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On Saturday, November 18 at 7 p.m., the eminent jazz vocalist Sheila Jordan will be celebrating her 95th birthday.  She will be singing as part of a special

In this episode of Two Minute Tirade, Douglas Christian takes you behind the scenes of the unprecedented crisis in the House of Representatives following the ousting of Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Why did he lose his position, and what does it mean for America's governance, especially as a critical deadline for government funding approaches? Tune in to find out.

Our government appears to be headed for a shutdown in a little over a week unless Kevin McCarthy’s House Toddler Caucus, as Susan Glasser calls his MAGA Republicans, agree to negotiate a deal. Glasser laments that, “the rage of the toddlers now threatens to take the entire government down. For what? To prove, once again, that these are not serious people on whom we have bestowed great power?”

What's the grand accusation against President Biden? Even MAGA Republicans can't answer that with concrete evidence, and yet they plunge headfirst into political spectacle.