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In Great Britain, they have a common expression: “Taking the piss.’’ When the Brits are “taking the piss’’ with someone, they’re having a bit of sport with them, mocking, teasing or making fun. In America, of course, that expression has an entirely different connotation. On Tuesday, at the NFL’s fall meetings in Manhattan, Jets owner Woody Johnson metaphorically leaked all …

Mayor Brandon Johnson was accused Tuesday of proposing a $1 billion tax increment financing surplus to bail out the Chicago Public Schools at the expense of neighborhood improvement projects, a move roundly condemned by City Council members. The record TIF surplus that would provide $552.4 million to help bankroll a new teachers contract emerged as the key point of contention …

Mayor Brandon Johnson may want to find a $31 million budget fallback for his proposed tax on big social media companies. One constitutional expert predicted it’ll end up “a complete loser” when it’s inevitably challenged in court by opponents in the big tech industry. But Johnson’s office contends it’s a legal “amusement tax” that they’d be slapping on Meta, TikTok …

Washington — Arizona’s attorney general is taking legal action against the House of Representatives over Speaker Mike Johnson’s delay in swearing in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, who would be the decisive signature on a petition to force a vote on releasing files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.   Arizona’s Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed a lawsuit …

Arizona’s attorney general has sued the US House of Representatives over Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to seat an Arizona member of Congress – who was elected in late September – due to the government shutdown. “This case is about whether someone duly elected to the House,” Kris Mayes and other attorneys wrote in the filing Tuesday, “may be denied …

Jets owner Woody Johnson’s stunning candor regarding soon-to-be-former starting quarterback Justin Fields came with strong words of support for coach Aaron Glenn. Lost in the monologue from Johnson (or at least from the coverage of his comments to reporters) was the guy who signed Fields to a two-year, $40 million contract — G.M. Darren Mougey. “It’s hard when you have …

Government shutdown showcases Mike Johnson’s increasingly bold style  The Washington Post Johnson tries to tamp down House GOP shutdown anxiety  Politico ‘No idea’ how the government shutdown might end, House speaker says as Senate rejects funding bill for the 10th time  Yahoo Speaker Johnson suggests House would return to fund DOD — but only if the government is reopened  The Hill Johnson says ‘Marxists’ …

This House Republican has become Mike Johnson’s biggest internal headache  Politico Republican Shows Up In DC To Demand House Reconvene  HuffPost Kevin Kiley’s one of few Republicans back in DC as shutdown goes on  Sacramento Bee ‘Been almost a month!’ Republican calls out GOP leaders for keeping House shuttered  NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts Garamendi keeps shutdown pressure on locally  The Vacaville Reporter Source link

WWE vet Dwayne Johnson learned about his Achilles heel at the box office this weekend in Taylor Swift and Leonardo DiCaprio, after his R-rated drama The Smashing Machine, hit the mat as the blockbuster star’s lowest opening ever with $5.9M U.S. Indeed, this is quite upsetting for Johnson, for the story of UFC champ Mark Kerr was a passion project; …

House Speaker Mike Johnson continued to blame Democrats for the government shutdown, using misleading Republican talking points that insist that Democratic leadership is pushing to fund health care for undocumented immigrants. Johnson said Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation that Democrats “want to spend $1.5 trillion, and they want to return hard-working taxpayer dollars to fund health care for illegal …