Democrats Says There Are No Votes Available To Save Mike Johnson
Democrats Won’t Save Mike JohnsonThe last time that Speaker Mike Johnson faced a threat to his speakership, the Democrats rescued him to spare the country from chaos, but if Johnson
Nostalgic memories of home and a carefree childhood | Letters
Readers respond to Michael Rosen’s reminisces on where he was brought up
The home I grew up in had, like Michael Rosen’s, a geyser over the bath (My shirts reeked of onions; my father hated the ‘phoney Tudor windows’. That flat will always mean home, 24 December ). Only my mother was brave enough to light it, as it made explosive noises when exposed to flame. That was in the bathroom, the only room in the flat without a coal fire. Our flat was on the top floor of a corner house in Kingly Street, behind Liberty in Regent Street, London, and once had clearly been the servants’ quarters of a great house.
It had high windows and many rooms, and the kitchen had a huge built-in dresser, an enormous sink and a dumb waiter. In front of the kitchen range was a large sofa, and there was a big table at which my mother and aunt sat and sewed jackets for Savile Row firms, and I later did my homework.
Trump ‘border czar’ admits he’s just making up terrorism claims
Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s pick to be “border czar” in his upcoming administration, admitted during a Fox News appearance on Thursday that he had no evidence for a connection he alleged between the truck attack in New Orleans and the Tesla explosion in Las Vegas.
Appearing on Fox’s “America Reports” program, Homan told anchor Sandra Smith that he believed law enforcement would find a connection between the two incidents.
Homan used the allegation as a launchpad to continue his advocacy for more restrictive immigration policy and attacked President Joe Biden’s administration over the issue—even though both of the men involved in the New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks were American citizens who served in the military.
Smith then pointed out to Homan that law enforcement had not established a connection between the two incidents, and asked him if he had any undisclosed evidence for his premise.
“No, I don’t. This is a gut feeling,” Homan admitted. “I’ve done this for three and half decades. I just think there’s too many similarities, too much coincidence. I think something down the road—they’re going to show some sort of connection.”
Homan’s choice to connect the incidents to terrorism echoes rhetoric from Trump and Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, who both previously referred to a false Fox News report that the car used in the New Orleans attack had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border.
Homan is not just a random conservative commentator making the sort of unverified speculation that frequently appears on Fox News. Trump chose Homan as a key member of his administration, with the goal of implementing his hard-line anti-immigration policies. In Trump’s previous administration, Homan led Immigration and Customs Enforcement and oversaw the widely condemned family-separation policy wherein children were held in detention cages without their parents.
There are widespread worries and fears within immigrant communities about Trump’s plans for them, and Homan has shown he won’t be bound by facts as he whips up more anti-immigrant sentiment.
Weaving a connection between incidents where many people died based merely on a “gut” feeling is unlikely to bode well for an administration where Homan will be the point person for a planned program of mass deportation.
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Mike Johnson’s speakership hangs in the balance ahead of House vote – live
House of Representatives will begin process of electing new speaker, which could take a while if incumbent Mike Johnson cannot unify the Republican conference
Welcome to the new session of Congress, live blog readers.
Today at 12pm ET, the House of Representatives will begin the process of electing a new speaker, which could drag on for days if incumbent leader Mike Johnson cannot unify the Republican conference.