{"id":45556,"date":"2026-08-23T13:08:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=45556"},"modified":"2026-08-23T13:08:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:08:01","slug":"the-2026-senate-campaign-updates-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/08\/23\/the-2026-senate-campaign-updates-34\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2026 Senate Campaign: Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCARING AWAY THE HAWKS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Republicans in the Senate, and the House, and the White House, for that matter, have another headline with which to contend:<\/p>\n

The U.S. national debt is likely to surpass $40 trillion this week, months earlier than forecasters previously expected in part because of billions of dollars in lost revenue from President Donald Trump\u2019s invalidated tariffs.<\/p>\n

The lost revenue has forced the Treasury Department to borrow more rapidly to cover the nation\u2019s bills: Six months ago, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected that total borrowing would top out at $39.4 trillion this fiscal year. But on Monday, Treasury reported that the debt stood at $39.9 trillion and counting. [WaPo<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And thus the increase in T-bill yields.<\/p>\n

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Source<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

The financial hawks in the GOP<\/strong><\/em> should all be fluttering from the nest. The Senate GOP<\/strong><\/em> caucus is discovering loyalty to a Party with a dementia patient as their titular head comes with a high price – and association with, ah, dementia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What will they do?<\/p>\n

THE SPATTER OF DUNG ON YOUR WINDSHIELD<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Or, that tornado spun through the pigpen last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n