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'
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.
WHAT'S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill...
It's a busier day on the Hill Wednesday, with several hearings/meetings set:
- House Financial Services — Innovation Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Finance
- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations — Hearings to examine new revelations about airline fees
- House Judiciary, Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee — “Oversight of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services”
- House Education and the Workforce, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee — Back to Basics: America’s Founding, Civics, and Self-Government in K-12 Curricula
- House Oversight and Accountability, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic — to Consider the Following: 1. Report on “After Action Review of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Lessons Learned and a Path Forward”
- House Oversight and Accountability, Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee — “Exposing the Truth on LNG: How the Administration Played Politics with America’s Energy Future”
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.
MORNING MUSING
As my friend Tony Katz rightly noted on X this AM, "We are 47 days away from '47' taking office."
We are 47 days away from "47" taking office.
— Tony Katz (@tonykatz) December 4, 2024
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.
LIGHTER FARE
That ornament was asking for it!
— WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) December 2, 2024
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