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The Heritage Foundation’s new plan to balance the budget and cut taxes.
Rachel del Guidice reports. Is George Washington too frightening for
schoolchildren? How did women win the right
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Cathy McMorris Rodgers visits the podcast. Plus: Jude Schwalbach on the
power of charter schools, Patti J. Smith on what nobody told her about
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| Commentary The War on History Comes for George Washington The perpetual war on history now has the father of our country in its sights as the San Francisco Board of Education considers removing a mural of Washington from a local school. More Commentary How Charter Schools Empower Inner-City Children to Escape Failing Public Schools Opponents of charter schools, such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., argue that they drain funds from public schools and prevent integration. More Analysis 100 Years Ago, the House Voted for Women’s Suffrage. Here’s the Back Story. For a brief time prior to the 19th Amendment, women in New Jersey were allowed to vote, a policy that was reinforced in 1790 when the state constitution was revised to add “he or she” to the language on voting rights. More News Heritage Foundation Blueprint Would Balance Budget While Cutting Taxes, Stressing National Defense The Heritage Foundation’s new “Blueprint for Balance” “lays out an agenda both for our long-term governing vision [and] our conservative policy priorities,” says the think tank’s Romina Boccia. More Analysis This Congresswoman Has a Warning for High Schoolers About Socialism “I’m reminding the high school students that I visit … that socialism and human rights do not coexist,” says Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. More Commentary Before I Had Abortions, Nobody Told Me the Truth. Now I’m Supporting Alabama. Nobody told me I would eventually realize what I destroyed was not tissue or a clump of cells, but my children … or that guilt and shame would follow me for decades. More Commentary Today’s Left Is Worlds Apart From the Old Progressivism The contemporary multicultural left has turned against the early progressives. The arch-progressive Woodrow Wilson is now despised by the left. In the summary judgment of The Atlantic: “The Virginia native was racist.” More | ||
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POLITICO Playbook: Inside the next crisis on Capitol Hill
By JAKE SHERMAN, ANNA PALMER and DANIEL LIPPMAN
05/21/2019 05:49 AM EDT
DRIVING THE DAY
BEHIND THE SCENES … HEATHER CAYGLE, JOHN BRESNAHAN and SARAH FERRIS: “Pelosi clashes with fellow Dems in closed-door debate on impeachment”: “Reps. David Cicilline of Rhode Island, Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Joe Neguse of Colorado — all members of Democratic leadership — pushed to begin impeachment proceedings during a leadership meeting in Pelosi’s office, said the sources.
“Pelosi and Reps. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Hakeem Jeffries of New York and Cheri Bustos of Illinois — some of her key allies — rejected their calls, saying Democrats’ message is being drowned out by the fight over possibly impeaching Trump. …
“[I]n a Democratic Steering and Policy Committee meeting, Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee stood up and demanded Trump’s impeachment. Pelosi then countered, ‘This is not about politics, it’s about what’s best for the American people,’ said a member who attended the meeting. … During the Steering and Policy Committee meeting, Cohen said President Bill Clinton faced impeachment proceedings ‘over sex’ while Trump is ‘raping the country,’ according to two sources in the room. Cohen later confirmed his remarks.” POLITICO
— HEATHER, BRES and SARAH also note that Pelosi met with Judiciary Democrats on Monday night, where they decided to hold Don McGahn in contempt if he doesn’t show up to testify today.
— THE KICKER, from after the emergency meeting in Pelosi’s office Monday night:“Pelosi, though, insists Democrats are all on the same page, despite Monday’s drama. ‘There’s no divide,’ Pelosi said as she exited the Capitol. ‘We’re fine.’”
TALKS BEGIN TODAY between the “Big Four” top congressional leaders and the TRUMP ADMINISTRATION over the budget and debt limit. Here’s the crux of it: Steep spending cuts — known as the sequester — automatically take hold in early 2020 if Congress doesn’t come to a spending caps agreement at some point this year. The debt limit needs to be lifted sometime this fall, too.
SO, ONCE AGAIN, Congress finds itself in a legislative logjam with a divided government. Remember how fun that was with Barack Obama, John Boehner and Harry Reid? WE SPOKE TO ALL SIDES involved in the talks.
Here’s what you need to know:
— FIRST OF ALL … THE MEETING will be conducted on CONGRESS’ turf. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin,acting W.H. chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and acting OMB Director Russ Vought are coming to Speaker NANCY PELOSI’S office for the 10:30 a.m. huddle.
— NO ONE WANTS THE SEQUESTER. Let’s use that as a base case. Neither party is interested in steep spending cuts. The details of the budget slashing are quite gnarly: If Congress cannot come to a spending agreement, automatic spending cuts of $126 billion will take hold in mid-January: $71 billion to defense spending, and $55 billion to domestic. This is an untenable situation.
— THE GOALS: REPUBLICANS’ goal is to boost the defense spending number. DEMOCRATS want parity in spending increases between domestic and defense. Both sides want to figure out how to raise the debt limit with minimal drama.
— THE INTERNAL DYNAMICS: REPUBLICANS think that they have an advantage going into these talks because if the two sides don’t come to a spending agreement, Trump and the GOP are willing to turn off the sequester and keep spending at 2019 levels, while Democrats want to increase spending in equal measure.
— THE DEBT LIMIT: Both sides seem to think the debt limit will ultimately be twinned with a spending deal. But neither side will take the brinkmanship too far.
— A NOTE OF CAUTION: We’ve seen Trump split from his negotiators before, and wouldn’t be surprised if he does so here, too. We’ve seen the president peeved at budget parity in the past, and since he’s not involved in this round, he has arm’s length from the negotiations.
IF THEY DON’T COME to a budget deal in this round of talks, Congress will lift the debt limit and fund the government until December, leading to another holiday-season round of brinkmanship.
CONGRESS HAS STRUGGLED this year to come to agreement on a relatively small disaster relief package. Let that guide your thoughts on the likelihood of a major budget deal between the two parties.
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WHAT WALL STREET THINKS … As the trade war rages on, one hedge fund manager points out the irony of how Trump’s policies are playing out in the heartland:
— “TRUMP SEEMS TO FEEL EMBOLDENED by the resilience of the market since he started the trade war. But under the hood the market is telling a different story. All the Rust Belt sectors that were initially helped by the tax cut have been by far the hardest hit since the trade war started.
— “THE U.S. STEEL INDUSTRY that tariffs were supposed to help is down 30% since tariffs began, unwinding all the tax gains. CATERPILLAR and JOHN DEERE, two industrial heartland companies, have been hit hard. They are 20 and 30% from the highs they reached before the trade war. SOYBEAN PRICES have collapsed and hurt the agricultural sector as a result of China’s retaliation to the trade war. …
— “SO WHY IS THE MARKET SO STRONG? Because tech titans are paying less tax and people are hiding in their stocks to avoid the decimation of the economy Trump says he is trying to protect. Since the onset of the trade war, the internet companies are all up at least 25% because they are not affected by tariffs.
— “SO WHILE TRUMP’S TRADE WAR is supposed to help blue-collar America, it seems it’s helping to increase the wealth divide and make the rich richer!”
Good Tuesday morning. DAILY MAIL (U.K.) FRONT PAGE: “Charles’ tea party summit with Trump: Prince of Wales and Camilla will host the U.S. President at Clarence House during his official state visit next month in unexpected meeting”
ABOUT LAST NIGHT … BEN SCHRECKINGER in Montoursville, Pa.: “Trump rallies in Pennsylvania ‘deep state’ territory”: “President Donald Trump alleged fake ‘suppression polls’ had been used to discourage his Pennsylvania supporters from voting in 2016 and accused those responsible for investigating him of ‘treason.’ It was not an unusual message for Trump, but he picked an unusually fitting setting to deliver it in on Monday night.
“The president came here to rally supporters from an airport hangar to juice turnout ahead of Tuesday’s special House election in central Pennsylvania’s 12th District. But Montoursville was an appropriate stop for another reason: Two decades ago, the town became an early center of the same potent mix — of Internet theorizing, disdain for national media and distrust of the federal government — that today fuels Trump’s populist insurgency.” POLITICO
— TRUMP ON BIDEN: “‘He’s not from Pennsylvania,’ Trump said. ‘I guess he was born here, but he left you folks. He left you for another state. Remember that, please. … He left you for another state, and he didn’t take care of you, because he didn’t take care of your jobs. He let other countries come in and rip off America. That doesn’t happen anymore.’” POLITICO
— FOR THE RECORD … Biden and his family left Pennsylvania for Delaware in 1953, when he was 11 years old.
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THE INVESTIGATIONS …
— WSJ’S SADIE GURMAN: “Barr Says He Is Fighting for the Presidency, Not Trump”: “As President Trump’s attorney general, William Barr has come under criticism from Democrats and some Republicans who say he is acting more like the president’s personal lawyer than the nation’s top law-enforcement officer.
“But Mr. Barr, who as a private citizen bristled at the barrage of legal and other challenges Mr. Trump faced during his first two years in office, said his long-held belief in executive power is more about protecting the presidency than the current officeholder. ‘I felt the rules were being changed to hurt Trump, and I thought it was damaging for the presidency over the long haul,’ Mr. Barr said.” WSJ
— “Cohen: Trump’s attorney urged false testimony,” by Andrew Desiderio, Natasha Bertrand and Darren Samuelsohn: “Michael Cohen told lawmakers earlier this year that one of President Donald Trump’s personal attorneys asked him to falsely testify to Congress and told him the president was considering granting him a pardon to ‘shut down’ investigations, according to transcripts released Monday of Cohen’s two interviews with the House Intelligence Committee.” POLITICO
— KYLE CHENEY: “In newly revealed transcript, McCabe says he decided to remove Strzok from Mueller team”
KNIVES OUT FOR KOBACH … NYT’S MAGGIE HABERMAN and ANNIE KARNI: “A Would-Be Trump Aide’s Demands: A Jet on Call, a Future Cabinet Post and More”: “Access to a government jet 24 hours a day. An office in the West Wing, plus guaranteed weekends off for family time. And an assurance of being made secretary of homeland security by November.
“Those were among a list of 10 conditions that Kris Kobach, the former Kansas secretary of state, has given to the White House if he is to become the administration’s ‘immigration czar,’ a job President Trump has been looking to create to coordinate immigration policy across government agencies.
“Mr. Kobach … said he would need to be the main television spokesman for the Trump administration on immigration policy. And he said he wanted a guarantee that cabinet secretaries whose portfolios relate to immigration would defer to him, with the president mediating disputes if need be.
“The list was submitted by Mr. Kobach in recent weeks as he discussed his interest in the job. Other conditions included having a staff of seven reporting to him, ‘walk in’ privileges to the Oval Office, a security detail if deemed necessary and the title of assistant to the president.” NYT
— SOMEONE CLEARLY LEAKED THIS to damage Kobach’s chances. Mission accomplished?
THE JUICE …
— FROM MICHAEL CALDERONE … RAHM EMANUEL JOINS THE ATLANTIC: “Former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel is joining The Atlantic as a contributing editor, where he’ll write for the Ideas section. Emanuel has written several times for The Atlantic in recent months, including on ‘what the press is missing about Pete Buttigieg.’ Emanuel’s first piece as contributing editor, out this morning, calls on Democrats to ‘become the party of justice’ and hold elites accountable.”
INTERESTING … PETE BUTTIGIEG’S campaign donated $175,000 to the DNC on April 23, according to a recently released campaign finance report. Beto O’Rourke’s campaign donated $50,000.
TRUMP’S TUESDAY — The president will have lunch with VP Mike Pence at 12:30 p.m. in the private dining room. He will meet with the leaders of the Freely Associated States (small Pacific island countries) at 2:15 p.m. in the Cabinet Room.
PLAYBOOK READS
WHY THEY STICK WITH TRUMP — “Amash gets primary challenger after Trump impeachment tweets”: Detroit News
— “House Freedom Caucus condemns Amash over impeachment comment,” by Melanie Zanona: “The House Freedom Caucus on Monday night formally condemned one of its founding members for declaring that President Trump committed impeachable offenses, but stopped short of kicking Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) out of the hard-line conservative group. … ‘It was every single person who totally disagrees with what he says,’ [Rep. Jim] Jordan said after the meeting.” POLITICO
— THE FREEDOM CAUCUS WAS FOUNDED by people like Amash and Jordan to push conservative values on Capitol Hill. Admonishing someone for speaking freely couldn’t be less conservative and run more counter to the Freedom Caucus’ original mission. If and when the Freedom Caucus’ history is written, this could be the moment seen as the nail in the coffin for the group — the moment it completed its transformation from a gathering of like-minded conservatives to a protective detail for Trump on Capitol Hill.
FOR YOUR RADAR — WSJ: “Iran Says It Is Poised to Exceed Limits on Nuclear Stockpile”: “Iranian officials said they could exceed within weeks an internationally agreed cap on their stockpile of low-enriched uranium, as tensions between Iran and the U.S. escalated.”
— TRUMP ON IRAN on the way to Monday night’s MAGA rally: “We have no indication that anything has happened or will happen, but if it does, it will be met with great force. … If they call, we will certainly negotiate, but that’s going to be up to them. I’d only want them to call if they are ready. If they are not ready, they don’t have to bother.”
RUSSIA LATEST — “Russian documents reveal desire to sow racial discord — and violence — in the U.S.,” by NBC’s Richard Engel, Kate Benyon-Tinker and Kennett Werner: “Russians who were linked to interference in the 2016 U.S. election discussed ambitious plans to stoke unrest and even violence inside the U.S. as recently as 2018, according to documents reviewed by NBC News.
“The documents — communications between associates of Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Kremlin-linked oligarch indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller for previous influence operations against the U.S. — laid out a new plot to manipulate and radicalize African-Americans. The plans show that Prigozhin’s circle has sought to exploit racial tensions well beyond Russia’s social media and misinformation efforts tied to the 2016 election.” NBC
HOW WASHINGTON WORKS — “Libyan Militia Leader’s Forces Hire Their Own Washington Lobbyist,” by Theo Meyer: “The Libyan National Army, the militia group led by Khalifa Haftar, has hired a lobbying firm following President Donald Trump’s unexpected endorsement of Haftar last month. Stephen Payne and Brian Ettinger of Linden Government Solutions will lobby in Washington on behalf of Haftar’s forces as well as assist with ‘international coalition building’ and public relations, according to a copy of the contract shared with PI. The one-year contract, which will be filed with the Justice Department, is worth $2 million.” POLITICO’s Influence newsletter … AP: Knowing Haftar
MEGATREND — “In 2018, Freedom in the World recorded the 13th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. The reversal has spanned a variety of countries in every region, from long-standing democracies like the United States to consolidated authoritarian regimes like China and Russia. The overall losses are still shallow compared with the gains of the late 20th century, but the pattern is consistent and ominous. Democracy is in retreat.” Freedom House’s 2019 Freedom in the World Report
UPDATE — “Inquiries Into Reckless Loans to Taxi Drivers Ordered by State Attorney General and Mayor: The investigations come after The New York Times found that thousands of drivers were crushed under debt they could not repay,” by NYT’s Brian Rosenthal
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VALLEY TALK … HUAWEI LATEST … BLOOMBERG: “Top U.S. Tech Companies Begin to Cut Off Vital Huawei Supplies,” by Ian King, Mark Bergen and Ben Brody:“The impact of the Trump administration’s threats to choke Huawei Technologies Co. reverberated across the global supply chain on Monday, hitting some of the biggest component-makers.
“Chipmakers including Intel Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Xilinx Inc. and Broadcom Inc. have told their employees they will not supply Huawei until further notice, according to people familiar with their actions. Alphabet Inc.’s Google cut off the supply of hardware and some software services to the Chinese mobile phone equipment giant, another person familiar said, asking not to be identified discussing private matters.” Bloomberg … AP: Huawei responds
— WAPO: “On Monday, the Commerce Department slightly eased the timing of the restrictions, saying it would allow some transactions to continue for 90 days, to facilitate ‘certain activities necessary to the continued operations of existing networks and to support existing mobile services.’ The temporary reprieve will allow Huawei to receive U.S. equipment to service existing Huawei mobile phone users and rural broadband networks.”
— SIREN … BLOOMBERG: “Tesla in ‘Code Red Situation’ as Sell-Off Exceeds 20%”
MEDIAWATCH…
— THE NEW NORMAL … NYT’s JIM RUTENBERG: “When it comes to disinformation, all signs point to a 2020 campaign that will make 2016 look like a mere test run. … It seems likely that anonymous, large-scale disinformation attacks are going to be as much a part the election process as candidates kissing babies and pretending to relish scrapple. Are we O.K. with that?” NYT
— BACKSTORY — “Fox News Host Pete Hegseth Privately Lobbied Trump to Pardon Accused War Criminals,” by The Daily Beast’s Asawin Suebsaeng, Sam Brodey and Andrew Kirell
— RACHEL MADDOW is coming out in October with a new book called “Blowout,” which the publisher describes as “a dark, serpentine, riveting tour of the unimaginably lucrative and corrupt oil-and-gas industry.” More info
— In a first for a regional paper, the Boston Globe now has more online subscribers than print subscribers: Boston Business Journal
PLAYBOOKERS
SPOTTED: Marc Kasowitz on Monday at the private jet terminal at Dulles.
SPOTTED Monday at the memorial service for former Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.) at the Washington National Cathedral: Hillary Clinton, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), retired Gen. Jim Jones, Reps. Donna Shalala (D-Calif.), Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), Janet Napolitano, Franco Nuschese, retired Gen. George and Sheila Casey, Ernest Munoz, David Ignatius, former Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), Martin Indyk, Chuck and Lynda Robb, Michael Chertoff, Stephen Hadley, Denis McDonough …
… Greta Van Susteren and John Coale, former Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), former Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.), Elizabeth Bagley, Heather Podesta, Katie Merrill, Tammy Haddad, Fred Graefe, Mary Howell, Ginger Pape, Don Baer, Betsy Fischer Martin and Jonathan Martin, Ted Greenberg, Kelley McCormick, Robyn Bash, Tony Podesta, Capricia Marshall and Marc Adelman.
TRANSITIONS — Eric Einhorn will be chief of staff for Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). He most recently was Schatz’s senior counsel for technology and communications policy. … Abbie McDonough has started as VP at Breakwater Strategy, a new boutique strategic communications firm spun off from the Glover Park Group. She most recently was comms director for former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.).
WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Julie McClain Downey, director of state comms for Cory 2020 and an alum of EMILY’s List and Hillary Clinton, and Sean Downey, New Hampshire senior adviser for Cory 2020 and a partner at Hilltop Public Solutions, on Friday welcomed Grace Ellen Downey. Pics
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Dan Abrams turned 53 … (was Friday): Gabrielle Hopkins
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Arthur Brooks, outgoingpresident at AEI and WaPo columnist, is 55. A trend he thinks deserves more attention: “We are in a major love crisis. Two examples: (1) A lot of people my age don’t realize that Americans under 30 are dramatically less likely to fall in love and form couples than we did in decades past, with potentially huge demographic and happiness implications. (2) We are becoming increasingly incompetent as a society at loving people with whom we disagree—more than one in six Americans have stopped talking to close friends or family members because of politics since the 2016 election.” Playbook Plus Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: Mosheh Oinounou … Mike Viqueira is 59 … AP’s Deb Riechmann … N.Y. Daily News’ Michael Gartland … Rebecca Leber, Mother Jones reporter … City and State’s Tom Allon is 57 … Fred Frommer, head of the sports business practice at Dewey Square … Joshua Henne of White Horse Strategies … Beth Dozoretz … Steven Newmark … Abigail P. Gage … Jeffrey Kluger, editor at large at Time … Doug Randall … Krista Ritacco … Grace Barnes … IMF’s Ross Rattanasena … Lacey Rose, VP at 617MediaGroup … former Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is 68 … former Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) is 61 … former Sen. George LeMieux (R-Fla.) is 5-0 … Gillian Reagan … BBC presenter and Spectator chairman Andrew Neil is 7-0 … former Irish President Mary Robinson is 75 … BGR’s Brent Del Monte (hat tip: Aiken Hackett) …
… CNBC’s Steve Liesman is 56 … Monica Klein, co-founder of Seneca Strategies, is 3-0 (h/t Eric Koch) … Katharine Cooksey, director at Cavalry (h/t Blair Holmes) … Anna Smith Lacey, executive director of the Hungary Initiatives Foundation … Jeffrey Toobin is 59 … Edelman’s Amy Larkin Long … Rachel Phelps Bayens … Darin McKeever is 45 … Baupost Group’s Seth Klarman is 62 … Maria Devarakonda … Hampton Cokeley … Brandon Pollak, director of global civic engagement and strategy at Bird, is 39 (h/t Peter Cherukuri) … Dick Obermann … Erika Gutierrez Sheridan (h/t Tim and Kiki) … Wally Hsueh …Jessica Lahey is 49 … Rebecca Shaw … Mary Ann Gomez Orta, president and CEO of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute … Ken Herman … Emily Bucci … Jennifer Treat … Kathryn Carlson (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019 US-Iran Tensions Escalate On Sunday, “a rocket was fired into the Iraqi capital Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone… There |
[has]
so far been no claim of responsibility… The attack came two weeks
after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Iraqi leaders during a
surprise visit to Baghdad that if they failed to keep in check
Iran-backed militias, which are expanding their power in Iraq and now
form part of its security apparatus, the United States would respond
with force.” Reuters
Also on Sunday, President Trump tweeted, “If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States again!” Twitter
| From the Left The left is wary of ratcheting up tensions, and urges the Trump administration to pursue other strategies with Iran. “Trump just took a massive gamble. It could pay off — or end in disaster… The question now is how Iran takes Trump’s statements, and some say history is not too encouraging. ‘To counterattack in response to pressure is a standard part of the Iranian playbook,’ |
[stated]
Suzanne Maloney, an Iran expert at the Brookings Institution in
Washington.”
Alex Ward, Vox
“Throughout this accelerating process of military and diplomatic
escalation, the US has not produced any firm, on-the-record evidence of
hostile Iranian action. For anybody who recalls the disinformation,
untruths and downright lies that preceded the Iraq invasion, the
similarities with Iran are uncanny – and disturbing…
“[The Trump administration has set a] trap over proxy forces. Official
policy now states that ‘any attack on US interests or on those of our
allies’ will be met with ‘unrelenting force’ directed at Iran. Any one
of dozens of pro-Iran Shia militias in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria or Yemen, or
any terrorist group or individual wishing to make trouble, potentially
has the power to provoke direct US-Iran armed confrontation by attacking
‘US interests and allies’ anywhere at all… On both sides the potential for miscalculation – of war by accident – is massive.”
Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
“As tightening sanctions cripple the Persian Gulf nation, an American
carrier group is rushed to the region and nonemergency personnel are
evacuated from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and the U.S. Consulate in
Erbil — a step not taken even when Islamic State terrorists were
rampaging across Iraq in 2014 — Trump needs to explain what he is trying to achieve…
There’s no question Iran is a bad actor in the Middle East, growing its
ballistic missile program and using proxy forces in Lebanon, Syria and
Yemen to provoke violence and instability. But how Trump intends to
change this is not at all clear.”
Editorial Board, USA Today
“Iran’s population is over twice that of Iraq or Afghanistan, and its
landmass is almost as large as Western Europe… [according to Gil
Barndollar, director of Middle East Studies at the Center for the
National Interest] The entire active duty U.S. Army and Marine Corps
today totals a bit over 600,000 troops. That is not enough men to invade Iran.
Even if you mobilized the entire National Guard and Reserves, you would
not feel comfortable invading Iran with a force that size.”
D. Parvaz, ThinkProgress
“In 2012, a group of former diplomats and generals estimated that U.S.
airstrikes would set back Iran’s nuclear program ‘for up to four years.’
The nuclear deal did far better: It imposed limits on Iran’s nuclear
program for 15 years and resulted in the elimination of 97 percent of
Iran’s fissile material. If the U.S. goal is to stop Iran’s nuclear program, it would reenter the nuclear deal rather than bomb Iran.”
Max Boot, Washington Post
“Western governments sometimes forget that the Iranian government is not
a monolithic entity, and that the officials they are used to dealing
with, such as president Hassan Rouhani and foreign minister Javad Zarif,
are under constant pressure from hardliners who point to the lack of
any return on the investment Iran made four years ago [in working out a
deal]… Tehran should call me, the president says, perhaps not realising
that there would be huge political consequences for anyone who did…
[Yet] some form of direct communication is essential: both sides should move quickly to activate private channels.”
Peter Westmacott, The Guardian
“Is America headed for a war involving Iran? Actually, we’re already mired in one.
It’s the unconscionable war in Yemen, where we are complicit in the
deaths of almost a quarter million Yemenis so far, many of them children
who have starved to death… Let’s work to reduce the risk of a war
directly with Iran. But let’s also not forget this old, shameful war
outside Iran’s borders.”
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
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From the Right
The right supports keeping pressure on Iran in order to compel it to negotiate, but is opposed to military action.
“Iran has historically attacked U.S. targets with its proxies when it assesses it will not face direct military reprisals.
Iran used proxy forces to lay roadside bombs during the U.S. war in
Iraq, for example, because its judgment at the time was that Bush lacked
the support, in Congress or with the public, to respond with a strike
inside Iranian territory. (In retrospect, this assessment was correct.)
When Iran believes the U.S. will use force, however, it backs off. Iran
has not mined the Persian Gulf, despite occasional threats to do so,
because the U.S demonstrated three decades ago that it will destroy the
Iranian navy if it tries… “If Iran’s leaders believe Trump’s advisers are trying to constrain him, they may assess they can get away with a proxy attack on U.S. positions. If they think Trump is trying to constrain his national security adviser, they may decide not to.” Eli Lake, Bloomberg “If Iran thinks Washington isn’t serious, or if it senses that domestic opposition to Washington’s saber-rattling is building, Iran may call America’s bluff. But if Iran thinks that Trump’s team really will retaliate, it will tread carefully in all the areas of the Middle East where U.S. allies and Iran’s proxies rub up against one another… Iran needs to be kept guessing about U.S. intentions. It needs to tell its proxies to stop threatening U.S. forces in Iraq, as the Defense Department says they have done as recently as March. The U.S. gained the upper hand in its recent escalation against Iran by playing Iran’s game of bluster and support for allies on the ground. If Washington wants to continue to keep Iran in check, it needs to keep up the pressure.” Seth J. Frantzman, National Review Some argue that “some uncertainty is positive in allowing the U.S. to manipulate actors to our interest. But not this much uncertainty. In leading global opinion toward the expectation that the U.S. was preparing for conflict with Iran (even though that expectation is wrong), Trump’s officials have forced the president to pare back America’s position… [Trump] must balance U.S. deterrent threats to the Revolutionary Guard alongside outreach to the more moderate Iranian faction. Only that will prevent the Guard’s hostility from escalating, and prevent the force from subsuming the more moderate faction to the idea that Trump is disinterested in meaningful diplomacy.” Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner Others note that “while no one should underestimate Iran’s capacity for terrorism… or the possibility of a miscalculation, it’s also clear that Tehran is no more interested in an open military conflict than Washington is. Iran knows its forces cannot hope to prevail against the United States and such a conflict would likely end the theocratic regime… If [Trump] sticks to his willingness to make Iran pay a price they cannot afford, the result is far more likely to be an American diplomatic victory than a conflict that Washington has no intention of being drawn into.” Jonathan S. Tobin, The Federalist “Trump might not be Lord Palmerston or John Quincy Adams, but he understands that never-ending wars in the Middle East are stupid—especially when there’s a gigantic threat in the eastern horizon [in Russia]… modern Iran is in no position to aspire for regional hegemony. They can do mischief, but they simply don’t have the manpower and material capability for regional domination, much less global domination.” Sumanta Maitra, The Federalist “Who wants us to plunge back into the Middle East, to fight a new and wider war than the ones we fought already this century in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen?… America has no enthusiasm for a new Mideast war, no stomach for any occupation of Iran. Moreover, war with Iran would involve firefights in the Gulf that would cause at least a temporary shutdown in oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz—and a worldwide recession. How would that help the world? Or Trump in 2020?” Patrick J. Buchanan, The American Conservative |
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U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said the courts should assume Congress conducts investigations and issues subpoenas in good faith, despite Trump’s assertions that Democratic lawmakers subpoenaed his … Federal Judge Backs Congressional Subpoena Of Trump’s Financial Records 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 » Can We Pause the Border Wall and Concentrate on DC? By Amanda Alverez – Has anyone noticed how stark the contrasts between patriotism, brains, and stupidity are now in politics? Movie stars, business owners, athletes, and others have great careers before them, but choose to destroy themselves and careers by entering politics and plummeting to the bottom of our societal system. Why – especially … Can We Pause the Border Wall and Concentrate on DC? 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 » Meadows Says Declassification Of Russia Probe Documents Is ‘Right Around The Corner’ By Henry Rodgers – North Carolina Republican Rep. Mark Meadows said that important documents relating to the origins of the counterintelligence investigation into President Donald Trump’s campaign will be released soon on Monday. In an appearance on Fox News, the House Oversight Committee member responded to the former committee chair Trey Gowdy’s comments that … Meadows Says Declassification Of Russia Probe Documents Is ‘Right Around The Corner’ 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 » Pittsburgh Agrees Not To Enforce Gun Ban While Courts Deal With Lawsuits By Whitney Tipton – A county court issued a stay Monday to prevent the city of Pittsburgh from enforcing the city’s recently approved gun rules until legal challenges by gun-rights groups are resolved. Plaintiff and city attorneys agreed to the stay after meeting Monday morning before Judge Joseph James in the Allegheny County Court … Pittsburgh Agrees Not To Enforce Gun Ban While Courts Deal With Lawsuits 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: President Trump Holds MAGA Rally in Montoursville, PA – 5/20/19 By R. Mitchell – President Donald Trump holds a Make America Great Again rally in Mountoursville, Pennsylvania, Monday evening as he turns up the heat on Joe Biden who is polling well in the state. The event is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. EDT. Live Streams of President Trump’s Rally in Montoursville, PA … Watch: President Trump Holds MAGA Rally in Montoursville, PA – 5/20/19 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 » Hezbollah Feeling The Squeeze Of Trump’s Sanctions By Andrew Kerr – Hezbollah been forced to make “draconian cuts” to its expenditures as a direct result of President Donald Trump’s 2018 sanctions on Iran, according to The Washington Post. Hezbollah, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, received upwards of $700 million a year, or 70% of its revenue, from Iran in the past. But … Hezbollah Feeling The Squeeze Of Trump’s Sanctions is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. 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The system-level CDR is the final review of the design for … ULA Completes Final Design Review for New Vulcan Centaur Rocket is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » New York Man Convicted of Terrorist Activities on Behalf of Hizballah By R. Mitchell – Yesterday, a jury returned a guilty verdict against Ali Kourani, a.k.a. “Ali Mohamad Kourani,” a.k.a. “Jacob Lewis,” a.k.a. “Daniel,” on all eight counts in the Indictment, which charged him with terrorism, sanctions and immigration offenses for his illicit work as an operative for Hizballah’s external attack-planning component. Kourani is scheduled … New York Man Convicted of Terrorist Activities on Behalf of Hizballah 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 » Elizabeth Warren Says No to Funding Charter Schools By Neetu Chandak – Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she wanted to keep public tax dollars away from charter schools. WATCH: Sen. Elizabeth Warren: “What Betsy Devos has done to our public education really undermines the best opportunities for our kids. I think our public tax dollars should stay in our public schools.” … Elizabeth Warren Says No to Funding Charter Schools is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. 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Iran escalations bring war powers debates back to the Capitol
A Senate briefing by the Trump administration Tuesday about the escalation in tensions with Iran appears certain to kick off another round of sparring over the president’s war powers. Read More…
What Justin Amash can teach Nancy Pelosi
OPINION — At worst, Justin Amash will be the answer to a trivia question about which House member bucked a president of his own party to call for impeachment. At best, Amash will someday be hailed as prescient in trying to save the Republican Party from being Donald Trump’s devoted, yet unprincipled, enablers. Read More…
Impeachment? Democratic Hill aides say no
Since the release of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report last month, some Democrats have reiterated, or joined, the calls for impeaching President Donald Trump, on the grounds that he obstructed Mueller’s probe. But if the views of congressional aides are reflective of their bosses, there’s little appetite for moving forward. Read More…
Will the Supreme Court save the GOP from itself on abortion?
OPINION — Social conservatives cheering the rash of state laws limiting legal abortion might want to be careful what they wish for. Read More…
3 things to watch in Pennsylvania’s 12th District special election
Voters head to the polls Tuesday in Pennsylvania’s 12th District to choose a new congressman, and Republican state Rep. Fred Keller is strongly favored in the deep-red district. Read More…
A Don McGahn no-show could be turning point on impeachment
Rep. David Cicilline, a member of House Democratic leadership who serves on the Judiciary Committee, said that if former White House counsel Don McGahn does not testify Tuesday, the panel should open an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Read More…
Americans may vote in 2020 using old, unsecured machines
The first primary in the 2020 presidential race is a little more than 250 days away, but lawmakers and experts worry that elections will be held on voting machines that are woefully outdated and that any tampering by adversaries could lead to disputed results. Read More…
I’m no soccer expert (believe it or not), but I know enough to know that when someone in the United States gets excited about “football,” it’s rarely over a little leather black-and-white ball getting kicked around. So when I saw the announcement for this year’s Congressional Soccer Match, I felt bad. Bad because I had forgotten there even was a congressional “soccer” game. Read More…
‘I’ll be here a lot,’ Trump says of Pennsylvania in safe GOP district
MONTOURSVILLE, Pa. — Air Force One landed here Monday evening ahead of a special House election as AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” blared inside an airport hangar. Minutes later, with Air Force One parked in front of small tree-lined peaks, President Donald Trump issued a thunderous endorsement of a GOP House candidate and attack on Democrats. Read More…
Futures product to test Wall Street taste for cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies have been viewed skeptically by some old-guard financial institutions — the head of one bank famously called bitcoin a fraud a few years back — but there’s a new plan to offer derivatives based on bitcoin that may show how deeply Wall Street is adopting new financial technology. Read More…
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Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) Calls for Impeachment of Trump
Yesterday afternoon, Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) took to Twitter to
elaborate upon his prior calls over the weekend to impeach Trump. In
series of tweets here,
Amash challenged various defenses raised by the GOP in response to
allegations that Trump obstructed justice. Previously, Attorney General
Bill Barr has argued that, since the Mueller report found no evidence of
collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, there was no crime to
cover up and therefore, there could be no obstruction of justice.
Amash attempted to undercut this talking point, tweeting, “They say
obstruction of justice requires an underlying crime.In fact, obstruction
of justice does not require the prosecution of an underlying crime, and
there is a logical reason for that. Prosecutors might not charge a
crime precisely *because* obstruction of justice denied them timely
access to evidence that could lead to a prosecution.”
Responses to Amash’s claims among conservatives have been mixed. Erick Erickson of The Resurgentlauded
what he regarded to be a principled approach, though admitted he did
not agree with Amash’s desire to impeach the President:
“While I disagree with him regarding impeachment and think, at this
point, the matter is best left to an election, I respect his willingness
to speak his mind and make a reasoned judgment based on his own reading
of the Mueller report. To the extent you went to bed last week liking
Amash and woke up Sunday hating him, he has not changed and the issue is
with you, not him.”
Others have been less-than-thrilled with Amash’s calls for impeachment,
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy taking to Fox News over the weekend
to criticize Amash, claiming he was “just looking for attention.” From NRO:
“Amash is a three-term incumbent who has cultivated a reputation as a
principled libertarian-leaning conservative unafraid to buck Republican
leadership on issues such as Trump’s national-emergency declaration. On
Saturday, he cemented that reputation by accusing his Republican
colleagues, and Attorney General William Barr, of whitewashing Trump’s
attempts to obstruct Mueller’s investigation out of a misguided sense of
party loyalty…
House minority leader Kevin McCarthy condemned Amash’s stance during
an appearance on Fox News over the weekend, and even suggested he might
be ousted from the caucus.
“You’ve got to understand Justin Amash. He’s been in Congress quite
some time. I think he’s asked one question in all the committees that
he’s been in,” McCarthy said. “He votes more with Nancy Pelosi than he
ever votes with me. It’s a question whether he’s even in our Republican
conference as a whole. What he wants is attention in this process. He’s
not a criminal attorney. He’s never met Mueller. He’s never met Barr.”
“It’s very disturbing. . . . He never supported the president, and I think he’s just looking for attention,” McCarthy added.”
In response to Amash’s attacks on Trump, a pro-Trump Republican state
representative by the name of Jim Lower has announced his intentions to
primary Amash. Lower alleges that he originally had planned to reveal
his candidacy in July, but Amash’s latest criticisms of Trump have
compelled him to announce his primary plans sooner.
DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel: Congress Cannot Legally Compel Don McGahn to Testify
Late last month, the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives subpoenaed Don McGahn II, former Counsel to the
President, to discuss the findings released in the Mueller report. DOJ’s
Office of Legal Counsel has finally responded in
a 15-page legal memo, declaring that Congress cannot “constitutionally
compel the President’s senior advisers to testify about their official
duties.” The memorandum argues that such testimonial immunity is “rooted
in the constitutional separations of powers,” stemming from the
“President’s independence from Congress.”
Following OLC’s determination, Counsel to the President Pat Cipollone sent a letter to
Rep. Jerry Nadler (R-NY), Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary,
detailing OLC’s findings with regards to McGahn’s constitutional
immunity:
“Because of this constitutional immunity, and in order to protect
the prerogatives of the Office of the Presidency, the President has
directed Mr. McGahn not to appear at the Committee’s scheduled hearing
on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. This long-standing principle is firmly rooted
in the Constitution’s separation of powers and protects the core
functions of the Presidency, and we are adhering to this
well-established precedent in order to ensure that future Presidents can
effectively execute the responsibilities of the Office of the
Presidency. I attach the legal opinion provided by the Department of
Justice for the Committee’s review.”
Nadler has stated that he still plans to hold a hearing on Tuesday in the hopes that McGahn shows.
What I’m Reading Today
- Bernie Sanders Launches a Deeply Misguided Attack on Charter Schools (NRO)
- Al Jazeera’s Disgraceful Holocaust-Denying Video Showcases Qatari Evil For All To See (The Daily Wire)
- The Democratic Party’s Choice: Normalcy, Ambition, or Aspiration (The Federalist)
- Yes, Banning Abortion Reduces Abortion Rates (The Federalist)
- We’ve Had Bill Barr’s Back (NRO)
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I wanted to share with you all the deep-dive I took into hair
extensions. I have flirted with purchasing temporary hair extensions for
a long time and just recently bit the bullet (since they err on the
pricier side). I was pleasantly surprised by the 20” halo extensions I
purchased for a gala this past weekend. For those unfamiliar with halo
extensions, it is essentially a “crown” that sits on your head. Instead
of tugging at your hair follicles like traditional extensions (and
potentially causing damage), these extensions have zero pull on your
hair, since the invisible wire holds them in place. While on the more
expensive side, ranging anywhere from $200 to $400, these extensions
were incredible. My hair looked and felt fuller, and I continued to get
compliments on my hair. Added bonus was that I could come home and
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I did some price comparisons, and Hidden Crown is by the far the most
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Good morning,Voters continue to reject extreme positions in the abortion debate.Alabama
just passed a law that would largely ban abortion without exceptions
for rape or incest. However, just 14% of voters think abortion should be
illegal in the case of rape and only 15% say the same about incest.On
the other side of the debate, New York passed a law essentially
allowing abortions at any point during a pregnancy. Just 17% of voters
support that position.A closer call is found on fetal heartbeat laws passed recently by Missouri and several other states. Americans are evenly divided on such laws. The
survey also found that just 36% of voters believe abortion should be
legal when a woman does not feel prepared to raise a child. Fifty
percent (50%) disagree.There is no gender gap on these questions. Women and men provide very similar responses.On
a different topic, 64% of voters believe the FBI knew a controversial
dossier was unreliable when they used it to obtain a search warrant
against President Trump’s 2016 campaign. That skepticism is shared by
86% of Republicans, 64% of Independents, and 47% of Democrats.Forty-nine percent (49%) favor having the Department of Justice
investigate whether the FBI illegally spied on the Trump campaign. Twenty-nine percent (29%) are opposed and 22% are not sure.Finally, if they had the chance, 43% of voters nationwide would go into space, land on the moon, and return to earth. A ScottRasmussen.com survey found that total includes 56% of men and 31% of women.Not surprisingly, those under 35 are more interested than their elders. Still 21% of senior citizens say they’d sign up.Seventy-three
percent (73%) believe it’s likely that a private company will send
humans to the moon and back within
five to ten years. Fifty percent (50%) believe that private companies
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From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
FIRST READ: A new challenge threatens Pelosi — the impeachment debate.
For more than a decade, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has exerted a tremendous amount of influence and control over her Democratic caucus.
But she’s now facing arguably her toughest challenge yet – with some House Democrats, fueled by recent developments, demanding to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump that Pelosi opposes for now.
“During a weekly Democratic leadership meeting in Pelosi’s office on Capitol Hill, Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., David Cicilline, D-R.I., and Joe Neguse, D-Colo., all argued for launching an impeachment inquiry if former White House counsel Don McGahn failed to testify at a planned hearing Tuesday before the Judiciary Committee,” per NBC’s Heidi Przbyla, Alex Moe and Rebecca Shabad.
“It was a big debate and was long and very emotional,” one source inside the Democratic leadership told NBC.
“This isn’t about politics at all. It’s about patriotism. It’s about the strength we need to have to see things through,” Pelosi responded to her Democratic critics, according to Politico.
But just consider all of the news over the last 24 hours that’s emboldening House Democrats:
- Trump directed former White House counsel Don McGahn to defy a congressional subpoena and not testify Tuesday.
- Former Trump lawyer/fixer Michael Cohen told a closed-door House panel that Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow encouraged him to falsely claim that negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow ended in January 2016, per the Washington Post.
- And a federal judge yesterday ruled in favor of the House Oversight Committee’s bid to obtain Trump’s financial records from his accounting firm.
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Oh, and let’s not forget Rep. Justin Amash’s tweetstorm from over the weekend that Trump engaged in impeachable conduct.
Or Tom Steyer’s TV ad arguing that the president has been running circles around House Democrats…
“[Trump’s] defying you. He’s laughing at you. And he’s getting away with it,” the ad goes.
Bottom line: Pelosi is facing a potential breaking point, as more and more Democrats want to run through a door that the speaker has tried to keep closed – at least for now.
How does she stop this? Does she take control of the process? Or does she get run over?
Bluegrass State of Mind
Before there was Donald Trump, there was Matt Bevin – a controversial conservative who shocked the polls and political world when he won Kentucky’s gubernatorial election in 2015.
And today brings us the Democratic primary for the right to challenge Bevin in the fall for his re-election, featuring state Attorney General Andy Beshear (son of former Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear), former state Auditor Adam Edelen and House Minority Leader Rocky Adkins.
Beshear’s the favorite on the Dem side, but Edelen has been outspending him over the airwaves (see below), and he’s gone negative, which has forced Beshear to respond.
The wild card is Adkins, who could benefit from the Edelen-versus-Beshear fight.
Bevin, who’s facing his own primary challenge today from underdog Republicans, is relatively unpopular and thus vulnerable in the fall. But incumbency, a low unemployment rate and the state’s rural-versus-urban divide could help him.
Sounds like another Republican we know…
2020 VISION: Trump continues to elevate Joe Biden
Campaigning in Pennsylvania last night, Trump talked A LOT about Joe Biden.
“Don’t forget Biden deserted you. He’s not from Pennsylvania. I guess he was born here but he left you, folks. He left you for another state. Remember that, please,” Trump said.
(For the record, Biden moved from Pennsylvania to nearby Delaware when he was a boy.)
More Trump: “The previous administration what they did to our country, they should be ashamed of themselves. Sleepy Joe said that he’s running, to quote save the world, well he was, he’s going to save every country but ours. And remember he said a week ago, China is not a competitor.”
And here was Trump on Biden’s crowd size at his recent campaign launch in Philadelphia: “It’s no wonder that when Joe Biden announced he’s running for president …. they said he had 600 people. No, not very good. Not very good. I’d say 150. And that was on an announcement, right? I’d say 150 people.”
(For the record, Biden’s crowd size was estimated at around 6,000.)
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THE LID: Pennsylvania Polka
Don’t miss the pod from yesterday, when we looked at Trump’s potential troubles in Biden’s backyard of Pennsylvania.
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is … $6 million.
$6 million.
That’s the amount of money that’s been spent on TV and radio ads so far in the 2019 race for Kentucky governor, according to Advertising Analytics.
The biggest overall spender has been Adam Edelen’s campaign at $2.1 million, while a pro-Edelen Super PAC has kicked in an additional $1 million.
Edelen’s Democratic rival, Andy Beshear, has spent $1.3 million over the airwaves.
And incumbent Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has spent $480,000.
Total ad spending
Adam Edelen campaign (D): $2.1 million
Andy Beshear campaign (D): $1.3 million
Kentuckians for a Better Future (pro-Edelen Super PAC): $1.0 million
Rocky Adkins campaign (D): $911,000
Matt Bevin campaign (R): $480,000
Robert Goforth campaign (R): $234,000
Putting Kentucky First (pro-Bevin Super PAC): $94,000
Ike Lawrence campaign (R): $24,000
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- Bilderberg 2019 location remains secret less than a month out
- Journalistic Integrity
- The myth of overturning Roe v Wade
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- Naeem Fazal: Is Allah the same as Yahweh?
- 4 Retweets in an hour: Bill de Blasio’s campaign failed to materialize
- Thanks to Trump, Americans still have free speech
- Twitter suspends Houston Rockets’ account
- Blue Collar Logic: How the left is acting like a villain who wants to be caught
| Democrats imperiled whether they impeach or not Posted: 21 May 2019 03:13 AM PDT The Democratic Party is stuck between a rock and a hard place. They have been refreshing talks about impeachment of President Trump for months as it ebbs and flows as a talking point. The threats have been constant, though often from different sources. Yet, they haven’t pulled the trigger. It seems like things are getting […] The post Democrats imperiled whether they impeach or not appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Bilderberg 2019 location remains secret less than a month out Posted: 21 May 2019 02:54 AM PDT Any time an article invokes “Bilderberg” in the title of the article, many assume it’s going to be a conspiracy theory involving the Illuminati and a push for population control. But what gets missed because of all the strange reporting around the annual meeting of the world’s elites is that there really are crazy things […] The post Bilderberg 2019 location remains secret less than a month out appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Journalistic Integrity Posted: 21 May 2019 02:08 AM PDT FRAMING THE DISCUSSION How often have you read words to the effect that a highly placed source close to the investigation revealed xyz today under condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the case… Blah… Blah… Blah…. ? Is your first thought that just really must be something juicy that I […] The post Journalistic Integrity appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| The myth of overturning Roe v Wade Posted: 20 May 2019 10:38 PM PDT Many on the right are skeptical about opening up Roe v Wade insisting that overturning Roe v Wade will not serve Pro-Life causes because it will force the issue back on the states. In such scenarios, Alabama will be the safe haven for the unborn while New York becomes the importer for people who want […] The post The myth of overturning Roe v Wade appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Top 5 ‘assault weapon’ technologies that existed BEFORE the Constitution was written Posted: 20 May 2019 08:26 PM PDT Just a sample of some of the repeating firepower that existed long before the 2nd amendment. Leftist lore has it that the only guns in existence at the time of the writing of the 2nd amendment were muskets that took 5 minutes to reload. This being exemplified by the New York Times in using an […] The post Top 5 ‘assault weapon’ technologies that existed BEFORE the Constitution was written appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Naeem Fazal: Is Allah the same as Yahweh? Posted: 20 May 2019 07:17 PM PDT One of the biggest reasons for the rise of the various movements attempting to unite the various religions of the world is the desire to end conflict. This isn’t just on the battlefield. Many want to prevent any one religion from spreading its doctrines as superior, opting instead for the push to say all religions are […] The post Naeem Fazal: Is Allah the same as Yahweh? appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| 4 Retweets in an hour: Bill de Blasio’s campaign failed to materialize Posted: 20 May 2019 06:16 PM PDT New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was supposed to make an impact on the Democratic presidential nominating process. At least that’s what a handful of pundits thought. But after a little buzz on his first day and a few jabs by the President, it appears de Blasio was nowhere near ready to run for […] The post 4 Retweets in an hour: Bill de Blasio’s campaign failed to materialize appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Thanks to Trump, Americans still have free speech Posted: 20 May 2019 05:14 PM PDT In spite of what mainstream media says, Trump’s rejection of the “Christchurch Call” may spare Americans from the Orwellian censorship other Western countries have pledged their allegiance to Using tragedies to push political agendas is nothing new. While people are still reeling from some disaster, before they are thinking rationally again is the best time […] The post Thanks to Trump, Americans still have free speech appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Twitter suspends Houston Rockets’ account Posted: 20 May 2019 12:31 PM PDT What happened to the Houston Rockets’ Twitter account? Did they Tweet something conservative or Christian? Did they misgender someone? Is this retribution for falling to the Golden State Warriors in the playoffs four out of five of years? Whatever they did, Twitter decided to suspend them, leaving their 2.8 million followers in the dark. Okay. […] The post Twitter suspends Houston Rockets’ account appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Blue Collar Logic: How the left is acting like a villain who wants to be caught Posted: 20 May 2019 10:41 AM PDT There are many ways to look at the unprecedented lurch to the left the Democratic Party has been experiencing over the last couple of years. Some, particularly the radical progressives leading the charge, see it as a natural evolution of ideas as their delicate sensibilities blossom. Establishment Democrats see them as a backlash against losing […] The post Blue Collar Logic: How the left is acting like a villain who wants to be caught appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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05/21/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Beto Veers Left; Food Labeling; Clara Barton’s Crusade By Carl M. Cannon on May 21, 2019 09:24 am Good morning, it’s Tuesday, May 21, 2019. On this date in 1881, Clara Barton and a group of like-minded exemplars founded the American Red Cross. As the modifier before “Red Cross” suggests, it was an idea borrowed from abroad and imported to these shores. In a moment, I’ll explain how that happened, while also offering a further word on the amazing Ms. Barton. 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: * * * A Better Alternative to Holding McGahn in Contempt. William J. Hughes Jr. has advice for the House Judiciary Committee. Beto Veering Too Far Left on Energy, Environment. In RealClearEnergy, Daniel Turner discusses the candidate’s abandonment of his once-moderate positions for a plan that’s nearly as extreme as the Green New Deal. Congress, Look at Texas for the Facts on Fracking. Also in RCE, John Tintera cites the state’s environmental record even as it has become the nation’s top producer of oil and gas. FDA Moves to Level the Food-Labeling Playing Field. In RealClearPolicy, Henry I. Miller hails new guidance from the agency intended to rein in the organic industry’s deceptive advertising claims. Rare-Earth Mining Is a National Security Imperative. In RealClearDefense, Dean G. Popps calls for common sense reform to the mine permitting process. The Socialist Overtones That Underlie Anti-Semitism. In RealClearMarkets, David Simon spotlights the insights in George Gilder’s book “The Israel Test.” * * * Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born on Christmas Day 1821 in the Massachusetts town of North Oxford. The youngest of five children, she was educated mostly by her siblings and was a teacher herself by the age of 17. She pursued a career as an educator for a while, but by the time Abraham Lincoln became president, Clara, as she preferred to be called, was working in the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C. When the Civil War broke out, 39-year-old Clara Barton answered the call without waiting to be asked. Hearing that the recruits of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry had been attacked in Baltimore by Southern sympathizers, she rushed to the (then unfinished) U.S. Capitol where the soldiers were bivouacked to see if they needed medical attention or other help. It turned out Barton knew some of the young soldiers — “my boys,” she called them — and had taught some of them back home. Eschewing a salary, she began nursing, cooking, counseling, and caring for the U.S. Army’s wounded warriors. It wasn’t easy work. “My business,” she explained, “is staunching blood and feeding fainting men.” Union soldiers dubbed her the “Angel of the Battlefield,” but she was more than that. Possessing an organizational genius and can-do attitude that was the envy of most of Mr. Lincoln’s generals, she eventually became the officially designated superintendent of U.S. Army nurses. Barton’s great gift was perceiving a societal need, a talent she complemented with a willingness fulfill that need herself. In the waning days of the Civil War, for instance, she received Lincoln’s blessing to launch a letter-writing campaign to identify and find missing soldiers. It was an effort that lasted until 1868. Seeking some rest and relaxation afterward, she traveled to Europe in 1869. Some vacation: While in France, the Franco-Prussian War broke out. Wearing the insignia of the International Red Cross, she rushed into breach, distributing relief supplies to the people of Strasbourg. Inspired by the work of the Red Cross, Clara Barton brought the idea back to the United States and slowly built support for it. President Rutherford B. Hayes, fretting over the question of foreign influence, shied away from a formal U.S. affiliation. Barton found a more receptive audience in Hayes’ successor, James A. Garfield, but before he could act, Garfield was cut down by an assassin’s bullet. So it was that Clara Barton, nearly 60 years of age, convened a series of meetings of fellow philanthropists in Washington, D.C. The first one took place on May 12 at the home of Sen. Omar Conger, a Republican from Michigan. Some of the meetings were hosted by Adolphus Solomons, who really should be considered the co-founder of the American Red Cross. Solomons was a prominent Jewish leader in 19th century Washington who had helped convince Lincoln to add Jewish chaplains to the Union Army and later housed Charles Dickens in his elegant home at 1205 K St. Solomons was a natural Dickens ally — he owned a bookshop. But I digress. On this date in 1881, the American Red Cross was officially formed. It was formally recognized the following year in a presidential decree from Chester A. Arthur, and received its first congressional charter in 1900. Clara Barton retired in 1904, having served as head of the American Red Cross for 23 years. After stepping down, she lived out the remainder of her life in her Maryland home, which is now a small and lovely National Historic Site located in the suburban Washington hamlet of Glen Echo. Some of her sentiments still echo in our hearts. “It has long been said that women don’t know anything about war,” she once wrote. “I wish men didn’t either. They have always known a great deal too much about it for the good of their kind.” Carl M. Cannon Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com |
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