Good Thursday morning.
Here is what’s on 46 agenda today:
12pm: The President receives a briefing on Ukraine from members of his national security team
News roundup:
Say goodbye to the COVID-19 vaccination card. The CDC has stopped printing them
More than 75,000 health care workers begin strike at Kaiser Permanente
SoftBank CEO: AI will surpass human intelligence in a decade
Interim Republican speaker orders Pelosi and Hoyer out of Capitol offices
Trump ally Jim Jordan launches bid for House speaker
Mortgage rates hit 7.5%, the highest since 2000
Dem-led cities under scrutiny after shocking random attacks: ‘It is in city after city’
Steve Scalise, McCarthy’s longtime No. 2, announces bid for House Speaker
Pic shows Biden’s dog Commander bite groundskeeper after aides blamed Secret Service
Mob of teen thieves strip shelves bare at CVS in Washington, DC
Swiss writer who called journalist ‘fat lesbian’ sentenced to 60 days in prison
Man was arrested, held for six days over faulty facial recognition tech: lawsuit
Elite NYC private schools are owned by ‘Chinese Communist Party boss’
New York City struggling to contain rising tuberculosis cases
Haley surpasses DeSantis in New Hampshire poll
U.S. sending seized Iranian ammunition to Ukraine
Leader of gun safety group Giffords to step down
Machete Wielding Teacher Reportedly Gets New Gig
A Majority Of Republicans Believe It’s Time For A Third Party: POLL
Starbucks Shutters Seven Stores In Crime-Ridden Parts Of San Francisco
Biden Admin Announces Another $9 Billion Student Debt Giveaway
Carjacked Dem Rep Says the ‘Border Is Safer’ Than the Nation’s Capital
And that’s all I’ve got, now go beat back the angry mob!
Am I supposed to feel some kind of outrage at a $9 billion student loan bailout, but cheer the billions being flushed down the toilet in Ukraine? At least the debtors are citizens. Can we at least agree that money spent on citizens is preferable to that which is squandered (unconstitutionally) overseas?