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May 29, 2019
Good morning from Washington, where some lawmakers oppose a wall or
other barricade at the southern border. Our Fred Lucas traveled to
Laredo, Texas, to find out what the Border Patrol faces without one. On a
related front, Amy Swearer examines the constitutional
basis for considering everyone born here a U.S. citizen. Plus: Nick
Loris on keeping gas prices within reason, Kevin Daley on a judge with
something to say about religious tests, and Walter Williams on how
leftists misrepresent the nation’s founding.
News
I Toured
the Texas-Mexico Border. Here Are 8 Things I Learned
“Come after school, you’ve got kids practicing for Little League,
parents bringing their kids to practice,” says Special Operations
Supervisor Narcizo Ramos.“The smugglers will try to blend in with the
people in the park.”
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Commentary
Does
the Constitution Mandate Universal Birthright Citizenship? Here’s the Answer
While Congress once sought to expand birthright citizenship to
include freed slaves, it also sought to exclude broad categories of
individuals who maintained only a qualified or limited allegiance to the
nation.
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Commentary
The
Left’s Favorite Tool to Attack Our Founding Principles
Here’s my hypothesis about people who use slavery to trash the
Founders: They have contempt for our constitutional guarantees of
liberty, writes Walter Williams.
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Analysis
Podcast:
Christopher Scalia on the Faith of His Dad, Antonin Scalia
Scalia was a towering Supreme Court justice who left an indelible
mark on America. But he was also a man of deep faith, and that faith
continues on with his children.
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Commentary
What
Drives Gas Prices Up, and How We Can Steer Them Down
Crude oil prices make up 57% of the price of retail gas. Federal
and state taxes, refining and distributing, and marketing accounts for
the rest.
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Amy
Coney Barrett Speaks Out on Religious Tests for Judges
“The religious test clause in the Constitution makes it
unconstitutional to impose a religious test on anyone who holds public
office,” the appeals judge says.
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News
Biological
Male Wins NCAA Women’s Track Championship
CeCe Telfer had competed on Franklin Pierce University’s men’s track team as recently as January 2018.
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As
Court Declines to Hear Case on Race-Based Abortions, Thomas Warns About Tie Between Abortion, Eugenics
“Abortion has proved to be a disturbingly effective tool for
implementing the discriminatory preferences that undergird eugenics,”
writes Thomas.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019 EU Elections “The European Union’s traditional center splintered in the hardest-fought European Parliament elections in decades, with the far right and pro-environment Greens gaining ground on Sunday after four days of a polarized vote.” AP News “Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party romped to victory… with both Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives and the opposition Labour Party losing support across the country.” Reuters From the Left The left is relieved to see pro-environmentalists make headway, but worried about the demise of centrism and rise of the far right. “Underscoring the growing demand for bold climate action that has found expression in global youth-led strikes, marches and civil disobedience over the past year, Green parties across Europe had their strongest-ever EU parliamentary election performance after running on a platform of transformative environmental change.” Jake Johnson, Salon “The Greens’ success can represent a positive turning point in European politics, if the new political energy to confront climate change is channeled into effective reforms rather than the overhyped preoccupations that sometimes animate European environmental activism.” Editorial Board, Washington Post Overall, “the results delivered the heartening news that Europeans still care about Europe. Europe’s populist parties had wanted to make the elections a dagger in the heart of the bloc… [They] did increase their share of seats, from 20 percent to a robust 25 percent, but fell short of the landslide many had feared… Yet the results also showed Europe more polarized than ever. Those who wanted to support the European Union usually voted for smaller parties, like the Greens or Liberals, and voters on the right often went further right, all but abandoning the mainstream center-left and center-right parties that have controlled the European Parliament for years.” Editorial Board, New York Times In the UK, “voters are definitely unhappy with how their leaders have handled Brexit. But it’s not clear what they want to do differently… One way to resolve this confusion would be to conduct another general election before the next scheduled vote in May 2022… If there was a general election tomorrow, Nigel Farage wouldn’t become prime minister—despite leading two different parties to astonishing results in European elections, he has failed in each of his seven attempts to win a seat in Parliament. Still, neither of the main parties wants to test if eighth time’s the charm.” June Thomas, Slate “Not long ago, many mainstream politicians and pundits viewed the far right as little more than a protest movement: People voted against the establishment in European elections to send a message, but no one really wanted these politicians to try their hand at governing. These parties were not seen as serious about policy; they were just playing politics. Now, there is no choice but to admit that the populist far right is becoming a permanent feature of European politics.” Ivan Krastev, New York Times “The far-right party led in about three-quarters of all French départements, earning particularly strong support in parts of the country reeling from unemployment and deindustrialization… Far-right parties also saw strong results in Poland, Hungary, and Italy. Some well-meaning liberals have cheered the fact that these forces didn’t do even better—especially in Germany, where the Alternative for Germany party won just 10 percent of the vote. Still, with nationalists topping the polls in two of Europe’s three main founding nations, it’s hard to see how any of this is worth celebrating. The center may be holding, but it’s not on solid ground.” Cole Stangler, The Nation Some argue, “It was the political elites that made the populist radical right the dominant force in the political debate, adopting its issues and its frames. If the liberal democratic politicians want to, they can make this the turning point in European politics. But for that they don’t need just the ‘containment’ of populism, they also need a coherent and convincing liberal democratic vision. And there, the European elections did not provide much good news.” Cas Mudde, The Guardian From the Right The right sees the election results as a repudiation of the status quo, and the success of the Brexit party as an indication that many Britons are impatient with the Brexit delay. The EU seeks “to centralize the power and sovereignty of 27 nation-states in European institutions without solving their existing democracy deficit; to replace their independent budgetary arrangements with a single European fiscal policy without the power of tax collection; to create a common European defense structure separate from NATO without increasing anyone’s defense expenditure; to replace fossil fuels with renewables to solve climate change without massive regulation, and a realistic plan to prevent a huge rise in energy costs for industry and consumers… “It is sometimes said that the error of socialists is not that they have no faith in capitalism but that they have almost boundless faith in it. They think it can bear any burden they place on it and still stagger on delivering the goods. Modern European statesmen feel the same way about their citizens. The populists remind them they’re wrong. And they haven’t gone away… We could see the elections as a competition between two rising insurgent political forces — each trying not to let a good crisis go to waste: the populists using the migration crisis as an organizing principle, the Greens and the Liberals doing the same with the climate crisis. Which group will win probably depends on which crisis ultimately proves to be the more genuinely frightening one to the voters.” John O’Sullivan, National Review Some posit that “while no single party, establishment or skeptic, commands a majority in the new parliament, the establishment types are still stronger. A coalition of center-right conservatives and center-liberals, or Greens, or some other combination, can maintain the broad lines of what has been the mainstream Euro-establishment program, based on the principle of a single market. None of the rebels, except the British ones, favor leaving the EU. They want to reform the Union from within, and they have various notions of what this entails. The establishment will be able to play on their needs and national interests.” Roger Kaplan, American Spectator “In most countries, European themes were eclipsed by domestic fights. Despite French President Emmanuel Macron’s best efforts, the campaign in France reflected the country’s domestic malaise. For understandable reasons, the debate in the United Kingdom ended up being exclusively about Brexit. And in Poland, much energy was channeled into a discussion of LGBTQI issues and of sex abuse scandals in the church. For pro-EU (and anti-EU) forces, the lesson is simple: Local context matters, there are no one-size-fits-all solutions, and there can be no substitute for taking domestic politics seriously.” Dalibor Rohac, Politico “The failure to pull off a timely Brexit was most likely on the minds of many [in Britain] as they went grudgingly to the ballot box. It helps explain why Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, which is only six weeks old, won 31.6 percent of the vote, and why the Lib Dems, back from the political wilderness, came in second with 20.3 percent. Labour came third. The Tories came fifth. This was a protest vote for many fed up with the two main parties, clearly. What is remarkable is just how many.” Madelein Kearns, National Review “Elections have consequences. And failing to execute a mandate from an election has consequences too, as both Conservatives and Labour discovered in the UK’s EU elections. Despite only being weeks old and largely without a policy portfolio, the Brexit party won almost a third of the vote, outstripping the UK’s two main parties — combined… voters just showed how little patience they have with parties that don’t deliver on their promises.” Ed Morrissey, Hot Air On the bright side… Massachusetts man says someone broke into his home … and cleaned it. 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Good morning, Here is all the news conservatives need to know to start their day. At 4pm ET, you can catch me on radio to bring you up to speed on developments throughout the day. You can listen live here. A Reminder That Some Journalists Are Lazy Idiots Who Progressives Spoon Feed A whole lot of journalists are lazy progressive hipsters who hang out around the same people who think the same things and are, as a result, easily manipulated and played. Also, many of them are so liberal and have so many biases that it makes it even easier for progressives to spoon feed stories to journalists. With some solid exceptions, an unfortunate number of journalists at most news organizations will gladly and repeatedly take pre-packaged stories from progressive interest groups and turn them into big stories. It’s why the New York Times ran those stupid stories about Marco Rubio’s tickets in 2016. It is why much of the national press is breathlessly reporting that Netflix is threatening to leave Georgia over its fetal heartbeat law. There’s just one problem — Netflix made no such threat. This is all pre-packaged PR by a progressive PR firm and reporters, already more likely than not to be biased in favor of abortion rights, are falling all over themselves to report it. The post A Reminder That Some Journalists Are Lazy Idiots Who Progressives Spoon Feed appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Bizarre Morality: Sports, Abortion, and the Uterus Anyone who has or who has had small children knows how this game works: the child tells an obvious lie, then when questioned on it, panics and tells an even bigger lie to try to cover. But the cover is usually more absurd than the original tale, and the kid has to tell another lie […] The post Bizarre Morality: Sports, Abortion, and the Uterus appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Everest deaths reach 11 An increase in climbers has led to a higher than normal death count this climbing season. Tomorrow will mark the 66th Anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s first summit of Mount Everest. In the years that have followed their success, Everest has become a beacon for those wishing to conquer the highest point […] The post Everest deaths reach 11 appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Randomly… I wonder how much more guilt people feel because of social media. I also wonder how much the faux familiarity of social media incentivizes people to become scolds on various platforms. I took a few days off with my family over the Memorial Day weekend. It is the official start of summer, but with the […] The post Randomly… appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Southern Baptist Attendance Fell To Its Lowest Point In 30 Years The Southern Baptist denomination fell to its lowest point since 1987 per the evangelical group’s Annual Church Profile. The statistics show that the number of Southern Baptists fell to 14.8 million in 2018. This was the first year that Southern Baptists numbered fewer than 15 million since 1989. Baptisms fell by three percent in 2018, which […] The post Southern Baptist Attendance Fell To Its Lowest Point In 30 Years appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » It Doesn’t Take a Village This Big Is there anything that Democrats won’t offer for free? Amid “free” college, “free” healthcare, “free” childcare” and the cancellation of student loan debt, a new proposal has popped up. Kirsten Gillibrand, desperate for attention in a very crowded field, proposed a Family Bill of Rights. Her intention is to pay for this through a financial […] The post It Doesn’t Take a Village This Big appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Summer Camps Are Turning Away Unvaccinated Kids Summertime is here, and for many kids that means a week – or multiple weeks – of summer camp. I went to a couple of different Christian camps as a kid, and I even volunteered at one for a few years. There’s nothing like a summer camp experience. Most summer camps put kids’ safety at […] The post Summer Camps Are Turning Away Unvaccinated Kids appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Beyond Discussion Serious issues merit serious discussion—but what happens when we’re not allowed to talk about them? The post Beyond Discussion appeared first on The Resurgent. 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Netflix’s Wokeness in the Abortion Debate
By Shane Vander Hart on May 28, 2019 07:12 pm Netflix announced that it may boycott Georgia because of their fetal heartbeat abortion ban. Most Americans want companies to be neutral in the culture wars. Read in browser » Iowa’s House Dems Play Politics Complaining About Others Playing Politics By Shane Vander Hart on May 28, 2019 03:51 pm Shane Vander Hart: U.S. Reps. Cindy Axne, Abby Finkenauer, and Dave Loebsack should direct their complaints to their party’s leadership, not the House GOP. Read in browser » Thomas on the Potential of Abortion for Eugenic Manipulation By Shane Vander Hart on May 28, 2019 11:42 am Justice Clarence Thomas: “Given the potential for abortion to become a tool of eugenic manipulation, the Court will soon need to confront the constitutionality of laws like Indiana’s.” Read in browser » Recent Articles: Support Veterans No Matter Your Opinion On American Military Video: Chuck Grassley’s 2019 Memorial Day Message Reynolds Vetoes Medical CBD Program Expansion Abortion is a Federal Matter Early Primary State Fundraising is Down for Democrats Launched in 2006, Caffeinated Thoughts reports news and shares commentary about culture, current events, faith and state and national politics from a Christian and conservative point of view. Caffeinated Thoughts P.O. Box 57184 Des Moines, IA 50317 (515) 321-5077 Editor, Shane Vander Hart Connect: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Share Tweet Share Forward Copyright © 2019 Caffeinated Thoughts, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. |
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Read on » Border Patrol Arrests Over 2,200 Illegal Aliens in El Paso Sector on Memorial Day By R. Mitchell – EL PASO, Texas – While many residents of El Paso, west Texas and New Mexico were commemorating the men and women who died in military service for the United States, area Border Patrol Agents were busier than ever taking into custody more than 2,200 illegal aliens who entered the country … Border Patrol Arrests Over 2,200 Illegal Aliens in El Paso Sector on Memorial Day 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 » Schumer Rails On GOP For Stalling Disaster Relief Vote Shortly After He Convinced Feinstein To Vote ‘No’ On Disaster Relief By Molly Prince – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed Republicans on Tuesday for stalling a disaster relief package less than two months after he convinced Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein to flip her vote and oppose a disaster relief package. “If anyone had any doubts about which party is blocking disaster aid, this … Schumer Rails On GOP For Stalling Disaster Relief Vote Shortly After He Convinced Feinstein To Vote ‘No’ On Disaster Relief 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 » Running Scared: Christopher Steele Will Not Cooperate With US Attorney’s Investigation By Chuck Ross – Christopher Steele, the author of the infamous anti-Trump dossier, will not cooperate with an investigation led by a prosecutor handpicked by Attorney General William Barr to review the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, Reuters is reporting. Barr appointed John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, to oversee the inquiry. President … Running Scared: Christopher Steele Will Not Cooperate With US Attorney’s Investigation 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 » Report: Trump Administration Allowing Tourist Visas For Elderly Mexicans To Visit Undocumented Family In US By Shelby Talcott – Since 2017, the U.S. government has been granting tourist visas to elderly Mexicans to visit their undocumented children currently residing in the United States, according to the Washington Post. The program, dubbed “Palomas Mensajeras Michoacan,” isn’t officially endorsed by the U.S. government, according to a statement given to WaPo. However, … Report: Trump Administration Allowing Tourist Visas For Elderly Mexicans To Visit Undocumented Family In US 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 » Border Patrol Creating A New Position To Stymie The Immigration Crisis By Jason Hopkins – The U.S. Border Patrol announced that it’s creating a new position specifically tailored to processing and caring for migrants that reach the southern border, allowing agents to refocus their work on enforcement. The “Border Patrol Processing Coordinator” will assume certain responsibilities that have consumed the agency’s time as it deals … Border Patrol Creating A New Position To Stymie The Immigration Crisis 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 » Rep Thomas Massie Blocks Disaster Aid Bill By Henry Rodgers – Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie blocked a disaster aid bill in the House by objecting to a unanimous consent vote Tuesday, delaying $19.1 billion dollars of aid. This all comes as Senate negotiators agreed to a nearly $20 billion disaster relief package for Americans Thursday, with hopes it would pass … Rep Thomas Massie Blocks Disaster Aid Bill is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Trump’s Campaign Considers Creating A New Account On A Conservative Version Of Twitter By Chris White – President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is considering creating a profile on what is being called the conservative version of Twitter, Politico reported Tuesday, citing an anonymous source inside the president’s campaign. “It’s something he’s aware of and is checking out,” a senior Trump campaign official told Politico, referring to the … Trump’s Campaign Considers Creating A New Account On A Conservative Version Of Twitter 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 » Biological Male Wins NCAA Women’s Track Championship By Peter Hasson – A biological male who identifies as a transgender woman won an NCAA national championship over Memorial Day weekend. Franklin Pierce University runner CeCe Telfer won the DII women’s 400-meter hurdles on Saturday night, besting the second-place finisher by more than a second. “Telfer is the first student-athlete in Franklin Pierce … Biological Male Wins NCAA Women’s Track Championship 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 » ‘Enemies of Freedom’: California Sports Team Sandwiched Ocasio-Cortez Between Infamous Dictators By Molly Prince – A California minor league baseball team played a tribute video on Memorial Day to honor America’s fallen heroes, which included a photograph of Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez while mentioning the “enemies of freedom.” The Fresno Grizzlies, a Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, aired the video between games … ‘Enemies of Freedom’: California Sports Team Sandwiched Ocasio-Cortez Between Infamous Dictators 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 » Toxic Brew – A.F. Branco Cartoon By A.F. Branco – The Democrats can’t find anything on President Trump no matter how hard they try. Plan A; the dossier, plan B; Russia collusion, plan C; obstruction, plan D; impeach him anyway. Political Cartoon by A.F. Branco ©2019. See more Branco toons HERE Toxic Brew – A.F. Branco Cartoon 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 » Supreme Court Declines Review Of Transgender Bathroom Case By Mary Margaret Olohan – The United States Supreme Court declined to review a case Tuesday involving a Pennsylvania school district opening up bathrooms to students of the opposite sex without informing students or parents. The Supreme Court declined to take up Doe v. Boyertown Area School District, a lawsuit that alleges that the school … Supreme Court Declines Review Of Transgender Bathroom Case 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 » Mueller Spokesman Knocks Down Major Claim In Michael Wolff’s New Book By Chuck Ross – The special counsel’s office is flatly denying author Michael Wolff’s claim in his new book that Robert Mueller drew up a draft indictment against President Trump for obstruction of justice. Wolff claims in “Siege: Trump Under Fire,” which will be released next week, that prosecutors drew up an indictment with … Mueller Spokesman Knocks Down Major Claim In Michael Wolff’s New Book 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 » 2020 Democrat Presidential Debate: Who Qualified And Who Is Struggling? By Molly Prince – The crowded 2020 presidential primary field is beginning to shape up as Democratic hopefuls meet the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) threshold for who qualifies to participate in the party’s debates. In order to score one of the debate podiums, candidates must either receive donations from at least 65,000 unique donors … 2020 Democrat Presidential Debate: Who Qualified And Who Is Struggling? 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 » Did You See the Smile on our Flag This Memorial Day? By Amanda Alverez – After observing several Memorial ceremonies, I was so excited to see both reverence for God and Country. Suddenly, it appears that God and Old Glory are reunited and smiling down upon America. No, it’s not because Democrats manufactured a Russia hoax crisis. It’s not because Democrats are destroying cities and … Did You See the Smile on our Flag This Memorial Day? 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 » Construction On The First-Ever Private Border Wall Begins By Jason Hopkins – We Build The Wall, a privately-funded campaign that aims to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, broke ground over Memorial Day weekend. The new wall is an 18-foot bollard barrier that stretches about a mile long near the Texas-New Mexico border. The project costs about $6 million to … Construction On The First-Ever Private Border Wall Begins 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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Trump says he doesn’t want to be impeached, but he sure acts like it
ANALYSIS — Does President Donald Trump actually want to be impeached by House Democrats? Many of them think so, citing his aggressive and defiant behavior. He says he doesn’t. Read More…
Runoff for safe Republican seat in North Carolina divides the conference
The runoff in North Carolina’s 3rd District is dividing the House Republican Conference between one powerful man and more than a dozen women. Read More…
Freshman lashes out after House ethics rules bar promoting bone marrow drive
When a seriously ill constituent asked if Rep. Katie Porter could raise awareness of potentially life-saving bone marrow drives in her Southern California district this month, a simple constituent service turned into a sticky House ethics issue. Read More…
America is about to find out if ‘Lunch Bucket Joe’ is a man of steel
OPINION — With Memorial Day in the rearview mirror, the next political destination for the Democratic presidential pack of contenders is the first two-night debate scheduled for June 26-27 in Miami. Twenty of the qualifying candidates are expected to take the stage hoping to walk away with an attention-getting debate performance that will propel them into the spotlight in what is a ridiculously crowded field. Read More…
Border battle forces courts to wade into appropriations law
The legal fights over President Donald Trump’s move to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border have forced the federal courts to confront a new question: What does it look like when Congress denies a president’s request for an appropriation? Read More…
Bipartisan thumbs-down to facial recognition technology
House Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah E. Cummings is putting the full weight of his committee’s jurisdiction behind a push to ban facial recognition technology until Congress can pass comprehensive legislation to govern its use. Read More…
Report to Congress ponders a future of cryptocurrency over cash
Congress may be beginning to contemplate a country where cryptocurrency — not cash — is the coin of the realm. Read More…
Senate Democrats will seek to force vote on Trump authority for Iran war
If some key Democrats get their way, the Senate will have to vote on the limits of President Donald Trump’s ability to go to war with Iran. Read More…
Together on the front lines: How the US and UN are promoting stability in Lebanon
OPINION — With continued U.N. humanitarian and development assistance, we can help the Lebanese government both politically and economically, while also reducing opportunities for ISIS or Hezbollah to incite dissent in disaffected communities. Read More…
A House Republican may block the disaster aid bill for a third time this week
A second Republican lawmaker blocked Congress from clearing a $19.1 billion disaster aid bill — a tactic that will likely be repeated for a third time later this week during another round of political theater. Read More…
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Tornados Strike the Midwest Parts of the Midwest look like warzones after a series of tornados devastated the region. Monday marked the 11th straight day with at least eight tornadoes in the U.S., tying the 1980 record for the longest such stretch in history. “Storm reports posted online by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center showed that 14 suspected tornadoes touched down in Indiana, 11 in Colorado and nine in Ohio,” reports the AP. “Six were reported in Iowa, five in Nebraska, four in Illinois and three in Minnesota, with one in Idaho.” BuzzFeed rounded up heartbreaking images showing the devastation. Western Ohio was hit especially hard, with cars flipped over, roofs ripped off schools, and apartment buildings destroyed. Dozens were sent to the emergency room, and an 81-year-old was killed after a tornado blew a parked car into his house. President Trump has been in touch with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, and tweeted that his administration, “fully supports the people of the great State of Ohio as they begin the cleanup and recovery.” An Ohio weatherman had no patience for “pathetic” viewers who voiced on social media they were upset that tornado warnings interrupted their “Bachelorette” viewing. Watch. (FTR, I’m on his side!) Abortion Laws Go Before the Supreme Court “The Supreme Court sidestepped major abortion cases Tuesday, letting stand a lower-court ruling that Indiana can’t ban abortions for the purpose of selecting sex or race, or to avoid having a disabled child,” reportsThe Wall Street Journal. “It did, however, allow the state to regulate the disposal of fetal remains.” The regulation the court allows to stand gives women in Indiana “the right to determine the final disposition of the aborted fetus.” If women opt out of making that decision, abortion facilities are required to “bury the remains or cremate them by incineration by a crematory.” As Vice President Mike Pence said in a statement, the law “safeguards the sanctity of human life by requiring that remains of aborted babies be treated with respect and dignity.” In declining to take up the question of abortion based on sex, race, or disability, the court punted on some of the most divisive (and important) questions surrounding abortion. In Iceland, for example, almost 100 percent of babies diagnosed with Down Syndrome are aborted. “Although the court declines to wade into these issues today, we cannot avoid them forever,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote. (If you’re interested in learning about the discriminatory history of the birth control and abortion movements, Thomas’ concurrence is worth reading in full.) And finally, in other abortion news, on Saturday, Missouri could become the first state with no abortion clinics, and Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos threatened to pull production out of Georgia if the Heartbeat bill stands. The Creepiness of Your iPhone at Night “What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone,” Apple said in a recent ad. But a privacy experiment by The Washington Post showed “5,400 hidden app trackers guzzle our data — in a single week,” often in the middle of the night. “App trackers are like the cookies on websites that slow load times, waste battery life and cause creepy ads to follow you around the Internet,” The Post explains. “Except in apps, there’s little notice trackers are lurking and you can’t choose a different browser to block them.” “Take the DoorDash app, for example, which The Post found is sending data to nine third-party trackers without your knowledge.” “In the case of DoorDash, one tracker called Sift Science gets a fingerprint of your phone (device name, model, ad identifier and memory size) and even accelerometer motion data to help identify fraud. Three more trackers help DoorDash monitor app performance — including one called Segment that routes onward data including your delivery address, name, email and cell carrier.” “DoorDash’s other five trackers, including Facebook and Google Ad Services, help it understand the effectiveness of its marketing. Their presence means Facebook and Google know every time you open DoorDash.” “The delivery company tells me it doesn’t allow trackers to sell or share our data, which is great. But its privacy policy throws its hands up in the air: ‘DoorDash is not responsible for the privacy practices of these entities,’ it says.” Read the whole investigation here, and learn more about 15 default privacy settings The Post recommends changing in order to protect your privacy and data here. Also, perhaps we should go back to the days of turning off our phones while we sleep. Gillette Gets Woke Again Not long after Gillette came under fire for its woke “toxic masculinity ad,” the men’s grooming company is out with a new ad, this time, showing a dad teaching his transgender son how to shave. While the ad is sure to spark similar backlash on social media, polling suggests the last one calling out harassment and asking for men to be better was actually… a success. And Because It’s Hump Day… The new “Aladdin” still isn’t woke enough for The New York Times. Discredited author Michael Wolff is coming out with another book, but a Mueller spokesperson already discredited it. (Did the MSM learn its lesson? TBD.) Airports under investigation for denying Chic-fil-A on religious grounds. Ellen DeGeneres opens up about being sexually assaulted as a teenager by her stepfather. And finally, extended Memorial Day sales! BRIGHT is brought to you by The Federalist. |
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William Jacobson: ““Sleepy” seems to fit Joe Biden’s campaign, but it’s working for him so far —
Perhaps Sleepy Joe is just resting, figuring Democrats never will
nominate Crazy Bernie, and beyond Bernie, there aren’t any candidates
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05/29/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note ’94 Crime Bill; the ‘R’ Word; What JFK Knew By Carl M. Cannon on May 29, 2019 08:41 am Good morning, it’s Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Although it’s hard to think of him as an old man because he is forever youthful in our collective memory, John F. Kennedy was born 102 years ago today. Destined to be known in the sprawling Kennedy clan as “Jack,” he was the second of nine children born to Rose and Joseph Kennedy. Their firstborn had been named after his father. Born at home on Beals Street in Brookline, Mass., this second boy was named after the family patriarch: Rose’s father, John Francis Fitzgerald. Known as “Honey Fitz,” Jack Kennedy’s maternal grandfather had been a United States congressman, popular Boston mayor, and rabid Red Sox fan. (Is there any other kind?) Jack Kennedy was not a healthy child. Before turning 3, he was hospitalized with scarlet fever, which was then often fatal. Jack pulled through it, but he was a boy who seemed to catch everything: whooping cough, measles, and chicken pox — at a time when antibiotics were unknown. The family joke was that any mosquito that bit Jack was risking its own life. As he grew older, the second Kennedy child also suffered, in turn, from colitis, ulcers, and a severely ruptured disc that led to lifelong back pain — and the assorted depredations of various doctors who practiced medicine so aggressively it might be called quackery. Jack’s apparent frailty contrasted with that of his athletic and seemingly indestructible older brother, Joe. The brothers, only two years apart, once rammed each other on their bicycles. Joe was unscathed; Jack required 28 stitches. When Joe announced at an early age that he wanted to become the first Catholic president, no one in his family was surprised. But it wasn’t to be: Before any of that generation of Kennedys could enter politics, World War II broke out. Both Joe and Jack enlisted in military service. I’ll have a further word about Jack Kennedy, whom I’ve written about previously on this date, 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: * * * Trump to Keep Firing Away at Biden’s ’94 Crime Bill Support. Phil Wegmann reports on the campaign theme voters are likely to hear more of, especially if the former veep becomes his party’s presidential nominee. Democrats’ Phony Cries of Racism Won’t Work in 2020. Steve Cortes takes exception to remarks by Jeff Daniels and Pete Buttigieg. EPA’s Fuzzy Math Not Helping Environment or Economy. Ross Eisenberg calls for regulations that neither overcount nor undercount benefits, which too often is the case. No Time for Patience on Climate Change. In RealClearPolicy, David D’Angelo assails Republican legislators’ resistance to the Green New Deal and other initiatives. Contradictions in Conservatives’ Arguments Against Huawei. RealClearMarkets editor John Tamny see flaws in support for the federal government’s war against the Chinese tech giant. Lessons From Latin America’s Struggle to Change. In RealClearWorld, Harold Ford Jr. spotlights events unfolding in Argentina and Brazil, which could reverberate throughout the continent and beyond. * * * Fearless young Joseph Kennedy Jr. did not prove indestructible after all. World War II took him, along with so many others. It almost took Jack, too. Commanding a Navy patrol boat in the Pacific, Lt. John F. Kennedy and his crew were pitched into the water one August night in 1943 after their vessel was rammed and cut in two by a Japanese destroyer. Two sailors in Kennedy’s crew were killed, and several others were injured. Kennedy led his men on a makeshift raft through shark-infested waters to a tiny island; JFK held a life jacket strap in his teeth to make sure that badly burned crew member Patrick McMahon didn’t slip into the depths. Using his Harvard swim team training, Kennedy swam to two other nearby islands, aggravating his bad back in the process. He and his men settled on Olasana Island, which had coconuts and fresh water, and were rescued six days later. For his bravery and leadership, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. He was heroic, yes, but at a time when America was producing heroes every day. Many performed feats of gallantry known only to God or their comrades. Some 405,000 American servicemen never made it home from the war at all. After the war, Jack took the place in Democratic politics that Joseph Kennedy had imagined for his eldest son, and did so with remarkable aptitude. John F. Kennedy never lost an election, running for the House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and the White House. He was one of two Navy men plucked out of the Pacific would become president of the United States. Thanks to Laura Hillenbrand, author of “Unbroken,” Americans can starkly envision what their fates would have been if either man had been found first by the enemy. If it all seems fated, it wasn’t, as John F. Kennedy knew more than most. He once deflected praise for being a war hero with a pithy quip — “They sank my boat” — suggesting that being heroic wasn’t his idea, it was simple survival. But as president, he expounded on life’s vagaries at a March 21, 1962 press conference. “Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded, and some men never leave the country, and some men are stationed in the Antarctic and some are stationed in San Francisco,” he said. “It’s very hard in military or in personal life to assure complete equality. Life is unfair.” So, yes, he knew better than most that gods do not always prevail. He knew this because he had seen war from the inside. John F. Kennedy also believed that if human beings didn’t start learning to settle their differences nonviolently, the horrors of the 20th century would be revisited, and magnified, in the future. “Mankind must put an end to war” is the way he put it during a 1961 address at the U.N., “or war will put an end to mankind.” Carl M. Cannon Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com |
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From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
FIRST READ: The winnowing of the 2020 Dem field will begin 3 months from now
The Democrats’ presidential field is
guaranteed to become smaller three months from now – at least when it comes to who qualifies to make the debate stage.
The Democratic National Committee
announced this morning that ABC-Univision is slated to host the
third set of debates on Sept. 12 and Sept. 13 (if enough candidates make
the threshold to require two nights of debates).
But here’s the hitch:
To qualify for the third round of debates, candidates must hit 2
percent in four qualifying polls released between June 28 and Aug. 28.
That’s up from the current polling threshold of 1 percent.
And they will need to raise money from 130,000 unique individual donors – up from 65,000.
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
To understand how that new polling requirement will winnow the field,
only NINE Democratic candidates have hit 2 percent or above in just one of the last three qualifying national polls (Fox,
Quinnipiac,
Monmouth).
Those nine: Biden, Sanders, Warren, Harris, Buttigieg, O’Rourke, Klobuchar, Booker and Castro.
That’s it.
And it’s quite likely the 130,000 donor threshold reduces that number even further.
Bottom line:
This means performance at the first two sets of debates in June and
July – where a total of 20 candidates get to participate – will really
matter.
You snooze, you lose. You thrive, you survive.
In addition, this
will force some candidates on the fence to spend early money – either
nationally or in the early states – to boost their poll numbers.
One way to think about this winnowing: It used to be that the August straw poll in Ames, Iowa served as a way to reduce the size of the Republican presidential field.
But this coming August – before the September debate(s) –
Democrats will have their own straw poll of sorts in whether or not they hit/surpass 2 percent.
On Justin Amash’s town hall last night
Few Democrats have
articulated beginning impeachment proceedings against President Trump as
clearly as Michigan Republican Justin Amash.
In his first town hall since coming out in support of impeachment,
Amash fielded nearly 30 questions from a mix of Democrats, Republicans, Amash suporters and Trump supporters, per NBC’s Alex Moe and Leigh Ann Caldwell.
And this might have been the highlight of the night,
as CNN flagged:
“If
you have a society where all we care about is that the other side is
bad, and therefore we don’t have to do the right thing, that society
will break down, and you will have no liberty.”
Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
2020 VISION: Biden says America is less divided today than in the 1970s
At a fundraiser in Houston last night, Joe Biden said:
“America’s less divided today on issues
than when I got to the Senate as a 29-year-old kid. Then we were divided
on everything from war, to the women’s movement, to civil rights,
across the board.”
On the one hand, Biden’s right – when you think about
the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights movement, women’s rights.
On the other hand, that observation is about as relevant to our current politics as a Baby Boomer talking about the 1960s and 1970s: “Hey, America was more divided during the Civil War than today.”
On the campaign trail today: Kamala
Harris remains in South Carolina… Seth
Moulton also stumps in the Palmetto State… Joe Biden attends a
community event in Dallas… And Bernie Sanders holds a rally in Reno,
N.V.
TWEET OF THE DAY: He’s baaaaaack
TWEET OF THE DAY, PART 2: But Trump doesn’t WANT him back.
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is … 62 percent.
62 percent.
That’s the share of Americans who say they’re
concerned that a U.S. trade war with China will hurt the local economy in their area,
according to a new poll from Monmouth University.
About a third — 34 percent — say they’re very concerned, while an additional 28 percent say they’re “somewhat” concerned.
The same share — 62 percent — say that
American consumers are most likely to bear more of the costs of the tariffs, while just 23 percent say that Chinese producers will absorb the costs.
THE LID: Kentucky Fried
Don’t miss
the pod from yesterday, when we got you caught up on the Kentucky governors’ election.
ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss
Here’s
NBC’s Garrett Haake on Beto O’Rourke’s big new immigration proposal.
And
here’s Mike Memoli on Joe Biden’s new education plan.
Vaughn Hillyard
has the latest on Roy Moore’s look at another Senate run.
Kamala Harris
says that Trump’s tweets overseas run “contrary to the best interests of our country.”
Mitch McConnell
now says that he would fill a Supreme Court vacancy if it came open next year.
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- Building the war chest: The real reason so many Democrats are running for president
- Ilhan Omar: ‘A ‘merit based’ immigration policy is fueled by racism towards the Latinx community’
- Tim Pool: Ratings collapse and layoffs are making the media go crazy
- Nuclear threat in the Pacific: It’s not what you think
- How could this happen: News stories that show violence aren’t unique to the states
- Missouri may become the first abortion free state in the country
- El Paso Sector Border Patrol captured 2,200 illegal aliens on Memorial Day alone
- As Christopher Steele hides from AG Barr, Congress should subpoena him
- The Supreme Court punted on an abortion law, and that should worry you
| I’m not waiting for Netflix to pull out of Georgia before I pull out of Netflix Posted: 29 May 2019 05:26 AM PDT There are no longer boundaries when it comes to who should and should not get political. It’s happening everywhere in our polarized society and Hollywood has had its unfair share of hyper-leftist moments over the years. But generally, they’ve complained without action as the town and its occupants have always been driven by the bottom […] The post I’m not waiting for Netflix to pull out of Georgia before I pull out of Netflix appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Building the war chest: The real reason so many Democrats are running for president Posted: 29 May 2019 04:25 AM PDT Does Eric Swalwell really believe he has a chance of winning? What does John Hickenlooper bring to the table that 23 other Democratic candidates do not? Have you ever heard of Wayne Messam? The answer to these three questions is likely “no,” which makes many of us ask another question: “Why are so many Democrats running […] The post Building the war chest: The real reason so many Democrats are running for president appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Ilhan Omar: ‘A ‘merit based’ immigration policy is fueled by racism towards the Latinx community’ Posted: 29 May 2019 03:51 AM PDT The moment when progressives realize their inherent racism is showing so they delete their Tweet – that just happened to Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN). She was fast on the draw to delete it once an aid or someone else told her she was letting the world know she doesn’t believe the Latinx community can fairly […] The post Ilhan Omar: ‘A ‘merit based’ immigration policy is fueled by racism towards the Latinx community’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Tim Pool: Ratings collapse and layoffs are making the media go crazy Posted: 29 May 2019 12:21 AM PDT If you thought mainstream media was unhinged before, you ain’t seen nothing yet. It’s no secret media at all levels, from small news outlets to giant news corporations, are experiencing drastic changes in their various newsrooms. The face of journalism has changed, mostly for the worst, as revenues and traffic continue to dwindle. Some of […] The post Tim Pool: Ratings collapse and layoffs are making the media go crazy appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Nuclear threat in the Pacific: It’s not what you think Posted: 28 May 2019 11:00 PM PDT Radiation is contaminating the Pacific Ocean and it’s not from a nuke launched by North Korea. It’s from tests done by the United States in the Marshall Islands between 1946-1958. The Los Angeles Times has an article which does a yeoman’s job describing the origin and nature of the situation and how it affects the […] The post Nuclear threat in the Pacific: It’s not what you think appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| How could this happen: News stories that show violence aren’t unique to the states Posted: 28 May 2019 09:18 PM PDT Two news stories that show that violence isn’t unique to the US or caused by guns. The morning perusal of the news from the associated press often reveals some quite incongruous items given the prevailing Leftist talking points. According to the supposedly morally superior denizens’ of the nation’s socialist Left, the states are ‘unique’ in […] The post How could this happen: News stories that show violence aren’t unique to the states appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Missouri may become the first abortion free state in the country Posted: 28 May 2019 08:49 PM PDT Missouri has, for some time now, been a bastion of reprieve for unborn babies. The state has roughly the same population as Maryland yet the abortion rate of Missouri is among the lowest in the country. Missouri could become the most Pro-Life state in the union by the end of this week with the looming closure […] The post Missouri may become the first abortion free state in the country appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| El Paso Sector Border Patrol captured 2,200 illegal aliens on Memorial Day alone Posted: 28 May 2019 07:40 PM PDT One sector. One day. 2,200 illegal aliens. That is the state of our border crisis and it’s just getting worse. This is not sustainable. This is not acceptable. To put into perspective how big the crisis has become, this time last year El Paso Sector had apprehended 16,000 people for the entire fiscal year. This […] The post El Paso Sector Border Patrol captured 2,200 illegal aliens on Memorial Day alone appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| As Christopher Steele hides from AG Barr, Congress should subpoena him Posted: 28 May 2019 07:05 PM PDT The Democrats claim to want to get to the truth, which is why they have been investigating every facet of the Russia collusion tale well after special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe has concluded and his report has been released. They weren’t satisfied with the outcome so they want to keep the story going even with […] The post As Christopher Steele hides from AG Barr, Congress should subpoena him appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| The Supreme Court punted on an abortion law, and that should worry you Posted: 28 May 2019 09:23 AM PDT If you’re a prolifer, you should be concerned. Today, the Supreme Court chose to punt on an Indiana abortion law that prohibits “eugenics abortions” in which a doctor believes the mother is aborting her baby because of race, sex, genetic challenges, or a handful of other protected reasons. This is a law that should be […] The post The Supreme Court punted on an abortion law, and that should worry you appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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| NOT GOING TO HAPPEN: GOP Senators Vow to ‘CRUSH’ Any Impeachment Effort Against Trump Republicans in the United States Senate pledged Tuesday to “crush” any Democratic-led effort to impeach President Trump in the coming months; throwing more cold-water on progressives’ call to remove the Commander-in-Chief from office.“Senate Republicans are vowing to crush the impeachment effort if the Democrat-controlled House passes articles of impeachment of President Trump,” reports |
| DEVELOPING: Missouri Poised to Become First State with No Legal Abortion Clinic Since Roe V. Wade The last remaining abortion clinic in Missouri is poised to close next week after losing their operating license; effective ending legal abortion throughout the state for the first time since the ruling of Roe V. Wade.“In a statement Tuesday, Planned Parenthood said Missouri’s health department is ‘refusing to renew’ its annual license to… |
| VENEZUELA CRUMBLES: Crime Drops as Currency Becomes ‘Worthless,’ Food Supplies Nearly Gone Venezuela’s feared street gangs -known for armed robberies across the Capital in recent years- are now “feeling the pinch” of the socialist nation’s crumbling economy, with a sharp decline in robberies as the country’s currency becomes “near worthless.”“Firing a gun has become a luxury. Bullets are expensive at $1 each. And with less… |
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