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oral arguments on january 9th. that might make the current march trial date for trumps trial untenable, putting his entire 2024 legal calendar in question. so voters may not have a ruling on whether donald trump plotted to overturn the 2020 election until after they cast their ballots in 2024. we should note, if trump wins a second term in the white house, he could and likely would purger himself and charges might not ever see the charges in trial. extra points for coming in on a holid...

florida governor, ron desantis abruptly removed a twice elected prosecutor just last year, why? because he refused to go after people who seek and provide abortions or provide gender affirming care to transgender people. andrew warren sued desantis and now a federal judge dismissed that lawsuit saying his action of the governor did violate the first amendment and floridas constitution, but, as a federal judge he couldnt rule against a state official based only on the violation of state...

florida governor ron desantis abruptly removed a twice elected democratic prosecutor just last year. why? because he refused to go after people who seek and provide abortions or provide gender affirming care to transgender people. andrew warren sued desantis, but now a federal judge has dismissed that lawsuit, saying his action of the governor did violate the first amendment and floridas constitution, but as a federal judge, he couldnt rule against a state official based only on the vi...

speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy has finally been sworn in after waiting on the historic 15th ballot. >> it is not my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel. look to a son of bakersfield, a former small business owner, a proud product of a firefighters household. but the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] >> that was easy, you write? i never thought wed get up here. my father always told me...

in after waiting on the historic 15th ballot. >> it is not my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel. to a son of bakersfield, a former small business owner, a proud product of a firefighters household. the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] >> that was easy, huh? i never thought wed get up here. my father always told me, its not how you start its how you finish and now we need to finish strong...

continuing coverage of the speaker of. kevin mccarthy has finally been sworn in as speaker after winning on a historic 15th ballot. >> it is now my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel to a son of bakersfield, a former -- of a firefighters household. the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] >> that was easy. i never thought we would get up. here you know my father was told me, it is not how you...

Prosecutors, 94% of the prosecutors in america are elected. but then when they behave in a manner in line with the voter that put them there, they get introuble. you see it here with andrew and the governor and prosecutors across the country. its an odd scenario where we ask these folks to run for office and then either ask them to behave in an apolitical way. it doesnt make sense. >> it doesnt. i mean, the idea even with culture wars, more broadly, much of culture wars are based little in fact,...

Prosecutors. i think 94% of the prosecutors in america are elected. but when they sort of behave in a manner in line with the voters that put them there, they sort of run into trouble. now, you see it here with andrew and the governor. you see it with, you know, prosecutors all over the country. and its just that odd scenario where we ask these folks to run for office, but then ask them to sort of either behave in an apolitical way or just behave in a manner that the opposing party would sort of...

Will be in this odd scenario where he use the rules package to get the votes for speaker, but he cant implement what he promised. so that will be a stress test into next week. but they will survive it. the real test will be around keeping the government open through the annual budget process will be at the end of this year. and then accommodating the debt ceiling. which will absolutely require working with democrats. eric kanter tried to work with obama as the ambassador of the republican house ...

Youll spend less time getting there and more time being there. viking. exploring the world in comfort. the final question for our ♪ well, the stock is bubbling in the pot ♪ ♪ just till they taste what weve got ♪ [ tires squeal, crash ] when owning a small business gets real, progressive gets you right back to living the dream. now, where were we? [ cheering ] panel, david jolly, i will start with the. wind as the mccarthy speaker honeymoon and? >> it is going to be tested very soon over ...