The Show Notes: Rolling Blackouts, NRSC Probs, & Stacey Abrams

Welcome! The Fed appears ready for another jumbo rate hike.

Headline: As Obama visits the White House on Wednesday, tensions linger between Obama, and Biden camps.

NEW: Railroad workers and UPS workers could potentially go on strike.

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Clip of the day:

Josh Hammer @josh_hammer

Single best ad of the political cycle thus far.

What?

Townhall.com @townhallcom

DOOCY: "You tweeted in 2016 that Trump stole an election." KJP: "I knew this was coming." DOOCY: "If denying election results is extreme now, why wasn't it then?" KJP: "That comparison that you made is just ridiculous."

California’s Rolling Blackouts

Rolling blackouts have begun in California as the power grid remains incapable of handling surging demand from the current heatwave. California issued the highest emergency energy alert as tens of thousands remain without power. The state’s energy policy will only make this worse:

Jeremy B. White @JeremyBWhite

As energy demand has California bracing for possible blackouts, renewable sources currently generating about 27% of electricity; natural gas at 48%. California must get to 100% renewable retail electricity generation by 2045 under state law

Problems at the NRSC

Republicans are increasingly concerned about Senator Rick Scott’s approach to leading the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The Committee invested heavily in an online fundraising campaign that failed miserably and put it with significantly less cash on hand than its Democratic counterpart two months before election day.

The situation is so bad that GOP Senators are working to circumvent the NRSC to get money to Republican Senate candidates who need it.

Democrats Fret as Stacey Abrams Struggles in Georgia Governor’s Race

This is from The New York Times (paywall):

“Georgia Democrats have grown increasingly pessimistic about Stacey Abrams’s chances of ousting Gov. Brian Kemp from office, pointing to her struggles to rally key parts of her party’s coalition and her inability to appeal to a slice of moderate Republican voters who can decide the state’s elections.

Public and private polls have consistently shown her trailing Mr. Kemp, a Republican seeking a second term. And, in a particularly worrying sign for Ms. Abrams, polls also show she is drawing less support than the other high-profile Democrat on the ballot, Senator Raphael Warnock, who is seeking a first full term.”

My take:

Erick Erickson @EWErickson

When Democrats start blaming sexism for Stacey Abrams’ struggles in Georgia, you know she’s toast.

nytimes.comDemocrats Fret as Stacey Abrams Struggles in Georgia Governor’s RaceShe has been trailing her Republican rival, Gov. Brian Kemp, alarming Democrats who have celebrated her as the master strategist behind the state’s Democratic shift.

The rest of the news:

• Homeowners lose wealth as rising interest rates weigh on home values - CNBC

• 🚨 Student loan forgiveness ‘is fiscal recklessness,’ Purdue University president says - Yahoo

• 🚨 The realities of covering John Fetterman - Washington Examiner

• Dem governors in the big battlegrounds are looking strong — but the GOP is expanding the map - Politico

• Cumulus boycotts major podcast conference after Daily Wire snafu - Axios

• Biden Admin Is Placing Vending Machines Filled With Drug Supplies in Rural Kentucky - Washington Free Beacon

• 🚨 More than a third of working families can’t afford basic needs: study - NY Post

• Saudi Arabia and Gulf neighbors threaten Netflix over content that ‘violates Islamic values’ - CNBC

• 🚨 India Dashes US "Hopes" On Oil Price Cap: "We Will Buy From Russia, We'll Buy From Wherever" - ZeroHedge

• Head Start programs are keeping some of the nation’s poorest kids in masks despite CDC guidelines. - NYT (paywall)

Tweets that caught my eye: