Howard Mortman

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"Whaaaaat?" -- NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani reaction when he learns a reporter didn't watch the Knicks game ...

Boos ... “Shut up! Shut up!” ... "Next question" when Rep. Mike Johnson is asked about efforts to overturn 2020 presidential election results ...

"In my administration, I'm going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law." -- Donald Trump August 18, 2016 (Charlotte NC rally)

"Rudy Giuliani. There's only three things he mentions in sentence: a noun, and a verb, and 9/11." -- Joe Biden, 10/30/2007

"Jen Psaki, who's in the back, thank you so much. I see you. And I'm so grateful that you took the time to be here. And so thank you for your kindness. Thank you for your friendship. We miss you around here. And it's so good to see your face." - WH press sec. Karine Jean-Pierre

Cheers and smiles when Speaker pro tempore Rep. Patrick McHenry says this: "John Boehner of the state of Ohio has received one."

PRO TIP: Presiding over the U.S. Senate? Read a book about the U.S. Senate.

"What a good looking crowd. You remember when the bunny saved Joe Biden? The bunny's not gonna save me, right? I got a better bunny." -- Pres. Trump at White House Easter Egg Roll

Texas Senate Republican primary between Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton - will Trump endorse in that race? Trump: "They're both friends of mine. They're both good men...These two - Ken, John - they're both friends of mine. So I'll make a determination."

Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) and sons pay respects to Jimmy Carter in U.S. Capitol Rotunda

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Elon Musk arrives Mar-A-Lago New Year's Eve party with Trump

"Xavier Becerra was a surprise pick to be Joe Biden’s health secretary...The California Democrat was so unfamiliar to the incoming president that Biden badly mispronounced his name at introductory news conference." -- Dan Diamond Here's the 12/8/2020 video:

"I F---ed it up. I F---ed it up. Can I go back. Can go back, please." "You can't. We're live" -- National Anthem

John Cornyn (R) was elected Texas Senator in 2002, defeating Ron Kirk (D) and replacing Phil Gramm (R) ... Here are TV ads from both campaigns in that race ...

Marco Rubio samples Ice Cube (“Check yourself before you wreck yourself”) and Cypress Hill (“Insane in the brain”)

Pete Hegseth departs Singapore (the Shangri-La Dialogue), ending his fourth official visit to the Indo-Pacific ....

"Should the Defense Secretary.." Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Wait what country are you from?" "From the UK" "OK we don't give a crap about your opinion and your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country. We have a major migrant problem. You should care about your own borders"

"No one here has worked harder on China. They hate my guts. I'm sanctioned, twice sanctioned - I don't know what they're sanctioning--double sanctioned, and I can't travel there. I wasn't planning to anyway. China's laughing. They're loving this" - Sen. Marco Rubio, Jan. 6, 2021

At campaign event for John Cornyn in Houston, "Phil Gramm, the former senator from Texas, began choking up as he introduced Mr. Cornyn to a packed room" - J. David Goodman The New York Times Here's the video of Phil Gramm's remarks Thursday:

TRUMP: "He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured, OK? I hate to tell you." Frank Luntz : "Do you agree with that?" TRUMP: "He's a war hero because he was captured, OK. And I believe perhaps he's a war hero..." -- regarding McCain 7-28-2015

Pres. Biden at the beach ... Rehoboth Delaware (8-10-2024)

During his July 14, 1983, re-confirmation hearing, Federal Reserve Board chair Paul Volcker smoked a cigar ...

“We're donating a $400 million ballroom...400...It’ll handle inaugurations. It’s got 5-inch-thick glass windows. Impenetrable by anything but a howitzer... Who else but in our country would sue to stop $400 million beautiful ballroom?...Designed to handle inauguration" - Trump

"My little theory about why they decided to have the convention in Chicago, is, Tim Walz has been going around saying that he served in war, and maybe they did it in Chicago so that he could actually accurately say that he visited a combat zone" - JD Vance in Kenosha Wisconsin

30 years ago -- at the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego, the Singing Senators dedicate "Elvira" to Elizabeth Dole ...

When Queen Elizabeth spoke at the White House in May 1991, you could see her hat. And not much else. That became her opening joke to Congress. Congress loved it -- and gave her a standing ovation.

Tammy Duckworth to Rubio: "When I first got to Senate I was pregnant with my daughter and trying to change Senate rules so I could bring her onto the floor so I could do my job and vote...not accessible to wheelchairs...You came running down to me 'I'm with you! I support you!"

JD Vance buys donuts in Holt’s Sweet Shop in Valdosta Georgia

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump and family board plane for flight from West Palm Beach Florida to Washington DC for inauguration ...