McCarthy Voted Out of House Speakership; Donald Trump Hit With Gag Order
House in Chaos (nytimes.com)Republicans are sick of Matt Gaetz, and they’re not quiet about it (washingtonpost.com)McCarthy's craven speakership is over, leaving republicans in disarray (vanityfair.com)
Slow news day in DC…
The Republican-led House voted Tuesday to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker, the first such removal in congressional history. McCarthy’s removal was sought by hard-right members of his own party. Democrats did not provide votes that would have been needed to save him. The move puts the House in uncharted territory as it searches for a leader.
… and New York City.
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial issued a gag order on Tuesday after the former president made comments about the judge’s clerk.
“Consider this statement a gag order forbidding all parties from posting, emailing or speaking publicly about any of my staff,” the judge, Arthur Engoron, said on Tuesday afternoon. “Personal attacks on members of my court staff are unacceptable, inappropriate and I will not tolerate them in any circumstances.
And the memes are a’flyin! From Dean Obeidallah’s Substack:
And, courtesy of post.news’ Raoul Guapo:
DEVELOPING HARD…