Good morning. Here is the news for Monday, April 1, 2019. This is a new feature that I am starting on my blog as a way to keep people up to date on the news of the day. I will update the briefing post throughout the morning as I get the updates from various sources, so check back frequently.
| FOX NEWS FIRST Having trouble viewing? View in Browser |
| Monday, April 1, 2019 Welcome to Fox News First. Not signed up yet? Click here. Developing now, Monday, April 1, 2019 TRUMP: NO MORE PLAYING ‘NICE’ AT THE BORDER – President Trump has threatened to shut down the southern border this week to combat the illegal immigration crisis and in a tweet sent Sunday night, he suggested he was done playing Mr. Nice Guy … “The Democrats are allowing a ridiculous asylum system and major loopholes to remain as a mainstay of our immigration system,” Trump tweeted. “Mexico is likewise doing NOTHING, a very bad combination for our Country. Homeland Security is being sooo very nice, but not for long!” Meanwhile, Trump has also vowed to cut direct aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras as their citizens flee north toward the U.S. in caravans. Mexican officials said Sunday they will give out humanitarian visas on a “limited basis” to some of the roughly 2,500 Central American and Caribbean migrants gathered in the southern state of Chiapas. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP. 2020 DEMS ‘BELIEVE’ BIDEN’S ACCUSER: A number of Democratic presidential candidates weighed in over the weekend on the allegations made by a former Nevada political candidate that former Vice President Joe Biden inappropriately touched and kissed her on the back of the head during a 2014 campaign rally … Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., told ABC’s “This Week” that she has no reason not to believe the allegations made by Lucky Flores. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who is running for the Democratic nomination, said during an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation” that while he has no reason not to believe Flores, he doesn’t believe that “one incident alone” would disqualify Biden from running for the White House. On NBC’s “Meet The Press, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper called the allegations against Biden “very disconcerting.” Earlier in the weekend, while speaking to reporters in Iowa, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro said they believed Flores. Biden – who is expected to soon launch his 2020 presidential bid – has denied ever acting inappropriately toward Flores or anyone, but promised to “listen respectfully” ICYMI: TIME FOR A HISTORY LESSON FOR AOC? – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., might want to brush up on some history after asserting, incorrectly, that Republicans in Congress amended the Constitution to kick President Franklin Delano Roosevelt out of office … “They had to amend the Constitution of the United States to make sure Roosevelt did not get reelected,” Ocasio-Cortez said Friday during a night hall event with MSNBC with Chris Hayes. Ocasio-Cortez was referring to the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution, which passed in 1947. FDR died in office in 1945. FAIRFAX ACCUSER SPEAKS OUT: One of the two women accusing Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault has spoken out publically on television for the first time, saying that she wants to testify in front the Virginia Assembly — and that Fairfax should resign … Vanessa Tyson, an associate professor of political science at Scripps College in Claremont, Calif., told “CBS This Morning” in an interview airing on Monday that she did not want her students interested in politics to face a similar situation. CBS News’ interview with Fairfax’s other accuser, Meredith Watson, is set to air Tuesday. A spokesperson for Fairfax said Sunday the lieutenant governor had taken two polygraph tests showing that he engaged in “no wrongdoing whatsoever.” SLAIN STUDENT’S LAST MOMENTS CAPTURED ON CHILLING VIDEO: Authorities on Sunday released surveillance video they said showed the moment a University of South Carolina student exited a bar and entered the car she mistakenly thought was her Uber, but was instead her alleged killer … Samantha Josephson, 21, could be seen approaching the Chevy Impala and entering the backseat. Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said investigators found the victim’s blood in Nathaniel David Rowland’s vehicle. Rowland is in custody, charged with kidnapping and murder. THE SOUNDBITE ‘CREEPY UNCLE JOE’ – “If anybody just types in ‘Creepy Uncle Joe Videos’ you come up with a treasure trove. I think Joe Biden has a big problem here because he calls it affection and handshakes, his party calls it completely inappropriate.” – Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, on “Fox News Sunday,” on the allegations of inappropriate conduct leveled against former Vice President Joe Biden by former Nevada political candidate Lucky Flores. (Click the image above to watch the full video.) TODAY’S MUST-READS Report: Trump ‘saving’ Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ginsburg. Why didn’t Obama do more to counter Russia’s interference in our election? Nipsey Hussle, Grammy-nominated rapper, shot dead in Los Angeles. MINDING YOUR BUSINESS Facebook’s Zuckerberg calls for more regulation of Internet. What happens if the Trump administration kills ObamaCare? Bait crisis could take the steam out of lobster this summer. STAY TUNED On Fox News: Fox & Friends, 6 a.m. ET: Special guests include: Tom Homan, former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “Unplanned” star Ashley Bratcher explains why she fired back at Alyssa Milano’s attack on Georgia’s pro-life bill. “Catch a Contractor” host Skip Bedell kicks off “Fox & Friends'” spring cleaning series with do-it-yourself tips. Hannity, 9 p.m. ET: Special guests include Karl Rove, former White House deputy chief of staff under President George W. Bush, and Victor Davis Hanson, author of “The Case for Trump.” Fox News @ Night, 11 p.m. ET: Ken Starr, former Whitewater independent counsel On Fox Business: Mornings with Maria, 6 a.m. ET: Special guests include: U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa. Varney & Co., 9 a.m. ET: Brandon Judd, National Border Patrol Council president. Countdown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman, 3 p.m. ET: Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. After the Bell, 4 p.m. ET: Atish Davda, founder and CEO of EquityZen. On Fox News Radio: The Fox News Rundown podcast: “The Border May Be Closing” – Fox News’ Claudia Cowan has an update at the southern border from El Paso, Texas as President Trump threatens to shut down the border. An interview with writer, director, actor Terry Gilliam on his new film, “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.” Plus, commentary by Guy Benson, co-host of “Benson & Harf.” Want the Fox News Rundown sent straight to your mobile device? Subscribe through Apple Podcasts, Google Play, and Stitcher. The Brian Kilmeade Show, 9 a.m. ET: President Trump’s threat to shut down the southern border, the Mueller report and the latest in the 2020 presidential race will be the topics of debate with the following guests: Michael Goodwin, New York Post columnist; Karl Rove, former White House deputy chief of staff under President George W. Bush; Adm. James Stavridis, operating executive with The Carlyle Group; Bret Baier, host of “Special Report”; Corey Lewandowski, former Trump campaign manager. The Todd Starnes Show, Noon ET: Todd speaks with Trump campaign adviser Lara Trump and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., about President Trump’s plan for the border and James Dobson Family Institute founder Dr. James Dobson will discuss his organization’s latest victory in the name of religious freedom. #TheFlashback 2003: American troops enter a hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq, and rescue Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed on March 23. 1984: Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father, Marvin Gay, Sr. in Los Angeles, the day before the recording star’s 45th birthday. (The elder Gay would plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter, and receive probation.) 1976: Apple Computer is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. 1954: The United States Air Force Academy is established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Fox News First is compiled by Fox News’ Bryan Robinson. Thank you for joining us! Have a good Monday (and don’t fall for April Fools’ jokes)! We’ll see you in your inbox first thing Tuesday morning. |
|
Manage Subscriptions |
Unsubscribe | Contact Us
Privacy Policy | Terms of Use
©2019 Fox News Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10036. |
| THE FLIP SIDE View this email in your browser Monday, April 1, 2019 Border Crisis “The U.S. government cut aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras on Saturday after President Donald Trump blasted the Central American countries for sending migrants to the United States and threatened to shutter the U.S.-Mexico border.” Reuters From the Left The left criticizes the administration for the inhumane treatment of asylum seekers, and argues that these latest moves will worsen the situation and hurt the US economy. “Certainly, the United States cannot open its southern borders to all comers. But there is little excuse for not processing this wave of migrants in an orderly and humane manner. Turning the lives of desperate people who yearn for freedom into political talking points is unconscionable.” Editorial Board, Deseret News “Are U.S. immigration officials even trying to come up with a better temporary fix than human beings sleeping on ice-cold gravel?… The humanitarian crisis at the southern border is real — but the human rights violations are the ones that the United States government is either exacerbating or flat-out creating. Indeed, the budget bill passed by Congress this winter aimed to spend money on upgrading government detention facilities and increasing the number of now-overloaded immigration judges to process the asylum claims of refugees more quickly. But Team Trump seems much more interested in cannibalizing our military to pay for his grandiose border wall.” Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer “There is a genuine problem at the U.S.-Mexico border… [But] cutting off aid to Central America or ‘closing the border,’ as Mr. Trump now threatens, would make things worse… [The commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection] would like Congress to give him authority to hold these migrants for up to eight weeks. That would allow time to process their claims, which would in many cases be denied. He also wants authority to return unaccompanied children to their home countries, which the law allows for Mexicans and Canadians but not Central Americans… “If word got out that paying $7,000 to ‘coyotes’ for the trip to the border was likely to result in a prompt return trip, the flow would diminish — which would mean fewer children in danger. Congress should consider both requests favorably, along with more aid to Central America to get at the root causes of this exodus.” Editorial Board, Washington Post Trump’s “own State Department publicly states that its strategy is to provide foreign assistance to Central America and protect American citizens ‘by addressing the security, governance, and economic drivers of illegal immigration and illicit trafficking.’ The aid — again according to Trump’s State Department — ‘goes toward fighting crime organizations, drug trafficking, gang violence and human trafficking, while strengthening borders and enhancing security’… His reactive move to punish the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador will undoubtedly increase migration, rather than deter it.” Samantha Vinograd, CNN Finally, many point out that “shutting down ports of entry would be an economic disaster. It would also disrupt the lives of border communities that rely on the flow of people between the US and Mexico — including the major cities of San Diego (and Tijuana) and El Paso (and Ciudad Juarez). Approximately $1.5 billion worth of commerce happens along the US-Mexico border every day… When the San Ysidro port of entry in San Diego shut down for a few hours in November, as agents responded with force (including tear gas) to an organized march of asylum seekers, the temporary closure cost about $5.3 million in lost business revenue… Literally no one but Trump actually wants to close border crossings.” Dara Lind, Vox From the Right The right argues that there is a major crisis at the border, which is exacerbated by the changing demographics of those apprehended. “As recently as 2012, 90 percent of apprehensions along the southern border were single adults. Today, that’s changed. Family units and unaccompanied minors now make up 60 percent of all apprehensions along the southern border. The change is important because we don’t treat single adults the same way we treat families and minors traveling alone. Instead of detaining or deporting them—as we do with adults—federal immigration officials are releasing families and children into the United States with orders to appear before an immigration judge, a process that can take years… “Although total numbers of apprehensions might still be lower than they were in 2000, the total number of migrants being released into the United States, instead of deported or detained, is almost certainly higher today… The border crisis is real, it’s complicated, and it’s getting worse. It’s time to stop repeating, mantra-like, the meaningless talking point that illegal immigration levels are at ‘historic lows.’” John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist A former Border Patrol chief under President Barack Obama writes, “Central American families are incentivized and rewarded to come and illegally enter our border because they know the Department of Homeland Security must release them within 20 days by law and they will be allowed to remain in the U.S. indefinitely while awaiting immigration court proceedings… “As the apprehensions reach one million this year, the unconscionable result will be the release of 650,000 immigrants into the U.S. That is more than the entire population of Wyoming. Contrast that with the late 1990s, when we experienced one million apprehensions and less than 100,000 were allowed into the U.S.” Mark Morgan, Fox News “Congress needs to build stronger legal barriers that migrants and judges can’t evade or bulldoze… The Immigration and Nationality Act conditions asylum on a ‘well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.’ But immigrants complaining about abusive spouses and economic hardship have been waved through… “Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan last year blocked the Administration from imposing asylum conditions. Last month the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals extended habeas corpus to asylum claimants, which means even those who fail the initial screening will have recourse in federal court. Almost anyone who claims asylum will now be able to avoid immediate deportation… The Administration last year tried to limit asylum eligibility to immigrants who present themselves at ports of entry, but the Ninth Circuit blocked that too. Thus, the border chaos.” Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal “The decision to cut foreign aid to the Northern Triangle (and all other countries) is correct because the United States shouldn’t be bribing them to bend to our political will. We also don’t exactly know how the countries use the money – despite claims of the contrary from USAID. Propping up bad governments does nothing to actually help the migrants looking to come to the U.S… However, it would be a mistake to use the ‘pen and phone’ policy as the method to deliver this new policy. There are rules which need to be followed, which means Congress should hold a vote on the issue.” Taylor Millard, Hot Air On the bright side… ‘Cow toilets’ in Netherlands aim to cut e-moo-ssions. The Straits Times Share Tweet Forward Sign Up Here Copyright © 2019 The Flip Side, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. |
| THE RESURGENT The Resurgent’s Morning Briefing for April 1,2019 Good morning, Here is all the news conservatives need to know to start their day. At 4pm ET, you can catch me on radio to bring you up to speed on developments throughout the day. You can listen live here. What I Learned From My DNA Test I’ve always known I was adopted. I can’t remember my parents actually sitting down to have “that talk” with me. It’s just something I grew up being aware of. Apparently, they had a book they read to me before I could even talk that told me how “special” I was – because my parents had […] The post What I Learned From My DNA Test appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Will Anyone In Any Major Media Outlet Admit They Have Some Real Problems? Anyone? CBS News has found the hero of the caravan story — the human traffickers. They are profiling the traffickers and thus far they’re coverage appears less than critical of the traffickers. NBC New’s political editor, Dafna Linzer, seemingly tried to intervene with Yashar Ali, a highly respected freelance journalist. Her intervention was not for NBC […] The post Will Anyone In Any Major Media Outlet Admit They Have Some Real Problems? Anyone? appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » LOL @ Jack as ‘Unplanned’ Soars Let’s start off with the obvious acknowledgement: Twitter is a private company owned by Jack Dorsey, and therefore he has every right to run his business in a way that adheres to his values and conscience. It’s not like he’s a Christian baker, after all. No one with any respect for freedom of conscience, freedom […] The post LOL @ Jack as ‘Unplanned’ Soars appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Tweets, Entertainment and Politics in the Post-Grace Age Another Twitter misstep has led to a person losing their job in the real world. I won’t go into the details, but a conservative writer had what can only be described as a meltdown on Twitter, attacking well-regarded journalist Yashar Ali. This person later apologized and deleted the tweets, but the damage may already be […] The post Tweets, Entertainment and Politics in the Post-Grace Age appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Thoughts On Church Searching Finding a church is tough and many churches don’t make it any easier. The post Thoughts On Church Searching appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Arizona Child Services and Chandler PD Break Down Door, Kidnap Children, and Handcuff Innocent Father A few weeks ago, I wrote about the alarming introduction of bills around the country which ramp up state regulation of family life. Of course, progressive readers claimed it was right-wing paranoia, and of course, they were wrong. The latest example comes from Chandler, AZ. As reported in The Arizona Republic, just after 1 a.m. […] The post Arizona Child Services and Chandler PD Break Down Door, Kidnap Children, and Handcuff Innocent Father appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » WATCHING THE MOVIES: Black Panther Again, I feel I have to apologize for the distinct lack of good movies at the box office this week. I’ve heard incredible things about Abby Johnson’s Unplanned. It sounds like an immensely difficult watch, but an important one. Sadly, I’m traveling this weekend. If a theater near you is showing the movie, I’d take it […] The post WATCHING THE MOVIES: Black Panther appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » I Pledge Allegiance to the Tribe Our divisions run deep. That’s not accidental. The post I Pledge Allegiance to the Tribe appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Georgia Legislature Passes Fetal Heartbeat Legislation The Georgia House of Representatives has passed the fetal heartbeat legislation. In the past week, progressives have mounted strident opposition to the legislation, but Republicans held their ground. The measure passed the Georgia House with 92 votes to 78 in opposition. Democrats claim they will use this measure to take back the House next year, […] The post Georgia Legislature Passes Fetal Heartbeat Legislation appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » The Debt Is Beautiful, Big Very Deep, Record Deep! Previously cut items in the federal budget find their way back by way of Trump’s Big League vocabulistics. President Trump went to Grand Rapids, Michigan last night for a campaign rally. During his speech, Trump discussed his new found love for the Great Lakes. MLive has the story. “President Donald Trump promised to fully fund […] The post The Debt Is Beautiful, Big Very Deep, Record Deep! appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Recent Items: Remember, you can listen to the Erick Erickson Show anytime and anywhere via WSB Radio, iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. As always, you can find pretty much anything and everything I’m writing about throughout the day via The Resurgent. Thanks for reading and tuning in. Erick Erickson THE RESURGENT Facebook Twitter Instagram Copyright © 2019 The Resurgent Media Group, LLC, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences |
ROLL CALL MORNING HEADLINES
How an Indiana and a Minnesota district explain the 2020 House battlefield
Redistricting is just around the corner, but already the House
battlefield doesn’t look like what it did less than a decade ago.
Demographic shifts have led to partisan realignments — accelerated in
some places by President Donald Trump — and that’s created
a different map than existed in 2012.
Read More…
Road ahead: Changing Senate rules, reupping Violence Against Women Act
Senators are gearing up for a much-anticipated standoff over the debate time for confirming President Donald Trump’s nominees, as the House turns its attention to reviving and updating the Violence Against Women Act. Read More…
Trump refuses to raise budget caps, complicating his re-election fight
Democratic lawmakers want to raise caps on federal spending. So do many Republicans. But despite the desires of each party’s congressional leadership, President Donald Trump is refusing to go along, possibly complicating his re-election bid. Read More…
Library of Congress aims for ambitious transformation
The Library of Congress is preparing a massive overhaul of the Capitol Hill flagship Thomas Jefferson Building funded through a private-public partnership that aims to “transform the visitor experience” of the library and highlight “treasures” from the massive collection. Read More…
How is Congress handling opioids? We followed the money
OPINION — Nearly 50,000 people died from an opioid overdose in 2017. Today, Americans are more likely to die from opioid overdoses than car accidents. While the United States is beginning to see a few positive signs that overdose deaths are leveling off, this doesn’t mean we’re even close to ending the epidemic. Read More…
Women’s entrance to the workforce is slowing, and that’s a problem
OPINION — Here’s a conundrum facing the country: From the 1960s through the ’90s, women entered the U.S. workforce and earned college degrees in rising proportions. Then, around 2000, something changed. Read More…
Pelosi rejects DHS request for authority to deport migrant children to home countries
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that House Democrats are rejecting the Department of Homeland Security’s request to pass legislation authorizing the department to send all unaccompanied children who try to cross the border back to their home countries. Read More…
Why progressives are ready to ditch Obamacare
The 2010 health care law has left tens of millions uninsured, leading to a groundswell of support from the left for a single-payer system, or “Medicare for All.” Health care reporter Mary Ellen McIntire explains why progressives are ready to move on, what it would take politically to get there, and how they would transform American health care. Listen here…
Democrats balk at Barr’s apparent Mueller report redactions
As Attorney General William Barr prepares to hand Congress a scrubbed version of the Mueller report “by mid-April or sooner,” he wrote lawmakers Friday, House Democrats, who want to see the special counsel’s findings in their full and unredacted form, appear to be facing an uphill climb. Read More…
Thursday night, less than a month after proposing to slash 90 percent of the Great Lakes preservation program budget, President Donald Trump told supporters at a rally in Michigan that he would support “full funding” for the program. Watch the video here…
| Advertise with Us |
CQ Roll Call is a part of FiscalNote, the leading technology innovator at the intersection of global business and government. Copyright 2019 CQ Roll Call. All rights reserved Privacy | Safely unsubscribe now.
1201 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Suite 600
Washington, DC 20004
CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS S
|
CDN’s Daily News Blast delivers the day’s news first!
View this email in your browser
CDN Daily News Blast
04/01/2019
Excerpts:
South Carolina Student Killed After Getting Into Car She Thought Was Her Uber: Police
By Neetu Chandak –
A University of South Carolina student was killed after getting into a
car she thought was her Uber Friday, according to police. Samantha
Josephson, 21, got into the black Chevrolet Impala in Columbia, South
Carolina early Friday morning. Her body was dumped 65 miles away in a
wooded area in …
South Carolina Student Killed After Getting Into Car She Thought Was Her Uber: Police 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.
Read on » SHOCK: DNC Finance Chair Sides With Biden Over Lucy Flores’ Unwanted Kissing Accusation By Peter Hasson – A top Democratic National Committee (DNC) official sided with Vice President Joe Biden over Lisa Flores, the former Nevada lawmaker accusing Biden of grabbing her shoulders, smelling her hair and kissing her head at a 2014 campaign event in a move opposite the party’s fake “believe all women” stance. DNC … SHOCK: DNC Finance Chair Sides With Biden Over Lucy Flores’ Unwanted Kissing Accusation 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. Read on » A Post-ISIS Question To Jihadis And Terrorists Everywhere: Why Is Your God Allowing You To Lose? By Dave King – Of course all thinking people the world over know that the reason ISIS is losing it’s battle with the civilized world, aside from the fact that the wishy-washy Obama is gone and has been replaced in the Oval Office with a man of determination and principle, is that the goals … A Post-ISIS Question To Jihadis And Terrorists Everywhere: Why Is Your God Allowing You To Lose? 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. Read on » Almost Two-Thirds Of Democrats Reject Mueller Finding No Collusion By Peter Hasson – Nearly two-thirds of registered Democrats reject special counsel Robert Mueller’s finding of no collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russian meddling in the 2016 election, a Washington Post-Schar School poll found. “The Special Counsel’s investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or … Almost Two-Thirds Of Democrats Reject Mueller Finding No Collusion 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. Read on » Trump Follows Through On Warning, Orders Aid To Be Cut Off From Central American Countries By Jason Hopkins – The State Department announced on Saturday that it was cutting off aid to the Central American countries of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, home to the thousands of immigrants attempting to reach the U.S. illegally. “At the Secretary’s instruction, we are carrying out the President’s direction and ending FY 2017 … Trump Follows Through On Warning, Orders Aid To Be Cut Off From Central American Countries 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. Read on » See all breaking news, conservative commentary, political cartoons and more posted to CDN at our Home Page. Follow on Twitter Friend on Facebook Add on Google Plus Copyright © 2019 Conservative Daily News, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list |
WASHINGTON BEACON’S MORNING BEACON
| Satellite Photos Show Chinese Anti-Satellite Laser Base By Bill Gertz Tax Docs Show Lucy McBath Wasn’t Recognized As Permanent Ga. Resident During Election By Brent Scher Ocasio-Cortez: Democratic Donors Should Stop Donating Money to the DCCC By Cameron Cawthorne Senate Banking Chair Warns Banks Against Targeting Gun Industry By Stephen Gutowski House GOP Pushes for Floor Vote on Born Alive Act By Bill McMorris America Still Needs Athens and Jerusalem By Nic Rowan Sanders Still Won’t Say When He Will Release His Tax Returns By Cameron Cawthorne You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. Copyright © 2019 Free Beacon, LLC, All rights reserved. To reject freedom, click here. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. |
JAMIE DUPREE WASHINGTON INSIDER
| Web Version |
Listen Live Monday, April 1, 2019 More Jamie Dupree’s Washington Insider » MY TAKE Trump-Border. President Trump ratcheted up his rhetoric and actions in recent days over illegal immigration, threatening to close down the southern border to all traffic and trade, and announcing that he was cutting off foreign aid to the governments of Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. The President has threatened several times over the last year to close the border, arguing that the Mexican government isn’t doing enough to stop people from getting into the U.S. It wasn’t clear if this was just another threat or if Mr. Trump would follow through – “I will close the damn border,” he said last week at a campaign rally in Michigan. Read More MY TAKE Mueller Report. The Easter Break could be a lively time as Attorney General William Barr says his goal is to release a redacted version of the Mueller report by mid-April. A number of items won’t be in the public version of that report – grand jury material, classified items, and any information related to third parties or ongoing investigations. The redactions are certain to spur complaints from Democrats, as some wonder whether all of the details of the Mueller report could still present some stumbling blocks for the President’s supporters on the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Read More MY TAKE Trump-Health Care. President Trump keeps talking about how Republicans are coming up with a new plan to repeal and replace the Obama health law, but there’s no real evidence of that on Capitol Hill. Meanwhile, the Trump Administration suffered two legal losses last week in the courts on efforts to nibble away at the edges of the Obama health law, as judges struck down work requirements for Medicaid health recipients and ruled that an expansion of association health plans was nothing more than an end run around Obamacare’s coverage requirements. Read more More Jamie Dupree’s Washington Insider » Share Tweet Listen live to Atlanta’s news, weather and traffic with the WSB Radio app. |
|
follow on Twitter | like us on Facebook
WSB-AM 1601 W. Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA, 30309 USA Privacy Policy | Visitor Agreement WSB-AM does not participate in unsolicited email. This is a recurring email and was sent to you because you subscribed to receive promotional emails and updates from WSB-AM during a previous program, promotion or contest. Unsubscribe |
MEET THE PRESS: FIRST READ
Notice that things look a little different around here?
Today, we’re relaunching Meet the Press: First Read with a new look, new sections and a new way of helping you understand the most important news from Washington.
We hope you love the new format as much as we do. Let us know what you think here.
From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
FIRST READ: How this weekend exposed Biden’s generational challenges
Leading in the early polls before he’s even announced his 2020 candidacy, Joe Biden has a problem on his hands.
If he jumps in, he has to compete against a field – as well as norms and practices – that have changed since the last time he ran solo back in 2007-2008.
Consider what happened over the weekend:
- A former Nevada political candidate, Lucy Flores, accused Biden of touching her shoulders, smelling her hair and kissing the back of her head, underscoring how behavior once seen as unremarkable or commonplace is now unacceptable in today’s Democratic Party.
- (Biden released a statement Sunday saying it wasn’t his intention to act inappropriately, as aides and friends defended the former vice president.)
- Beto O’Rourke held rallies in three Texas cities in one day (El Paso, Houston and Austin), setting the early campaign pace for the 2020 field.
- Bernie Sanders appeared to be on pace to raise more than $20 million for the first quarter, revealing the power of grassroots online donations in today’s politics.
- Political elites continued to buzz about the 37-year old Pete Buttigieg, who this morning announced raising more than $7 million for the first quarter.
- And Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 29, took aim at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s effort to blacklist vendors who work with candidates challenging incumbents, underscoring the progressive-versus-establishment split inside the party.
Biden’s greatest strength is the fact that he’s been in the political mainstream of the Democratic Party for the last 40 years, as one of us said on “Meet the Press” yesterday.
And that fact is also his greatest weakness.
So a death by a thousand cuts is one (likely) scenario for Biden, if he runs.
But there’s another scenario, too: His past becomes THE story for the 2020 campaign, making it difficult for other candidates to break through, like Trump in ’16.
Of course, there’s a big difference between Biden and Trump.
One can be shamed; the other one can’t.
Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP
TWEET OF THE DAY: The Seven Million Dollar Man
“Wait-and-see” on the Mueller investigation
The headline from our latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll is that the American public doesn’t see a clear verdict about whether President Trump has been cleared of wrongdoing in the Russia probe.
“Twenty-nine percent of adults say they believe Trump has been cleared of wrongdoing, based on what they’ve heard about Robert Mueller’s findings.
That’s compared with 40 percent who say they don’t believe he has been cleared.
And a third of Americans – 31 percent – say they’re not sure if Trump has been cleared.
That includes nearly half of independents (45 percent), as well as a quarter of Democrats (27 percent) and Republicans (25 percent).”
Bottom line: Despite all the coverage of Attorney General William Barr’s SUMMARY of Mueller’s findings, the American public still hasn’t made up its mind.
The Mulvaney Presidency
The New York Times reported over the weekend that the proposal to eliminate funding for the Special Olympics was pushed through by acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and his staff at OMB.
This — combined with the renewed health care push — is a reminder that Trump’s biggest political vulnerability is being turned into a conventional conservative whose policy ideas just aren’t popular.
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
2020 VISION: What we saw at Beto’s El Paso rally
One of us traveled to El Paso over the weekend to cover the first leg of Beto O’Rourke’s three-city swing through Texas.
Here’s what we observed:
- He doesn’t use a Teleprompter
- His campaign didn’t release speech excerpts
- His campaign excels at building picturesque rally settings (also see his last stop in Austin)
- His speech covered the bases on policy (health care, education, climate change), clearly reacting to the earlier criticism that he had lacked policy specifics
- His speech had a heavy emphasis on immigration and the border battle (“Let’s make sure that we never take another child from another mother after her most desperate and vulnerable moment”)
- And he made unity his other big theme (“Let’s agree, going forward, before we are anything else, we are Americans first”).
On the campaign trail today … Cory Booker (11:30 am ET), Julian Castro (12:07 pm ET), Amy Klobuchar (1:30 pm ET), Beto O’Rourke (2:08 pm ET), Bernie Sanders (3:00 pm ET), Elizabeth Warren (3:37 pm ET), Jay Inslee (4:50 pm ET) and Kirsten Gillibrand (5:18 pm ET) participate at the “We the People” summit in DC…
Castro also speaks at the National Association of Hispanic Publications… And Kamala Harris addresses the California Union Legislative Conference in Sacramento.
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is … 73 percent.
73 percent.
That’s the combined share of Democratic primary voters who say they’re either enthusiastic (33 percent) or comfortable (40 percent) with Joe Biden as a presidential candidate.
That makes Biden the most palatable candidate for Democrats out of the five top contenders we polled, at least at this stage.
(Note: The survey was in the field March 23-27, before the Lucy Flores story. We’ll also be polling other Dem candidates in future NBC/WSJ polls.)
It’s worth noting that both Harris and O’Rourke could have some significant room to grow here.
Nearly one-in-five Democratic primary voters say they don’t know enough about those candidates to make a call yet.
THE LID: Take the money and run
Don’t miss the pod from Friday, which laid out our biggest questions about how 2020 candidates are faring in their first quarter of fundraising.
ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss
Trump has threatened to close the border. Adviser Kellyanne Conway says that “certainly isn’t a bluff.”
The wife of former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says a photo of Biden touching her shoulders has been taken out of context.
NBC’s own Steve Kornacki looks at the last midsize city mayor to try to run for president.
Seth Moulton says he’ll decide on a 2020 in run “in the next few weeks.”
Elizabeth Warren’s finance director is out as her campaign struggles to raise cash.
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax says he passed a polygraph test about allegations of sexual assault.
Thanks for reading.
If you’re a fan, please forward this to a friend. They can sign up
here.
Have thoughts on our new format? We love hearing from our readers, so shoot us a line here with your comments and suggestions.
Thanks,
Chuck, Mark and Carrie
TOWNHALL DAILY UPDATE
|
_______SUBSCRIPTION INFO_______
This newsletter is never sent unsolicited. It was sent to you because you signed up to receive this newsletter on the Townhall.com network OR a friend forwarded it to you. We respect and value your time and privacy. If this newsletter no longer meets your needs we will be happy to remove your address immediately. Visit the Townhall Media Preference Center to manage your subscriptions You can unsubscribe by clicking here. Or Send postal mail to: Townhall Daily Unsubscribe P.O. Box 9660, Arlington, VA 22219 |
THE FEDERALIST DAILY BRIEFING
|
Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray April 1, 2019 Progressives Try To Scare Joe Biden Out Of 2020 Campaign By Bringing Up His Creepy Touching By Warren Henry Apart from whether Biden kissed the back of Flores’ head, stories about Joe being handsy are essentially the Kobayashi Maru no-win scenario for his candidacy. Full article Papadopoulos Hints Conversation That Launched Trump-Russia Probe Was FBI Setup By Margot Cleveland These new revelations raise fresh concerns that, with the approval of the FBI, foreign governments were meddling in the 2016 election. Full article How The So-Called Equality Act Threatens Speech, Religion, And Women’s Rights By Chad Felix Greene Despite the universal appeal of the name and its noble promises, the act poses a major risk to those who value religious freedom, state independence, and women’s rights. Full article New Jersey Lawmakers Ask Schools To Ban ‘Huckleberry Finn’ By Cheryl Magness In its profound presentation of the universal theme of the individual versus society, the book should be a fixture on every American student’s high school reading list, today more than ever before. Full article ‘Doctor’ Advises Threatening Suicide To Get Transgender Treatments For Kids By Jeremiah Keenan At a public library, Wallace Wong proudly described his children-only ‘gender therapy’ practice, noting that his youngest client is not yet three and that he has 501 foster kids in his practice. Full article Can ‘Unplanned’ Actually Convince Pro-Choicers Abortion Is Wrong? By Nicole Russell This isn’t your typical cheesy Christian film but, given the message, it’s likely to attract a niche audience that already knows the truth about abortion. Full article Yale Law School Yanks Stipends From Students Who Work For Christian Firms By Aaron Haviland Yale has found a roundabout way to blacklist legal and nonprofit organizations that don’t adhere to Yale’s understanding of gender identity. Full article ISIS’s Caliphate Is History. It’s Arab Leaders’ Job To Keep It That Way By Daniel DePetris Rather than preserving an indefinite presence that lets the region’s leaders off the hook at the expense of other priorities, the United States must bring our troops home. Full article 5 Ways Federal Agencies Could Botch Trump’s Executive Order On Campus Speech By Casey Mattox The EO merely requires agencies to ‘take appropriate steps’ to ‘encourage institutions’ to promote free speech and debate. Much, much more is needed. Full article The Saga Of NBA Player Jordan Bell Reminds Us That Pranks Are Good By Rich Cromwell Bell’s shenanigans were downright anodyne and something that should have been laughed off, but apparently if there’s one thing a true warrior can’t handle, it’s aromatherapy. Full article How The Progressive Era Shaped The Congress We Know Today By Madeline Osburn Professor Kevin Portteus explains how the progressives in Congress during the ‘Progressive Era’ significantly reformed the wielding of power in the House of Representatives. Full article Can Brett Kavanaugh’s Reset On Sexual Harassment Allegations Save Joe Biden? By David Marcus Brett Kavanaugh broke a Me Too fever in the United States that condemned men based only on accusation. Joe Biden should look to that lesson. Full article CHICAGO’S DESCENT INTO LAWLESSNESS On the West Side, the street shows no fear of Chicago police. http://vlt.tc/3lat “Authorities confirmed that two police officers — TAC cops, not rookies — were making a drug arrest shortly after 2 p.m. on Sunday. A mob appeared, threatening the officers, surrounding them, threatening to reach for their own weapons to shoot them dead, and the cops let the suspect go.” Read more of The Transom by signing up for a free trial today. follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend Copyright © 2019 The Federalist, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences |
SCOTT RASMUSSEN MORNING UPDATE
| ScottRasmussen.com Launch – Check Out My All New Website No Images? Click here Good morning, I am excited to announce a new service for monitoring the Social Media coverage of Democratic presidential hopefuls. With our partners at Eyesover.com, we will now provide daily updates of support for each candidate, based upon both sentiment and volume of mentions.While this is not a poll, we believe it may give some early indications as to which candidates are gaining traction or fading. In terms of Social Media coverage, Beto O’Rourke leads the pack this morning with a 19% support score. He is followed by Joe Biden (18%), Pete Buttigieg (15%), and Bernie Sanders (11%). Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren are next, tied at 6%.The social media update shows that Biden and Sanders are receiving slightly more negative chatter than positive. All other top contenders are receiving net positive chatter.To add context, our report also shows the issue most discussed about each candidate. For O’Rourke, it’s immigration. Conversations involving Biden address gender equality more than anything else. For Buttigieg, it is LGTBQ Rights.Due to the nature of media coverage, a candidate who is the focus of the news cycle will see a spike in the number of mentions. To smooth this volatility, the support scores represent a four-day rolling average.Numbers are updated daily at 4:00 a.m. Eastern. Please take a moment to check it out and let us know what you think. Tomorrow, we will release some conventional polling on the Democratic race. On other topics, opinions about Robert Mueller have improved among Republicans while holding steady among Democrats. Support for impeachment continues to fall among Independent voters. Fifty percent (50%) of Independents now oppose impeachment and just 29% are in favor.Last week, we highlighted attributes that were needed for a healthy political system. Number two on the list, behind only freedom of speech, was the need for political leaders to respect American voters. New data shows that just 34% believe such respect exists today while 59% disagree. Among other items deemed Very Important by voters, two others are perceived as lacking in today’s world: by a 61% to 32% margin, voters do not believe we have political leaders who are willing to compromise. By a 51% to 42% margin, voters do not think most Americans have respect for people with fundamentally different views.Opinion is evenly divided on two other Very Important attributes of a healthy political system. Forty-six percent (46%) believe we have clear limits on what the government can do while 45% do not. Forty-three percent (43%) think there are limits on taxation while 46% disagree. Finally, today’s Number of the Day highlights one of the biggest obstacles to any sort of health care policy reform–70% of voters rate their own insurance coverage as good or excellent.Thank you for your interest in our work,Scott Stay Informed Up To The Minute and Share ContentDeeper CurrentsScott Rasmussen offers his personal insight, analysis, and opinion on current political races, issues, and controversy. Read more Scott’s ColumnsPresident Trump has perfected the art of antagonizing his opponents with provocative tweets. He demonstrated this skill recently in declaring that the tax reform act,… Read more SCOTT RASMUSSEN info@scottrasmussen.com https://www.scottrasmussen.com 142 W 57th Street, 11 Floor New York, NY 10023 ScottRasmussen.com Launch – Check Out My All New Website Like Tweet Share Forward Preferences | Unsubscribe |
SEAN HANNITY
| – View in a Browser – Mon, April 01 AOC IMPLODES // BOOKER’S PLAN B / DE BLASIO’S NYC AOC IMPLODES: Ocasio-Cortez Blames Sinking Poll Numbers on ‘Far Right Propaganda’ and ‘Dark Money’ Embattled Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez weighed-in Thursday night on her sinking poll numbers among independents across the country; blaming the sudden drop on “far right propaganda” and a “dark money internet operation.”“It’s almost as though there is a directed + concerted far-right propaganda machine with a whole cable news channel, and a dark-money internet… CONTINUE READING PLAN B: Cory Booker Endorses End of the Electoral College, Says ‘Most Votes’ Should Win Senator Cory Booker delivered his first televised town hall event on CNN this week; siding with his fellow Democratic challengers and endorsing the end of the Electoral College in future presidential elections.“My question is: Do you believe that there should be some type of reform to the Electoral College, or should it remain… READ THIS STORY DE BLASIO’S NYC: Mayor Allocates Additional $1.6M to Attorneys Defending Migrants from Deportation New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his city council are allocating an additional $1.6 million to provide legal resources for illegal immigrant residents facing deportation orders and other law enforcement issues.“Calling it a defensive fund against President Trump’s immigration policies, New York City officials plan to put an extra $1.6 million toward… CONTINUE READING HERE Recommended Reading: Promoted Content PO BOX 7298, Van Nuys, CA 91409-7298 US © 2019 The Sean Hannity Show Unsubscribe | Sign Up | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy |
WHITE HOUSE BRIEF
| View this email in your browser April 1, 2019 TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE … Thanks for reading the White House Brief email newsletter, where we give you what the mainstream media is NOT telling you about the Trump administration. Please encourage your friends, family, and colleagues to sign up. 1. CNN GOT NOTHING WRONG ON RUSSIAGATE REPORTING?! Jake Tapper hilariously claimed CNN had not gotten “anything” wrong with its reporting on the Trump-Russia conspiracy! Maybe that’s why they had to get rid of three of their reporters, who resigned after a fake story they wrote about Scaramucci having ties to the Russians. Or when they repeatedly pushed the lie that Republicans funded the dirty dossier. Or when they reported that 17 intel agencies concluded that Russians interfered in the election, when in reality it was only three. That’s only a few things CNN got wrong. There are plenty more, and I think it’s fair to say Tapper is lying when he says they got nothing wrong. 2. GIVE BACK YOUR PULITZER PRIZE, NYT, WAPO! The president said over the weekend that The New York Times and Washington Post should have their Pulitzer prizes taken away for their negative and fake reporting. The Pulitzers were for national reporting for their supposedly excellent work on a narrative that turned out to be a hoax. Yet they are standing by their work, saying they’re “proud” of their Pulitzer prize-winning reporting. From John Brennan claiming Trump’s claims of no collusion were “hogwash” in the New York Times to writers at the Washington Post insisting there was collusion, there is nothing award-worthy about those rags. 3. ‘LITTLE PENCIL NECK’: TRUMP DUNKS ON SCHIFF, CELEBRATES VICTORIOUS WEEK iHeartRadio host Jesse Kelly joined me to hilariously weigh in on one of Trump’s best weeks. The Mueller report completely vindicates the president, and we all get to enjoy watching the lefties’ world crumble around them. Outside Washington, Jussie Smollett and Cardi B enjoy their minority privilege and escape repercussions that would sink any conservative’s career. WATCH: 4. TRUMP EYEING AMY CONEY BARRETT Axios’ Jonathan Swan is reporting that Trump told confidants that he was “saving [Judge Amy Coney Barrett] for Ginsburg.” Barrett is a favorite among conservatives, many of whom were hoping she would take Justice Kennedy’s seat. She is a devout Catholic whose writings suggest she’d be open to overturning Roe v. Wade. Her appointment would be a big win for conservatives. 5. CREEPY JOE BIDEN STANDS BY HIS TOUCHING If you’ve spent any time on the internet, you’ve likely seen memes of Joe Biden creepily touching people from behind. On Sunday, Biden defended his interactions, saying he doesn’t believe he’s ever acted inappropriately. Lucy Flores, a Democrat lawmaker from Nevada, doesn’t feel the same way. She came out on the record to state that she felt uncomfortable with a kiss Biden gave her on the back of her head. Is Biden’s persona just out of step with the new far-left Democrat Party? With all of “the affectionate whispers, hugs and shoulder squeezes he has long doled out to women, often on camera and at high-profile public events,” his behavior is facing new scrutiny from the Left, and since he has not yet officially announced his run, this could potentially harm him. 6. PETE BUTTIGIEG ON FIRE The little-known mayor from South Bend, Indiana, is stirring the pot on the Democrat side of the presidential race. He says he has raised more than $7 million since he launched his presidential exploratory committee. “This has always been an underdog project. But with a first fundraising report like this, we certainly cannot be ignored,” he told his supporters. His popularity stems from the fact that he says Trump can only be beaten with ideas. Hillary lost, he claims, because the only message the Democrats had was essentially “orange man bad,” but they didn’t spend enough time talking about what Democrats could do to help the average American. AND THAT’S TODAY’S BRIEF. Want YOUR questions asked at the White House press briefings? Send your suggestions to whitehousebrief@blazemedia.com. Don’t forget to tell your family and friends to sign up for Blaze Media’s exclusive White House Brief so you never miss a story. FORWARD > SUBSCRIBE > Copyright © 2019 Blaze Media LLC, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. |
MORNING INSURRECTION
| Share This William Jacobson: “CREEPY UNCLE JOE 2020 – Joe Biden’s biggest problem is Al Franken” Kemberlee Kaye: “I love this post by Pietro Geraci, a Vasser student who invited Professor Jacobson to speak (remember that controversy?) and who was present at the White House when Trump signed an executive order to protect free speech on public college and university campuses.” Mary Chastain: “Thank you, LI family, for covering so I could take a much-needed vacation & remain news free for a few days. The Cubs won Opening Day but lost the next two. Despite that, I met Len Kasper (Cubs play-by-play guy) and Cubs legend Fergie Jenkins! I’ll return Monday afternoon (if I can wake up on time), but fully on Tuesday.” Leslie Eastman: “Perhaps it would be a good time for the FBI to reprioritize its efforts, directing more energy to determine what secrets the stolen North Korean files could yield instead of going after the President of the United States based on files obtained from a losing, opposition candidate.” David Gerstman: “Fuzzy Slippers, spurred by a recent Bret Stephens column, recalled LI’s extensive coverage of the failed nuclear deal with Iran. Of course, shortly before President Trump pulled out of the deal, Israel announced that had spirited out a vast nuclear archive from Tehran that showed that Iran had not given up its nuclear weapons program. Supporters of the deal said that there was nothing new in the archives. But research into the contents of the archives led by David Albright of the Institute for Science and International Security and Olli Heinonen of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies showed that, in fact, the archives showed that Iran nuclear weapons program was much more advanced than previously known. The same folks, including top U.S. newspapers, who insisted that the archives showed nothing new, have been silent about the archives. This was demonstrated late last month when NBC reported that the U.S. was imposing new sanctions on officials associated with Iran’s nuclear weapons program, but failed to report that one of the officials said that information obtained from the nuclear archive was what prompted these new sanctions.” Legal Insurrection Foundation is a Rhode Island tax-exempt corporation established exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to educate and inform the public on legal, historical, economic, academic, and cultural issues related to the Constitution, liberty, and world events. For more information about the Foundation, CLICK HERE. Legal Insurrection Foundation 18 Maple Avenue #280 Barrington, Rhode Island 02806 info@legalinsurrection.com Follow Us Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your web browser Manage Subscription |