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Via #Alternet Apr 01, 2025

Speaker #MikeJohnson is facing #bipartisan criticism—and public ridicule—after abruptly shutting down the #HouseOfRepresentatives on Tuesday afternoon for the rest of the week. The move came after a #Republican proposal with bipartisan support, which would allow members with newborns to #vote remotely, disrupted his legislative agenda. Johnson, who often portrays himself as a devoted family man, opposed a rule change to accommodate new parents

alternet.org/johnson-shut-hous

Alternet.org · 'They broke Johnson': Speaker mocked for shutting House down after 'brutal' defeatBy David Badash
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“The US’s submarine fleet numbers are currently a quarter below their target and the country is producing boats at half the rate it needs to service its own needs, US figures show. Experts have argued the chance of that condition* being met is vanishingly small.”

*enough submarines being built for the USA to then supply Australia