I'm away this week, but you can just read this 1/5/2023 column on McCarthy agreeing to far-right demands on Rules Committee & motion to vacate:

'He is now locked into these crazy rules changes and is going to have to follow all these nutty demands.”
washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

I deleted earlier tweet mistakenly said a park visitor heard a gunshot on the day of Tim Sheehy’s 2015 visit.
A Park Service summary said only that a visitor reported that a gun had accidentally discharged.

Please read this Liz Goodwin gem.

washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Great overview of where the House's standing (or falling):

* Massie joins Greene supporting Speaker's ouster;
* Johnson (for now) continues 4-track plan to pass what is really Senate version of Ukr+Israel+Taiwan.

Via Marianna Sotomayor & Leigh Ann Caldwell

washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

One readout from a member inside the GOP conference:

Rep. Massie announced he signed on to the motion to vacate. They don’t have nearly enough Republicans for to pass the rule and many Republicans are still demanding border security.

McConnell continues to say he's serving out term till end of '26 - but the GOP-dominated KY legislature acts otherwise.
On Friday, 2nd time in 3 years, R's in Frankfort changed Senate vacancy law. Now they've entirely nixed Gov. Beshear (D) from any role.
apnews.com/article/kentuc…

GREENVILLE, NC - Influential evangelical lobby, exhausted by dithering, wants House to pass Israel aid immediately. They’re fine with Ukraine & the security supp passed by Senate.

This Abigail Hauslohner gem posted early yesterday, before Iran launched bombs.

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Great Jonathan Martin jam.

The craziest thing you can say on Washington cocktail/diplo circuit right now?

That you think Biden will win.

CW in DC so much favors DJT, that few can see what data clearly shows:

A coin-toss race right now & Biden is gaining.
politico.com/news/magazine/…

A counter-intuitive thing: voters are quite happy with their economy, in their state.

They are. All data shows it.

They just think the nation sucks.

My weekend @PKCapitol column explores the conundrum & its election impact.

washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Trump will be stone's throw from Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick 🇺🇸's district office Saturday.
But don't expect Fitz to be there, as he continues to seek distance from DJT.
And Dave McCormick also has family obligations, he won't be there either.
Good Julia Terruso here.
inquirer.com/politics/elect…

Read Paul Kane on the farcical saga of a Mayorkas impeachment trial no one wants to convene wapo.st/43WzGN1

The farcical Mayorkas impeachment’s 2-plus month bumbling journey to the Senate.
House Rs couldn’t even pass articles on 1st try (tie vote!).
Now Senate conservatives force a trial delay because they know they’re losing.

So much for “send or end it!”
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

House Rs entered this rules vote with zero - 0! - margin for error. As 210 Rs showed up for votes today & 209 Dems.
So, yeah, good luck with that. Another failed rule vote.

To answer some Qs about this, bills that pass 406-0 don’t require a “rule” vote & therefore no previous Q. No real avenue for passing legislation. If Dem “majority” happens on day Rs trying to pass party-line resolution or CRA, Dems could just win an adjournment vote.

For at least second time this year, House Dems were the majority party.
204 Democrats & 202 Republicans showed up to vote on a noncontroversial bill that passed unanimously.

16 Rs & 9 Dems missed the fly-in evening vote.

#NoOneHasTheMajority

clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll1…

So smoothly handled by John McArdle

An amazing Ezra Klein essay about Gmail, etc.

'I have thousands of photos of my children but few that I’ve set aside ... I have stored everything and saved nothing. ... This is not something the corporations did to me. This is something I did to myself.'
nytimes.com/2024/04/07/opi…

Not sure what's more dumb for sports trying to attract mega viewership.

The women's NCAA championship ending at 5:15-ish EDT (2:15 pm on West Coast!) on a Sunday.
Or the men's NCAA championship ending after 11:30 pm EDT Monday night.

NFL would never let either happen.

'I still don't have any burning desire to be a senator,' Governor Larry Hogan tells Melanie Zanona

Great piece by Mel on MD's now-close Senate race.

Probably just gamesmanship by Hogan, because today's Senate races are mini-presidential campaigns.

Burning desire is job requisite No. 1.

“We haven’t gotten 1 single inquiry, like nothing.” A slow start or a harbinger for the GOP convention? Three months before it's start, worries in Milwaukee mount over lightly booked restaurants, theaters and other venues selling selves to conventioneers. nytimes.com/2024/04/07/us/…

Never covered Brennan, but in an earlier life I met a wild cadre of his super-smart folks like Chris Lehane 🇺🇦 and Todd Webster.
As Gov, Brennan appointed Mitchell to Senate & the Muskie-Mitchell lineage runs deep still.
He lost to Collins in '96, but his wake still ripples.