Show notes
On today's episode, we discuss the House of Representatives' newest Speaker, Mike Johnson. We also talk about the recent tragedy in Maine, the latest campaign updates, and what has happened now that the House is back in session. If you like our podcast, make sure to leave a 5-star review! Useful links from the episode:
- Conservative Maine Democrat says hometown mass shooting changed his mind on assault weapons ban
- US House passes Republicans' Israel-only aid bill, faces dead end in Senate
- Republican-led push to expel George Santos fails in the House
- Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to censure Rashida Tlaib
- Jesse Watters attacks Dads who take their children Trick or Treating
- New US House speaker tried to help overturn the 2020 election, raising concerns about the next one
- How did Speaker Mike Johnson, the embodiment of Christian Nationalism, escape scrutiny?
- In 2022, Johnson was the guy who freaked out about Disney’s Little Demon
- In September of 2004, Johnson wrote an op-ed against same sex marriage that was published in “The Times” newspaper from Shreveport, LA
- In a July 2003 op-ed in the same paper, Johnson decried the Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas that overturned a Texas statute criminalizing sodomy