🎯 Axios PM: Dems' losing hand

Plus: 10 feet of snow | Monday, March 04, 2024

Open in app View in browser   Presented By Climate Power   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Mar 04, 2024 Happy Monday afternoon! Today's newsletter, edited by Sam Baker, is 426 words, a 1.5-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing.     1 big thing: Courts won't save Democrats Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images Democrats are starting to come to grips with a clear reality: They'll have to defeat former President Trump without much help from the courts, Axios' Zachary Basu writes. The Supreme Court today rejected Colorado's effort to keep Trump off the ballot in its GOP primary — which will also halt similar efforts in other states. Just last week, the high court gave Trump the delay he wanted in the federal trial over his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. The case against him in Georgia is in limbo as a judge decides whether to remove the lead prosecutor. The classified documents case in Florida is unlikely to go to trial any earlier than this summer. ⚡️ The big picture: All formal efforts to hold Trump accountable for Jan. 6 — through impeachment, criminal prosecution or the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause — have run aground or been frozen. It'll still be a major focus of Democrats' 2024 campaigns. But they'll have to win the argument there, rather than in court. Go deeper.     2. ❄️ Snow so bad it shut ski resorts A Union Pacific worker shovels snow near the railroad tracks Saturday in Truckee, Calif. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images The fierce blizzard that battered California's Sierra Nevada mountains for four days dropped more than 100 inches of snow in some locations, Axios extreme-weather expert Andrew Freedman reports. Why it matters: The extreme snow totals cut off some mountain towns and shut down I-80 for days, but the snow will greatly improve summer water resources. Palisades Tahoe, the largest resort on the north end of Tahoe and the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics, closed its chairlifts because of snow, wind and low visibility, per AP. 🌨️ What's next: More snow is expected in the Sierra through Wednesday. But it'll be far less intense than the blizzard, with 1 to 2 feet falling from a weaker storm system.     A message from Climate Power The Inflation Reduction Act has created 260,000 jobs and counting     Thanks to the largest clean energy investment in U.S. history, Americans across the country have new, good-paying clean energy jobs they are proud of — jobs they can raise their families on, and that help build a cleaner future for their children. Learn more.     3. Catch me up Planes in Fort Lauderdale. Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images 🛬 JetBlue is officially giving up its bid to buy Spirit Airlines, a month after a judge blocked the deal. Go deeper. 🎧 European regulators fined Apple $2 billion in a dispute with Spotify, which alleged that Apple unfairly suppressed competition among music-streaming apps. Go deeper. ⚖️ Allen Weisselberg, the former CFO of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty to committing perjury in Trump's civil fraud case. Details.     4. 🍿 1 film thing Photo: Courtesy of The New Yorker Barry Blitt's New Yorker cover for Oscars week, "Slappenheimer," transposes this year's biggest movie drama — the competition between "Oppenheimer" and "Barbie" — onto Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock. 🎬 Go deeper: Still need to catch up before the Oscars on Sunday? Where to stream Oscars contenders.     A message from Climate Power Clean energy workers proudly power U.S. manufacturing boom     Meet Brandon: a veteran who works developing sustainable airline fuel in Tucson, Arizona, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act. This is more than a job for Brandon. It's a path to a better future for his daughter and a way to lower energy costs for American families. Learn more.   Are you a fan of this email format? Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. Axios HQ, a powerful platform, will help you do it.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. To stop receiving this newsletter, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: