So much news happening this week! In the old days, the lead-up to Labor Day weekend would be sleepy and getting sleepier — but not anymore. Here are some jaw-dropping developments that have captivated us (and, we assume, you) lately.
For the second time in two months, evil SCOTUS-packer Mitch McConnell seized up during a press avail. Clearly something neurological is going on. Can you imagine if this had happened to Joe Biden? You'd never hear the end of the Republican screaming. (McConnell, by the way, is slightly older than Biden, by about nine months.) So if Mitch calls it quits, can Kentucky's Democratic Governor, Andy Beshear, nominate GOP AG Daniel Cameron as his replacement? That would certainly clear the field for the next gubernatorial race, LOL.
Hurricane Idalia mostly missed Tallahassee today, but did manage to split a 100-year-old tree right down the middle, half of which fell on the Governor's mansion. With that, we'd say that Ron DeSantis's luck has officially run out.
Yesterday the White House hosted a special event to announce the first 10 drugs whose prices Medicare will negotiate with pharmaceutical companies: Eliquis, Jardiance, Xarelto, Januvia, Farxiga, Entresto, Enbrel, Imbruvica, Stelara and Flasp. Manufacturers raked in $3.4 billion in out-of-pocket costs for these drugs just last year alone. Well, kiss it all goodbye, Big Pharma. And let's not forget that the right to negotiate was made possible by the Biden-Harris Inflation Reduction Act — which no Republican voted for. (They'll try to take credit for it anyway.)
The biggest news today was probably the decision in defamation case of Ruby Freeman, et. al. v. Rudolph V. Giuliani. Fittingly, the judge ruled in the plaintiffs' favor. It's unclear how Rudy will be able to pay the damages, and even more fuzzy whether he'll comply with the discovery order. (He's clearly hiding something that he thinks will hurt him in his criminal cases.) But how will that $100,000-a-head Rudy fundraiser in Bedminster go on September 7? It's supposed to include a "round table" discussion with Giuliani and Benedict Donald! Can't believe their lawyers are going to be happy about that.
Finally, our New York Attorney General, Letitia James, has averred in a court filing today that Trump fraudulently inflated his net worth by $2.2 billion every year between 2011 and 2021. Wow! James is set to take Trump and his spawn to trial on October 2. Isn't it great that so many of Benedict Donald's adversaries are Black? Tish James, Judge Tanya Chutkan, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, and the goddess of them all, Fulton County's own Fani Willis. We cats applaud them, and we PURR.
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