Jan 9, 2023
David Waldman and Greg Dworkin steer Monday’s raft of stories into the storm.
The coming chaos is inevitable as it is predictable. All Kevin McCarthy wanted was the title, and that’s all that the Freedom Caucus is giving him. In return, the Freedom Caucus gets all of the freedom, which leaves all of the responsibility up for grabs. Rules are the last thing they want to talk about, but unfortunately for them is the next thing they have to do. No one in the driver’s seat actually means everyone gets a steering wheel.
On the other hand, those who understand rules, really love rules, have come to the right place. H. Res. ___ hasn’t even been numbered yet, David explains that, then pores over all the theretos and thereons therein the damn thing, or at least enough to give you an idea of how Lauren Boebert feels right now.
Oh well, we’re stuck with them, just like the UK is stuck with Tories. Brazil still has a chance after fending off Bolsonaro insurrectionists supplied with a coup in a kit made in America.
The former guy says the present guy made Russia bomb Ukraine. Realistically, it will be up to the West to clean it up.