MY THOUGHTS

Obama’s masterstroke

Good morning. A lot can still change. But a lot has already changed. Nobody thought Democrats had a chance with Biden. Now, polls show Kamala and Trump tied. Enthusiasm for Kamala is soaring among Democrats, and Trump’s campaign confidence is slipping.

This all points to one thing: Obama and Pelosi’s undemocratic Democratic coup was a political masterstroke. Republicans will focus on the economy, the border, and Kamala’s radical progressive record — which the mainstream media is helping Americans forget about. Democrats will focus on abortion with “freedom” messaging.

The media, Kamala's campaign, and big tech only need to hide Kamala’s record — and censor the story about Trump nearly being assassinated — for 98 more days. Can they do it?

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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

✊ Facebook admitted to censoring rally photos of Donald Trump. In addition to Google suppressing auto-complete results for Donald Trump’s near assassination, Facebook acknowledged that they “mistakenly” censored the photo of Trump holding his fist in the air. With fewer than 100 days until the election, Big Tech companies are actively working to suppress content that could favor Donald Trump.

🏛 Missouri AG is suing the Biden admin. over the migrant surge. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced he is suing the Biden administration “for refusing to turn over documents about the flying of illegal immigrants into Missouri.” State lawmakers insisted on having full transparency about how illegal migrants are being tracked in the US and demanded to know how many have been flown into Missouri.

🇻🇪 The US is calling out Venezuela’s rigged elections. Venezuela is facing a political crisis with potential regional repercussions if Nicolás Maduro, despite evidence of a sham election, assumes power against the will of the voters. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, “We have serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people.”

👶 Iowa’s six-week abortion ban takes effect. After pro-abortion groups like the ACLU and Planned Parenthood failed to block Gov. Kim Reynold’s (R-IA) six-week ban in court, all abortions after the detection of a heartbeat will now be illegal, with exceptions for the mother's life being at risk, fetal abnormalities, rape, and incest. The neighboring states of Minnesota and Nebraska are being bolstered by Planned Parenthood as a safe harbor for women seeking abortions.

WHAT WE’RE HEARING

• Trump’s shooter was on counter snipers’ radar 90 minutes before the shooting.

• The Senate scrapped plans to vote on cryptocurrency legislation after failing to gain enough Republican support.

• Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) withdrew himself from the running to be Kamala Harris’ running mate.

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• The acting Secret Service director and deputy FBI director will testify before Congress today.

• Donald Trump said he will “probably end up debating” Kamala Harris.

• Donald Trump also said he “will continue to do outdoor rallies.”

• The U.S. national debt surpassed $35 million.

• With about 100 days until the election, Democrats’ are hoping Kamala Harris is their saving grace for 2024. But what do Americans think? (Member-only)

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WASHINGTON

Biden cracks down on a conservative SCOTUS

• President Biden is urging an encodable ethics code and term limits on Supreme Court justices

• The proposals are hailed by Democrats as necessary to preserving democracy and slammed by Republicans as a power play

• The reforms will likely never pass but do highlight an effort to punish a conservative court

The story

On Monday, President Biden released plans to reform the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) following several “scandals” and the recent Trump v. United States decision, which grants former presidents immunity from prosecution for “official acts.” Biden proposed an enforceable ethics code, 18-year term limits, and a “No One is Above the Law Amendment” to overturn Trump v. United States.

Democrats have spotlighted supposed scandals related to Supreme Court justices allegedly accepting millions of dollars in gifts, pushing book sales, and conducting personal business with people who had legal business before the court.

However, none of these justices ever committed a crime. And Justice Samuel Alito, in particular, has been raked over the coals in ginned-up controversies that are now being used as an excuse to declare war on the court.

For years, left-wing politicians have demanded the resignations of SCOTUS justices for “potential” ethics violations, despite no actual wrongdoing being proven, and have even called for packing the court with more liberal justices simply to punish the court for leaning conservative in its legal application.

Amid the heated Democrat rhetoric toward conservative justices after the leaked reports of Roe v. Wade being overturned, a man was arrested outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home with the intent to murder him — a monumental story that largely flew under the radar.

Biden's proposed reforms are emerging just three months before the presidential election, when optics are crucial. Additionally, key aspects of the president’s progressive agenda were recently thwarted by a series of Supreme Court decisions, in particular, their rejection of student loan forgiveness.

As President Biden transitions out of public life, he strives to solidify his legacy with a final effort to appease his left-wing base by upending a conservative majority court — an institution intended to remain independent of executive and legislative agendas.

The politics

On Monday, the president released an op-ed in the Washington Post arguing for SCOTUS reforms, expressing concerns about “undisclosed gifts to justices” and “conflicts of interest connected with Jan. 6 insurrectionists.”

He highlighted concerns about the impact of “broad immunity” on the conduct of future presidents, the unusual nature of lifetime SCOTUS appointments compared with other democracies, and SCOTUS decisions “impacting personal freedoms.”

Republicans have long opposed Democrat efforts to reform the court, labeling them “retaliation” for conservative decisions on abortion, climate change, student debt, and presidential immunity. Biden states clearly that the conservative SCOTUS majority’s decisions interfered with his agenda and are indeed a major reason for proposed reforms.

Federalist Society Co-Chairman Leonard Leo fired back, arguing that the proposal is a power grab by Democrats bent on “destroying a court they don’t agree with.” He lambasted Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for introducing articles of impeachment against Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. He decried the reforms as hypocrisy, saying he supports them only if there are “no gifts … for any reason in any branch [of government].”

Beyond the headlines

Given extreme political polarization and Republican control of the House of Representatives, passing reforms via Constitutional amendment isn’t possible. Constitutional amendments are very difficult to legislate, requiring three-fourths of state legislatures and a supermajority in both houses of Congress.

However, President Biden’s proposals are at the very least a signal to his base that nothing is beyond politicization, even the nation’s highest court.

Biden wrote, “Term limits would help ensure that the court’s membership changes with some regularity” and that “it would reduce the chance that any single presidency radically alters the makeup of the court for generations to come.” The president’s calls for term limits appear less as a neutral enhancement to the court and more as a politically charged move to punish justices for defying Democratic priorities.

Further, left-wing dark money groups like Stand Up America have been actively mobilizing Democrat voters to support Biden, emphasizing that his election could lead to replacing justices and “potentially reshaping the Court for generations to come.”

In the wake of Biden’s SCOTUS plans, Stand Up America said they “applaud President Biden and Vice President Harris for supporting urgently-needed reforms” for the court. The group, which launched a $1 million digital campaign urging progressives to vote for Biden, is now crusading for SCOTUS reform alongside much of the media and Democratic politicians.

However, they, the media, and Democratic politicians remained silent during the Obama administration when the Supreme Court upheld major left-wing priorities like same-sex marriage and Obamacare. Now that conservative justices make up the majority of the court, critical action is needed.

Why it matters

President Biden very likely knows his proposals will never be implemented as a constitutional amendment. The proposed reforms resemble a Congressional messaging bill, intended to send a message that Democrats are willing to constrain a conservative-leaning Supreme Court.

While Americans have decreasing trust in the high court, the president’s reforms underscore his pernicious intention to turn the institution into just another political body. It is an acceptance of the exaggerated controversies surrounding Justices Alito and Thomas, and tells Americans that Republican-appointed justices are illegitimate.

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