Speaker Johnson here. You may have noticed that I’ve been taking a step back from the news cycle lately. Not in the sense that I’m not in it, every day—appearing on television, praising Donald Trump, and taking questions from the media. I am. But you’ve probably noticed that I know nothing about anything that’s happening. This is deliberate. It is a form of self-care. I have started tuning out for my own mental health. There is only so much negativity you can absorb before you have to take a deep breath and ask yourself, Do I really need to spend all day doomscrolling? Where is my joy?

You may ask, As speaker of the House, can you really do that? Yes. If there is one thing I’ve taken from the Trump presidency, it is that you can just do things and nobody will stop you. Certainly not the o

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