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Speaker of the House: Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected as the next Speaker of the House on Saturday, Jan. 7. The election took surprisingly long, as several more right-wing conservatives were opposed to his election. McCarthy, with the help and support of President Trump and other Republican leaders, was able to garner enough support in the 15th ballot - flipping around 15 Republican votes from “No” to “Yes”.

More: Since the Civil War, there’s only been one other Speaker of the House election (1923) that took more than one ballot. The U.S. record is 133 ballots - set in 1855.

Jordan Peterson: The College of Psychologists of Ontario have threatened to revoke Dr. Jordan B. Peterson’s license to practice if he doesn’t complete social media re-education for comments the clinician and professor made on the Joe Rogan podcast and Twitter. The purpose of the training is to “review, reflect on and a…