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Hurt Obama Bros Whine About Biden's Pardon of Hunter—'Now Everyone Looks Stupid'
As to the Obama bros, I would say: Biden has once again proven himself to be exactly the president you deserve.
AOC AWOL? Ocasio-Cortez Abandoned and 'Betrayed' Her Constituents
She should keep an eye on the rear-view mirror, because she may become the target of some young Democrat seeking to do unto her as she did unto Joe Crowley.
WATCH: Joy Reid Is on the Hot Mess Express As She Freaks Out Over Trump Annexing Canada
This is a one-way ticket on the Hot Mess Express to Crazytown, and Joy is sat firmly in the front seat. And the best part is that Donald Trump is the train conductor.
Today on Capitol Hill...
It's a busier day on the Hill Wednesday, with several hearings/meetings set:
White House What's Up
President Joe Biden is still on his Angola trip. Wednesday, he's in Lobito, touring the port terminal and a food processing factory (fancy!) before participating in the Lobito Corridor Trans-Africa Summit. After that, it's wheels up and Joe will be heading back stateside.
Full Court Press...
Today's oral argument at the Supreme Court is sure to have eyes on it. The case is U.S. v. Skrmetti and involves this question:
Whether Tennessee Senate Bill 1 (SBl), which prohibits all medical treatments intended to allow "a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor's sex" or to treat "purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor's sex and asserted identity," Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-33-103(a)(1), violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Meanwhile, in New York, the jury will resume deliberations in the Daniel Penny trial, with Penny seemingly receiving support from a somewhat surprising figure.
The federal criminal cases against Hunter Biden are officially terminated, but not without a verbal smackdown from one of the judges.
As my friend Tony Katz rightly noted on X this AM, "We are 47 days away from '47' taking office."
I'll add, "God willin' and the crick don't rise," as my beloved Grandma used to say. There's a lot of runway between now and then, and lots of folks with other nefarious agendas eager to muck it up, no doubt. I know time goes by increasingly faster as we age, but this is one month-and-a-half stretch I think I'd like to see fly by in the blink of an eye.
That ornament was asking for it!