by Dave Patterson | Feb 5, 2024 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
Combat activity continued over the weekend in the Gulf Region. On the same day US forces led a multiplatform air strike against Iran proxies in Iraq and Syria, Iran-supplied Houthi rebels continued to launch unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) at merchant vessels...
by James Fite | Oct 21, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
After a spectacular failure on a third vote for Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) bid to become Speaker of the House, the GOP dropped the Ohio lawmaker as their candidate, and now the floodgates are open. Overnight, nearly a dozen Republicans have either announced their...
by Graham J Noble | Oct 20, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Politics
On Oct. 19, having failed to secure his election to the office of House speaker after two rounds of voting, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) opted to push a Plan C gambit. The Judiciary Committee chair reluctantly decided to back an effort to provide Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick...
by Graham J Noble | Oct 13, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Politics
House Republicans appear to be setting themselves up for another speaker election debacle reminiscent of the Jan. 2023 15-round voting marathon to get Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) into the lower chamber’s top job. Though Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) defeated Rep. Jim Jordan...
by Mark Angelides | Apr 12, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has filed suit against Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) for seeking to subpoena a former associate involved in the case against Donald Trump. The prosecutor alleges that Jordan’s actions – in his role as chair of the House Judiciary...