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'
Kamala Harris Is Clearly Burdened by What Has Been
To sum up, choosing Kamala Harris as their nominee for president is yet another bold strategy by the Democrats. We are going to have to see if it pays off for ‘em.
Ted Cruz Cautions GOP About Underestimating Kamala Harris
Cruz continued, saying he was worried that people were "overconfident" at the RNC. He said that now is not the time for celebrations; those will come after Election Day.
Rep. Mike Waltz Gives Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle No Quarter in Oversight Hearing
Given the furor directed at her over the failures and lack of accountability, I suspect Cheatle's days (hours?) as Secret Service Director are numbered.
WHAT'S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill...
Business is back in full swing on the Hill Tuesday. While Monday's blistering of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was next level, there are multiple hearings set for Tuesday. Here are some of the highlights:
- House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party — The Great Firewall and the CCP’s Export of its Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State
- House Financial Services — AI Innovation Explored: Insights into AI Applications in Financial Services and Housing
- House Homeland Security — "Examining the Assassination Attempt of July 13" (Both Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas declined to attend this hearing; scheduled witnesses include Colonel Christopher L. Paris, Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Police, and Patrick Yoes, National President, Fraternal Order of Police)
- House Judiciary — Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
- House Ways and Means, Oversight Subcommittee — Fueling Chaos: Tracing the Flow of Tax-Exempt Dollars to Antisemitism
- House Agriculture — “Financial Conditions in Farm Country”
- House Armed Services, Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee — Mobility Aircraft Relevance and Survivability in a Contested Environment
- House Committee on House Administration — “Congress in a Post-Chevron World”
- House Energy and Commerce, Health Subcommittee — Are CDC's Priorities Restoring Public Trust and Improving the Health of the American People?
- House Transportation and Infrastructure, Railroads, Piplelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee — "Examining the State of Rail Safety in the Aftermath of the Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio"
White House What's Up
While speculation runs wild as to the well-being of the purported leader of the free world, the only thing on President Joe Biden's Tuesday calendar is traveling from Rehoboth Beach to Dover, Delaware, then back to the White House, where he's set to receive his Daily Brief in the afternoon.
Full Court Press...
The Los Angeles Superior Court system is expected to reopen Tuesday after being out Monday following the Crowdstrike IT outage.
MORNING MUSING
On Sunday (before Biden's dropping out announcement), I mused about Democrat me. Today, I'd like to talk about Control Freak me. It's taken me nearly 56 years to begin to come to terms with the fact that I can't fully escape my control freak tendencies (and the attendant anxiety they fuel — or that fuels them). But I have gotten a little better at learning to steer into the skid. It's why I've adopted this as my go-to meme/gif for the foreseeable future.
— Susie Moore ⚾️🌻🐶 (@SmoosieQ) July 23, 2024
In a sense, maybe I'm embracing my inner Kamala, learning to be unburdened by...what has been...or what will be...Que sera, sera.
LIGHTER FARE
As I noted to Roxanne on Twitter, I expect she's going to be busy the next few months...
Here is my statement.
— Roxanne Hoge (@RoxanneHoge) July 23, 2024
It is truly time for me to be unburdened by what has been. Please watch. And clap. pic.twitter.com/oRXZfzxcs2
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