Republican and the reaction i got back was a screaming face emoji. throughout this process of getting democrats elected speaker, there was a lot of anger from more moderate and mainstream republicans about the fact that 10% of the most right-wing republicans were, in their view, holding the other 90% hostage. and there was also this insistence that were there were no explicit committees promised to these members, there was never like, i need you to put me on this exact committee or i m not gonna vote for you. but we do know, because the members were in the room negotiating this, told me and other reporters that one of the things they demanded if kevin mccarthy was what they called, a conservative representation on committees, what they meant was that was, membership of the far-right freedom caucus on these plum committee assignments. it appears they got that, alex. i mean, riddle me this, sahel. kevin mccarthy agreed to a
A mainstream republican and the reaction was a screaming face emoji. throughout this process, there was a lot of anger from more moderate mainstream republicans at the fact that 10% of the most right wing republicans were in their view holding the other 90% hostage. and there was always this insistence that there were no committees promised. it was never like i need you to put me on this committee or i won t vote for you, but we know that the members told me and other reporters that one of the things that they demanded was what they called conservative representation on committees. what they meant is membership of the far right freedom caucus on these plumb committee assignments. it appears that they got that, alex. riddle me this. kevin mccarthy agreed to a one vote threshold to oust him as speaker. so the far right seems to be winning this hand, but does not a certain amount of political capital lie with the nonmaga-ish
New york times reports that an organization called the propane education and research council, perk, has spent millions of dollars on productive and team electrification messaging for tv, printed social media, using influencers like mr. blah. that is despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of the scientific, community agrees that the burning of fossil fuels is dangerously heating our planet. and the fact that propane gas as appliances can amid dangerous levels of toxic chemicals. the fact that electricity is just cheaper to begin with two. but that is the point. they are spending money to get you to spend your money on a product that in many cases, just doesn t make a lot of sense anymore. this year, in 2023, park plans to spend another $13 million on its anti electrification campaign. so the next time you settle into the catch in football in a whole makeover show to unwind, be alert. the propane lobby maybe the real star of that show. but it is not just propane. and it is not
Election was. but we all sort of are waiting for the other shoe to drop, so to speak. we know that the pervasive sentiments that have been created by the rhetoric of the big lie have not gone away, and we know that there are still a lot of people out there who genuinely believe that the election was stolen and to also believe that the only way to deal with political conflict is to address it through violence. this just reiterate what i have said in what my colleagues have said over and over again since 2020. the rhetoric has got to stop, because it is not just a political tactic anymore. it is creating actual violence in our communities. it is affecting human beings like me in my family, my colleagues, my friends and their families in their daily lives. it s threatening their safety. what do you do, short of making the case that this isn t the answer? where human beings? don t put my ten-year-old daughter s life in danger
Has pervaded our population the last couple of year, i m deeply concerned because really we can see a through line now from the rhetoric that was leading up to the 2020 election all the way through december late in the year of 2022. and we re not just talking about violence now, we re seeing it actually happen. i think a lot of people think because there wasn t a january 6th style insurrection following the midterm elections that somehow we ve gotten to a better place. but i wonder what the view on that is from the state level. you can talk about how you see the threat to democracy as it plays out in the state of new mexico? my colleagues and i, and it is not just democrats, it is people of both party, independents, who work in elections for a living, we were all saying, wow, this election, it has been a lot calmer, a lot