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ESSENTIAL READING
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THIS WEEK’S TOP TO-DO LIST PRIORITY ITEMS
* Joe Biden: Must stop Hill Democrats and the media from coalescing around a consensus that he has to negotiate with Kevin McCarthy.
* Kamala Harris: Needs to cease thinking this will fix itself, either incrementally or all at once.
* Kevin McCarthy: Continue the message discipline that has brought Big Business back to the R side on the debt ceiling battle.
* Steph Curry: Appreciate scoring 50 in Game 7 only long enough to then prepare for His Highness.
* Donald Trump: Circle the square between his three favored DeSantis frames (strange, failing, not MAGA enough).
* Secretary Yellen: Calm the horses.
* New England sports fans: Pray the Celtics don’t go the way of the Bruins.
* Ron DeSantis: Execute on a new plan to turn back into Godzilla that is not wholly reliant on spending $100 million.
* Tim Scott: Develop a plausible theory of how to get to 10% by July 4 (and pick Iowa or New Hampshire to major in).
* Hunter Biden: Do the right thing.
* Greg Abbott: Bring the killer to justice without inflaming the whole Lone Star State.
* Heather Cox Richardson: Come down off of her post-White House Correspondents’ Association dinner high.
* Folks who met secretly in heretofore undisclosed instances with Jeffrey Epstein: PR up, lawyer up, and pray.