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Tuesday, May 7, 2019 Note from Annafi: We’re officially on Insta! Did I throw on a blazer at 5 am for all you lovely people? You bet I did! Increased Tariffs on Chinese Goods “Accusing Beijing of ‘reneging’ on commitments it made in earlier talks, the nation’s top trade negotiator said Monday that the Trump administration will increase tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods.” AP News From the Left The left criticizes the tariffs for hurting US consumers, and worries about an escalating trade war. “According to a paper published [in] March by economists Mary Amiti of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, Stephen J. Redding of Princeton University and David Weinstein of Columbia University, practically all of the effect of the tariffs ‘fell on domestic consumers and importers up to now, with no impact so far on the prices received by foreign exporters’… the total cost of tariffs on importers and consumers was nearly $1.4 billion a month. In another survey, researchers at the Federal Bank of Atlanta, the University of Chicago and Stanford concluded that tariffs had led to nearly $33 billion worth of reduced investment in the U.S. in 2018 alone.” Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress “The real worry financial markets always have about tariffs… is not so much the tariffs themselves as what comes next. China could retaliate by cutting purchases of American agricultural goods, buying European airplanes rather than American airplanes, or trying to bias the domestic Chinese auto market against American brands. At that point, talks aimed at deescalation might get back under way. But the US could also counter-retaliate. This kind of ‘trade war’ between the world’s two largest economies could spiral out of control and end up severely damaging the global economy.… “Trump’s aides tend to say that this is all overstated. That the basic reality is the US economy is in a strong position, that Chinese leaders’ own position is more tenuous, and that Trump is simply an aggressive negotiator playing for advantage. On the other hand, obtaining that advantage requires him to credibly act like someone who doesn’t understand — or doesn’t care about — the potential harms of a giant trade war. The problem is he’s sometimes much too convincing about it.” Matthew Yglesias, Vox Some note that “Trump can’t make any permanent trade agreements unless Congress agrees. That’s a long process he hasn’t even started. Instead, Trump is using executive authority, which lasts only as long as he is president. Any promise he makes to China will expire on January 20, 2021, just 21 months from now, unless he is reelected. The Chinese know this. That’s why they are in no hurry to make the kind of deals Trump wants. He might ‘encourage’ them with threats and maybe even higher tariffs. But then he risks crashing the markets. So, China’s best negotiating strategy is to wait, which they do very well.” Patrick W. Watson, Forbes Finally, many are criticizing the Trump administration for “[relenting] on imposing sanctions on key Chinese officials involved in carrying out human rights abuses in Xinjiang… in a bid to supposedly counter terrorism, Beijing has set up a vast system of ‘reeducation camps’ to dissuade the region’s predominantly Muslim Turkic minorities, including Uighurs, from embracing religious extremism. Advocates and Uighur exiles abroad point to a totalitarian dragnet that has disappeared a chunk of the region’s population and ushered in a draconian 21st-century surveillance state… [the failure to address this behavior is a] glaring absence in Trump’s showdown with China.” Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post From the Right The right is critical of China’s trade practices, and supportive of Trump’s tough negotiating tactics. “Beijing has too often violated the global trading rules it agreed to and profits from. It steals trade secrets and intellectual property and handicaps foreign companies with punitive regulation. Chinese abuses have undermined political support for free trade in the U.S… There’s no denying that [Trump’s] border taxes on Chinese goods have prodded Beijing to negotiate, though tariffs have also imposed costs on U.S. consumers and producers, especially in agriculture… “Mr. Xi has to concede more than Mr. Trump does—without being embarrassed in the process. China already has largely free access to the U.S. market and rule of law. China’s main demand is that Mr. Trump lift his tariffs, which is reasonable if China agrees to cease its multiple trade violations. This includes protections for IP, a reduction in tariff rates toward U.S. levels, a reduction in subsidies for state-owned companies, more liberal rules for joint ventures, and an end to cyber theft.” Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal “The president’s tough line now—heading into the final stretch of negotiations—will reduce friction later. China is less likely to cheat on any future agreement if it needs to comply to earn a reduction of these tariffs. China will cheat if the U.S. has no tariffs to enforce it… China has a long history of quickly breaking promises to the West. From refusing to abide by the rules of the World Trade Organization after it joined in 2001 to abandoning President Xi Jinping’s promise to President Obama not to militarize the South China Sea, Beijing’s record makes strong enforcement mechanisms a necessary precondition to any U.S. agreement to a deal.” Michael Pillsbury, Wall Street Journal Trump’s “policy is right on the mark here. Chinese President Xi Jinping intends to destroy the U.S.-led international system of fair commerce under the democratic rule of law. He aims to replace it with one of intellectual theft and feudal mercantilism. China is playing games in the trade negotiations to protect that agenda. But Trump’s tariffs and other economic actions challenge Xi by jabbing at his unelected regime’s economic vulnerability.” Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner “The trade war is, to a large extent, a conflict over the Chinese Communist Party’s most important means of keeping itself in power: subsidies and the state sector… significantly changing China’s trade practices would mean forcing the Chinese Communist Party to upend a core piece of what is holding its fragile political system together… [But] from the American perspective, the costs of living with these trade practices are far too high to justify perpetuating an unreformed trade relationship with China… “If the United States is determined to no longer bear the painful consequences of China’s trade practices, it can either get Beijing to significantly reform its economy—extremely unlikely given the nature of Chinese politics today—or it can decide to curtail the trade relationship… sooner or later, American policymakers will have to face this reality and the uncomfortable implications of it.” Nick Taber, The American Conservative On the bright side… Artificial Intelligence creates never-ending death metal. 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| Good morning from Washington, where House Democrats are about to make a big mistake by voting to choke off new choices in health care. Marie Fishpaw explains. Trump wants Obama’s last Border Patrol chief to round up illegal immigrants. Fred Lucas fills in some blanks. The roaring economy lifts our poorest countrymen, Adam Michel writes. Plus: Bruce Klingner on North Korea’s missile launch, Riley Walters on the U.S.-China trade standoff, Cully Stimson on bringing WikiLeaks’ ringleader to justice, and Tom Jipping on the crying need for federal judges. |
| Commentary House Democrats Ready Vote to Undercut Health Care Innovation The bill would undo the Trump administration’s regulatory relief efforts designed to allow more innovative health care solutions, which provided a small escape hatch from Obamacare’s one-size-fits-all solution. More Commentary Poorest Americans Are Benefiting Most From Strong Economy In the past year, wage growth was 6.6% for the 10th percentile of workers with the lowest incomes. That’s double the 3.3% growth rate for workers at the top of the income distribution. More News 4 Things to Know About Mark Morgan, Trump’s Choice to Run ICE As ICE director, Morgan could have influence in making a case to Congress about closing loopholes that force the catch-and-release process for illegal immigrants. More Commentary Julian Assange’s Days in the UK Are Numbered According to the Justice Department, the WikiLeaks founder was involved in “one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States.” More Commentary Parsing the President’s Tweets on Tariffs Amid China Trade Talks The taxes on Chinese imports are paid by American importers. Several studies show that these tariffs aren’t negatively impacting Chinese producers the way the Trump administration thinks they are. More Commentary How North Korea’s Missile Launch Could Affect Nuclear Negotiations The missile launch is a violation of United Nations resolutions, which prohibit any North Korean military activity using ballistic missile technology. More Commentary The Senate Has Confirmed Trump’s 100th Judge. Let’s Put That Number in Perspective. Vacancies are actually 25% higher than when Trump took office, and the percentage of those vacancies designated as “judicial emergencies” is nearly at an all-time high. More Commentary Ex-Gay Pastor’s Counseling of Those Questioning Their Sexuality Could Be at Risk With Equality Act “To remove from the table only the kind of therapy that would help a person walk away from homosexuality, how is that equal? How is that fair?” asks Ken Williams, who is now married with children. More |
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FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL ON MUELLER: CASE CLOSED … MCCONNELL will speak on the floor at 10 a.m. to deliver his final thoughts on the Mueller report. McConnell is expected to focus on three “buckets”: Russia’s interference in the U.S. elections, the work of ROBERT MUELLER and A.G. BILL BARR and his view that it is time to stop relitigating the 2016 election. Look for him to invoke the phrase “case closed.”
— WHAT MCCONNELL WILL SAY: “This investigation went on for two years. It’s finally over. Many Americans were waiting to see how their elected officials would respond. With an exhaustive investigation complete, would the country finally unify to confront the real challenges before us? Would we finally be able to move on from partisan paralysis and breathless conspiracy theorizing?
“Or would we remain consumed by unhinged partisanship, and keep dividing ourselves to the point that Putin and his agents need only stand on the sidelines and watch as their job is done for them? Regrettably, I think the answer is obvious.”
MEANWHILE … SENATE DEMOCRATS are ramping up their messaging strategy of calling the Senate “Mitch McConnell’s legislative graveyard.” Look for SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER and others to focus on this talking point at the weekly stakeout after the caucus lunches. A new video Schumer will release today
THE TARIFF MAN … WSJ: “White House Ratchets Up Trade Fight,” by William Mauldin, Michael Bender and Josh Zumbrun: “Prospects for a speedy conclusion to the U.S.-China trade fight dimmed Monday after U.S. officials accused Beijing of reneging on its promises and vowed to implement President Trump’s threat to raise tariffs quickly on Chinese imports.
“‘Over the course of the last week or so, we’ve seen an erosion in commitments by China, I would say retreating from commitments that have already been made, in our judgment,’ said U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, declaring tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports would rise to 25% starting Friday. … Mr. Trump’s threat rattled financial markets around the world, but also triggered speculation that it might be a negotiating tactic aimed at getting the best deal out of Beijing. …
“The briefing from Messrs. Lighthizer and Mnuchin, which took place after U.S. markets closed on Monday, made it clear there are deep concerns about the direction of the talks that go beyond negotiating style. In a show of unity by an administration often divided between trade-friendly officials and China hawks, the two officials were joined at Monday’s briefing by economic adviser Larry Kudlow and trade-and-manufacturing adviser Peter Navarro.” WSJ
— WAPO’S DAVID LYNCH and BOB COSTA: “Despite the tough talk, Robert E. Lighthizer, the president’s chief trade negotiator, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the administration expects to host Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and a Chinese team for further talks in Washington on Thursday evening and Friday.” WaPo
— MARKET PEEK … FT: “China’s stock market steadied on Tuesday after Washington and Beijing confirmed trade talks would continue this week despite new tariff threats from US President Donald Trump. The CSI 300 index of major stocks listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen closed up 1 per cent, buoyed by government efforts to avoid a second day of steep declines and reassurances that trade talks would continue.” FT
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BEHIND TRUMP’S MUELLER TWEET … AP’S JONATHAN LEMIRE: “The president stewed for days about the prospect of the media coverage that would be given to Mueller, a man Trump believes has been unfairly lionized across cable news and the front pages of the nation’s leading newspapers for two years, according to three White House officials and Republicans close to the White House.
“Trump feared a repeat — but bigger — of the February testimony of his former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, which dominated news coverage and even overshadowed a nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam.
“Trump has long known the power of televised images and feared that Americans would be captivated by seeing — and hearing — Mueller, who has not spoken publicly since being named special counsel.” AP
— DARREN SAMUELSOHN, DANIEL LIPPMAN and ELIANA JOHNSON: “Surprised advisers downplay Trump’s tweet about Mueller testimony”: “[M]ore than a dozen people from Trump’s close orbit downplayed in interviews the prospect that the president’s weekend tweet about Mueller should be taken as an official warning.
“Trump does not actually intend to assert executive privilege and block the special counsel from testifying as soon as next week, they said, before the one House committee with the power to begin impeachment proceedings against the president.” POLITICO
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TALKER: “Mueller’s conclusion was a dereliction of his duty,” by David Kendall, longtime attorney for Bill and Hillary Clinton, in WaPo
THE INVESTIGATIONS …
— HAPPENING WEDNESDAY … “Nadler and Barr steam toward a clash over contempt,” by Kyle Cheney and Andrew Desiderio: “The House Judiciary Committee will proceed with a vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress on Wednesday, Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) confirmed late Monday, as the Justice Department attempts to fend off the effort ahead of a negotiating session with the Democratic-led committee on Tuesday.
“Nadler’s firm stance comes as he seeks punitive actions against the attorney general for defying a subpoena for special counsel Robert Mueller’s unredacted report on the Russia investigation and its underlying evidence. It also comes hours after the Justice Department put forward a last-ditch plea to negotiate with the panel, offering a Wednesday meeting but later agreeing to Nadler’s demand for a Tuesday sit-down.” POLITICO
— BRIAN FALER: “You’re not getting Trump’s tax returns, Mnuchin tells Democrats”: “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said their demands raise ‘serious constitutional questions’ and that lawmakers do not have a ‘legitimate’ reason for seeking President Donald Trump’s filings.
“‘The Supreme Court has held that the Constitution requires that Congressional information demands must reasonably serve a legitimate legislative purpose,’ he wrote in a one-page letter to House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass). ‘I have determined that the Committee’s request lacks a legitimate legislative purpose’ and ‘the Department is therefore not authorized to disclose the requested returns.’” POLITICO … Mnuchin’s letter
IT SEEMS NEARLY CERTAIN that Ways and Means will hold Mnuchin in contempt — a symbolic move — and then will have to go to court to try to compel the release of Trump’s tax returns.
— BIG PICTURE: Democrats and the White House are rapidly moving toward a series of potential court actions that could help clarify Congress’ oversight role in a global sense. The White House is ignoring demands for documents and declining requests for testimony and records. It might take a while, but the courts are going to have to rule on some of this, which could help define the Hill’s role in oversight for years to come.
SPOTTED: Mnuchin having a long dinner at Cafe Milano as his decision to block the release of Trump’s tax returns played on the cable news TV screens at the bar.
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ABOUT THE WALL … JOSH GERSTEIN: “Ex-House general counsels back House’s border wall suit”: “Seven former top lawyers for the House of Representatives are backing a House lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump from seeking to spend billions of dollars of federal funds on a border wall without any specific authorization from Congress.
“Attorneys who served a bipartisan set of speakers over the past four decades filed a brief Monday urging U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden to rule that the House has standing to pursue the border wall suit and that the dispute is a proper one for the courts despite the reluctance of many judges to weigh in on fights between Congress and the president.” POLITICO
CASH DASH … NYT’S ANNIE KARNI and MAGGIE HABERMAN: “Trump Embraces the Traditional Fund-Raising He Once Shunned”: “About 200 bundlers from across the country are expected to gather Tuesday at the Trump International Hotel for a series of meetings and workshops about the campaign’s new fund-raising program. Vice President Mike Pence will address the group. Brad Parscale, President Trump’s campaign manager, will play host. Stephen A. Schwarzman, the Wall Street billionaire, has R.S.V.P.’d yes.
“The group will be divided into tiers, based on success in raising money. The ‘Trump Train’ donors, or those who raise $25,000, will be given a lapel pin and access to a national retreat and leadership dinners. ‘Club 45’ members, or those who raise $45,000, will get all of that, as well as monthly conference calls with Republican Party leaders. And the ‘Builders Club,’ or those bundlers who raise $100,000 or more, will be given access to national campaign events.
“It is the kind of traditional campaign fund-raising apparatus that Mr. Trump thumbed his nose at during his 2016 run. And it involves some donors who only grudgingly accepted him once he was the Republican presidential nominee.” NYT
2020 WATCH — “MIA from Mayor Pete’s events: Black voters,” by Nolan McCaskill in Orangeburg, S.C.: “Pete Buttigieg wants to have a conversation with African-American voters. But he can’t seem to reach them. He scheduled a meet-and-greet Monday in Orangeburg — a city that is 76 percent black — but only a dozen or so people of color showed up in a crowd of more than 100. At a town hall the night before — held at a North Charleston high school where minority enrollment is 97 percent in a city that is roughly half-black — it was another overwhelmingly white audience.
“The composition of his audiences is a familiar issue for Buttigieg, who’s surged in recent national and state polls but struggled to make inroads with one of the party’s most important constituencies.” POLITICO
— SCOOP: CHRIS CADELAGO — “Harris launches national organizing program”: “Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign is quietly building out its national footprint. The California Democrat has taken a more methodical approach than some rivals in amassing ground troops. On Tuesday, Harris’ team will take another step, launching a national training program designed to harness volunteer energy on the ground that it could later tap into, according to a preview of the plan shared with POLITICO.
“Democratic presidential candidates are using various techniques to enlist grass-roots support — from paying staffers to collect sign-ups to marshaling online networks to organize coffees and watch parties. The door-to-door outreach is a crucial, yet often overlooked, element of their efforts to gain an advantage in the early voting states.” POLITICO
— “Harris unloads on pundits who say only a white man can beat Trump,” by Chris Cadelago
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— DANIEL NEWHAUSER is now covering politics — including Congress and the 2020 campaign — for Vice News. He was formerly at National Journal.
TRUMP’S TUESDAY — The president will attend first lady Melania Trump’s “Be Best” anniversary celebration at 11 a.m. in the Rose Garden. He will have lunch with VP Mike Pence at 12:15 p.m. in the private dining room. Trump will meet with Senate Republicans in the Cabinet Room at 3 p.m.
— ANITA KUMAR: “Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a key Trump ally, as well as Sens. David Perdue (R-Ga.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are expected to attend, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
“The meeting comes as Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, gears up to release an immigration plan he has spent months crafting, which is expected to boost security at the southern border and implement a merit-based system for immigrants.” POLITICO
PLAYBOOK READS
ALEXANDRA GLORIOSO in Tallahassee: “Trump directs Azar to work on Florida drug import plan”
KNOWING PETE BUTTIGIEG … THE NEW YORKER’S CHARLES BETHEA: “‘There was a book on the shared toilet,’ [his old Oxford roommate Jeremy] Farris, who is now the general counsel at New Mexico’s Department of Finance & Administration, said, ‘called Teach Yourself Norwegian.’ One day, as the flatmates were walking along the Thames, a young man wearing a soldier’s coat with a Norwegian flag appeared. ‘Peter stopped him,’ Farris said, ‘and they had a conversation while we politely waited. I realized that Peter had taught himself Norwegian on the toilet.’” The New Yorker
— MAYOR PETE’S THEORY OF THE CASE: “If you’re playing [Trump’s] game, you’re losing. Nobody’s going to play his game better than he does and so we’ve got to do something completely different. The good news is Americans as a rule tend to go for the opposite of whatever they just had in a presidential election.” NBC
SPEAKING OUT — “Inaugural Official Disputes White House Account of Her Departure,” by NYT’s Maggie Haberman and Ben Protess: “Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a leading contractor for President Trump’s inaugural committee and a former adviser to the first lady, Melania Trump, has publicly disputed accounts of her departure from the White House last year, rejecting claims from officials that she was dismissed. Ms. Winston Wolkoff specifically took issue with suggestions by White House officials that she had been forced out because of reports that she had profited excessively from her role in helping organize inaugural events.
“She gave her account of what happened in a statement to The New York Times more than a year after she parted ways with the White House, where she had served as an unpaid adviser to Mrs. Trump after the inauguration. ‘Was I fired? No,’ Ms. Winston Wolkoff said in the statement. ‘Did I personally receive $26 million or $1.6 million? No. Was I thrown under the bus? Yes.’” NYT
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ATTACK OF THE CHINA OP-EDS — STEVE BANNON, WAPO: “We’re in an economic war with China. It’s futile to compromise.” … MICHAEL PILLSBURY, WSJ: “Why Trump Is Raising Tariffs on China”
FOR YOUR RADAR … NAHAL TOOSI and BRYAN BENDER: “Trump inches toward military confrontation with Iran”
VALLEY TALK … FP’S ELIAS GROLL: “The Future Is Here, and It Includes Hackers Getting Bombed”: “After blocking a cyberattackthat the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said was launched by operatives working on behalf of the militant group Hamas, the IDF carried out an airstrike in Gaza targeting the building in which the hackers worked, partially destroying it. The strike appears to be the first time that a nation’s military has responded in real time to a cyberattack with physical force.” Foreign Policy
— “Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole time,” by WaPo’s Geoffrey Fowler
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SPY GAMES — “How Chinese Spies Got the N.S.A.’s Hacking Tools, and Used Them for Attacks,” by NYT’s Nicole Perlroth, David Sanger and Scott Shane
MEDIAWATCH — “Two Reuters reporters freed in Myanmar after more than 500 days in jail,” by Reuters’ Simon Lewis and Shoon Naing in Yangon: “Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon on Tuesday after spending more than 500 days behind bars. The two reporters, Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, had been convicted in September and sentenced to seven years in jail …
“They were released under a presidential amnesty for 6,520 prisoners on Tuesday. … Swamped by media and well-wishers as they walked through the gates of Insein Prison, a grinning Wa Lone gave a thumbs up and said he was grateful for the international efforts to secure their freedom. ‘I’m really happy and excited to see my family and my colleagues. I can’t wait to go to my newsroom,’ he said.” Reuters
— BACKSTORY: The letter by former federal prosecutors that went viral Monday after it got picked up by The Washington Post has its origins in a recent op-ed in The Daily Beast by Mimi Rocah and Renato Mariotti, “If Trump Weren’t President, He Would Already Be Charged,” we’re told.
Inspired by the article, a loose network of attorneys drafted the letter and enlisted the help of the relatively new NGO Protect Democracy, which then blasted it out to its list of DOJ alums and vetted the respondents. The Cambridge-based group was founded in 2017 by two former associate counsels in the Obama White House, Justin Florence and Ian Bassin, and now has a bipartisan staff of around 30 that works to promote the rule of law and fight what it sees as rising authoritarianism in the U.S.
As for the letter, the list of what is now well over 500 signatories includes people like Jeff Harris, a former Rudy Giuliani deputy; Republicans such as former SDNY judge John Martin and retired prosecutor Donald Ayer, both former George H.W. Bush appointees; and many other former line prosecutors who aren’t especially political.
— DEADLINE: “More Than 100 CNN Workers Take Voluntary Buyouts Amid Move To Hudson Yards”
— David Lat is leaving Above the Law after 13 years and joining legal recruiter Lateral Link as a managing director. He was the editor at large and founding editor of the site. The announcement
— PER MORNING MEDIA: “TONIGHT: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is holding its annual Freedom of the Press Awards Dinner. Honorees include Atlantic chairman David Bradley, Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou, NBC News host and correspondent Andrea Mitchell, and American Urban Radio Networks White House correspondent April Ryan.”
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SPOTTED: Stephen Moore holding court at Morton’s on Connecticut Ave. He stepped out several times to take phone calls. … James Comey in first class on American’s 7:30 p.m. DCA-to-Boston shuttle. Pic
TRANSITIONS — Andrew Gillum will be a senior fellow at People for the American Way. The Nation … Brad Elkins has been named campaign manager for Rep. Ben Ray Luján’s (D-N.M.) Senate campaign. Elkins most recently was campaign manager for Sen. Martin Heinrich’s (D-N.M.) reelection campaign and is an alum of Democrat Jason Kander’s Senate campaign and Martin O’Malley’s presidential campaign. …
… Patrick Hester is the new chief of staff to Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.). He most recently was deputy legislative director.
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Will the ‘bathroom bill’ animate yet another North Carolina election?
The email from Dan McCready was telling. The North Carolina Democrat was fundraising off a poll that showed state Sen. Dan Bishop leading the 10-person Republican primary field for next Tuesday’s 9th District special election. McCready wanted to let his supporters know that Bishop was “the architect of HB2,” a state law that required people to use the bathrooms in government-run facilities that corresponded to the sex on their birth certificates. Read More…
Biden, unions and the politics of 2020
ANALYSIS — Shortly after former Vice President Joe Biden announced his candidacy for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, he received his first union endorsement. “I couldn’t be more proud to have the International Association of Fire Fighters on my team,” Biden tweeted in response. “Unions built the middle class in this country — and as President, I’ll fight to strengthen them and grow the backbone of this country.” Read More…
Today I’m getting boring. Please, Congress, join me
OPINION — Let me tell you what is probably not going to make this column go viral: Me writing about infrastructure. But you know what I’m about to do? Write about infrastructure. That’s because, even though a journalist’s livelihood has come to depend on generating traffic, tweets and sticky, sharable content, somebody somewhere in America has got to do the boring stuff. Today I’m that person. Hopefully soon, Congress will join me in doing boring too. Read More…
Former congressional pages: Bring back scandal-plagued program
Joint sessions. The birth of C-SPAN. Harry Byrd playing his violin during a filibuster. The awe they felt the first time they walked on the House floor. It all adds up to what alumni of the Capitol page program call a life-altering experience. Read More…
FDA grapples with ‘living’ medical devices
Imagine a not-too-distant future when medical devices powered by artificial intelligence continuously adapt to new symptoms presented by patients and learn how to make accurate diagnoses much like a well-trained physician would. Read More…
New York regulator’s conflict with fintech firm spills into view
The battle over the benefits and risks of new financial technology is escalating, in the form of a dust-up between New York state and a Seattle-based virtual currency business that, to the surprise of fintech followers, took the fight public. Read More…
Enzi retirement likely to spur competitive Wyoming primary, but for which seat?
Sen. Michael B. Enzi’s decision not to seek a fifth term is causing more than a handful of his fellow Wyoming Republicans to evaluate their political ambitions. Read More…
Mnuchin rejects Neal’s request for Trump tax returns
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal on Monday that the IRS will not hand over President Donald Trump’s tax returns and associated information. Read More…
In bashing Biden, did Kellyanne Conway break the law again?
Sen. Thomas R. Carper is requesting a formal review of whether senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway has again violated the federal law that’s intended “to prevent pernicious political activities.” Read More…
Jeff Sessions, Doug Jones ring in happy birthday for Richard Shelby
The hallways outside the Senate Appropriations Committee filled with the Happy Birthday song Monday afternoon as dozens of senators and staff gathered to wish Chairman Richard C. Shelby a happy 85th birthday. Read More…
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UN Warns Of Imminent Ecological Catastrophe, Just Like They Did In 1982 By Michael Bastasch – The United Nations is out with a familiar refrain — ecological catastrophe is decades away, echoing a warning from 1982. In 1982, the U.N. warned of environmental destruction “as irreversible as any nuclear holocaust” by the turn of the century. This time, the U.N. says one million species are threatened … Apocalypse Now? UN Warns Of Imminent Ecological Catastrophe, Just Like They Did In 1982 is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Watch Live: President Trump Presents the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the U.S. Military Academy Football Team By R. Mitchell – President Donald Trump presents the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the U.S. Military Academy Football Team. The Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy is awarded to each season’s winner of the American college football triangular series among the teams of the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, and U.S. Air Force Academy. Watch: Content created … Watch Live: President Trump Presents the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the U.S. Military Academy Football Team 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 » CNN Promotes Discredited ‘Population Bomb’ Author In Climate Coverage By Michael Bastasch – CNN interviewed discredited environmental catastrophist Paul Ehrlich in its coverage of the United Nations’ latest warning of ecological collapse due to human activities and climate change. Humanity will need to start “consuming less, polluting less and having fewer children” if it’s going to stop mass extinction in the coming decades, … CNN Promotes Discredited ‘Population Bomb’ Author In Climate Coverage 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 » Boeing Knew About Warning Light Problem A Year Before Fatal Crash, But Kept Info To Itself By Evie Fordham – Only after the deadly Indonesian Lion Air crash in October did Boeing come forward about a warning light problem it had been aware of for more than a year before the tragedy, the company admitted Sunday. 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| Treasury Says No To Democrats’ Demand for Trump Tax Returns Yesterday evening, in a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that he would be denying requests from congressional Democrats’ to release six-year’s worth of President Trump’s tax returns. Mnuchin cited that the request facially “lacked a legitimate purpose” and as such, the Treasury Department did not have the authorization to grant the request. From ABC News: “Democrats requested Trump’s personal tax returns under a 1924 provision of the tax code saying the Treasury secretary “shall furnish” any individual’s tax return information to the chairs of three congressional committees “upon written request.” Republicans have accused Democrats of weaponizing the tax code to target Trump, and said the move would set a dangerous precedent. Trump broke with modern precedent as a presidential candidate in 2016 when he refused to release his returns, and has continued to do so while in office. Most presidents since Richard Nixon have voluntarily released their tax returns over the past 40 years, which is not required by law.” Earlier this month, Jim Geraghty of National Review wrote a piece, indicating that, despite Trump’s break with tradition, congressional Democrats’ interest in said tax returns may be unconventional in the way it mimics a “fishing expedition.” Geraghty explains the supposed veil of necessity that the House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal has put forth in favor of releasing the returns: “Neal argues that the committee needs the records because “the IRS has a policy of auditing the tax returns of all sitting presidents and vice-presidents, yet little is known about the effectiveness of this program. On behalf of the American people, the Ways and Means Committee must determine if that policy is being followed, and, if so, whether these audits are conducted fully and appropriately.” Geraghty quotes Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee in response to Neal’s requests: “I, for one, haven’t seen any evidence that the IRS has suddenly changed its policy under this president – that it’s conducting a less thorough review of President Trump’s taxes than it did of previous presidents, or that it hasn’t conducted a review at all. So why are Democrats considering these changes to the tax code now? Why didn’t they raise the issue under President Obama, or President Bush, or President Clinton? The answer is, nothing has changed. There’s no reason to believe the IRS is doing any less due diligence in its review of President Trump’s taxes than it has for any other president in recent memory.” The fight over Trump’s tax returns, yet another exhaustive distraction for congressional Democrats, has become the raison d’etre for the Left after coming up empty-handed on the Russian collusion narrative. Trump Presents Tiger Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom True to his tweet following the Masters, President Trump presented Tiger Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, making Woods the fourth golfer in the history of the honor to ever receive it. Past golfers to have been presented with the honor include Arnold Palmer (President George W. Bush), Jack Nicklaus (President George W. Bush), and Charlie Sifford (President Barack Obama). The relationship between Trump and Woods, a mixture of professional and personal, spans decades. 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Good morning,Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Democrats believe that, in his relations with the Russian government, President Trump is guilty of treason. Just 14% of those in Nancy Pelosi’s party disagree while 29% are not sure.Republicans
reject that notion by an 82% to 7% margin. Among Independent voters,
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sure.Among all voters, 33% believe the president is guilty of treason while 45% disagree.The survey also found that 41% of voters believe
the president should be impeached and removed from office. Forty-four
percent (44%) disagree. Support for impeachment has held steady ever since the submission of the Mueller report.
Seventy-one percent (71%) of Democrats believe he should be impeached
while 84% of Republicans reject the idea. Thirty-five percent (35%) of
Independent voters favor impeachment while 45% are opposed.The president’s Job Approval has remained remarkably steady throughout this period. Our daily updates have stayed within two points of 46% every day for more than three months .Special
Counsel Robert Mueller is viewed favorably by 43% and unfavorably by
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know enough to form an opinion.Attorney General William Barr is viewed favorably by 28%, unfavorably by 32%, and is unknown to 40%.Sixty-six percent (66%) of voters approve of the way the Supreme Court is doing its
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think it’s too liberal. A solid plurality–42%–believe the ideological
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too conservative while just 20% said too liberal.In recent months, there has also been a shift in the ideological perceptions of Congress. Last fall,
a plurality believed it was too conservative. Now, a plurality believes it is too liberal.Democrats lead Republicans on the Generic Congressional Ballot by a 42% to 36% margin. Like the president’s job approval, that edge for the Democrats has remained steady for months.Thank you for your interest in our work,Scott
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Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray May 7, 2019 Gay Democrat Mocks, Harasses Christians For Praying Quietly On Sidewalk By Chad Felix Greene LGBT advocacy today comes from a place of rage and hatred. It is a movement of obnoxious lecturing, intimidation, bullying, and bitter rage that does little more than validate prejudices. Full article Kicking People Off Online Platforms Is About Control, Not Free Speech By Warren Henry Big Media, run by the establishment, invariably seeks to marginalize and curate conservatism on their platforms. This debate used to be about broadcast TV; now it is about social media. Full article If Hong Kong Passes Extradition Bill, The Freest City In Asia Will Slowly Die By Helen Raleigh Hong Kong has been, until now, one of the freest places in Asia. A new extradition bill, only the latest in Beijing’s demands, threatens that status. Full article Rep. Ilhan Omar Supports Group That Produced Child Beheading Skit By Patrick Poole Why has Omar openly supported an organization with a long reported record of supporting terrorism and violence, as exhibited most recently by a shocking children’s pageant in Philadelphia last month? Full article Why Women Can Never Have A Constitutional Right To An Abortion By Timothy M. Jackson An understanding of rights that does not allow them all to be obtained simultaneously is wholly incoherent. The Kansas Supreme Court seems not to care. Full article The Me Too Era Is Time To Revisit ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’s’ Defense Of Due Process By Daniel Buck To be sure, men guilty of rape deserve the harshest of punishments, but to believe all women puts black men at enormous risk for false imprisonment. Full article Google Ban On Claremont Institute Ad Is Another Black Eye For Big Tech By David Marcus This week Google barred the Claremont Institute from advertising by falsely labeling it as racially motivated. It’s a growing problem that must stop. Full article Trans Competitors In Women’s Sports Destroy What Women Have Won By Amelia Koehn The ‘party of science’ conveniently ignores that men are able to develop and maintain more muscle mass and that their bodies can pump more oxygen. Full article ‘The Intruder’ Can’t Even Be Saved By Dennis Quaid’s Good Acting By Ron Capshaw The boilerplate horror film is one-dimensional, aided by oblivious characters and poor screenwriting, only partially saved by Quaid’s excellent acting. Full article Medical Research Finds A Way To Treat Babies With Spina Bifida In The Womb By Moira Gaul Promising new medical technologies are providing new hope to parents who were previously told their options were abortion or a painful life for their baby. Full article Free The Students. Sink The Colleges By Daniel Oliver Part Two of the original proposal was that the federal government would pay for the loan cancellations by eliminating most of its grants to higher education institutions. Full article Michael Brendan Dougherty: Ireland, Conservatism, And The Spirit Of A Nation By The Federalist Staff Ben Domenech interviews Michael Brendan Dougherty on the Federalist Radio Hour about what it means to find identity in cultural heritage. Full article The Dark Power Of Anthony Jeselnik’s 15-Minute Abortion Joke By Emily Jashinsky Anthony Jeselnik’s new 15-minute joke about abortion is something of a statement on both his deadpan act and the issue itself. Full article THE PRE-BARR LEAKS ARE COMING NOW For the past month, the anticipation among the set of journalists who got the Russia collusion hoax story right – including those who led our award-winning coverage at The Federalist – has been that Attorney General Bill Barr’s review of the initial beginnings of the Trump probe under the Obama administration would be particularly revelatory. It’s understandable to expect not just that the review would turn up very questionable activity extending to the highest ranks of the FBI and the DOJ, but that it would also lead to purposeful leaks to try and get out ahead of the bad news Barr will uncover. 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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From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
FIRST READ: The Fox Effect: Trump’s base bolsters his standing
“Hung
jury” is how Democratic pollster Peter Hart described our
latest NBC/WSJ poll showing a nation divided over the Mueller probe.
And maybe the biggest reason for this stalemate is that
President Trump’s political base – especially those who get their news from Fox – hasn’t budged an inch, according to the poll.
Fewer than 30 percent of
Americans who get their news via broadcast TV, CNN or MSNBC believe
Trump has been honest about the Russia probe, compared with 61 percent
of Fox News viewers.
Just a sliver of
broadcast/CNN/MSNBC viewers say the Mueller report cleared Trump of
wrongdoing, versus 50 percent of Fox News watchers.
And fewer than 40 percent of
those who consume their news via broadcast TV, CNN or MSNBC approve of
Trump’s job performance, compared with 73 percent who get their news
from Fox.
Trump’s overall job rating in the NBC/WSJ poll stands at 46 percent.
For a hung jury to take place in a trial, all it takes is one or more jurors to disagree with the others.
And we’re seeing that take place in the court of American political opinion when it comes to Trump and the Russia probe.
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Tweet of the day: D.C Confidential
Trump vs. Congress
The Fox Effect also strengthens Trump’s hand in his administration’s showdowns with congressional Democrats.
“Treasury Secretary Steven
Mnuchin on Monday rejected House Democrats’ request for President Donald
Trump’s tax returns, failing for the third time to meet a congressional
deadline to turn over the documents,”
per NBC News.
And “House Judiciary
Chairman Jerry Nadler has a scheduled a vote on Wednesday to hold
Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, “citing the
Justice Department’s failure to provide the full text of Mueller’s
report by the Monday morning deadline,”
the AP writes.
More
from the AP: “Nadler, D-N.Y., said Barr’s failure to comply with a
subpoena left them with ‘no choice but to initiate contempt
proceedings.’”
2020 VISION: Pete’s problem
Pete Buttigieg hasn’t been attracting many African-American voters during his swing through South Carolina,
Politico writes.
“He
scheduled a meet-and-greet Monday in Orangeburg — a city that is 76
percent black — but only a dozen or so people of color showed up in a
crowd of more than 100.”
Also:
“At a town hall the night before — held at a North Charleston high
school where minority enrollment is 97 percent in a city that is roughly
half-black — it was another overwhelmingly white audience.”
On “Today” this morning, NBC’s Craig Melvin asked Buttigieg about the lack of African-American voters at his events and what he can do to win them over.
Buttigieg’s response:
“Well, part of it is by laying out an agenda on the issues that black
voters are asking me about most often – home ownership,
entrepreneurship, health, education, criminal justice
reform.”
“But a lot of it’s also
about a relationship,” he said. “It takes a lot of work to make sure
people get to know you. I am determined to do that work, because I’m
determined to compete here in South Carolina.”
On the campaign trail today: Beto
O’Rourke spends another day in Iowa… Julian Castro also campaigns in
the Hawkeye State… Joe Biden hits Nevada… And Amy Klobuchar and Cory
Booker address the Machinist Union’s legislative conference in DC…
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is … net +4 and net-9.
Net +4 and net -9.
That’s the overall approval ratings for
ACA, the health care law signed by Barack Obama (41 percent of Americans say it’s a good idea, while 37 percent say it’s a bad idea) and
President Trump’s tax law (27 percent say it’s a good idea, while 36 percent say it’s a bad idea).
One reason for the ACA’s overall higher popularity?
While partisans are
predictably divided about the wisdom of the two signature pieces of
legislation passed by the two presidents,
independents are significantly more pessimistic about the tax law.
Among independents, the tax
law is a net negative 16 points underwater, while they’re more evenly
divided on whether Obamamcare is a good idea or a bad one.
THE LID: (Electoral) College Admissions
Don’t miss
the pod from yesterday, when we took a deep dive into our recent poll numbers on the Electoral College vs the popular vote.
ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss
Trump
has pardoned a former U.S. soldier who killed an Iraqi prisoner.
How
is China reacting to the Trump tweets that are roiling markets?
Republicans are hoping that Sanders is the Democratic nominee,
POLITICO writes.
Steve Mnuchin
has formally rejected Congress’s request to hand over Trump’s tax returns.
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05/07/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Biden Factor; Confronting China; Nazi Surrender By Carl M. Cannon on May 07, 2019 08:30 am Good morning, it’s Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Seventy-four years ago today, the rickety remnants the Third Reich surrendered to Allied forces closing in on them from all sides. With Hitler dead for a week and his forces collapsing, German commander Hans-Georg von Friedeburg had asked the Americans for terms. The response from U.S. Army Gen. Dwight Eisenhower was that the terms were simple: unconditional surrender, and not just on the Western front, but also on the Eastern front. On May 6, Gen. Alfred Jodl, head of the Wehrmacht operations staff, had radioed Adm. Karl Dönitz, the ranking officer in the German High Command after Hitler’s death. Dönitz authorized Jodl to accede to Eisenhower’s demands. The pact was inked nearly three hours after midnight, so the surrender officially took place on May 7, 1945. I’ll furnish an eyewitness account of that dramatic event, along with a historic footnote, 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: * * * Why Biden Leads the Democratic Field. Charles Lipson lays out the reasons, and the risks ahead for the front-runner. Trump Confronts China as Biden Scoffs. Steve Cortes defends the president’s decision to up the ante with accelerated tariffs. Feminists, Conservatives Join Forces to Oppose “Equality Act.” Natasha Chart and Penny Nance argue that the House legislation protecting transgender rights goes too far, in the process threatens to erase hard-won protections for women and girls. Why This NYT Maple Syrup Story Tastes Odd. In RealClearInvestigations, Eric Felten tapped into harvest data and found the climate-change narrative of the Times piece to be overstated. The Party of Prohibition. In RealClearHealth, David Balat assails a House bill that would end limited-duration insurance plans put in place by the Obama administration and extended from three months to 36 by the Trump administration. Grijalva’s Mining Bill Would Hamper U.S. Economic and Energy Security. Jude Clemente explains in RealClearEnergy. Lessons From Deepwater Horizon Are Relevant Today. Also in RCE, Nicholas Bahr and Alfonsius Ariawan warn that gaps between production and safety remain as U.S. production of oil and gas increases steadily. Fewer Manufacturing Jobs, More Millionaires. In RealClearMarkets, Adam Brandon and John Tamny write that the return of human capital, not factories, is what dictates an area’s fortunes, with New York and Los Angeles as prime examples. * * * The signing ceremony that ended the fighting in Europe in 1945 took place in Reims, the French “City of Kings.” Embedded Western war correspondents were on the scene, all the better to furnish a newsreel bulletin of the event for civilians back home. Among those signing that night were three Allied generals: Ivan Susloparov, an obscure Russian liaison officer; Francois Sevez of France; and Eisenhower’s chief of staff, Walter Bedell “Beetle” Smith. Among the journalists present was Baltimore Sun reporter Price Day, who would win a Pulitzer Prize for foreign reporting in 1949 and later become his newspaper’s editor in chief. His dispatch began this way: “REIMS, France, May 7 — At 2:45 o’clock this warm spring morning, Col. Gen. [Alfred] Jodl signed his name for the fourth time and carefully put down his pen. Europe’s long war was over.” His story continued: “Jodl stood up. His back was rigid, his heels in their black boots were close together. He rested the tips of his fingers on the wide, battered oak table that filled a good part of what, until tonight, was the most secret of all chambers in Europe — SHAEF’s War Room.” Price Day was using an acronym familiar to American and British audiences. It stood for Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces. Day also reported that Beetle Smith and the others present watched impassively as Jodl expressed his thoughts about what was taking place. “With this signature the German people and German armed forces are for better or worse delivered into the victor’s hands,” Jodl said, speaking in his native language. “In this war, which has lasted more than five years, they both have achieved and suffered more than perhaps any other people in the world. In this hour, I can only express the hope that the victors will treat them with generosity.” No answer was given to this entreaty, Day reported. Nor did any of the Allied officers salute the surrendering German officers as they filed out of the room. In the ensuing decades, it can be said that, for the most part, Americans did treat the German people with generosity after that awful war. The Soviets did the opposite, imprisoning East Germany, along with most of Eastern Europe, behind a stifling Iron Curtain. Yet the Allies were not forgiving of the military men they were dealing with on this date in 1945. Dönitz and Jodl were tried for war crimes. The former was imprisoned for 10 years; Jodl was sentenced to death. The German military men expressed shock at even being arrested. “The indictment knocked me on the head,” Jodl later exclaimed. “First of all, I had no idea at all of about 90 percent of the accusations in it. Secondly, I don’t see how they can fail a soldier’s obligation to obey orders. That’s the code I’ve lived by all my life.” During their trial, Jodl and a German general named Wilhelm Keitel amplified on this just-following-orders rationale, which entered the English language as “the Nuremberg defense.” In Jodl’s case it wasn’t totally true: Prosecutors had voluminous evidence, some from Jodl’s own diary, showing that he gave plenty of questionable orders. In any event, the International Military Tribunal that conducted the Nuremberg trials explicitly rejected the idea that following a superior officer’s command absolved perpetrators of war crimes. Eleven convicted Nazi officials met their fate on Oct. 16, 1946. One of the condemned men, Hermann Goering, cheated the hangman by ingesting cyanide. The other 10 — among them Alfred Jodl — went to the gallows, some remorseful and some unrepentant, but all of them guilty. Carl M. 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| If all you have is a hammer… AOC takes non-sexist jab from Rick Scott and inserts sexism Posted: 07 May 2019 05:53 AM PDT As Abraham Maslow said in 1966, “I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is accustomed to attacking everything as sexist, racist, or both. She often refers to criticism against her and some of her colleagues as […] The post If all you have is a hammer… AOC takes non-sexist jab from Rick Scott and inserts sexism appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Who should read NOQ Report? Posted: 07 May 2019 05:13 AM PDT You. I’m half tempted to stop right there and make this our shortest article on record. Actually, everybody should read NOQ Report. But realistically we have to consider first who does read NOQ Report and then potentially who will read NOQ Report in the foreseeable future. My own expertise is based upon many years dealing […] The post Who should read NOQ Report? appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Romans 12:2 – ‘conformed to this world’ Posted: 07 May 2019 04:49 AM PDT And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. – Romans 12:2 (KJV) A good portion of the teachings of the New Testament focus on the idea that this world is not […] The post Romans 12:2 – ‘conformed to this world’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| ICE to empower local law enforcement to help them with illegal immigrants Posted: 07 May 2019 04:40 AM PDT When a problem gets too big for any individual or organization to handle, it behooves them to ask for help. That’s exactly what Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is doing in their latest move to empower local law enforcement in their mission to capture and detail criminal illegal immigrants. NEW: ICE announces program allowing local […] The post ICE to empower local law enforcement to help them with illegal immigrants appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Game of Thrones Final Season Episode 4 Review and Analysis Posted: 07 May 2019 03:53 AM PDT Spoiler loaded review of Game of Thrones final season Episode 4. I must provide a full disclaimer. I believe I was too generous in my previous review because I wanted to remove my bias from how bad episode 2 was. Ironically the Battle of Winterfell was more poorly received than I would have thought. So […] The post Game of Thrones Final Season Episode 4 Review and Analysis appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Trillions for infrastructure a given, along with record deficits and higher taxes Posted: 07 May 2019 03:00 AM PDT Over the past week, I’ve written two articles about Trump’s narcissistic $2 trillion infrastructure plan and how he has teamed up with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer to “get something done on infrastructure in a big way” as Schumer told reporters after the three of them agreed to pursue the big government boondoggle. In those […] The post Trillions for infrastructure a given, along with record deficits and higher taxes appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Christianity is not a task Posted: 06 May 2019 09:28 PM PDT It’s a busy world. Many of us are wrapped up in it to the point that we can’t always make time for the things we know we should be doing. There are things you can do to manage activities such as Bible study, but don’t let that get in the way of your complete faith. […] The post Christianity is not a task appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Popular vote and tax-return ballot requirements: Combined, they’re a serious problem for the President Posted: 06 May 2019 05:31 PM PDT There are two initiatives building up steam across the country to try to prevent President Trump from winning reelection. By themselves, they are minor threats that can be overcome. In tandem, they would make it essentially impossible for the President to win. The first is the National Popular Vote movement. If you haven’t heard much […] The post Popular vote and tax-return ballot requirements: Combined, they’re a serious problem for the President appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Brian Sims is the Democratic Party without filters Posted: 06 May 2019 04:43 PM PDT There has been growing outrage, mostly coming from the right but not exclusively, about a previously unknown and continuously unexceptional Pennsylvania state representative named Brian Sims. He’s been making headlines over the past couple of days on mostly conservative or local news outlets, but his actions and rhetoric are the type that would normally make […] The post Brian Sims is the Democratic Party without filters appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Latest Spider-Man: Far from Home trailer is loaded with Avengers: Endgame spoilers Posted: 06 May 2019 03:09 PM PDT Spoiler alert. Do not watch this trailer if you haven’t seen Avengers: Endgame! Oh, who am I kidding? Who hasn’t seen Endgame or hasn’t already had it spoiled for them. The concluding chapter to the Avengers saga has been seen by most who intended to see it and those who haven’t seen it have probably been unable […] The post Latest Spider-Man: Far from Home trailer is loaded with Avengers: Endgame spoilers appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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| HISTORY REPEATING? Democratic Strategists Worried Biden Campaign ‘Too Similar’ to Hillary’s Election Disaster Democratic insiders are quietly concerned that former Vice President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign may be too similar to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 run for the White House; saying the top Obama aide has “paid no heed” to lessons learned from her surprise defeat to Donald Trump.“The opening days of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s… |
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