Tuesday Morning Minute

Good morning, and welcome to RedState's "Morning Minute" — a brief glimpse at which stories are trending at the moment and a look ahead at what the day may bring. Consider this your one-stop shop for news to kickstart your day.

TOP O' THE MORNIN'

WATCH: Commotion in Virginia State Senate After Winsome Sears Refers to Transgender Senator As 'Sir'

Presiding over the senate, Sears took a question from State Sen. Danica Roem, a Democrat who identifies as female. During the course of her answer to Roem, Sears referred to Roem as "sir," which reportedly caused Roem to walk out in a huff.

FTC, 9 State AGs Strike Back With Suit to Block $25B Merger of Grocery Chains Kroger and Albertsons

Its suit also argued that the companies' proposed divestiture of hundreds of stores a piece to a third-party chain was "inadequate," and would fail to maintain the competition between the chains that keeps prices low and wages high--especially for union workers and their unions:

Ben Shapiro Exposes the Terrifying Reality of DEI in Medicine

This isn't sustainable, but since when has unsustainability stopped the far left?

WHAT'S ON TAP?

Today on Capitol Hill...

The Senate is back in session, and there are several hearings set:

Judiciary - Hearings to examine stopping the flow of American guns to the cartels
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Hearings to examine the U.S. technology fueling Russia's war in Ukraine
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Julie Su nomination
Foreign Relations - Hearings to examine Yemen and Red Sea security issues
Environment and Public Works - A joint hearing to examine the presence of microplastics in water
Intelligence (Select) - Closed briefing on certain intelligence matters

The House is out until Wednesday, but the talk is all about the potential shutdown.

White House What's Up

President Biden is set to meet with congressional leaders.

The President will meet with the four Congressional leaders at the White House. The President will discuss the urgency of passing the bipartisan national security supplemental and keeping the government open.

Full Court Press...

Two more cases are set for oral argument before the Supreme Court:

McIntosh v. U.S. - Examining whether a district court may enter a criminal-forfeiture order outside the time limitations set forth in Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2.
Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A. - Examining whether the National Bank Act preempts the application of state escrow-interest laws to national banks

In Fulton County, Nathan Wade's divorce attorney is scheduled to take the stand to testify in the disqualification hearing regarding DA Fani Willis.

Of Primary Concern

Michigan's presidential primary is on tap for today — both for Democrats and Republicans, though the GOP is employing a hybrid process that may make things a bit murky. For the Dems, the big question will be turnout.

The early vote totals may include a number of “uncommitted” ballots from Democrats unhappy with Biden’s support for Israel in its response to the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas. Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib has urged voters to mark their ballots that way on Tuesday to send a message to Biden and other Democrats.

MORNING MUSING

There's been a fair amount of discussion regarding the 25th Amendment of late, but the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified 73 years ago today. That's the one limiting a president to two terms. Until recently, I'd always thought that an appropriate setting. Perhaps the current president could be persuaded one is really enough? It's certainly been more than enough for me.