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2025-01-03 Home Front: Politix

BREAKING: Mike Johnson Loses First Vote for House Speaker

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Posted by DarthVader 2025-01-03 14:28|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Yep:
UPDATE: 2:38 p.m.: Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas) switched their votes to Johnson on the first vote, giving him the majority and the House Speaker's gavel.

ooohhhh goodie. Good news is he owes Trump for it. We'll see if he honors the debt or stays an asshat.

Posted by DarthVader 2025-01-03 15:11|| 2025-01-03 15:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Apparently, a victory for Trump. He'll need a lot more.

Posted by Bobby 2025-01-03 15:11|| 2025-01-03 15:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Gives Johnson a year to work on his swing.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-01-03 15:25|| 2025-01-03 15:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Apparently the NY Judge Merchan is going to sentence Trump on the 10th, and I suspect attempt to jail him. Either a massive act of arrogance and insult, or a ploy to create some form of reprieve by Biden or NY Governor.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-01-03 16:12|| 2025-01-03 16:12|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ or a chance for the Korean solution.

Impeached South Korean President Defies Arrest Warrant As His Supporters Block Police

Posted by Skidmark 2025-01-03 16:57|| 2025-01-03 16:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Claim now is "Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump’s trial, signaled in a written decision that he'd sentence the former and future president to what's known as an unconditional discharge, in which a case is closed without jail time, a fine or probation. Trump can appear virtually for sentencing, if he chooses.

Merchan wrote that he sought to balance competing interests: Trump’s ability to govern “unencumbered” by the case, the U.S. Supreme Court's July ruling on presidential immunity, the public’s expectation “that all are equal and no one is above the Iaw,” and the importance of respecting a jury verdict."

Yahoo article - https://uk.news.yahoo.com/judge-sets-trumps-sentencing-hush-205708696.html

Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-01-03 17:50|| 2025-01-03 17:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Trump couldn't appeal his verdict/sentence until actually sentenced IIUC.

Merchan should be slammed, drummed out, and his DNC Daughter's campaign co. made toxic

Posted by Frank G 2025-01-03 18:28|| 2025-01-03 18:28|| Front Page Top

#8 From NoMo's link above Trump can appear virtually for sentencing, if he chooses

Suppose honorable Judge runs a fake punt and sentences Trump to jail. If Trump refuses to turn himself in, it becomes a matter for law enforcement and the honorable Judge has both followed the law and washed his hands of the case.

The idea of Trump running the country from jail like some Mexican drug lord sounds like something the Babylon Bee would write, so it will probably happen.

Posted by SteveS 2025-01-03 18:44|| 2025-01-03 18:44|| Front Page Top

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