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TOP O' THE MORNIN'
Trump Manhattan Trial Tuesday Evening Wrap-Up - 'What the Hell Happened?' Edition
Daniels' antics — and the scope of the testimony Judge Juan Merchan permitted — prompted Trump's legal team to move for a mistrial, as detailed by Bob Hoge.
Latest Data Red Flags That Have to Have Biden Freaking Out
Biden isn't going to get any better; he's just going to continue to go downhill, and there's only so much they can do.
Several red states have also filed lawsuits against the White House’s Title IX changes. Oklahoma and Florida have both declared that they would refuse to comply with the Biden administration’s new rules.
WHAT'S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill...
Lots going on Wednesday on the Hill. Here are some of the key hearings/meetings:
- House Budget — The Cost of the Border Crisis
- House Energy and Commerce — Examining Accusations of Ideological Bias at NPR, a Taxpayer Funded News Entity
- Senate Judiciary — Hearings to examine the urgent need to protect immigrant youth
- House Education and the Workforce — "Confronting Pervasive Antisemitism in K-12 Schools"
- House Homeland Security — Silent Weapons: Examining Foreign Anomalous Health Incidents Targeting Americans in the Homeland and Abroad
- House Financial Services — Mission Critical: Restoring National Security as the Focus of Defense Production Act Reauthorization, Part II
Look for more intrigue surrounding the tensions between House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) following their recent tête-à-têtes.
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Mike Johnson Meets With Marjorie Taylor Greene to Hash Out Their Differences Amid Ouster Threats
White House What's Up
It's a full day for President Joe Biden. After receiving his Daily Briefing, he travels to Racine, Wisconsin, to deliver remarks on his Investing in America agenda, then to a campaign event. Then he travels to Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, for another campaign "reception" (I'm sure the place will be packed), before flying back to D.C. late night.
Full Court Press...
Former President Donald Trump will catch a breather on Wednesday as court is not in session in his Manhattan criminal trial, but never fear: Stormy Daniels will be back on the stand Thursday for Trump's attorneys to continue cross-examining her.
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MORNING MUSING
I'll confess that I'm torn on this: Part of me really wishes the Trump trial were televised so that we could observe it firsthand rather than relying on reports from the select few journalists allowed to observe the proceedings. But then I realize if I were actually able to watch it in real-time, I'd likely get nothing else done. Trying to follow along sufficiently to give regular updates/recaps is challenge enough. Either way, as others have observed, the prosecution and those hellbent on "getting Trump" have created a circus — and having observed him closely now for nigh on a decade, I won't be at all surprised if the Greatest Showman in Politics manages to make a silk purse out of this sow's ear.
LIGHTER FARE
If the balaclava fits...
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