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| Good morning from Washington, where the Supreme Court hears arguments over restoring a citizenship question to the census. Mike Gonzalez has thoughts. How workable is Elizabeth Warren’s new plan to fix college loans? Lindsey Burke has answers. On the podcast, Rachel del Guidice speaks with an angel mom who lost her son to a drunk driver. Plus: Rachel Greszler on the shape of your Social Security, Walter Williams on an attempt to silence Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Dennis Prager on those folks Obama and Clinton call “Easter worshippers.” |
| Commentary Elizabeth Warren’s Debt ‘Cancellation’ Plan Would Make College More Expensive, Not Less Since 1980, the cost of attending a four-year public university has increased 287%—an uptick rate surpassed only by increases in the cost of medical care. More Commentary What Social Security’s Shortfall Means for You Anyone below the age of 52 today is on track to receive only 75% to 80% of their scheduled benefits. More Analysis A Mom’s Fight Against Illegal Immigrant Criminals “The thing that really catapulted me into this fight was the leniency that’s shown to illegal aliens in our court system, because my son’s killer was a repeat illegal alien criminal,” says Mary Ann Mendoza. More Commentary This Supreme Court Case Threatens the Left’s View of Group Identity, Victimhood If the Supreme Court sides with the Trump administration, it could prevent liberal districts from swelling their numbers by adding populations of non-voting noncitizens or even illegal immigrants. More Commentary Why Obama and Clinton Tweeted About ‘Easter Worshippers,’ Not Christians Their tweets are worth serious analysis because they reveal a great deal about the left. More Commentary Snowflake Students Tried to Block Kavanaugh From Teaching. Thankfully, They Failed. One student told George Mason’s board of visitors, “It has affected my mental health knowing that an abuser will be part of our faculty.” More |
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Free College On Monday, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released a plan to forgive student loan debt and make public colleges free, paid for by a wealth tax. Medium From the Left The left generally believes this is a strong start to trying to address the student loan debt problem, while some are critical of the plan’s scale. “Americans have long agreed that 12 years of education is a public good. But that number — 12 — is clearly outdated. For people to compete in today’s economy, they’ll need more schooling. We can and should argue about whether the right number is 14 or 16. But it’s not 12… The Warren plan expends resources on student debtors from upper-income families, but it is still broadly progressive… Among low and moderate-income families — those in the bottom 40 percent of the income distribution — close to 90 percent of borrowing households would have their student debt wiped out compared to just under 30 percent of those in the top 10 percent.” Jared Bernstein, Washington Post “Because it caps forgiveness at $50,000, it won’t hand giant windfalls to lawyers and doctors by forgiving their entire law or medical school debt… It’s the best, basic blueprint a politician has produced for how to design debt forgiveness without making it a straight giveaway to the upper middle class.” Jordan Weissmann, Slate “College tuition is rising, in large part, because state legislatures across the country have slowly been abandoning their commitment to fund public colleges and universities… According to one analysis, state funding for public colleges and universities in 2018 was $7 billion below its 2008 levels — and that is after adjusting for inflation. One way public four-year institutions have stayed in business is by raising tuition by an average of 36 percent during that decade… At the very least, it is worth renewing the commitment by state governments to subsidize their local colleges and universities.” Joel Mathis, The Week “I don’t buy the argument that debt forgiveness is some sort of moral hazard… Yes, my loans are paid off, so I wouldn’t get a direct benefit. But if all those millennials freed of debt start bidding up house prices, then I get my benefit in the form of property appreciation. These things are connected. And if the morally questionable behavior at hand is ‘going to college,’ then I’m not exactly panicking… I have no illusions that a plan of this scope will pass anytime soon, and there’s no shortage of devils in the details. But kudos to Senator Warren for raising the question.” Matt Reed, Inside Higher Ed Critics posit that Warren’s “premise seems to be that student debt is all burden and no benefit, but this is not true: It represents an investment in skill acquisition that pays substantial long-term benefits. President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers estimated this lifetime ‘earnings premium’ at about $1 million over a worker with only a high school education. It’s not unfair to expect people to pay back their loans out of that income. What might be unfair is debt relief to the exclusion of other priorities with wider benefits, including to people who did not go to college at all… [What’s needed is] a targeted approach that relieves the worst financial stress of those least able to handle it, not a sweeping bailout for the middle class and above.” Editorial Board, Washington Post “There are obvious benefits to society to motivate as many people as possible to get as much education as they can. I’m just not sure that free public college for everyone and debt cancellation for almost everyone is the most sensible way of getting there… My attitude is also partly driven by my twin obsessions with universal health care and climate change. If we’re going to spend large sums of money, I want to spend it there first. After we’ve done that it will be time to see how much appetite we collectively have for additional big-dollar programs.” Kevin Drum, Mother Jones From the Right The right is critical of the plan, arguing that it would be unfair to those who chose not to attend college, and further exacerbate tuition inflation. “It is extraordinarily unjust to the working class. Many blue collar people are living on lower wages because they couldn’t afford to go to college. They chose the responsible route, stayed within their means, avoided buying something they couldn’t pay for, and accepted a humbler lifestyle as a result. Warren and her Democratic cohorts plan to make fools of these people. It turns out they could have just gone to college, taken out the loan, and never paid it back… “Whatever possible argument could be made for loan forgiveness would clearly apply just as much to any other form of debt — mortgage, car, credit card, etc. If you’re struggling with student debt and you’re handed a get-out-of-jail-free card, and I didn’t go to college but I’m struggling to pay my mortgage, should I not be offered the same deal? If your debt is a public emergency, why isn’t my debt also an emergency?” Matt Walsh, The Daily Wire “People who go to college typically earn higher incomes than those who don’t… Warren estimates that debt forgiveness would cost $640 billion. To put that in perspective, it would cost about $6 billion per year to double the earned-income tax credit — a federal program that subsidizes wages for low-income households — for childless workers. I’d rather spend the marginal taxpayer dollar expanding economic opportunity for the working poor than giving a subsidy to relatively well-off households… “The U.S. already has a safety net in place to deal with those [unable to pay off their loans]. For example, income-based repayment plans adjust monthly student loan payments based on income and family size, and any outstanding balance is forgiven after two decades of payments have been made. Warren should explain why these programs are inadequate.” Michael R. Strain, Bloomberg “There are those who may have taken higher-paying jobs they didn’t necessarily want to pay off loans. And there are those who have cut expenses to the bare bones to pay off loans while watching their friends with similar salaries eat out and travel and deprioritize paying off loans. Those who were more responsible will feel justifiably enraged at the idea that those who may have been more profligate will now get a bailout from the government.” Philip Klein, Washington Examiner “Warren’s proposal would likely expedite the rise in college tuition. It comes down to simply math: When colleges know the federal government is financing ‘free’ tuition in perpetuity, they’ll have all the more reason to raise tuition and fees, which taxpayers will then absorb… researchers Grey Gordon and Aaron Hedlund found that raising subsidized loan limits led to a 102% increase in tuition from 1987 to 2010. Absent that additional federal money, the authors estimate tuition would have only gone up by 16% on net.” Lindsey Burke, Daily Signal “Colleges hike their tuition every year because they can. The feds have been willing to increase loan amounts to match whatever colleges charge. The result? Every dollar lent inflates tuition by another 60 cents, according to Federal Reserve research. In this heartless scheme, students are mules, carrying dollars from Washington to campuses nationwide. Never mind if they ever graduate or land jobs to pay back their loans… “It would be fairer to require colleges to refund a portion of the loan money to Uncle Sam when a student doesn’t make it to graduation. Colleges need to have skin in the game, so they’ll try harder to get students through the course of study and into the working world.” Betsy McCaughey, New York Post On the bright side… Have hen will travel: the man who sailed round the world with a chicken. The Guardian Share Tweet Forward Sign Up Here Copyright © 2019 The Flip Side, All rights reserved. You can unsubscribe from this list here. |
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POLITICO Playbook: Trump ratchets up fight with Congress with testimony ban
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04/24/2019 06:00 AM EDT
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TRUMP DECLARES WAR ON HOUSE DEMS … WAPO’S BOB COSTA, TOM HAMBURGER, JOSH DAWSEY and ROZ HELDERMAN: “President Trump on Tuesday said he is opposed to current and former White House aides providing testimony to congressional panels in the wake of the special counsel report, intensifying a power struggle between his administration and House Democrats.
“In an interview with The Washington Post, Trump said that complying with congressional requests was unnecessary after the White House cooperated with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe of Russian interference and the president’s own conduct in office. ‘There is no reason to go any further, and especially in Congress where it’s very partisan — obviously very partisan,’ Trump said. … ‘I don’t want people testifying to a party, because that is what they’re doing if they do this,’ Trump said.” WaPo
— IT’S DIFFICULT to adequately state how unsustainable President DONALD TRUMP’S position is.
FIRST of all, Congress is always controlled by “a party,” so the idea that his aides would be testifying to a party is not really unusual — it’s the norm.
SECOND: The White House can’t just summarily block all document production and testimony — Congress could hold people in contempt. Most smart administrations — Republican or Democrat — pretend to cooperate, but slow-walk testimony and document production. That way it seems like you’re trying, but you’re actually not.
THIRD: How do you think Trump’s meeting next week on infrastructure with SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI will go if this holds up? How can Pelosi conduct any business with the president if he decides to stiff-arm the Hill? Maybe Trump wants a battering ram and doesn’t care about legislative achievements. Maybe he has decided Dems will look overzealous no matter what. More on the White House meeting from Marianne LeVine
IMAGINE Barack Obama said he was not going to send any witnesses to a Republican House and would ignore document requests. The GOP would have lit its collective hair on fire.
FROM 30,000 FEET … ANITA KUMAR and ANDREW DESIDERIO: “Three dramatic clashesbetween White House lawyers and congressional Democrats over the past 36 hours have created an atmosphere of total war … suggesting that even modest compromise may be impossible and that protracted court fights likely are inevitable.” POLITICO
— DARREN SAMUELSOHN, ANDREW DESIDERIO and KYLE CHENEY: “Mueller’s done. But Trump’s still offering evidence”
— RUDY GIULIANI: “I agree with the strategy of now fighting everything, the way Clinton did initially. … We already gave every document we have, every witness we have. I don’t think the White House should sit by and have them do it all over again.” NYT
WSJ ED BOARD: “Thank You, Don McGahn”: “President Trump should be savoring the end of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation with no charges of collusion or obstruction of justice, but as ever he can’t stand prosperity. His post-report scrap with former White House counsel Don McGahn shows how this President is so often his own worst enemy.” WSJ
WHERE THE PRESIDENT’S HEAD IS — @realDonaldTrump at 6:43 p.m.: “You mean the Stock Market hit an all-time record high today and they’re actually talking impeachment!? Will I ever be given credit for anything by the Fake News Media or Radical Liberal Dems? NO COLLUSION!”
AHEM … WSJ FRONT PAGE WEDNESDAY: “Resurgence Puts S&P 500 and Nasdaq Back at Record Levels”
MEANWHILE … JOSH GERSTEIN: “House asks judge to halt Trump border wall funding”: “The House of Representatives has asked a federal judge to block President Donald Trump’s plan to build a border wall using Defense Department funds. On Tuesday, House lawyers requested that U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden issue a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s plan to spend about $6 billion from military construction and counter-drug accounts to build additional barriers along the U.S-Mexico border.” POLITICO
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FREE ADVICE FOR TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS: TRUMP doesn’t want you to go to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, but we have a different idea: Do what you want. If you want to go — do it. Your free time is your free time, providing you aren’t breaking the law. Just because the president seems intent on demonizing the people who cover him doesn’t mean you have to. Here’s a guarantee: You’ll be in this town a lot longer than he will, and your currency is your relationships — including those with reporters.
MANY TRUMP OFFICIALS have great relationships with the press — and the White House benefits from that. The president might not care, but you should.
DARE THE WHITE HOUSE TO FIRE YOU for going to a dinner celebrating the freedom of the press. We bet you he won’t. The guy didn’t fire Bob Mueller! You think he’s gonna fire you?! It’s not like people are lining up to work in this White House. … Holler and we’ll save some seats for you.
JUST WONDERING … Will this affect whether Republican lawmakers — particularly those close to the president — will attend the dinner?
THIS ISN’T THE FIRST D.C. DINNER the president has skipped this year. He also bailed on the 2019 Gridiron, sending his daughter Ivanka to speak instead. Back in 2018, the president attended the dinner, perhaps the most insidery-of-insider press event of all — reporters literally dress up and perform skits while Washington potentates laugh. He took the roasting and gave as good as he got.
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2020 WATCH … ALEX ISENSTADT and HOLLY OTTERBEIN: “Trump camp descends on Pennsylvania as alarms grow over 2020”: “Senior Trump 2020 advisers are headed to Harrisburg on Wednesday to meet with Pennsylvania GOP officials amid mounting concerns about the president’s prospects in the critical battleground state.
“Trump’s campaign is moving to shore up the state after a 2018 midterm election that saw Republicans get blown out in races up and down the ballot. … The private meeting, confirmed by a half-dozen party officials, underscores the high stakes for the president … Trump won Pennsylvania by less than 1 point in 2016, and reelection aides view the state’s 20 electoral votes as crucial to his 2020 hopes.” POLITICO
— AP’S JULIE BYKOWICZ and KEN THOMAS: “Joe Biden’s Expected 2020 Bid Is Likely to Rely on Big Donors”: “There is little evidence that Mr. Biden, 76 years old, has worked to foster a base of small donors in the two years since he left office. He has expressed concern to Democratic fundraisers that he won’t be able to make a splash with early online donations the way Mr. Sanders and other candidates have.
“The political action committee that Mr. Biden started in May 2017 to help Democrats spent more than $550,000 in digital consultants, but that investment barely paid off, Federal Election Commission records show. The group, American Possibilities PAC, received $923,000 from donors giving $200 or less, out of the $2.6 million it raised.” WSJ
— NYT’S SHANE GOLDMACHER: “Even before he formally enters the race, Mr. Biden is grappling with some internal tensions as he builds an organization: A launch video crafted by his new media consultant, Mark Putnam, was not favorably received by other advisers, and the former vice president’s longtime aide Mike Donilon devised an alternative video, according to two Democrats briefed on the dispute.” NYT
— AP’S ERRIN HAINES WHACK: “White presidential candidates face ‘woke litmus test’” (The headline was later changed to: “For white candidates, straight talk on race becoming a must”)
THE NEW IOWA … L.A. TIMES’ MICHAEL FINNEGAN: “Beto O’Rourke opens his California campaign Saturday in Los Angeles”: “The former El Paso congressman will stop at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College downtown for an outdoor rally at 4 p.m. Saturday. On Sunday, O’Rourke is planning a town hall at the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco, followed by multiple stops in the Central Valley on Monday. He wraps up his visit Tuesday morning with a town hall in San Diego.
“Notably absent from O’Rourke’s itinerary are the private Hollywood and Silicon Valley fundraisers that presidential candidates typically hold during visits to California. Spokesman Chris Evans said O’Rourke has held no fundraising events and has not scheduled any.” LAT
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TRUMP’S WEDNESDAY — The president and first lady Melania Trump will leave the White House at 10:40 a.m. en route to Atlanta. They will deliver remarks at the Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta at 1:15 p.m. Afterward, they will return to D.C.
PLAYBOOK READS
NYT’S MARK LEIBOVICH: “The Other Resistance: President Trump is overwhelmingly popular with his base, but a handful of dissident Republicans think they know how to defeat him in a primary contest. Are they crazy?” NYT Mag
FED WATCH — “Stephen Moore’s Columns Deriding Women Raise New Questions for Trump Fed Pick,” by NYT’s Jim Tankersley: “Stephen Moore built a career in conservative media by championing tax cuts and leaning into the culture wars, bashing ‘radical feminists’ and bloated government with equal zeal. His writings helped him land a promised nomination to the Federal Reserve from President Trump, but they could hurt his chances at Senate confirmation, if Mr. Trump officially nominates him.
“Mr. Moore’s long paper and video trail contains potential roadblocks to confirmation — particularly a history of writing about women in unflattering terms. His writings contain language that sometimes echoes Mr. Trump’s past comments about women on shock radio and on the infamous ‘Access Hollywood’ tape. Republican senators have shown less tolerance for such sentiments from some of Mr. Trump’s nominees than they have from the president himself.” NYT
BRAIN FOOD — “Renters Are Mad. Presidential Candidates Have Noticed: Democrats court a new voting bloc: people who don’t own homes,” by NYT’s Emily Badger: NYT
— RELATED: “What $4,900 rents in San Francisco right now”
NEW WOMEN RULE PODCAST — ANNA spoke with BUSTLE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF KATE WARD in the latest Women Rule podcast. Listen and subscribe
CONWAY VS. CONWAY — Checks and Balances, a relatively new group of conservative lawyers led by GEORGE CONWAY, issued a statement Tuesday on the Mueller report: “The report’s details add to an existing body of information already in the public domain documenting the president’s violations of his oath, including but not limited to his denigration of the free press, verbal attacks on members of the judiciary, encouragement of law enforcement officers to violate the law, and incessant lying to the American people.
“We believe the framers of the Constitution would have viewed the totality of this conduct as evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors. Accordingly, Congress, which carries its own constitutional oversight responsibilities, should conduct further investigation.” The statement
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HOT IN DES MOINES … “Iowa lawmaker cites disapproval with Donald Trump as reason he’s leaving Republican Party,” by the Des Moines Register’s Robin Opsahl and Barbara Rodriguez: “The longest-serving Republican in the Iowa Legislature … Rep. Andy McKean, who represents Anamosa in the state House of Representatives, announced Tuesday that he plans to register as a Democrat and vote with the minority caucus.
“‘With the 2020 presidential election looming on the horizon, I feel, as a Republican, that I need to be able to support the standard bearer of our party,’ McKean said during a news conference at the Capitol. ‘Unfortunately, that’s something I’m unable to do.’” Des Moines Register
WHAT THE PENTAGON IS READING — “Navy SEALs Were Warned Against Reporting Their Chief for War Crimes,” by NYT’s Dave Phillips
KIM SUBTWEETS TRUMP … AP: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia by train on Wednesday, a day before his much-anticipated summit with President Vladimir Putin that comes amid deadlocked diplomacy on his nuclear program.
“Kim, dressed in a black coat and a fedora, first met with Russian officials at Russia’s Khasan train station near its border with the North, before traveling on to the Pacific port city of Vladivostok for a summit with Putin on Thursday. …
“Kim said on arrival that he … would like to discuss with Putin ‘settlement of the situation in the Korean Peninsula’ as well as bilateral ties with Russia.” AP
KELLY CRAFT UPDATE — “Months later, Trump closes in on U.N. nomination: Kelly Knight Craft’s nomination could come next week, launching a tough confirmation process,” by Nahal Toosi and Gabby Orr: POLITICO
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VALLEY TALK — “Ireland is supposed to be the world’s privacy policeman. Instead, it’s catering to Big Tech,” by Nicholas Vinocur: “Interviews with scores of privacy experts, data watchdogs, academics and regulators in other countries reveal increasing concern that the landmark General Data Protection Regulation, the product of years of wrangling with data companies, is vulnerable because of the one provision on which the tech companies prevailed: That the lead regulator be in the country in which the tech firms have their ‘data controller’ – in most cases, Ireland.” POLITICO
— INSIDE TRUMP’S MEETING WITH TWITTER’S JACK DORSEY … WAPO’S TONY ROMM: “A significant portion of the meeting focused on Trump’s concerns that Twitter quietly, and deliberately, has limited or removed some of his followers, according to a person with direct knowledge of the conversation who requested anonymity because it was private. Trump said he had heard from fellow conservatives who had lost followers for unclear reasons as well.” WaPo
— “Why Facebook hired a Patriot Act author and privacy activist,” by Nancy Scola and Steven Overly: “The social networking giant on Monday brought on Jennifer Newstead, a Trump-appointed State Department official whose long record in Washington includes shepherding the George W. Bush-era PATRIOT Act through Congress.
“On Tuesday, Kevin Bankston, the executive director of the left-leaning Open Technology Institute, joined Facebook as director of privacy policy. Bankston, a longtime privacy advocate, once called the PATRIOT Act a ‘tremendous blow’ to Americans’ civil liberties.
“The hires highlight how Facebook … is pursuing a two-track approach to Washington, tapping Republican insiders to deal with the Trump administration and GOP-controlled Senate, while scooping up privacy activists to help navigate the seemingly endless user data scandals surrounding the company.” POLITICO
MEDIAWATCH — STEVEN PERLBERG in POLITICO Magazine: “How the Intercept Is Fueling the Democratic Civil War”: “Founded in 2014 by muckraking national security journalists Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Jeremy Scahill, the Intercept is still best-known for its first incarnation as an obsessive anti-surveillance reporting enterprise, and an activist voice for privacy and civil liberties—more anti-government than partisan. …
“But in the past few years, and especially in the aftermath of the 2016 campaign, the Intercept has taken a sharp turn into party politics. With a hard-charging Washington bureau chief, Ryan Grim, driving its political coverage, the Intercept has taken a more classic “gotcha” approach to campaign reporting, and landed in a unique spot in the media ecosystem—as the loudest voice attacking Democrats from the left.”
— “Inside Brian Williams’ big comeback” — Daniel Lippman and Paul Volpe, who are writing Morning Media this week
— FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Hanna Trudo will be a 2020 campaign reporter at The Daily Beast. She most recently was national politics reporter at National Journal and is a POLITICO alum.
PLAYBOOKERS
WHCD PARTY GUIDE — THURSDAY: Playbook is hosting a “White House Correspondents’ Weekend Kick Off Celebration” at WeWork Metropolitan Square at 6 p.m. … Gloria Dittus and Cathy Merrill Williams host their sixth annual Washington Women in Journalism Awards starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Anderson House. … Allen Gannett, Eric Kuhn, John McCarthy and Jennifer DeCasper, with support from T-Mobile, are hosting the sixth annual “Bytes and Bylines” party from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the residence of Irish Ambassador Daniel Mulhall. …
… FRIDAY: David and Katherine Bradley are hosting their annual pre-WHCD dinner at their home starting at 6 p.m. … RealClearPolitics, the National Restaurant Association, the Beer Institute and the Distilled Spirits Council host a reception called “A Toast to the First Amendment” from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the association’s HQ. … Roll Call is hosting a WHCD pre-party from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 801 Wharf St. SW. … TBS’ “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” hosts its second not-annual “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner” at 7 p.m. at DAR Constitution Hall (the show will be broadcast Saturday). …
… Qatari Ambassador Meshal bin Hamad AlThani and the Washington Diplomat are having a party at 8 p.m. at the U.S. Institute of Peace. … The Hill is hosting a party at 8 p.m. called “Politics Without Prejudice: A Toast to Freedom of the Press,” in conjunction with CRAFT, at the National Portrait Gallery that will feature a DJ performance from Questlove. … UTA is having its annual WHCD party co-hosted by Jay Sures and Mediate CEO Dan Abrams at Fiola Mare from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. …
… SATURDAY: Tammy Haddad is having her annual garden brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. that is co-hosted this year by Hilary Rosen, Jean Case, Mark and Sally Ein, Jennifer Dunn, Zac Moffatt, Greta Van Susteren and John Coale, Franco Nuschese and Fritz Brogan with special guest Jay Leno. … The Daily Beast has a cocktail party from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Connecticut Avenue near the Hilton. … Robert Allbritton and Susan Zirinsky are hosting a POLITICO/CBS News reception at 6 p.m. at the Washington Hilton. …
… Fred Ryan and The Washington Post are having a reception celebrating the Post’s Press Freedom Partnership from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Washington Hilton. … Thomson Reuters hosts a pre-party at 6 p.m. at the Washington Hilton. … BuzzFeed News hosts a “WHCD Watch (Or Not) Party” from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Bourbon on 18th Street. … Capitol File hosts its after-party celebration hosted by Michael Kelly of “House of Cards” and Jack Ryan from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Dupont Circle Hotel. … NBC News and MSNBC are having their after-party at the Italian Embassy. …
… SUNDAY: CNN is having its annual “Political Hangover Brunch” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. … Robert Allbritton and Dr. Elena Allbritton host their annual brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at their Georgetown home. … Thomson Reuters hosts a “Correspondents’ Brunch” at the Hay-Adams from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
SPOTTED: Don McGahn strolling past Charlie Palmer’s on Constitution Avenue (not far from the Jones Day offices). He was also spotted by a separate tipster walking along the newspapers outside the Newseum. Pic … Reggie Love on Tuesday at the Eaton Hotel’s coffee shop.
OUT AND ABOUT — Carly Fiorina held her only Washington event for her new book “Find Your Way” ($18.17 on Amazon) with RightNowWomen and MavPAC on Tuesday night at the offices of the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers. SPOTTED: Joel Wood, Shelley Hymes, Jean Card, Lisa Spies, Marlene Colucci, Lisa Gable, Lisa Nelson, Missy Foxman, Cherylyn Lebon, Laura Cox Kaplan, Neri Martinez and Jane Adams.
TRANSITIONS — Retired Gen. John “Mick” Nicholson Jr. will be president of the nonprofit PenFed Foundation. Nicholson previously commanded U.S. forces in Afghanistan and NATO’s Resolute Support Mission. … Rachel Rosen will be communications director for Democratic Majority for Israel. She most recently worked on comms at CAP and was a producer at CNN for more than a decade. The group also hired Joel Wanger to be political director. Wanger is a DCCC alum.
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Bill Browder turned 55 … Vice News’ Jesse Seidman (hat tip: Nihal Krishan)
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Ruth Guerra, managing director at CLS Strategies and a CLF/AAN and RNC alum. A fun fact about Ruth: “My friends tease me because my husband and I really enjoy cruises. We will for sure wait about 30 years to do another Viking Cruise BUT in all seriousness, I can’t think of an easier way to travel to numerous destinations with an itinerary at every stop (that I didn’t have to make) all without having to lug your suitcase from place to place. In fact, in about a month, we will be cruising on the French Riviera and Mediterranean.” Playbook Plus Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: Clay Shoemaker of the White House … former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is 77 … former Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny is 68 … Peter Daou … Michael Hirsh, senior correspondent at Foreign Policy … former Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) is 64 … Andrew Kirtzman … the Library of Congress, created from an act of Congress that President John Adams signed in 1800, is 219 … Zack Roday, comms director for Republicans on House Energy and Commerce, is 33 (h/t wife Alleigh Marre) … Michael Schneider … Bonnye Hart … Jill Griffiths, alum of FTI Consulting … Obama HQ alums Roz Skozen and Chris Herold … R Street’s Clark Packard is 35 … Alyssa Betz (h/t Rhonda Foxx) … Vanuatu PM Charlot Salwai is 56 …
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Read on » Pelosi Beats Back Calls For Trump Impeachment By Grace Carr – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi beat back calls from her Democratic peers to pursue impeachment of President Donald Trump, saying Monday there are better ways to address Trump’s behavior during investigations into alleged collusion with Russia. Pelosi described Trump’s behavior, according to special counsel Robert Mueller’s April 18 report, as “highly … Pelosi Beats Back Calls For Trump Impeachment 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 Harvard Poll: Young Voters Overwhelmingly Democrat, But Young Republicans More Conservative Than Their Boomer Brethren By Paul Ingrassia – Young Republican and Democrat voters are united in their dissatisfaction with Boomer politicians and overwhelmingly believe the country is heading in the wrong moral direction. 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Democrats close but still short votes needed to pass $15 minimum wage
Proponents of a $15 minimum wage are bullish about the prospects of the House passing a bill to incrementally double the current $7.25 federal standard over five years, despite Democrats seemingly being short the votes to do so. Read More…
Republicans have a post-Trump identity crisis on the horizon
Republicans are enjoying their ride in the White House and basking in the glow of a divided Democratic presidential field, but a monumental identity crisis is looming for the GOP. Read More…
Will 2020 Democrats condemn the Armenian genocide?
Whether the slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 amounted to a genocide is still a fraught political question for U.S. presidential candidates more than a century later. Read More…
Trade, infrastructure, health care issues dominate K Street
The renegotiated trade deal with Canada and Mexico, an elusive infrastructure package and debate over prescription drug prices dominated the lobbying agendas of some of the biggest spenders on K Street early this year, setting the legislative stage for the rest of 2019. Read More…
First quarter drug lobbying outpaces other health care sectors
Several health care trade groups and businesses upped their lobbying expenditures in the opening stretch of 2019, with the pharmaceutical industry reporting the highest expenditures as lawmakers focus on rising drug prices. Read More…
Mnuchin misses Trump tax returns deadline; asks for more time
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday he will make a determination by May 6 on whether to comply with House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal’s request for six years of President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Read More…
Trump opposes aides’ testimony on Mueller report, ramping up feud with Democrats
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is opposed to current and former White House officials testifying before Congress about special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report. Read More…
Will the White House or Trump’s lawyers block Don McGahn from testifying?
White House officials have yet to determine whether they will exert executive privilege to block all or some of Don McGahn’s possible testimony to Congress, after Robert S. Mueller III’s report portrayed him as defying the president’s orders to hinder the special counsel’s investigation. Read More…
‘I don’t think it’s a growing number’: Pelosi denies uptick in support for impeaching Trump
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday sought to tamp down on speculation that her caucus is fractured over the question of impeaching President Donald Trump and pushed back on reports that support for such a move is increasing. Read More…
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Will The Real Joe Biden Please Stand Up?
Biden 2020 is finally happening. Hurrah!
NBC reports the
former VP is announcing his bid on Thursday morning via a video
announcement. He will then appear in Pittsburgh on Monday for an event
at a local union hall, before visiting Iowa, New Hampshire, South
Carolina, and Nevada in the following weeks.
This will be Biden’s third run for the White House. If he were to win, he’d be 78 by the time he’s sworn in.
The big question is, which Joe Biden will run? The wannabe Democrat socialist who apologizes for his political career, or the moderate statesman who was willing to work across the aisle to get things done? TBD, but he’s already leading in the polls.
Stocks Hit Record High
It’s not every day your BRIGHT editors cover the stock market, but when it hits a record high, it’s worth mentioning, right?
“Tuesday’s move toward an all-time closing high comes less than six
months after a sharp decline in late December, which led the S&P 500
to its worst annual performance since 2008,” reports CNBC.
“But stocks quickly turned around as the Federal Reserve reversed
course on monetary policy while the tone around U.S.-China trade talks
improved.”
Rightly so, President Trump tweeted, “You mean the Stock Market hit an
all-time record high today and they’re actually talking impeachment!?
Will I ever be given credit for anything by the Fake News Media or
Radical Liberal Dems? NO COLLUSION!”
Is Netflix Chilling Your Sex Life? That’s the theory in a new Wall Street Journal piece asking whether streaming video responsible for America’s falling fertility rate. “Demographers have lots of theories about why the U.S. fertility rate recently hit an all-time low, ranging from the aftereffects of the recession that followed the financial crisis to the broader use of long-term birth control. It is hard to ignore, anecdotally at least, the impact of streaming entertainment, popularized by Netflix and available from the likes of Amazon.com Inc., Hulu and HBO. A 2017 paper in ‘Archives of Sexual Behavior’ which revealed that Americans were having less sex, on average, than they did three decades ago, offered streaming video as one possible culprit. Dr. Jean Twenge, the lead author and a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, says in the old days a favorite TV show was done at 10 p.m. sharp and commercial breaks gave people an excuse to talk to their partners. ‘Now, if you’re watching something streaming, the next episode is immediately available, and there are no commercials where you could look over and say, ‘Honey, you look cute tonight,’’ she said. … One in four people said they turned down intimacy in favor of binge watching in the prior six months, according to a March survey of more than 1,000 peopleconducted by SurveyMonkey for The Wall Street Journal. Among people 18 to 38, the rate is higher, with 36% of respondents saying they opted for streaming video.” My favorite part about this story is this response from Netflix: “[G]etting credit for a decades long decline in sex is beyond even our programming abilities.” Questionable, considering movies like this no doubt kill the romantic mood. Read the whole story here. And while we’re on the topic of Netflix, a PSA: Yes, ‘Chick Flick’ Is Still A Perfectly Valid Label. And Because It’s Hump Day… VIDEO: Nicholas Cage on how to deal with divorce.(Joking!) Did Donald Trump make Cher a conservative? But actually. Looking forward to watching Beyoncé’s “Homecoming” doc this weekend. And finally, Lord Disick is getting his own home makeover TV show. BRIGHT is brought to you by The Federalist. |
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04/24/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note The Bartman Factor; Census and Citizenship; Armenian Genocide By Carl M. Cannon on Apr 24, 2019 08:00 am Good morning, it’s Wednesday, April 24, 2019. The terror began on this night, 104 years ago, in Constantinople, the ancient city now known as Istanbul. On the orders of military authorities, more than 250 prominent Armenian intellectuals and civic leaders were arrested and taken from the city — and from Ankara — to a prison in the interior of the country. There, they were shot. The genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire had begun. In a moment, I’ll have more details on this horror, as well as its unfathomably lethal impact on 20th century Europe — and its continued reverberation on 21st U.S. politics. 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: * * * Russian Interference, the Steve Bartman of U.S. Politics. Steve Cortes writes that the media and political frenzy over Russia’s role in the 2016 election evokes the scapegoating of a Chicago Cubs fan for the team’s 2003 postseason implosion. Why the Census Citizenship Question Matters. Mike Hunter makes the constitutional case for adding the query in 2020. Dem Win Would End 60-Vote Rule, Secure Majority for Generations. Hal Lambert argues that a key congressional check on the controlling party’s power will disappear if Democrats gain control of Capitol Hill and the White House in 2020. It’s Time to Reform Federal Forfeiture Law. Jason Snead and Jordan Richardson assert that the FAIR Act would protect the innocent against abusive government seizure of their property and savings. Claremont’s “American Mind” Series. In RealClearPolicy, Bill Zeiser has this overview of the conservative think tank’s new online publication dubbed “Multiculturalism vs. America. House Democrats’ Climate Bill Is a Trojan Horse for Green New Deal. In RealClearEnergy, Jason Pye discusses the party’s strategy to enact the far-ranging climate resolution. Lowering Drug Costs by Govt. Decree Is a Dangerous Path. In RealClearMarkets, Demetrios Karoutsos warns that the president’s plan to reduce the cost of medicines isn’t underpinned by sound economic principles. * * * The word “genocide” was not yet in common usage in April 1915, but the first of the century’s episodes of mass murder motivated by racial or religious hatred was underway. The Armenians, Christians living in Muslim-dominated Turkey, fit both categories and when the bloodbath ended, the Turks had killed some 1.5 million Armenian men, women, and children. There was little in the way of armed resistance because — and this was a grim irony — most able-bodied men of an ethnic group accused of disloyalty were in uniform, having loyally enlisted in the Ottoman Empire’s armed forces at the outbreak of World War I. No genocide ever makes sense, but this one featured the perverse specter of Armenian soldiers being pulled out of the ranks and executed or imprisoned in slave labor camps. While this was going on, their wives, sons, daughters, parents, and siblings were attacked by organized vigilante groups that raped women, kidnapped children, and randomly put civilians to the sword. In confronting the true magnitude of the Nazi extermination camps after the end of World War II, Winston Churchill would later say that the world had been confronted by “a crime that has no name.” Raphael Lemkin, a Polish Jew who survived the war, had provided a name, however, and “genocide” was in time codified as an international crime against humanity. As early as 1895, the New York Times employed a different word now associated with genocide: “Another Armenian Holocaust,” read a headline about a pogrom that occurred 20 years before 1915. In other words, the concept of ethnic cleansing wasn’t unknown. But what happened in Turkey during the carnage of World War I was that the power of an entire nation was harnessed in such a cause. This was the first. It wouldn’t be the last. It was a crime covered extensively in the American press and denounced by U.S. officials and diplomats as it was unfolding. Theodore Roosevelt called the slaughter of the Armenians “the greatest crime of the war.” These protestations had no effect on Turkey, which was not then an ally of the United States. World opinion, then as now, only counted for so much — as evil men had noticed. On the eve of Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939, Adolf Hitler invoked the fate of Armenia to allay any qualms his military officers might have about the systematic war crimes the Third Reich was about to unleash on the Poles — and Jews wherever they found them. “After all,” Hitler said on August 22, 1939, “who speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?” The answer to that question, repeated through the decades in reply to shameful denials by the Turkish government, was this: Americans do. We remembered the Armenians. But Turkey is a NATO country and the last U.S. president to apply the world “genocide” to the Armenian Holocaust was Ronald Reagan. He did it only once, in his first year in office, before the State Department convinced him — as it has convinced every subsequent president, including Donald Trump — to avoid the term. Carl M. Cannon Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com |
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Good morning,Concern
about Artificial Intelligence threatening the human race has long been a
regular feature of science-fiction films, including classics such as
The Matrix. They’ve apparently had an impact on the culture since 57% of voters believe that A.I. is at least somewhat of a threat to the human race.Along with other recent data, this suggests a modestly growing level of concern about this technology.A more immediate concern is that 53% of voters want to break up the nation’s largest banks.
Fifty-five percent (55%) believe it would be better for the U.S.
economy if we had a large number of smaller banks rather than a small
number of very large banks. Twenty percent (20%) take the opposite view
while 24% are not sure.To
address perceptions of corruption, three out of four voters (75%) want
some kind of waiting period before bank regulators can go to work for
the banks they regulate. That includes 30% who favor a lifetime ban.Looking to 2020, the top three Democrats in terms of Social Media Support today are Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden, and Elizabeth Warren. New results updated every morning at 4:30 a.m. Eastern.Finally, 49% of voters believe that having a good government is the single most important element needed for a good society.
However, 51% believe various other elements of society are more
important. That includes good churches and religious organizations
(16%), good schools (16%), a good business community (10%), and good
civic organizations (9%).These attitudes are
consistent with a wide range of other data collected over the past nine months. Just 13% believe that governing is the responsibility of government alone.While recognizing that government has a role to play 60% do not believe the political process should play the lead role.That make sense since 65% agree that just about all positive change in America begins outside of the political system. Just 22% disagree on that point and 14% are not sure.Eighty-three
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| Census case will demonstrate if the Supreme Court is political or not Posted: 24 Apr 2019 04:58 AM PDT There is an unnecessary amount of controversy surrounding whether or not a citizenship question can be added to the upcoming United States census. But now that it’s here, the outcome of the case will say a great deal about the makeup of the Supreme Court and whether or not it has become a body that […] The post Census case will demonstrate if the Supreme Court is political or not appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Matthew 22:37 – ‘love the Lord thy God’ Posted: 24 Apr 2019 03:15 AM PDT Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. – Matthew 22:37 (KJV) We’ve all heard this verse, but have we really contemplated it? This is a verse that sits in the middle of many different things happening. The Pharisees […] The post Matthew 22:37 – ‘love the Lord thy God’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Sign the petition demanding term limits on Capitol Hill Posted: 24 Apr 2019 03:09 AM PDT It’s time for term limits. This has been on my heart for some time, but I have held back because there are so many other important issues to cover. Today, I realized if I wait until more pressing issues are solved, I’ll be waiting forever. There are always going to be more pressing issues than […] The post Sign the petition demanding term limits on Capitol Hill appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Scouts BSA: Proof that moral leadership matters in life Posted: 24 Apr 2019 03:00 AM PDT In the Age of Trump, where the Fellowship of the Pharisees and their so-called evangelical followers have given “God’s chosen president” a “mulligan” for his sexually immoral past in exchange for a seat at his table, the damage being done to the Gospel of Christ is obvious. Another consequence of this kind of hypocrisy has […] The post Scouts BSA: Proof that moral leadership matters in life appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| The Green New Deal: A debunking by John Stossel and friends Posted: 24 Apr 2019 12:48 AM PDT Nearly all of the complaints from the right about the Green New Deal have been focused on the economic catastrophe the proposal would bring to America if it were ever implemented. That’s the right approach because trying to tackle it from a scientific or even an emotional angle is challenging; most Americans have bought into […] The post The Green New Deal: A debunking by John Stossel and friends appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Fasting facilitates changes Posted: 23 Apr 2019 11:07 PM PDT As strange as it may sound, the three words that I used to build the title of this article took a bit of thought. Believers in Yeshua look to fasting as a way to do many things and the topic is both extremely complicated and exceptionally simple. Those three little words, “fasting facilitates change,” were […] The post Fasting facilitates changes appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Iconoclasm Posted: 23 Apr 2019 11:01 PM PDT “The action of attacking or assertively rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions or established values and practices.” That is our modern milieu. Nothing is sacred. History is a lie to be erased. We are the first generation with purity of thought. Does that sound like what you see going on around you these days? The budding […] The post Iconoclasm appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Kassy Dillon on San Francisco’s homeless crisis and the opioid epidemic Posted: 23 Apr 2019 06:45 PM PDT Human feces on the streets. Used needles on public transit. Rampant homelessness and unchecked drug addiction. Is San Francisco as bad as many Americans believe? The sad reality is that if you haven’t been there to see first hand, it’s probably much worse than you know. DailyWire’s Kassy Dillon has been there. She went specifically […] The post Kassy Dillon on San Francisco’s homeless crisis and the opioid epidemic appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Netanyahu to push for town in Golan Heights to be named after President Trump Posted: 23 Apr 2019 04:51 PM PDT The relationship between the leaders of Israel and the United States is at its strongest point in decades, possibly ever. President Trump has fulfilled his promise to reverse the damage done by his predecessor in foreign affairs, particularly with certain allies like Israel. Now, the Prime Minister of Israel is calling for a nice tribute. […] The post Netanyahu to push for town in Golan Heights to be named after President Trump appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Democrats launch Republicans For Impeachment crowdfunding scheme Posted: 23 Apr 2019 04:37 PM PDT Jon Cooper, chairman for the DemCoalition, launched, with the grandiose backing of Twitter Moments, the Republicans For Impeachment campaign. The campaign is mostly a hashtag on social media. Its website is is a donation page with an outline of building a social media campaign. The campaign is “built around three main strategies.” Note the misuse […] The post Democrats launch Republicans For Impeachment crowdfunding scheme appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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FIRST READ: Joe Biden’s biggest challenge may be his former title
When he officially gets into the 2020 presidential race on Thursday, Joe Biden will have some math — and history — working against him.
Since World War II, only two of the six full-term vice presidents who have tried have gone on to win the presidency – fulfilling either a party’s third term or its restoration to power.
And both victories were on the Republican side.
Here’s the record for full-term vice presidents (so not including LBJ or Ford):
Republican Richard Nixon (who restored the GOP to power in 1968 after the JFK/LBJ administrations)
Democrat Hubert Humphrey (who lost general election in 1968, lost in primaries in 1972)
Democrat Walter Mondale (who lost in general election in 1984)
Republican George HW Bush (won party’s third term in 1988)
Republican Dan Quayle (ran in 2000 primaries and withdrew from contest)
Democrat Al Gore (lost the 2000 general election)
Being a current or former vice president is a real advantage – when it comes to name ID, raising money and the potential to clear a field.
But the downside is that you don’t get to be the new/fresh/different candidate.
You own the bad (as well as the good) of the administration you served.
And you have a harder time portraying yourself as a change agent.
And those potential downsides could end up being Biden’s biggest challenges in 2020 – more than age, ideology and a long, long record in public service.
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Separation of powers showdown
In addition to the 2020 race and the impeachment debate, this could be one of the biggest political stories we’ll be following over the next several months: A president who won’t comply with congressional requests and subpoenas.
The Washington Post reports: “President Trump on Tuesday said he is opposed to current and former White House aides providing testimony to congressional panels in the wake of the special counsel report.”
“There is no reason to go any further, and especially in Congress where it’s very partisan — obviously very partisan,” Trump told the Post.
(Umm, wasn’t Congress also partisan during the Obama, Bush and Clinton years?)
The Post adds that Trump’s opposition to current and former aides – like Don McGahn – from testifying to Congress comes after:
- the White House directed a former official not to comply with a subpoena over security clearances;
- and the Trump Treasury Department defied a request to turn over the president’s tax returns.
This is the Trump/Roy Cohn playbook: fight every little thing, ignore, counter-sue.
And guess what: That playbook ultimately kept Trump from having a face-to-face encounter with Mueller.
Kushner on Russia’s interference in 2016: “A couple of Facebook ads”
Speaking of Mueller and the Russia investigation, don’t miss Jared Kushner dismissing Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
“You look at what Russia did, buying some Facebook ads to try to sow dissent and do it, and it’s a terrible thing,” he said yesterday, per NBC News. “But I think the investigations and all of the speculation that’s happened for the last two years has had a much harsher impact on our democracy than a couple of Facebook ads.”
A couple of Facebook ads?
That isn’t much different than Trump saying: “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.”
And Kushner’s comments pair up with this New York Times piece today: Former Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen was trying to focus on preventing Russian interference in the 2020 race, and was told by the White House chief of staff NOT to bring it up in front of the president.
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2020 VISION: She the People
On the campaign trail today: Participating in today’s “She the People” forum in Houston are Cory Booker, Julian Castro, Tulsi Gabbard, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
Also later speaking before the African American Mayors conference in Houston are Klobuchar, Harris, Castro, Sanders and Booker.
And Sanders holds a rally in Houston at 6:00 pm ET.
TWEET OF THE DAY: Castor wins in Florida
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is… 1986.
1986.
That’s the year that Joe Biden voted in favor of a gun bill that the NRA has called “the law that saved gun rights.”
NBC’s Alex Seitz-Wald has more on Biden’s vote on the Firearm Owners Protection Act, which passed overwhelmingly during an era of bipartisan compromise on guns that seems almost unthinkable today.
The legislation “allowed dealers to sell rifles, shotguns and ammunition through the mail, and, eventually, the Internet. It limited federal inspections of firearms dealers while allowing them to sell guns at gun shows, which helped them grow in size and popularity. And it made it easier for private collectors to sell guns without obtaining a federal dealers’ license, which would play a role in what later became known as the ‘gun show loophole.'”
Biden, of course, went on to champion an assault weapons ban and fight for expanded background checks.
But he’s sure to face questions about this and other issues that are far more polarizing today than they were more than three decades ago.
THE LID: Everything’s bigger in Texas
Don’t miss the pod from yesterday, when we looked at MJ Hegar’s bid to take on Sen. John Cornyn.
ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss
White House officials are boycotting the White House Correspondents Dinner.
The Supreme Court seems to be leaning toward allowing a citizenship question on the Census.
Trump says he doesn’t want his aides testifying on the Hill in the wake of the special counsel report.
The White House says it will fight a House Judiciary Committee subpoena of Don McGahn.
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