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Lauren Boebert floated by GOP colleague as someone who 'could do better' than Mike Johnson

Speaker Mike Johnson's days may be numbered as the top lawmaker in the House, and at least one name is already being floated to take his place.

Rep. Laura Boebert (R-CO) as the successor to slam the House gavel was breezily broached by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Thursday while dressing down Johnson.

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Russian state TV praises MTG despite past mockery of her 'mental debilitation'

Russian state TV broadcasters who once treated Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) as a joke now believe she's worthy of being taken very seriously.

The Daily Beast's Julia Davis reported that Kremlin-approved broadcasters have been ecstatic at the ways the Georgia congresswoman has taken a lead role in trying to block Congress from passing more military aid to Ukraine, which has been trying to fend off an unprovoked Russian invasion for the past two-plus years.

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Jeffries vows Democrats will ensure Ukraine aid passes as Johnson defectors grow

Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries vowed Friday the majority of Democrats will support Republicans' Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and Gaza foreign aid legislation as Republican Speaker Mike Johnson lost support of another member of his conference to a faction determined to oust him.

“Democrats will provide a majority of our majority as it relates to funding Israel, humanitarian assistance, Ukraine, and our allies in the Indo Pacific,” Minority Leader Jeffries said. "It remains to be seen what Republicans will do in terms of meeting the national security needs of the American people, but it was important for House Democrats to ensure that the national security bills are going to be considered."

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'Tread carefully': MTG warned of evangelical fury over her attacks against their champion

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is risking a growing revolt by a faction of her most ardent supporters who are furious she is trying to take down House Speaker Michael Johnson (R-LA), whom they regard as their Christian champion in Congress, according to a report.

Greene, despite all of her marital difficulties, has long made her Christianity a central part of her appeal to conservatives, but she lacks the longtime ties to the evangelical community that Johnson can brag about and, if push comes to shove, she may find herself on the outside if she succeeds in ousting him from his speakership.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene's motion to boot Johnson as speaker gets third GOP cosponsor

House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-LA) job appears to be in real peril as Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has now picked up a third cosponsor to vacate his chair.

Politico's Olivia Beavers reports that Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) has now jumped in to back Greene's effort to remove Johnson as speaker, making him the third Republican to back the measure after Greene and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY).

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MTG is 'going to get rolled' by Republicans who have 'had enough' of her: Morning Joe

The U.S. House of Representatives moved one step closer to voting on a series of foreign aid bills that have been strongly opposed by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and other MAGA lawmakers, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said other Republicans are growing tired of their antics.

The House Rules Committee got enough Democratic support to advance the funding bills, which includes additional aid to Ukraine, in the face of a motion to vacate against speaker Mike Johnson filed by Greene and supported by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), and the "Morning Joe" host compared the dynamic to his own time as a congressman.

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U.S. 'swatting' pranks stoke alarm in election year

Startled by nighttime pounding on his door, American political strategist Rick Wilson walked out in his underwear to find policemen with guns drawn. They were responding to yet another hoax, increasingly seen as a tool of intimidation in a crucial election year.

In recent months, election workers, judges, and politicians -- on both sides of the aisle -- have been "swatted," a potentially deadly prank when a caller triggers a large law enforcement response after reporting a false violent crime.

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‘Repercussions’: Democrats and Republicans stand against ‘pro-Putin’ House GOP faction

Some House Democrats and House Republicans are coming together toward a common opponent: far-right "pro-Putin" hardliners in the House Republican conference, who appear to be led by U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

Congresswoman Greene has been threatening to oust the Republican Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. Last month she filed a "motion to vacate the chair." If she chooses to call it up she could force a vote on the House floor to try to remove Speaker Johnson.

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'They want Russia to win so badly': GOP congressman blasts far-right House Republicans

A sitting Republican Congressman is harshly criticizing far-right House Republicans over their apparent support of Russia.

"I guess their reasoning is they want Russia to win so badly that they want to oust the Speaker over it. I mean that's a strange position to take," U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a three-term Texas Republican rated a hard-core conservative told CNN's Manu Raju, in video posted Thursday. "I think they want to be in the minority too. I think that's an obvious reality."

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Marjorie Taylor Greene and allies attack Mike Johnson — after he gives them what they want

In a post to X this Thursday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said that he will not change the procedure for removing him from his leadership position, after far-right members erupted in anger over the proposed rule change.

“Since the beginning of the 118th Congress, the House rule allowing a Motion to Vacate from a single member has harmed this office and our House majority,” Johnson wrote.

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Trump backer Nancy Mace: 'We want to make sure if you're raping women you get deported'

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said that she supports deporting rapists even though she backs Donald Trump, an accused rapist who was found liable of sexual abuse, in the 2024 presidential election.

During a Thursday interview with Newsmax, Mace was asked about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) threat to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who has endorsed the South Carolina lawmaker.

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GOP's Anna Paulina Luna confidently waltzes past CNN fact check: 'I disagree'

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) confidently waltzed right past a fact check on live television over Ukraine's desire to join the NATO alliance.

House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faced down a leadership challenge from within the Republican Party by moving forward with separate funding bills for aid to Ukraine, Israel and other allies, but Luna told CNN's John Berman that she and other GOP lawmakers would continue to oppose military aid to the embattled European nation.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene buried for wasting lawmakers' time with 'space laser' proposal

An amendment offered up by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to add funding for "space laser technology" to be used along the southwest border was hammered by the Washington Post's Philip Bump as another sign the controversial GOP lawmaker is not a serious person deserving of any attention.

Greene's amendment was proposed for a foreign aid package designed to provide supplemental funding for Israel, with Greene proposing, "By the funds made available by this Act, such sums as necessary shall be used for the development of space laser technology on the southwest border."

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