Playbook: How the push to unseat Johnson could unfold  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WHAT UNION JOE IS READING — “Tennessee workers at VW plant vote to unionize with UAW,” by The Tennessean's Todd Price and Gary Estwick …

Volkswagen workers in Tennessee pass historic vote to unionize  —  Victory marks the first win in the United Auto Workers campaign to organize the Southern factories of a dozen automakers  —  Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., passed a historic vote to join the United Auto Workers on Friday …

Trump forced to listen silently to people insulting him as he trades a cocoon of adulation for court  —  He seems “selfish and self-serving,” said one woman.  The way he carries himself in public “leaves something to be desired,” said another.  —  His “negative rhetoric and bias,” said another man, is what is “most harmful.”

Musk Says Maher Hit Bullseye Comparing Nickelodeon to Neverland Ranch  —  ANTI-WOKE  —  “Wow, Bill Maher hits the bullseye,” Musk wrote on social media.  —  Bill Maher has labeled kids' TV network Nickelodeon as “Neverland Ranch with craft services”—and teed off on progressives' views …

US weighs sending additional military advisers to Ukraine as Russia gains momentum  —  The troops would be serving in a non-combat role, officials said.  —  The U.S. is considering sending additional military advisers to the embassy in Kyiv, the latest show of American commitment to Ukraine …

‘Yes, I Did It’: Politician Confesses to Murdering Wife on Social Media  —  ‘I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT’  —  “The lying wretch got what she deserved,” he wrote, among other disturbing things.  —  A politician in Russia's Tver region has sent shockwaves through the country after apparently confessing …

‘We Just Finally Saw the Dam Break’: How House Republicans Embraced the Chaos  —  Veteran Rep. Tom Cole is fed up with his party's insurgents.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson is on the verge of his biggest legislative victory yet — and it might mean his undoing.

Russia's War Against Evangelicals  —  After they beat Azat Azatyan so bad blood came out of his ears; after they sent electric shocks up his genitals; after they wacked him with pipes and truncheons, the Russians began to interrogate him about his faith.  “When did you become a Baptist?

Roll Call 151 Roll Call 151, Bill Number: H. R. 8035, 118th Congress, 2nd Session  —  VOTE QUESTION: On Passage, DESCRIPTION: Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, VOTE TYPE: Yea-And-Nay, STATUS: Passed

Four ‘Three Percenter’ militia members sentenced to prison over Jan. 6 charges  —  Four “Three Percenter” militia members were sentenced to prison Friday over charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.