Republicans have at long last elected a House speaker: Representative Mike Johnson, a fundamentalist Christian who was also once called a key “architect” in Congress’s efforts to overthrow the 2020 election.

Johnson finally secured the speaker’s gavel after Republican infighting left the House without a speaker for 22 days. He secured 220 votes.

Johnson is a four-term congressman representing Louisiana. His win also represents the rise of the MAGA front in the Republican Party. Earlier Wednesday morning, Donald Trump endorsed Johnson as House speaker—after quickly killing Mike Emmer’s nomination the day before.

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    11 months ago

    Maybe parents shouldn’t let their kids have unrestricted access to the internet? I’m not sure why so many folks think it’s alright to just hand a small child an iPad and never check what they’re doing.

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      11 months ago

      the same way our parents put us in front of the TV and a PC early on. They didn’t want to raise us. soooo the internet did. any obstacles to that we.quickly defeated. parent apps and restrictive snooping is a breeze. the sooner you put your child in front of technology and tell them its only 90% they are gonna find the remaining 10. i did. you did, we had kids now its their turn to defeat security and make their own lives, we have to help them or get in the way. a lot of parents cant tell the difference. repression breeds obsession. drinking before 21? cool af, drinking after 21, meh. everything that we think is taboo or wrong, they are going to grab by the hilt and impale our generation on it, not a one of us is getting younger.

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      11 months ago

      you can’t monitor your kids 24/7. and if you had parental trackers on the device people here will call you abusive.