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| Happy Friday from Washington, where Republicans are countering Democrats’ claim that something’s wrong with a census question asking whether you’re a citizen. Rachel del Guidice has the scoop on what history shows. We’ve also got a power lineup of commentary from Heritage Foundation stalwarts on major issues, including Bob Moffit on the problem with Medicare for All, Jim Carafano on how to achieve an immigration overhaul, Hans von Spakovsky on the attorney general’s “spying” remarks, and Mike Gonzalez on Google’s lack of interest in diverse views. Yikes: It’s the last weekend to finish doing taxes on time. |
| Commentary New ‘Medicare for All’ Bill Would Kick 181 Million Off Private Insurance The bill would create a new national health insurance plan to provide universal coverage to all U.S. residents, regardless of their legal status. More Commentary Barr Should Focus on 2 Questions When Investigating Spying on Trump Campaign Democrats sharply attacked Attorney General William Barr for telling the truth when he acknowledged in Senate testimony that federal law enforcement officers had spied on the Trump presidential campaign. More Commentary The Border Is in Disarray, but Change May Be Coming While the news on immigration and border security seems dour, beneath the headlines there is a growing movement to finally get migration under control. More News EXCLUSIVE: Citizenship Question Used on Census for 175 Years, GOP Report Shows The Supreme Court will hear arguments this month on including the citizenship question in the 2020 census, with a ruling expected in June. More Analysis Podcast: Making the Internet Safer for Children We talk to Donna Rice Hughes, CEO of Enough is Enough, which works to make the internet safer for children and families, and Kassy Dillon, a young conservative journalist. More Commentary Mike Lee’s Bill Would Boost Paid Family Leave Without Growing Government Without establishing a new federal program, without raising taxes on workers, the Working Families Flexibility Act would allow millions of lower-wage workers to accumulate paid family leave. More Commentary Mob’s Push to Oust Heritage President From Google Council Part of Larger Agenda The left must control the narrative. It will be nasty about making sure it does and won’t care for niceties. It is part of “the will to power” that propelled Lenin and Mussolini to rule. More |
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You should check them out! https://www.theflipside.io/ Julian Assange Arrested “British police dragged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange out of Ecuador’s embassy on Thursday after his seven-year asylum was revoked, paving the way for his extradition to the United States… the U.S. Justice Department said Assange was charged with conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to gain access to a government computer as part of a 2010 leak by WikiLeaks of hundreds of thousands of U.S. military reports about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and American diplomatic communications.” Reuters See past issues From the Left The left worries about a slippery slope toward encroaching on the freedom of the press. “The Justice Department has made a very deliberate and careful move to focus not on WikiLeaks or Assange’s publication of classified documents but instead on the one moment in March 2010 when he appeared to briefly cross the line into computer hacking himself (and not very successfully, at that). It’s an interesting strategy and one that may create other problems for the Justice Department related to extradition and the statute of limitations, but it tries to sidestep concerns about what going after Assange might mean for journalists—a surprisingly cautious and measured choice for this Justice Department.” Josephine Wolff, Slate Yet many argue that the evidence “seems thin, limited mainly to Assange saying he’d had ‘no luck so far,’ apparently in relation to attempts to crack the password. The meatier parts of the indictment speak more to normal journalistic practices. In its press release, the Justice Department noted Assange was ‘actively encouraging Manning’ to provide more classified information… “Reporters have extremely complicated relationships with sources, especially whistleblower types like Manning, who are often under extreme stress and emotionally vulnerable. At different times, you might counsel the same person both for and against disclosure. It’s proper to work through all the reasons for action in any direction, including weighing the public’s interest, the effect on the source’s conscience and mental health, and personal and professional consequences. For this reason, placing criminal penalties on a prosecutor’s interpretation of such interactions will likely put a scare into anyone involved with national security reporting going forward.” Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone “Defenders of this indictment will drone on about the centrality of hacking. Fine and good. But powerful people down the road may not draw any such disciplined conclusions from the document; they may draw the reckless conclusion that the door is now open to insert the federal criminal apparatus more deeply into journalist-source interactions.” Erik Wemple, Washington Post Some lament the fact that “the Justice Department is likely to move aggressively to strip Assange of his core defenses… the government will ask the court to declare that the disclosure of the arguably unconstitutional surveillance program is immaterial. This would leave Assange with only the ability to challenge whether he helped with passwords and little or no opportunity to present evidence of his motivations or the threat to privacy. For the jurors, they could simply be faced with some Australian guy who helped with passwords in hacking national security information. It would be like trying a man for breaking and entering while barring evidence that the house was on fire and he thought he was rescuing people instead.” Jonathan Turley, USA Today One of Assange’s former colleagues writes, “Assange might be an asshole. Scratch that; Assange is an asshole. But we’re going to have to stand up for him anyway.” James Ball, The Atlantic Minority view: “Mr. Assange is not a free-press hero. Yes, WikiLeaks acquired and published secret government documents, many of them newsworthy… Contrary to the norms of journalism, however, Mr. Assange sometimes obtained such records unethically… Also unlike real journalists, WikiLeaks dumped material into the public domain without any effort independently to verify its factuality or give named individuals an opportunity to comment. Nor, needless to say, would a real journalist have cooperated with a plot by an authoritarian regime’s intelligence service to harm one U.S. presidential candidate and benefit another… [Assange] is long overdue for personal accountability.” Editorial Board, Washington Post From the Right The right condemns Assange and supports his prompt extradition. “It’s notable, and welcome, that Mr. Assange isn’t being charged under the Espionage Act of 1917. Journalists including those at the Wall Street Journal sometimes feel the duty to disclose information in the public interest that governments would rather keep secret. Indicting Mr. Assange merely for releasing classified information could have set a precedent that prosecutors might have used in the future against journalists… “Helping a source illegally break into government databases isn’t legitimate journalism… Mr. Assange has never been a hero of transparency or democratic accountability. His targets always seem to be democratic institutions or governments, not authoritarians.” Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal “We can debate the degree to which the First Amendment protects journalists who publish classified information (a controversial and unsettled question); but journalists have no immunity to commit crimes (or conspire to commit them, or aid and abet their commission), in order to acquire the information that they then publish.” Andrew McCarthy, National Review I’m “reflexively uncomfortable with the idea of the Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecuting publishers for disseminating classified documents. Without whistleblowers and illegal disclosures, governments would often get away with grievous abuses of power. Even if those leaks are politically motivated, and even if the release of those documents fail to offer proper context, in the long run, protecting journalistic institutions that pursue transparency is a net benefit for free society… “[But] according to the indictment (and there’s a chance of additional charges), Assange actively attempted to participate in espionage. He didn’t merely get his hands on information or solicit it. He is accused of conspiring to assist Manning in breaking into U.S. government files and cracking codes… Manning faced justice, and was sentenced to 35 years at Leavenworth before President Barack Obama commuted the sentence after seven. Why should Assange be spared the same justice?” David Harsanyi, The Federalist “There is no virtue in Assange. Those who celebrated his ‘transparency’ in the Manning document dumps forget that responsible reporters who gain access to classified material carefully vet that material to make sure that their disclosures do not needlessly endanger innocent Americans, and they carefully weigh the value of the disclosure against the gravity of the harm. Assange and Manning did not seem to care about the men and women they betrayed… “Manning didn’t carefully extract evidence of alleged wrongdoing from classified files and go to the press (a defensible, though still illegal, act). He just dumped hundreds of thousands of pages of classified files into Assange’s hands, and Assange posted them, en masse, on the Internet. Any jihadist or enemy with Internet access could read the documents and not just learn about the identities of American allies on the ground (placing them at immediate, mortal risk) but also gain extraordinary insight into American military tactics and plans.” David French, National Review “How many Iraqis and Afghans named in reports for being helpful to U.S. troops were later killed or abused for their cooperation? How many business people, reporters, or professors who took the time to meet with U.S. diplomats lost their jobs when their willingness to talk and provide insight became publicly known? How many people around the world will hesitate to cooperate with American officials in the future, suspecting that their assistance might be exposed?… We will never know the true human toll of the classified information compromised by Assange and Manning.” Christian Whiton, Fox News On the bright side… Love the dragons in ‘Game Of Thrones’? 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Welcome to Fox News First. Not signed up yet? Click here. Developing now, Friday, April 12, 2019 LEGAL DEBATE OVER ASSANGE BEGINS: The dramatic arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Thursday will be followed by a likely lengthy legal battle over his extradition to the United States to face conspiracy charges. It also has triggered a debate over press freedom and whether Assange is really a journalist … Assange is accused of engaging in a 2010 conspiracy with Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. Army analyst, in breaking a password stored on a U.S. Defense Department computer connected to a U.S. government computer network for classified documents and communications. Manning later transmitted a trove of classified government files to Assange, whose website, WikiLeaks, posted the materials to a worldwide audience. Assange’s attorney, Jennifer Robinson, characterized his arrest as an assault of press freedom worldwide, saying, “This precedent means that any journalist can be extradited for prosecution in the United States for having published truthful information about the United States.” Prosecutors argue Assange’s methods are obtaining classified information were illegal. In addition, Assange’s arrest may give new ammunition to foes of President Trump who are still holding on to Russia collusion theories. Unresolved questions about Assange’s role in the release of stolen Democratic emails leading up to the 2016 presidential election will likely resurface. AOC FACES BACKLASH IN WAR OF WORDS WITH WAR VET CRENSHAW: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is facing mounting criticism for feuding with freshman colleague Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, over his response to domestic terrorism … The dustup began after Crenshaw reacted to comments made by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who had been criticized for characterizing the 9/11 terrorist attacks as “some people did something.” That prompted Ocasio-Cortez to defend her Minnesota ally, going after the Texas congressman for not co-sponsoring the 9/11 Victim’s Compensation Fund. “In 2018, right-wing extremists were behind almost ALL US domestic terrorist killings. Why don’t you go do something about that?” Ocasio-Cortez told Crenshaw. MORE LEGAL TROUBLE FOR AVENATTI: Embattled attorney Michael Avenatti faces new federal embezzlement charges for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from clients, cheating on his taxes, lying to investigators and trying to hide money from debtors in bankruptcy proceedings … A 36-count indictment announced on Thursday builds on wire-fraud and tax-fraud charges brought last month by federal prosecutors in Los Angeles. It is the latest in Avenatti’s fall from grace after he became a cable news darling last year while representing former porn star Stormy Daniels in her legal battles against President Trump. According to Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett, Avenatti may need to get used to a jumpsuit. CITY OF CHICAGO SUES SMOLLETT: The city of Chicago sued actor Jussie Smollett on Thursday for the cost of investigating his controversial case, as promised, one week after the “Empire” actor refused to reimburse the city … In a statement obtained by Fox News, the city’s law department said on Thursday that it filed a civil complaint against Smollett, 36, in the Circuit Court of Cook County “that pursues the full measure of damages allowed under the false statements ordinance.” The lawsuit doesn’t include a specific monetary figure, but suggests the amount the city will seek from Smollett will be higher than the $130,000 sought earlier. HERMAN CAIN ELEVATION TO FED MAY BE DOA: President Trump’s recently-floated elevation of Herman Cain to the seven-member Federal Reserve board has lost critical Republican support in the Senate, Fox News has learned, all but dooming the former GOP presidential candidate’s chances … Fox News has confirmed that North Dakota Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer is opposed to Cain’s prospective nomination to the Fed. Cramer would be the fourth GOP nay, joining Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Cory Gardner, and Mitt Romney. With 53 Republicans in the Senate, losing four GOPers makes it unlikely Cain could score confirmation. THE SOUNDBITE ASSANGE’S REAL CRIME – “Assange’s real sin was preventing Hillary Clinton from becoming president. There was a time, not so long ago, when reporters didn’t applaud the arrest of other journalists for publishing information.” – Tucker Carlson, on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” reflecting on the reaction from the media and Washington to the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. (Click the image above to watch the full video.) TODAY’S MUST-READS Family members of murder victims slam California Gov. Newsom’s moratorium on death penalty. White House proposed releasing immigrant detainees into ‘sanctuary cities’ to target political foes: report Google under fire for dubbing ‘Unplanned’ film ‘propaganda.’ Instagram couple defends ‘stupid’ photo on edge of infinity pool.. MINDING YOUR BUSINESS Uber files for IPO, discloses $1.8B loss in 2018. Taxpayers still outraged over IRS refund amounts as tax deadline draws near. Disney details ‘Disney+’ streaming service to launch on Nov. 12. STAY TUNED On Fox News: Fox & Friends, 6 a.m. ET: Special guests include: Mike Rowe, TV host and author of “The Way I Heard It”; Eric and Lara Trump; Anthony Scaramucci, former White House communications director; David Webb, Fox Nation host; Andrew Yang, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. On Fox Business: Mornings with Maria, 6 a.m. ET: Jonathan Gruber, an architect of ObamaCare Varney & Co.,9 a.m. ET: Thomas Lee, managing partner and the head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors. Countdown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman, 3 p.m. ET: Carlos Gutierrez, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce and former chairman and CEO of the Kellogg Company. On Fox News Radio: The Fox News Rundown podcast: “Former DHS Secretary Weighs in on Border” – Jeh Johnson, former Homeland Security Secretary under President Obama, discusses the importance of finding bipartisan solutions to the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. “Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America”, looks at the eight times in U.S. history when a president died in office and how the country had to adjust to a new leader. The author, Jared Cohen, founder and CEO of Jigsaw, joins Fox News’ Dana Perino to discuss the new book. Don’t miss the good news with Fox News’ Tonya J. Powers. Plus, commentary by Chris Wallace, host of “Fox News Sunday.” 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: The arrest of Julian Assange and the latest in the 2020 presidential race will be among the topics discussed with the following guests: Former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie; Rick Perry, U.S. Secretary of Energy; “Fox & Friends” co-host Pete Hegseth; Geraldo Rivera, Fox News correspondent-at-large; Shannon Bream, “Fox News @ Night” host; Chris Stirewalt, Fox News digital politics editor. The Todd Starnes Show, Noon ET: Todd discusses Rep. Omar’s 9/11 comments with terrorism expert Brigitte Gabriel and RNC spokeswoman Elizabeth Harrington. Benson & Harf, 6 p.m. ET: Fox News contributor Jessica Tarlov to discusses 2020 Democratic candidates and Chris Wallace talks “BernieCare,” Attorney general William Barr, the Mueller report and previews “Fox News Sunday.” On Fox News Weekend: Cavuto Live, Saturday, 10 a.m. ET: Former Whitewater Independent Counsel Ken Starr on Attorney General William Barr investigating potential unlawful surveillance of the Trump campaign. Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on the latest shakeups at the Department of Homeland Security. Federal Reserve Board Nominee Stephen Moore on growing criticism from democrats and republicans as he awaits confirmation. U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on the border battle as a record number of migrant families are apprehended. Town Hall America, Sunday, 8 p.m. ET: Hosted by Harris Faulkner in Iowa. Life, Liberty & Levin, Sunday, 10 p.m. ET: Mark Levin sits down with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to discuss his battle with addiction, his faith in God, the Trump presidency, and his rise to success in business. #TheFlashback 1963: Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested and jailed in Birmingham, Ala., charged with contempt of court and parading without a permit. (During his time behind bars, King writes his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”) 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Ga., at age 63; he is succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman. 1861: The Civil War begins as Confederate forces open fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. 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POLITICO PLAYBOOK
POLITICO Playbook: ‘She’s very good with numbers’: Trump considered Ivanka for the World Bank
By JAKE SHERMAN, ANNA PALMER and DANIEL LIPPMAN
04/12/2019 06:17 AM EDT
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DRIVING THE DAY
DAUGHTER-IN-CHIEF … THE ATLANTIC’S ELAINA PLOTT profiles IVANKA TRUMP: “Inside Ivanka’s Dreamworld: The ‘first daughter’ spent years rigorously cultivating her image. But she wasn’t prepared for scrutiny”: “In our conversation, the president wanted to be clear: He was very proud of all his children. ‘Barron is young, but he’s got wonderful potential,’ he said. ‘And Tiffany’s doing extremely well. Don is, uh, he’s enjoying politics; actually, it’s very good. And Eric is running the business along with Don, and also very much into politics. I mean, the children—the children have been very, very good.’
“[W]hile Don Jr. might be a hit at political rallies, Ivanka is the only child the president ever considered for an administration post. ‘She went into the whole helping-people-with-jobs, and I wasn’t sure that was going to be the best use of her time, but I didn’t know how successful she’d be,’ the president said. ‘She’s created millions of jobs, and I had no idea she’d be that successful.’ …
“‘She’s a natural diplomat,’ Trump said. ‘She would’ve been great at the United Nations, as an example.’ I asked why he didn’t nominate her. ‘If I did, they’d say nepotism, when it would’ve had nothing to do with nepotism. But she would’ve been incredible.’ Warming to the subject, he said, ‘I even thought of Ivanka for the World Bank … She would’ve been great at that because she’s very good with numbers.’” The Atlantic
WHAT THE … WAPO’S RACHAEL BADE and NICK MIROFF: “White House proposed releasing immigrant detainees in sanctuary cities, targeting political foes”: “White House officials have tried to pressure U.S. immigration authorities to release detainees onto the streets of ‘sanctuary cities’ to retaliate against President Trump’s political adversaries, according to Department of Homeland Security officials and email messages reviewed by The Washington Post.
“Trump administration officials have proposed transporting detained immigrants to sanctuary cities at least twice in the past six months — once in November, as a migrant caravan approached the U.S. southern border, and again in February, amid a standoff with Democrats over funding for Trump’s border wall.
“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s district in San Francisco was among those the White House wanted to target, according to DHS officials. The administration also considered releasing detainees in other Democratic strongholds. … A White House official and a spokesman for DHS sent nearly identical statements to The Post on Thursday, indicating that the proposal is no longer under consideration. ‘This was just a suggestion that was floated and rejected, which ended any further discussion,’ the White House statement said.” WaPo
MESSAGE SHIFT ON USMCA? … A few days ago, TREASURY SECRETARY STEVEN MNUCHIN said this about the president’s trade deal with Canada and Mexico, per CNBC’s Kayla Tausche: “I hope the speaker brings it to the floor quickly. … I don’t know why this has not been scheduled yet.”
— THIS IS A MARKED CHANGE for the administration. The White House had been saying it was up to Pelosi when to put it on the floor. Now, the administration seems to be pressuring the House speaker to move — and quickly. The White House did not respond when asked whether this change in tactic was purposeful, or whether Mnuchin was simply using the wrong talking points.
NEIN, NEIN, NEIN … BURGESS EVERETT: “‘Lack of enthusiasm’ leaves Herman Cain’s Fed nomination all but dead”: “Mitch McConnell on Thursday confirmed what’s become painfully obvious this week: There’s a ‘lack of enthusiasm’ among Senate Republicans to installing Herman Cain at the Federal Reserve.
“The Senate Majority leader’s remarks to reporters came as four GOP senators have signaled they would vote against the former businessman and presidential candidate either over his lack of experience or because of sexual harassment allegations against him.
“And Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said in a C-SPAN ‘Newsmakers’ interview with POLITICO that he was unlikely to support Cain, essentially leaving him without a road to the 50 votes needed for confirmation in the Senate. ‘There was a lack of enthusiasm among a number of our members about that particular nominee,’ McConnell said of Cain.
“But the Kentucky Republican did publicly offer some blunt advice for the administration as it floats Cain and Stephen Moore for the Fed and immigration hard-liners Ken Cuccinelli and Kris Kobach to lead the Department of Homeland Security. … ‘I have expressed my, shall I say, lack of enthusiasm, for one of them who was mentioned in some story and that was Ken Cuccinelli, who used to run the Senate Conservatives Fund. And may still run it,’ McConnell said. ‘But again, he hasn’t been nominated.’” POLITICO
— ABC’s Tara Palmeri and Katherine Faulders say Cain is expected to withdraw from consideration “in the coming days”: ABC
WORLD’S GREATEST DELIBERATIVE BODY … “Schumer, McConnell trade blame as Senate declines,” by John Bresnahan, Burgess Everett and Marianne LeVine: “Has the Senate finally hit rock bottom? Last fall’s brutal confirmation fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation led to such bad blood that even old friends weren’t talking.
“Then came an ugly, 35-day government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history. Just last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) triggered the ‘nuclear option’ and weakened the Senate’s vaunted filibuster to steamroll over Democratic resistance to President Donald Trump’s nominees — the third time in six years the majority party has unilaterally changed Senate rules.
“To top it all off, the Senate has now failed to muster enough votes to pass a simple disaster-aid bill, something that was once routine and is a failure that will affect millions of Americans.” POLITICO
A message from AARP:
Americans pay the highest drug prices in the world while drug companies game the system to make billions. No wonder voters of all stripes support bipartisan action to create competition and lower prescription drug prices. President Trump, Speaker Pelosi and Senator Grassley, thank you for working together to protect us.
THE DEM RETREAT …
— NYT’S EMILY COCHRANE in Leesburg, Va.: “After Internal Divisions, Pelosi and House Democrats Seek to Regroup”: “House Democrats insisted on Thursday that they remained optimistic about potential compromises with the Trump administration on infrastructure, prescription drugs prices and immigration, even as they criticized the president’s prospective Federal Reserve Board picks and his recent comments about migrants and asylum seekers.
“The balance that Speaker Nancy Pelosi, her deputies and new Democratic members sought to strike during an annual member retreat underscored the contradictions of their approach to divided government.
“Even as they have railed against the president in pushing to expand their agenda and diverse majority, the Democrats still have clung to the possibility of compromise with President Trump and Senate Republicans to deliver some of their campaign promises.
“Much of the agenda that Democrats worked to highlight at the three-day conference at the Lansdowne Resort and Spa in suburban Virginia — ‘putting check marks next to the to-do list,’ as Representative Veronica Escobar, Democrat of Texas, put it — has yet to reach the Senate floor. And it is not likely to, with Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, in control.” NYT
— McConnell to Pelosi, per Burgess Everett on Thursday: “Congratulations Madam Speaker, you’ve got a Freedom Caucus.”
— WAPO’S MIKE DEBONIS and RACHAEL BADE: “Speaking at the House Democratic Caucus retreat, [Federal Reserve Chairman Jay] Powell told Democrats about how he viewed his role as Fed leader as apolitical in overseeing the nation’s economy. Politics, he said, don’t influence his decisions on when to raise interest rates. ‘We’re strictly nonpartisan,’ Powell said. ‘We check our political identification at the door.’ …
“While he shied away from policy questions almost the entire evening, Powell said it would be ‘unthinkable’ that the United States would default on its debt ceiling payments — a comment some took as a warning not to play chicken with the nation’s credit.” WaPo
— HEATHER CAYGLE (@heatherscope): “After a Q&A with Fed Chair Jerome Powell — which various Democratic sources described as ‘dry’ and ‘boring’ — members are now playing trivia and @AOC is killing it I’m told.” The trivia questions
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BRIAN FALER: “To get Trump’s tax returns, Democrats must show they have a good reason”: “A looming legal showdown between Democrats and the White House over lawmakers’ bid to vet President Donald Trump’s tax returns could turn on a single question: Why do Democrats want them?” POLITICO
RECODE’S KARA SWISHER spoke with PELOSI: “‘In the UK, as you know, they’ve said the era of self-regulation of these companies is over,” she told Kara Swisher on an upcoming episode of the Recode Decode podcast. ‘Is it over in this country?’ Swisher asked. ‘It probably should be,’ Pelosi said. ‘I think we have to subject it all to scrutiny and cost-benefits and all that, but I do think that it’s a new era.’” Recode
NEW … DEMOCRATS ARE MAKING a real effort to try to snatch the late REP. WALTER JONES’ (R-N.C.) seat on the coast in North Carolina. A firm led by DAN SENA, who ran the House Dems’ campaign arm last cycle, is behind a new 30-second ad that RICHARD BEW is running. Bew is a veteran, and the ad is thick with military imagery. Air Station Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune are both in the district, which Jones won unopposed in 2018. Bew is known in D.C.: He was the senior legislative aide to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and interfaced with lots of lawmakers over the years. Bew is spending roughly $100,000 on the ad. The 30-second spot
HOT IN ATLANTA — “New Georgia ethics chief says he will subpoena Abrams campaign records,” by James Salzer: “The new director of the state ethics commission plans to subpoena bank records from the campaign of 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams and groups that raised money to help her in last year’s nationally watched race.” AJC
A message from AARP:
Both sides agree that prescription prices are too high. Thank you, President Trump, Speaker Pelosi and Senator Grassley, for working together to lower drug prices.
WHAT THEY’RE UP TO NOW — KELLY AYOTTE will join Blackstone’s board of directors May 13. The former New Hampshire senator also serves on the boards of Caterpillar, News Corp, BAE Systems, Boston Properties, Blink Health and Bloom Energy.
TRUMP’S FRIDAY — The president will speak about 5G technology at 2:25 p.m. in the Roosevelt Room, and at 3:15 p.m., he’ll meet with the Fraternal Order of Police executive board in the Cabinet Room.
SPOTTED: Joe Biden, wearing sunglasses and holding some papers, getting his shoes shined Thursday at Union Station. Pic
PLAYBOOK READS
2020 WATCH — ALEX THOMPSON: “Elizabeth Warren: The Republican Years: She doesn’t like to talk about it, but for years the anti-corporate firebrand was a free-market conservative registered with the GOP”: “The story of Warren’s awakening—from a true believer in free markets to a business-bashing enforcer of fair markets; from a moderate Republican who occasionally missed an election to one of the most liberal senators in America vying to lead the Democratic Party—breaks the mold of the traditional White House contender and is key to understanding how she sees the world…
“Warren herself says that in her early academic work she was merely following the dominant theory of the time, which emphasized the efficiency of free markets and unrestrained businesses, rather than holding strong conservative beliefs herself. Still, she acknowledged in our interview that she underwent a profound change in how she viewed public policy early in her academic career, describing the experience as ‘worse than disillusionment’ and ‘like being shocked at a deep-down level.’” POLITICO Magazine
CHECKING IN ON ROGER STONE — “Roger Stone’s woes: He’s broke. Donald Trump doesn’t call. And his wife broke her ankle,” by the Sun Sentinel’s Anthony Man: “In a wide ranging interview with SiriusXM’s ‘Jim Norton and Sam Roberts’ on Thursday he said[:] ‘I have to pay everything I have to lawyers. And I could no longer pay the rent in the property that I was in. I moved from a nine-bedroom house to a one-bedroom apartment. Had to do the move myself with my wife renting a truck. On the last day of the move in kind of a freak accident the truck slips out of gear and rolls over my wife’s ankle, breaking it.’” Sun Sentinel … The interview
CHICAGOLAND — “Chicago sues ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett over costs of police work despite dismissal of charges,” by Chicago Tribune’s Megan Crepeau: “Outgoing Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration says it has gone to court to try to force Jussie Smollett to pay Chicago back for an alleged hate crime hoax even though Cook County prosecutors dropped all charges against the ‘Empire’ actor.
“The lawsuit, filed late Thursday in Circuit Court, comes after Smollett failed to pony up $130,106 by a deadline imposed by the city to cover the cost of the police overtime hours expended in the investigation into his allegations.” Chicago Tribune
THE ARAB SPRING IN ONE PHOTO — Following the recent ouster of dictators in Algeria and Sudan, The Economist’s @greggcarlstrom tweets: “Nine years ago, at an Arab summit in Libya. Everyone in the front row is now out of power.”
PYONGYANG WATCHERS noticed a subtle shift in Trump’s comments Thursday about North Korea. His previous position on talks with Kim Jong Un, generally speaking, had been this: You ditch your nukes, and only then will we lift sanctions and help you grow your economy. But on Thursday, Trump hinted he might be open to the more incremental approach favored by many North Korea hands.
“There are various smaller deals that maybe could happen,” Trump said. “You could work out, step-by-step, pieces. But at this moment, we’re talking about the big deal. The big deal is we have to get rid the nuclear weapons.” WaPo’s David Nakamura has more.
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President Trump, Speaker Pelosi, Senator Grassley: Thank you for working together to lower drug prices.
TOP-ED — JILLIAN SACKLER in WaPo, “Stop blaming my late husband, Arthur Sackler, for the opioid crisis”: “My late husband, Arthur Sackler, who died in 1987, has been found guilty by association — along with the rest of what is referred to by the blanket designation ‘the Sackler family’ — because of some family members’ association with Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin. Yet, like most families, the Sackler family is not a monolith. Neither Arthur nor his heirs had anything to do with the manufacture or marketing of OxyContin.
“Suggestions that his philanthropy is now somehow tainted are simply false. Purdue Pharma in its current form was founded by Arthur’s younger brothers, Mortimer and Raymond, four years after his death. None of the 1,600-plus lawsuits filed against Purdue Pharma, members of the Sackler family or others in the opioid business names Arthur or his heirs as defendants.” WaPo
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MEDIAWATCH — THIS STORY IS BANANAS … “St. Louis reporter duped into writing Eric Greitens comeback story,” by Kansas City Star’s Jason Hancock:“CityScene STL — a news site focused on real estate development in the St. Louis region — wrote Wednesday morning that seven anonymous sources close to the former governor confirmed he was jumping into the 2020 Republican primary to challenge the man who replaced him, Gov. Mike Parson. …
“Just a few hours after it first published, Stritzel’s scoop began to unravel. … He pulled the story down as he began to realize none of the sources were actually who they claimed to be.” Kansas City Star
— Is Julian Assange a journalist? The debate is raging again after the WikiLeaks founder was frogmarched out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Thursday. Here’s WikiLeaks alum James Ball arguing in The Atlantic that he is a journalist. And here’s CNN contributor Frida Ghitis countering that he isn’t.
Civil liberties groups and Reps. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) warned Thursday that Assange’s arrest was a dire threat to First Amendment freedoms, but POLITICO Magazine’s Jack Shafer notes that he wasn’t charged with espionage — he was indicted for conspiring to hack.
— Mark Landler will be London bureau chief of the N.Y. Times. He currently covers the White House. Current bureau chief Ellen Barry is returning to the U.S. to work on the national desk. The memo
PLAYBOOKERS
SUNDAY SO FAR …
- CBS “Face the Nation”: Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) … Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) … Brad Parscale
- FOX “Fox News Sunday”: Panel: Rich Lowry, Anna Palmer, Kristen Soltis Anderson and Neera Tanden … Power Player: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, reflecting on his most famous speeches
- NBC “Meet the Press”: Panel: David Brooks, Kasie Hunt, Danielle Pletka and Eugene Robinson
- CNN “State of the Union”: Panel: Andrew Gillum, Scott Jennings, Jen Psaki and Linda Chavez
- CNN “Inside Politics”: Panel: Eliana Johnson, Toluse Olorunnipa, Karoun Demirjian and Jeff Zeleny
SPOTTED: Al Sharpton exiting Penn Station at 11 p.m.
SPOTTED at the Bush Center’s 2019 Forum on Leadership in Dallas: former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush, Bill and Melinda Gates, Henry Kissinger, Robert Gates, Michael Chertoff, Don Evans, Paula Dobriansky, Anne Finucane, Dennis Muilenburg, Dan Gilbert, Ken Hersh, Ariane Cornell, Sean O’Keefe, Peter Altabef, Peter Pace, Dylan Tete, Jan Langbein, Holly Kuzmich, Kevin Sullivan, Ed Gillespie, Kelly Craft, Joel Kaplan, Al Hubbard, Mark Langdale, Margaret Spellings, Craig Stapleton, Thomas Stephenson, Robert McCallum Jr. and Mike Rawlings.
PER MORNING MEDIA — “LAST NIGHT, The Hollywood Reporter celebrated its new ‘35 Most Powerful People in New York Media’ issue. Attendees included Gayle King, Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker, Craig Melvin, Carson Daly, Brian Kilmeade, Juan Williams, Andy Lack, Noah Oppenheim, Susan Zirinsky, Lawrence O’Donnell, Stephanie Ruhle, Katy Tur, Jesse Rodriguez, Trymaine Lee, Chris Licht, Bill Owens, Tanya Simon, Samantha Bee, Michael Barbaro, Sam Dolnick, Lydia Polgreen, Noah Shachtman, Gabriel Sherman, Jane Mayer, Ann Coulter, Edmund Lee, Brian Stelter, Jamie Stelter, and Jeremy Barr.” The list
BIRTHWEEK (was Tuesday): Edelman’s Alexandra Hughes
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Woody Johnson, U.S. ambassador to the Court of St. James, is 72. A fun fact about Woody: “I once spent several hours talking to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as we shared a boat ride up the Hudson River. I learned so much listening to this incredible person. While she was, as you would expect, typically British in understating her accomplishments, it was amazing to hear history first hand from the woman who helped lift the UK out of its economic malaise and reassert itself as a leader on the global stage.” Playbook Plus Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: Fred Ryan is 64 … Peter Scher, chairman of the mid-Atlantic region and global head of corporate responsibility at JPMorgan Chase (hat tip: Jon Haber) … Rachel Overboe … Mindy Myers … Amber Goodwin … Brad Elkins, deputy COS for Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) … Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) is 68 … Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) is 38 … Rep. Jesús García (D-Ill.) is 63 … Rita Braver, national correspondent for “CBS Sunday Morning” … Bruce DeFrees … Katherine Rodriguez, managing director at DCI Group … Gretchen Andersen … Sindy Benavides … Anthony Bellmon … Meredith Friedman … Paula Helfer … Christian Datoc … Shayna Englin, CEO of 42 Comms … Jacob Hay … Eric Ortega, line producer for MSNBC’s “Up with David Gura” (h/t David) … Laly Rivera Perez (h/t Lizzie Ulmer) …
… Aaron Ament, president of the National Student Legal Defense Network … Orrick’s Alessandra Grace … former South African President Jacob Zuma is 77 … former NATO Secretary-General George Robertson is 73 … Facebook’s Tommy Schanzer … Ben Preis … Reed Galen (h/t Hagar Chemali) … Chip Sutherland … Nick Campbell … Shalla Ross … Carrie Camillo of WaPo … Jack Pandol Jr. is 3-0 … Chris Harvey … Kimberly Casey … Corry Robb … Eric Leckey (h/ts Ed Cash) … Diane Crawford … AARP’s Timothy Gearan … Patricia Duff … Julie Asher … Iliana María Such … Darryl Cowherd Sr. … Karen Williams … Audra McGeorge … Chris Gorud, legislative director for Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) … Nick Iacovella
A message from AARP:
If there’s one issue that unites Republicans and Democrats alike, it’s that the price of prescription drugs is too high. Americans pay the highest drug prices in the world while drug companies game the system so they can rake in billions. Their greedy tactics are forcing millions of seniors and hardworking Americans to choose between buying food and buying medicine. Once and for all, we must stop price gouging by big drug companies. Voters overwhelmingly support bipartisan action that creates competition and lowers prescription drug prices. AARP supports the ongoing efforts of President Trump, Speaker Pelosi, and Senator Grassley to work together, along with other Republicans and Democrats, in finding permanent, commonsense solutions to lower the price of prescription drugs for all Americans.
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Ilhan Omar on Thursday after she was accused of downplaying the September 11 terror attacks that left nearly 3,000 Americans dead. “They do this all the time to us, especially women of color, they do … Rashida Tlaib Defends Ilhan Omar’s 9/11 Comments: This Is ‘Racist’ 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 » Michael Avenatti Faces Up To 333 Years In Prison After Indictment By Peter Hasson – Attorney Michael Avenatti faces up to 333 years in prison following a federal grand jury indictment that charged him with stealing millions of dollars both from his clients and from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), prosecutors said. 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As speculation continues over who will replace former DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, a coalition of conservative leaders is pressing Trump to nominate Cuccinelli, the former attorney general of Virginia … Conservatives Rally Behind Cuccinelli For DHS Secretary 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 » Avenatti Allegedly Scammed Paraplegic Client Out Of $4 Million Settlement By Chuck Ross – Michael Avenatti was indicted Thursday on 36 charges of tax fraud, bribery, and embezzlement, including in a case in which the embattled celebrity lawyer allegedly hid $4 million of settlement money from a mentally ill, paraplegic client. According to The Los Angeles Times, Avenatti’s alleged scam caused his client, Geoffrey … Avenatti Allegedly Scammed Paraplegic Client Out Of $4 Million Settlement 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 » Double Trouble – A.F. Branco Cartoon By A.F. Branco – The Russian collusion investigation was started with no evidence of a crime now AG Barr will investigate why the Obama Administration spied on the Trump Campaign. Political Cartoon by A.F. Branco ©2019. See more Branco toons HERE Get his latest book, “Make America Laugh Again: Vol. 2 HERE Double Trouble – 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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Can across-the-aisle friendships survive the Trump era?
For
decades, at the end of a long day, it wasn’t unusual for Republican and
Democratic congressional staffers to leave their differences at the
negotiating table and head to the bar to hang out. But as the pre-2016
crowd moves into more senior positions, many veteran staffers fret that
the 20-somethings taking their places are not making as many strong
friendships across the aisle. Read More…
With less Lululemon and less partisan sniping, campaign staffers adjust to the Hill
While some Hill aides flock to New Hampshire and Iowa to staff Democratic presidential teams, plenty of others have been making the opposite transition. These staffers worked on 2018 House and Senate campaigns and now find themselves immersed in the official side in Congress. Read More…
The bells of Congress, they are a-changin’
There’s a new tempo coming to Capitol Hill, as plans move forward to replace the bells and clocks of the legislative call system. That means the familiar buzzes and blinking lights that have ruled the corridors for years could be changing. Read More…
How to survive and thrive in Iowa — words of wisdom from former staffers
With less than 10 months to go before the Iowa caucuses, hundreds of Democrats have descended on the Hawkeye State to organize and energize voters. Only one candidate will finish first on Feb. 3 — and ultimately, there will be only one presidential nominee — but the experience can be invaluable to younger staff and could help the party in future years. Read More…
Your email address could be worth $8 to a political campaign
With Democrats up and down the ballot eschewing corporate PAC money, and the Democratic National Committee setting a grassroots fundraising threshold to get onto the presidential debate stage, connecting with small donors is more important than ever. Read More…
Petworth gets juicy, twangy and not ‘too fancy’
Two veterans of the Washington bar and lounge scene are teaming up with a pitmaster to bring barbecue to D.C.’s Petworth area, adding to what they call its “cool neighborhood vibe.” Cinder, which sits among Upshur Street anchors such as Timber Pizza Co. and Himitsu, will open its doors this Saturday, April 13. I caught up with the owners on the eve of the grand opening.Pitmaster Bill Coleman, a retired Marine who favors Doc Cochran from HBO’s “Deadwood,” down to the glasses perched on his nose, spent the last 16 years running a catering business before finally heeding advice from friends Matt Krimm and John Anderson that he needed his own brick-and-mortar restaurant to serve his Texas-style BBQ. Read More…
Trickle-down equality: More women in Congress means less sexism for staffers
Women in Congress have been getting attention recently for calling out casual sexism on the Hill — and female staffers say it’s making their jobs easier. Read More…
Kendra Horn still worries about her student loans. She’s not the only one
Kendra Horn is the new lawmaker no one saw coming. An upset victory in Oklahoma sent her to Washington, but she’s actually been here before. Read More…
He’s killing the mic on Capitol Hill after 34 years
When Ralph Vanni first took up his post in front of the mixing board, he barely knew his way around a microphone, let alone the finer points of Jefferson’s manual. But he had the best seat in the House to learn. Read More…
The Senate lacks protections for LGBTQ staff. One group is demanding change
As Congress considers expanding civil rights to encompass LGBTQ Americans, Senate staffers want their bosses to shore up such protections for the congressional workforce itself. Read More…
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| Michael Avenatti Faces Up to 330 Years in Prison Michael Avenatti, a celebrity attorney and outspoken critic of the President, was indicted by a federal Grand Jury in California yesterday on 36 counts including extortion, tax evasion, fraud, identity theft, and embezzlement among many other crimes. After over a year of hoisting Avenatti on their shoulders as a darling of the Anti-Trump “Resistance” mainstream media outlets like CNN, CNBC, and MSNBC are finally forced to turn on him. Despite multiple warning signs that he was a total sleezeball from the very beginning, CNN alone hosted Avenatti over 100 times in less than a year. It took three arrests and over three dozen indictments for CNN to finally write something negative about him: “Beginning in 2015, Avenatti executed a scheme to defraud five clients, according to the indictment, one of whom was a paraplegic from whom Avenatti allegedly withheld a settlement payment of $4 million. After Avenatti negotiated settlements for the clients that required payment to go tothem, he would lie to the clients about the terms of the settlements, instead depositing the funds to attorney trust accounts he controlled, the indictment says. He would then embezzle and misappropriate those funds, according to the indictment, and to prevent discovery of his scheme, would tell clients the settlement proceeds hadn’t yet been paid, among other tactics. In the case of the paraplegic client, for example, Avenatti, after having pocketed the client’s $4 million settlement from a lawsuit against the county of Los Angeles, directed a small portion of what the client was owed, $124,000, to be paid to the client and made some payments to assisted living facilities to cover the client’s rent, according to the indictment. But Avenatti denied to the client that the total settlement had already been paid, the indictment reads. As a result, that client was unable to purchase a house he sought. The client was also denied disability benefits in February 2019 after Avenatti failed to respond to the Social Security Administration on the client’s behalf, allegedly fearing that disclosure of information the administration sought would expose Avenatti’s scheme. ‘As it turns out, within months of receiving the settlement proceeds in 2015, Mr. Avenatti had drained the entire $4 million payment from his trust account, using significant portions of these funds to finance his coffee business, his auto-racing enterprise and his own personal lifestyle,’ Hanna said Thursday.” Just two weeks ago, Avenatti was arrested on separate charges in New York for trying to extort sneaker and athletic apparel giant, Nike. From The Washington Post: “Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, said that Avenatti dressed up the alleged demands as legal negotiations but that he still broke the law. ‘A suit and tie doesn’t mask the fact that, at its core, this was an old-fashioned shakedown,’ Berman said. ‘When lawyers use their law licenses as weapons, as a guise to extort payments for themselves, they are no longer acting as attorneys. They are acting as criminals.’” Some Other People Were Arrested Yesterday Too A bearded, tired-looking Julian Assange was dragged out of the Ecuadorian Embassy by British authorities in London after seven years of political asylum. From The Daily Caller: “The U.S. Department of Justice filed charges against Australian-born WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Thursday, but the United States is not the only country with an ax to grind. Sweden, Ecuador, the U.K. and the United States each have a bone to pick with the 47-year-old Assange, all for different reasons.” “The United States wants Assange on a number of computer hacking charges, most notably related to the information provided by convicted leaker and former Army private Chelsea Manning.” Former Obama attorney Greg Craig was also indicted yesterday. From Sean Davis at The Federalist: “A federal grand jury on Thursday charged Greg Craig with conspiring to hide his paid collusion with a foreign government and lying about that work to federal officials. Craig, a high-powered Beltway lawyer, served as President Barack Obama’s top White House lawyer during the former president’s first year in office. According to the formal indictment of Craig, which the Department of Justice released Thursday afternoon, the Democrat superlawyer “did unlawfully, knowingly, and willfully falsify, conceal, and cover up” his work on behalf of the Ukrainian government.” Friday Entertainment Center The Hollywood Reporter released their annual report of the 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media. Preparing for an I.P.O., ridesharing service Uber reveals they lost $1.8 Billion in 2018. Iain Glen,most famous for his portrayal of Sir Jorah Mormont in “Game of Thrones” will play Bruce Wayne in “Titans” season two. Jake Gyllenhaal is set to play another narcissistic weirdo in an HBO limited series based on novel, “Lake Success.” These characters have become favorites of Gyllenhaal who does quite well in the roles. “The Act” Crime Anthology Sets New Subscribers-To-Series Record for Hulu. Entire “Star Wars” Franchise Will Be on Disney+ Within Its First Year. 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Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray April 12, 2019 Will The Democratic Party Faithful Ever Notice Their Leaders Are Crazy? By Warren Henry Contra the conventional wisdom, moderates and conservatives still make up roughly half of Democratic voters, while only 19 to 25 percent consider themselves ‘very liberal.’ Full article We Can’t Reshape Libya In Our Own Image, And We Shouldn’t Try By Sumantra Maitra The only strategic interest the West has in Libya is a restoration of order and stability. Conservatives should again resist the urge to intervene in Libya. Full article If Nominated For The Federal Reserve, Herman Cain Deserves A Fair Hearing By Helen Raleigh No, it’s not ridiculous for President Trump to consider nominating Herman Cain to the U.S. Federal Reserve Board. Cain has relevant experience and good ideas. Full article Meet ‘Surveillance Capitalism,’ Our Terrifying New Economic Order By Paul Rowan Brian Harvard professor Shoshana Zuboff’s new book warns that Silicon Valley is amassing your data so artificial intelligence can subvert your rights, freedoms, and even conscious thought. Full article Did Ilhan Omar Help Benjamin Netanyahu Win Reelection? By David Marcus As the Democratic Party turns its back on Israel, the peace process hangs in the balance. Full article Survey Shows DOJ Employees Lack Confidence In Their Leaders’ Integrity, Impartiality By Adam Mill Fewer than one in five respondents strongly agree that the DOJ’s senior leaders maintain high standards of honesty and integrity. Full article What I Learned When I Enrolled In A Race, Gender, And Oppression Studies Class By Brad Polumbo Theories about privilege and oppression by society at large tell impressionable young college students that nothing is their fault, or their responsibility. Full article Comey And McCabe Should Be Charged With A Conspiracy To Defraud Americans By H.A. Goodman Comey, Strzok, and McCabe almost certainly conspired to use a compilation of salacious and unverified allegations as evidence to begin a federal probe. Full article Don’t Bash Teachers, Show How The Right’s Ideas Will Lift Pay And Prestige By Auguste Meyrat Both liberals and conservatives work from the simplistic assumption that teachers are mediocre professionals, bad at their jobs. This is the wrong approach. Full article Trump Administration Plans To Bail Out Insurers To Hide Higher Drug Costs By Christopher Jacobs This is not a government agency sharing risk, it’s a government agency assuming virtually all of the risk associated with the higher premium costs due to the rebate rule. In other words, a bailout. Full article Arthur Brooks Considers The Promise—And Peril—Of Loving Your Enemies By Sarah Weaver In ‘Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America From the Culture of Contempt,’ Brooks writes that treating political enemies with contempt is not only inadvisable, but dangerous—for ourselves and others. Full article How To Add A Christian Pilgrimage To Your Summer Vacation By Rebekah Curtis There are lots of Christian places all over this world. If you’re traveling in the United States this summer, why not add a Christian cultural stop to your itinerary? Full article Watch Blue Checkmarks Shower Twitter Love On Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan By Emily Jashinsky It’s a reminder that Farrakhan is not a random and powerless fringe actor, but someone who continues to enjoy support from plenty of prominent defenders, despite a long and indisputable record of naked bigotry. Full article Obama’s Top White House Lawyer Indicted For Concealing, Lying About Foreign Collusion By Sean Davis Greg Craig, who served as Obama’s top White House lawyer, was charged with concealing and lying about his foreign collusion with Ukraine’s government. Full article Is Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange A Foreign Spy Or A News Publisher? Probably Both. By David Harsanyi While I’m sympathetic to the principled arguments being employed by Assange defenders, I’m not sure they’re as applicable in this case. Full article Trump Is Right: Puerto Rico Shouldn’t Get More Hurricane Subsidies By Ned Ryun Not one more dime in funding should be sent to Puerto Rico until it gets its political house in order, either of its own accord or by the Trump administration forcing systematic change. Full article Stefanik Moves To Prevent Comey-Era Spy Abuses At FBI By Mollie Hemingway The bill requires the FBI director to inform Congress when investigations of candidates for federal office are undertaken by federal law enforcement. Full article PARKLAND STUDENT SUICIDES Parkland parent: Stoneman Douglas mobilized but didn’t heal. http://vlt.tc/3ltw “More than a year has elapsed since 17 students and staff were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, including my 14-year-old daughter, Alaina. But even now, our community is still experiencing the aftershocks of the attack.” 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 |
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04/12/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Confirmation Priorities; Cuccinelli to DHS? Quote of the Week By Carl M. Cannon on Apr 12, 2019 08:29 am Good morning, it’s Friday, April 12, 2019, the day I furnish an inspiring or instructive quote of the week. I concede, as a few devoted readers have conveyed to me, that I have trouble keeping this format to a single quote. Well, friends, today is no exception: This morning I am invoking the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died on this date in 1945 — and I’m quoting him twice. 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: * * * “Nuclear Option” Priorities Leave Some Nominees Hanging. Susan Crabtree and Philip Wegmann report on administration frustration with the Senate’s emphasis on confirming judicial nominees over those appointed to key roles at federal agencies. Conservatives Push Immigration Hawk Cuccinelli for DHS Head. Phil has the story. FBI Man’s Testimony Points to Wrongdoing Beyond Spying. In RealClearInvestigations, Eric Felten spotlights possible violations of investigative rules and ethics committed by agents, lawyers, managers, and officials at the FBI and the DoJ. To Protect Facebook, Zuckerberg Mimics AT&T in the 20th Century. In RealClearMarkets, Mark Jamison warns that Zuckerberg’s endorsement of regulations could weaken competition in the social media marketplace. It’s Time to Confront Paraguay’s Hezbollah Problem. In RealClearWorld, Emanuele Ottolenghi argues that the State Department must not ignore the epicenter of Hezbollah activity in South America. Hold Iran Accountable for Targeting U.S. Troops. In RealClearDefense, Bradley Bowman and Andrew Gabel highlight a new report showing the Iranian regime produced lethal technology for their proxies to use against Americans. * * * Many of you are familiar with the phrase “trickle-down economics.” It’s been around the entire time I’ve been in Washington, aimed at the policies of Ronald Reagan specifically and the Republican Party generally. The evocative phrase comes from Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democrat who was Reagan’s first political hero. “There are two theories of prosperity and well-being,” FDR said in a Detroit political speech a month before he became president. “The first theory is that if we make the rich richer, somehow they will let a part of their prosperity trickle down to the rest of us. The second … |
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the theory that if we make the average of mankind comfortable and secure, their prosperity will rise upward, just as yeast rises up, through the ranks.”
By Christmas of that year, an itinerant Irish-American worker named Jack Reagan would lose his job as a shoe store manager. But he’d find employment the following year as a relief administrator in FDR’s New Deal. His oldest son, Neil, would also land a government job.
Although in the fullness of time, Jack Reagan’s second son may have forgotten which president had used “trickle-down” to disparage an earlier version of supply-side economics, there were some things Ronald Reagan never forgot.
“The relief programs of the New Deal had provided jobs for his father and brother,” wrote the 40th president’s most acclaimed biographer, “earning from Reagan an emotional loyalty that transcended all subsequent philosophical mutations.”
The truth of that observation can be found in Reagan’s re-purposing of another iconic FDR expression.
“There is a mysterious cycle in human events,” President Roosevelt said while accepting his party’s nomination in 1936. “To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny!”
How inspired was 25-year-old Ronald Wilson Reagan by those words? That’s a question that can be answered. Twenty-eight years later, Reagan gave his own political speech, televised nationwide, on behalf of GOP presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. The formal name of this address was “A Time for Choosing,” although as Reagan gave similar versions of it again and again, it came to be known by journalists who covered him simply as “The Speech.”
As it built to its climax, Reagan looked into the camera and told his fellow Americans, “You and I have a rendezvous with destiny!”
Yes, Reagan was cribbing, but it must be said that he was stealing from the best.
“His stylistic model,” wrote his biographer, “was first and always Franklin D. Roosevelt, the patrician with the common touch.”
Carl M. Cannon
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MEET THE PRESS FIRST READ
From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann.
FIRST READ: Are political handicappers giving Bernie a break?
If you consider Bernie Sanders to be THE frontrunner – or A frontrunner – in the Democratic race for president, then isn’t he underperforming in the early states he easily won or essentially tied back in 2016?
*In Iowa: A Monmouth poll released on Thursday found Sanders in second place with support from 16 percent of likely caucus-goers.
That’s behind Joe Biden (27 percent), but ahead of :
Pete Buttigieg (9 percent)
Elizabeth Warren (7 percent)
Kamala Harris (7 percent)
and Beto O’Rourke (6 percent).
(Reminder: In 2016, Sanders got 49.6 percent in Iowa – almost tying Hillary Clinton’s 49.9 percent.)
*In New Hampshire: A new St. Anselm/New Hampshire Institute of Politics poll also had Sanders at 16 percent in the Granite State.
That’s behind Biden (23 percent), but ahead of:
Buttigieg (11 percent)
Warren (9 percent)
Harris (7 percent)
and O’Rourke (6 percent).
(Yet back in 2016, Sanders won a whopping 60 percent in his race against Clinton in New Hampshire.)
Yes, the 2020 field is much larger than the one four years ago. Yes, it is still VERY EARLY, with nearly 300 days to go until Iowa. And, yes, the Dem field is absolutely wide open.
But how do you know that the collective political press corps is still treating Sanders more as an insurgent rather than as a legitimate frontrunner, despite his name ID and money?
Answer: There’s more attention on Buttigieg in third place at nearly 10 percent in both states, or on Biden leading before he’s announced a presidential bid, than on Sanders’ pedestrian numbers in states he already won or essentially tied.
Sanders still gets treated more as an insurgent than a frontrunner, even when he IS a frontrunner.
AP Photo/John Locher
How the fundraising game in 2020 has changed
Ahead of Monday’s filing deadline for the first fundraising quarter, there’s been a remarkable fundraising development in the Democratic Party over the last 12 years.
The Dems’ bundler model (whereby candidates race to get maxed-out checks from donors) has been replaced by the ActBlue model (where they hunt for small-dollar donors over the internet).
This transformation – at least for the first quarter – has resulted in LESS overall money.
In the first quarter of 2007, the Top 6 Dem candidates (Obama, Clinton, Edwards, Biden, Richardson, Dodd) raised a combined $85 million, led by Obama and Clinton at about $25 million each.
Yet in the first quarter of 2019, the Top 7 Dem candidates so far (Sanders, Harris, O’Rourke, Buttigieg, Warren, Klobuchar, Booker) have raised a combined $63 million.
But the transformation also has resulted in MANY MORE small donors, who can donate again. And again. And again.
In 2007, Obama had 104,000 donors (so $240 per donor!) and Clinton had just 60,000 ($400!).
Yet in this first quarter:
- Sanders had 525,000 donors ($35 average)
- O’Rourke 163,000 ($58)
- Buttigieg 159,000 ($44)
- Harris 138,000 ($87)
- and Warren 135,000 ($44).
So we get the concerns by Democrats that the overall money appears to be down so far – especially when looking ahead to face President Trump in 2020.
But the other way to look at it is that the Dem candidates have armies of small-dollar donors, and they can get those big bundled checks at a later date.
The state of the Q1 race
And ahead of Monday’s deadline, here are the overall fundraising numbers for the 2020 Dem field in Q1 (January 1 to March 31):
Total raised
Bernie Sanders: $18.2 million in 41 days
Kamala Harris: $12 million in 70 days
Beto O’Rourke: $9.4 million in 18 days
Pete Buttigieg: $7 million in 68 days
Elizabeth Warren: $6 million in 90 days
Amy Klobuchar: $5.2 million in 50 days
Cory Booker: $5 million-plus in 59 days
Total: $62.8 million
Total raised (average per day)
O’Rourke: $552K
Sanders: $444K
Harris: $171K
Klobuchar: $104K
Buttigieg: $103K
Booker: $85K+
Warren: $67K
Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP
2020 VISION: Another kickoff weekend
This weekend, we’ll see
three different Democratic candidates hold kickoff rallies in their hometowns.
On Saturday, Cory Booker has his in Newark.
And on Sunday, Pete Buttigieg has his in South Bend, and Eric Swalwell goes in California.
The question we have for Buttigieg: He gives good quotes and interviews. Can he give a good rally, too?
On the campaign trail today: Amy Klobuchar, Jay Inslee and John Hickenlooper are all in Iowa… Elizabeth Warren stumps in New Hampshire… Beto O’Rourke and Eric Swalwell are in South Carolina… And Bernie Sanders begins his Midwest swing in Wisconsin.
On the campaign trail Saturday: Cory Booker has his hometown kickoff in Newark… Hickenlooper remains in Iowa… Warren stays in New Hampshire… Ditto O’Rourke in South Carolina… And Bernie Sanders hits Indiana and Michigan.
On the campaign trail Sunday: Pete Buttigieg has his hometown kickoff in South Bend, Ind… As does Swalwell in Dublin, Calif…. O’Rourke remains in South Carolina… Inslee and John Delany campaign in New Hampshire… And Julian Castro hits Iowa.
TWEET OF THE DAY: Guess what kind of leaks you get with a disgruntled agency?
THE LID: State of play in early states
Don’t miss the pod from yesterday, when we did a deep dive into those new Dem polls in Iowa and New Hampshire.
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is … 59 percent.
59 percent.
That’s the share of Americans who say they DON’T have confidence in the wisdom of the American public when it comes to making political decisions, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
It’s not exactly breaking news. Americans’ faith in our collective political wisdom has mostly been dropping since at least the mid-1990s.
But here’s the thing that caught our eye.
Before Trump’s election, Republicans and Democrats were pretty much aligned in their increasingly pessimistic views about the electorate.
But after Trump won, the share of Republicans who said they had faith in the public’s political smarts jumped from 35 percent to 54 percent.
And now, post-2018 midterms, that’s coming back down to Earth — now back to 43 percent.
ICYMI: This week’s overlooked stories
Purge at DHS! Barr on Capitol Hill! Bernie Sanders reintroduces his Medicare for All bill (and is a millionaire)! Those are the stories that dominated this week.
But don’t miss these overlooked stories via NBC’s Kyle Stewart, which would have received much more attention in other eras:
1. Trump’s sister retires, negating judicial ethics complaints
2. Trump admin wants to make asylum harder by putting border agents in charge
3.
Inside the Russian effort to target Sanders supporters — and help elect Trump
And here are today’s news clips you shouldn’t miss…
It
looks like Herman Cain doesn’t have enough support for confirmation to a Fed seat.
Trump
says he considered his daughter Ivanka to head the World Bank “because she’s very good with numbers.”
Former Obama counsel Gregory Craig
has been indicted.
A
new indictment alleges that Michael Avenatti embezzled millions from a paraplegic client’s settlement.
Pete Buttigieg and Mike Pence? It’s “complicated,”
the AP writes.
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Thanks,
Chuck, Mark and Carrie
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| Share This VIDEO: Cornell Student Assembly Rejects BDS New Jersey Giving $250K to Law Schools to Represent Illegal Immigrants Amherst College Student Govt. Threatens to Derecognize College Republicans Over Jokes William Jacobson: “THE FAT LADY SANG — Final Verdict: Liberal concedes defeat to Conservative in Wisconsin Supreme Court election” Kemberlee Kaye: “Mayor Pete turned himself into a caricature of a stock liberal by intentionally misrepresenting Vice President Pence as being homophobic bigots. It’s cheap, sad, and flat our ignorant.” Mary Chastain: “Last month, the DOJ hit Avenatti with two charges in California. A federal grand jury indicted on those charges, plus 34 more charges.” Leslie Eastman: “I watched the Beresheet landing attempt in real-time. I was thrilled at the progress but knew the spacecraft was in trouble when communication was lost and the team of engineers at the mission center went silent. It was a big letdown for me, as well as my son who is interested in space travel. Here’s to hoping the second private lunar landing mission is successful.” David Gerstman: “All the experts, journalists, pundits, and academics out there hinting or stating that the reelection of Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel’s PM will end the peace process, haven’t been paying much heed to how the Palestinian Authority has been killing the peace process over the past decade and more.” Miriam Elman: “We’ve written a number of posts about the group IfNotNow, which has been catapulted to the front of the pack by anti-Israel activists in the U.S. because, unlike Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), many still believe that it’s a legitimate progressive organization and so are still giving it access. But the reality, as we showed, is that IfNotNow isn’t that much different from JVP in terms of its messaging and tactics. Its effort to destroy Birthright, which educates young Jews about their heritage and homeland, is a good example. Instead of creating an alternative trip to Israel, IfNotNow is intent on hijacking Birthright and altering its very core as an apolitical program. In case you missed it, this short article by a former Birthright staff member who is now the managing editor at NGO Monitor is a reminder that this vehemently anti-Birthright organization gets its funding from the same donors that bankroll JVP: the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.” 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 Unsubscribe |
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| COMEY CLAMS UP: Ex-FBI Boss Says He ‘Doesn’t Know What Barr’s Talking About’ on ‘Spying’ Disgraced former FBI boss James Comey flat-out denied Thursday recent comments from Attorney General William Barr that claimed “spying did occur” against the Trump campaign during the 2016 race for the White House.“With respect to Barr’s comments, I really don’t know what he’s talking about when he talks about spying on… |
| EPIC FAIL: AOC Swipes at Betsy DeVos, Accidentally SLAMS Public Education System Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez swiped at Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Thursday; accidentally highlighting major issues plaguing public education in America while calling for increased funding.“Only *one-third* of American children in elementary & middle school can read at grade-level. One third. Yet Betsey DeVos is trying to cut *every* Federal literacy program… |
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