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Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said the House GOP’s struggle to elect a Speaker is “an embarrassment to the party.” The House has gone three weeks without a Speaker after eight Republicans joined with Democrats to vote out Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Since then, the GOP has been unable to unify around a single candidate. Democrats have remain unified around their leader, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). “We’ve gotten through two nominees of the party since Kevin McCarthy, it’s an embarrassment,” Christie said in an interview MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle. “It’s an embarrassment to the party and to the country. And my...

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) formally threw his hat into the ring to replace ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), pushing the need for unity in a letter to colleagues. “Our strength as a Conference comes from our unity, and we have seen when we unite as a Conference, we can deliver wins for the American people. Now we need to take those unified positions and work to extract conservative wins from the Democrat Senate and White House by leveraging upcoming deadlines,” he wrote. “While we need to be realistic about what can be achieved, if we stay united, we...

A Texas man who tried to enter the Speaker’s Lobby at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced. Christopher Grider, 41, was found guilty of nine misdemeanor and felony charges related to the riot in December and was sentenced Tuesday in Washington to 83 months in prison. He was also ordered to pay $5,055 in restitution and a $812 fine. “His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to...

Majority of students opposed to bringing conservative speakers on campus, report found.. College students at America’s largest 203 colleges continue to censor themselves inside and outside of the classroom, a national survey of 45,000 students concluded. Students play a significant role in censoring free speech on campus, but colleges can enforce policies that protect it, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s third annual College Free Speech Rankings, released in September, for the 2022-23 school year. Adam Goldstein, FIRE’s vice president of research, told The College Fix in an email on December 16 that the wider culture has...

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) welcomed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to the “former speaker’s club” after she announced on Thursday she will step down from her role atop her caucus. “I tip my cap as I welcome @speakerpelosi to the former speaker’s club and congratulate her on a historic career in the House,” Ryan tweeted. Pelosi’s announcement marks the end of an era for House Democrats and comes just hours after Republicans were projected to take control of the lower chamber for the next term.

Biden funds program to block foreign religious leaders who oppose LGBTHuman rights advocates who speak out for the natural family could be blocked in the same way certain Russian oligarchs are blocked from entering the United States.The document directs “all U.S. government departments and agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex persons around the world.” Of most concern to human rights advocates around the world is the provision of $10 million in the upcoming fiscal year to fund the “Global Equality Fund”...

The 2020 Republican National Convention (RNC) this week featured a notable amount of diversity in its speaker lineup that included nearly two dozen Black, Hispanic, Asian, and even handicapped speakers. The speakers delivered heartfelt speeches about their own personal struggles, how they became Republican, or how they have benefitted under the Trump administration. One of the most memorable speeches from the first night of the RNC was from Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican senator of South Carolina, who said he went from flunking four subjects in high school to realizing that education was the closest thing to “magic.” “Our family...

President Trump will not just be delivering an address on the final night of this week's Republican National Convention to accept his nomination for the presidential election -- he will be appearing every night of the convention. "You'll have President Trump speaking at various parts of each of the nights," Miller said. A Trump campaign official told Fox News that the president's actual speech will take place Thursday, but that Trump will be "actively engaged in each night" of the convention. According to the New York Times, Trump is set to appear each night during the 10 p.m. hour. The...

Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. announced the list of speakers for this week's historic Republican National Convention. Over four nights, President Trump’s 2020 Convention will honor the great American story, the American people that have written it, and how President Donald J. Trump's Make America Great Again agenda has empowered them to succeed. The Convention will stream live all week from Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, and Amazon Prime. Monday speakers include: Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (LA-01) Representative Matt Gaetz (FL-01) Representative Jim Jordan (OH-04) Former Ambassador Nikki Haley Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel...

Noem, ok. The rest of them are like watching paint dry. Nikki is very much a pre-Trump, pre-MAGA Republican. Paul Ryan in a dress. Much McConnell with makeup.

This year's virtual, time-crunched Democratic National Convention isn't making space for many top Democrats to speak. The DNC has set aside just two hours every night from August 17–20 for the convention where former Vice President Joe Biden will accept the nomination. That has led the Biden campaign to make some "ruthless cuts" to some of the highest profile Democrats out there, though the convention's official schedule is far from finalized, Politico reports. "It goes without saying that the party's two most popular figures," former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, will get a big role even with...

On Thursday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ordered the removal from the Capitol Building of four portraits of former Democratic House speakers who had ties to the Confederacy. Robert Hunter of Virginia, James Orr of South Carolina, Howell Cobb and Charles Crisp of Georgia. The removal of the portraits is the latest meaningless gesture from the speaker and Democrats following the death of George Floyd. Pelosi sent a letter to House Clerk Cheryl Johnson ordering the removal of the four portraits in observance of Juneteenth, an unofficial holiday commemorating the Republican's emancipation of the last slaves in the Confederacy....

Once again, we're into the college commencement season. And once again, conservatives and libertarians have been kicked to the curb. Even if some balsy college president or board announced the selection of one of the persons below, the campus would be quickly engulfed in flames, its administrators subject to public mockery and humiliation, followed by summary termination. These are the children and grandchildren of those who went to Woodstock and never came home. Our nation is the very carcass of Woodstock on which we now feast. Below is a list of conservative/libertarian speakers of which any university should be proud...

Students at the University of Chicago have been warned not to expect safe spaces or trigger warnings in the wake of several disrupted events at the institution at the hands of protesters. University officials are said to have told first-year students starting in the fall of its commitment to freedom of expression, saying it wanted civility and mutual respect but that it would still seek out ideas or opinions that were unpopular. The move comes after three high-profile incidents this year in which speakers invited to the university were interrupted or shut down and amid a trend of increasing political...

Monday Speakers Monday: Make America Safe Again From attacks on our own soil and overseas to the tragedy in Benghazi, the policies of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have left us vulnerable. Our immigration system is broken, leaving our country open to security threats and the negative consequences of illegal immigration. A Donald Trump administration will listen to and learn from our nation’s heroes who have put themselves in harm’s way and pursue a national security strategy and foreign policy that will strengthen our military and make America safe again.to get America’s economy up and running … and get Americans working again....

The Republican National Committee has released the list of people who will speak at the 2016 convention in Cleveland next week: Pastor Mark Burns                                                     Phil Ruffin                                                               Congressman Ryan Zinke                                        Pat Smith                                                                  Mark Geist                                                                John Tiegen                                                             Congressman Michael McCaul                                 Sheriff David Clarke                                                 Congressman Sean Duffy                                        Darryl Glenn                                                            Senator Tom Cotton                                                   Karen Vaughn                         Governor Mike Huckabee                                       Mayor Rudy Giuliani                                              Melania Trump                                                         Senator Joni Ernst                                               Kathryn Gates-Skipper                            Marcus Luttrell                                         Dana White             Governor Asa Hutchinson   Attorney General Leslie Rutledge    Michael Mukasey Andy Wist          Senator Jeff Sessions        Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn   Alex Smith         Speaker Paul Ryan    Congressman Kevin McCarthy Kerry Woolard .Senator Shelley Moore Capito...

Pastor Mark Burns Phil Ruffin Congressman Ryan Zinke Pat Smith Mark Geist John Tiegen Congressman Michael McCaul Sheriff David Clarke Congressman Sean Duffy Darryl Glenn Senator Tom Cotton Karen Vaughn Governor Mike Huckabee Mayor Rudy Giuliani Melania Trump Senator Joni Ernst Kathryn Gates-Skipper Marcus Luttrell Dana White Governor Asa Hutchinson Attorney General Leslie Rutledge Michael Mukasey Andy Wist Senator Jeff Sessions Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn Alex Smith Speaker Paul Ryan Congressman Kevin McCarthy Kerry Woolard . Senator Shelley Moore Capito Dr. Ben Carson Co-Chair Sharon Day Natalie Gulbis Kimberlin Brown Antonio Sabato, Jr. Peter Thiel Eileen Collins Senator Ted...

Denver (CNN)Donald Trump is turning to his family, sports figures and business leaders to fill speaking slots at the Republican National Convention later this month as scores of prominent Republican leaders continue to refuse to line up behind their controversial nominee-to-be. Trump announced Friday that his wife and children "are all going to be speaking" at the nominating convention that kicks off in just over two weeks. And the real estate mogul has also promised to add sports figures and other non-politicians who are supporting him to the roster of convention speakers, which would set the 2016 convention apart from...

A research firm estimates Amazon.com has sold 3 million Echo voice-controlled home speakers, and that close to half of U.S. Amazon customers are aware of the product. [snip] The device, which sells for $180, also has given Amazon a big role in the emerging field of home automation, as many people use it to control thermostats or lights that work off Wi-Fi. [snip] Launched in late 2014, the Echo slowly picked up speed as word spread about its uncanny abilities — from answering questions to turning on the living-room lights.

From TV Newser. Not too many conservatives on the list. FBN’s Maria Bartiromo: New York University – Graduate School of Arts and Science (NY), May 19 CBS’s Margaret Brennan: Niagara University – College of Arts and Sciences and Education (NY), May 16 PBS’s David Brooks: Westmont College (CA), May 8… Dartmouth College (NH), June 14 NBC’s Tom Brokaw: High Point University (NC), May 8 Yahoo’s Katie Couric: University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI), May 16 NBC’s Josh Elliott: University of California, Santa Barbara – Humanities and Arts (CA), June 15 NBC’s Richard Engel: Stanford University (CA), June 14 CNBC’s Sharon Epperson: Carlow...