My initial reaction to the news that the Speaker of the House had launched an “impeachment inquiry into the President was to laugh. The “case” against Joe Biden for corruption is laughable because it is non-existent.
To be clear this is not yet an impeachment. It is an inquiry. More or less what several GOP House committees have been doing ever since the party took control in the 2022 midterms. Just more official now.
Despite years of rhetoric and rumor-mongering, the Republican Party has failed to uncover one piece of evidence tying Biden to his troubled son Hunter’s questionable business practices.
For that matter, even though Donald Trump set a special prosecutor on Hunter Biden’s trail years ago, nothing like a “high crime or misdemeanor” required for impeachment has emerged from that direction either.
As best as I can determine, this entire impeachment drama is a political soap opera, complete with the usual cast of conspiracy theorists and extremists who have polluted our public life ever since the Trump era began.
As I said, my first reaction to this news was to laugh. But when I think about the damage being done to our society by this kind of farce, it probably should have been to cry.
HEADLINES:
McCarthy calls for formal impeachment inquiry into Biden (CNN)
How Far Will McCarthy Go to Satisfy Ultra-Conservative Republicans? (Bloomberg)
We should not be surprised by the next government shutdown (The Hill)
Trump Moves to Quash Most Charges Against Him in Georgia (NYT)
Up to 10,000 people feared dead after devastating floods sweep Libya (NBC)
Morocco’s reluctance to accept quake aid baffles foreign governments (WP)
Google Antitrust Trial (WSJ)
It’s Google versus the US in the biggest antitrust trial in decades (AP)
Wall Street sees potential UAW strikes as manageable, with upsides (CNBC)
Why is Kim Jong Un in Russia? (Economist)
Counterterrorism Fatigue (NR)
America Gave Up on the Best Home Technology There Is — The death of the landline was premature. (Atlantic)
Adobe, others join voluntary US scheme to manage AI risk (Reuters)
How industry experts are navigating the ethics of artificial intelligence (CNN)
Robots that learn as they fail could unlock a new era of AI (MIT)
Why Human Writing Is Worth Defending In the Age of ChatGPT (LitHub)
Generative AI in production: Rethinking development and embracing best practices (VentureBeat)
Powered by A.I., Company Aims to Make Selling Easier for Retailers (NYT)
Mother Trying Her Best To Project Same Amount Of Insecurities Onto All Her Daughters (The Onion)
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