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Thursday, April 18, 2019 Trump Vetoes Yemen Resolution “President Donald Trump vetoed a resolution passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen… Congress has grown uneasy with Trump’s close relationship with Saudi Arabia as he tries to further isolate Iran, a regional rival.” AP News From the Left The left condemns the veto and urges Congress to override it. “The war in Yemen… has killed more than 50,000 people and left more than 20 million Yemenis in need of humanitarian assistance. The US helps the Saudi-led coalition, which also includes the United Arab Emirates and several other Gulf Arab and African countries, by providing them with intelligence, selling them arms and ammunition, and, until late last year, fueling warplanes. That means the US is partially culpable for the death and destruction… “[The resolution] was a clear rebuke of Trump’s foreign policy toward Saudi Arabia… the result of progressive antiwar activism and a rare bipartisan coalition of progressive and conservative lawmakers to claw back war-approving authority from the president.” Tara Golshan, Vox “Trump’s refusal to halt America’s contribution to the world’s most acute humanitarian crisis is utterly indefensible… Equally absurd is Trump’s insistence that the United States is ‘not engaged in hostilities in or affecting Yemen’ beyond its counterterrorism operations… Suffice it to say if any foreign country offered intelligence sharing, logistics support, blockade assistance, and refueling for airstrikes on American soil, we would consider that nation ‘engaged in hostilities in or affecting’ the United States, and rightly so.” Bonnie Kristian, The Week “Trump, like his predecessors, has taken advantage of a decaying system of checks and balances.” According to Senator Sanders (I-VT), “the congressional votes on Yemen represent ‘the beginning of a national debate over when and where we go to war and Congress’s authority over those interventions.’ For that debate to have meaning, the override vote must take on new meaning. It is about Yemen, of course, but it is also about the role of Congress. This is the point at which Congress can begin to restore checks and balances on issues of war and peace.” John Nichols, The Nation “Expected or not, Donald Trump’s veto of a bipartisan Congressional resolution to end US military involvement in Saudi Arabia’s murderous war in Yemen is an outrage. It will prolong the unspeakable suffering of millions of Yemeni civilians, the blameless victims of Riyadh’s vicious proxy war with Iran and its Houthi allies… Congress should now move heaven and earth, in the name of Yemen’s starving children and the majority of Americans who oppose the Saudis’ war, to override Trump’s veto.” Simon Tisdall, The Guardian “This conflict must end, now. The House of Representatives calls on the President to put peace before politics, and work with us to advance an enduring solution to end this crisis and save lives.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-NY), Speaker.gov From the Right The right is generally critical of the veto. “Successive White Houses have pledged to deeply reform America’s war on terror; it’s the follow-through that’s underwhelmed. With Bernie Sanders and a resurgent left running strong in the Democratic primary, the president risks having the antiwar vote, such as it is, stolen out from underneath him… the strong-arming of Assange combined with Tuesday’s rare veto have some asking what exactly they voted for.” Curt Mills, The National Interest “Trump could have issued a much overdue correction by fully removing the U.S. from a conflict it had no business being involved with from the beginning. This is a man, after all, who campaigned on extricating the U.S. from endless wars with no strategic purpose. Signing the War Powers Resolution Tuesday would have been a win-win-win situation: a win for the president, for the country, and for the Yemeni people.” Daniel DePetris, Washington Examiner “The administration very much wants to have things both ways… Supporters of the war are desperate to claim at the same time that U.S. involvement is so meager that it doesn’t amount to hostilities but also so vitally important that it must not be ended… if the U.S. role were really as small as they sometimes claim, there would be no danger in ending it, and if it is as significant as they say at other times it is absolutely appropriate for Congress to shut it down because Congress never authorized it.” Daniel Larison, The American Conservative Some argue that “a declaration of war requires an affirmative act of Congress. A bipartisan majority’s rejection of American participation in the Yemeni conflict is anything but an affirmation. And when the Constitution requires congressional affirmation, then congressional rejection can’t be vetoed by the president.” David French, National Review Supporters of the veto, however, acknowledge that “Saudi Arabia has caused famine and misery in Yemen. It has destroyed not just schools but school buses, and prevented the delivery of humanitarian aid… it’s easy to see why members of Congress would want to end U.S. support for the Saudis’ war in Yemen. Nonetheless, this approach is short-sighted. To focus solely on Saudi Arabia’s role in the Yemen conflict is to give Iran a pass for making it worse — by, for example, giving its Houthi clients missiles capable of reaching Riyadh. If the Houthis prevail, then Iran will have access to a port in the Red Sea, from which it can make more mischief in the Middle East… “It’s not only possible but necessary to criticize the Saudis and their depravities, while still recognizing that it’s better for the U.S. if they prevail in Yemen and help to contain Iran.” Eli Lake, Bloomberg A libertarian’s take “As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump promised to put some reasonable limitations on how the United States conducted its post-9/11 wars across the Middle East… But on Tuesday night, Trump unambiguously backed Forever War. He vetoed a congressional resolution that would have ended American military involvement in the Yemeni civil war—a conflict that has killed an estimated 50,000 people (scores more have died in a famine triggered by the conflict) without having any significant bearing on U.S. national security.” Eric Boehm, Reason On the bright side… Carlsberg hopes to turnaround company by admitting its beer sucks. 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TRUMP’S PRIMARY GOAL: AVOIDING A NEW HAMPSHIRE HICCUP First-in-the-nation primary can reveal the strength — or weakness — of presidential incumbents By Kyle Kondik Managing Editor, Sabato’s Crystal Ball |
| KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — President Trump remains a huge favorite to win renomination as the Republican presidential nominee, although he will have at least some opposition. — The New Hampshire primary has historically tested the strength of presidential incumbents. — In the primary’s modern history, incumbents who won easy victories went on to renomination and reelection, while those who struggled lost in the fall or didn’t run again. — That said, we’re only talking about a dozen total contests, so don’t make any strong predictions based on the president’s New Hampshire showing. But depending on the circumstances, Trump’s eventual performance may provide some clues for the general election. Presidential incumbents in the New Hampshire primary: A modern history Last week, we assessed how a large field, proportional delegate allocation rules, and a frontloaded primary calendar might impact the Democratic presidential primary field. Such a granular analysis of the Republican presidential primary process does not seem warranted at this point, given that not only does President Donald Trump retain strong approval ratings among Republicans, but he also does not at this point face a significant rival for renomination. As of now, Trump’s most prominent intraparty opponent is William Weld, a former Republican governor of Massachusetts who most recently was the Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee in 2016. Weld, who officially announced his challenge to Trump earlier this week, is not an unserious candidate or person. But it would be a stretch to call Weld a major challenger to Trump. We’ll have to wait and see if a bigger-name Republican, like Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD) or former Gov. John Kasich (R-OH), ultimately decides to enter the race. Their decision-making is likely predicated on whether Trump’s approval with Republicans significantly dips over the course of 2019. So far, there hasn’t been any evidence of that, as Trump consistently scores approval ratings from his own party in excess of 80%. In other words, there’s not much suggesting that Trump is in any real trouble within his own party, and he is, at least for now, a towering favorite to be his party’s standard-bearer in 2020. That said, Trump will not be formally unopposed, and one assumes that Weld, a northeasterner, will try to make some sort of dent in Trump in New Hampshire, which in 2020 will celebrate its 100th year of leading the presidential primary season. It would be shocking if Trump lost New Hampshire, but he also won’t get 100% of the vote, as Weld and other candidates — surely ones even lesser known than Weld, and potentially ones better known — will pull votes from the incumbent. So it’s worth pondering: What share of the vote for Trump would represent a promising, or ominous, sign for him based on history? New Hampshire has a long primary history, and it zealously guards its first-in-the-nation status. The Granite State held its first presidential primary in 1916, and it began to lead the nation in 1920. At that time, voters chose convention delegates whose candidate preferences were not indicated on the ballot, making it an imperfect measure of popular support. Still, the primary did exert some influence even then. For instance, New Hampshire Democratic voters in 1932 elected a slate of delegates pledged to Franklin D. Roosevelt over one that backed Al Smith, the 1928 Democratic nominee and FDR’s predecessor as governor of New York. But the primary’s modern importance really traces back to 1952; in advance of that crucial year, the state amended its primary to let voters directly vote for individual presidential candidates. Starting that year, there have been a dozen instances where an incumbent president was tested by the Granite State’s primary voters. The results for those races are listed in Table 1. Table 1: New Hampshire primary results in years featuring incumbent presidents, 1952-present |
| Sources: CQ Press for results prior to 1972; New Hampshire Public Radio for results from 1972-present. Generally speaking, presidents who won renomination and reelection cruised through the New Hampshire primary. Meanwhile, presidents who struggled were not long for the White House. Let’s go through some of the historical highlights. In the initial year of the modern New Hampshire primary, 1952, the more historically famous result is the victory of Dwight D. Eisenhower over Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-OH), a frequent presidential aspirant, in the GOP primary. Ike was not even really a candidate at the time of the primary and never campaigned in New Hampshire, but his supporters placed his name on the ballot, and his strong performance helped set up his successful run to the Republican nomination and the presidency. However, New Hampshire’s Democratic primary was also important in 1952. Despite his weak approval ratings in the midst of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman spent the early part of the year mulling whether to seek a second full elected term in the White House. He let party leaders enter his name in the New Hampshire primary, but he lost to Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN). After suffering this “humiliating defeat,” as Truman biographer Alonzo Hamby described it, Truman decided against a run. The New Hampshire result was hardly the only reason behind his decision, but it was one of several factors that prompted him to step aside. In 1968, New Hampshire ended up nudging another Democratic president out the door, this time Lyndon B. Johnson. Anti-war Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D-MN) held LBJ to a 50%-42% victory in the primary, although Johnson’s showing is more impressive when one considers that the incumbent president was technically a write-in candidate in that state. Still, as LBJ biographer Charles Peters notes, “the press transformed a Johnson victory into a Johnson loss.” Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated later that year, entered the race after New Hampshire, and Johnson announced that he would not seek a second full elected term. While “many of Johnson’s associates believed that the president clung to the hope of being drafted by the delegates,” Peters wrote, the nomination ended up going to Vice President Hubert Humphrey. So in 1952 and 1968, New Hampshire helped retire Truman and then Johnson. Four years later, President Richard M. Nixon (R) won a comfortable victory in New Hampshire, although he did only receive about two-thirds of the vote. He lost some votes to House members challenging him for different reasons. To Nixon’s left was Rep. Pete McCloskey (R-CA), a Vietnam War critic and progressive Republican; to his right was Rep. John Ashbrook (R-OH), an ideological conservative whose slogan was “No Left Turns.” The trio of Nixon, McCloskey, and Ashbrook represented three different strands of Republicanism: Ashbrook was the Barry Goldwater-style ideological conservative, McCloskey was the liberal, and Nixon was somewhere in between. As time went by, Ashbrook — who died unexpectedly while running for U.S. Senate in 1982 — represented more of the GOP future than McCloskey, who by 2004 would endorse Democrat John Kerry for president. Still, in the context of using New Hampshire to measure an incumbent president’s resilience, Nixon’s 68% share understated his strength, as he ultimately had little trouble winning renomination and reelection to a second term. The Granite State would vote for the next two incumbent presidents on its ballot, the unelected Gerald Ford in 1976 and Jimmy Carter in 1980, but only by relatively small margins in the midst of competitive primaries for each against, respectively, Ronald Reagan and Ted Kennedy. Both incumbents would win their renomination fights but go on to lose to challengers from the other party in the fall. The most recent incumbent who suffered a New Hampshire rebuke was George H.W. Bush in 1992. Bush faced a challenge from the right in the form of Pat Buchanan, who through his mixture of international skepticism and cultural conservatism is one of Trump’s intellectual antecedents in the GOP. Bush only won a bit over 50% in New Hampshire, and while Buchanan’s challenge would peter out, “his success was a wake-up call to Bush that he would have to fight hard to ensure that the Reaganite base came out to vote for him in November,” wrote Bush biographer Timothy Naftali. Bush ended up losing to Bill Clinton later in 1992. The last three presidential incumbents who ran in New Hampshire — Clinton in 1996, George W. Bush in 2004, and Barack Obama in 2012 — all won against nominal opposition with around 80% of the vote. Overall in the dozen New Hampshire primaries featuring presidential incumbents since 1952, seven incumbents have won easily and five have struggled to varying degrees. The seven who coasted all won reelection, although the two most recent examples, Bush in 2004 and Obama in 2012, only won by relatively small margins in the fall. Meanwhile, the five incumbent presidents who struggled in New Hampshire all saw their presidencies end the following January: Truman and Johnson eventually decided against running again, and Ford, Carter, and H.W. Bush all were renominated by their parties but ended up losing to general election challengers. So what does this all mean for Trump? Well, it’s not as simple as saying his reelection chances depend on whether he gets a certain percentage of the vote in New Hampshire or not; after all, we’re only talking about a dozen past elections here, which is hardly a sample size that allows us to make far-reaching predictions. But it will be interesting to see how serious of a challenge Trump ultimately has in New Hampshire, and what share of the vote he gets. There have been a couple of somewhat recent polls of the New Hampshire Republican primary, one from the University of New Hampshire’s Granite State poll and the other from Emerson College. The late February surveys showed Trump, respectively, at 68% and 82% in the primary, although Emerson doesn’t allow for undecideds. Using history as a rough guide, and assuming that Trump doesn’t get a more prominent opponent than Weld, Nixon’s 67.6% share in 1972 probably represents a reasonable over/under for Trump in 2020. A performance at or above that mark probably would indicate that Trump’s currently strong standing in the GOP remains secure, while a performance significantly below might be a sign of weakness for the incumbent, if not in his bid for renomination then perhaps for the fall. Read the fine print Learn more about the Crystal Ball and find out how to contact us here. Sign up to receive Crystal Ball e-mails like this one delivered straight to your inbox. Use caution with Sabato’s Crystal Ball, and remember: “He who lives by the Crystal Ball ends up eating ground glass!” |
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Mueller time: Why it might not matter as much as you think
By ANNA PALMER, JAKE SHERMAN and DANIEL LIPPMAN
04/18/2019 06:05 AM EDT
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THE REALITIES OF THE MUELLER REPORT … The big day has finally arrived: Special counsel ROBERT MUELLER’S findings — with an unknown number of redactions — are due to be released later this morning, and Attorney General BILL BARR and his deputy, ROD ROSENSTEIN, are holding a press conference at 9:30 a.m.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS have already asked that Barr cancel the news conference, and said he was doing the president’s bidding. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has floated the idea of holding one of his own after that. Washington is doing one of its usual freakouts when news of this magnitude is about to drop.
THE HILL will get the report around 11 a.m., and then it goes public shortly thereafter. Congress is getting the report on CDs, which seems weird for normal people, but for the Hill — which still has spittoons in some places — is not that strange.
THE TRUTH IS, the release of Mueller’s report won’t change much, for these reasons:
— TRUMP IS RIGHT: Democrats are never going to be happy with whatBarr gives Congress. He will never cough up every bit of investigatory material MUELLER used, and short of that, Democrats are going to demand more.
— IT’S VERY UNLIKELY Trump will be impeached. HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI said she wouldn’t push for that unless there were bipartisan support for impeachment. Can you name one Republican who seems ready to oust the president?
— TRUMP ALREADY GOT THE HEADLINE HE WANTED: “No collusion.” Nothing else matters to him. The White House knows most Americans won’t read the fine print, even if the details of the report prove more damaging than Barr’s four-page summary suggested.
— LUCKY TIMING: Congress is out of session. KEVIN MCCARTHY has been in South America. PELOSI is still in Europeand doesn’t return until later this week (she is visiting the Irish border today, per BBC). It’s Passover and Easter this weekend.
STILL, THIS WILL BE BAD FOR THE PRESIDENT. Why? Because we’re about to get a ton of new information about the president and how he conducts business. There will be tons new here, no matter how much is redacted. The president has the ability to plow through precarious situations by talking about what he wants to talk about, and his base sticks with him. TRUMP will be at Mar-a-Lago by this evening.
BUT REMEMBER: This is just the beginning of a long, protracted legal and political process. Dems will fight for fewer redactions, and seem certain to call Mueller and Barr to the Hill to testify.
Good Thursday morning. ANNA and JAKE’s book “The Hill to Die On” debuted at No. 13 on the New York Times bestseller list. We were also on CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” last night. The video… Buy the book
NEW … DOUG ANDRES, who previously worked for Speaker Paul Ryan, the FDA commissioner and Pete Sessions, is going to work for SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL as press secretary.
THE WHITE HOUSE WON’T BE ALL TOO SURPRISED, per NYT’S MARK MAZZETTI, MAGGIE HABERMAN, NICK FANDOS and KATIE BENNER: “Justice Department officials have had numerous conversations with White House lawyers about the conclusions made by Mr. Mueller, the special counsel, in recent days, according to people with knowledge of the discussions. The talks have aided the president’s legal team as it prepares a rebuttal to the report and strategizes for the coming public war over its findings.” NYT
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‘A DETAILED BLOW-BY-BLOW’ … WAPO: “Mueller report will be lightly redacted, revealing detailed look at obstruction of justice investigation,” by Matt Zapotosky, Carol Leonnig, Roz Helderman and Devlin Barrett: “The Justice Department plans to release a lightly redacted version of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s 400-page report Thursday, offering a granular look at the ways in which President Trump was suspected of having obstructed justice, people familiar with the matter said.
“The report … will reveal that Mueller decided he could not come to a conclusion on the question of obstruction because it was difficult to determine Trump’s intent and because some of his actions could be interpreted innocently, these people said. But it will offer a detailed blow-by-blow of the president’s alleged conduct — analyzing tweets, private threats and other episodes at the center of Mueller’s inquiry, they added.” WaPo
— MORE: “Key members of Congress will get more complete version of the Mueller report than the public, prosecutors tell judge”: “The Justice Department plans to provide key members of Congress with a more complete version of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report than what will be made public on Thursday, prosecutors told a federal judge on Wednesday.
“Federal prosecutors described the plan to provide nonpublic material to Congress — where Democratic lawmakers have been pushing to receive an unredacted version of the report — in a court filing made Wednesday in the case against Trump confidant Roger Stone.” WaPo
— HOW DEMS ARE ALREADY REACTING — ANDREW DESIDERIO and KYLE CHENEY: “‘Keep your mouth shut’: Dems erupt over Barr’s Mueller report rollout”
— WHO SAYS PRINT IS DEAD?: “Publishers Prepare Print Editions of Mueller Report,” by WSJ’s Ben Kesling:“Three major publishers—Simon & Schuster’s Scribner imprint, Skyhorse Publishing and Melville House—have committed to publishing special counsel Robert Mueller’s report as a physical book, even as it is expected to be available free on the internet. All three are offering it for preorder online ahead of the document’s imminent release.
“The report, which will contain redactions and is expected to run to several hundred pages, is being released Thursday. Mr. Mueller’s nearly two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election was completed last month, and Attorney General William Barr released a four-page overview several weeks ago—a version of which Amazon sells currently as an e-book for just 99 cents.
“Along with old-fashioned print, various publishers are offering digital versions of the report, and Amazon’s website plans an Audible audiobook as soon as a narrator has something to narrate.” WSJ
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION — BLOOMBERG’S JENNIFER JACOBS, JENNIFER DLOUHY and ARI NATTER: “Rick Perry Plans His Exit as Trump’s Energy Secretary”: “Energy Secretary Rick Perry is planning to leave the Trump administration and is finalizing the terms and timing of his departure, according to two people familiar with his plans.
“While Perry’s exit isn’t imminent and one person familiar with the matter said the former Texas governor still hasn’t fully made up his mind, three people said he has been seriously considering his departure for weeks. All of the people spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.
“An Energy Department spokeswoman, Shaylyn Hynes, rejected the idea that Perry would be leaving the administration any time soon. ‘He is happy where he is serving President Trump and leading the Department of Energy,’ she said in a statement.” Bloomberg
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2020 WATCH — “Kamala Harris takes early lead in the big-money race,” by Maggie Severns, Elena Schneider and Chris Cadelago: “Hundreds of the biggest Democratic fundraisers in the last two presidential elections are already picking candidates for 2020 — and Kamala Harris has a significant early edge, while Pete Buttigieg and his from-scratch campaign has scrambled into the second tier.” POLITICO
— WAPO’S CHELSEA JANES: “Sen. Kamala D. Harris expresses ‘regret’ over her California truancy policy”: “Sen. Kamala D. Harris, the former California attorney general whose prosecutorial record is drawing criticism from some as overly harsh, expressed “regret” on Wednesday for a truancy program she implemented and said she would not support expanding nationally if she becomes president.
“While district attorney of San Francisco, Harris tried to combat waning school attendance by criminalizing truancy. She was then able to use the threat of fines or jail time for parents of children who missed too many school days. Harris never sent a parent to jail while overseeing this initiative as San Francisco’s chief prosecutor.” WaPo
— “Terry McAuliffe won’t run for president,” by Matthew Choi
TRUMP’S THURSDAY — The president will deliver remarks at the Wounded Warrior Project soldier ride at 10:30 a.m. in the East Room. He will meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at 11:45 a.m. in the Oval Office. At 4 p.m., Trump and first lady Melania Trump will leave the White House en route to Mar-a-Lago.
PLAYBOOK READS
HMMM … REUTERS’ JONATHAN LANDAY and ARSHAD MOHAMMED: “A new Trump administration report on international compliance with arms control accords provoked a dispute with U.S. intelligence agencies and some State Department officials concerned that the document politicizes and slants assessments about Iran, five sources with knowledge of the matter said. …
“The clash among U.S. officials emerged on Tuesday when the State Department posted on its website, and then removed, an unclassified version of an annual report to Congress assessing compliance with arms control agreements that the sources saw as skewed Iran.” Reuters
THE LATEST ON NORTH KOREA — AP: “NKorea says it tested new weapon, wants Pompeo out of talks,” by Foster Klug and Kim Tong-Hyung in Seoul, South Korea: “North Korea said Thursday that it had test-fired a new type of ‘tactical guided weapon,’ its first such test in nearly half a year, and demanded that Washington remove Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from nuclear negotiations.
“The test, which didn’t appear to be of a banned mid- or long-range ballistic missile that could scuttle negotiations, allows Pyongyang to show its people it is pushing ahead with weapons development while also reassuring domestic military officials worried that diplomacy with Washington signals weakness.”
— ON POMPEO: “North Korea accused Pompeo of ‘talking nonsense’ … The North Korean statement said Pompeo was ‘misrepresenting the meaning of our requirement’ for the negotiations to be finalized by the year’s end, and referred to his ‘talented skill of fabricating stories.’ It said Pompeo’s continued participation in the negotiations would ensure that the talks become ‘entangled’ and called for a different counterpart who is ‘more careful and mature in communicating with us.’” AP
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VENEZUELA UPDATE — the NYT’s Isayen Herrera in Caracas and Anatoly Kurmanaev in New York: “Hundreds of Red Cross volunteers sifted through donated medication, hygiene kits and surgical material in warehouses across Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday, as aid workers began to grapple with the challenges of delivering humanitarian supplies in a violent and polarized nation where even basic transportation infrastructure has crumbled.
“The launch of the large-scale humanitarian campaign by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies also raised questions about how the international community can handle a humanitarian disaster caused largely by the policies of a government intent on staying in power, rather than war or natural disaster.
“‘This is a pretty unique situation with no precedent in modern Latin American history,’ said Tamara Taraciuk, a Venezuela expert at Human Rights Watch who this month helped write a report on the country’s humanitarian crisis. ‘It’s a completely man-made crisis. No one can tell you how long it will last or how much will be needed.’” NYT
MEDIAWATCH — TRUMP’S FEUD WITH FOX, by Daniel Lippman and Eliana Johnson: “With the network, Trump is picking at an open wound. Long-fraught relations between the news side of Fox and its opinion arm have grown more tense in the Trump era, according to people familiar with the network’s dynamics.
“Some of the network’s news anchors question what they see as the pro-Trump cheerleading of their opinion-driven primetime colleagues. The opinion hosts say they draw bigger ratings and make more money for the network—and criticize their news colleagues for not breaking news. One primetime employee also casually referred to the news side of the network as ‘the resistance.’” POLITICO
— JACK SHAFER: “Why the Media Dumped Beto for Mayor Pete”: POLITICO Magazine
— FIRST PERSON — “Robert Costa’s Notebook: Thankful, two years on”
PLAYBOOKERS
WHITE HOUSE ARRIVAL LOUNGE — Paige Willey has moved over to the White House to be a special assistant to the president for political affairs. She previously was associate chief of staff at CEA. Nicole Korkos and Paige Terryberry are now both associate chiefs of staff at CEA. Korkos previously was a research economist at CEA, and Terryberry previously was an associate at Baron Public Affairs.
TRANSITION — OBAMA ALUMNI: Victoria Nuland has returned to Albright Stonebridge Group as senior counselor. She most recently was CEO of the Center for a New American Security and served as assistant secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs in the Obama administration.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Hoda Kotb, co-anchor of NBC’s “Today” show and co-host of “Today with Hoda & Jenna,” and Joel Schiffman, who works in finance, welcomed Hope Catherine. Instapic … “Today” segment
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Ayman Mohyeldin, host of MSNBC’s “The Breakdown” and co-host of “Morning Joe First Look,” is 4-0. What he’s been reading recently: “I just happened to read ‘The Jackie Robinson of Rodeo,’ an old article by Christian Wallace in Texas Monthly about Myrtis Dightman, the first black cowboy in professional rodeo, who was one of the best in the history of the sport. It was an incredibly inspiring story that opened my eyes to a world I know very little about.” Playbook Plus Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: Mike Dubke, partner and co-founder of Black Rock Group and former W.H. communications director (hat tips: Anna Epstein and Charlotte McCoy) … Darby Grant … Nate Parker of the White House … Rick Kaplan, president of Kaplan Media Partners … Ben Chang, chief spokesperson for Princeton and director of media relations (h/t Brent Colburn) … Brian Huseman, VP of public policy at Amazon … Kelsey Donohue, director of comms at Harvard’s IOP and an Obama W.H. and State alum, who recently married Timothy Bishop — pic… Susan Faludi is 6-0 … Conan O’Brien is 56 … POLITICO’s Burgess Everett, Michael Stratford and Nicci Carrasco … Ryan Sager is 4-0 … Grant Saunders, managing director of advocacy and public affairs at Majority Strategies … Erin Miller Weibel (h/t Erika Masonhall) … USA Today’s Donovan Slack … Trey Grayson is 47 … Katie McKeogh … Evan Ryan, EVP at Axios … Sean Maloney of CARE (h/ts Ben Chang) … Lebanese PM Saad Hariri is 49 … Irish President Michael Higgins is 78 …
… John Podhoretz, editor of Commentary magazine and columnist for the N.Y. Post, is 58 … Charlie Baker, president and co-founder of Dewey Square Group, is 61 … Micki Werner (h/t Fred Graefe) … Nell Merlino … Phil Gordon is 68 … Tracy Spicer, principal at Avenue Solutions (h/t Jon Haber) … Sophie Gilbert of The Atlantic … Christine Sexton … Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) is 39 … Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) is 63 … Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) is 68 … former Rep. Karen Handel (R-Ga.) is 57 … Edelman’s Jeffrey Caporizzo … Mike Singh … Erika Walter … Robert Silvers, partner at Paul Hastings, is 39 (h/t Todd Breasseale) … Greg Cuneo … NYC city councilman Bill Perkins … Caleb Crosswhite … Karol Markowicz … Rachel Burns … John Fogarty is 42 … Evan Philipson … Jill Habig … Bret Manley … Robert Feinschreiber is 76 … Jeff Goldblatt … Melody Scalley … Jonathan Epstein … Kristine Euclide … Theresa Verbic (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)
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Good morning from Washington as we wait for Attorney General William
Barr’s scheduled release tomorrow morning of an edited version of the
Mueller report on Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. As if he
weren’t catching enough grief from President Trump’s
opponents, Barr first announced a policy to limit “catch and release”
of illegal immigrants. Fred Lucas has main points. Plus: Stephanie Curry
on forcing the LGBT agenda on schoolchildren, Jim Carafano on China and
the threat of terrorism, Victor Davis Hanson
on how far identity politics can go, and the return of “Problematic
Women.”
Commentary
Colorado
Sex Ed Bill Would Force Kids to Learn LGBT Ideology, Ban Talk of Abstinence
Planned Parenthood’s ready-made sex education curriculum just
happens to fit the exact requirements the Colorado bill would impose on
local school districts. Families in Arizona, Massachusetts, and Texas
are fighting similar controversial provisions.
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The
Natural Limits of Identity Politics
Unchecked tribalism historically leads to nihilism. Meritocracy is
abandoned as bureaucrats select their own rather than the
best-qualified.
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Problematic
Women: What Bre Payton’s Mom and Friends Want You to Know About Grief
We’ll never forget our “Problematic Women” co-host Bre Payton, who died last year.
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News
3 Keys
to Understanding the Attorney General’s Move to Curb ‘Catch and Release’
Attorney General William Barr’s new asylum policy could curb the
government’s practice of catching illegal immigrants and then releasing
them into the nation’s interior.
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Analysis
Podcast:
Born at 29 Weeks, This Young American Talks About Late-Term Abortions
Zach Mettler was apparently in quite a rush to see the world—he was
born unexpectedly when he was just 29 weeks old and a mere 2 pounds.
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Commentary
Are
Chase Bank’s Account Decisions Motivated by Politics?
If you aren’t a leftist but do business with the financial giant
owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co., you need to ask questions and get
answers.
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Commentary
How
China Will Make Us More Vulnerable to Terrorists
The U.S. routinely shares highly sensitive intelligence information
with our allies and vice versa. But if that sharing has to be done over
Chinese-facilitated networks, we can kiss even the pretense of security
and confidentiality goodbye.
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04/18/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Debate Eligibility; EU Threats; Mayor Pete and Pence By Carl M. Cannon on Apr 18, 2019 08:15 am Good morning, it’s Thursday, April 18, 2019. I’m taking a brief hiatus from this morning essay — just a couple of days off — but I still want to tout today’s original content, starting with 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: * * * DNC Mulls Higher Bar to Qualify for Primary Debates. Phil Wegmann reports on discussions within the party to winnow the field on stage following the first two debates in June and July. Trump Admin Defies EU Threats, Allows Cuba-Related Legal Claims. Susan Crabtree has the story. Trump to Enforce Housing Aid Ban for Illegal Immigrants. Phil has details on coming regulatory changes aimed at ensuring that federal housing assistance goes only to qualifying citizens and legal residents. Mayor Pete Picks a Fight With Pence — and the First Amendment. Steve Cortes writes that Buttigieg’s claims of a feud with the vice president over gay marriage is one-sided, and amounts to an assault on religious freedom. Heading Into 2020, Democrats Can’t Ignore the Working Class. Savannah Shoemake warns that the party can’t assume these voters will swing back from supporting Donald Trump. Moonshot Madness. In RealClearPolicy, Mark P. Mills explains why transforming the energy economy, as Green New Deal proponents advocate, is not like putting a dozen people on the moon. What Ray Dalio Should Do About Income Inequality. RealClearMarkets editor John Tamny offers advice to the billionaire hedge fund manager who is disturbed by the wealth imbalance in this country. Generic Patent Games Endanger Alzheimer’s Cure Efforts. In RealClearHealth, Robert Goldberg warns that questionable legal challenges are forcing innovator firms to spend money on lawsuits, not research. Young Men From Croatia Are the Tallest in the World. RealClearScience editor Ross Pomeroy spotlights a new study that might draw interest from college basketball recruiters. * * * Carl M. Cannon Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com |
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NOQ DAILY REPORT
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- The Mueller report will confirm everyone’s bias regardless of what it says
- Do not presume to know if someone is saved, even if they’re pro-abortion pastors
- Why do I fight the GOP establishment when the odds are against me?
- Write the Right
- Michael J. Knowles on the reality of ‘white privilege’ and intersectionality
- Filmmakers accused of causing ‘walrus death scene’ on David Attenborough’s Netflix show Our Planet
- Why does the national socialist-left overreact to the proper labeling of the Nazis as being far-left?
- Psalm 86:5 – ‘plenteous in mercy’
- Border patrol nabs Mexican Mafia member ‘La Bestia’ crossing the border illegally
| The Mueller report will confirm everyone’s bias regardless of what it says Posted: 18 Apr 2019 03:42 AM PDT Spoiler alert: I know what you’re going to find in the Mueller report hours before Attorney General has his press conference and long before it gets released to the general public. Do you want to know what it says? It’s easy. Whatever you think it says is exactly what it will say. That’s not some […] The post The Mueller report will confirm everyone’s bias regardless of what it says appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Do not presume to know if someone is saved, even if they’re pro-abortion pastors Posted: 18 Apr 2019 03:11 AM PDT This could very easily turn into a discussion about Arminianism versus Calvinism, but that’s a topic I’m still not ready to tackle on this site. One thing I will tackle is the presumptive nature that guides many people to make calls about who is a Christian and who’s a false-Christian as if they’re baseball umpires calling […] The post Do not presume to know if someone is saved, even if they’re pro-abortion pastors appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Why do I fight the GOP establishment when the odds are against me? Posted: 18 Apr 2019 03:00 AM PDT As you may have noticed, I’ve been focusing a lot of attention lately on the need for an alternative to the Democrat/Republican duopoly, particularly as we approach the 2020 election. This has led to a lot of feedback from people who don’t exactly agree with me, particularly when I point out how Trump and the […] The post Why do I fight the GOP establishment when the odds are against me? appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Write the Right Posted: 17 Apr 2019 11:10 PM PDT Right is the opposite of wrong. Right is the opposite of left. Coincidental? Perhaps! But NOQ Report needs you to write the right in both senses of the word. Publisher JD Rucker has extended the opportunity to join the small but growing cadre of dedicated contributors to this website which counteracts the best efforts of […] The post Write the Right appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Michael J. Knowles on the reality of ‘white privilege’ and intersectionality Posted: 17 Apr 2019 08:29 PM PDT There’s a strange contradiction that’s been essentially taking over the mentality of many leftists for some time now. The contradiction has to do with bigotry and is framed around the concept of “white privilege.” If you’re white, you instantly have privilege in their eyes. If you also happen to be a straight male, you really, […] The post Michael J. Knowles on the reality of ‘white privilege’ and intersectionality appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Filmmakers accused of causing ‘walrus death scene’ on David Attenborough’s Netflix show Our Planet Posted: 17 Apr 2019 07:06 PM PDT Netflix drew criticism last week when their show Our Planet by famed filmmaker David Attenborough included the gruesome deaths of several walruses who fell from a cliff into the rocky ground below. The graphic nature of the scene made for mild scolding by some, but it was generally considered a boon for viewership and for the […] The post Filmmakers accused of causing ‘walrus death scene’ on David Attenborough’s Netflix show Our Planet appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Why does the national socialist-left overreact to the proper labeling of the Nazis as being far-left? Posted: 17 Apr 2019 04:21 PM PDT A recitation of basic historical facts will bring forth all manner of vitriol and condemnation from the left. Why is this the case? Properly labeling the Nazis as a far-left National Socialist German Workers’ Party will bring forth a stunning overreaction from the nation’s socialist-left. Why do they overreact denying their past? Why is this […] The post Why does the national socialist-left overreact to the proper labeling of the Nazis as being far-left? appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Psalm 86:5 – ‘plenteous in mercy’ Posted: 17 Apr 2019 02:00 PM PDT For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. – Psalm 86:5 (KJV) It is easy to look at the New Testament as a book of mercy and the Old Testament as turmoil and strife, but we must understand that our Father in Heaven […] The post Psalm 86:5 – ‘plenteous in mercy’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Border patrol nabs Mexican Mafia member ‘La Bestia’ crossing the border illegally Posted: 17 Apr 2019 01:47 PM PDT A 29-year-old Mexican national was apprehended by border patrol trying to illegally cross over into the United States. The man, known as “La Bestia” or “The Beast,” had been previously convicted and deported for Obstruction or Retaliation. He is a known member of the Mexican Mafia as well as the 18th Street Gang. Border patrol […] The post Border patrol nabs Mexican Mafia member ‘La Bestia’ crossing the border illegally appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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MEET THE PRESS FIRST READ
From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Carrie Dann and Ben Kamisar
FIRST READ: Republicans and Democrats already don’t trust each other on the Mueller report. Barr is making it worse.
It’s Mueller Report Day, and the timing of the release is causing a new round of finger-pointing and distrust.
Here’s how this will all unfold,
per our Justice Department reporting team.
Attorney
General William Barr will give a press conference at 9:30am ET, BEFORE
the redacted report is seen by Congress and the public.
Members of
Congress will THEN get copies on CDs between 11am ET and noon, and the
redacted version of the report will be made public on the Special
Counsel’s web site after that.
The timing has
Democrats fuming and arguing that Barr is trying to pre-spin the narrative at the president’s behest.
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have
called on Barr to cancel the press conference, and Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer
now say they want Mueller himself to testify publicly.
It’s worth noting that
both sides want to see the full report, though for very different reasons.
If you’re
Devin Nunes, you want the full report because you don’t trust Robert
Mueller. If you’re Adam Schiff, you want it because you don’t trust
Barr.
Imagine how this process would be playing out, though, if Barr had given Trump’s skeptics more reasons to trust him.
He could
have given no early summary of the Mueller report at all, or he could
have simply said it found no prosecutable conclusions.
He
could have avoided using the phrase “spying” to refer to the government’s intel work on Trump during the campaign.
He could have not talked to the White House at all, or
at least been forthcoming about his team’s communications with Trump’s lawyers.
He could have just let the report speak for itself today without a press conference.
And he could have released it on a day that’s not bumping up against a holiday weekend.
If Barr had made those choices, how much different would today’s release feel?
We already
knew that, whatever the report actually says, there will be widespread
disagreement about what it all means, because of these high levels of
distrust.
And the public’s trust in the rule of law is probably less than it was when the Mueller report began.
That’s probably a win for Trump overall. But it’s sad news for our political system, and
Barr’s choices here have made it worse instead of better.
AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz
A reality check on Mueller and public opinion
In the Trump era, plenty of things seem pretty black-and-white. But when it comes to the Mueller report and public opinion, it’s wise to embrace some ambiguity.
Ambiguity was the message we got from the NBC/WSJ poll immediately after AG William Barr released his summary of the Mueller report in late March.
In the immediate aftermath of that release, a sizable third of Americans said they were unsure whether or not Trump had been cleared of wrongdoing or not — including nearly half of independents.
And the poll found that Americans weren’t even paying that much attention to the story, at least compared with other big events in Trump’s campaign and presidency — like the Access Hollywood tape and his firing of James Comey.
A separate Fox News poll out yesterday found that 65 percent of voters said that the Mueller investigation did not change how they feel about the president.And, of course, Trump’s approval rating through all of the Mueller ups and downs has remained remarkably stable.
So – of course – expect wall-to-wall coverage, a cascade of White House reaction, sound and fury. But when the dust settles, there’s a good chance that public opinion about Trump remains the same as it ever was.
North Korea fires a new weapon
The other story that would be dominating the news cycle today if not for Mueller is North Korea’s test of a new weapon.
From the AP: “North Korea has test-fired a “new-type tactical guided weapon,” its state media announced Thursday, in a possible attempt to register displeasure with currently deadlocked nuclear talks with the United States without causing those coveted negotiations to collapse.”
Kim Jong Un “observed the firing by the Academy of Defense Science of the unspecified weapon on Wednesday, the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency said. Kim was reported to have said that ‘the development of the weapon system serves as an event of very weighty significance in increasing the combat power of the People’s Army.’”
Separately, North Korea says that it no longer wants Secretary of State Mike Pompeo involved in nuclear talks, saying they prefer someone who is “more careful and mature in communicating.”
North Korea has been the administration’s top foreign policy objective, and the one Trump has touted the most as a victory. Is it unraveling now?
The way this is playing out all feels very predictable, too. Who could have seen this coming? Anyone who’s worked on North Korea before.
REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
2020 VISION: Terry McAuliffe won’t run
The former governor of Virginia announced on CNN last night that he’s taking a pass on 2020.
“I’ve listened to the Virginians and I’m going to help Virginia for the next six months. I could spend eight months traveling around the country running for president, or six months really making a difference,” he said, adding that he could have beaten Trump “like a rented mule.”
On the campaign trail today: Joe Biden rallies to support Stop & Shop workers in the Boston area… Beto O’Rourke has three stops in New Hampshire, and Eric Swalwell is also in the Granite State…. Kirsten Gillibrand continues her Iowa swing… Jay Inslee is in Los Angeles.. Bernie Sanders holds a town hall in South Carolina… and Cory Booker campaigns in Las Vegas.
TWEET OF THE DAY: Crab dip
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is …22 percent
22 percent.
That’s the number of registered Republican voters who say that they admire the late John McCain over President Trump in Fox News’ new poll.
A majority of Republicans, 57 percent, chose the president.
The discrepancy is further proof of what we already know—Trump has remade the Republican electorate in his image.
And even though Trump spent the final years of McCain’s life criticizing his record as a war hero and for voting against the GOP health care plan, the president still is coming out on top where it matters most to him—among his base.
A majority of all registered voters, self-identified moderates and self-identified independents all said they admired McCain over Trump.
The only subgroups who chose the president were those who identified as Republicans or said they voted for Trump in 2016.
THE LID: Binders full of position papers
Don’t miss the pod from yesterday, when we looked at Elizabeth Warren’s strategy of releasing highly detailed policy papers, even while other candidates are winging it on specifics.
ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss Rick Perry’s spokeswoman is denying a new Bloomberg report that the energy secretary is looking at leaving the administration. Reuters reports on a simmering dispute within the Trump administration over allegations some officials are exaggerating the threat posed by Iran. Kamala Harris said she feels “regret” over the “unintended consequences” of the truancy program she oversaw as state attorney general. Herman Cain says he’s not withdrawing from consideration for the Fed.
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Thanks,
Chuck, Carrie and Ben