THE SHOW NOTES: Freak Out Mode, The EV Problem, & School Choice In Texas

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QUESTION: Is The NFL going to undo all of its TV deals?

HEADLINE: ‘Texans Want School Choice’: Abbott Declares Victory after Ousting Anti-Voucher GOP Incumbents in Heated Primaries - National Review

WHAT: Man who spent $14K to become a collie changes his mind after realizing it's 'very difficult' to walk like a dog - Dailymail

NEW: North Korea unleashed 260 balloons containing trash and poop into South Korea. - CNN

IMPORTANT: Why grocery bills feel so high, even though food inflation is technically low - Axios

LOL: Harvard devices to “no longer make political statements.” - National Review

“Freak Out Mode”

Politico claims a “pervasive sense of fear has settled in at the highest levels of the Democratic Party” over the growing realization that President Biden is significantly behind Donald Trump in the polls.

Details: More than a dozen leading figures in the Democratic Party claim a “palpable trepidation” has overtaken the party less than six months before election day. The same sources claim the positive spin that Biden surrogates tell CNN and other outlets is a complete reversal from the text messages and emails they confidentially share with other party leaders.

Context: As Democrats bet that Trump’s New York hush money trial would undo much of his support, the former President has only gone up in the polls and drastically out-fundraised Biden in the month of April. Meanwhile, Biden’s own legal problems begin next week with the start of Hunter Biden’s felony gun trial beginning on Monday.

Hunter: The stripper who Hunter Biden fathered a child with is publishing a tell-all memoir with a line from her publisher alluding to “revelations that could well impact the outcome of the 2024 election.” The book will be released the same week as the Democratic National Convention in August.

Watch: Here’s White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre attempting to challenge the report from Politico

The EV Problem

The White House launched a plan to build 500,000 EV chargers by the end of 2030 through a $7.5 billion earmark in 2021. Currently, only 8 have been built.

Details: As the White House pushes to phase out gas vehicles in favor of EVs, significant questions about the viability of the nation’s charging network have been raised. In order for such a transition to occur, more than 134 million EV chargers would need to be built. Currently, there are less than 190,000.

Ouch: Margaret Brennan on CBS audibly laughed when Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg attempted to defend the White House’s plan:

Related: Is Pete Buttigieg Doing a Good Job? Trains are derailing. Plane parts are falling from the sky. And a former mayor of South Bend is overseeing it all. - NY Magazine

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