Access to affordable credit helps me pay my employees, but I don't really need it.

Infliction is killing me!

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

President Trump ousts Attorney General Pambandi, the second major departure in his many months.

Might this be the start of a cabinet shakeup before the midterms, and who might Trump be eyeing next?

Plus, the Artemis II Moon mission shares new photos of the Earth growing distant in the window as the crew approaches the halfway mark of its 10-day mission.

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

We're joined today by my colleagues on the journal's opinion pages, columnist Kim Strassel, and Bill McGurne.

Pam Bondi is a great American patriot and a loyal friend. That is how President Trump began his truth social HR missive on Thursday afternoon.

He went on to laud Bondi for doing what he called a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown

in crime, but then announced that she will be

transitioning to a much-needed and important new job in the private sector to be announced

at a date in the near future, unquote. For now, the Department of Justice will be led by

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. And while the current Trump administration has been more stable from a personnel standpoint than the first one, this is the second cabinet firing in recent weeks following Kirstie Nob's departure at the Department of Homeland Security last month.

Kim, what do you make of this?

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