From Los Angeles … Short today, got a plane to catch. IT’S POLITICAL: The fight to succeed Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House is shaping up. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise from Louisiana and Ohio’s Jim Jordan both declared themselves …

From Los Angeles … THE GAETZ OF HELL: House Democrats along with a handful of Republican hardliners drove the removal of Speaker Kevin McCarthy yesterday, making him the first speaker in history removed by vote. The Republican majority has no known …

From Los Angeles … BEYOND MIDNIGHT:  Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of the leading conservative extremists of his party, made his promised move late yesterday to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his post.   McCarthy said he’s going to call for …

From Los Angeles … BEYOND MIDNIGHT: House speaker Kevin McCarthy kept the government running into November by collecting votes from Democrats, inspiring his prime enemy Matt Gaetz of Florida to promise a move to kick McCarthy out of the speakership.  “The …

September 30, 2023Vol. 12, No. 2099 From Los Angeles … MIDNIGHT COMING: Twenty-one hardened right wingers in the House of Representatives yesterday shot down a stopgap bill known as a continuing resolution to keep the US government running, virtually assuring a shutdown …

From Los Angeles … LEGEND GONE: California Senator Diane Feinstein, a powerful figure in American politics, has died at age 90, according to the Associated Press. Her health had seriously declined in recent months and there had been talk of her …

LITTLE GOVERNMENT: With House Republicans at war with themselves over budget and spending, a shutdown of the federal government at midnight Saturday is looking increasingly likely.   Last we heard, Speaker Kevin McCarthy was trolling the corridors to get support for a bill …

ORANGE ALERT: A New York State judge ruled yesterday that Donald Trump, his adult sons, and company committed fraud building his real estate empire by massively overvaluing his assets and exaggerating his net worth on paperwork submitted for making deals and …

THE BIGGEST FIGHT: New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez spoke publicly for the first time yesterday since his indictment last week, predicting that he will be exonerated and will continue to be his state’s senior senator.   Fellow democrats are lining up saying …

WRITE ON: Hollywood writers and the studios have reached a tentative deal to end their 146-day strike. The Writers Guild of America told its members that no one should return to work quite yet, but picketing is to be suspended immediately. Members …