida bill for register of bloggers critical of DeSantis

Bill before Florida legislature to make online critics of governor register is ‘an embarrassment’ says former House speaker

The Guardian - US

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Doyle McManus: Biden's 2024 presidential campaign harks back to past Democratic triumphs

WASHINGTON — When the 1996 presidential campaign approached, Bill Clinton faced an uphill struggle to win a second term. His biggest legislative proposal, a sweeping health care bill, had failed. His party had lost the House of Representatives to Republicans led by a fiery conservative, Newt Gingrich. Clinton's poll ratings…

Los Angeles Times

Sarah Huckabee Sanders: MAGA's new star

Arkansas governor's grim vision of a "woke mob" enforcing Satanic rituals was a big hit with its target audience

Salon

The Aftermath review: a younger, more liberal America? OK, Boomer

Philip Bump of the Washington Post has produced a fascinating account of demographic change and future possibilities

The Guardian - US

The GOP's Pitchfork Populism Is Older Than Trump

But it doesn't have to be the future of the GOP or the country.

Reason

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I helped balance the federal budget in the 1990s – here's just how hard it will be for the GOP to achieve that same rare feat

Kevin McCarthy reportedly promised many things to Republican hardliners en route to clinching his job as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. One of them was a “balanced budget” in 10 years.

The Conversation

Fascists expertly exploit our free press

Kellyanne Conway is back and using the media to shamelessly promote herself for a role on Trump's campaign

Salon

New GOP majority most extreme in history

The new GOP House majority — same as the old but worse

Salon

How will Biden handle a hostile Republican House and what does it mean for 2024?

As Republicans threaten to ensnare the president in investigations and legislative brinkmanship, Biden is touting bipartisanship

The Guardian - US

US Congress investigates presidents, the military, baseball and whatever it wants – a brief modern history of oversight

After regaining a slim majority in the House of Representatives in the November 2022 midterm elections, Republicans unveiled their plans for a series of investigations into the Biden administration.

The Conversation

House lawmakers call for a freer C-SPAN. But is that what they actually want?

WASHINGTON — There were no rules in the House chamber last week, and C-SPAN made the most of it.

Tribune News Service

House lawmakers call for a freer C-SPAN. But is that what they actually want? - Roll Call

Nose-pickers and gossipers do their business in Congress unobserved. Do they want everyone at home to see their unscripted moments?

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WEKU

McCarthy's struggles point to troubles ahead for his office, his party and Congress

The memory of the speakership fights leading up to the Civil War remind us that the consequences of dysfunction in the national government affect us all.

The Independent UK

Calls for C-SPAN to control cameras in House after sensational scenes caught on camera during Speaker debacle

Public access network has given new visibility to messy work of Congress

Los Angeles Times

Jackie Calmes: McCarthy and the GOP have only themselves to blame for their humiliation

Fitting bookends framed the House Republicans’ first week of majority control/not control in a new Congress. Between them is a story of the party’s radicalism and dysfunction — past, present and, almost certainly, future.

WEKU

Congress wasn't always this dysfunctional (except it kind of was)

You've likely heard lots this week about how rare the repeated failed Speaker votes have been. But is this a new level of dysfunction for Congress?

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Reason

Cameras Should Stay in Place After the House Picks a Speaker

C-SPAN has shown House proceedings since 1979 but only what the House chooses to let it show. That needs to change.

Axios

McCarthy concessions leave House GOP with institutional anarchy

His desperate scramble to win the speakership has made things a lot worse for any future leader.

The Independent UK

'A disaster': Speaker fight exposes GOP leadership vacuum

The stalemate over the Republican House speaker vote is more than just an embarrassment for Kevin McCarthy, who is now the first person in a century to muddle through multiple ballots

The Independent UK

Jake Tapper goes viral for ‘child molester’ quip in analysis of Kevin McCarthy House speaker chaos

There was an awkward on-air moment during a conversation between CNN anchors on the current GOP disarray

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Some not-so-serious 2023 predictions

Last year’s column successfully predicted Democratic Senate gains and a smaller-than-expected Republican House takeover. Here is our not-totally-serious forecast for 2023:

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: I begged Santa — let Trump lead the Republican Party to defeat

Prognostication is thankless work, especially when it comes to politics.

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: My forecast for 2023

Last year’s column successfully predicted Democratic Senate gains and a smaller-than-expected Republican House takeover. Here is our not-totally-serious forecast for 2023:

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