Buzz: Trump library on hold, NPR likes mugshots now, and Lauren Boebert warns on spending

“Why should he plan his library if he isn’t done filling it?” the source said. “He’s not ready to say it’s over.”

It is a huge undertaking for any former president, and for Trump, it could possibly be more of one because it is unclear where he would put it and if he could fund it.

• NPR and many of its outlets have been agonizing for years over using mugshots of alleged criminals on their websites. Lulu Garcia-Navarro, host of Weekend Edition Sunday and Up First, said last year, “It’s not a secret, also, that most of these galleries are filled with black and brown faces, which feeds into negative racial stereotypes.” Well, when it’s white faces, NPR seems to have no trouble with posting them, as it did of 124 people charged in the Capitol riots. …

• Many Republicans and some Democratic fiscal hawks in the House are getting ready to battle liberal efforts to bring back spending earmarks, the lawmaker pet projects that broke the budget years ago. New Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert said, “If the swamp reinstates earmarks for pork-barrel politics, it won’t be long before Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has to call J.G. Wentworth at 877-CASH-NOW.” While known for her Second Amendment advocacy, she has also focused on the debt and congressional spending on her Twitter account.