FreedomWorks, the grassroots conservative network, has been campaigning to build support for Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan to be the next speaker.
And it seems to be working. In a poll of 4,200 of its conservative members, Jordan won 99.2 percent of the vote against Republican House No. 2 Rep. Kevin McCarthy. …
- Checks of presidents are among the rarest documents in circulation, and one signed by President Trump is heading to auction. Trump’s trademark Sharpie scribble signature is on a “Trump Restaurants LLC” check to an employee, dated Dec. 18, 2013. Alexander Historical Auctions is offering it for sale this week and has placed a minimum bid on it of $3,000. Said the auction house, “What is particularly interesting is why, with thousands of employees under his control, Trump would have personally signed a $92.35 payroll check.” …
- The Mueller Report is going to be published in September. Well, a humorous “fake” version, that is. Simon & Schuster said its book, subtitled “The Leaked Investigation into President Donald Trump and His Inner Circle of Con Men, Circus Clowns, and Children He Named After Himself,” was leaked by an insider code named “Melania T.” …
- Pressure in Amsterdam during the biennial international AIDS conference to punish the President Trump and take the 23rd International AIDS Conference in 2020 out of the U.S. failed last week. Protesters claimed Trump wasn’t supportive enough, but insiders said there was no serious talk to move it from San Francisco July 6-10, 2020. …
- He was passed over for Treasury secretary, and seems interested in spearheading the reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but retiring House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling seems set on returning to Texas. On CNBC, he said, “I plan to hop into the pickup truck, put Washington in the rear-view mirror and drive home.” …
