This week on Highway to Hill: A co-opted commission, a cage match at the White House, and the saddest state fair in history: It’s America’s 250th birthday this weekend, but exactly how we’re celebrating is getting a little confusing, and a lot upsetting. Charlie and SoRelle raise a very tentative glass to America by diving into how an anniversary we was really looking forward to has devolved into yet another stomping of Congress at the feet of the Executive -- just, we’re sure, as the founding fathers intended.
This week’s syllabus 📚
* “Trump-backed ‘Freedom Trucks’ tell a sanitized story of the country’s founding” (Laura Meckler, The Washington Post)
* “Inside the Partisan Battle Over America’s 250th Birthday Celebrations”, (Luke Broadwater and Eileen Sullivan, New York Times)
* “Planners Battle Over Marking U.S. 250th Anniversary” (Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)
* “Congressional Commissions: Overview and Considerations for Congress” (Karen Shanton and Jacob Straus, Congressional Research Service)
* Letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum from Democratic Senators
* “Executive Order: Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday” (Freedom250)
* “PEER Sues Department of the Interior Over Department’s Refusal To Release Key Freedom 250 Documents”
