THE SHOW NOTES: Speaker McCarthy, Banning Gas Stoves, & Georgia vs TCU

Welcome! Georgia takes on TCU tonight at 7:30 for the college football national championship.

STAT: Georgia is favored by 12.5

NEW: Brazil police arrest more than 400 after Bolsonaro supporters storm Congress, other buildings - Axios

MUST READ: Has Biden’s Top Diplomat in Mexico Gone Too Far, Officials Ask? - NYT (paywall)

HEADLINE: Kemp’s done being underestimated, aims to steer GOP past Trump - AP News

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Townhall.com @townhallcom

MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart: "McCarthy's protracted fight over the Speaker's gavel...was a continuation of that insurrection. Am I wrong?" Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA): "No. You're not going too far."

Speaker McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy secured the votes to become house speaker early Sunday morning shortly after midnight. A small group of Republican holdouts relented to growing pressure after 14 failed votes. While not all of them voted for McCarthy, enough voted “present” to lower the threshold needed to allow McCarthy to win.

What happened: McCarthy thought he had the necessary votes to become speaker on the 14th vote shortly after 11 PM on Saturday. The vote failed and it appeared the house would adjourn until Monday.

Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler told McCarthy-backer Marjorie Taylor Greene, “I need you to get (Donald Trump) on the phone right now.” Greene did and went around handing the phone to each of the McCarthy holdouts so Trump could implore them to vote for McCarthy.

Nope: Montana’s Matt Rosendale wanted no part in a conversation with Trump in what is the best picture from Saturday night. Look at the name on Green’s iPhone.

Al Drago @Al_Drago

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, holds her smart phone with former US President Donald Trump on the line, as Rep. Matt Rosendale, a Republican from Montana, waves it off during a meeting of the 118th Congress in the House Chamber on Friday. #SpeakerVote

What else happened: Rep. Roger Williams was eager to get back to Texas to be with his wife who was undergoing treatment for a newly discovered brain tumor. Rep. Wesley Hunt’s wife was struggling with medical complications following the premature birth of their child. Both of these situations were pressed on Gaetz, Boebert, and others to relent so Williams and Hunt could return to their family.

Things got tense: Mike Rogers lunged at Matt Gaetz at the 14th failed vote on Saturday evening. Rogers has publically apologized since then.

Alejandra Caraballo @Esqueer_

Rep. Hudson grabbed Rep. Mike Rogers by the face after he confronted Matt Gaetz. This happened right after Kevin McCarty Kevin McCarthy also confronted Matt Gaetz. First physical altercation on the floor of the House sknce 1985. Complete meltdown.

Biden Wants To Ban Gas Stoves

Joe Biden’s Consumer Product Safety Commission may implement a ban on gas stoves to fight indoor air pollutants. The potential ban would impact millions of Americans and drive up costs for low-income families. Here’s the key paragraph from The American Gas Association at Bloomberg (paywall):

“The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and EPA do not present gas ranges as a significant contributor to adverse air quality or health hazard in their technical or public information literature, guidance, or requirements,” said Karen Harbert, the group’s president. “The most practical, realistic way to achieve a sustainable future where energy is clean, as well as safe, reliable and affordable, is to ensure it includes natural gas and the infrastructure that transports it.”  

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The rest of the news:

• Rams rookie Russ Yeast stable in hospital after sustaining pulmonary contusion in loss to Seahawks - Yahoo

• Democrats' 2023 Trump-country test - Axios

• "Major" atmospheric river storm hits California amid "relentless" rains - Axios

• 7,000 nurses at two New York City hospitals on strike as contract negotiations fail - CNN

• Silicon Valley layoffs go from bad to worse - CNN

• Open invitation: TikTok lobbyists repeatedly scored visits to Biden White House, records reveal - Washington Examiner

• How DEI Is Supplanting Truth as the Mission of American Universities - The Free Press

• The New York Times Declares War on LGBTQ People With Hire of Anti-Trans Columnist - The Present Age

• Earth’s Ozone Layer Recovering as Damaging Airborne Chemicals Decline - WSJ (paywall)

• The White House Covid Censorship Machine - WSJ (paywall)

• Russian trolls on Twitter had little influence on 2016 voters - The Washington Post (paywall)

• Damar Hamlin’s Toy Drive Solved the Chaos in Fantasy Football - WSJ (paywall)

• A Lecturer Showed a Painting of the Prophet Muhammad. She Lost Her Job. - NYT (paywall)

Tweets that caught my eye:

Jess Gill @jessgill03

It’s sad that the question of “are men important?” can’t be answered with a simple “yes.” What message does this send to young boys when society says that they’re good at nothing?

Monitoring Bias @monitoringbias

The higher viewpoint intolerance of Democrats is mostly a female Democrat viewpoint intolerance.  (Source: Public Religion Research, 2016.)

zerohedge @zerohedge

The Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index was down 14.9% from a year ago. This was the largest annualized decline in the series’ history. The non-adjusted price change in December was a decline of 1.9% compared to November

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