The McConnell debt ceiling argument — that it is, in fact, about future spending and that Dems should do it on a partisan basis since they’re doing everything else that way — seems complicated by the fact that Republicans, including McConnell voted to move the infrastructure bill

RNC raising money off its pledge to sue over the Biden vaccine/testing requirements announced yesterday

NYT: The drone strike that the military said took out a potential ISIS car bomber right before we departed Afghanistan likely hit a a longtime worker for a U.S. aid group who was bringing people to and from work.

Was pondering a question tonight that I don't quite have an answer to. Did an positive social or political outcome come from 9/11? If so, what? If you believe it was impossible for that to happen, why?

NEW — The NCAA is on a federal lobbying blitz, hoping to put a standard cap on what student athletes can earn in NIL endorsements. via @Hailey_Fuchs , who is crushing her new beat

this is some Inception level stuff here. Project Veritas got duped by fake lawyers (pretending to be their real lawyers) and paid $165k in legal fees to them

"This guy called me every single day, pretended to be my best friend, and then, he fucked me. He's not a good guy” — Trump on Kevin McCarthy, per Woodward and Costa

Breaking: the White House has ruled OUT minting the coin to resolve the debt ceiling stand off, @lbarronlopez  reports