My Gazette: Speaker Johnson

By Rich Kozlovich

There's a lot here filling in all the information and/or speculatory gaps in fact, history, and logic.   Let's start with who and what Mike Johnson really is.  I've called him a mole and the reasons moles are so dangerous is you don't know they're moles until they get power.  And then it's too late.   Also, there's a lot of talk about Greene, but she shares the same quality that Ulysses S.  Grant had.  She fights.  Johnson has totally capitulated to the Democrat party, and as Silvio Canto, Jr. notes, This is not your 1992 Democrat Party, saying:

Back in 1992, then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton had his Sister Souljah moment when he publicly confronted a black woman who made a racist remark. Clinton was right in challenging such a remark and benefited politically because those were the days when the Democrats could say those things.  Could President Biden issue such a statement today calling out people who say "Death to America" or "We are Hamas"? Just read what The White House said.....Today's Biden party is afraid of Muslim Arab American voters in Michigan, immigration activists, and Democrats who are letting crime run rampant in our cities.

This who Speaker Johnson is now in bed with, this must be who he is. 

RINO MOLE AND TRAITOR

Mike Johnson Devil’s Best Disguise To Date - By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--April 23, 2024 - God save us from 'devout Catholics’ like Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi and self-described Christians like Mike Johnson, now claiming that “God Told Him to Fund Ukraine.” Satan’s full ‘Easter Parade’ of Anti-Christian players still dominating the “NEWS”, three weeks after Easter Sunday continues non-stop, but compared to his latest players like ‘# Nun’, Rihanna are old hat compared to Christian Speaker, ’widdle’ Mikey Johnson— Satan’s Best Disguise in the parade to date.....

Meet The New Boss, Mike Johnson, Same As The Old Boss - Jeff Crouere | April 22, 2024 -  Mike Johnson and other “Deep State” operatives in Congress, foreign wars take precedence over the needs of the American people.   It has happened again, a once promising Republican House Speaker has turned into a “Deep State” operative. Yes, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), has followed in the footsteps of former Republican House Speakers John Boehner, Paul Ryan, and Kevin McCarthy. All these former House speakers were once labeled “conservatives,” but after assuming the top position in Congress, their policies changed, resulting in grassroots anger. Unfortunately, none of these House Speakers cared about hard working Americans, both Republicans and Democrats. Instead, they were far more concerned about doing the bidding of the “Deep State.”.......

A Traitor Worse Than Benedict Arnold: Speaker Mike Johnson Betrays the American People Again - Charles Wills | April 22, 2024 - Johnson hasn't kept any of his promises, and he has proven, beyond a shadow of doubt, that he is an enemy of the American people.  After being elected Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson said that "Congress must win back American's faith. Their faith is at an all time low". Johnson promised to work to win back the faith of the American people in Congress. Since then, Johnson has flagrantly violated the trust of the American people multiple times. Johnson joined with traitorous Democrats and Republicans in Congress to fund abortions, foreign wars, bio warfare labs, the transgender movement, and the teaching of homosexuality to our children.......

Betrayal and the Democrats - David Prentice April 18, 2024 -  Democrats are committed to upending all of our institutions. This is betrayal. The story of Judas Iscariot is the archetypal story of betrayal, fascinating and terrifying at the same time.  It's fascinating, because Judas Iscariot was the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to the Pharisees for 30 pieces of silver. He felt so guilty afterwards that he tried to give the silver back.  It's a terrifying story because Jesus was tortured and put to death and then Judas hanged himself.  The field where Judas died became known as the field of blood at the time of the New Testament writings. It was a terrifying end to a horrific story. ........ 

 

Byron Donalds: ‘Incredibly Disappointing’ - Reps. Byron Donalds (R-FL)  and Chip Roy (R-TX) slammed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for violating the Hastert Rule after the $60 billion Ukraine aid bill passed on Saturday without a majority of Republican support. The longstanding rule directs that a Republican speaker will only put legislation up for a floor vote if a majority of the GOP conference supports it. The rule is meant to prevent a GOP speaker from colluding with Democrats to pass bills. But most of the GOP did not back the Ukraine bill.......

Trump Thanks Young GOP Group for Exposing Never-Trumper in Speaker’s Office - Wendell Husebø 20 Apr 2024 - Former President Donald Trump expressed appreciation in a signed note to the Washington, DC, Young Republicans (DCYR) for exposing a never Trumper in House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) office who opposed the club’s endorsement of Trump. Trump’s note was in response to emails exclusively obtained by Breitbart News that outed Johnson’s Director of House Operations Hannah Fraher for expressing unfounded concerns about the club’s endorsement of Trump......

Mike Johnson’s Betrayal Puts America on Collision Course with Nuclear Power Adversaries - Lee Rizzuto 20 Apr 2024 - Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson is joining with the Democrat minority to pass a supplemental spending package of foreign aid without the will or consent of the Republican House majority elected by the people of our country. He brazenly pushed through a “rule” to establish guidelines that essentially rigged the vote before it even takes place on Saturday, setting up what is likely inevitable passage of this spending package. This spending bill is not like any other we’ve seen. It provides billions of dollars of additional free aid and military support to Ukraine as they continue their losing war with Russia. If Mike Johnson and Joe Biden want a war with Russia, they should bring up a vote in the House to declare war. Otherwise, we are supporting a rogue and desperate military campaign against a giant nuclear power........

Jim Banks: Johnson ‘Handed the Speaker’s Gavel Over to the Democrats - Hannah Knudsen 20 Apr 2024 - America needs a House and Senate filled with members who are aligned with “Donald Trump’s America first agenda,” Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) said during an interview on Breitbart News Saturday in which he said that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) essentially “handed the Speaker’s gavel over to the Democrats.” Banks discussed Johnson flip-flopping on Ukraine aid and discussed one of the more shocking developments over the last week......

FISA

FISA Warrant Requirement Gets Last-Ditch Revival Push - By  Daniel Chaitin Apr 14, 2024 - The GOP lawmaker who objected to the final passage of a bill that would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is urging colleagues to join her in an eleventh-hour push to stop it unless one major change is made. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) sent out a letter to Republicans and Democrats this weekend urging them to oppose the reauthorization legislation, at least until a warrant requirement is added to address concerns about FISA abuse and privacy.

 Eighty-Six House Republicans for Warrantless Surveillance of Americans - Sean Moran 12 Apr 2024 - Eighty-six House Republicans on Friday voted against an amendment to require a warrant for surveillance of Americans’ communications. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) proposed an amendment to the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA), a bill that would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Section 702 is a law that is meant to target foreign adversaries, but often surveils Americans’ private communications without a warrant.......

30 Senate Republicans Vote to Expand, Continue Warrantless Surveillance - Thirty Senate Republicans, on Friday night, voted to continue warrantless surveillance and even expand the FBI’s surveillance authority.The Senate passed H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA), 60-34, with 30 Senate Republicans voting to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Section 702 is a surveillance authority that is meant to target foreign adversaries but often surveils Americans without a warrant......

If Congress considers the American people their enemies, then they must be our enemies. -  America has been stripped of her power and left floundering by the enemies of Liberty, Freedom, Independence, and Justice.   The recent renewal of section 702 of the Patriot Act, that strips all Americans, except members of Congress, of the right to freedom from unreasonable surveillance and search by government agencies, was not another shot across the bow of the good ship America. On the contrary, the renewal of section 702 was a torpedo, launched by the two submerged (covert) enemy vessels, Democrat and Republican, on the good ship America. The torpedo scored a direct hit on the good ship carrying our Constitutional Rights........

House Amendment to Require Warrant to Surveil Americans Fails In Tie Vote - The House voted Friday to renew the federal government’s authority to surveil Americans without a warrant. Minutes earlier, an amendment to require a warrant for the surveillance failed in a tie vote. The Republican-controlled chamber ultimately voted 273-147 to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for two additional years.  The section is set to expire on August 19 and the Democratic-controlled Senate must also vote to approve it before that deadline. The pro-privacy amendment was proposed by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-AZ. It failed in a stunning 212-212 vote. As The Hill noted, “In the House, a tie loses.” .....

The Deep State and the Biden regime are at war against the American people - April 14, 2024 By Patricia McCarthy  -  Who would or could have predicted that our own representatives in Congress would vote to allow the government to spy on American citizens without warrants?   Of course, all the Democrats voted to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The Democrat party has fully morphed into a Marxist cabal, ready and willing to impose tyranny on American citizens.   But how do we explain the Republicans who capitulated to the left and voted 'yes' for the two-year extension?  Even House Speaker Mike Johnson, and Reps. Matt Gaetz and Anna Paulina Luna flipped.   They will say it was the lesser of the evils, two years instead of five, but that is no excuse.  The bill to extend should not have passed and Rep. Andy Biggs’s amendment to require warrants if it did should have passed, but did not.   It seems that small-government, conservative, Americans have very few actual representatives in Congress.   Who would or could have predicted that our own representatives in Congress would vote to allow the government to spy on American citizens without warrants?  .......

OUSTING SPEAKER JOHNSON

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Mike Johnson? -  Brian C. Joondeph -  Ousting Johnson for allowing the Ukraine aid bill to go through is suicide for the GOP, and will cost them the White House, too. ....... He follows the pattern of past GOP Speakers—Boehner, Ryan, McCarthy, and now Johnson. It seems Republican voters continue to ask and vote for a medium-rare steak only to be served a burnt, inedible slab of meat..... if Johnson is ousted and Democrats take control of the House, Trump's November election is over....Remember the U.S. Supreme Court decision on “insurrection” claimed by the Colorado Supreme Court? The March 4 decision stated:  The Constitution empowers Congress to prescribe how those determinations should be made. The relevant provision is Section 5, which enables Congress, subject of course to judicial review, to pass “appropriate legislation” to “enforce” the Fourteenth Amendment.  In other words, Congress, by a simple majority, can pass a bill claiming that Trump is disqualified from the election due to being an “insurrectionist.” That would be the first order of business by a Democrat-controlled House. The Senate would pass the House bill and President Biden would sign it.  If you don’t believe the Democrats would try to disqualify Trump in this manner, a bill introduced by Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin is already teed up..... 

'Repulsive:' MTG Goes Scorched Earth After Massive Ukraine Aid Package Approved - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) doubled down on her efforts to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after he voted in favor of a $60 billion Ukraine aid package on Saturday. Greene went scorched Earth on the House of Representatives and Johnson in a fiery statement following the vote, in which 101 Republican House members voted in favor of the Ukraine aid bill with 112 voting against it.  “This is a continuous sick business model that the American government continues,” Greene said, accusing the federal government of funding foreign wars using taxpayer money. .....

Rep. MTG Accuses Speaker Johnson of ‘Complete and Total Surrender’ to Democrats - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA, penned a lengthy letter to her fellow Republican members of Congress railing against House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, whom she filed a motion to oust last month. “Before we left for Easter break, I filed a motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson after he passed the second minibus,” Greene wrote in the letter. The Republican congresswoman described that the spending bill “broke our conference rules and the promises we made to our voters.”  “We elected Mike Johnson in late October after three-and-a-half difficult weeks trying to decide on a new Speaker of the House,” she described. “Mike Johnson sent us all a letter making his promises to us as to what type of Speaker he would be and outlining his plans going forward.” “Mike Johnson has unfortunately not lived up to a single one of his self-imposed tenets..........."

Paul Gosar Becomes the Third Republican to Throw Support Behind Motion to Vacate Speaker Johnson - Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) announced he would join Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) in co-sponsoring Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson. Gosar issued a statement on supporting the Motion to Vacate the Speaker. “Nearly 11 million illegal aliens have crossed our southern border in the past three years. My congressional district in Arizona, ground zero for the invasion, is getting pummeled by the surge of lawbreakers. These illegal aliens have brought violent crime, deadly drugs, human trafficking and are depleting resources and services meant for U.S. citizens. In fact, every state has become a border state. Communities across the country are being ravaged, families are being destroyed and Americans in need are being ignored. Congress cannot continue to turn a blind eye to the consequence of Biden’s disastrous open border policies, nor can it idly wait for Biden to halt this invasion through executive fiat. Congress has the responsibility to solve this crisis,"..............

Rand Paul: Mike Johnson Officially No Longer Republican Speaker - House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) no longer represents the Republican House majority after he betrayed conservative ideals and worked with the Democrats to pass the President Joe Biden-endorsed Ukraine aid agenda, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) declared Friday. In an unprecedented move, Johnson worked with House Democrats this week to force Ukraine border defense funds toward a full House vote on Saturday:......

Meet the 55 Republicans Who Stood up to Speaker Johnson and Democrats - Speaker Mike Johnson needed the help of Democrats to advance his nearly $100 billion foreign aid package. 151 Republicans and 165 Democrats voted in favor. 55 Republicans voted against the massive taxpayer-funded package. The bill would provide funding to Ukraine and Israel but not a single penny is included to secure the borders of the United States........

 

SPENDING AND TAXING

 

Tax Day 2024 is only a prelude of what’s to come if Joe Biden stays for another term - April 15, 2024 b By Olivia Murray - The “Big Guy” wants a whole lot more than 10% this time. Is this year’s tax season the calm before the real storm? Sure, it doesn’t feel like a calm (is anyone else seething or is it just me?), but compared to what Joe Biden has coming down the pike if he manages to “win” another election…. The details are below, from Grover Norquist today at Fox News:.....

Congressional Spending Goes Full Weimar - April 18, 2024 By Jeff Lukens - It has become a speculative game in the blogosphere to predict what black swan calamities could lead to a breakdown in civil order and the imposition of some form of martial law.  Wars and rumors of war abound.  We have already seen a container ship mysteriously knocking down a bridge and closing a key port.  Other such scenarios include massive cyber-attacks that shut down the grid and block communication and transportation networks nationwide.  The speculation on the variations of such events is virtually endless. However, one crisis is no black swan and is entirely expected, already happening, and growing in scale by the day.  That would be the ballooning debt crisis.  If Washington does not change its free-spending ways, the debt will become a catastrophe of devastating proportions that will tear the nation apart.  So long as Congress continues its multi-trillion-dollar deficit spending, we will have a financial death spiral, similar to events a century ago in the Weimar Republic of Germany......

 

Wealth and Redistribution - By Lars Møller - Why should any living person dwell on the French Revolution? Well, there is more to it than picturesque Parisian backdrops, powdered wigs, and peculiar costumes. On the other hand, the powerful image of a blood-spattered guillotine may give us a hint! In deference to true wisdom, let us therefore take the opportunity to quote the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Although we tend to congratulate ourselves on living in a so-called “knowledge society,” school education is in decline. The development is practically the same throughout the West. In any case, knowledge is very unevenly distributed in society. The academic standards of present-day curricula in both primary school and university are being lowered in favor of politicization and indoctrination. The principles of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” are at variance with the classical ideals of academia.......

 

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who threatens Democracy the most this Fall? -  April 8, 2024 by Ned Cosby Once again, we’re told that democracy is on the ballot in this election, and this time that may actually be true.............A funny thing happened on the way to the fall election last week. Another presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy, Junior, was interviewed by Erin Burnett on CNN’s show OUTFRONT. Burnett’s mission was to get Kennedy to agree with all the king’s horses and all the king’s men that Trump was an existential threat to democracy. His response did not match her expectations:............ Listen, I can make the argument that President Biden is a much worse threat to democracy..... 

 

UKRAINE, AND AMERICA

 

Mike Johnson’s Spending Bill Includes $300M for Border Patrol — in Ukraine!!!  - John Binder 19 Apr 2024 - A spending bill backed by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) includes hundreds of millions of dollars in American taxpayer money for border patrol agents in Ukraine as illegal immigration at the United States-Mexico border remains at record levels. The spending bill, which 151 House Republicans helped 165 House Democrats advance on Friday, would see more than $95 billion sent to foreign countries — including about $61 billion to Ukraine amid its ongoing war with Russia.......

Democrats Wave Ukrainian Flags, Cheer 'Ukraine!' After House Passes $60 Billion Aid Package - After the House of Representatives passed its massive $60 billion aid package for Ukraine on Saturday, Democrats waved Ukrainian flags on the House floor— signifying their anti-America first agenda.  210 Democrats voted in favor of the bill— with none voting against it— as America’s own borders are being overrun and overwhelmed by illegal immigrants.  Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) pointed out that those who voted to send Ukraine another massive check of U.S. taxpayer funds are the same radical Leftists who oppose supporting U.S. border security.......

‘Never Seen a Bigger Flip-Flop in Politics’ - Hannah Knudsen 20 Apr 2024 -Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) said he has “never seen a bigger flip-flop in politics” than he has with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), making the remark during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday. Banks, who is running for Senate, discussed the ongoing shock and drama surrounding Johnson, who replaced former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after his ousting. “I’ve never seen a bigger flip-flop in politics than what Mike Johnson has done after he repeatedly said, ‘No more money for Ukraine until we secure our own border,’ and today, he’s doing just the opposite and here, in a couple of hours, may go down to the floor and cast yet another vote against billions of dollars more for a foreign country, Ukraine, while our House Republican leadership has completely abandoned our border,” Banks said........

Betrayal Complete: Mike Johnson Teams with Dems, Violates House Rule to Pass $61B Ukraine Aid - Bradley Jaye - Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) delivered President Joe Biden a $61 billion gift on Saturday afternoon, reversing his months-long pledge to never advance foreign aid without first securing America’s border.Multiple Democrats — and possibly a few Republicans — cheered; shouted, “Ukraine;” and waived Ukrainian flags as the Ukraine aid vote closed. “It is in violation of decorum to waive flags on the floor,” Johnson scored Democrats........

In Congress, US Border Security Takes Back Seat to Foreign Bailouts - Simon Hankinson / RJ Hauman / April 19, 2024 - Worst of all is the appropriations process, where the trees are so dense you forget what a forest is. But as the now-deceased Notre Dame fundraiser James Frick said, “Don’t tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money, and I’ll tell you what they are.” In a recent poll of swing-state voters, only 11% said it was more important to continue funding Ukraine than to secure our own border. Americans have already spent up to $113 billion helping Ukraine so far and the Biden administration is demanding $60 billion more now. However, as Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., writes, the Biden administration is asking for less money to protect the U.S. border, despite an unprecedented surge in illegal immigration.......

No guts, no glory. You take a stand and defend that position at all costs, being prepared to suffer the slings and arrows of these anti-constitution misfits. If you lose, that must be viewed as a temporary set back, and continue the battle.  As time goes by, and if what you stand for is truth, justice and the American way, you will win. But it takes guts, and never, ever, give in, and never, ever take sides with the enemy, which is what he has done. These people are enemies to the nation and the American people. Take that stand and say it, loud and clear, and never stop saying it, and have the courage to be the rock in the current, and he is not.  What the nation needs is a John Boyd clone as speaker of the House.