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| Happy Friday from Washington, where Democrats want the law to treat those who reject their biological sex as more equal. Podcast guest Eliana Bookbinder tells a personal story that explains her opposition to the Equality Act. Jim Carafano has a prescription for the president on controlling illegal immigration. Nolan Peterson reports from Ukraine on that nation’s bid to join the EU. Plus: Kristen Waggoner on the wrongheaded “Free the Nipple” campaign, Victor Davis Hanson on hypocrisy that fueled the Mueller probe, and Jarrett Stepman and Fred Lucas on the left’s worst lie about America. Have a great weekend. |
| Analysis Growing Up, She Thought She Was a Man. Now She’s Fighting the Patriarchy. “I had very masculine interests. I wasn’t super comfortable with my body. I was very, very uncomfortable with feminine clothing and makeup … [I] started to think OK, maybe I’m not actually a girl. Maybe I’m actually a boy,” recalls Eliana Bookbinder. More Commentary Mueller Investigation Was Driven by Pious Hypocrisy Those who have lectured America on Trump’s unproven crimes have written books and appeared on TV to publicize their own superior virtue. Yet they themselves have engaged in all sorts of unethical and illegal behavior. More Commentary How Trump Can Solve Our Illegal Immigration Crisis The administration should get tougher on transnational gang activity. In partnership with cooperative state and local law enforcement agencies, the feds should launch a six-month campaign to go after the gangs. More News New Jersey Parents to Rally Against LGBT Education Law A rally this weekend will give New Jersey parents an opportunity to oppose a new state law requiring public schools to teach children about the “political, economic, and social contributions” of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. More News A Tale of 2 Europes: As the UK Struggles to Leave the EU, Ukraine Fights to Get In “While the United Kingdom has supposedly learned the price of staying in the EU, Ukraine is willing to pay it, no matter how high it is, just to escape the long-term grasp of Russia,” says Ukrainian diplomat Markian Lubkivskyi. More Analysis Right Side of History: Glenn Beck Explains the Biggest Left-Wing Lie About America Jarrett Stepman and Fred Lucas discuss recent comments by Obama administration Attorney General Eric Holder, who said on MSNBC: “Exactly when did you think America was great?” More Commentary Why the ‘Free the Nipple’ Win in Court Is a Loss for Women Ignoring the real biological differences between men and women strips women of our rights to physical privacy. More |
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POLITICO PLAYBOOK
Get ready for Washington’s annual prom weekend
By JAKE SHERMAN, ANNA PALMER and DANIEL LIPPMAN
04/26/2019 06:01 AM EDT
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DRIVING THE DAY
THE NEXT BATTLE … WAPO’S DAMIAN PALETTA and ERICA WERNER: “Trump administration pushes for quick action to raise debt limit”: “The requests have taken on new urgency because other budget discussions with Capitol Hill have broken down, leaving policymakers at a loss for ways to avoid a pileup of dangerous deadlines in September that could affect the stock market, labor market and economic growth.
“Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney has played a major role in communicating the desire, and it’s shared broadly by many Republicans on Capitol Hill, according to the people briefed on the discussions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private deliberations.” WaPo
TOP TALKER … THE ATLANTIC’S ELAINA PLOTT and PETER NICHOLAS on MICK MULVANEY: “Trump’s Chief of Staff Says He’s Having a Ball”: “Here’s the thing, Mick Mulvaney says, sitting in his West Wing office on Wednesday afternoon: He knows that Donald Trump’s administration doesn’t always make good on conservative ideals. He knows that they’re ‘spending a bunch of money on stuff we’re not supposed to,’ and that all the excess doesn’t comport well with his own reputation as a fiscal hawk and Tea Party darling during his congressional days, before he became acting White House chief of staff. …
“But the spending hasn’t escaped his notice—nor that of his old conservative colleagues in the House. One of them had actually ‘accused me of “losing,”’ Mulvaney recalled, after the White House signed a massive spending package. The colleague, Mark Meadows, ‘said, ‘It sounds like my friend Mick Mulvaney is not winning on some of the fiscal issues down at the White House.’’ But Mulvaney had a retort that underscores how he’s come to define success. ‘I told him, ‘Yeah, but at least I’m losing at the very highest levels.’’” The Atlantic
— NANCY COOK: “Popcorn and happy hours: How Trump’s top aide hopes to boost White House morale”: “It may be Washington’s most coveted happy hour invitation. On the patio outside the White House chief of staff’s office, cozily enclosed by greenery, West Wing aides relax with beer and wine under a white pergola, briefly escaping the rigors of working in Trump’s White House.
“The gatherings, about a half dozen so far, have become an increasingly regular feature of White House life this spring … They’re typically held on Friday evenings, or days when the president is out of town, with snacks brought up from the White House mess. One party was a sendoff for the former White House communications director, Bill Shine.
“The Trump White House has been likened to a snake pit, and has seen more staff turnover than any in memory. But Trump’s latest — and for now, acting — chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, is trying to change that.” POLITICO
Good Friday morning. Happy White House correspondents weekend. As always, we’re covering all the comings and goings of of what is still, for all the hand-wringing, the closest thing Washington’s chattering class has to an annual prom.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO HANNITY — “‘This was a coup,’ Trump told host Sean Hannity on Fox News’ ‘Hannity’ in his first interview since the Mueller report’s release. ‘This was an attempted overthrow of the United States government.’
“Trump insisted that special counsel Robert Mueller’s team investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election had gone ‘hog wild to find something about the administration which obviously wasn’t there.’
“Trump repeatedly said the 448-page Mueller report, a redacted version of which was released last week, proved no collusion and obstruction. He called the special counsel’s investigation a ‘one-sided witch-hunt’ by ‘angry Democrats’ who are ‘very serious Trump haters.’” POLITICO
DARREN SAMUELSOHN: “The fight to unveil Mueller’s final mysteries”
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THE REAL REASON TRUMP IS ATTACKING BIDEN … ELIANA JOHNSON and JOHN BRESNAHAN: “Trump’s Biden insults fueled by belief he can win”: “Hours after Joe Biden posted an online video announcing his 2020 White House bid, President Donald Trump responded on Twitter. ‘Welcome to the race Sleepy Joe,’ Trump taunted the former vice president on Thursday. ‘I only hope you have the intelligence, long in doubt, to wage a successful primary campaign.’
“Trump’s insults were actually masking respect — and genuine concern about Biden’s potential to win, Trump advisers say. As early as last fall, Trump was talking privately with aides about the threat Biden posed: ‘How are we gonna beat Biden?’ he would ask. When reassured that the moderate Biden would never defeat several of his more liberal rivals, Trump has pushed back: ‘But what if he does?’
“The conversations, relayed by a Republican strategist with direct knowledge of the interactions, reflect the president’s assessment that Biden poses the biggest threat to his re-election, uniquely capable of competing with him in the Rust Belt states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania that carried him to victory in 2016.” POLITICO
— JOHN HARRIS: “Joe Biden: Old man, still in a hurry”
NYT’S JONATHAN MARTIN in Wilmington and ALEX BURNS in New York: “5 Questions That Will Determine if Joe Biden Can Succeed”: “How will he handle the onslaught?: … Can he stay above the fray? … What’s an ‘Obama-Biden Democrat’? … Does he have ideas for the future? … Can he raise money, without being defined by it?” NYT
— “Biden swears off lobbyists’ money, but K Street likes him anyway,” by Theo Meyer
— BIDEN IS ALWAYS going to be a Washington insider. It’s unclear why he is swearing off K Street cash when one of his biggest focuses is making sure he can compete on the money front. Sure, downtowners aren’t usually huge contributors to presidential candidates. But he had his first event after his announcement hosted by Comcast exec David Cohen, who runs the company’s Washington operation. Seems like needlessly splitting hairs.
— ANITA HILL SPOKE with the NYT about her recent phone call with Biden, which she didn’t view as a sincere attempt to apologize for his handling of her testimony during Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court hearings in 1991. Hill said the conversation left her feeling “deeply unsatisfied.”
“The focus on apology to me is one thing,” she said. “But he needs to give an apology to the other women and to the American public because we know now how deeply disappointed Americans around the country were about what they saw. And not just women. There are women and men now who have just really lost confidence in our government to respond to the problem of gender violence.” NYT
A WHITE HOUSE VISITOR … FROM ANITA KUMAR: Former Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo hadn’t spoken to Trump since Inauguration Day when the president unexpectedly called Monday afternoon to say how sorry he was Caputo had been caught up in the Mueller investigation.
THE FIVE-MINUTE CALL ended with Trump inviting Caputo to visit him at the White House. Caputo and his wife, two youngest daughters and mother-in-law drove to Washington from Buffalo on Tuesday to meet with Trump. The family spent about 35 minutes in the Oval Office the next day with Trump, first lady Melania Trump, counselor Kellyanne Conway and Director of Social Media Dan Scavino.
THE TWO MEN, who have known each other since 1988, used to speak several times a week until Mueller and congressional investigators became interested in Caputo. He then began to receive death threats, lost jobs and was told by his attorney to not speak to the president.
“HE IS REACHING OUT to people he lost because of the Russia hoax,” Caputo said. “We all got pushed out. These are some of the people he misses having around.”
FOR YOUR RADAR — “Judges Rule Michigan Congressional Districts Are Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered,” by NYT’s Michael Wines: “A panel of three federal judges ruled on Thursday that 34 congressional and state legislative districts in Michigan are extreme partisan gerrymanders and unconstitutional. The judges ordered state lawmakers to redraw maps in time for elections in 2020.
“The panel wrote that it was joining ‘the growing chorus of federal courts’that have held that drawing districts to unfairly favor the party in power is unconstitutional. The judges said the maps violated Democratic voters’ constitutional rights.
“But the impact of the ruling ultimately will turn on an opinion by the Supreme Court, which is weighing decisions in two other partisan gerrymander cases involving congressional districts in North Carolina and Maryland. The justices’ decision in those cases, expected by the end of June, could reinforce the Michigan ruling, force alterations to it, or even overrule it entirely.” NYT
JOSH GERSTEIN: “Judge cites state secrets risk in dismissing warrantless wiretapping suit”: “A federal judge has dismissed a long-running lawsuit over President George W. Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program, ruling that allowing the case to go forward would create an unacceptable and exceptionally grave danger to the country.
“‘The Court cannot issue any determinative finding on the issue of whether or not Plaintiffs have standing without taking the risk that such a ruling may result in potentially devastating national security consequences,’ U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White wrote in his ruling on Thursday.” POLITICO
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FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Energy Secretary Rick Perry is traveling to Brussels next week to participate in the U.S.-EU Energy Council High-Level Business Forum. Belgium recently became the 35th country to receive U.S. liquefied natural gas.
TRUMP’S FRIDAY — The president will leave the White House at 9 a.m. en route to Indianapolis. He will arrive at Lucas Oil Stadium at 11:15 a.m. and deliver remarks at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting. Trump will then return to Washington. At 4:15 p.m., the president will participate in the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The two will meet and then participate in a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office. At 7:15 p.m., Trump and Melania Trump will have dinner with Abe and his wife Akie Abe. Today is Melania’s birthday.
PLAYBOOK READS
POLITICO MAGAZINE’S MEDIA ISSUE … TIM ALBERTA: “Inside the Shrinking Newsroom of the Paper That Shapes the Primaries”: “Since the dawn of the modern nominating process, no single event has done more to winnow the field of aspiring presidents than the Iowa caucuses—and no single publication has done more to capture its characters, narratives and rhythms than the Des Moines Register. But the scythe of technological change and economic pressure that is killing the news industry, and especially local journalism, is coming for Iowa’s paper of record, too. …
“‘When I land at DSM,’ says Jonathan Martin, national political reporter for the New York Times, ‘the first thing I do is pick up the Register.’”
— KNOWING DOUG MILLS — CHRIS CADELAGO: “Donald Trump’s Favorite Photographer Works for the New York Times”: “Mills has taken memorable photographs of presidents going back to Ronald Reagan. But he has found a new, perhaps surprising, admirer in Trump, who, for all of his cries of ‘fake news,’ has repeatedly singled out one photojournalist above all others for his omnipresence and talent.”
ATTN: @realDonaldTrump — NBC’s Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1): “Fox News judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano: ‘When the president asked Corey Lewandowski … to get Mueller fired, that’s obstruction of justice. When the president asked his then-White House counsel to get Mueller fired & then lie about it, that’s obstruction of justice.’”
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WOW … WESLEY MORGAN: “Trump leaves Pentagon power vacuum”: “A quarter of the Pentagon’s most senior civilian posts remain filled by temporary personnel who are unconfirmed by the Senate – a high number that has slowed decisions, handicapped the department in policy disputes and shifted more power to the White House, according to recently departed Pentagon officials.
“Including acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan, who has served in a temporary capacity for an unprecedented 115 days, nine of the Pentagon’s 45 secretaries, deputy secretaries, undersecretaries, deputy undersecretaries, and assistant secretaries are serving in an acting capacity or fall into a related category of officials who are ‘performing the duties of’ the position, according to a POLITICO review.
“The problem is most acute in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where Shanahan is one of eight such unconfirmed officials out of 24, including his civilian number two. The department’s number three civilian job, the chief management officer, is also filled on an acting basis.”POLITICO
WHAT VLAD AND XI ARE READING — “Trump orders staff to prepare arms-control push with Russia and China,” by WaPo’s Paul Sonne and John Hudson: “The aim of the nascent effort, a senior administration official said, is to bring Russian nuclear weapons unregulated by treaties under new limits and persuade China to join an arms-control pact limiting or verifying its capabilities for the first time.
“The initiative is still in its earliest stages, with officials preparing options for how to implement Trump’s order. It is unclear whether it will yield results in an administration that has locked horns with Moscow and Beijing and has less than two years left in its first term.
“‘The president’s direction is that we need to look at more-ambitious arms control that will deal with more weapons, and more than just us and Russia,’ said the senior administration official … ‘What you’re going to see is more from the administration on how do we get to arms control that doesn’t just reflect a Cold War mentality.’” WaPo
THIS IS FINE — @nytimes: “The Antarctic’s second-largest colony of emperor penguins collapsed in 2016, with more than 10,000 chicks lost, and the population has not recovered, according to a new study.” NYT
VALLEY TALK … MOTHERBOARD’S JOSEPH COX and JASON KOEBLER: “At a Twitter all-hands meeting on March 22, an employee asked a blunt question: Twitter has largely eradicated Islamic State propaganda off its platform. Why can’t it do the same for white supremacist content?
“An executive responded by explaining that Twitter follows the law, and a technical employee who works on machine learning and artificial intelligence issues went up to the mic to add some context. …
“With every sort of content filter, there is a tradeoff, he explained. When a platform aggressively enforces against ISIS content, for instance, it can also flag innocent accounts as well, such as Arabic language broadcasters. Society, in general, accepts the benefit of banning ISIS for inconveniencing some others, he said.
“In separate discussions verified by Motherboard, that employee said Twitter hasn’t taken the same aggressive approach to white supremacist content because the collateral accounts that are impacted can, in some instances, be Republican politicians.” Motherboard
— “Inside the Team at Facebook That Dealt with the Christchurch Shooting,” by Kate Klonick in The New Yorker
MEDIAWATCH — VANITY FAIR’S JOE POMPEO talks to journalists about whether Christopher Steele of dossier fame is a hero or a hoaxster: “A higher-stakes moment will arrive with the results of a Justice Department probe, conducted by Inspector General Michael Horowitz, into the F.B.I.’s reliance on the dossier in applying for a FISA warrant to eavesdrop on former Trump adviser Carter Page.
“‘That’s gonna be the ballgame on this: what does Michael Horowitz find?’ said [Mike] Isikoff, the chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo News. ‘If you read recent stories closely, there’s a lot of nervousness that he’s gonna come out with a critical report that reflects badly about the way the F.B.I. used the dossier. That is something a lot of us are going to be studying very closely.’” Vanity Fair
— NATE SILVER (@NateSilver538): “Biden’s gonna get bad press coverage because the mainstream media thinks he’s a boring story and the left-leaning media doesn’t think he’s woke enough. Not entirely unlike Clinton in 2016 although she had other factors that made it worse for her (including her gender).”
— Trump, to the children of reporters, on Take Your Kids to Work Day in the West Wing: “I actually like you much more than your parents.” USA Today
PLAYBOOKERS
SPOTTED at separate tables at Cafe Milano on Thursday night: Rudy Giuliani (upstairs) … Larry and Judy Kudlow with Tony Dolan and Chris Ruddy … Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) … Hilary Rosen and Megan Murphy.
OUT AND ABOUT — SPOTTED at RIAA’s Jonathan Lamy’s farewell party at Dirty Habit on Thursday night: Michele Ballantyne, Hilary Rosen, Megan Murphy, Amy Weiss, Kendra Barkoff, Kevin McDonald, Chris Ortman, Rich Taylor, Todd Flournoy, Gayle Osterberg, Cara Duckworth, Amanda Hunter, Adam Verdugo, Cary Sherman, Morna Willens, Brendan Kownacki, Dennis Wharton, Jackie Jones, Liz Holman, Colin Moffett, Dan Hewitt, Dan Swartz, Ted Johnson, Doug Heye, Amy Isbell and Peter Kadzik.
WHCD PARTY CIRCUIT — SPOTTED at the sixth annual Washington Women in Journalism Awards hosted by Gloria Dittus and Cathy Merrill Williams, which honored Andrea Mitchell, Ashley Parker, Abby Phillip, and Amanda Terkel: British Ambassador Kim Darroch, Italian Ambassador Armando Varricchio, Robert Holleyman, Joe Crowley, Patrick Steel, Mike Allen, Steve Clemons, Elisabeth Bumiller, Heather Podesta, Matt Shay, Kristen Welker, Molly Ball, Mark Ein, Peter Alexander, Mary Katherine Ham, Evelyn Farkas, Kate Bennett, Betsy Fischer Martin, Seung Min Kim, Carol Lee, Michael Bender, Margaret Talev, Lynn Sweet, Margaret Carlson, Amy Walter, Alayna Treene, Howard Fineman and Rita Cosby.
— SPOTTED at the annual Bytes and Bylines WHCD party at the resident of Irish Ambassador Dan Mulhall: hosts Allen Gannett, John McCarthy, Eric Kuhn and Jennifer DeCasper, Joe Crowley, Jim Moran, James Blanchard, Jim Nicholson, Qatari Ambassador Meshal Al-Tahini, Melissa Fitzgerald, Howard Gutman, Pete Selfridge, Geoff Morrell, Eric Fanning, Tammy Haddad, Sean and Rebecca Spicer, Tara Palmeri, Brian Stelter, Michelle Jaconi, Kyle Dropp, Peter Alexander, Josh Dawsey, Kaitlan Collins, Maureen Orth, Oliver Darcy, Heather Podesta, Sara Fischer and Paul Kane.
SUNDAY SO FAR …
- CNN “State of the Union”: Panel: Andrew Gillum, Mia Love, David Urban and Kirsten Powers
- FOX “Fox News Sunday”: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif … Panel: Karl Rove, Donna Brazile, Jason Chaffetz, Juan Williams. Power Player: Paul Reed Smith
- CBS “Face the Nation”: Javad Zarif … Brad Parscale … Political panel: Lanhee Chen, Jamal Simmons, Amy Walter and Mark Landler
- NBC “Meet The Press”: Panel: Helene Cooper, Bob Costa, Carlos Curbelo and Peggy Noonan
- CNN “Inside Politics”: Lisa Lerer, Perry Bacon, Jeff Zeleny and Karoun Demirjian
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Sery Kim, a Republican strategist and a Trump administrationalum. Interesting books she’s reading now: “Right now I am reading three: Ruth Reichl’s new book ‘Save Me The Plums,’ about her time as EIC at Gourmet Magazine, David McCullough’s ‘The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal’ and ‘Praying Circles Around Your Marriage’ (I’m not married or in a relationship but I feel like it’s great information) by my pastors at National Community Church. However, the best book I have read recently is ‘One Summer: America, 1927,’ by Bill Bryson – so all-consuming I binge read it in 24 hours.” Playbook Plus Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: Melania Trump is 49 … Larry Grisolano, partner at AKPD Message and Media, is 55 … Luke Frans is 38 … Suzy George, COO of the ONE Campaign (hat tip: Ben Chang) … Colin Wilhelm … Cherie Deogracias … Karas Gross … Domenico Montanaro … Russell Goldman, Hong Kong-based senior editor for the NYT … NPR’s Ben Fishel … John Leganski is 28 … Emily Schultheis, fellow at the Institute of Current World Affairs (h/t Byron Tau) … Ryan Donovan, chief advocacy officer at the Credit Union National Association … U.S. News’ Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder … Ebbie Yazdani is 3-0 … Jared Sawyer, principal at Rich Feuer Anderson and a U.S. Treasury alum … Prosek Partners’ William Szczecinski is 23 (h/t Mariel Seidman-Gati) … WSJ’s Eliot Brown … WaPo’s Paulina Firozi … Chris Curry … Nicole Elkon … Conor Gaughan is 39 … Matt DeLuca … POLITICO Europe’s Ginger Hervey … Harry Cooper …
… Ben Schwerin, VP of partnerships at Snapchat (h/t brother Josh) … Shana Teehan, senior adviser for Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) … former Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Mass.) is 73 … former Rep. Rod Blum (R-Iowa) is 64 … Michael Kalmans of Rising Tide Interactive … Meagan McCanna … Joe Paolino … Jay Howser, partner at GPS Media, is 42 … Jessica Schneider, Justice correspondent for CNN … Beth Gage … Tricia Coates (h/ts Jon Haber) … Graham Rotenberg, senior analyst at Hamilton Place Strategies … Nick Penniman, founder and CEO of Issue One … George Wenschhof … Justin M. Bibb … Jackson Richman … DCCC alum Alex Morgan … Kayla Bakshi … Lisa Hanna … Kristi Stone Hamrick … Renee Korgood … Seth Amgott … Melissa Neal Stein … Bret Mills … former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey is 53 (h/t AP)
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Friday, April 26, 2019 Joe Biden 2020 On Thursday, “Former Vice President Joe Biden formally joined the crowded Democratic presidential contest.” RealClearPolitics From the Left The left is divided, with some arguing that Biden is the best chance to beat Trump, and others critical of his messaging strategy. Biden joins “a cast that includes six senators, five other past or present members of the House and five people who are or have been mayors or governors. Plus two folks who have never been elected to anything and are safe to ignore unless one of them saves a drowning puppy… No wonder Biden is leading in the polls. Potential campaign theme: ‘Vote for Joe — You Can Already Spell His Name.’” Gail Collins, New York Times “As Democrats assess the dizzying array of 20 candidates, the first question they should ask is whether a nominee could gain a strong majority in the general election and defeat Trump… [Biden] would be far from an ideal president, let alone a Democratic candidate. Maybe in one of those blessed miracles of American democracy that produced our greatest presidents, someone else will emerge who’s younger, smarter, more representative of a diverse electorate. But right now, Biden looks most like the person who could beat Trump. And that’s Job One.” David Ignatius, Washington Post “A lot of the attacks on Biden are, from an electoral angle, silly. Going after Biden for his lack of liberal wokeness, for example, seems destined to fail, given that the polling shows that Democrats want the party to move in a more moderate direction. Biden’s age is more likely to derail his candidacy. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll taken in late February showed that only 33% of Democrats would feel enthusiastic or comfortable nominating someone older than 75… The fact that Biden is called ‘Sleepy Joe’ by Trump and is known to make gaffes may open the age question more than polling indicates right now.” Harry Enten, CNN Meanwhile, critics assert that “while most Democrats like Barack Obama personally, the party has lurched left since he left office, and many of its activists now take a dim view of policies that Democrats once deemed mainstream. Thus, if Biden had entered the presidential race with a standard biographical video describing his many accomplishments in public life… he would have immediately prompted a debate about all the positions he once took—on crime, financial deregulation, Anita Hill, and the Iraq War—that Democrats now scorn… “Biden evades that problem in his announcement video, but at a cost. He bathes the past in a warm glow without defending it substantively. And in so doing, he offers a deeply unconvincing historical narrative in which Trump lands upon the American political scene from outer space.” Peter Beinart, The Atlantic “There’s plenty of reasonable debate over whether Democratic candidates should focus on Trump in mounting their arguments, or if they should focus on what they want to do for voters… I suspect this is a bit of a false choice, as what we need is a little bit of both. But if we’re going to talk about Donald Trump, I think we need to acknowledge that he wasn’t created in a vacuum. Our systemic racism and sexism, coupled with our economic insecurities, built a world in which Trump could come to power. Biden’s announcement seems premised on the idea that we need to revert to the world we had before Trump, rather than dramatically rethink the world that produced him.” Dara Kass, Slate Minority view: “Biden’s presidential announcement video… did something urgently needed in the 2020 race: put President Donald Trump’s history of hate front and center. By doing so, Biden acknowledged the pain — the real pain — that so many marginalized communities have felt since [2015]… We deeply feel the impact of Trump’s attacks. And we want to know that the 2020 Democratic candidates understand that and are willing to respond accordingly.” Dean Obeidallah, CNN From the Right The right welcomes Biden as a moderate alternative to other Democratic candidates, but wonders if he is progressive enough for primary voters. “Former Vice President Joe Biden’s entrance into the 2020 presidential election will provide Democrats a choice: Do they want a reset, or do they want a revolution? As Democrats have spent the past several months outlining the sweeping changes they want to make to the United States, more than anything, Biden’s candidacy represents a promise to go back to a pre-Trump era in American politics… “Biden has consistently led in polls. It’s of course possible his numbers will collapse as he undergoes more rigorous scrutiny and as his name recognition advantage erodes as voters get to know the other candidates better. Yet it’s also possible that a critical mass of the Democratic electorate is more moderate (both ideologically and temperamentally) than it would seem from the online conversation. In that case, Biden has a good chance of taking the nomination.” Philip Klein, Washington Examiner “Is the Democratic Party still the party of Barack Obama?… A curious thing happens to Democrats after they leave the presidency. The shine seems to dull from their pennies quite quickly. While Republicans still revere Ronald Reagan decades after his administration, Bill Clinton is viewed by many on the left with scorn. This is not merely a result of his sexual peccadillos, but also a function of how fast the Democratic Party changes… “By the standards of his time in office, it would be wrong to call Obama a moderate. He did, after all, run to the left of Hillary Clinton in 2008. But by today’s standards, it would be wrong not to call him a moderate… [The question is] does Obama still represent hope and change for the Democratic Party? Or like Bill Clinton, will his moderation be held against him? For Biden, that question will determine the success of his campaign; for the Democratic Party, that question will determine their very identity.” David Marcus, The Federalist “Obama was a history-making candidate, allowing voters to be aspirational about their country and themselves by voting for him. And Biden isn’t. Biden is the white guy who got in trouble for calling Obama ‘clean’ and ‘articulate.’… Biden’s candidacy is an attempt by Democrats to bargain with Trump’s America. Other candidates are promising to cleanse America from what Democrats see as the disgrace or even the sacrilege of Trump’s presidency. Democrats don’t want to bargain with the devil, they want an exorcist.” Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review “There are structural elements facing Biden on the path to the nomination, too, particularly the delegates that can be won in caucuses instead of primaries, where activists have much greater power. It’s those caucuses that Obama used effectively to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2008. Biden will likely perform well in the big states, but he will need an effective caucus organization to have a chance of winning the nomination… With so many credible and not so credible candidates, we may… be headed for a Democratic convention with no winner on the first ballot.” Mark Penn, Fox News “It is pretty telling that a seventy-six year old, who’d be 78 if elected, is going to have to swoop in to save the Democrats from themselves and also that he may not be able to do it because he is too moderate for the base. Biden could give Donald Trump a real run for his money. They both understand and connect with blue collar workers who feel left behind. But, Donald Trump can play it right in that these workers fled Obama to Trump. Biden wants them to come back to the folks who left them behind.” Erick Erickson, The Resurgent On the bright side… Police seize ‘super obedient’ lookout parrot trained by Brazilian drug dealers. 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Good morning, Here is all the news conservatives need to know to start their day. At 4pm ET, you can catch me on radio to bring you up to speed on developments throughout the day. You can listen live here. One More Time With Gusto It is the height of white, western arrogance to think one can be a Christian while rejecting settled, shared two-thousand year old orthodoxy that has tied together a bunch of Christians who agree on almost nothing except that Jesus Christ physically rose from the grave. If one can be a Christian while rejecting the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ, someone can also eat a steak tonight and rest well knowing he and his fellow vegetarians tend to live long lives so long as they do not fall off the edge of the earth. The post One More Time With Gusto appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » A Clarification and Extension on the Republican Ground Game Problems Some people took issue with it, including some long time friends. Others took it to mean I was criticizing the Republican National Committee ground game and door-to-door efforts. Perhaps I should have been more clear on that point. The issue is individual campaigns at the state and federal level. Prior to publication, I spoke with people in Texas, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Florida, all of whom were significantly involved in either state party or individual campaign operations. Strikingly, all of them had the same sorts of stories from the ease at which people could claim to have contacted more people than they did to the field operatives’ apps crashing and not updating. The post A Clarification and Extension on the Republican Ground Game Problems appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Green New Deal Advocate Says No Compromise! Twelve Years to Save the Planet! Need Expanded Indigenous People’s Rights. The Sunrise Movement sounds like a third world communist cult that slits the throats of the bourgeois in their sleep. It is actually a group of high school students who really, truly believe we only have twelve years left to save the planet or we are all going to die. So yeah, you can totally […] The post Green New Deal Advocate Says No Compromise! Twelve Years to Save the Planet! Need Expanded Indigenous People’s Rights. appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Round 3: 2020 Dems by IQ Since Old Uncle Joe is finally in this race it’s time for Round 3 of our IQ ranking of the 2020 Democratic field. Reminder: this is by “Interesting Quotient”…the ability of candidates to get attention in a hyper-crowded field. This isn’t a power ranking or other poll-infused assessment. It’s most definitely not a ranking based […] The post Round 3: 2020 Dems by IQ appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Bank of America Appears to be Misleading Its Customers About Supporting Planned Parenthood Bank of America gave Planned Parenthood $50,000.00 in 2017. But the company did so through the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. That foundation matches employee gifts to charitable organizations so Bank of America has some solid plausible deniability. The foundation has to direct payments to match employees. Employees gave so the foundation must give. That’s […] The post Bank of America Appears to be Misleading Its Customers About Supporting Planned Parenthood appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Florida Man Waiting to Declare War on Venezuela Senator Rubio has been outspoken on the topic of Venezuela. Now, junior Senator Rick Scott joins him. Please bear with my hyperbolic title. The DailyCaller reported that Senator Rick Scott put forth some new ideas for how to handle the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. In a tweet on Wednesday, Scott said, “People are suffering. People […] The post Florida Man Waiting to Declare War on Venezuela appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Trump to Biden: See You at The Starting Gate Did President Trump just “endorse” Joe Biden, sort of like Hillary Clinton “endorsed” Trump? The post Trump to Biden: See You at The Starting Gate appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » A Litigious Society Is Going To Litigate: The Religion Clauses An atheist sued the US House Chaplain for establishing a religion. Under House Rules, a religious invocation must be delivered at the opening of each session. The House Chaplain invites guest chaplains at the request of members of congress. One congressman invited Dan Barker (Freedom From Religion Foundation) to give a “secular prayer” in lieu […] The post A Litigious Society Is Going To Litigate: The Religion Clauses appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » These Three Senators Just Endorsed Joe Biden Three senators have endorsed Joe Biden in the hours after his campaign kicked off. Given the time that Biden has had to prepare for the rollout of his candidacy, there should be a coordinated surge of endorsement and donations designed to affirm Biden’s frontrunner status and assuage concerns that the old, white Democrat is not […] The post These Three Senators Just Endorsed Joe Biden appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Paper Towel Pander Corporations make products for consumption. Not everything has to be a lifestyle brand. FreeBeacon’s Sonny Bunch tweeted over the weekend a picture of a product at a store. A national brand of paper towels has a new advertising campaign for Women’s History Month (the store is a month late). Now, the following is not specifically […] The post Paper Towel Pander appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Recent Items: Remember, you can listen to the Erick Erickson Show anytime and anywhere via WSB Radio, iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. 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Read on » The Left Is Having The Mueller Report Their Way By Dave King – Prior to the release of the Mueller report leftist Democrats claimed that Trump colluded with Russia to defeat Hillary in the 2016 election, and after the release of the Mueller report our leftists are still claiming that Donald Trump colluded with Russia, plus they now add the claim that Trump … The Left Is Having The Mueller Report Their Way 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 Administration Shelves Plan To Dramatically Expand Offshore Drilling By Michael Bastasch – The Interior Department has put plans to open more offshore areas to oil and gas drilling on hold indefinitely, according to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. 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The campaign reportedly includes messaging on digital billboards along I-70 between the Indianapolis airport and … Anti-Gun Group Surrounds Indianapolis With $100,000 Ad Campaign As NRA Convention Starts 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 » GOP Senators Want Briefing On FBI ‘Spying’ Against Trump Transition By Chuck Ross – The chairmen of two Senate committees want Attorney General William Barr to provide a briefing about what they claim is text message evidence of possible spying against the Trump transition team. FBI text messages show that Peter Strzok suggested using a counterintelligence official in meetings with the Trump transition team … GOP Senators Want Briefing On FBI ‘Spying’ Against Trump Transition 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 » Will 2020 Become the Final Year of the Democrat Party? By Mandy – President Trump is moving America forward with fresh ideas, long-term plans, and initiating orders to make America great again. His successes are indisputable. Jobs are plentiful. Unemployment is at historical lows. Black and Hispanic unemployment at the lowest levels, ever. Manufacturing jobs are returning to America. 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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday attacked a Democratic colleague in the House after apparently mistaking him for a Republican. Ocasio-Cortez took a shot at Democratic Kentucky Rep. John Yarmuth on Twitter for posing next to a cardboard cutout of herself. She appeared to think that Yarmuth — … Friendly Fire: Ocasio-Cortez Torches Democratic Colleague After Mistaking Him For Republican 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 » FBI Raids Baltimore Mayor’s Home And City Hall By Neetu Chandak – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) raided Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s home and Baltimore City Hall Thursday. FBI and IRS agents are executing search warrants in several locations related to Mayor Catherine PughHere–her house in Northwest Baltimore. 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A Mayor Disgraced Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh received an unwelcome wake-up call on Thursday when the FBI and the IRS stormed into both of her homes, her office, her attorney’s office, and even the home of one of her aids. Armed with warrants, the agents seized dozens of boxes of files related to her recent scandal involving children’s books she authored. From the New York Times: “On April 1, [Maryland] Governor [Larry] Hogan asked state prosecutors to investigate $500,000 that Ms. Pugh received from the University of Maryland Medical System, a nonprofit health care company that operates hospitals and other health care facilities in Baltimore and around the state. The payment was for 100,000 copies of Ms. Pugh’s ‘Healthy Holly’ books, which promote healthy children’s eating and exercise. The books, which she began writing in 2011, were to be distributed to schools in the city. At the time the arrangement with the organization began, Ms. Pugh was a state senator and sat on the organization’s board of directors. She resigned from the board after news of the payments became public in March, apologized for oversights she had made on financial disclosure forms, and returned $100,000. Ms. Pugh also received more than $100,000 over three years starting in 2015 from Kaiser Permanente, the health care company, for 20,000 copies of the books, Kaiser Permanente said. As embarrassing new details continued to emerge, including that the vast majority of the books never reached school children and could not be located, a growing number of elected officials called for her resignation.” As of this morning, Mayor Pugh is on an indefinite leave of absence but her attorney has claimed her illness has prevented her from publicly commenting on the scandal or her future as an elected official. No One Likes You, Kristen Gillibrand As the Democratic field of 2020 candidates grew by one with the official announcement from Joe Biden yesterday, Senator Gillibrand’s early polling continues to be…unimpressive. From Madeline Osburn at The Federalist: “Gillibrand continues to sell herself as a Democrat who can win over Republican voters like she did in her House and Senate races. But she’s a white, blonde senator from New York, and that leaves a bad taste in the mouth of both Republicans and Democrats. A Vogue profile on Gillibrand in 2010 is literally titled, ‘In Hillary’s Footsteps.’ Besides, the media might love Ranch Lady more than they love Gillibrand. They’re not doing her any favors on the campaign trail; that’s for sure. She doesn’t have the celebrity of Beto, or the gayness of Buttigieg—the things that journalists love to write about. What is the biggest national media moment Gillibrand’s campaign has had to date? Ranch Dressing Lady. No, nothing to do with Gillibrand herself, but a woman who interrupted Gillibrand’s stump speech in Iowa as she squeezed past the senator blurting out, ‘Sorry, I’m just trying to get some ranch.’” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Attempt to Mock GOP Backfires Heroically From Fox News: “One of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s, D-N.Y., tweets seemed to backfire on Thursday when she tried attacking Republicans over a picture of a politician stood next to a cardboard cutout of her. ‘GOP: Let’s pose our older male members next to cardboard cutouts of young female legislators,’ she tweeted. Her tweet included a post from the Republican Party of Kentucky. However, the politician pictured was Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth, Ky., not a Republican as she claimed. Ocasio-Cortez later deleted the tweet but not before critics pointed out the gaffe on Twitter. ‘It literally says in the tweet that she is quoting that Yarmuth is a Democrat,’ writer Ryan Saavedra tweeted.” Despite what she may think, the GOP couldn’t easily be blamed for targeting or cat-calling her in this situation. Friday Entertainment Center Excerpt from upcoming book “The Castle on Sunset” reveals new details about the last days of John Belushi. The book is currently being adapted into an HBO series by John Krasinski and Aaron Sorkin. (The Hollywood Reporter) “Avengers: Endgame” is on pace to shatter every opening weekend record with a $169 million first day. (Variety) “‘Endgame’ is a perfect book-end to a Marvel legacy that has changed the face of the entertainment industry”. (Cloture Club) The Fear of Daenerys Targaryen is Setting up “Game of Thrones” Final Battle. 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Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray April 26, 2019 Transgender Admissions To All-Male, Historically Black College Undermine What It Means To Be A Black Man By Justin McClinton Morehouse was founded in 1867 to provide black men a college education. This tradition has stood more than 150 years, only to be undermined by people used to majority-white, leftist universities. Full article Why You Should Plan A Low-Screen Summer For Your Kids By Joy Pullmann Sixty percent of American parents think their kids are addicted to screens (yet keep supplying the screens). Here’s why you should change that this summer. Full article Democrat Objections To Citizenship Question Are A Ploy To Help Illegal Aliens Vote By Jonathan S. Tobin The administration is accused of politicizing the count, but Democrats’ goal is to blur the line between citizens and non-citizens to up their House seats. Full article The Case For Continuing Foreign Policy Retrenchment After Trump By Sumantra Maitra Two new books, ‘Twilight of the Titans’ and ‘Rising Titans, Falling Giants,’ challenge conventional wisdom about grand-strategy, and advocates conservative husbanding of resources, for an era of renewed great power rivalry. Full article ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Wraps Up Epic Marvel Storyline With Fateful, Fantastic Finale By James Dawson It’s not perfect, but ‘Avengers: Endgame’ comes close enough that even the most superhero-saturated, seen-it-all fan will love it. Full article Newest Middlebury College Fracas Illustrates How Democracy Turns Totalitarian By Paula Rinehart The vilification of those who differ, the use of social control to punish, dividing all into victims and oppressors—what Ryszard Legutko describes is no longer a small cloud on the horizon. Full article Did Bernie Sanders Give Progressives A False Positive In 2016? By Emily Jashinsky Bernie Sanders’s success in 2016 may have transmitted a false positive to progressives, eager for proof that average Democrats have lurched left too. Full article Dear Elizabeth Warren: Don’t Make Other People Pay Off My Student Loans By Jimmy Sengenberger There are better ways to address student loans and ballooning higher education costs than Warren’s magic debt eraser and free college goody bag. Full article How Exploring His Irish Ancestry Taught Michael Dougherty Nationality Matters By Nathanael Blake Michael Brendan Dougherty’s new memoir, ‘My Father Left Me Ireland: An American Son’s Search for Home,’ is a compelling reflection on fatherhood and finding yourself by reclaiming your national and cultural inheritance. Full article 7 Most Unbelievable Moments In The Marvel Cinematic Universe By Emily Domenech and Heather Vaughan The Avengers series raises questions that cut to the essence of human nature, and ‘Endgame’ is the last chance for America to get the answers we deserve. Full article Why Bernie Sanders Is Crazy To Say Criminals Should Be Allowed To Vote From Prison By Elad Hakim It’s absurd to allow those who are serving their sentences to directly (or indirectly) help shape the same laws that they chose to violate. Full article Federal Agents Raid Baltimore Mayor’s Home During Children’s Book Scandal By Ellie Bufkin Catherine Pugh had been on the board of UMMS at the time of the $500,000 book order and was to be a deciding voter on a potentially lucrative government contract for Permanente. Full article Let’s Not Get Bogged Down In Multiculturalism Versus Progressivism By John Daniel Davidson Ryan Williams is right to define multiculturalism as an anti-American ideology that seeks to undermine the basis for individual rights. Full article No One Likes You, Kirsten Gillibrand By Madeline Osburn The white, blonde senator from New York is consistently polling below 1 percent among all Democratic presidential candidates. Full article Multiculturalism Is Not The Problem, Progressivism Is By David Marcus A new effort from the Claremont Institute seeks to fight multiculturalism, but has it chosen the right target? Full article THE CARTELS ARE MAKING BILLIONS OFF OF SMUGGLING John Davidson. http://vlt.tc/3mbs “If you don’t think the ongoing border crisis is benefitting criminal smuggling networks and Mexican drug cartels, you’re not paying attention. A new report from the RAND Corporation found that smugglers and cartels earned as much as 2.3 billion dollars from Central American migrants in 2017.” Read more of The Transom by signing up for a free trial today. follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend Copyright © 2019 The Federalist, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences |
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| ScottRasmussen.com Launch – Check Out My All New Website No Images? Click here Good morning,Seventy-three percent (73%) of voters believe it is appropriate for the U.S. Census Bureau to ask residents if they are citizens of the United States. That question is currently before the Supreme Court and public attitudes are little changed since last November. Just 18% believe the citizenship question is inappropriate.Eighty-nine percent (89%) of Republicans believe the question is appropriate along with 68% of Independent voters and 64% of Democrats.Among other uses, Census data is used to calculate the number of Congressional Districts allocated to each state. Sixty-two percent (62%) of voters believe that only the number of legal residents should be used to calculate the number of Congressional Districts. Thirty percent (30%) believe all residents– including illegal immigrants–should be included.On health care, 82% believe every American should have a choice between buying their insurance from the government or a private company. Only 18% believe that private health insurance should be eliminated so that everyone would be required to use the government insurance program. Without private insurance companies in the mix, 48% believe that the cost of health care would go up. Just 29% believe they would go down.By a 42% to 21% margin, voters believe that requiring everyone to use the government program would also lead the quality of care to get worse rather than better.These numbers highlight the reality that apparent support for a single-payer national health insurance plan reflects support for an objective rather than a policy. While strongly opposing the idea of eliminating private insurance options, voters overwhelmingly favor providing financial assistance to people who cannot afford health insurance or medical care.Our daily generic ballot update shows Democrats with a five-point advantage. The president’s job approval is at 44%. In terms of Social Media Support, Joe Biden has dramatically increased his lead over the rest of the Democratic field.Finally, today’s Number of the Day is 10%. That’s the number of Americans who don’t go online. It’s down from 48% in 2000.Thank you for your interest in our work,Scott Stay Informed Up To The Minute and Share ContentDeeper CurrentsScott Rasmussen offers his personal insight, analysis, and opinion on current political races, issues, and controversy. Read more Scott’s ColumnsPresident Trump has perfected the art of antagonizing his opponents with provocative tweets. He demonstrated this skill recently in declaring that the tax reform act,… Read more SCOTT RASMUSSEN info@scottrasmussen.com https://www.scottrasmussen.com 142 W 57th Street, 11 Floor New York, NY 10023 ScottRasmussen.com Launch – Check Out My All New Website Like Tweet Share Forward Preferences | Unsubscribe |
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04/26/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Biden Uncut; Reelection Playbook; Quote of the Week By Carl M. Cannon on Apr 26, 2019 08:36 am Good morning, it’s Friday, April 26, 2019, the day when I come up with an end-of-the week quote intended to provide inspiration for the weekend. Today’s line comes from jazzman, bandleader, and composer Duke Ellington, and is aimed at music lovers of all types. In 1965, Time magazine quoted Ellington on the evolution of his favorite art. “Jazz,” he said, “was like the kind of man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.” I’ll have a brief word on that music, along with a more encompassing Duke Ellington quote 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: * * * Biden Uncut Could Rival Trump’s Reality Show. Susan Crabtree has this analysis of a potential matchup between the gaffe-prone former veep and the no-holds-barred president. President Trump’s Unorthodox Campaign Strategy Is Paying Off. Michael Glassner explains how Trump has turned the presidential reelection playbook on its head. Another Bretton Woods Gathering to Solve a Global Problem. In RealClearMarkets, Jeffrey Snider looks back on the economic summit 75 years ago as a model for addressing current crises. Five Facts: Raising the Age to Purchase Tobacco. In RealClearPolicy, No Labels has this overview of the Senate bill. A New Dawn for Economic Opportunity. Also in RCPolicy, Ben Carson touts the “opportunity zones” created under the 2017 tax cut law. * * * The quintessential sound that became an indelible part of the American identity bubbled up from the African American and Creole communities of New Orleans in the late 19th century. From there, it traveled up the Mississippi River and over to Chicago, rode the rails to the West Coast, flew overseas to Europe while sailing around the Caribbean. It resurfaced two decades later in Kansas City in a form that lent itself to big bands — and infused a host of new forms of music ranging from gospel to rhythm and blues to rock ‘n’ roll. The person or band who first applied the word “jazz” to this sound is not known, although a plausible candidate is Iowa-born Bert Kelly, who plied his trade before the First World War in Seattle and later at the Rose Room in San Francisco’s St. Francis Hotel. In 1914, Kelly relocated to Chicago where his new band featured a host of New Orleans players. Kelly himself said he picked up the word “jazz” on the West Coast. And on this date in 1919, the Literary Digest paid homage to him for it. “The phrase ‘jazz band’ was first used by Bert Kelly in Chicago in the fall of 1915 and was unknown in New Orleans,” the digest entry said. I don’t know about dissing the Crescent City in that way, but I do know that the great wordsmith Fred R. Shapiro unearthed a 1915 quote from the Chicago Tribune using the word “jazz” to describe the city’s blues club scene. So hats off to Bert Kelly. Ultimately, however, putting a name to a style of music isn’t where it’s at. Where it’s at is discovering what sound we like — and most of us aren’t limited to one genre — and carving out the time to play or listen or hum along to the tunes. Some of us find that we can’t live without it. “Music is my mistress,” Duke Ellington said, “and she plays second fiddle to no one.” And there’s your quote of the week. Carl M. Cannon Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com |
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MEET THE PRESS FIRST READ
From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
FIRST READ: If it’s Biden versus Bernie, buckle up
They’re both white men in their mid-to-late 70s. And they’re both current/former creatures of the U.S. Senate.
But Joe Biden versus Bernie Sanders – the two 2020 candidates who lead in almost every Democratic poll – represents one heck of an ideological contrast, if the race ultimately comes down to these two men.
So in addition to the not-so-subtle shot that the Sanders campaign took at Biden’s high-roller fundraiser last night, the two candidates disagree on:
- health care (Sanders is for a single-payer system; Biden likely will work to protect/strengthen Obamacare);
- trade (Sanders opposed the TPP trade agreement; Biden backed it as Barack Obama’s VP);
- and their vision for 2020 (Sanders is once again calling for a political revolution; Biden is running on a political restoration project).
Of course, a full-out Biden-versus-Bernie ideological fight – if it comes to that – could create an opening for the other 2020 Dems, whose messages are in between a revolution and a restoration.
And last night, Elizabeth Warren took a swipe at Biden’s entry when she was asked about his record on Wall Street and bankruptcy, per MSNBC’s Shirley Zilberstein.
“At a time when the biggest financial institutions in this country were trying to put the squeeze on millions of hard-working families who were in bankruptcy because of medical problems, job losses, divorce and death in the family, there was nobody to stand up for them,” she said.
“I got in that fight because they just didn’t have anyone. And Joe Biden was on the side of the credit card companies.”
Ouch.
But also remember that both Biden and Sanders mutually benefit from contrasts with one another.
Biden needs the foil of Sanders to show that his version of democratic socialism goes too far, while Sanders needs the foil of Biden to demonstrate that Obamaism-Bidenism doesn’t go far enough.
So don’t be surprised if this Biden-versus-Bernie debate becomes a staple of the fall before next year’s first contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.
REUTERS/Scott Morgan
Trump addresses a struggling NRA
When President Trump addresses the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Indianapolis at 11:35 am ET, he’ll speak to an organization that’s been incredibly weakened over the past year.
“[T]he group is grappling with infighting, bleeding money and facing a series of investigations into its operating practices, including allegations that covert Russian agents seeking to influence the 2016 election courted its officials and funneled money through the group,” the AP writes.
More: “Indeed, as Trump is speaking Friday, Maria Butina, the admitted Russian agent, is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in Washington.”
Besides its financial and Russian troubles, the NRA also got drubbed in last year’s midterms – a reminder that the NRA’s political fate is tied directly to the Republican Party.
It wasn’t that way 20 years ago…
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2020 VISION: Who endorsed Biden and who didn’t
On his first day as a presidential candidate, Biden picked up some key (but not surprising) endorsements:
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del.- Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.
- Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala.
- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del.
- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa.
- Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa.
- Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y.
But here’s an endorsement Biden didn’t get – Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., who backed Pete Buttigieg earlier this week.
Why is Beyer notable here?
“Beyer endorsed Obama in early 2007 and volunteered on his campaign, knocking on doors for weeks in Iowa ahead of the state caucuses,” the Washington Post writes. the Washington Post writes.
Also:
“Beyer served two terms as Virginia’s lieutenant governor in the 1990s,
was a major fundraiser for Obama and served as U.S. ambassador to
Switzerland and
Liechtenstein from 2009 to 2013.”
On the campaign trail today: Joe Biden appears on The View… Elizabeth Warren stumps in Iowa… Kirsten Gillibrand hits New Hampshire… Cory Booker campaigns in South Carolina… And Beto O’Rourke and Julian Castro both swing through Nevada.
On the campaign trail Saturday: President Trump holds a rally in Green Bay, Wis… O’Rourke, Castro, Warren, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar and John Hickenlooper attend an SEIU forum in Las Vegas… O’Rourke later heads to California… And Gillibrand remains in New Hampshire, while Booker stays in South Carolina.
On the campaign trail Sunday: O’Rourke holds a town hall in San Francisco.
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is… 28 years
28 years.
That’s the time that passed between the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings — for which Joe Biden served as the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee — and Biden’s reported repentant phone call a few weeks ago to Anita Hill, who accused Thomas of sexual harassment.
But, as the New York Times reports, the call didn’t go as he hoped.
Hill told the Times: “I cannot be satisfied by simply saying, ‘I’m sorry for what happened to you’ … I will be satisfied when I know there is real change and real accountability and real purpose.”
She also didn’t call Biden’s phone call an apology, and — although she doesn’t see Biden’s conduct during the hearings as totally disqualifying — she said she can’t support him until he further addresses his treatment of her and of corroborating witnesses who were never called to testify in the confirmation fight.
THE LID: Oh, that Joe
Don’t miss the pod from yesterday, when we looked at the various ways Joe Biden’s candidacy could play out.
Tweet of the day: Three cheers for 25 years!
ICYMI: This week’s overlooked stories
Biden gets in! The subpoena war! More fallout from the Mueller report! Those were the stories that dominated the week.
But don’t miss these other ones, per NBC’s Kyle Stewart, which would have received more attention in any other political era.
1. North Korea issued $2 million bill for comatose Otto Warmbier’s care
2. Watchdogs open 2nd ethics probe of top Interior officials
3.
Latino vote surged in 2018, new data shows
4. Putin meets with Kim in hopes he can help resolve nuclear standoff
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- Eyes on the Pacific
- Romans 12:9 – ‘abhor that which is evil’
- Franklin Graham: A Pharisee trading the gospel for political power
- Baltimore: Another city that cannot shake their addiction to Democratic corruption and failure
- Illegal alien Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph allegedly helped was previously deported twice
- College students react to Creepy Joe Biden touching compilation
- Avengers: Endgame synopsis and why you shouldn’t think too hard about the movie after you see it
| Rod Rosentein failed to confirm the left’s narrative, making him their biggest enemy of the moment Posted: 26 Apr 2019 05:28 AM PDT The most predictable components of politics are reactions from the tribes when someone doesn’t abide by the approved script. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosentein is learning that all too well after delivering a speech defending the Mueller report. He was expected to follow the left’s talking points of the day that the redacted pieces of […] The post Rod Rosentein failed to confirm the left’s narrative, making him their biggest enemy of the moment appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Eyes on the Pacific Posted: 26 Apr 2019 04:35 AM PDT As politicians do what politicians do and prepare for America’s national sport, which is politics, and our marathon 2-year presidential campaign, United States armed forces are focusing our military might on the Western Pacific Basin. The reason can be summarized in one word: China! A lot of timely information is being tweeted these days. The […] The post Eyes on the Pacific appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Romans 12:9 – ‘abhor that which is evil’ Posted: 26 Apr 2019 01:06 AM PDT Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. – Romans 12:9 (KJV) This is a very easy verse to understand but there’s a word that often catches people. “Dissimulation” means to be fake or insincere. In this verse, it tells us to love truthfully and from our […] The post Romans 12:9 – ‘abhor that which is evil’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Franklin Graham: A Pharisee trading the gospel for political power Posted: 26 Apr 2019 01:00 AM PDT Which came first … the chicken or the egg? Much like this age-old question, the question about Trump’s role in the destruction of conservatism has been debated from the day he rode down the escalator in Trump Tower in 2015 to announce his candidacy. In other words, did Trump destroy conservatism or is he a […] The post Franklin Graham: A Pharisee trading the gospel for political power appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Baltimore: Another city that cannot shake their addiction to Democratic corruption and failure Posted: 26 Apr 2019 12:53 AM PDT San Francisco. Chicago. Seattle. Detroit. Baltimore. These cities and many others across America have two things in common. First, their biggest problems continue to get worse despite high taxes, outside help, or both. Second, they’ve been run by progressive Democrats for a long time. The last time Baltimore had a Republican mayor, current embattled mayor Catherine […] The post Baltimore: Another city that cannot shake their addiction to Democratic corruption and failure appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Illegal alien Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph allegedly helped was previously deported twice Posted: 25 Apr 2019 10:50 PM PDT Activist judges have acted with impunity for decades. Some believe they are above the law simply because of their position within the criminal justice system. This can make them feel like they’re justified when they commit crimes because they either believe their reasoning is sound, they don’t believe they’ll get caught, or both. Whatever motivated Judge […] The post Illegal alien Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph allegedly helped was previously deported twice appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| College students react to Creepy Joe Biden touching compilation Posted: 25 Apr 2019 08:35 PM PDT Former Vice President Joe Biden is hands-on when it comes to women at photo sessions. He likes to feel his way through situations and knows when he smells something funny. That’s Creepy Joe. Democrats have got to love him. Or will the? When shown a compilation of Biden’s greatest hits with the hands, college students […] The post College students react to Creepy Joe Biden touching compilation appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Avengers: Endgame synopsis and why you shouldn’t think too hard about the movie after you see it Posted: 25 Apr 2019 06:21 PM PDT Movie reviews aren’t really my thing. I don’t read them other than occasional snippets on Rotten Tomatoes. I never write about them. I rarely go to the movies anymore despite once truly loving them for the same reason I stopped watching the NFL. My money is better spent when it goes to people who don’t […] The post Avengers: Endgame synopsis and why you shouldn’t think too hard about the movie after you see it appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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Senators Claim New Text Messages May Show FBI Spied on Trump After Election
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron
Johnson (R-WI) claim they have uncovered text messages that may show the
FBI spied on Trump campaign staffers after the 2016 presidential
election. In a letter to Attorney General William Barr, Johnson and Grassley highlight a text messages between FBI lovers Peter Strzok and Lisa Page prior to a FBI briefing with the Trump transition team. The two seem to discuss using the meeting to foster relationships and gather information about transition team officials, according to the Washington Times… |
| BAD EDUCATION: California Moves to BAN SCHOOLS from Suspending Students for ‘Willful Defiance’ The California State Senate voted this week to ban public and charter schools from suspending their students for acts of “willful defiance” against educators, administrators, and other staffers.“Under the new version (Senate Bill 419), students in grades 4-8 wouldn’t be suspended for disrupting school activities or willfully defying school authorities, including teachers… |
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IT GETS WORSE: AOC and Mistaken ‘Older Male’ Republican are CO-SPONSORS of the SAME BILL
Controversial Congresswoman Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez set Twitter ablaze Thursday after she mistakenly slammed
an “Older Male” Republican who is -in fact- a fellow Democrat and
co-sponsor of the same legislation.“Even more embarrassing for
Ocasio-Cortez, she is a co-sponsor of legislation reintroduced by John
Yarmuth earlier this month,” posted Daily Wire reporter Ryan Saavedra… |
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