A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. McCarthy Lacks A Plan And The Votes Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has such a tenuous grip on his own conference that…
GOP America
Yesterday shot for ringing doorbell, today shot for driving in wrong driveway, Tomorrow???
Upstate NY woman, driven to wrong address, is fatally shot by homeowner, police say - newyorkupstate.com
Kaylin Gillis, 20, killed after turning into wrong driveway (timesunion.com)
I still want to know the logistics of a motion to vacate. The talking heads like to bring it up but what would really happen? Do the loonies have to make sure they have a majority on the day they call for a motion to vacate? Is there a possibility that they goof up so badly that Jeffries winds up as speaker?
continuing
Political reporters are doing McCarthy a favor by calling what he’s presenting publicly, including in his speech yesterday to the NYSE, a “plan.” It’s not a plan yet.
Thank you.
This seems MUCH more like what kinds of sentences we thought we’d see when the insurrectionists came up for charges.
“The DOJ is asking that Schwartz get 24 years prison and pay $71,000+ fine. A fund in which Schwartz has been fundraising has collected $71,541 for “Patriot Pete Political Prisoner in DC”."
Baby steps
Senate Dems weighing a Clarence Thomas invite to future Supreme Court ethics hearing - POLITICO
Pointers are great dogs, but he needs a bigger bed
Oh DK and Rupar, that’s not bong rips. That’s Elon riffing on the dangerous and terrible Longtermism philosophy that he and his ilk aspire to. Luckily I think Longtermism is too over the heads of the average Fox viewer, but even the slight possibility of the two mixing makes me cringe.
If you don’t know what Longtermism is you can look it up. But I warned you.
The WH had the perfect response to McQarthy yesterday: “A speech isn’t a plan…”
Re: Elon; proof positive that really rich people can be really, really stupid.
This morning was one of those typical times when one sleepily listens to the news headlines on the radio while preparing breakfast – then grabs for the off switch:
NPR: “Democrats and Republicans can’t get on the same page over the debt limit . . .”
Yep, both parties are exactly alike, both at fault to the same degree, over a crisis that has been solely manufactured by Republicans.
I had thought that Democrats had progressed beyond the “can’t organize a one-car funeral” phase that has hampered the party in the past, but clearly I’m wrong.
FWIW I’ll be calling Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s office today. I urge everyone to do what you can to turn up the heat.
