Mike Johnson warned the US was going down a 'dark and depraved' path before he was named speaker and said the country 'almost seems irredeemable'

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US House Speaker Mike Johnson.

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Speaker Mike Johnson just did the same thing that triggered Kevin McCarthy's ouster — but the hard right's not calling for his head

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House Speaker Mike Johnson at a press conference on Capitol Hill on November 2, 2023.
House Speaker Mike Johnson at a press conference on Capitol Hill on November 2, 2023.

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Congress just found the dumbest way to avoid a government shutdown

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A sign outside the National Archives in 2018 describes the US government shutdown.
A sign outside the National Archives in 2018 describes the US government shutdown.

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Mike Johnson endorses Trump just after the NYT unearths his old Facebook posts questioning whether Trump was too dangerous to be president: 'I just don't think he has the demeanor'

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Speaker Mike Johnson endorsed former President Donald Trump not long after Johnson's old comments which were critical of Trump came to light.

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A GOP lawmaker frustrated by Nancy Mace's opposition to a recent spending bill texted colleagues a link to a video entitled 'How to talk to a Narcissist'

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Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina.

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Speaker Mike Johnson floats confiscating Russian assets to fund Ukraine war aid: 'It would be pure poetry'

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House Speaker Mike Johnson at a press conference on Capitol Hill on November 7, 2023.
House Speaker Mike Johnson at a press conference on Capitol Hill on November 7, 2023.

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Courts force people to download Covenant Eyes, the porn blocker used by Mike Johnson. Even the app's CEO says they shouldn't.

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who has said he uses an porn monitoring app called Covenant Eyes with his son.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, has said he uses porn monitoring app Covenant Eyes with his son.

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Experts warn the program Mike Johnson used to keep himself from watching porn is akin to 'a modern day wiretap program'

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Vice chairman of the House Republican Conference Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the House GOP news conference following the House Republicans meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021.

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It's not just Mike Johnson: Porn-tracking software is actually pretty common on the religious right

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House Speaker Mike Johnson at a press conference on Capitol Hill on November 2, 2023.
House Speaker Mike Johnson at a press conference on Capitol Hill on November 2, 2023.

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Mike Johnson said he and his 17-year-old son use an app that alerts each other if they look at porn

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Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana at a press conference on Capitol Hill in 2022.
Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana at a press conference on Capitol Hill in 2022.

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