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Good morning from Washington, where President Trump is expected to
propose giving Americans more affordable health care choices. Marie
Fishpaw and Tim Chapman agree on main ingredients. Democrats want to
follow the Mueller report with new investigations,
Fred Lucas writes. The Supreme Court will decide whether the law
protects sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace, Ken
McIntyre reports. Plus: Jeff Smith on the terrible toll of terrorism in
Sri Lanka, Nolan Peterson on the comic who won a
serious job in Ukraine, and Jarrett Stepman on the media’s cluelessness
about faith.
Commentary
Trump
Might Release His Health Plan Soon. Here Are 7 Ways to Make It Succeed.
The president has already made a number of regulatory changes that
expand health care choices, protect the vulnerable, and reduce costs.
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News
Supreme
Court to Hear Cases Involving Firings of Gay, Transgender Employees
The Supreme Court agrees to hear three cases centered on whether
federal law against discrimination in employment applies to sexual
orientation and gender identity.
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Commentary
4 Things
to Expect From Trump and Congress in the Wake of the Mueller Probe
Despite special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings in his final
report, congressional Democrats want to continue investigating—and even
consider impeaching—President Trump.
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Analysis
Podcast:
The Strange Terrorist Attack in Sri Lanka
Heritage Foundation Asia expert Jeff Smith discusses whether Sri
Lankan terrorists received outside help, and the motivation for the
attack.
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Ukrainian
Voters Elect an Untested Comedian to Be President, Rebuking the Post-Soviet Political Establishment
Volodymyr Zelensky campaigned on an anti-corruption platform while
pledging to maintain Ukraine’s pro-European vector and resolve the
ongoing war in the Donbas province.
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Commentary
Embarrassing
Gaffes Continue to Show Media’s Ignorance of Religion
Following the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral, the Associated Press
ran a piece with the utterly tone-deaf headline: “Tourist Mecca Notre
Dame Also Revered as Place of Worship.”
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POLITICO Playbook: Which Biden will show up in 2020?
By ANNA PALMER, JAKE SHERMAN and DANIEL LIPPMAN
04/23/2019 05:57 AM EDT
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DRIVING THE DAY
THE BIG QUESTION ABOUT JOE BIDEN … He’ll be the 21st Democrat to enter the party’s 2020 presidential field. There are two theories of BIDEN’S candidacy, and we wonder which one is correct:
— ONE: Twitter isn’t real life, and the former VP is more popular among the Democratic voting rank and file than the Acela Corridor conversation would suggest.
— TWO: Biden’s station at the top of the polls simply reflects his name ID, and once primary voters get a look at the 76-year-old, bipartisan-touting, gaffe-prone Washington insider, they’ll dart in the other direction.
THE WEAKNESS of the second argument is that name ID is a potent weapon, especially in a field filled with unknowns. …
… BUT, as many Dems say to us privately,in a party shifting leftward and skewing younger: Why would Democrats want an old guy who talks about how great he is working with Republicans and has a long record that is far more moderate than where the base is right now?
ONE QUESTION BIDEN WILL HEAR A LOT: Why aren’t more prominent OBAMA-BIDEN alums endorsing his candidacy? Where are foreign policy honchos like Jake Sullivan and Susan Rice? And, most importantly, where is BARACK OBAMA?
ANOTHER QUESTION … How will he compete for campaign cash? Fundraising has always been a weakness of Biden’s. Now, not only will he have to convince Democratic bundlers and big donors that he is the right person to beat President DONALD TRUMP, he will also have to contend with the influx of small-time donors who have flocked to Sens. BERNIE SANDERS and ELIZABETH WARREN.
AND IF HE HAS TO resort to swampy sources of funding — like hosting megadonor fundraising retreats or taking money from Wall Street — Biden will have to fend off political attacks from his rivals, many of whom have sworn off traditional bundling operations.
— MORE from NATASHA KORECKI and MARC CAPUTO: “Inside Biden’s battle plan”
UH-OH … PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER’S JONATHAN TAMARI and CHRIS BRENNAN: “Joe Biden campaign launch back in flux, potentially delayed”: “Joe Biden’s plans are in flux again. If the former vice president does launch his presidential campaign this week, it won’t involve a trip to Charlottesville, Va., and plans for potential public events in Pennsylvania are also uncertain, according to sources familiar with his plans.
“Even Biden’s widely anticipated entry into the race grew unclear Monday, with the Atlantic reporting that a planned video announcement Wednesday was being pushed back.” Inky
— DAVID SIDERS: “Biden, Beto falter in new progressive straw poll”: “Bernie Sanders has solidified his front-runner standing among members of the progressive political action committee Democracy for America, while Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke have both fallen back sharply, according to the group’s latest straw poll.
“Elizabeth Warren is now running second to Sanders in the DFA poll — though she trails the independent senator from Vermont by more than 30 percentage points, according to the survey released Tuesday and obtained first by POLITICO.” POLITICO
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INSIDE THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS … LAST NIGHT’S CONFERENCE CALL … “Pelosi beats back calls for Trump impeachment,” by Kyle Cheney, Heather Caygle and Andrew Desiderio:“Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday rejected calls to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump despite new voices in her caucus calling for the House to take that step in the aftermath of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. …
“‘We can investigate Trump without drafting articles [of impeachment],’ she said during a call with House Democrats … ‘We aren’t going to go faster, we are going to go as fast as the facts take us.’” POLITICO
— KAMALA HARRIS during her CNN town hall Monday night: “‘I believe Congress should take the steps towards impeachment. But I want to say this, because it doesn’t end there … I’m also a realist. … I have also witnessed folks in the United States Congress, and in particular in the GOP, who have been presented with many reasons to push back against this president and they have not.” POLITICO
— WHERE THE OTHER CANDIDATES STAND per STEPHANIE MURRAY — WARREN: Yes; SANDERS and AMY KLOBUCHAR: No; PETE BUTTIGIEG: Trump “deserves” impeachment, but it’s up to the House and Senate to do it.
— WHITE HOUSE YAWNS … GABBY ORR and KATIE GALIOTO: “One administration official said the White House is so unconcerned that it does not currently have a strategy in place for responding to potential impeachment proceedings. … ‘The likelihood that the Democrats will try to impeach the president is next to zero.’” POLITICO
— THIS IS POLITICAL MALPRACTICE by the White House. How can they not plan for something that’s at least a possibility — and will certainly be a topic in the political bloodstream for the foreseeable future?
— MEANWHILE, PELOSI is signaling that she is going to do everything she can to make sure there is enough investigatory action so that no one can complain Democrats are not doing enough. And that, in and of itself, could prove damaging to the White House. Congressional oversight can be quite probing, even if there’s no official impeachment effort.
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK … TOM STEYER APPLIES PRESSURE … Need to Impeach, the Steyer-funded impeach-Trump organization, is dropping $325,000 on MSNBC and CNN nationally and MSNBC, CNN and Fox News in D.C. on a new 30-second ad urging impeachment.
— THE SCRIPT: “It’s all here: 10 detailed acts of obstruction of justice. Robert Mueller’s report lays out a road map for impeachment proceedings against this president, and challenges Congress to do its job. I’m Tom Steyer, and we can’t let this president destroy the public trust, break his oath of office and get away with it. Congress has to do its job and hold him accountable. Please call them at this number. Tell them to get going.” The 30-second spot
WONDER WHAT’S ON THE PRESIDENT’S MIND? — MATTHEW CHOI: “Trump’s Monday night retweeting blitz”
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CLICKER — DARREN SAMUELSOHN, KYLE CHENEY and NATASHA BERTRAND: “What you missed in the Mueller report”: “Robert Mueller keeps on giving. Dozens of overlooked nuggets are buried deep inside the special counsel’s 448-page report that raise yet more intriguing questions about Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election and shed new light on things that weren’t previously known. …
“POLITICO dived back into the report and its 2,000-plus footnotes to unearth these details that have not gotten much attention.” POLITICO
ANDREW DESIDERIO: “House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Monday subpoenaed former White House counsel Don McGahn as part of his panel’s obstruction investigation into President Donald Trump, demanding that McGahn testify in public on May 21.” POLITICO
MEANWHILE … NOTHING TO SEE HERE … CNN’S MANU RAJU and JEREMY HERB: “Senate GOP says it’s time to move from Mueller”: “‘I’m all good, I’m done with the Mueller report,’ said Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham in an interview with CNN in South Carolina. ‘We will have (Attorney General William) Barr come in and tell us about what he found. I made sure that Mueller was able to do his job without interference. The Mueller report is over for me. Done.’” CNN
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THE BIG PICTURE … WAPO’S ASHLEY PARKER and JOSH DAWSEY: “Constraints on presidency being redefined in Trump era, report fallout shows”: “President Trump repeatedly tried to undermine the Russia investigation, but the special counsel overseeing the probe declined to say whether he broke the law — and the attorney general declared that he had committed no crime.
“Trump’s campaign showed a willingness to work with a foreign power — something his personal lawyer now insists is perfectly okay. And Trump has furiously rejected congressional scrutiny of his presidency — taking the unprecedented step Monday of suing a Democratic committee chairman to block a subpoena for his financial records.
“The events of the past week, following the release of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s dramatic 448-page report, are threatening to redefine the legal and ethical standards that have long served as constraints on the American presidency. And they suggest that few, if any, of the traditional guardrails that have kept Trump’s predecessors in check remain for this president and possibly those who will follow him.” WaPo
NEW POLL … STEVE SHEPARD: “President Donald Trump’s approval rating has dropped 5 points, equaling his presidency’s low-water mark, since last week’s release of the special counsel report into the 2016 election, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. …
“[H]owever, there is little support for removing Trump through the impeachment process, the poll shows.” POLITICO
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK … MARYLAND GOP GOV. LARRY HOGAN — who hasn’t ruled out launching a primary challenge to Trump — is taking part in a “Politics & Eggs” breakfast this morning at New Hampshire’s St. Anselm College. Asked if he were running, a Hogan spokesman, Mike Ricci, sent back a bitmoji with the words “I Got Nothing.”
— WHAT HE’LL SAY: “While partisanship and dysfunction have literally consumed Washington, right next door in Maryland, we have chosen a completely different path. We have been standing up for that exhausted majority who are fed up with all the angry and divisive politics. I believe that what people really want is for their elected officials in both parties to stop all the fighting and just get to work and get things done. …
“The problems we face are not easily remedied but we have faced and overcome more daunting challenges before as individuals and as a nation.” Watch the livestream here at 8:30 a.m.
2020 WATCH — DAVID SIDERS and STEPHANIE MURRAY in Manchester, N.H.: “Town hall marathon exposes not ‘terribly many differences’ in 2020 primary”: “Building up to its five-hour, back-to-back installment of presidential town halls on Monday night, CNN promised a new opportunity to compare Democratic primary contenders to one another. Wolf Blitzer deemed it a “major moment” in the evolving 2020 campaign.
“And when it was all over, what had the event delivered? A reminder, more than anything, of just how premature the Democratic primary campaign remains. Despite their proximity and the promise of cable television’s reach, the five Democrats who filed onto a stage in New Hampshire largely sparred without partners. They disagreed about whether Congress should pursue impeachment of President Donald Trump.
“But to the extent that there are ideological distinctions between them — on health care, college education and climate change — they presented those differences as mere shades of a similar kind. And when presented with opportunities to criticize one another, they demurred.” POLITICO
OUCH — Mediaite’s Aidan McLaughlin (@aidnmclaughlin):“Amy Klobuchar has her ‘please clap’ moment.” Video
BUTTIGIEG BACKLASH — “Rivals are scrambling to dig up dirt on Pete Buttigieg,” by NBC’s Josh Lederman
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TRUMP’S TUESDAY — The president will participate in a photo op with the White House News Photographers Association award recipients at 11:45 a.m. in the Oval Office. He will have lunch at 12:30 p.m. with VP Mike Pence in the private dining room. Trump will swear in Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in the Roosevelt Room at 3:45 p.m.
PLAYBOOK READS
WE THOUGHT JARED WAS CLOSE ON IMMIGRATION REFORM? … WAPO’S FELICIA SONMEZ and SEUNG MIN KIM: “Trump eyes action against countries with high visa-overstay rates”
SRI LANKA LATEST … “Sri Lanka Was Warned of Possible Attacks. Why Didn’t It Stop Them?” by NYT’s Jeffrey Gettleman and Dharisha Bastians in Colombo and Mujib Mashal: “In the days leading up to the devastating suicide bombings that killed nearly 300 people in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the country’s security agencies had been closely watching a secretive cell of the National Thowheeth Jama’ath, a little-known radical Islamist organization that security officials in Sri Lanka now say carried out the attacks and may have received help from abroad.” NYT
— AN ISIS LINK?: “A U.S. official directly familiar with the initial U.S. intelligence assessment said the group responsible for the attacks was likely inspired by ISIS.” By Jenni Marsh, Julia Hollingsworth and Bianca Britton, CNN
FED WATCH — “As Herman Cain Bows Out of Fed Contention, Focus Shifts to Stephen Moore,” by NYT’s Jim Tankersley and Alan Rappeport
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COMING ATTRACTIONS — “Donald Trump to pay first state visit to Britain in June,” by FT’s Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Jim Pickard in London:“The visit is expected to coincide with the 75th anniversary of D-Day, which will also see Mr. Trump attend an event in France to commemorate the end of the second world war.” FT
NO MUELLER RETORT? … Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani says in a new interview that the president’s legal team has decided not to issue its “counterreport” rebutting the special counsel: Bloomberg
— FUN READ … Sam Stein interviews the other Robert Mueller: The Daily Beast
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SCOTUS WATCH — “Trump’s Census Citizenship Question Faces Test in Supreme Court Clash,” by Bloomberg’s Greg Stohr: “[T]he effort by President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary is before the Supreme Court, which will hear the government’s appeal Tuesday in one of the biggest cases of the nine-month term. It will be the court’s first direct review of an administration initiative since the justices upheld the president’s travel ban last year.” Bloomberg
JOSH GERSTEIN emails: “Even with three district court judges having found the Trump administration’s move to add the citizenship question unlawful, this seems like an uphill battle for those who fear adding the query will discourage recent immigrants and their families from taking part in the 2020 census. The current court is highly suspicious of judicial efforts to intrude on executive power and, in particular, the executive branch’s decision-making process.
“Keep a close eye Tuesday on Chief Justice John Roberts, as well as Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Last November, when the court had the chance to head off the first trial on Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s decision, Roberts and Kavanaugh appear to have sided with the court’s liberals to let the trial go forward. It seems Roberts and Kavanaugh’s position was based on the posture of the case at the time, so it would be a surprise if they sided with the liberals again this time around.”
MEDIAWATCH — “What to do about Sarah Sanders? White House reporters have a few ideas,” by WaPo’s Paul Farhi: “One White House reporter, April Ryan, has openly called for Sanders to be fired. While others don’t go that far, they acknowledge that Sanders’s public statements have damaged her, perhaps permanently, as the president’s spokeswoman. In conversations with reporters, it’s not unusual to hear her compared unfavorably to Ron Ziegler, President Nixon’s press secretary, whose reputation was shredded by the Watergate scandal.” WaPo
— STALKING BOB MUELLER: MSNBC freelancer Mike Viqueira defends his attempt to interview the special counsel outside of church: “Whether it is Easter Sunday or Wednesday outside an office building, if a newsmaker is in our sight, we ask them questions.” Poynter
PLAYBOOKERS
WHITE HOUSE DEPARTURE LOUNGE — Bill Hughes has left the White House as deputy director of the Executive Office of the President. He started Monday as an associate deputy attorney general at DOJ.
FOGGY BOTTOM DEPARTURE LOUNGE — Jennifer Newstead is joining Facebook as general counsel. She most recently served as legal adviser at State. The company also named John Pinette VP of global communications. He most recently was VP of marketing and communications at Vulcan Inc.
TRANSITIONS — Bryan DeAngelis, most recently with Kivvit, is joining Hamilton Place Strategies as a managing director. Stephanie Walstrom is also joining the firm as a director after working at the ONE Campaign. … Christian Heyne has joined Brady as VP of policy. He previously was legislative director at the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. … Emily Samsel is the League of Conservation Voters’ new national press secretary. She most recently was press secretary for Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo’s reelection campaign and worked on Hillary ’16 and Obama ’12.
SPOTTED at a dinner Monday hosted by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and his wife Hilary Ross for the National Council on White House History, part of the White House Historical Association: Buffy Cafritz, David and Lorna Gladstone, Paul and Rose Carter, Mary Mochary, Stewart McLaurin, Keith and Metta Krach, Fred and Genny Ryan, Claire Dwoskin, Frank and Debbie Islam, Rhett Wilson, Melissa Kirkpatrick and Chandler Battaile.
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Gideon Lett, principal and head of the Bay Area office of Monument Advocacy. A fun fact about Gideon: “I once opened for MC Hammer. Granted, it was a San Francisco rally organized around our shared concerns with SOPA/PIPA, but I will take it nonetheless.” Playbook Plus Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: John Oliver is 42 … Kal Penn is 42 (hat tip: Nick Troiano) … Michael Moore is 65 … Hadar Susskind … Terrence Clark, Nevada communications director at Warren for President … Gus Portela, executive director at Accuracy in Media … Tim Lim, founder of Lim Consulting … POLITICO’s Cory Bennett, Blend Qatipi and Phil Vavelidis … Neil Strauss of the Republican Jewish Coalition … Aaron Huertas … Pili Tobar, deputy director at America’s Voice … Ted Trippi … Bridget Grace Matticola … Gideon Bender … Doug Brake of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (h/t the ITIF team) … Kegan Beran of FlexPoint Media (h/t Steve Johnston) … Michael Gianaris is 49 … Alexis Hurley is 43 (h/t David A. Andelman) … DOE’s Zachery Michael is 3-0 (h/t Chris LaMontagne) … Katie Webster …
… Alexis Kleinman, editor at NYT’s T Brand Studio … No Labels co-founder Clarine Nardi Riddle (h/t Margaret White) … Dave Falkenstein … Sarah Nielsen … Kindred Motes is 29 … Alex Johnson … Darien Flowers, senior adviser in the office of the undersecretary for policy at DOT … Jennifer Smith of Chevron’s policy, government and public affairs team …Edelman’s Amy Wainwright … Aerin Lauder is 49 … MSNBC’s Alex Lupica … Alex Swieca is 27 … Michael Celler … Paula Dwyer, senior editor at Bloomberg News … Therese Burch … Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif.) is 54 … Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) is 66 … Cliff Rosenberger is 38 … WNYC’s Beth Fertig … Josh Kriegman … Andrew Brent … Justin White … Mitchell Whiteman … Tanya Melich … Richard Bender … Martha Laning … Tom Russell (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)
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Read on » Trump Has a Plan to End Immigrant Visa Overstays By R. Mitchell – President Trump has issued orders to his administration to end visa overstays which accounted for more than 415,000 illegal aliens being in the U.S. in 2019. “We have laws that need to be followed to keep Americans safe and to protect the integrity of a system where, right now, there … Trump Has a Plan to End Immigrant Visa Overstays 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 » Watch: Is Denmark Socialist? By R. Mitchell – Socialism has failed across the world – from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to China, Vietnam, North Korea and, most recently, Venezuela. So now the left references countries like Denmark as “proof” that socialism works. Otto Brons-Petersen explains why they’re wrong: Denmark is just as capitalist as the United … Watch: Is Denmark Socialist? is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Trump’s Census Citizenship Question Faces Supreme Court Scrutiny By Kevin Daley – The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over the Trump administration’s bid to append a citizenship question to the 2020 census questionnaire. Democratic states and city governments are challenging the citizenship question, fearing that diminished noncitizen participation will deprive them of federal funding and seats in Congress. The Justice Department, … Trump’s Census Citizenship Question Faces Supreme Court Scrutiny 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 » Republicans Aren’t Racists, Democrats Are By Nicolas Gonzalez – Racist, bigoted, white supremacists. It has become constantly repeated that these are the characteristics of Republicans. An immense majority of Republicans are white men, anyway, so wouldn’t that be self-evident? The truth is that this is just the opposite. As Dinesh D’Souza rightly puts it, the Democratic party is the … Republicans Aren’t Racists, Democrats Are 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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Read on » Border Patrol Costs Exploding As More Migrant Families Reach The US By Jason Hopkins – One Border Patrol sector expects to spend around four times as much on basic necessities as more illegal family units descend on the U.S.-Mexico border. $300,000 was spent on food, formula, diapers and basic medical care by Border Patrol’s Yuma Sector in fiscal year 2018, according to a report by … Border Patrol Costs Exploding As More Migrant Families Reach The US 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 » The Backstabbers – Ben Garrison Cartoon By Ben Garrison – Hothead McCain epitomized what it meant to be a ‘RINO,” which means ‘Republican in name only.’ He voted no on repealing Obama Care, for example and supported open borders. He was a Deep State puppet, a warmonger and in the pocket of George Soros. Taking his place is Mitt Romney, … The Backstabbers – Ben Garrison 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. Read on » Trump Confirms Herman Cain Won’t Get Fed Nomination By Evie Fordham – President Donald Trump said that he would not nominate former presidential candidate Herman Cain for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board on Twitter Monday. “My friend Herman Cain, a truly wonderful man, has asked me not to nominate him for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board,” Trump wrote … Trump Confirms Herman Cain Won’t Get Fed Nomination 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 » New Jersey Mulls Raising Gun Permit Fees More Than 2000% By Whitney Tipton – Gov. Philip Murphy is proposing gun fee increases that are 20 times current levels to curb violence and illegal gun traffic in the state. Democratic lawmakers fear the increase will be seen as yet another major tax increase for the state. Gun owners view increases as “bullying” for sportsmen already … New Jersey Mulls Raising Gun Permit Fees More Than 2000% 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 » Measles Outbreak Wreaking Havoc, Officials Report 71 New Cases By Grace Carr – The United States is suffering one of its worst outbreak of measles on record as health officials reported on Monday 71 new cases of measles in the past week. 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Democrats Subpoena Former White House Counsel Don McGahn Following Mueller Report Yesterday afternoon, House Democrats subpoenaed Don McGahn, former White House Counsel, given his role as a key witness in the Mueller investigation. McGahn will testify before the Judiciary Committee in late May, as Democrats attempt to explore the findings released in the infamous Mueller Report last week. From Bloomberg: “It’s the biggest move yet by Democrats who control the House to mine Mueller’s findings for evidence on a subject that the special counsel explicitly left to Congress — whether President Donald Trump sought to obstruct justice. …McGahn laid out for Mueller a detailed road map of the president’s failed efforts to halt the special counsel’s probe. The lawyer, who talked to investigators for about two dozen hours and appears more than 500 times in Mueller’s report, described Trump’s unrealized demands to aides to fire Mueller and pressure former Attorney General Jeff Sessions. McGahn left the Trump administration in October after a tenure made tumultuous by his handling of investigations into the Russian election interference. While Trump and McGahn had a contentious relationship near the end, he was credited with successfully advancing Trump’s conservative judicial picks, most notably Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.” JoshHammer fromThe Daily Wire made an apt comparison when labeling the Mueller Report as a “Democratic Oppo Research Document” whose purpose was to “hint at non-indictable obstruction of justice grievances in order to possibly tee up the filing of impeachment articles from an overzealous Congress.” When discussing claims of obstruction of justice, Hammer offered no shortage of critique for the Democrats and their ability to twist a collusion narrative into an obstruction narrative: “Next is obstruction of justice — the focus of Mueller’s criminal probe, into which the initial counter-intelligence probe oh-so-conveniently morphed after the shameful (and partisan) origins of the Steele dossier was laid bare and the fantastical notion of “collusion” was, Adam Schiff’s ceaseless braggadocio notwithstanding, shown to be an utter farce to any sentient human being… The final result of the Mueller probe is thus its mere utility as a Democratic Party oppo research document for purposes of both the 2020 presidential campaign and the filing of possible articles of impeachment in the U.S. House. This situation clearly never should have transpired, for both partisan interest reasons and fundamental separation of powers reasons. If Congress sought to gin up incitement for impeachment articles, then Congress was perfectly capable of doing so with its own subpoena power and formation of ad hoc investigation committees. And if the Democratic Party wants an oppo research file, then that is what the DNC is for.” As Sri Lanka Searches for Answers, Reports Emerge that Warnings Had Been Given Following the horrific bombing attacks on Christians in Sri Lanka that killed 290 people and wounded 500 others, new reports are emerging that security agencies had warned polices of potential attacks on one of Christianity’s holiest days. FromThe New York Times: “In the days leading up to the devastating suicide bombings that killed nearly 300 people in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the country’s security agencies had been closely watching a secretive cell of the National Thowheeth Jama’ath, a little-known radical Islamist organization that security officials in Sri Lanka now say carried out the attacks and may have received help from abroad. They knew the group was dangerous. They had collected intelligence on the whereabouts of its leaders in the April 11 security memo, which warned of Catholic church bombings. They had been warned even earlier by India that the group, also known by the spelling National Thowheed Jama’ath, was plotting church attacks. They knew as far back as January that radical Islamists possibly tied to the group had stockpiled weapons and detonators. Why the security agencies failed to act aggressively on the information before the bombings is now an enormous question. It has been further complicated by a feud between the president and prime minister, which left the prime minister ignorant of the information the security agencies possessed — leading to bitter recriminations that have created a new government crisis… Sri Lanka’s president has not provided any satisfying answers about why the security services did not do more to thwart the bombers. Shiral Lakthilaka, a senior adviser, denied that there had been any security lapses. “Everyone has done their job,” he said. “These kinds of alerts are coming time to time. Even U.S. or anyone will not try to panic people.” Given the scale of the attacks, experts are concerned that the attacks were orchestrated by a larger, international network, possibly evenISIS, though ISIS has made no formal claim over the attacks. Quick Links Problematic Women: Bre Payton’s Mom on Grief, Faith, and Living a Full Life (The Federalist) Obama’s EPA Mishandled the Flint Water Crisis, Residents Say. 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04/23/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Dems and the IG; Great Orange Whale; Elvis Goes to Vegas By Carl M. Cannon on Apr 23, 2019 08:31 am Good morning, it’s Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Today’s date is a reminder that we do not necessarily follow the crowd and that history occasionally rewards those who do their own thinking. The example I have in mind this morning came in 1956 when Elvis Presley played his first engagement in Las Vegas. Things didn’t go as planned: Young Mr. Presley’s act left an audience of squares nonplused and was duly panned by the press. It turns out there was a lesson in that reaction, which we’ll explore in a moment. First, I’d point you to RealClearPolitics’ front page, which presents our poll averages, videos, breaking news stories, and aggregated opinion columns spanning the political spectrum. We also offer original material from our own reporters and contributors, including the following: * * * IG’s FISA Probe May Hamper Dems’ Impeachment Plans. Susan Crabtree examines the potential ramifications of the Justice Department investigation expected to be completed as early as next month. Democrats’ Relentless, Fruitless Hunt for the Great Orange Whale. Charles Lipson assesses the Mueller Report’s impact on Trump critics’ obsession with bringing him down. The Trouble With BernieCare. Joe Grogan argues that Sanders’ Medicare for all proposal would end health care as we know it. Sanders’ Support Buoyed by Lack of Details on Medicare for All. In RealClearPolicy, Alfredo Ortiz writes that the candidate has yet to explain why he thinks the government can effectively run American health care. Persistence and Political Correctness at Amherst. In RealClearInvestigations, Richard Bernstein unpacks a recent episode at the liberal arts college and finds it revealing less as a victory for free inquiry than a tactical retreat for PC advocates. The Lesson of Burger King’s Meatless Whopper. RealClearMarkets editor John Tamny spotlights the fast-food chain’s narrow testing of its innovative new offering, and wishes federal policy makers (and the media) could learn from it. The Most Anti-Science Documentaries on Netflix. Ross Pomeroy compiled this list. The Particularity of Notre-Dame Cathedral. In RealClearReligion, M. Anthony Mills reflects on the connection visitors to the great church felt apart from the awe inspired by its monumental grandeur. 10 Best National Parks Outside the U.S. RealClearLife continues its nature-themed coverage in honor of Earth Day. * * * Elvis Presley was already a big deal in this country by April 1956, so when the New Frontier Hotel booked his band (Elvis, Scotty Moore and Bill Black) for a two-week gig it was something of a coup. “The handsome 21-year-old rock ‘n’ roller’s appearance,” gushed the Las Vegas Sun, “is considered to be the Las Vegas entertainment scoop of the year.” The Sun’s enthusiasm soured, though, when audiences didn’t respond in kind. Elvis and his band mates were booked into the New Frontier’s dinner theater, which may have been a mistake. In that venue, over their watered-down cocktails and lukewarm chicken cordon bleu, the middle-aged, married couples from Middle America sat mostly mute during Elvis’ act, looking perplexed by such numbers as “Blue Suede Shoes” and applauding politely at the end, more out of mercy than anything else, along with gratitude that the din had ended. Noting that the audience “sat through Presley as if he were a clinical experiment,” Newsweek compared the disconnect between the performer and the New Frontier clientele to “a jug of corn liquor at a champagne party.” Taking his cue from the Vegas tourists instead of the young people snapping up Presley’s records all over the country, Bill Willard of the Las Vegas Sun was underwhelmed. “Elvis Presley, arriving here on the wave of tremendous publicity, fails to hit the promised mark,” Willard wrote. “The brash, loud braying of his rhythm and blues catalog (and mind you, they are big hits everywhere, it seems) which albeit rocketed him to the big time, is overbearing to a captive audience.” “For the teen-agers, the long, tall Memphis lad is a whiz,” Willard added. “For the average Vegas spender or show-goer, a bore. His musical sound with a combo of three is uncouth, matching to a great extent the lyric content of his nonsensical songs.” Among The Sun’s readers, however, was an astute letter writer who felt compelled to respond. He was a Vegas resident named Ed Jameson, and he read the paper closely enough to know that Bill Willard usually covered the police beat. His prescient response was published a few days later. “I will try to bravely carry on after reading the report of the SUN’s police reporter concerning Mr. Elvis Presley now holding forth at the Venus Room of the Hotel New Frontier,” Jameson wrote. “I come not to bury Caesar, but to praise him. Despite the acid hemlock broth stirred by the Sun’s copy boy, methinks Mr. Presley will survive and live to sing some more. Not that for many moons to come his name will be well known about the countryside.” As I’ve written previously, Ed Jameson went on in this vein for a while, in prose that captured his own enthusiasm, along with the lingo of the times — and the spirit of the times that were just around the corner: “Perhaps this cat should have studied grand opera, the fiddle or just be satisfied herding a truck. I don’t join that school of thought,” Jameson added. “He’s happy and he’s making lots of other people happy doing just what he is doing naturally. You see, he’s a natural. Any dope knows what a natural is. “This cat Presley is neat, well gassed and has the heart. “Presley has a depth of tone that can sink deeper than a well. He can wilt into a whisper faster than a gossipmonger can throw down a free drink. He is classier than a new sock. … He really makes them cry. He’s a smooth cat, cool and crazy with new stuff. His sound is dreamy and unique, loaded with mystery. “So settle down, dad. …Youth is an exuberant stage of life with the top down. “Presley’s voice is that of American youth looking at the moon and wondering how long it will take to get there. He is not a Rock ‘n’ Roller nor is he a cowboy singer. He is something new coming over the horizon all by himself and he deserves his ever-growing audience. Nobody should miss him. Parents would do well to take their children to hear him. It would be a good way to get to know and understand your own kids.” Carl M. Cannon Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com Having trouble viewing this email? | [Unsubscribe] | Update Subscription Preferences Copyright © 2019 RealClearHoldings, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email becuase you opted in at our website. Our mailing address is: RealClearHoldings666 Dundee RoadBldg. 600Northbrook, IL 60062 Add us to your address book |
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From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
FIRST READ: Why aren’t Democrats pushing for a legislative fix on foreign election interference?
For all the debate about whether to pursue impeachment proceedings against President Trump, House Democrats have another remedy at their disposal that’s received far less attention.
That idea?
Make a big, explicit legislative push to punish individuals and campaigns trying to take advantage of future foreign interference in U.S. elections.
If a foreign government interfered in a U.S. election, and a particular campaign was eager to receive that help, why not try to pass laws making it harder for that to happen in the future?
Yes, the HR1 bill that House Democrats passed last month calls for a strategy to protect democratic institutions, as well as a commission to study it. But those provisions were buried under the act’s other voting, ethics and campaign-finance measures.
And there’s been little effort to rally around them.
Don’t get us wrong: The impeachment debate is a legitimate one; we’ve covered it here for months.
And sure, the GOP-controlled Senate can stymie any House-passed bill. (Of course, the same is true for impeachment, and the bar is even higher – a two-thirds vote is needed to convict.)
But why aren’t House Democrats trying to call any GOP bluff right now?
If Democrats and Republicans both are concerned about future foreign interference in U.S. elections – and want to prevent it from happening again – why not start there?
The Mueller report made it clear that the United States has 20th century election laws in a 21st century world.
In a world of cyber-threats and misinformation wars, the current laws on the books don’t cut it anymore.
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Pelosi: “We don’t have to go to articles of impeachment to obtain the facts”
As for the impeachment debate, House Democratic leaders told rank-and-file members on a conference call yesterday that they will pursue aggressive investigations into President Trump – but won’t commit to beginning impeachment proceedings.
Some of the highlights of the call, per NBC’s Leigh Ann Caldwell, Rebecca Shabad and Frank Thorp:
“We have to save our democracy. This isn’t about Democrats or Republicans. It’s about saving our democracy,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, according to a person on the call. “If it is what we need to do to honor our responsibility to the Constitution — if that’s the place the facts take us, that’s the place we have to go.”
But Pelosi added that saving the Democracy doesn’t necessarily constitute impeachment.
“We don’t have to go to articles of impeachment to obtain the facts, the presentation of facts,” she said.
Also: Two lawmakers, Reps. Val Demings of Florida and Jared Huffman of California, both spoke up in support of impeachment, according to two sources on the call
Supreme Court hears the Census/citizenship case
The other big story we’re watching today: The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments over the Trump administration adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
NPR: “In multiple lawsuits brought by dozens of states, cities and other groups, three federal judges at U.S. district courts have issued rulings blocking the administration’s plans for the question. It asks, ‘Is this person a citizen of the United States?’”
More: “All three judges — in New York, California and Maryland — ruled that [Commerce Secretary Wilbur] Ross’ decision to include the question violated procedures for adding new census questions under administrative law. The judges in California and Maryland have also ruled that adding the question is unconstitutional because it hurts the government’s ability to carry out the constitutional mandate for a once-a-decade head count of every person living in the U.S.”
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2020 VISION: Town Hall-Palooza
Last night, five Dem presidential hopefuls participated in CNN town halls in New Hampshire. Here’s a brief summary from NBC’s campaign reporters and correspondents:
Amy Klobuchar (per NBC’s Ali Vitali)
Defended pursuing a public option for health care rather than Medicare for All, and she dodged whether anything in the Mueller report was impeachable: “I believe I’m the jury here, so I’m not going to predispose things. I’m not going to say whether it is or isn’t. But I will say there are very disturbing things that would lead you to believe there’s obstruction of justice.”
Elizabeth Warren (also per NBC’s Vitali)
Argued that the House should begin impeachment proceedings against Trump, said she supports the Green New Deal, and responded to a question about getting “Hillary’d” in 2020: “One might say you persist. Organize. Build a grassroots movement … and that’s how I’m going to be the first women elected president of the United States.”
Bernie Sanders (per NBC’s Shaquille Brewster)
Resisted the push for impeachment, saying Congress should continue investigating. And he maintained that felons, including the Boston Marathon bomber, should be allowed to vote while in prison.
Kamala Harris (per NBC’s Vaughn Hillyard)
Said that Congress “should take the steps towards impeachment”; announced she’d sign four different executive actions if Congress doesn’t pass gun legislation in the first 100 days of her presidency; and said the Medicare for All bill she co-sponsored would allow for some supplemental private insurance.
Pete Buttigieg (per NBC’s Josh Lederman)
Said that Trump “deserves impeachment” but didn’t say whether Congress should pursue it; he disagreed with Sanders that incarcerated felons should be allowed to vote while in prison; and said that while Sanders and President Trump are “stupendously different,” they’ve both tapped into “anti-establishment energy.”
On the campaign trail today: Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Seth Moulton campaign in New Hampshire… Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar hit South Carolina… And Cory Booker stumps in Wisconsin.
TWEET OF THE DAY: Go Your Own Way
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is … five out of six
That’s the number of progressive policy proposals that showed majority support in a March CNBC poll.
The survey measured support for six Democratic-led initiatives. Here’s how they measure up:
- A federal requirement for paid maternity leave (84 percent support )
- Increased federal funding for child care (75 percent support)
- A $15 federal minimum wage (60 percent)
- Tuition-free college at state and public institutions (57 percent)
- Single-payer Medicare for All (54 percent)
- A universal basic income (28 percent)
While some opponents of Democrats have decried measures like tuition-free college and Medicare for All proposals as unrealistic or even socialist, those plans remain notably popular in public polling.
Fewer than a third of respondents said that they strongly opposed any of the five proposals that received majority support.
ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss
Herman Cain is out for the Fed (and Stephen Moore is facing a new round of questions, too.)
Jerry Nadler is subpoenaing Don McGahn.
Josh Lederman reports that Pete Buttigieg’s rivals are scrambling to find oppo.
The leader of a militia group that had been “detaining” migrants at the border also allegedly said the group was training to assassinate Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and George Soros.
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- McConnell promises to be ‘Grim Reaper’ for socialism if GOP wins
- Impeachment talk: Just sound and fury signifying nothing
- Diplomacy and defense
- Stop underestimating the ignorance and gullibility of the left
- Not even close: Socialism isn’t about social media, being social or ‘sharing’
- Pete Buttigieg surges to within 3 points of Joe Biden in New Hampshire
- John 16:33 – ‘ye shall have tribulation’
- Why has nobody claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka attacks?
| McConnell promises to be ‘Grim Reaper’ for socialism if GOP wins Posted: 23 Apr 2019 03:00 AM PDT Last week I shared an email I received from Mitch McConnell’s re-election campaign asking for a donation to help him keep his job as Kentucky’s senior senator and leader of the Republican party. McConnell provided no accomplishments earning him the right to serve what would be his SEVENTH term in office, other than a promise […] The post McConnell promises to be ‘Grim Reaper’ for socialism if GOP wins appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Impeachment talk: Just sound and fury signifying nothing Posted: 23 Apr 2019 01:40 AM PDT If you ever went to a Tea Party rally between 2010 and 2016, chances are you heard a whole lot about Obamacare. It was a disaster. It needed to be repealed. The Republicans were going to regain control of the House, Senate, and White House, and the first thing they were going to do was […] The post Impeachment talk: Just sound and fury signifying nothing appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Diplomacy and defense Posted: 22 Apr 2019 10:52 PM PDT In one sense, diplomacy is our first line of defense. It is always preferable to have diplomats in civilian attire working with their counterparts around the world to not only promote trade but moreover to keep countries away from each other’s throats over ideological differences. But diplomacy has its limits. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain […] The post Diplomacy and defense appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Stop underestimating the ignorance and gullibility of the left Posted: 22 Apr 2019 10:40 PM PDT As a conservative, I can break down the left vs. right paradigm by using two edited axioms. For the left, it’s “If at first you don’t succeed, double down and make it even worse.” For the right, it’s, “If it ain’t broke, do everything to keep the left from trying to fix it.” I’m sure […] The post Stop underestimating the ignorance and gullibility of the left appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Not even close: Socialism isn’t about social media, being social or ‘sharing’ Posted: 22 Apr 2019 08:46 PM PDT Leftists would like their label for organised evil to mean something other than subjugation and mass murder. We tend to avoid making light of America’s favourite socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [aka ‘AOC’] from the rationale that when someone is making a mistake it’s best to just get out of their way. However in this case, this […] The post Not even close: Socialism isn’t about social media, being social or ‘sharing’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Pete Buttigieg surges to within 3 points of Joe Biden in New Hampshire Posted: 22 Apr 2019 01:23 PM PDT When New Hampshire holds its primary next year, only Iowa will have decided in their caucuses who they like for the Democratic nomination. It’s an important early state and the first primary, making it a popular early destination for candidates vying for the spot. As a New England state, it’s generally dominated in early polls […] The post Pete Buttigieg surges to within 3 points of Joe Biden in New Hampshire appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| John 16:33 – ‘ye shall have tribulation’ Posted: 22 Apr 2019 12:37 PM PDT These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. – John 16:33 (KJV) One of the most confused and misunderstood verses in the Bible is John 16:33. In it, Yeshua comforts His disciples […] The post John 16:33 – ‘ye shall have tribulation’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Why has nobody claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka attacks? Posted: 22 Apr 2019 12:13 PM PDT There are certain hallmarks of radical Islamic terrorists. Yesterday’s attacks in Sri Lanka had most of them: the use of suicide bombers, crowded targets centered on people of Judeo-Christian faiths, coordinated timing of multiple attacks, and symbolism in the day selected for the attack. But one conspicuous hallmark was and is missing. Nobody has claimed responsibility. […] The post Why has nobody claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka attacks? appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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