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| Good morning from Washington, where the nation’s top law enforcer decries the rampant activism of anti-Trump judges. Kevin Daley reports. Apple changes its mind again and lets you get an app that challenges climate alarmists, Kevin Mooney discovers. The left’s global warming hysteria didn’t go over Down Under, Adam Brickley writes. Heritage Foundation President Kay Coles James joins “Problematic Women” to celebrate women’s right to vote. Plus: Tom Jipping on Trump’s struggle to appoint judges, Michelle Malkin on the amnesty crowd’s beef with Ben Carson, and Nicole Russell on transgenderism and our children. |
| Commentary The Trans Lobby Is Now Marketing to Your Kids On Mother’s Day, the Chips Ahoy! brand used a drag queen to promote its cookies. More Commentary Problematic Women: Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage Heritage Foundation President Kay Coles James, appointed by President Trump to the bipartisan commission formed to celebrate passage of the 19th Amendment, discusses the history of women’s rights—and why being pro-life is being a feminist. More News In Another Reversal, Apple Allows App Countering Climate Alarmism Apple initially approved the Inconvenient Facts app for sale on its iPhones on Feb. 3, then reversed itself and pulled the app March 4. More Commentary Australia’s Election Shock Shows the Perils of Moralizing Climate Change Perhaps more than any other nation, Australia has seen climate change loom over its politics for over a decade. More News William Barr: More Nationwide Injunctions in Trump Era Than in Entire 20th Century Nationwide injunctions prohibit the federal government from enforcing a particular law or policy across the entire country. More Commentary Senate Picks Up the Pace in Confirming New Judges The judicial confirmation pace during Trump’s first two years was slightly below the average for the previous five presidents; but so far this year, it is 52% ahead. More Analysis The Surrogacy Risks the Media Won’t Cover “We’ve actually been silenced by the media. The media has adopted the big fertility industry narrative that everybody wins,” says Jennifer Lahl of the Center for Bioethics and Culture. More Commentary Carson Hounded by Open Borders Liberals for Putting Americans First Only in modern-day America is the basic proposition that federally subsidized public housing should benefit American citizens and legal residents slammed as “despicable” and “damaging.” More | ||
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“The gods help them that help themselves.” AESOP Judge Refuses to Block Bank Subpoenas Seeking President Trump’s Financial Records Wanted Suspect Tells Police He’ll Surrender If They Get 15,000 ‘Likes’ on His Facebook Post UK Intel Agencies Frame ‘Spygate’ Involvement Ahead of Trump’s Declassification by Jeff Carlson The Telegraph has published two separate articles detailing their version of when the heads of UK intelligence were briefed about a dossier of claims about President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia. Read more Stash houses have been used for decades to hold humans and contraband on both sides of the southwest border, ready for transportation. Now, along with the dramatic surge in human smuggling, there is an increase in the number of people who smugglers squeeze into stash houses. Read more President Trump suspended bipartisan legislative efforts with the Democrats until the Democrats terminate an onslaught of investigations targeting the White House. Read more Among children reported as likely victims of child sex trafficking upon running away from home, most have one thing in common—they were supposed to be looked after by the government. Read more The founder and leader behind the now-defunct organization NXIVM was also behind a branding ceremony that members of an internal secret society were forced to participate in, an audio recording played during the ongoing trial revealed. Read more Two illegal alien teens, who are both MS-13 gang members from El Salvador, have been charged with first-degree murder after Maryland’s Prince George’s County Police found the body of a 14-year-old girl. Read more Republican Fred Keller won the special election in Pennsylvania to fill a House of Representatives seat that has been vacant for four months. Read more See More Top Stories Why Have We Become Numb to Demonic Entertainment? By Joshua Philipp Why is it that a kid wearing a MAGA hat smiling at a Native American drumming in his face can become a national scandal, but a mainstream performance can have a performer surrounded by demonic figures, dancing in flames, and show depictions of the Statue of Liberty in ruins—and nobody seems to bat an eye? Read more Understanding the Law: Problems at Harvard By Ronald Rychlak Harvard is one of only a handful of schools that immediately jumps from any resume. Its reputation for educational excellence has survived wars, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement, anti-war protests, and various controversial schools of thought. At this point in history, however, its adherence to the political orthodoxy of the left is threatening its image. Read more See More Opinions DSA Marxists Rack up Victories on Election Day By Trevor Loudon America’s largest Marxist organization, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), won big on election night 2018. Working in conjunction with four pro-China/pro-Cuba organizations (Communist Party USA, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, Freedom Road Socialist Organization and LeftRoots), the Marxist left ran approximately 300 candidates—almost all posing as Democrats—for local, state, and federal office. Read more Former Navy intelligence officer John Jordan explains that the Chinese Ministry of State Security is operating in Silicon Valley, alongside Russian spy operations. In this episode of Declassified, Jordan speaks with Epoch Times senior investigative reporter Joshua Philipp about the operations, and the broader picture of Chinese spies targeting the United States. Former Navy Intel Officer: Chinese Spy Ministry Operates in Silicon Valley Copyright © 2019 The Epoch Times, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list or remove my account. |
THE RESURGENT
| The Resurgent’s Morning Briefing for May 23,2019 View this email in your browser Share Tweet Forward Good morning, Here is all the news conservatives need to know to start their day. At 4pm ET, you can catch me on radio to bring you up to speed on developments throughout the day. You can listen live here. Ending Abortion Is Worth Any Economic Consequence In Georgia and elsewhere, progressives demand Hollywood studios and other businesses abandon the states. Little known actors and producers are complying. Few big names are. But as some progressive film activists scale back work in pro-life states, the left is screaming that pro-lifers are willing to sacrifice good economies and jobs to save children. Absolutely. I am willing to sacrifice jobs to save lives. The post Ending Abortion Is Worth Any Economic Consequence appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » WATCH: A Trump Nominee Compared Religious Beliefs to the KKK. Josh Hawley Was Having None of It. Michael Bogren has been nominated by the President to be a district court judge in Michigan. But Bogren, as a lawyer, compared a religious farmer who did not support gay marriage to the KKK. Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri was not impressed and went to bat against the nominee. In fact, every senator should oppose […] The post WATCH: A Trump Nominee Compared Religious Beliefs to the KKK. Josh Hawley Was Having None of It. appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Why Movie Studios Won’t Flee Georgia The movie business has a god and it is money. They won’t stop serving it, and therefore they won’t leave Georgia. The post Why Movie Studios Won’t Flee Georgia appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » These Activists Should Have Chosen Silence. They Didn’t. Emotion clouds reason. We all know that. When you’re wanting to make a sound, reasonable judgment – particularly about something you should do or say and something you shouldn’t – we all know it’s best to let the emotions of the moment pass. Every parent should know this when disciplining a child. Every married person […] The post These Activists Should Have Chosen Silence. They Didn’t. appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Investigation Into VA Governor’s Racist Photo: Inconclusive But Medical School Knew, Hid It from Public Three months after it was revealed our governor, Ralph Northam, appeared in a racist photo, either in blackface or a KKK hood, a facial recognition test administrated came back “inconclusive.” This investigation was conducted by McGuireWoods LLP, who says they were independent of EVMS. Here’s their full report. The report claims it was an independent […] The post Investigation Into VA Governor’s Racist Photo: Inconclusive But Medical School Knew, Hid It from Public appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Shattered Norms It’s not a run of the mill Republican presidency. The post Shattered Norms appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Landslide Victory For Republican In Pennsylvania Special Election A special election put fresh wind into Republican sails last night in Pennsylvania’s 12th district. Republican Fred Keller handily defeated Democrat Marc Friedenberg by a 35-point margin. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Keller garnered just under 68 percent of the vote. The lopsided victory was not unexpected in the Trump-heavy district located in rural […] The post Landslide Victory For Republican In Pennsylvania Special Election appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Welcome to The New Cold War: The Enemy is Even Stronger This Time. Ronald Reagan bankrupted the Soviet Union, which imploded in 1991. China’s Tiananmen Square, in 1989, exposed the horror of its Communist government. Communism was in the dustbin of history. But communists didn’t just go away. Russia transmogrified from a Soviet system to a nascent kleptocracy, which has turned into the world’s largest (or second-largest, depending […] The post Welcome to The New Cold War: The Enemy is Even Stronger This Time. appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Alaska State Reps. Introduce Abortion Abolition Bill State Reps. David Eastman (R-Wasilla) and Sharon Jackson (R-Eagle River) introduced the Abolition of Abortion in Alaska Act on May 15th making Alaska the sixth state this year in which a bill of total abolition has been introduced. Simply put, the bill (AK HB178) makes all human beings equal under the law, providing equal protection […] The post Alaska State Reps. Introduce Abortion Abolition Bill appeared first on The Resurgent. 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Thursday, May 23, 2019 Huawei Blacklisted “The Trump administration [last] Thursday officially added China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to a trade blacklist, immediately enacting restrictions that will make it extremely difficult for the telecom giant to do business with U.S. companies.” Reuters From the Left The left thinks there are real concerns regarding Huawei, but is divided on whether this hardball strategy makes sense. “In the old days, when we were just buying China’s tennis shoes and solar panels and it our soybeans and Boeings, who cared if the Chinese were Communists, Maoists, socialists — or cheats? But when Huawei is competing on the next generation of 5G telecom with Qualcomm, AT&T and Verizon — and 5G will become the new backbone of digital commerce, communication, health care, transportation and education — values matter, differences in values matters, a modicum of trust matters and the rule of law matters. This is especially true when 5G technologies and standards, once embedded in a country, become very hard to displace.” Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times Yet “neither the United States nor any of its allies has produced a ‘smoking gun’ proving that Chinese intelligence uses Huawei technology to penetrate other countries’ networks… It is legitimate for the United States to seek greater transparency from Huawei, both about its ownership and its strategic objectives in the global market. To the extent that the Trump administration’s latest step is an attempt to bolster its negotiating position on those issues, it may be justified. If it represents a deliberate attempt to bring down Huawei and provoke a broader economic rupture with China, it may not.” Editorial Board, Washington Post “The U.S. has long criticized China for using ‘national security’ as an excuse for trade protectionism. Now the U.S. might be playing the same game… Security and national origin may be related, but they’re not the same thing. In order to accomplish important cybersecurity goals without causing unnecessary confusion or cost for businesses and consumers, the U.S. government should be targeted and transparent in laying out the scope of ‘foreign adversary’–based IT regulations.” Samm Sacks and Graham Webster, Slate Some point out, “Now that Trump has gotten rough with Huawei, he would pay a real strategic cost for backing down. It is hard enough to get European and other countries to forego the use of Huawei’s 5G technology, or commit to an economic counter-offensive against China, given the lure of Chinese trade and investment. It will be harder still if Trump shows that he will leave any allies that do take a hard line in the lurch by cutting a bilateral deal with Beijing. Trump’s move against Huawei hasn’t just ratcheted up the intensity of the U.S.-China economic conflict. It has also put the president’s credibility at stake.” Hal Brands, Bloomberg Minority view: “Huawei calls what’s happening a ‘well-coordinated geopolitical campaign,’ and it may well be right… American tech needs a new narrative about its importance to the nation, and there is no better position for the companies than as the stalwart defenders against our greatest geopolitical rival, China… “Worried about tech’s surveillance of your everyday activities? Well, the Chinese have an even more invasive surveillance system… Want to break up Facebook? Its toughest challenger since Snapchat, the beloved new social-media app TikTok, is owned by a Chinese company… Worried about the breakneck developments in AI and their deployment across the national-security apparatus? But the Chinese. But the Chinese! But the Chinese!?… American power players love nothing more than a hegemonic challenge to catalyze and justify their actions.” Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic “As smartphones and their related technologies become more and more ubiquitous, consumers and citizens need more options to access, use, and reuse them. Perhaps that means downloading software from app stores controlled solely by Apple and Google shouldn’t be the only option. Huawei may be feeling the pain for now, but the trouble with centralized control is that, eventually, the problem is going to extend to all of us.” Navneet Alang, The Week From the Right The right supports taking action against Huawei, arguing that its connections to the Chinese state represent a national security risk. “Whatever else can and undoubtedly will be said about the move, it represents for the first time a direct strike at the heart of Beijing’s telecoms/information technology maze of mercantilist protection. Critics who have argued (correctly) that the president’s scatter-shot tariffs on China are inefficient and self-destructive should at least applaud this more targeted move… at least in this instance and for the moment — the Trump administration has finally targeted a core element of the Chinese state-directed tech leviathan.” Claude Barfield, American Enterprise Institute “The Chinese… have stolen billions (trillions?) in technology trade secrets. They are building military-capable ports in the Middle East and in Central and South America. The blacklisting of Huawei is the first real step I’ve seen to stand against China’s onslaught against us.” Steve Berman, The Resurgent “It’s important to understand that the next generation of wireless networks is about more than faster load times for your grumpy cat GIFs. 5G will be the backbone of the world economy. Everything from heart monitors to self-driving cars will rely on it. One U.S. national security official told me that China would be able to bring U.S. cities to a standstill ‘with the push of a button’ if American cell towers were outfitted with Huawei equipment… “America’s spies and generals have long warned that Huawei is an arm of the People’s Liberation Army. Its routers and circuits are the equivalent of wiretaps for a powerful adversary. Last month, [it was] reported that Vodafone Group Plc found these kinds of backdoors in Huawei equipment in 2011 and 2012, providing some of the first public verification to the warnings of the U.S. intelligence community… The key task now is for President Donald Trump and his administration to stick with the Huawei ban, no matter what happens in trade talks.” Eli Lake, Bloomberg “The real beauty of this action is how it guts Xi and Huawei’s central narrative. Namely, their claim that Huawei is self-sufficient and able to provide a rival service to U.S. competitors. We’re about to see that claim tested. And I’m confident Huawei will end up red-faced… For too long Huawei has been able to play its way to market power and espionage ability. China hopes to persuade other nations to let Huawei keep spying, but American leadership is establishing ever more impenetrable roadblocks. Trump deserves much credit for his China policy. Google wouldn’t have done this by itself.” Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner Minority View: “Anathematizing Chinese companies simply for being Chinese would cripple the world economy… If U.S. telecom companies and network managers are worried about Huawei, they should ask to see the company’s software source codes. If consumers interpret the continual patter of software upgrades as a threat to privacy, Washington should assign the role of managing them to domestic telecommunications companies… “Huawei isn’t a problem. It’s an opportunity to revitalize the U.S. economy and enhance its digital infrastructure. The U.S. should embrace Huawei as a triumph of the American-led system rather than push it into the arms of Chinese hard-liners who revel in autarkic dreams.” George Gilder, Wall Street Journal “Here’s the big-picture question behind the current cyber battles: If innovation and superiority in smart industries define global economic prowess, can a country that limits its population’s access to the internet win?… It’s no longer guaranteed [that the next big thing will] come from America or other innovative free societies like Europe, South Korea or Israel. But let’s hope it does. Because if a regime like today’s China dominates the industries of the future, well, winter is coming.” Benny Avni, New York Post On the bright side… Belgian monks resurrect 220-year-old beer after finding recipe. The Guardian Our volunteer team spends hours each night scanning the news, fact-checking, and debating one another, so your 5 minutes each morning can be well spent. 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POLITICO PLAYBOOK
POLITICO Playbook: Dianne Feinstein’s dinner with the foreign minister of Iran
By JAKE SHERMAN, ANNA PALMER and DANIEL LIPPMAN
05/23/2019 06:01 AM EDT
DRIVING THE DAY
NEW … SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CALIF.) had dinner with IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER JAVAD ZARIF when he was in the United States a few weeks ago, several sources told us. Last week, Playbook reported that Feinstein was walking around the Capitol with Zarif’s contact information pulled up on her iPhone — we spotted it in an elevator.
FEINSTEIN’S team tells us that the dinner was “arranged in consultation with the State Department.” “The office was in touch with State in advance of the meeting to let them know it was happening and to get an update on U.S.-Iran activity,” Feinstein’s office said. A State Department official told us that they did not ask Feinstein to go to the dinner with Zarif, a smooth-talking, American-educated Iranian diplomat who worked on the nuclear deal with John Kerry.
OF COURSE, the United States and Iran are in the middle of a high-wire diplomatic and military staring contest. The United States has moved additional military resources into the region, and has indicated it has intelligence that the Iranians were readying to attack American interests in the region.
IT’S A BIT UNUSUAL THAT FEINSTEIN, the former chair and vice chair of the Intelligence Committee and a member of the Senate minority, is dining with the foreign minister of an adversary.
WE HAVE REACHED OUT to the White House to see if they had anything to say about this, and they did not respond to two emails seeking comment.
— WAPO’S TAMER EL-GHOBASHY and LIZ SLY: “Faced with relentless American pressure, Iran starts to hit back”: “With the Trump administration tightening economic sanctions and intensifying military pressure, Iran is now seeking to highlight the costs it could also impose on the United States — for instance, by disrupting the world’s oil supply — without taking actions likely to trigger an all-out war.” WaPo
DONALD TRUMP AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY: It was a brutal eight-hour stretch for President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
FIRST, Democrats cranked up the pressure on NANCY PELOSI to move toward impeachment, leading the House speaker to accuse the president of a “cover-up.”
THEN, a meeting at the White House to hash out a $2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package ended in acrimony when Trump stormed out and made an angry, impromptu appearance in the Rose Garden, where he fired back at Pelosi and blasted Democrats for investigating him.
NEXT, New York lawmakers voted to turn over Trump’s tax returns to Congress — and Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vowed to sign the bill. Details about the bill, from the NYT
BY LATE AFTERNOON, a federal judge was ruling that Deutsche Bank, the president’s major creditor, had to turn over records of his business dealings to congressional investigators — and Democrats were declaring victory. Major financial institutions aren’t generally in the business of defying court orders.
— EXPLAINER … NYT’S KATIE ROGERS: “How ‘Infrastructure Week’ Became a Long-Running Joke”
— AP: “Trump was incensed by reports Tuesday that some of his closest former aides, including ex-communications director Hope Hicks, for whom the president has long had a soft spot, were being subpoenaed to testify, according to three White House officials and Republicans close to the West Wing.”
JUST A THOUGHT: After Wednesday’s squabble between TRUMP and DEMOCRATS, isn’t there a case for Washington to do a quick, simple budget deal,lift the debt limit and stay away from each other for the rest of this Congress? PELOSI is suing for the president’s documents in court, House Democrats are ramping up investigations, and all TRUMP wants is an end to all probes into him. The two sides are at absolute loggerheads.
TO WIT: PELOSI said this of the president in an evening letter to Democratic colleagues: “Sadly, the only job the President seems to be concerned with is his own. He threatened to stop working with Democrats on all legislation unless we end oversight of his Administration and he had a temper tantrum for us all to see.” The letter
— TOTALLY CALM! … @realDonaldTrump: “In a letter to her House colleagues, Nancy Pelosi said: ‘President Trump had a temper tantrum for us all to see.’ This is not true. I was purposely very polite and calm, much as I was minutes later with the press in the Rose Garden. Can be easily proven. It is all such a lie!”
— READ AND UNDERSTAND: JOHN BRESNAHAN and BURGESS EVERETT: “Why Pelosi is so good at infuriating Trump”: “Something about Nancy Pelosi just gets under Donald Trump’s skin. On Wednesday, for the third time in barely six months, a meeting between Trump, the speaker and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blew up in a spectacular fashion.
“And in each case, Trump handed Pelosi a huge gift, a priceless moment that helped unify the Democratic Caucus behind her at a crucial time. … Trump doesn’t have a condescending nickname for Pelosi as he does for other Democrats. He even appears to have a grudging respect for the first woman speaker and treats her like a peer who commands her chamber with a firm hand. Trump knows she can deliver on votes, and he knows she is willing to call any bluff at any time.” POLITICO
Good Thursday morning.
SPOTTED at the S-3 Public Affairs anniversary party at the Salt Line in Southeast D.C.: former White House counsel Don McGahn,who’s now back at Jones Day, his old law firm. Reps. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) and Steve Scalise (R-La.) were also at the party. Pic of McGahn… Former Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer chatting at a reception at District Winery celebrating former Reps. Joe Crowley and Bill Shuster joining Squire Patton Boggs. Pic
— IMAGINE IF LORETTA LYNCH DID THIS: ABC’s Ali Dukakis snapped this shot of A.G. Bill Barr having dinner at the Trump hotel. Pic
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HEADS UP … BLOOMBERG: “S&P 500 futures pointed to a big drop at the New York open after China’s flagship People’s Daily published two commentaries assailing American moves to curb Chinese companies. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index was dragged lower by automakers after an EU official said the U.S. was unlikely to start trade talks with the bloc soon while it’s preoccupied with China.” Bloomberg
THE LATEST ON DISASTER RELIEF — “Disaster deal very much in doubt as recess looms,” by Sarah Ferris and Caitlin Emma: “Any hope of a long-awaited deal on disaster funding began to slip away Wednesday evening as talks stalled just before both chambers plan to leave for the Memorial Day recess.
“Congressional negotiators remain stuck on a slew of immigration-related provisions in the package, lowering expectations of a bipartisan agreement to deliver the massive emergency package to Trump’s desk by Friday, according to multiple sources.” POLITICO
— A senior Senate Democratic aide emails us that Senate Democrats are ready to pass the disaster relief package. “If a deal can’t be reached in the morning, Senate Democrats will make clear to the Senate Republicans that they are willing expedite consideration of the disaster package and work to pass it as soon as possible.”
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FOR YOUR RADAR — AP: “U.S. officials: Plan may send up to 10,000 troops to Mideast”: “The officials said no final decision has been made yet, and it’s not clear if the White House would approve sending all or just some of the requested forces. Officials said the move is not in response to any new threat from Iran, but is aimed at reinforcing security in the region. They said the troops would be defensive forces, and the discussions include additional Patriot missile batteries, more ships and increased efforts to monitor Iran.”
FOR JARED … SAEB EREKAT, the PLO’s chief negotiator, in the NYT: “Trump Doesn’t Want Peace. He Wants Palestinian Surrender: From what we know so far, the administration’s peace plan is a non-starter.”
HMM … MAGGIE HABERMAN (@maggieNYT): “POTUS state visit to the UK is set to include not just the president’s children who work in the White House, but also his other adult children, per multiple people familiar with planning.”
BREXIT LATEST … THE TELEGRAPH: “Theresa May faces showdown with Cabinet ministers as polls open,” by Harry Yorke: “Theresa May is under mounting pressure to announce her resignation on Friday, amid reports that other ministers are preparing to follow Andrea Leadsom and quit the Government in protest over the ‘new’ Brexit deal.
“Jeremy Hunt, the Foreign Secretary, is expected to meet with the Prime Minister later today, when he is expected to state his opposition to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) in its current form.
“Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, and David Mundell, the Scottish Secretary, have also requested to meet with Mrs. May, but were last night rebuffed by Downing Street. It comes hours after Mrs. Leadsom resigned as Commons Leader, claiming she could not ‘fulfil’ her duties by putting forward a Brexit bill that ‘I fundamentally oppose.’
“Delivering what has been interpreted as the fatal blow to Mrs. May’s premiership, Mrs. Leadsom last night wrote to the Prime Minister urging her to ‘make the right decisions in the interests of the country, this Government and our Party.’” The Telegraph
TRUMP’S THURSDAY — The president will meet with Energy Secretary Rick Perry at 11 a.m. in the Oval Office. Trump will deliver remarks on supporting farmers and ranchers at 3:15 p.m. in the Roosevelt Room.
PLAYBOOK READS
#THISTOWN — GABBY ORR, “‘FBI Lovebirds’: Trump ally bringing Strzok-Page texts to the theater stage”: “The same documentary filmmakers who convinced the White House to host a recent screening of an anti-abortion movie have planned a live stage reading next month based on thousands of anti-Trump text messages recovered by the FBI last year from the cellphones of the former Trump-Russia investigators Peter Strzok and Lisa Page … And they’re hoping President Donald Trump will attend. … Dean Cain, a Trump supporter who played Superman in the television series ‘Lois & Clark’ … has agreed to play Strzok.” POLITICO
BLOOMBERG’S JULIE SATLOW: “That Time Trump Sold the Plaza Hotel at an $83 Million Loss”
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION … LIZ CRAMPTON: “The Agriculture Department is moving nearly all its researchers into the economic effects of climate change, trade policy and food stamps – subjects of controversial Trump administration initiatives – outside of Washington, part of what employees claim is a political crackdown on economists whose assessments have raised questions about the president’s policies.” POLITICO
— CBS: “A 10-year-old migrant girl died last year in government care, officials acknowledge”: “She was the first of six migrant children to die in U.S. custody — or soon after being released — in the past eight months.”
PENTAGON CLAMPDOWN … WAPO’s MISSY RYAN and GREG JAFFE: “Internal memo orders military to restrict information it shares with Congress”: “In a May 8 internal memo … [acting Defense Secretary Pat] Shanahan lays out the criteria for when Pentagon officials may provide congressional offices or committees information they request about operational plans and orders. …
“The memo was shared widely inside the Pentagon but was sent to key lawmakers only after inquiries by The Post. It outlines a half-dozen guidelines, including requirements that military officials and political appointees evaluate whether the request ‘contains sufficient information to demonstrate a relationship to the legislative function.’ The memo urges Defense Department officials to provide a summary briefing rather than a requested plan or order itself.
“The memo appears to have been inspired by concerns that lawmakers, who have security clearances, will not safeguard military plans. It calls on officials to assess “whether the degree of protection from unauthorized disclosure that Congress will afford to the plan is equivalent to that afforded” by the Pentagon.” WaPo
— L.A. TIMES: “Senior military officers rebel against Trump plan to pardon troops accused of war crimes,” by David Cloud: “Current and former military officers have urged the White House not to pardon service members and security contractors implicated in war crimes, warning that forgiving their offenses would send a dangerous signal to U.S. troops and potential adversaries. …
“[T]he possibility that Trump could issue pardons has brought a flood of opposition from current and former high-ranking officers, who say it would encourage misconduct by showing that violations of laws prohibiting attacks on civilians and prisoners of war will be treated with leniency.” LAT
TOP-ED … TWO TRUMP OFFICIALS in WAPO: “China’s attack on Uighurs isn’t counterterrorism. It’s ugly repression,” by Nathan Sales and Sam Brownback (Bio line: “Nathan Sales is the ambassador at large for counterterrorism and Sam Brownback is the ambassador at large for international religious freedom at the State Department.”)
MUCK READ — “Documents detail how Jerry Falwell Jr. went into South Beach venture with ‘pool boy,’” by the Miami Herald’s Douglas Hanks
HAPPENING TODAY — “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh is due to be released from prison. An NBC News affiliate station got its hands on letters suggesting he is a fan of ISIS: “‘[T]hey are doing a spectacular job,’ he wrote in February 2015 … ‘The Islamic State is clearly very sincere and serious about fulfilling the long-neglected religious obligation of establishing a caliphate through armed struggle, which is the only correct method.’” NBC Los Angeles
BEYOND THE BELTWAY … DETROIT NEWS: “DeVos family ends longtime Amash support”
— YES, THAT ERIC GREITENS … “Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says he will deploy with Navy, sources say,” by The Kansas City Star’s Jason Hancock, Lindsay Wise, Steve Vockrodt and Tara Copp: “Greitens has been spotted around the state and in Washington, D.C., in recent weeks, meeting with former staff and political operatives. … A GOP operative who attended one of the meetings Greitens has held around the state in recent weeks said the former governor appeared to be more focused on a future federal race, specifically U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt’s seat in 2022, than any state office.”
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT — “Chinese Fugitive Living Large in Los Angeles,” by WSJ’s James Areddy in Burbank, Calif.: “One of China’s most-wanted men has been running a Hollywood movie company, promoting a cryptocurrency venture with boxer Mike Tyson and on one occasion posed for a photo alongside President Trump. Shi Jianxiang is a fugitive from Chinese authorities, who say he committed fraud and caused billions of dollars to vanish. But in the U.S. the 54-year-old lives under the name Morgan Shi in a 6,500-square-foot, $3 million mansion outside Los Angeles, rides around the city in a luxury ‘talent-trailer’ mobile home and travels the U.S. in charter jets.” WSJ
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MEDIAWATCH — NYT editor DEAN BAQUET on the future of journalism: “I think most local newspapers in America are going to die in the next five years, except for the ones that have been bought by a local billionaire.” INMA
— VANITY FAIR’s JOE POMPEO: “‘The Times Has Become a Book-Deal Factory’: With a Flood of Star Reporters Thinking of Book Leave, Management Delivers a ‘Wrist Slap’”: “Lately, the newsroom has been buzzing about a memo that landed in people’s inboxes on May 6 from executive editor Dean Baquet and assistant managing editor Carolyn Ryan. It was a stern and comprehensive reminder, described by one source as a ‘gentle wrist slap,’ about the company policy governing book projects. …
“‘The Company reserves the right to deny a book leave request for any reason. Our journalistic needs must come first,’ Baquet and Ryan wrote. ‘When returning to work from book leave, you are required to be fully back at work. That means that 100 percent of your time at work must be dedicated to your job at the Company, not split between a book project that is yet to be finished and your job. … As with any leave, there is no guarantee that when you return to work from a book leave, you will return to precisely the same job that you held prior to your book leave.’”
— THE LATEST EXAMPLE … ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON, a feature writer for the Times, is writing a book “about the Sandy Hook families’ fight for online truth against conspiracy theorists led by Alex Jones,” according to publisher Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
— WAPO’S ERIK WEMPLE … “Sarah Sanders chooses Fox News over briefings”: “Sanders hasn’t appeared [at a White House press briefing] since March 11 — or 72 days. … During the ongoing no-briefing skid, Sanders has appeared at least 12 times on various Fox News programs. … Sanders has also appeared on NBC’s ‘Today’ and ABC News’s ‘Good Morning America,’ as well as CNN, CBS News and Sinclair.” WaPo
— Kristin Roberts, a POLITICO alum,has been named VP of news at McClatchy and will be the first woman to lead news in the company’s 162-year history. She is currently the company’s executive editor for politics and editor for McClatchy’s East region newsrooms.
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OUT AND ABOUT — SPOTTED at the Internet Association’s annual gala Wednesday night at Union Station, where Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Ivanka Trump received awards for their work to advance STEM education (pics): Reps. Carol Miller (R-W.Va.) and Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.), Jared Kushner, Mandy Ginsberg, Fred Humphries, Brian Huseman, Kevin Martin, Emery Simon, Jen Stout, Casey Aden-Wansbury, Boris and Lauren Epshteyn, Tara Palmeri, Rick Klein, Ben Jenkins, Carlos Monje, Ken Wingert, Michael Beckerman, Gary Shapiro and Stanley Pierre-Louis.
— SPOTTED at a party at the Met Club celebrating the 25thanniversary of the American Continental Group: David Urban, Adrienne Arsht, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Brian McCormack, Reps. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.), Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.), Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) and Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), Jim Nicholson, Gerry Petrella, Erin Street, Fred Fielding, Sean Byrne, Tim Pataki, Morgan Ortagus, Mike Bender, Steve Pinkos, Ashley Parker, Phil Rucker, Josh Dawsey, Theo Meyer, Wells Griffith, Mike Purpura, Marc Lotter, Liz Schrayer, Patrick Steel, Shannon McGahn, Ulrich Brechbuhl and Ryan O’Dwyer.
FOGGY BOTTOM ARRIVAL LOUNGE — Tyler Q. Houlton will be a senior adviser at the State Department. He most recently was press secretary at DHS. CNN
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Stephanie Cope of Rep. Brian Mast’s (R-Fla.) office (hat tip: Nate Bult)
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Mary Bruce, senior congressional correspondent at ABC News. A fun fact about Mary: “I used to play rugby in college. My roommate got me into it on a total whim but it was so much fun, and gloriously messy (kind of like covering politics). That one always seems to surprise people … until they get to know me.” Playbook Plus Q&A
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IN THIS ISSUE: – Notes on the State of the Senate NOTES ON THE STATE OF THE SENATE GOP remains favored to hold the majority overall By Kyle Kondik Managing Editor, Sabato’s Crystal Ball |
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — Senate retirements are not having a dramatic effect on the partisan odds in any race so far. — Democrats have missed on some Senate recruits, and that may (or may not) matter in the long run. — Alabama and Colorado remain the likeliest states to flip, with the Democratic-held Yellowhammer State the likeliest of all. — Arizona is the purest Toss-up. — Republicans remain favored overall. Five angles on Senate 2020 Republicans have to defend 22 Senate seats this cycle to the Democrats’ 12, yet the GOP remains favored to hold the chamber in large part because so many of the seats they are defending are in states that seem certain to vote Republican for president, and strongly so. Map 1: 2020 Senate races Map 2: Crystal Ball Senate race ratings Of the 22 seats that the Republicans are defending, 15 are in states that Donald Trump won by 14 points or more in 2016. The overall Senate balance of power is 53-47, meaning Democrats would need to net, at minimum, three seats to take the majority (the vice president elected in 2020 would break a 50-50 tie). What follows is a status report on the race for the Senate, divided into five storylines we’re following so far: 1. Retirements are not having a dramatic effect on the partisan odds in any race so far. Retirements often play a crucial role in the Senate calculus because even though the power of incumbency is waning, one still would expect a normal incumbent to perform better than a non-incumbent. As an example, while Democrats lost four states held by incumbents last year, they almost assuredly would have lost dark red Montana and West Virginia, too, had Sens. Jon Tester and Joe Manchin not run for reelection in their respective states. Retirements also can be important mile markers on the road to the general election: For instance, the Crystal Ball deemed the surprising retirement of Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) in late February 2012 as a “Snowepocalypse” for the GOP that greatly harmed their chances of flipping the chamber. Independent Angus King ended up winning the seat under the assumption that he would caucus with Democrats (he did, and has ever since), and Republicans’ initial bullishness about winning the Senate waned (Democrats netted two seats that year, somewhat surprisingly). The following cycle, Sens. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Carl Levin (D-MI), Max Baucus (D-MT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) all announced their retirements by the end of April 2013, an early signal that the Democratic majority was in deep trouble (Republicans would end up winning all but Michigan as part of a net nine-seat gain that gave them a 54-46 majority). At least four of the 34 Senate races this year will feature open-seat races next year. But unlike the retirements in 2012 and 2014, this group of retirees doesn’t tell us much about what to expect next year. The retirees are Sens. Tom Udall (D-NM), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Mike Enzi (R-WY). The three Republicans are all from very Republican states, so we kept all three races as Safe Republican. We saw last year, in another open-seat Tennessee race, that the Democratic cause there seems hopeless, given that a strong Democratic candidate in a good Democratic election year, former Gov. Phil Bredesen, couldn’t even get within single digits of now-Sen. Marsha Blackburn in the race to replace now-former Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN). Wyoming hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1970 and is arguably the most Republican state in the nation. Kansas hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1932; Senate Republicans apparently are ready to campaign against Kris Kobach (R), the party’s weak 2018 gubernatorial nominee, if he jumps in the race. If Kobach does enter the race we may need to change Kansas’ rating, but at this point we do not see it as a realistic Democratic target given its long and enduring GOP leanings. New Mexico, while the most competitive of these four states, is still trending Democratic. We moved that race from Safe Democratic to Likely Democratic, but only out of an abundance of caution. In other words, at this point it appears that the most vulnerable incumbents on both sides are still running, at least for now. Just as in 2012, when Snowe’s retirement gave the Democrats a seat they otherwise would’ve had little chance to win, Maine features the most important candidate decision, as Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is a significantly stronger candidate than any replacement Republican would be. Collins said earlier this year that she intends to run for reelection, though. 2. Chuck Schumer has struck out on some of his recruiting targets. An early story of the race for the Senate involves those Democrats who have decided not to run for the Senate. Former Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado, Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana, and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas all opted for the presidential race instead of Senate contests in their respective states. Stacey Abrams of Georgia, who lost a close gubernatorial race in 2018, also took a pass and may still be mulling a presidential bid. Former Gov. Tom Vilsack and first-term Rep. Cindy Axne, both of Iowa, also decided against Senate bids. It does seem fair to say that if it was just up to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), many or all of these candidates would be running. Obviously, it’s ultimately not up to him, and the number of major Democrats who have said no to running for the Senate has led to questions about the ability of Democrats to win the chamber. It’s natural for the leadership of both parties to gravitate toward candidates who have higher levels of name ID and more proven ability to raise money and run a credible race. That said, we agree with Nathan Gonzales of Inside Elections, who recently wrote that it’s far too early to judge the eventual Democratic Senate slate. Republicans faced some questions about their candidates this time a half-dozen years ago, and they ended up doing quite well. It’s also unclear as to whether the aforementioned names actually are the best candidates in their respective states. Maybe a candidate such as Teresa Tomlinson (D), the former mayor of Columbus, GA who is seeking the Georgia Democratic nomination, would actually be a better fit than Abrams, who never seemed very interested in a Senate bid anyway. Republicans also don’t have a perfect record of candidate recruitment as they try to put some Democratic seats in play. Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) recently announced that he’s going to run for a third, two-year term as opposed to challenging Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), meaning that Republicans will have to find a different and almost certainly less proven challenger. Additionally, there is an odd recruitment story unfolding in Michigan, which along with Alabama is the only Trump-won state Democrats are defending in this cycle’s Senate elections. With Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) seeking a second term, many Senate Republicans hope that Iraq veteran John James (R) runs again after his credible albeit unsuccessful challenge to Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) last cycle. But the Trump reelection campaign may be actively dissuading James from running, based on the thinking that “a statewide campaign by James could force Democrats to spend more money in the state, driving turnout on the other side and potentially hurting the president,” as Politico‘s Alex Isenstadt reported. Perhaps the Trump camp hopes that Democrats will take Michigan for granted, as Hillary Clinton’s campaign seemed to do for much of the 2016 cycle. But one would think the Democratic presidential campaign is going to expend maximum effort in Michigan regardless of the Senate race, as the state seems necessary (at least to us) for a Democratic presidential victory. From that standpoint, it might make sense for Republicans to field the strongest possible slate of candidates in Michigan, which very well might include James. That’s what the National Republican Senate Committee believes, as evidenced by a recent NRSC memo arguing for James to run for Senate obtained by the Washington Post. 3. Alabama and Colorado remain the likeliest states to flip. Speaking of candidate recruitment, the eventual challengers to Sens. Doug Jones (D-AL) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) remain unknown, and we characterize both of their races as Toss-ups. After all, there’s always the possibility that the challenging party will nominate a dud opponent against either, as Republicans did in the 2017 special election won by Jones, who beat the disastrously flawed Roy Moore (R). However, assuming decent challengers, both Jones and Gardner are quite vulnerable (Jones in particular given how red Alabama is in a presidential year). Gardner could run ahead of Donald Trump in Colorado, something he probably will have to do to win unless Trump does significantly better in Colorado than he did in 2016 (he lost the state by about five points). In that respect, Gardner may be at the whim of forces he does not control, although Colorado isn’t nearly as far gone at the presidential level for Republicans as Alabama is for Democrats. In an age where ticket-splitting has become much less common, the individual attributes of the incumbents — and the challengers — may not mean as much as they commonly have in the past. For that reason, it’s far from guaranteed that Jones could win even if Moore ran and got the nomination again; despite Moore’s horrible baggage and campaign, he only lost to Jones by less than two points. 4. Arizona is the purest Toss-up. Arizona seems an odd fit as a swing state: It is in some ways an outpost of the conservative Deep South, at least in terms of some of its early migration and party identification patterns (Arizona after statehood was dominated by conservative Democrats, just like the old Solid South). If Ronald Reagan is the father of modern conservative Republicanism, then Arizonan Barry Goldwater is its grandfather. And yet, Arizona came within 3.5 points of backing Hillary Clinton in 2016 and, two years later, it elected a Democratic senator for the first time in three decades. The Democrats’ hopes of winning a Senate majority in 2020 hinge, to a large extent, on Arizona electing a second Democratic senator. Arizona hasn’t had two Democratic senators at the same time since Senate Majority Leader Ernest McFarland (D-AZ) lost to Goldwater in 1952 (which opened the position of Senate Democratic leader to Lyndon Johnson, whose party would retake the majority two years later). 1952 also was the first year that Arizona clearly started voting to the right of the nation in presidential elections. It still does, albeit not as sharply if 2016 is any indication. We rate the race for both Arizona’s 11 electoral votes, and its 2020 Senate race, as Toss-ups. History suggests we’re being overly kind to Democrats, but time will tell and there are some hopeful trends for Democrats there. A common refrain from our Republican Senate contacts throughout the 2018 cycle was that outside Republican groups held their fire for too long against now-Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), allowing her to build up a positive image during her unopposed primary while the Republicans slogged through their own. Sinema ultimately was able to withstand negative attack ads about her past — in which she expressed opinions that were considerably to the left of where she positioned herself as a Senate candidate — and she beat Martha McSally (R) by a couple of points. Now McSally is back on the ballot, this time running as an appointed senator for the remaining two years of the late John McCain’s term. Democrats have rallied around Mark Kelly, a former astronaut who is married to former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D). Kelly has gotten off to an astounding fundraising start and is a newcomer to formal elective politics. His candidacy represents a recruiting success for Senate Democrats, as does the decision by Rep. Ruben Gallego (D, AZ-7) to pass on a bid, clearing Kelly’s path to nomination. Kelly looks great on paper, but we’ll have to see how he performs. Republicans, hoping to muddy Kelly’s reputation early in the race, have started attacking him over some of his past paid speeches. Whether the attacks stick or not, Republicans don’t want Kelly to get the early, positive head start that some of them believe Sinema got last cycle. If McSally is nominated again and wins, she’ll presumably run for a full, six-year term in 2022, meaning that she might end up being her party’s Senate nominee in three straight election cycles: 2018, 2020, and 2022. That would be a rare feat, although it’s not without recent precedent. Former Sen. Scott Brown was a Republican nominee in three straight Senate cycles, winning in an early 2010 Massachusetts special election, losing to challenger Elizabeth Warren (D) for a full Massachusetts term in November 2012, and then losing as the GOP challenger to Shaheen in New Hampshire in 2014. That said, McSally would be running in the same state, and in the November election each time, if she is in fact the GOP Senate nominee in 2020 and 2022, so the comparison to Brown isn’t a perfect one. 5. Republicans remain favored overall. Arizona looms so large because it’s hard to really piece together a plausible path to a Democratic majority without it flipping. If one assumes that Democrats lose Alabama but win Colorado — the former is a better assumption than the latter — that evens out to no net change. So even if Democrats win Arizona and Colorado but lose Alabama, they would need at least two more victories in GOP-held seats. Which ones? The list actually isn’t that long, or that appealing, for Democrats. Beyond Colorado, Republicans are defending only one other seat in a state that Hillary Clinton won in 2016: Maine, where Collins is on track to run for a fifth term. Collins does not appear to have a top-tier Democratic challenger as of yet — here’s another place where Democrats have recruiting work to do. We also haven’t seen much compelling data that indicates Collins is truly vulnerable despite her important role in Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation last fall, although of course she might be. Other Democratic possibilities are Georgia, Iowa, and North Carolina; the Tar Heel State may be the best target of that trio, given its history of close Senate races and because it was the closest of the three states in the 2016 presidential race. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) also now faces a primary challenger. If Trump tanks in 2020, Democrats could end up carrying all three states for president as part of a larger national sweep that wins them unified control of the presidency and Congress. If Trump wins, or even if he loses narrowly, he likely will carry all three of these states, providing a buffer for their GOP Senate incumbents. Barring some other big upset (Texas?), Democrats probably won’t win the Senate without at least one of Georgia, Iowa, or North Carolina. Winning one or more of those is possible for Democrats, but none of them look like a Toss-up right now. 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Abortion-rights groups outlined the political races they plan to target Wednesday, a day after the groups organized 500 events across the country. Anti-abortion groups countered with plans to sharpen the Republican platform with stricter anti-abortion language, a day after some groups met at the White House. Read More…
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Trump Cancels Infrastructure Meeting as Dems Push Towards Impeachment “There was supposed to be a meeting about infrastructure today. Remember infrastructure? The policy area where Democrats and Republicans can find agreement and move forward? Well, not so fast. The scheduled meeting between President Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer didn’t quite go as planned after Pelosi buckled to the far-leftists in her caucus and accused Trump of engaging in a cover-up over obstruction of justice allegations stemming from the Robert Mueller report. Pelosi’s comments came this morning after an emergency meeting in which she apparently barely managed to stave off calls from her colleagues to impeach President Trump. For the time being, her efforts were successful and Democrats in the House will not start impeachment proceedings. But that agreement came at a price for the speaker, who having been outflanked by the left made the damning statements about Trump being involved in a cover-up.” President Trump was not happy about the Speaker’s remarks, and concluded the meeting early without shaking anyone’s hand. More from David Marcus here. Michael Avenatti Indicted (Again) for Stealing from Stormy Disgraced creepy porn lawyer Michael Avenatti stole from his client, Stormy Daniels, and used the money for his Ferrari lease payment, among other personal expenses. Federal prosecutors in New York charged attorney and alleged con artist Michael Avenatti on Wednesday for stealing from and forging the signature of his former client, Stephanie Gregory Clifford, who uses the name Stormy Daniels. This indictment comes on the heels of separate fraud and extortion charges filed against Avenatti in March. Avenatti allegedly stole the $297,500 Daniels was owed for a book advance from her literary agent. The indictment says he did so by sending Daniel’s agent a “fraudulent and unauthorized letter” with a forgery of his client’s signature and instructions to send the money to a bank account controlled solely by Avenatti.” More here. What a guy! ‘Member when he was on every mainstream network basically nonstop because he was good for Trump trashing? Good times. Harriet Tubman Will Not Replace Jackson on the $20 (Yet) Gun-toting, slave-saving Republican Harriet Tubman won’t be replacing President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill until 2028 according to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. While Tubman is worthy of honor, the pile-on left, right, and center on Andrew Jackson is deeply undeserved. As my husband Jarrett Stepman (a bit of a Jacksonian scholar 🙂 wrote back the last time the idea was in the news: “Though his record was occasionally blemished and his triumphs mostly forgotten—Jackson’s legacy deserves a place with other greats in the history of the republic, and his principles will likely have a growing, not waning impact on the future of the United States. Unfortunately, all we hear today are Jackson’s faults. A recent Huffington Post op-ed claimed that it would be a tragedy to remove Hamilton from the $10 bill for the ‘pro-slavery, genocidal President Andrew Jackson.’… Like many great presidents, Jackson was a polarizing figure who sparked both unhesitating admiration from supporters and loathing from opponents. Though he had many achievements and failures during his eight years in office, two aspects of his presidency stand out: the veto of the Second Bank of the United States’ charter and his principled stand against disunion during the nullification crisis… Jackson deserves greater recognition from modern Americans; old heroes should not be so quickly cast aside.” Fashion Moment of the Week It’s no secret that I share fashion blogger and influencer Krystal Bick’s taste for midi dresses. She’s got a great new post on five easy summer white outfits, and yep, lots of midi action! My favorite by far is look four, where Krystal paired a white Zara silk skirt with a white striped blazer and some graphic Manolos. Perfection! Thursday Links Senators concerned over early release of “American Taliban.” (Daily Wire) Ben Carson claps back at Ilhan Omar. (Twitter) China might be betraying serious weaknesses in Trump’s trade war. (National Interest) Why can’t we make good war movies anymore? (City Journal) Related: “Are shows likes Game of Thrones really what we want history to record what we were doing when the debt ballooned and fertility collapsed?” (The Federalist) Not enough GoT for you? Ben Domenech and John Martine discuss the finale and entire show on the podcast. (Radio Hour) Studies on marital and sexual happiness show that the sexual revolution got it all wrong. (National Review) AWFUL: Healthy dog euthanized to be buried with dead owner. (CNN) BRIGHT is brought to you by The Federalist. |
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- Isaiah 5:11 – ‘wine inflame them’
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- The complete fraud that is National Socialist Healthcare
- None of the states that have signed the National Popular Vote Compact voted for Trump in 2016
- Ilhan Omar goes after Ben Carson. Big mistake.
| 2 Thessalonians 3:5 – ‘patient waiting for Christ’ Posted: 23 May 2019 05:58 AM PDT And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. – 2 Thessalonians 3:5 (KJV) This is a very straightforward verse, but with a subtle undertone that must be understood. We are flawed creatures who cannot do well nor even have faith in God without God’s intervention. […] The post 2 Thessalonians 3:5 – ‘patient waiting for Christ’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| The biggest threat to Christians is the teaching of a pre-tribulation rapture Posted: 23 May 2019 05:48 AM PDT In many scriptures of the Bible, there is a “falling away” or discussion of great deceptions that are coming to the world. It has been hard for believers in Christ to comprehend the possibility of the masses falling away from Christianity because faith has been a powerful part of society for nearly two millenniums, but […] The post The biggest threat to Christians is the teaching of a pre-tribulation rapture appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| AOC says 2/3rds of Democrats have ‘social intelligence of a sea sponge’ for believing her 12-year apocalyptic claims Posted: 23 May 2019 05:06 AM PDT On May 12, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said anyone who took her literally about the world ending in 12 years over climate change would “have to have the social intelligence of a sea sponge.” A new survey by Rasmussen indicates most Democrats have such social intelligence. They took her literally, and therefore they all possess sea-sponge-intellects, according to […] The post AOC says 2/3rds of Democrats have ‘social intelligence of a sea sponge’ for believing her 12-year apocalyptic claims appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Liz Wheeler to Catholic girls: ‘Stop pretending you’re a victim because you broke the rules and rolled up your skirt’ Posted: 22 May 2019 10:07 PM PDT Students at Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego are protesting their dress code. This isn’t an uncommon occurrence; there have been plenty of protests over the years, especially by feminists, in opposition to school dress codes that require girls to wear skirts. But this protest is different. The students are protesting because girls are […] The post Liz Wheeler to Catholic girls: ‘Stop pretending you’re a victim because you broke the rules and rolled up your skirt’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Lindsey Graham makes two great points about the Democrats’ impeachment hysteria Posted: 22 May 2019 08:11 PM PDT Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) went on Fox News with Sean Hannity today to discuss how many Democratic lawmakers and candidates for president have gone into full-blown impeachment hysteria. He made a pair of excellent points. First, he noted that the Democrats are doing so at their own peril. It’s difficult for them to justify pushing […] The post Lindsey Graham makes two great points about the Democrats’ impeachment hysteria appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Isaiah 5:11 – ‘wine inflame them’ Posted: 22 May 2019 07:52 PM PDT Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! – Isaiah 5:11 (KJV) Alcoholism has been shown to be a destructive addiction, one that hurts both the individual as well as those around them. There is spiritual damage that happens […] The post Isaiah 5:11 – ‘wine inflame them’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Cuban illegal immigrant apprehensions increase 1600% in Del Rio Sector alone Posted: 22 May 2019 07:09 PM PDT Central American migrants may get the bulk of the attention from Border Patrol since they account for the largest groups crossing our southern border illegally, but Cubans have been making their way into Mexico and on to the United States at a higher rate than ever, up 1600% in the Del Rio Sector alone. “This […] The post Cuban illegal immigrant apprehensions increase 1600% in Del Rio Sector alone appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| The complete fraud that is National Socialist Healthcare Posted: 22 May 2019 06:49 PM PDT The home state of Mr. ‘Medifail for All’ tried National Socialist healthcare and it didn’t work. What is the point of ever trying it again? One would think that the operation of a socialist health care system in the home of Bernie ‘Medifail for all’ Sanders would be touted until the bovines hit the barn. […] The post The complete fraud that is National Socialist Healthcare appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| None of the states that have signed the National Popular Vote Compact voted for Trump in 2016 Posted: 22 May 2019 06:20 PM PDT File this in the “not surprising” cabinet. Of the 14 states plus the District of Columbia who have signed on for the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, none of them voted for President Trump in 2016. So as of today, the 189 electoral college votes that have been promised to the winner of the popular vote […] The post None of the states that have signed the National Popular Vote Compact voted for Trump in 2016 appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Ilhan Omar goes after Ben Carson. Big mistake. Posted: 22 May 2019 03:48 PM PDT Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) decided to pile on the insults being thrown at HUD Secretary Ben Carson following his OREO “gaffe.” To call it a gaffe is really overkill, but it made for a humorous moment in an otherwise boring oversight hearing. Nevertheless, the freshman Congresswoman decided to insult him. Why not? She’s made a […] The post Ilhan Omar goes after Ben Carson. Big mistake. appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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05/23/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Setting Rahm Straight; Tax Blowback; Music Man By Carl M. Cannon on May 23, 2019 09:08 am Good morning, it’s Thursday, May 23, 2019. We’re hearing lately about President Trump’s yearning for a military parade in Washington, D.C., and his desire to alter the traditional July 4 celebrations in the nation’s capital. These are controversial plans, although one is never certain these days whether the opposition is really to the ideas themselves — or its originator. As we head tomorrow into another Memorial Day weekend, it’s worth remembering that Washington has had military parades in the past. One of them occurred on this date in 1865, when the victorious Army of the Potomac marched down Pennsylvania Avenue, regimental bands playing and crowds cheering. Most of the men in those ranks had not been there on the summer day in 1861 when the corps marched out under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell’s command, as if on a weekend lark, to meet “Johnny Reb” near the town of Manassas at a creek called Bull Run. The Army of the Potomac subsequently marched into battle again and again. It fought a second time at Bull Run, and then, as the months turned into years, at a litany of place names seared into the American memory under generals forgettable and unforgettable: at Antietam under McClellan; Chancellorsville under Hooker; Gettysburg under Meade; finally at Richmond, Petersburg, and Appomattox under the overall command of Ulysses Grant. Now, on May 23, 1865, the band was playing a catchy tune as it marched in peacetime, and some in the crowd joined in the signing. The refrain went like this: When Johnny comes marching home again, hurrah, hurrah!We’ll give him a hearty welcome then, hurrah, hurrah! The men will cheer, the boys will shout, the ladies, they will all turn out, And we’ll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home. I’ll have a further word about that song and its composer, whom I’ve written about previously, 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: * * * Rahm Emanuel’s Selective Memory. Tom Bevan spotlights the former mayor/newly minted columnist’s hypocrisy in citing examples of elites behaving badly. 2020 Dems’ Tax Stance Faces Blowback in Their Home States. Susan Crabtree explores the controversy surrounding candidates’ calls to tax businesses’ carried interest at the rate of ordinary income. Impeachment Coverage Has Surged as Public Interest Wanes. Kalev Leetaru analyzes data comparing web searches vs. news channel mentions of the topic. Religious Freedom in NE Syria Can Counter Iranian Threat. Travis Weber writes that the budding democratic enclave has the potential to entice others in the region to also pursue freedom, while at the same time holding Iran in check. Why “Shareholder Primacy” Should Worry Us All. Sam Long laments the decline in businesses using profits to purchase or build assets, and how the trend is influencing the career choices of grads from top business schools. Ignore All the Talk of the Euro’s Demise. John Tamny explains his rationale in RealClearMarkets. Some Good News for Advocates of Intellectual Freedom. In RealClearEducation, Christopher Kendall applauds an example of open-minded inquiry at Middlebury College. Why Americans Won’t Let Socialism Die. RealClearBooks has this interview with Joshua Muravchik, author of “Heaven on Earth: The Rise, Fall, and Afterlife of Socialism.” * * * Less than five weeks before that May 23, 1865 march along Pennsylvania Avenue, Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession had traveled down the same street. The buildings along the route were still bearing black crepe. But one of the songs the band played was intended to lift Americans’ spirits. It was officially called “When Johnny Comes Marching Home: A Soldier’s Return March,” and it had been copyrighted under the pseudonym “Louis Lambert” in the middle of the Civil War by famed band leader Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore. It must have been bittersweet, standing along Pennsylvania Avenue 154 years ago today. The black bunting would remind Washington residents of their martyred president — and the thousands upon thousands who had died during the war. But the band’s evocative ditty and the sight of jaunty Union soldiers in their dress blues also served as a reminder that those lucky enough to return from the killing fields were now dedicated to the task of rebuilding their country’s future. Certainly, Irish-born band leader Patrick Gilmore embraced it, and did his part in shaping what Lincoln had called, at Gettysburg, “the great task remaining before us.” No modern American would be surprised to learn that Pat Gilmore was an immigrant. (They get the job done!) Born on Christmas Day 1829 in County Galway, Gilmore had a knack for music — and an obsession with military bands — from the time he was a boy. He immigrated to the New World with a brother, joined a Canadian regimental band and later made his way to Boston. He sold sheet music, then opened a music store, took over the leadership of the Salem Brass Band, organized the forerunner to the Boston Pops Orchestra, and played at James Buchanan’s inauguration. When the Civil War broke out, Gilmore came up with the idea of having his entire band enlist in the U.S. Army as a way of forestalling their breakup via the military draft. This offer was accepted, and the band merged into the 24th Massachusetts Volunteers. They marched into battle, playing all the war songs, from “John Brown’s Body” (and the re-written version of it, “Battle Hymn of the Republic”) to “Sad News From Home.” “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” was inspired by the 1863 Union victory at Gettysburg. The tune for it is not believed to be original — it was one Gilmore had picked up somewhere along the way — and the cadences, if not the meaning, closely parallel an older Irish folk song, “Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye,” a grim composition that American wordsmith Jonathan Lighter called “the best antiwar song ever written.” After the Civil War ended, Gilmore devoted himself to using music to entertain and heal the nation. At a time when music could only be heard when performed live, he organized epic concerts with thousands of musicians and singers. Fittingly, he was chosen as the musical director for the July 4 Centennial in Philadelphia as well as the 1886 dedication of the Statue of Liberty. On the night of his own funeral, in 1892, a younger band leader named John Philip Sousa dedicated his performance to the man known as the “Father of the American Band.” Carl M. Cannon Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com Having trouble viewing this email? | [Unsubscribe] | Update Subscription Preferences Copyright © 2019 RealClearHoldings, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email becuase you opted in at our website. Our mailing address is: RealClearHoldings666 Dundee RoadBldg. 600Northbrook, IL 60062 Add us to your address book |
MEET THE PRESS
From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
FIRST READ: After infrastructure blowup, Trump owns Washington gridlock
By telling Democrats that he won’t work on items like infrastructure until they end their investigations into him, President Trump on Wednesday took ownership of Washington’s gridlock.
That’s a dangerous place for any American president, especially one facing re-election a year from now.
In fact, it’s pretty similar to when Trump took ownership of a government shutdown in that meeting last December with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
“I am proud to shut down the government for border security,” he said back then. “I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down.”
(What is it about Trump’s meetings with Pelosi and Schumer?)
It’s a given that it’s more difficult to get things done in Washington when there’s divided government.
But an incumbent president has to TRY.
It’s why Bill Clinton did welfare reform and a minimum wage increase with a GOP Congress.
It’s why George W. Bush worked with Democrats on immigration, even though they were unsuccessful.
And it’s why Barack Obama desperately tried cutting that debt-ceiling deal with Republicans in 2011.
Trying makes it easier to at least share the gridlock. Not trying, however, makes you own it.
AP Photo/ Evan Vucci
While the conservative echo chamber will make Trump feel good for a while about yesterday’s blowup (“Way to own the libs!”), do note that some GOP Senate allies aren’t too happy with how Wednesday played.
“My advice to the President is to try to find solutions to problems like infrastructure, prescription drugs, and a broken immigration system,” Sen. Lindsey Graham tweeted.
“Why haven’t we brought up a bill on prescription drugs? There’s common ground there,” added GOP Sen. John Kennedy on “MTP Daily” yesterday.
One other thing: It’s clear that Trump is trying to drive a wedge between Democrats on the subject of impeachment.
But what yesterday did was UNITE Democrats around Pelosi – at least for the time being.
Trump fires back: No, Democrats own the gridlock
Obviously responding to the kind of critique above, Trump tweeted this morning:
But here’s the thing: Trump was the one who make the ultimatum yesterday. And he was the one who ended the meeting on infrastructure.
Five falsehoods from yesterday
Here’s a compilation of five of the false or misleading claims that Trump made in his Rose Garden comments yesterday:
1. “I think most of you would agree, I’m the most transparent president probably in the history of this country.”
THE FACTS: While the Trump White House did turn over documents in the Russia probe and while Trump officials did speak to Mueller, President Trump hasn’t turned over his tax returns (like other presidents have); his administration objected to former WH counsel Don McGahn testifying before Congress; and Trump never sat down for an interview with Mueller in the Russia probe.
2. “The whole thing with Russia was a hoax as it relates to the Trump administration and myself.”
THE FACTS: While Mueller’s investigation didn’t establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government, it DID establish that Russia interfered in the 2016 election, that it did so to help Trump, and that the Trump campaign expected it would benefit from the interference.
3. “This is what happened: No collusion, no obstruction, no nothing.”
THE FACTS: Mueller’s report never exonerated Trump on obstruction of justice. “Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”
4. “We had an election [last night] for Fred Keller, a 50/50 shot and he won in a landslide. We went and we did a rally. Hardly mentioned today.”
THE FACTS: Keller’s special-election victory last night was in the ruby-red PA-12 district, where the previous GOP congressman won 66 percent of the vote in 2018.
5. “But for my way of thinking, and I know a lot of you agree with me, the crime [regarding the Russia investigation] was committed on the other side.”
THE FACTS: The Mueller investigation resulted in guilty pleas and convictions regarding Trump’s former campaign chairman (Paul Manafort), the president’s former national security adviser (Michael Flynn), a former top campaign/transition aide (Rick Gates), former campaign adviser (George Papadopoulos), and former lawyer/fixer (Michael Cohen).
2020 VISION: Biden’s unity argument looks a lot stronger today
It’s easy for many Democrats and pundits to mock Joe Biden’s unity message.
The response: “Hey Joe, what about Merrick Garland?”
But guess what:
Biden’s desire for unity looks a whole lot stronger after yesterday’s
Trump-Pelosi-Schumer blowup than it might have during the former vice
president’s speech in
Philly on Saturday.
And one other thing: If there are impeachment proceedings or inquiries this summer or in the fall, guess who that benefits?
Answer: The candidate leading in the polls.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
On the campaign trail today: Julian
Castro (in North Carolina), Jay Inslee (in Chicago) and Bill de Blasio
(in Des Moines) and Cory Booker (ditto) attend McDonald’s
strikes/protests… Bernie Sanders participates in another McDonald’s
protest (in Texas) via livestream… And Booker partakes in an
MSNBC town hall with Chris Hayes.
TWEET OF THE DAY: Top Travelers
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is … 2026.
2026.
That’s the earliest that a new $20 bill featuring Harriet Tubman could be unveiled, according to Steve Mnuchin, who announced the delay in the redesign yesterday.
The bill itself likely won’t be in circulation until 2028.
The New York Times reports that Mnuchin wanted to delay the redesign until Trump was out of office, worried that the president might otherwise cancel it altogether.
In 2016, Trump called the idea of changing the design “pure political correctness” and praised the current face of the $20 — Andrew Jackson — as a president with a “great history.”
THE LID: The Who?
Don’t miss the pod from yesterday, when we looked at the share of American voters peering at the Democratic field and asking, “Who?”
ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss
A federal judge ruled that Deutsche Bank and Capitol One can turn over financial documents in response to congressional subpoenas.
And our own Capitol Hill team reports that Wells Fargo and TD Bank have already turned over some Trump-related documents to Congress.
Benjy Sarlin and Alex Seitz-Wald look at the Democrats’ debate over whether or not to go on Fox News.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s medical school [v]found that it could not “conclusively determine” whether he appeared in a racist yearbook photo.
Narendra Modi is declaring victory in the Indian elections.
And Michael Avenatti is in the news again — this time, for charges that he stole almost $300,000 from Stormy Daniels.
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