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  Good morning from Washington, where the House signals its virtue by passing a measure to legalize those brought here illegally as children. Rachel del Guidice reports. The Trump administration curtails travel to Cuba, undoing his predecessor’s policy. Fred Lucas has that story as well as the facts on a sheriff’s deputy charged with inaction during the Parkland shooting. Plus: Nicole Russell on a congresswoman’s wrongheadedness about religious freedom, Walter Williams on real campus diversity, and Star Parker on exposing liberals’ flexibility on discrimination.     
 
  Commentary Clarence Thomas Shows Left’s Hypocrisy on Discrimination Liberals cannot tolerate Justice Thomas’ consistent, unyielding, and faithful commitment to America’s founding principles. More Commentary 3 Gaping Errors Ilhan Omar Made in Attacking Pro-Life Advocates and Religious Liberty “Religious fundamentalists are currently trying to manipulate state laws in order to impose their beliefs on an entire society, all with complete disregard for voices and the rights of American women,” says Omar. More News 4 Things to Know About House Democrats’ ‘Dream and Promise’ Amnesty “Applicants with several misdemeanor convictions can obtain a green card, even if the misdemeanors were violent and resulted in death or bodily injury,” according to a critique of the measure from House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La. More News Sheriff’s Deputy Who Fled Parkland Shooting Charged With Neglecting Children Scot Peterson, a former deputy sheriff who hid rather than confront the Parkland gunman, was arrested and charged Tuesday with neglecting children and committing perjury. More News Trump Prohibits Cruise Travel to Cuba, Undoing More Obama Policy The Trump administration is simply enforcing a law passed by a bipartisan majority in Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton, says Heritage Foundation expert Ana Quintana. More Analysis This New Social Media Platform Aims to Protect Your Beliefs and Privacy AllSocial is a new social media platform designed for everyone, with minimal censorship. More Commentary A Guide to Colleges Committed to Ideological Diversity A monopoly of ideas is just as dangerous as a monopoly in other areas of our lives such as a monopoly in political power and the production of goods and services. More  
   
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Biden’s Big Oops
2020 Democrat frontrunner Joe Biden released a new climate plan embracing the framework of the far-left Green New Deal, but dubbing it the “Clean Energy Revolution.” Critics say it would funnel massive amounts of taxpayer dollars to politically-favored energy sources and drive electricity and gas prices higher for American households, all for a trivial effect on greenhouse gas emissions. Here’s what it calls for: 

  • Spend $1.7 trillion in clean energy, funded by reversing Trump’s corporate tax cuts
  • Have a net-zero emissions goal by 2050
  • Rejoin the Paris climate accord
  • Pass aggressive new efficiency standards 

The rollout didn’t go as smoothly as Biden probably hoped: News outlets, including The Daily Caller, found five different examples where Biden’s climate plan plagiarized language from outside sources, including left-wing nonprofits and Vox. (Reminder: His very first presidential bid was brought down by a plagiarism scandal.)

A spokesperson for the campaign blamed it on a mistake, saying, “citations were inadvertently left out of the final version of the 22-page document.” You can only imagine the outcry if a Republican did this. (Double standard!)

Trump’s Border Wall Gets Green Light
Despite Democrats doing everything in their power to prevent the Trump administration from addressing the border crisis (including fixing the immigration courts, which I had some thoughts about), progress was made yesterday regarding the wall. 

“Washington, D.C., district court Judge Trevor McFadden threw out House Democrats’ lawsuit seeking an injunction against President Trump’s emergency border wall funding reallocation, saying that the matter is fundamentally a political dispute and that the politicians lack standing to make a legal case,” reports Fox News.

While President Trump celebrated the decision, an appeal is almost imminent. 

Royal Drama
Let’s start with the backstory, from People: “During an interview on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, the then-Suits actress called Trump ‘misogynistic’ and ‘divisive’ and also said she was thinking about moving to Canada if he won the election.”

Told this by a reported for The Sun, Trump replied, “I didn’t know that. No, I didn’t know that she was nasty.”

The mainstream media ran wild with the story, making blanket statements that Trump called Markle “nasty.” For example, CNN’s headline read, “Trump on Meghan Markle: ‘I didn’t know that she was nasty.’’

But context from the interview is key. The interviewer was totally egging Trump on, asking him to specifically respond to what he thought about Markle saying she’d move to Canada if he were elected. Before and after that question, Trump spoke very kindly of the Duchess of Sussex. Listen to the short audio clip here.

In a pre-released transcript of an interview airing this morning with Piers Morgan, Trump attempted to clarify what he meant. 

“’They said some of the things that she said and it’s actually on tape.  And I said: ‘Well, I didn’t know she was nasty.’ I wasn’t referring to she’s nasty. I said she was nasty about me. And essentially I didn’t know she was nasty about me. You know what? She’s doing a good job, I hope she enjoys her life… I think she’s very nice. She was nasty to me. And that’s okay for her to be nasty, it’s not good for me to be nasty to her and I wasn’t.”

I’m sure we’ll be hearing more about it this morning. But more importantly, can we talk about Melania continuing to SLAY in the UK with her outfit choices? 

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The right calls it physician assisted suicide, the left calls it death with dignity. Whatever language you prefer, there’s a big push for the practice to be legalized here in the United States. This story featured in The New York Post about a 17-year-old Dutch girl being legally allowed to kill herself using euthanasia “after she was raped when younger and spent years battling depression” should give anyone pause about supporting it.
 
“Love is letting go, in this case,” the girl wrote in an Instagram post announcing her decision to legally end her life in her living room on Sunday. “After years of battling and fighting, I am drained. I have quit eating and drinking for a while now, and after many discussions and evaluations, it was decided to let me go because my suffering is unbearable.”
 
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Republicans eager to avoid getting stuck between Trump and tariffs on Mexico

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Congressional Republicans are caught between the Koch brothers and President Donald Trump on a closer-by-the-day trade war, and are uneasily weighing their options to nullify Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexican imports.  Read More…

Safe climate a constitutional right, young plaintiffs tell court

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PORTLAND, Ore. — A court case brought by 21 children and young adults asserting a constitutional right to safe climate may turn on the judiciary’s view of its own power to create climate policy. Read More…

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Despite some Democrats calling on the House to use its inherent contempt authority to fine or jail administration officials who defy subpoenas, Democratic leaders have opted to first fight the battles in civil court. Read More…

Republican rebellion over Mexico tariffs overshadows Trump’s European visit

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President Donald Trump’s latest tariff war sparked a rare rebellion by Republican lawmakers on Tuesday, stealing the spotlight from his state visit to the United Kingdom and threatening to intrude on the ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France. Read More…

Sen. Chuck Grassley announces he’s running … 3 miles a day, 4 days a week

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Keeping Instagram abreast of the latest #CornWatch developments happening back at the family farm in Iowa isn’t the only responsibility Chuck Grassley prioritizes on a regular basis. When he’s in D.C., the 85-year-old senator dedicates four days a week to running 3 miles — rain or shine. Read More…

Trump’s adoption rollback collides with foster youth day

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The Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth hosted its eighth annual shadow day Tuesday. But with the Trump administration considering rolling back Obama-era nondiscrimination rules that cut federal funding for agencies that refuse to let gay parents adopt, advocates say the move could leave even more kids in foster care. Read More…

Dinner with the queen was exactly what Trump needed

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OPINION — Unlike his last London visit, both America and Europe are seeing a different Donald Trump — a very presidential Trump, a more soft-spoken and thoughtful Trump, showing himself more than capable of playing on the world stage. Read More…

On DREAM Act, 9 Democrats defect on rule vote, even as caucus shows more unity

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House votes on rules to begin debate on legislation are typically party-line tests. But when nine Democrats voted Tuesday against the rule for an immigration bill, it was a high-water mark for Democratic defections this year. Still, Democrats are more unified on such votes than the House majority party has been in all but two years of the last decade. Read More…

Funding for migrant children running out with no deal in sight

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If Congress can’t pass a supplemental spending bill for border agencies within the next month, the administration could have to ask contractors to take care of more than 13,000 unaccompanied migrant children without being paid, according to Sen. Roy Blunt. Read More…

‘It is my body, not the state’s’, Busy tells Judiciary Committee

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“I am not speaking about birth, sir, I am speaking about abortion,” former “Dawson’s Creek” actress Busy Philipps told Rep. Louie Gohmert in a heated exchange before a House Judiciary subcommittee Tuesday. Watch the video here…

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 From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann

FIRST READ: Sloppy Joe 

It’s political malpractice for any modern campaign to lift words, intentionally or not, for its policy plans or website.

That’s ESPECIALLY true if you’re the early Democratic frontrunner. And EVEN MORE true if your 1988 presidential campaign ended in a plagiarism scandal.

But that’s exactly what happened on Tuesday, when Joe Biden’s campaign rolled out its climate plan – and admitted it forgot to give proper attribution.

“Several citations, some from sources cited in other parts of the plan, were inadvertently left out of the final version of the 22 page document,” the Biden campaign told NBC’s Garrett Haake.

Haake notes the campaign added the correct sourcing as soon as they found out about the uncited content.

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One example, first flagged by Josh Nelson of the progressive group CREDO: Biden’s climate plan called for making carbon capture, use and storage a “widely available, cost-effective, and rapidly scalable solution to reduce carbon emissions to meet mid-century climate goals.”

But here’s the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions’ description of the Carbon Capture Coalition: “[I]ts goal is to make carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) a widely available, cost-effective, and rapidly scalable solution to reduce carbon emissions to meet mid-century climate goals.”

(It also struck us how the toplines of Biden’s climate plan — $5 trillion in public/private investment, net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 – are identical to the toplines from Beto O’Rourke’s climate plan.)

And the Washington Post found another example on education policy – lifting a line, word for word, from the XQ Institute.

“Students who participate in high-quality career and technical education are more likely to graduate, earn industry credentials, enroll in college, and have higher rates of employment and higher earnings,” the sentence read, per the Post.

More: “After The Washington Post contacted the campaign about the sentence, it added a link to the institute’s publication.”

Yes, this is a small thing. But it also should be alarming for Democrats.

How does something like this happen?

It’s the biggest mistake yet of Biden’s early 2020 campaign – a particular mistake he can’t afford to make.

Biden’s evolution on abortion rights

Meanwhile, NBC’s Heidi Przybyla takes a look at Biden’s evolution on abortion rights.

That includes, Przybyla writes, his CURRENT support for the Hyde Amendment, “a four-decade-old ban on using federal funds for abortion services, except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the woman.”

From the piece: “As a U.S. senator from Delaware, Biden voted against a 1977 compromise that allowed Medicaid to fund abortions that included exceptions for victims of rape and incest in addition to concerns for the life of the mother. While the rape and incest exceptions passed in that case, Biden voted in 1981 to again remove them, in what was the most far-reaching ban on federal funds ever enacted by Congress.”

In addition: “Biden also voted several times, including in 1983, to prohibit federal workers from using health insurance on abortion services, with the only exception being to save the life of the mother.”

GOP revolts on Trump’s tariff threat

Senate Republicans’ mood on President Trump’s threatened tariffs against Mexico wasn’t good yesterday, per NBC’s Leigh Ann Caldwell and Frank Thorp.

Here were some of their comments after meeting with administration officials at the Senate GOP policy lunch. 

“They’re talking about the legal argument and I think most senators are worried about the economic and political ramifications,” Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., told reporters.

“It was an interesting legal discussion, but this is a policy discussion as much as it is about the law,” Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said.

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., said he told the lawyers to pass on the message that there’s a good chance that Congress will defeat any attempt to implement tariffs by voting to disapprove of the action, suggesting that Congress would be  able to override any potential veto by the president.

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2020 VISION: Bernie Sanders vs. Walmart

Bernie Sanders today will be attending Walmart’s shareholders meeting, where he will “present a proposal aimed at giving workers representation on the company’s board,” NPR writes.

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On the campaign trail today: Also today: Elizabeth Warren, in Fort Wayne Ind., holds a town hall with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes at 8:00 pm ET… Beto O’Rourke, in Georgia, does a town hall with NowThis at 7:30 pm ET… And Joe Biden makes stops in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. 

DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is … seven. 

Seven. 

That’s the number of Republicans in the House who voted with Democrats on a bill that would have created a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers. 

The vote in the House was 237 – 187.

The bill is all but certain to die in the Senate, and the White House has said that it would veto the measure. 

THE LID: Break on through to the other side

Don’t miss the pod from yesterday, when special guest star Vaughn Hillyard looked back at his recent travels with Kamala Harris and Steve Bullock as they try to boost their popularity with primary voters.

ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss 

Customs and Border Patrol is stepping up its searches for undocumented immigrants on buses far from the U.S. border. 

Trump says there’s “always a chance” the U.S. will need to take military action against Iran. 

Republicans are more than happy to keep Ken Cuccinelli out of a job, POLITICO notes.

[v]Ali Vitali outlines Elizabeth Warren’s $2 trillion “green manufacturing” plan. 

The AP has new details on Cory Booker’s housing plan.

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‘Trump Dossier’ Author Christopher Steele to Speak with US Investigators The author of the now-debunked ‘Trump Dossier’ has reportedly agreed to speak with US investigators regarding his role in creating the key document used to justify FISA warrants against the Trump campaign in 2016.“Former British spy Christopher Steele, the author of the anti-Trump dossier of salacious and unverified claims about the president’s ties…

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Parkland School Deputy Fired, Taken into Custody for ‘Neglect of Duties’ During High School Shooting The Broward County school resource officer who was harshly criticized for failing to defend students during the mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has been fired from his position and taken into custody.“As Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony announced the firing of former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school resource officer Scot…

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Why Carlos Maza is wrong about Steven Crowder Posted: 05 Jun 2019 05:29 AM PDT We live in a hypersensitive society in which certain words, when said as a humorous insult, really get some people angry. I’m not talking about hate speech. I’m talking specifically about labels that are only acceptable when not used to poke fun at someone. Examples of these words are descriptions of race, religion, and sexual orientation. […] The post Why Carlos Maza is wrong about Steven Crowder appeared first on Conservative Christian News.
Humanity or lack of same Posted: 05 Jun 2019 04:29 AM PDT Have you ever really thought about what humanity is? What does it mean to be human? The dictionary defines humanity as: The human race Human beings collectively It also means: Humaneness Benevolence Synonyms include: Compassion Brotherly love Kindness Kind-heartedness Consideration Understanding Sympathy Tolerance Goodness Good-heartedness Gentleness Leniency Mercy Mercifulness Pity Tenderness Benevolence Charity Gerosity Magnanimity […] The post Humanity or lack of same appeared first on Conservative Christian News.
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The longer Biden is the frontrunner, the better it will be for Trump Posted: 04 Jun 2019 06:47 PM PDT The talking heads of leftist media have one of two perspectives they deliver daily about presidential candidate Joe Biden. If they like him, they say he’s the only one who gives the Democrats a realistic chance of beating incumbent Trump. If they don’t like him, they say he’s another establishment hack who will be the […] The post The longer Biden is the frontrunner, the better it will be for Trump appeared first on Conservative Christian News.
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Judd Legum just can’t quit Tucker Carlson Posted: 04 Jun 2019 04:55 PM PDT Several months ago, Media Matters for America launched a full-on assault on social media and in concert with the media outlets who use their research to censor Fox News Host Tucker Carlson by intimidating advertisers on his program. Carlson’s sin? Appearing on the show of ‘shock jock’ Bubba the Love Sponge and saying some controversial […] The post Judd Legum just can’t quit Tucker Carlson appeared first on Conservative Christian News.
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Wednesday, June 5, 2019 2020 Census Battle “Last week the challengers in the dispute over the decision to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 census notified the Supreme Court about new evidence. The new evidence, the challengers argued, indicated that a Republican redistricting strategist played a key role in the decision, which was intended to create an advantage for whites and Republicans in future elections. [On Monday] the Trump administration pushed back, calling the challengers’ accusations ‘meritless’ and an ‘eleventh-hour’ effort to ‘derail the Supreme Court’s resolution of this case’… 

The district court is scheduled to hold a hearing on the challengers’ motion for sanctions [today]. The Supreme Court is expected to issue its decision before the end of June, so that the government can finalize the census questionnaire and begin printing it.” SCOTUS Blog

On the radar: “House Democrats are moving to hold Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas for documents related to the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.” AP News From the Left The left argues that the new evidence makes clear the GOP’s true motives, and condemns the citizenship question as undermining the purpose of the census. “A trove of documents brought to the attention of the Supreme Court on Thursday makes it hard to see the Trump administration’s efforts to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census as anything but a partisan power grab… An accurate and fair count of everyone in America isn’t just any policy goal. There’s much at stake with the 2020 census — from the future of the next redistricting cycle to how billions of dollars in federal funding will be allocated. The Supreme Court should see this new evidence for what it seems to reveal: A blatant attempt to rig a constitutional mandate.”
Editorial Board, New York Times

“[The] newly revealed documents show that the Trump administration’s purpose in putting the citizenship question on the upcoming census was not its stated one to help Hispanic voters under the Voting Rights Act, but rather to create policy that would be ‘a disadvantage to the Democrats’ and ‘advantageous to Republicans and non-Hispanic Whites.’ It’s difficult to produce a greater smoking gun than explicitly saying you are hoping to help the GOP by increasing white voting power… 

“Even if it is otherwise constitutionally permissible to experiment with different understandings of how to draw districts with equal populations under the equal protection clause, the government should not be able to do so if the purpose is to dilute the power of political adversaries and minority voters, as demonstrated in this case by the new revelations.”
Richard L. Hasen, Slate

“Long before Trump was even elected, Republican Party insiders were plotting to increase white political power at the expense of people of color. After Trump was elected, they implemented this plan by insisting that their actual goal was the protection of minority voting rights… there was the real reason and the stated reason, the truth and the pretext… 

“That the Republican effort to increase white political power might be motivated by partisanship rather than racism is little solace. Segregationist Democrats might not have insisted on disenfranchising black voters after Reconstruction had those voters not been staunch Republicans. Whether motivated by partisanship or racism, though, the result is the same… [Yet] the census case does not hinge on whether the citizenship question is discriminatory. Rather, as a matter of administrative law, the executive branch must follow certain procedures before making decisions. The Trump administration’s blatant dishonesty settles the question of whether it followed procedure definitively: It did not.”
Adam Serwer, The Atlantic

“Federal law protects the privacy of everyone who responds to the census. But that’s small comfort for immigrants and their families living in a climate of fear under President Trump. Bureau officials have for decades recognized that communities with significant immigrant populations are likely to be undercounted if there is a citizenship question on the census… 

“By the bureau’s own, nonpartisan analysis, adding a citizenship question to the ‘short form’ that will go to every household in America in 2020 could result in an undercount of 6.5 million people — close to the entire population of Indiana or Tennessee. And the agency has told Mr. Ross that there are better alternatives to a citizenship question that wouldn’t pose significant ‘potential quality and cost disruptions’ in administering the census, such as deriving citizenship data from the American Community Survey… At the heart of the dispute lies the question: Who gets to be counted?
Editorial Board, New York Times From the Right The right does not think the new evidence is relevant to the underlying issue at hand, and defends the citizenship question as a commonsense addition that existed through most of US history. “During oral arguments in the case, the five conservative Justices seemed to agree with the Trump Administration that Congress has delegated to the Commerce Secretary broad authority over Census questions. As Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas noted in a related opinion last fall, it’s not unconstitutional for cabinet officers to have political motives for a policy. Political appointees also consult with outside experts like Hofeller all the time, as the Obama Administration often did on regulation and litigation… The real goal of flogging the Hofeller memo now is to raise enough of a political stink to intimidate the Supreme Court to block the citizenship question.”
Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal

“The citizenship question was asked routinely until 1950, after which it was removed from the survey. In the midst of our current immigration crisis, there is certainly very good reason to know how many of the people in the country are citizens, and how many are essentially guests, whether invited or not. The nation ought to be able to have the facts at hand as we decide whether to close the southern border a la Trump or open it per Beto O’Rourke.”
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics

“Equalizing for citizen population, rather than total population, will have the effect of giving eligible voters equality of electoral power. Consider this: In states with large numbers of noncitizens such as Texas, New York, and California, some state legislative districts may have twice as many eligible voters as adjoining ones. This means districts with fewer citizens have more electoral power than the districts with more citizens. That isn’t fair… 

“Equalizing districts by the number of citizens prevents some voters from having their votes over-weighted and over-valued, while others are under-weighted and under-valued. If one-person, one-vote — one of our most enduring egalitarian principles — has any meaning, the citizen population gaps in voting districts must not be so glaringly wide. Without census data that includes citizenship status, it is probably not possible for states and smaller jurisdictions to draw election districts that equalize eligible voters.”
Edward Blum, American Enterprise Institute

“It is worth noting that the citizenship question does not ask about a person’s legal status; it merely asks about citizenship status and thus has nothing whatsoever to do with immigration enforcement. In fact, federal law prevents census data from being used for anything other than statistical analysis. That is the law and there is no evidence any agency intends to violate it… If there is a legitimate fear at all, it is that media hype may create a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is reckless and irresponsible of elected leaders in our country to give minorities the mistaken impression that they have anything to fear from the census for the sake of political gain.”
Ken Paxton, The Hill

“What is odd about the challenge by blue states and liberal advocacy organizations is that even the United Nations… sides with the Trump administration on this issue. In its 2017 ‘Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses,’ the U.N. recommends that member countries ask census questions identifying both an individual’s country of birth and country of citizenship. A Commerce Department memorandum on this subject dated March 26, 2018, notes that countries asking a citizenship question on their census include Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom.”
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WINSTON CHURCHILL Good morning!

The surge at the border has pushed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to its limit. 

The agency has more than 52,000 individuals in custody, but only funding for 45,000. ICE may be forced to release single adults from detention.

“If we get to the point where we release them, then the border’s open, we’ve lost it, and the whole world’s going to come in,” former acting ICE Director Tom Homan told The Epoch Times.

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  President Trump’s UK trip went from pomp and pageantry to politics as he met with outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May in London to discuss a bilateral trade deal to go into effect after the UK leaves the European Union. Read more Former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, best known for authoring the infamous anti-Trump dossier, has reached a deal with U.S. officials to answer questions about his work for the FBI, according to The Times of London. Read more President Trump dismissed a report that some Republican lawmakers are discussing an action to block him from imposing tariffs on Mexican imports. “I don’t think they will do that. I think if they do, it’s foolish,” he said during a joint press conference with UK Prime Minister Theresa May in London. Read more A key witness who provided grand jury testimony to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on federal child pornography charges. Read more Chinese citizens have found subtle ways to mourn the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 4, amid continued government efforts to censor any mentions of the 30th anniversary of the Chinese regime’s brutal suppression of pro-democracy protests in 1989. Read more The White House has told two former staffers not to hand over White House-related documents to the Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee. Instead, it told the committee to discuss the documents request directly with the White House. Read more
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Chinese regime’s massacre of student-led, peaceful protesters who called for democracy and open government. In 2019, the hand of the Chinese Communist Party reaches into America, where it supports a lobbying organization that downplays threats to America’s electric grid and opposes stronger security standards… Read more European Elections in an Age of Populism, Disruption, and Disinformation
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The European Union’s 28 member-countries with a combined population of about 512 million last week delivered the highest turnout of voters in two decades in choosing 751 new Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Read more
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In the 2018 election cycle, a Marxist-led organization claiming more than 100,000 members in 50 states helped elect one U.S. senator, 10 members of Congress, and around 70 state, county, and municipal officials, as well as contributing to the victory of more than 20 left-wing state and county ballot measures. Our Revolution, the vehicle organized in 2016 to carry on the Bernie Sanders movement, endorsed several hundred candidates and ballot measures. Read more The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the court created to oversee its implementation are going to be in the news quite a bit in the upcoming weeks. This is because the FISA court plays a central role in the ongoing “Spygate” scandal, which is only the biggest political scandal in the history of the United States, dwarfing even the Nixon Watergate scandal. Just How Many Other Trump Campaign Members Were Targets of FISA Court Investigations? Copyright © 2019 The Epoch Times, All rights reserved.


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Connect: Facebook Twitter YouTube View this email in your browser “My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world,” (1 John 2:1-2, ESV). Is a Young Universe Nonsense? By Phil Bair on Jun 04, 2019 07:20 pm
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Axne, Finkenauer, and Loebsack Vote for Pathway to Citizenship for 2.5 Million Illegal Immigrants By Shane Vander Hart on Jun 04, 2019 07:06 pm
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CDN’s Daily News Blast delivers the day’s news first! View this email in your browser CDN Daily News Blast 06/05/2019 Excerpts: CNN Analyst: Steele’s Meeting With DOJ ‘Will Not End Up Well’ For Dossier Author By Chuck Ross – Phil Mudd, a former FBI official and CNN analyst, said Tuesday that dossier author Christopher Steele should not meet with the Justice Department, as he is reportedly planning, because doing so “will not end up well” for the former British spy. “If you go to car races looking for car … CNN Analyst: Steele’s Meeting With DOJ ‘Will Not End Up Well’ For Dossier Author is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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Politicians Are Calling For A Ban On Silencers. Here’s What You Need To Know By Whitney Tipton – Law enforcement officials recovered a silencer from the scene of Friday’s deadly shooting in Virginia Beach. Several politicians have since called for outright bans on private possession of the devices. Here are key facts about suppressors/silencers. Politicians are calling for a ban on silencers after a disgruntled Virginia Beach, Virginia, … Politicians Are Calling For A Ban On Silencers. Here’s What You Need To Know is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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Putting the squeeze on glaucoma By By Chris Woolston – By Chris Woolston, Knowable Magazine When Sylvia Groth steps through the doors of the Vanderbilt Eye Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, she knows she has a tough day ahead. Before she goes home, she’ll very likely have at least one hard talk with a person whose sight has been ravaged by … Putting the squeeze on glaucoma is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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What Role Did Facebook Play In Exposing The Man Behind The Edited Pelosi Video? By Chris White – Facebook apparently helped provide crucial pieces of information to The Daily Beast about the identification of the man behind the manipulated video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Internet privacy expert rips Facebook for helping The Daily Beast identify the profile behind the doctored video. Facebook helped The Daily Beast with … What Role Did Facebook Play In Exposing The Man Behind The Edited Pelosi Video? is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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Why Are Democrats Giving Up on the 2020 Elections? By Amanda Alverez – Imagine leaving a stadium, and then hearing fans screaming. Suddenly people exiting the stadium park their cars and return to the stadium. What are we missing? After returning to the stadium, it became obvious the field was vacant and no players were left, but the spectators were united in yelling … Why Are Democrats Giving Up on the 2020 Elections? is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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Justice Clarence Thomas Has ‘No Idea’ Where Retirement Rumors Are Coming From” By Kevin Daley – Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Monday he has no idea why rumors about his retirement have circulated in recent months. Speaking with private equity tycoon David Rubenstein before the Supreme Court Historical Society, Thomas seemed to say that speculation as to his possible departure is meritless. Some court-watchers have … Justice Clarence Thomas Has ‘No Idea’ Where Retirement Rumors Are Coming From” is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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Conservatives Are Split Over Bipartisan Effort To Take Apart Big Tech Companies By Chris White – Conservatives are wrestling with how to process the sudden bipartisan push to conduct antitrust probes against Google and other big tech firms. Conservatives like Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri are in full support of such investigations, while others are worried dinging big tech could clobber the economy. Some legal experts … Conservatives Are Split Over Bipartisan Effort To Take Apart Big Tech Companies is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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ICE Acting Director Says Family Deportations Are On The Table By Jason Hopkins – Acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Mark Morgan said his agency is not ruling out the possibility of arresting and deporting migrant families that have been ordered to leave the U.S. “The mindset is no one is exempted. You’re either in violation of the law or not, and … ICE Acting Director Says Family Deportations Are On The Table is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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Virginia Gov Northam Recalls Lawmakers To Pass Gun Control After Shooting By Whitney Tipton – Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam said Tuesday he is recalling Virginia lawmakers for a special summer session to reconsider gun control measures. He told reporters the legislation is necessary to prevent shootings like the May 31 Virginia Beach tragedy, where a disgruntled city worker gunned down 12 co-workers before police fatally … Virginia Gov Northam Recalls Lawmakers To Pass Gun Control After Shooting is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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The White House Just Escalated Its Subpoena Standoff With House Democrats By Kevin Daley – The White House has directed former administration aides Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson not to cooperate with subpoenas from the House Judiciary Committee as part of its far-reaching probe of President Donald Trump. The panel issued subpoenas to Hicks and Donaldson on May 21 for documents and testimony. Those orders … The White House Just Escalated Its Subpoena Standoff With House Democrats is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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‘You Can Still Do Better’: Sen Hawley Sets His Sights On Another Big Tech Company By Chris White – Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri asked Apple CEO Tim Cook Tuesday to implement his “Do Not Track” option as the big tech giant faces scrutiny over how much data it obtains through its application store. Hawley, a Republican, sent a letter to Cook imploring him to do a better job … ‘You Can Still Do Better’: Sen Hawley Sets His Sights On Another Big Tech Company is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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GOP Reportedly Considers Defying Trump On Mexico Tariffs By Jason Hopkins – Republicans uncomfortable with the idea of a tariff war are reportedly mulling whether to vote against the president’s proposed tariff hikes against Mexico. A number of congressional Republicans could join their Democratic counterparts in a vote to block President Donald Trump if he moves forward with threats to slap tariffs … GOP Reportedly Considers Defying Trump On Mexico Tariffs is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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ICE arrests 23 gang members, associates during Houston operation targeting MS-13 By R. Mitchell – HOUSTON — Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston – along with various federal, state and local law enforcement agencies – arrested 23 gang members and gang associates during a 26-day surge operation targeting MS-13 gang members in the Houston area, which ended May 31. Thirteen of those arrested … ICE arrests 23 gang members, associates during Houston operation targeting MS-13 is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues San Antonio Over Chick-Fil-A Ban By Molly Prince – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a petition on Monday suing San Antonio to obtain records after the city council banned Chick-fil-A from the San Antonio International Airport over “anti-LGBTQ behavior.” “The City of San Antonio claims that it can hide documents because it anticipates being sued,” Paxton said in … Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues San Antonio Over Chick-Fil-A Ban is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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Former ICE Chief On Trump’s Tariff Threat: ‘I Agree With The President 100%’ By Jason Hopkins – The former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) voiced unwavering support for President Donald Trump’s plan to tariff all Mexican goods if they don’t better enforce illegal immigration. “I agree with the president 100% and I agree with the tariffs,” Tom Homan, who served as acting ICE director from January … Former ICE Chief On Trump’s Tariff Threat: ‘I Agree With The President 100%’ is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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Schiff: AG Barr Is ‘Second Most Dangerous Man In The Country’ By Chuck Ross – House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Tuesday called Attorney General William Barr “the second most dangerous man in the country,” seemingly after President Trump. “We find ourselves, I think, for the first time with an attorney general who really is the president’s defense lawyer and spokesperson, and who’s quite … Schiff: AG Barr Is ‘Second Most Dangerous Man In The Country’ is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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World Stooge – A.F. Branco Cartoon By A.F. Branco – Biben says World leaders begged him to run against Trump. No doubt they prefer someone much weaker in regard to America’s interest. Political Cartoon by A.F. Branco ©2019. See more Branco toons HERE World Stooge – A.F. Branco Cartoon is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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Gillibrand Begins Fundraising Off Of Chris Wallace’s ‘Not Very Polite’ Comment By Ben Whedon – Chris Wallace scolded Democratic New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for criticizing Fox News while appearing on the network and his condemnation has become the presidential hopeful’s new rallying cry. In addition to adding “Not ‘very polite.’” to her twitter bio on Monday, Gillibrand’s campaign began selling a $20 canvas tote … Gillibrand Begins Fundraising Off Of Chris Wallace’s ‘Not Very Polite’ Comment is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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Watch: President Trump Participates in a Press Conference with Prime Minister May – 6/4/19 By R. Mitchell – President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland hold a joint press conference Tuesday. The event is scheduled to begin at 8:45 a.m. EDT. Watch: Content created by Conservative Daily News and some content syndicated through CDN is available for re-publication without charge under … Watch: President Trump Participates in a Press Conference with Prime Minister May – 6/4/19 is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more.
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Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray June 5, 2019
Two Brand-New Senators Cast Light On The GOP’s Post-Trump Future By Brad Todd
The fusion of populism and conservatism as a workable and ideological political movement is emerging in the actions of two newly elected senators: Rick Scott and Josh Hawley.
Full article In Advance Of Tiananmen Anniversary, Chinese Censors Crack Down On Foreigners’ Speech By Helen Raleigh
Foreign entities don’t want to lose China as a trading partner. But at some point, we must stand up for our values.
Full article NPR Reporter Style Guide: ‘Babies Are Not Babies Until They Are Born’ By Joy Pullmann
The plain truth is, fetuses are babies. Pro-lifers saying so doesn’t make it false, even if NPR’s speech police don’t like to hear it or feel it’s a particularly effective pro-life argument.
Full article Foreign Policy Elites Want To Dump John Bolton, But Trump Shouldn’t Fall For It By Jonathan S. Tobin
Liberals are trying to goad Trump into firing his national security advisor just when his foreign policy is showing some success. He shouldn’t give them the satisfaction.
Full article How A Shift To Majority-Childless Adults Will Deeply Change American Culture By Auguste Meyrat
In societies with too many childless adults, communities start to dissipate and people become disconnected from one another, their immediate surroundings, and even themselves.
Full article Lobbyists Should Be Allowed To Speak, Just Like Everyone Else By Kyle Sammin
Ocasio-Cortez and Cruz talk about barring former legislators from working as lobbyists. Any such bill would violate the First Amendment while doing nothing to clean up the political swamp in Washington.
Full article For Americans To Have Freedom, They Must Revive The Common Good By Nathanael Blake
Full human flourishing is communal, not individual. Political liberalism must recognize this inherent truth in order to succeed.
Full article From Occupy To AOC: The Rise Of The New Progressives, Part 3 By David Marcus
With the election of Donald Trump, the New Progressives seized their opportunity to turn protest into political power with a new star.
Full article Pete Buttigieg Has Nothing To Recommend Him Except Identity Politics By Benjamin Horvath
‘Mayor Pete’s’ early success satisfies a certain itch for the national media, while he runs an otherwise unimpressive campaign based on an increasingly hackneyed, misleading sales pitch.
Full article The 30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Reminds Us Of How Far China Has to Go By Paulina Enck
On June 4, the world recalls the brave men and women who protested for a democratized China, whose continued human rights violations 30 years later prove that the fight is far from over.
Full article ‘Always Be My Maybe’ Breathes Life Into The Gasping Rom-Com Genre By Ellie Bufkin
Ali Wong’s ‘Always Be My Maybe’ is at once charming and funny, leaving nearly all of the raunch and shock on the cutting room floor.
Full article Trump’s Promising New Space Plan Won’t Work Without Cutting The Pork By Robert Zimmerman
There’s a lot to love about President Trump’s new NASA plans, but more private help and fewer spending binges are necessary to ensure that America wins the new space race.
Full article Joe Biden’s Global Warming Plan Repeatedly Plagiarizes Other Sources By Chrissy Clark
Biden gave a synopsis of AOC’s Green New Deal, then changed the name. The Green New Deal isn’t the only idea Biden is pawning off as his own.
Full article ‘Bachelorette’ Botches Basic History: ‘No Taxation Without…Represation?’ By Emily Jashinsky
‘I don’t know much about Boston except that they threw a bunch of tea in some body of water,’ said Hannah Brown, ABC’s current Bachelorette, on Monday.
Full article Dr. Who Writer Claims He Was Cancelled For Tweeting ‘Trannie’ By David Marcus
A writer for the BBC franchise ‘Dr. Who’ says his story was cancelled over a tweet critical of the trans movement. It displays a growing and troubling cowardice.
Full article The Ideology That Fueled The Tiananmen Square Massacre Still Thrives Today By Brian T. Kennedy
Tiananmen was in 1989, when America had embraced the People’s Republic with the belief that economic liberalization would lead to political liberalization.
Full article John Dean Stars In ‘Worse Than Watergate!’ By David Harsanyi
Nixon’s former White House lawyer and cable news favorite John Dean continues to parlay corruption into a 50-year business opportunity.
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No memory of Tank Man. http://vlt.tc/3nql “Thirty years ago, a man stood in front of a column of tanks, halting their hulking passage from Tiananmen Square a day after the bloodshed of June 4. The man has never been identified. But images of his defiance became a symbol of protest against the powerful around the world—except in China, where they have been censored and banished from public memory. “

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06/05/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Presented by Fisher Investments: Iran Relents; Mueller’s Falling Stock; Bedford Boys By Carl M. Cannon on Jun 05, 2019 08:52 am
Good morning, it’s Wednesday, June 5, 2019. On this date 75 years ago, the SS Empire Javelin, a British troopship built in Wilmington, Calif., eased out of Portsmouth harbor for the open waters of the English Channel. The British vessel was one of 4,100 such troop transports in an immense armada numbering nearly 7,000 ships. Some 132,600 infantrymen and airborne troops from Britain, Canada, and the United States were on those vessels, about 1,500 of them on the SS Javelin. Most of the soldiers had been aboard the ship for four days and nights while their commanders waited nervously for stormy weather to pass. In the predawn hours of June 5, 1944, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gave the final order to launch Operation Overlord. The D-Day invasion was finally underway. Among the contingent of 1,500 Americans on the SS Empire Javelin was the 200-man Company A of the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th U.S. Army Infantry Division. Before the United States entered World War II, most of the men in Company A had been part of a National Guard unit based in the Blue Ridge foothills of Virginia. Thirty of them were from the hamlet of Bedford. We know them today, collectively, as “the Bedford Boys.” I’ll have a more on them in a moment. First, I’d point you to RealClearPolitics’ front page, which presents our poll averages, videos, breaking news stories, and aggregated opinion columns spanning the political spectrum. We also offer original material from our own reporters and contributors, including the following: * * * Iran to Release U.S. Permanent Resident, Lebanon Says. Susan Crabtree has the details. Mueller’s Sinking Reputation. Charles Lipson assesses the special counsel’s performance now that he’s closed shop with a press briefing that raised more questions than it answered. Trump vs. the Utopians. Curtis Ellis asserts that many opponents of the president’s policies are believers in an idealized world, not the one we live in. Noncitizen Voting: What We Have Here Is a Failure of Data. In RealClearInvestigations, Mark Hemingway examines government inefficiencies that hinder efforts to protect election integrity. Undeterred Cyber Adversaries. In RealClearDefense, Bradley Bowman and Annie Fixler argue that the military must take a more aggressive approach in countering digital threats. “Fitbit Medicine”: Breakthroughs and Questions. In RealClearHealth, Marschall S. Runge warns that digital monitoring, though promising, is no magic bullet. Solving the Energy Problem. In RealClearBooks, Quinn Connelly reviews Michael E. Webber’s “Power Trip.” * * * The Bedford Boys had originally gone into military service in the 1930s not necessarily because they wanted to be soldiers but because the National Guard paid $1 a day. In rural Virginia, during the Great Depression, 30 bucks a month meant something. After Pearl Harbor, however, they all knew that the stakes had changed. Incorporated into the regular Army, they set sail for England in the autumn of 1942 on the massive Queen Mary. The men felt safe aboard that iconic vessel. The fastest big ship in the world, no German submarine could keep up with her. But once they reached the U-boat infested waters of the North Atlantic, neither could her destroyer escorts. As they neared the British coast and began zigging and zagging, the Queen Mary inadvertently rammed the HMS Curacoa, splitting the antiquated cruiser in half and sending her crew of 439 into the water. Under strict instructions to keep going, the captain of the Queen Mary didn’t stop and rescue the British sailors, only 101 of whom would make it out of the water alive. The Bedford Boys above decks on that fateful October 2, 1942 day, watched that scene in horror. “We’d not been in combat before,” Roy Stevens later told historian Alex Kershaw. “We’d never seen people die like those who drowned there. The men were very disturbed.” An even more lethal catastrophe occurred six months later when the 29th Division was participating in a large-scale drill dubbed “Exercise Tiger,” which involved ships practicing landing troops ashore. Two German U-boats came across the exercise off the coast of Devon and sank two Allied ships, drowning 700 men in the process. Although the U.S. and U.K. governments covered up this disaster for 30 years, word of the tragedy spread through the ranks at the time. To some it was an unsettling omen: Although the Bedford Boys had yet to fire a shot in anger or set foot in Europe, 1,000 British and American lives had been lost in preparation for battle. This did more that impact morale. The loss of so many seasoned soldiers was one of the reasons that the men of Company A of the 116th Regiment were designated to be among the first troops to hit Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Another was that President Roosevelt thought putting National Guard troops in the vanguard underscored the whole idea of America’s “citizen-soldiers.” Some of the British seamen tasked with ferrying the untested G.I.s across the channel believed that the very naivete of the men in Company A is what appealed to the high command: These young men didn’t have any idea of the odds stacked against them. The British sailors gave the infantry going ashore first in Normandy a grim nickname. They called them “the suicide wave.” The men of Company A had a different working theory. The way they figured it, after excelling at two years of rigorous training, they’d earned the honor of going first. “This company will be the leading wave of infantry in the invasion of Europe,” company commander Taylor Fellers would tell new Company A recruits. “You men will be part of the great force to end the war.” Yet, in the hours before the invasion, Capt. Fellers had developed his own misgivings. At 29, he was older than most of his fellow Bedford Boys, the only professional soldier among them. He’d been briefed on the battle plan for D-Day — and was unimpressed, even worried. Although the plan called for a fierce naval bombardment of the defenders on shore, Fellers was skeptical that all of the defenders would be rooted out. He shuddered at the thought of leading his men across a 300-yard wide beach while snipers and machine gunners fired away at them from bluffs a hundred feet above. Fellers confided his doubts to fellow Bedford recruit and longtime friend Ray Nance. Fifty-five years later, Nance told Richmond journalist Bill Geroux how Fellers had said matter-of-factly that with an automatic rifle on those bluffs, he could hold off an entire company by himself. “Ray,” he said, “we’ll all be killed.” Tomorrow: The Bedford Boys on D-Day.  Carl M. Cannon  
Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics
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