Monday’s Home choose committee hearings on the Jan. 6. coup try raised new questions on simply how a lot of Trump’s post-election fundraising was only a money-seeking grift, however his most probably Republican presidential competitor in 2024 will not play second fiddle to anybody in relation to making off with different individuals’s cash: It seems that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ varied “tradition struggle” legal guidelines are costing Florida taxpayers a fortune. Your tax {dollars} at work?
The US Senate, in the meantime, continues its position because the world’s least deliberative physique. The Senate jumped to supply further safety to—no, not faculty youngsters—the households of Supreme Courtroom justices, as tempers flared after the leak of a draft opinion that will finish federal entry to abortion rights. Now Senate Republicans are vowing to dam that very same proposal after the Home prolonged the identical safety protections to Supreme Courtroom regulation clerks and different staff. As to why Republicans think about {that a} dealbreaker, that is an … fascinating query.