The Show Notes: Kamala Staff Chaos, McCarthy’s Bad Day, & Dems' Alarm Bell
Welcome! Another day, another story of panicked Democrats trying to mitigate GOP gains in the polls.
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More Staffers Leave VP Office
The chief of staff to Vice President Harris is leaving the White House for personal reasons. This marks another high-profile departure from the VP’s office in just a matter of months. The Harris team recently lost its deputy chief of staff, national security adviser, and speechwriter. Harris’s staff management has been consistently dysfunctional since her term as Attorney General of California. Here’s more from the Washington Post.
Kevin McCarthy’s Bad Day
The New York Times published an excerpt from a coming book claiming that Kevin McCarthy said that Trump should resign from office just days after January 6th. The Speaker of the House and his team denied this to the hilt. Last night, two New York Times reporters went on MSNBC (of course) and played this clip of McCarthy indeed recommending that Trump should resign. More tapes may be coming in the future.
Ukraine Update: Mass Graves Found
Outside of the besieged city of Mariupol, satellite images show enormous mass graves dug by Russian soldiers. Local leaders claim the graves were dug to hold the 9,000 bodies of executed Ukrainian citizens in the port city. Here is more from the New York Post.
More Ukaine headlines:
Russia takes aim at eastern and south Ukraine. - Bloomberg
Russian troops use rape as 'an instrument of war' in Ukraine, rights groups allege. - CNN
Five battalions worth of American howitzers heading to eastern front of Ukraine. - Washington Examiner
How Alexey Navalny became Russia's opposition leader. - CNN
Russia ties haunt far-right candidate Le Pen as France gears up for election day. - CNBC
Biden Faces Renewed Title 42 Criticism
Biden is doubling down on ending the Trump era deportation policy on May 23rd. Politico sums the problem up perfectly:
That decision to end the use of the public health order known as Title 42 has placed President Joe Biden in a political bind. The president is attempting to balance his long-standing promise to revoke the policy — which, under the banner of fighting the Covid pandemic, justified the immediate expulsion of migrants without due process — right as Republicans weaponize immigration before the midterms and as a growing number of Democratic senators want restrictions to remain in place for fear that the administration is not prepared for a summer surge of migrants to the border.
The rest of the news:
Investors just pulled a massive $17.5 billion out of global equities. They’re just getting started, says Bank of America. - MarketWatch
Biden’s dismal poll numbers imperil Dem Senate control. - Politico
Tony Awards introduce new “no violence” policy ahead of 2022 show. - Hollywood Reporter
Mike Tyson punched some guy on an airplane. - NY Post
John Stewart isn’t funny. - The Atlantic
House Republicans demand Twitter's board preserve all records about Musk's bid to buy the company. - CNBC
Marjorie Greene expected to testify in hearing on challenge to her candidacy. - AJC
Crypto thieves get bolder by the heist stealing record amount. - WSJ
How much has Earth Day cost us? - Washington Examiner
Democrats ring alarm bells over young voters and the 2022 election as