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Friday, June 14, 2019 Hong Kong Protests “Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through Hong Kong |
Sunday to voice their opposition to legislation that would allow
people to be extradited to mainland China where they could face
politically charged trials.” AP News
“Scuffles broke out between demonstrators and police in Hong Kong on
Thursday as hundreds of people kept up a protest against a planned
extradition law with mainland China, a day after police fired tear gas
and rubber bullets to break up big crowds. Protests around the city’s
legislature on Wednesday forced the postponement of debate on the extradition bill, which many people in Hong Kong fear will undermine freedoms and confidence in the commercial hub.” Reuters
Despite the odds, both sides are cheering the protestors in their fight against China:
“For
any protest anywhere, a million marchers would be extraordinary. In
Hong Kong, it means 1 out of every 7 people. Yet unlike in 2003, this
time the government has reaffirmed it intends to ignore public opinion.
In any halfway representative society, Chief Executive Carrie Lam would
have to resign… It’s a clarifying moment. China has been moving the goal posts on Hong Kong’s freedoms
ever since laying its hands on the territory in 1997. Ms. Lam has now
shown the world that the interests her government serves aren’t Hong
Kong’s but Beijing’s.”
William McGurn, Wall Street Journal
“The rise of Beijing has been the major global story of the new century.
But the very breadth of that ascent and the bland labels of the areas
where it has edged toward dominance — trade, infrastructure, finance,
tech — have served to mask the nature of the system China brings with
it. That system is control… Now it appears to be Hong Kong’s turn to
feel the heat of a greater power forcing it into conformity — but China’s freest city won’t give in without a fight.”
Feliz Solomon, Time
“Only a fool would predict a happy ending to the Hong Kong story, but it
is also foolish to assume that history will follow a predictable
course. And just as Michnik’s most famous statement in Letters From Prison was that Poles should practice acting ‘as if they were free’ even while living in an unfree land, there is much to be said for the people of Hong Kong now acting, despite all the logical reasons to feel hopeless, as if there is hope. As I watch the inspiring images coming out of the city right now, that seems to be just what they are doing.”
Jeffrey Wassertrom, The Atlantic
Both sides also see the timing as problematic for China:
“This is not a good time for Xi Jinping to have to put down a revolt of his own making.
The US is fighting a trade war with China, and a brutal suppression of
democracy activists might swing even Trump’s opponents into supporting
tariffs as a rebuke. Both the US and Europe are isolating Huawei, a
Chinese telecom giant… a new fight over Hong Kong will remind everyone
as to what’s at stake in that fight, too. If Xi orders another
Tiananmen-style assault on civilians, it might cut China off from the
markets it needs.”
Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
“The Chinese government maintains it is not afraid of a trade war but
there are already signs that the economy is continuing to slow. As more
US businesses begin to look at investments outside of China, Hong Kong’s role as the country’s most economically liberal city is more important than ever.”
Ben Westcott and Steven Jiang, CNN
Many are urging President Trump to take a stand, and warning of the erosion of liberal democratic principles globally:
“With all the pressing foreign policy challenges already on its plate,
it would be easy for the Trump administration to look the other way on
Hong Kong’s plight, especially given the fraught relations with China on
trade, Taiwan, the South China Sea and more. But, aside from the moral and legal reasons for supporting the Hong Kong people’s cause, there are strategic considerations
as well. The fates of Hong Kong and Taiwan have been inextricably
linked ever since Deng promulgated his ‘one country, two systems’
formula for both… Taking a strong stand in support of Hong Kong’s
people, even without a formal legal obligation, would greatly reaffirm
Washington’s commitment to Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act and
other congressional declarations of deep U.S. ties with Taiwan. And it
is surely the right thing to do for Hong Kong.”
Joseph Bosco, The Hill
“The world owes these people its attention. The State Department and
some in Congress have spoken up. But Donald Trump has so far said
nothing, though the U.S. has considerable investment in Hong Kong.
Speaking the truth about Hong Kong won’t jeopardize a trade deal with
Mr. Xi, who will only sign something in his own interests. Mr. Trump
might even improve the chances of a good deal by calling out China’s
failure to keep its commitment to Britain and Hong Kong. Mr. Xi wants to
expand China’s influence by narrowing the space for democratic
self-government across the globe. An American President’s duty is to push back and expand the scope for liberty.”
Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal
“Throughout the 1980s the free world was politically united and morally confident:
It believed in its liberal-democratic values, in their universality,
and in the immorality of those who sought to abridge or deny them. It
also wasn’t afraid to speak out. When Ronald Reagan called the Soviet
Union ‘the focus of evil in the modern world,’ one prominent liberal
writer denounced him as ‘primitive.’ But it was such rhetoric that gave
courage to dissidents and dreamers on the other side of the wall…
“Why does Trump have next to nothing to say about the robbery of rights
in Hong Kong? Because, as far as he’s concerned, it’s a domestic Chinese
affair… All this means that Xi can dispose of the Hong Kong
demonstrators as he likes without fear of outside consequences. Under
Trump, Uncle Sam might be happy to threaten tariffs one day and promise
to make a deal the next. But he no longer puts up his fists in defense
of Lady Liberty.”
Bret Stephens, New York Times
“Freedom is not merely the ability to buy and sell goods at minimum
regulation and a low tax rate, variables that are readily picked up by
economic freedom indices. Freedom is also about the narratives people
live by and the kind of future they imagine for themselves. Both of
these are greatly affected by the legitimacy and durability of their
political institutions… Circa 2019, Hong Kong is a study in the creeping
power and increasing sophistication of autocracy… What will happen next
in Hong Kong, I do not know. But right now, I would bet on the Chinese
Communist Party over the protesters. That too is a statement about liberty in the modern world.”
Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg
Residents of Hong Kong write:
“In
the past, Hong Kong had distinguished itself on the basis of wealth:
Hong Kong was rich, while the rest of China was struggling to bring its
population out of poverty. However, over the twenty years since the
handover in 1997, as Hong Kong’s economy has drifted and China’s boomed,
that distinction has failed to hold. Pride rooted in materialism has
been replaced by a deeper pride among Hong Kongers, based around the
notion of ‘Hong Kong Core Values’, those rights and freedoms enjoyed by
Hong Kong that distinguish it from the rest of China…
“Hong Kong Core Values include: a lively and unfettered media, the right
to participate in the electoral and governing process, freedom to
criticise the government, rule of law and due process, an independent
judiciary, and, of course, the right to protest. ‘Hong Kong core values’
has become the answer to the question: ‘What does it mean to be a Hong
Konger?’ The current proposed extradition law, by blurring the line
between the Hong Kong and mainland justice systems, is seen as another
attack on Hong Kong core values… And by taking to the streets, they were
expressing their dissatisfaction by exercising of one of those key
rights and freedoms: I am a Hong Konger, therefore I protest.”
Antony Dapiran, The Guardian
“In a city where so much is still named after Queen Victoria, Hong Kong
was a pawn in the 19th-century struggle between China and the conquering
powers of the West. Its people embody all the harmonious contradictions
that have made Hong Kong what it is: a place that forged its own path
in the shadows of colonial history and China’s imperial ambitions… From
Hong Kong’s most recent protest, a rallying cry has emerged. It is a
unified shout to safeguard Hong Kong’s unique identity and position in
the modern world, to not let forces beyond its borders shape its destiny
anymore. As the noose tightens around Hong Kong, what is at stake is
more than anything politics can define. The people are fighting to
preserve the essence of what it means to be a ‘Hongkonger’… As the
protests this week and the ongoing fight for human rights have proved, this ‘Hong Kongness’ is a fiery identity that will not be silenced without noise.”
Hana Meihan Davis, Washington Post
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By ANNA PALMER, JAKE SHERMAN and DANIEL LIPPMAN
06/14/2019 05:58 AM EDT
DRIVING THE DAY
IRAN LATEST — “In Gulf of Oman, Tankers Are Struck Again, Raising Fears of Wider Conflict,” by NYT’s David Kirkpatrick, Richard Pérez-Peña and Stanley Reed: “Explosions crippled two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday in what the United States called attacks by Iran, raising alarms about immediate security and potential military conflict in a vital passageway for a third of the world’s petroleum. …
“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that American intelligence agencies had concluded Tehran was behind the disabling of both ships. … The most compelling evidence to support Mr. Pompeo’s claim is full-motion video footage taken by a Navy P-8 surveillance plane of an Islamic Revolutionary Guards patrol boat pulling up alongside the Kokuka Courageous, one of the stricken ships, a few hours after the initial explosion, and removing what American analysts believe was a limpet mine, a United States official said after the secretary’s statement.
“The patrol boat, with a crew of about a dozen aboard, removed the mine in broad daylight and zoomed away, blending in with other Revolutionary Guards boats in the area, according to the official’s account of what the video showed.”
— WAPO: “U.S. officials said several nations are consulting about how to respond. One option may be to provide military escorts for commercial tankers moving through the strait, one official said, although no decision has been made. … The U.S. military has dispatched a P-8 Poseidon, an anti-ship, anti-submarine and surveillance aircraft, to the area in response to the incident, a defense officials said.”
— Centcom statement: “[Thursday’s] attacks are a clear threat to international freedom of navigation and freedom of commerce. … The United States has no interest in engaging in a new conflict in the Middle East. However, we will defend our interests.” Full statement … Video
IRAN RESPONDS via Reuters: “‘We are responsible for ensuring the security of the Strait and we have rescued the crew of those attacked tankers in the shortest possible time,’ Radio quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi as saying. ‘Obviously, accusing Iran for such a suspicious and unfortunate incident is the simplest and the most convenient way for [U.S. Secretary of State Mike] Pompeo and other U.S. officials. These accusations are alarming.’” Reuters
THE JOB OF WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY has obviously changed a ton under President DONALD TRUMP. The allure of the press briefing is gone — clearly the president doesn’t have an interest in someone at the podium every day. After all, he sets his own narrative on Twitter and in his almost daily remarks on camera. Even though she all but stopped the press briefing, SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS transcended the press secretary role, becoming a close adviser to the president on almost every issue. It will be interesting to see how the next inhabitant of the job shapes the role — especially during a campaign season. More from Andrew Restuccia
DEBRA SAUNDERS of the Las Vegas Review-Journal put these odds on the next White House press secretary: Hogan Gidley: 4/1 … Steven Groves: 7/1 … Alyssa Farah: 8/1 … Kellyanne Conway: 20/1 … Jeanine Pirro: 55/1 … Rudy Giuliani: 250/1 … Vacant: 19/1
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI appointed eight Democrats to negotiate changes to the USMCA with USTR ROBERT LIGHTHIZER:
— THE CHAIR: Ways and Means Chairman Richie Neal (D-Mass.)
— DRUG PRICING: Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
— LABOR: Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.).
— ENVIRONMENT: Rep. Susan Bonamici (D-Ore.) and Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.).
— ENFORCEMENT: Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
ALL WE KEEP HEARING from House Democratic leadership — and, in fact, PELOSI herself — is that the USMCA will not get a vote unless the treaty negotiations are reopened with Mexico and Canada to ensure stringent enforcement. Period. The leadership tells us there won’t be a side deal. The White House has, for the most part, brushed this off as chest beating, and doubts Pelosi’s sincerity. But look at who Pelosi put on the enforcement team: DeLauro, one of her closest allies.
Good Friday morning. NANCY PELOSI lost her bet to Canadian PM JUSTIN TRUDEAU when the Toronto Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors last night, 114-110 in Oakland. Pelosi told reporters yesterday it was easier for her to pick a gift because she was choosing from just one state, while Trudeau had to choose gifts from the whole country.
THE POLITICS OF THE NBA … WILL TRUMP invite the Raptors to the White House to celebrate their victory? Would they attend?
NOTE: We did not get a single email defending the president’s view that it’s standard operating procedure to take opposition research from foreign governments. And, believe us, we get lots of emails.
Senate Majority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL weighed in on the president’s comments that he would accept campaign help from foreign countries. He told Fox News’ LAURA INGRAHAM last night that “’They just can’t let it go, Laura. … I said weeks ago, case closed. We got the Mueller report, the only objective evaluation that will be conducted. …
“McConnell said Democrats love to keep bringing up the 2016 presidential campaign, keeping them from passing any legislation. He also accused Democrats of trying to ‘harass’ the president, borrowing from Trump’s own lexicon. ‘He gets picked at every day over every different aspect of it,’ McConnell said of Trump. ‘But the fundamental point is that they are trying to keep the 2016 election alive and the investigation alive when the American people have heard enough.’” POLITICO
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THE BEST LOUISE LINTON PROFILE YET … L.A. MAGAZINE … (with a photo of her swimming in the rain, and a posed one with gloves that look like the gloves) “How many people did you invite [to your wedding]?” Two hundred maybe? Contrary to popular opinion, I’m not a bridezilla. I’m not a frilly-type girl who cares much about flower napkins. Steven was more concerned about those things than I was. …
“What’s your social life like in D.C.? Did you host a lot of dinner parties? No, we are notoriously the only couple that doesn’t do D.C. society dinner parties. I do very small ones with good friends like Mike and Susan Pompeo. I tell him, Mike, if you come over wearing a tie, I’m going to send you home. We’re doing bad jeans and bad sweater night, OK, and we’re cooking together, and we’re hanging out casual style. He’s such great fun. We did one dinner party once to celebrate our birthdays. …
“But you have incredible access to the people who do make those decisions. Are you ever tempted to use it? I know you’re a supporter of gay rights. Does it bother you that the Trump administration supports a measure that allows landlords and businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ people? Look, all of my besties are gay. I did the Pride Run last year and again this year. Stormchasers was a sponsor! So…I’m caught between a rock and a hard place with these questions. Either I can express my beliefs and be at odds with my husband and his boss and get in trouble that way, or I can decline to comment and be in hot water with everyone else. Sucks either way.
“I very much respect my husband and the president of the United States, but I am an individual with my own beliefs and views. You should measure me by my actions, the friends I keep and the charities I support, not by the politics of my husband. It’s like walking a tightrope of dental floss in high heels and trying not to fall left or right. I’m just trying to walk the line in a way that isn’t going to piss anybody off. …
“Donald Trump Jr. is not in the administration. He’s a big advocate of big-game hunting—lions and elephants. Do you feel uncomfortable going to dinner with him? (Long pause.) Yes, I feel uncomfortable.” L.A. Magazine
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2020 WATCH — SOFT SUPPORT FOR BIDEN IN IOWA … NYT’S KATIE GLUECK: “Interviews with Democratic Party officials across Iowa, and with nearly two dozen voters attending the former vice president’s five events here this week, reveal a candidate who enjoys deep reservoirs of respect and good will.
“But officials and voters also indicate his early lead is driven in part by name ID, nostalgia for the Obama years and strategic calculations about how to defeat President Trump, rather than primarily by enthusiasm for his campaign vision, which some struggled to define beyond calling it a return to pre-Trump normalcy and ‘dignity.’” NYT
— DEM DEBATE 101, via our in-house debates guru Zach Montellaro: “The stage for the first round of Democratic presidential primary debates will be set later today at noon, per a campaign source. The 20 qualified candidates will be divided across two nights, June 26 and 27, for the first primetime gathering of (most) of the 2020 hopefuls. But unlike the Republican debates in 2016, there will be no ‘kiddie table.’ The stages will be drawn randomly, with top-tier candidates — those polling at or above 2 percent — divided evenly and randomly across both nights and those polling below that mark also divided evenly and randomly.”
— HERE’S WHO MADE THE FIRST DEBATE, per the DNC:Michael Bennet, Joe Biden, Bill de Blasio, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, John Hickenlooper, Jay Inslee, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, Tim Ryan, Bernie Sanders, Eric Swalwell, Elizabeth Warren, Marianne Williamson, Andrew Yang
— NOTE WHO DIDN’T MAKE IT: Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a late entry into the race but nonetheless a more significant political figure than some of those who will be on stage.
— NBC NEWS: “‘Of course I could’: Anita Hill says she’d be open to voting for Joe Biden”
— DAVID SIDERS: “Dems stretch map to find edge in 2020 primary”
— BIG IN THE VINEYARD … ALAN DERSHOWITZ: “I’m a strong supporter of Joe Biden. I like Joe Biden, I’ve liked him for a long time, and I could enthusiastically support Joe Biden.” Washington Examiner
— HERE IS NEW VIDEO of Alan Dershowitz holding a new torah that was completed in his honor at the Chabad world headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. Video
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TRUMP’S FRIDAY — The president will have lunch with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at 12:30 p.m. in the private dining room of the White House. He will meet with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at 1:45 p.m. in the Oval Office. Trump will then deliver remarks in the Rose Garden at 3:30 p.m. on expanding health care options.
PLAYBOOK READS
MICHAEL KRUSE for POLITICO Magazine: “The Escalator Ride That Changed America”: “Four years ago, Donald Trump stepped onto an escalator in the atrium of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York and began descending into a lobby packed with cameras. It’s safe to say the 10 or so seconds that followed are the most consequential escalator ride in American history.”
TODAY’S CRAZIEST STORY … AP’S RAPHAEL SATTER in LONDON: “Experts: Spy used AI-generated face to connect with targets”: “Katie Jones sure seemed plugged into Washington’s political scene. The 30-something redhead boasted a job at a top think tank and a who’s-who network of pundits and experts, from the centrist Brookings Institution to the right-wing Heritage Foundation. She was connected to a deputy assistant secretary of state, a senior aide to a senator and the economist Paul Winfree, who is being considered for a seat on the Federal Reserve.
“But Katie Jones doesn’t exist, The Associated Press has determined. Instead, the persona was part of a vast army of phantom profiles lurking on the professional networking site LinkedIn. And several experts contacted by the AP said Jones’ profile picture appeared to have been created by a computer program.” AP
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMM … WAPO’S JONATHAN O’CONNELL, ALICE CRITES and DAVID FAHRENTHOLD: “President Trump’s company has quietly sold one of his last remaining properties in California — a 5,400-square-foot Beverly Hills mansion that county records show was purchased by a corporate entity linked to an Indonesian billionaire and Trump business partner.
“A deed registered with L.A. County on May 31 shows that Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., signed the property over to Hillcrest Asia Ltd., a company registered in the British Virgin Islands. The price tag: $13.5 million, nearly double what Trump paid for the house when he bought it in 2007.
“The purchaser address listed on the deed is a Beverly Hills condominium owned by a firm belonging to Hary Tanoesoedibjo, a billionaire media executive who ran for vice president of Indonesia in 2014. He is Trump’s business partner on two projects in Indonesia — a resort on the island of Bali and a golf course and resort in the forests of West Java, south of the capital city of Jakarta. Tanoesoedibjo has said he expects that the projects will be worth more than $500 million when completed.” WaPo
THE INVESTIGATIONS — “Judiciary Committee lawmakers begin reviewing Mueller report evidence,” by Kyle Cheney, Heather Caygle and Andrew Desiderio: “The initial group of lawmakers includes Reps. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), Joe Neguse (D-Colo.), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.), Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).”
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RESULTS! … WSJ’S TED MANN and BRODY MULLINS: “Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has sold her shares in a paving-materials supplier after a Wall Street Journal report that she hadn’t fulfilled a pledge to relinquish the shares, agency documents show.
“Ms. Chao, who is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), sold her shares in Vulcan Materials Co. on June 3, according to documents submitted to the Office of Government Ethics.” WSJ
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION — “Emails: Trump official consulting climate-change rejecters,” by AP’s Ellen Knickmeyer and Seth Borenstein: “The request from William Happer, a member of the National Security Council, is included in emails from 2018 and 2019 that were obtained by the Environmental Defense Fund under the federal Freedom of Information Act and provided to The Associated Press. That request was made this past March to policy advisers with the Heartland Institute, one of the most vocal challengers of mainstream scientific findings that emissions from burning coal, oil and gas are damaging the Earth’s atmosphere.” AP
ACROSS THE POND — “Tory Rivals Plot to Stop Boris Johnson From Winning Power in U.K.,” by Bloomberg’s Tim Ross and Alex Morales: “Rivals to be Britain’s next prime minister are holding private talks over joining forces in an attempt to stop the pro-Brexit favorite, Boris Johnson, running away with the contest, people familiar with the matter said. Two of the candidates who are struggling for support — Home Secretary Sajid Javid and Health Secretary Matt Hancock — met to discuss their options after Johnson took a huge lead in the race for the Conservative Party leadership in the first round of voting. Hancock was weighing up whether to pull out and throw his support behind another candidate.” Bloomberg
NUMBER DU JOUR – “NASA estimates it will need $20 billion to $30 billion for moon landing, administrator says,” by CNN’s Jackie Wattles and Rachel Crane
MEDIAWATCH — Scott Horsley (@HorsleyScott): “Morning Edition wakes you up. All Things Considered drives you home. But the one constant at NPR, every hour of every day, is the newscast, heard by 28 million people each week. Rob Schaefer produced many of those ‘casts over the last 18 years. He retires tonight. Godspeed, Rob.”
— Evan Hill, a veteran of Human Rights Watch and Al Jazeera, has joined The New York Times as a reporter for the Visual Investigations desk.
PLAYBOOKERS
SUNDAY SO FAR …
- FOX “Fox News Sunday”: Fox News 2020 polls debut … Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) … Jon Stewart. Panel: Rich Lowry, Donna Brazile, Guy Benson and Juan Williams
- CBS “Face the Nation”: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) … Mayor Pete Buttigieg … 2020 Battleground Tracker
- CNN “State of the Union”: Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Panel: Amanda Carpenter, Jennifer Granholm, David Urban and Karen Finney
- NBC “Meet the Press”: New NBC News/WSJ poll … Mayor Pete Buttigieg … House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.). Panel: Helene Cooper, Mark Leibovich, Danielle Pletka and George Will
- CNN “Inside Politics”: Carl Hulse, Molly Ball, Abby Phillip and Matt Viser
SPOTTED: Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) at the Lemonheads at the 9:30 Club. (hat tip: @DabneyHegg)
OUT AND ABOUT — SPOTTED last night at P.J. Clarke’s at a party celebrating Jim Acosta’s new book “The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America” ($15.18 on Amazon): Olivier Knox, Kaitlan Collins, Sam Feist, David Chalian, Jeremy Diamond, Jeff Zeleny, Liz Landers, Abby Phillip, Pamela Brown, Wolf Blitzer, Hilary Rosen, Ryan Williams, Tammy Haddad, Betsy Klein, Steve Holland, Michael Shear, Bob Barnett, Sara Murray, Peter Alexander, Erik Wemple, Paul Farhi, Arden Farhi, Francesca Chambers, Bonney Kapp, Sarah Westwood, Eric Schultz, Sabrina Siddiqui and Jon Conradi.
— SPOTTED last night at Tony Sayegh’s farewell party at the Trump Hotel: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Ivanka Trump, Larry Kudlow, Steve Moore, Raj Shah, Morgan Ortagus, Sean Spicer, Monica Crowley, Alexandra Preate, Catharine O’Neill, Wes Battle, Drew Maloney, Sergio Gor, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Grover Norquist, Connor Hickey, Paul Horvath, Brian Morgenstern, Adele Malpass and Marshall Billingslea.
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): National Journal’s Casey Wooten (h/t Zach Cohen)
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Alexandra Veitch, lead for Tesla’s North American government relations and policy. What she’s been reading recently: “Maternity leave has included way less reading than I anticipated (I was so young and naive once!) but I want to plug The New Yorker as being among my required reading. This article (“The White Darkness” by David Grann) is just one example of gripping reading that has taught me about the world and people; the magazine has made me both a better citizen and dinner party guest.” Playbook Plus Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: President Donald Trump is 73 … Brian Fallon, executive director of Demand Justice and president of Barracks Row Media, is 38 … Dan Schwerin … Tim Lineberger … House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer is 8-0 (h/t Tony Coelho) … Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio) is 65 … Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) is 75 … former Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) is 76 … the U.S. Army is 244 … Campbell Brown, Facebook’s head of news partnerships (h/t Tucker Bounds) … Leonard Blavatnik is 62 … Christopher Gahan is 45 … Amber Marchand, managing director at Hamilton Place Strategies … Regan Page … Danny Gaynor, SVP at Weber Shandwick … Kristen Bartoloni … Julia Cohen … Charles Bakaly … Andrew Bell, COS for Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), is 31 … Evan Dixon … Pamela Geller is 61 … Barclays Chairman John McFarlane is 72 … Rowan Williams is 69 … Annaliese Davis … David Keller, COS for Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) (h/t Jim) …
… Mack McLarty, chairman of McLarty Associates … James Duffy (h/t Pervaiz Shallwani) … Sara Armstrong, VP of political affairs and federation relations at the U.S. Chamber … Crystal Bowyer (h/t Tom Manatos) … Bruce Rastetter is 63 … Ashley Mae Hunt … Ryan McKenna of the Wilson Center … Chris Bleak … POLITICO Europe’s Laurens Cerulus … Bill Wasserman of M+R (h/t Jon Haber) … Jon Lentz, EIC at City & State … Shomik Sarkar … Sarah Chen … Mongolia PM Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh is 51 … WaPo’s Josh Hicks is 39 … Leslie Ogden … Paige Esterkin … Aaron Williams … Chris Liddell-Westefeld … Carol Apelt … Mary Ann Preskul- Ricca … Annie Olson … Scot Ross … Dee Simpson … Brandon Hall is 44 … Ashley Samelson McGuire … Roland Rydstrom … Kenan Block is 65 … Pat Proctor … David Parsons … Andrew Bair.
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86% of AARP members support the administration’s proposed rule to reform the rebate system in Medicare Part D, according to a nationwide Morning Consult survey. Additionally, the vast majority of AARP members (73%) support the proposed rule even after being told it may increase premiums by $3 – $6 per month, since savings at the pharmacy counter would more than offset premium increases. For example, a senior with diabetes taking five medicines, including insulin, could save nearly $900 a year, according to Avalere. However, AARP gets $4.5B from health insurance companies and is lobbying against this policy. If their members support this proposed rule, really fighting for?
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Alan Dershowitz Says He’d Vote For Biden Over Trump In 2020
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Former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said he would vote for
former vice president Joe Biden over President Donald Trump in a 2020
matchup during a radio interview Thursday. “I’m a strong supporter of
Joe Biden. I like Joe Biden. I’ve liked him for a long time, and I could
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Read on » The New York Times Mistakes Weather For Climate Change By Michael Bastasch – An intense heat wave moved up the West Coast and brought triple-digit heat from Phoenix to San Francisco. Some in the media pinned scorching temperatures on global warming, but is it really to blame? Record-high temperatures were forecast along the west coast Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. San … The New York Times Mistakes Weather For Climate Change 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 » FLASHBACK: Biden Said ‘I Do Not View Abortion As A Choice And A Right’ By Mary Margaret Olohan – Former Vice President Joe Biden once took a middle-of-the-road approach to the abortion debate, a video from 2006 reveals. The Democratic 2020 presidential hopeful spoke to Texas Monthly in a 2006 interview later uploaded to YouTube in 2008 about his approach to abortion he said drew anger from both Republicans … FLASHBACK: Biden Said ‘I Do Not View Abortion As A Choice And A Right’ 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 » Democrat Major League Play Goes Foul… Oops! By Amanda Alverez – Since the Trump/Russia fiasco has been exposed, can’t we start acting like adults? No, there wasn’t any Trump/Russia collusion. No, there wasn’t any obstruction of justice. How difficult is it to understand? Once a verdict is rendered in any legal arena, everyone needs to move forward with their lives – … Democrat Major League Play Goes Foul… Oops! 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 Unveils Patriotic Upgrade To Air Force One By Jake Dima – Trump Unveils Patriotic Upgrade To Air Force One Jake Dima on June 13, 2019 President Donald Trump has just unveiled his plans to renovate Air Force One which will prominently feature the national colors. Trump plans to paint the presidential plane red, white and blue, as well as substantially increase … Trump Unveils Patriotic Upgrade To Air Force One 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 » Denver Elects Councilwoman Promising To Usher In Communism ‘By Any Means Necessary’ By Matt M. Miller – Candi CdeBaca beat incumbent Albus Brooks in a runoff race for Denver City Council last week, running on a platform to bring about communism “by any means necessary.” CdeBaca was among three new city council members to unseat incumbents in Denver in last week’s elections, according to The American Mirror. … Denver Elects Councilwoman Promising To Usher In Communism ‘By Any Means Necessary’ 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 » Ohio Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Trying to Join ISIS | OPA By R. Mitchell – A Dayton, Ohio man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 180 months in prison and 25 years of supervised release for attempting, and conspiring, to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). “Alebbini was determined to travel overseas for the purpose of joining ISIS and engaging … Ohio Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Trying to Join ISIS | OPA 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 » President Donald Trump’s Schedule for Friday, June 14, 2019 By R. Mitchell – President Donald Trump will have lunch with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, meet with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and deliver remarks on expanding health coverage options for small business workers. Keep up with Trump on CDN’s President’s Schedule Page. President Trump’s schedule for 6/14/19 All Times EDT: 12:30 PM … President Donald Trump’s Schedule for Friday, June 14, 2019 is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » New York Moves Closer To Giving Driver’s Licenses To Illegal Immigrants By Jason Hopkins – The New York Assembly on Wednesday passed legislation that would allow state residents who entered the country illegally to obtain driver’s licenses. In a vote that fell along party lines, New York state representatives voted 86-50 in favor of the controversial “Green Light” bill, which would let illegal immigrants apply … New York Moves Closer To Giving Driver’s Licenses To Illegal Immigrants 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 » Justice Democrats Name 8-Term Incumbent As First Target In Bid To Primary Moderate Democrats By Molly Prince – The progressive PAC credited with the rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rise launched its first effort to unseat a moderate Democrat in 2020. Justice Democrats announced their support for Jessica Cisneros to primary Democratic Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar, who has represented the Lone Star State’s 28th Congressional District since 2005. Cisneros, … Justice Democrats Name 8-Term Incumbent As First Target In Bid To Primary Moderate Democrats 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: DOJ Wants To Interview Two CIA Officers In ‘Spygate’ Probe By Chuck Ross – The Justice Department plans to interview two senior CIA officers as part of a sweeping review of surveillance activities against the Trump campaign, The New York Times reported. Sources briefed on the plans told The Times that U.S. Attorney John Durham, who is leading the DOJ review, wants to speak … Report: DOJ Wants To Interview Two CIA Officers In ‘Spygate’ Probe 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 » Putin: Relations With US ‘Getting Worse By The Hour’ Under Trump By Chuck Ross – Russian President Vladimir Putin said that relations with the U.S. are rapidly “deteriorating” under the Trump administration because of sanctions against Russian companies and government officials. In an interview with Mir Interstate Television, a Russian media company, Putin offered a positive assessment of Russian relations with countries like China, but … Putin: Relations With US ‘Getting Worse By The Hour’ Under Trump 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 » Socialism Will Spike Taxes, But Americans Will Be ‘Delighted’ To Pay Extra By Jake Dima – Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders acknowledged a tax increase from his policies and said Americans would be “delighted” to pay extra, in a CNN interview with Anderson Cooper Wednesday. “I suspect that a lot of people in this country would be delighted to pay more in taxes if they had … Socialism Will Spike Taxes, But Americans Will Be ‘Delighted’ To Pay Extra 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 » Nunes Says He Has Finally Seen Mueller ‘Scope Memo’ By Chuck Ross – California Rep. Devin Nunes said Wednesday that he has finally seen the Justice Department memo that laid out the parameters of the special counsel’s probe. Nunes, a Republican, indicated in an interview on Fox News’s “Hannity” that the Aug. 2, 2017 memo shows the infamous and unverified Steele dossier was … Nunes Says He Has Finally Seen Mueller ‘Scope Memo’ 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 » Changing of the Guard – A.F. Branco Cartoon By A.F. Branco – The Democrat party was once called the party of JFK, but as they further to the left, they’re starting to look more like the party of AOC. Political cartoon by A.F. Branco ©2019. See more Branco toons HERE Changing of the Guard – 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 » Joe Manchin Is Reportedly Eyeing A New Job Amid Senate Frustration By Molly Prince – Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is reportedly considering vacating his Senate seat before his term ends and launching another bid for the governorship of West Virginia, according to a report published Thursday. Manchin has confided in colleagues that he is exceptionally frustrated with Congress’s lack of bipartisanship and consequently … Joe Manchin Is Reportedly Eyeing A New Job Amid Senate Frustration 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 » Two Mpre Oil Tankers Attacked Near Strait Of Hormuz As US And Iranian Tensions Fray By Chris White – Two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz were attacked amid heightened tensions between the United States and Iran, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The assault left one tanker ablaze while sailors were evacuated from both vessels, the report noted. Benchmark Brent crude oil jumped nearly 4% in trading following … Two Mpre Oil Tankers Attacked Near Strait Of Hormuz As US And Iranian Tensions Fray 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 » Mexico Selling Presidential Plane To Help Fund Trump’s Immigration Deal By Jason Hopkins – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador revealed that proceeds from the sale of his administration’s former aircraft will help fund efforts to reduce illegal immigration under the deal struck with the White House. “About how much this plan is going to cost, let me say, we have the budget,” Lopez … Mexico Selling Presidential Plane To Help Fund Trump’s Immigration Deal 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 » Facebook Disputes WSJ Report Suggesting Zuckerberg Was Possibly Aware Of Privacy Violations By Chris White – Facebook is disputing a Wall Street Journal report published Wednesday that suggests CEO Mark Zuckerberg might have been aware of some potential abuses of private data. Zuckerberg raised issues with a third-party app that was capable of accessing Facebook users’ information regardless of their privacy settings, and was thus aware … Facebook Disputes WSJ Report Suggesting Zuckerberg Was Possibly Aware Of Privacy Violations 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 » The DOJ Intentionally Brought Foreign Nationals Into The US As Snitches — Then It Lost Some: IG By Luke Rosiak – The Department of Justice “sponsored” approximately 5,500 foreign nationals to come to or stay in the country between 2015 and 2017 in order to provide assistance to the DOJ in criminal cases, according to a June audit from the DOJ inspector general. 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Iranian Aggression Reaches Boiling Point Everything you need to know about the Gulf of Oman attacks on two tankers almost certainly staged by Iranian proxies, from Tom Rogan at The Washington Examiner: “Regardless, this attack fits comfortably with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps penchant for thinly deniable action. Suffering deep financial losses due to escalating U.S. sanctions, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps wants to pressure the international community into restraining the Trump administration’s maximum pressure strategy. Iran will hope that this attack is sufficiently calibrated to avoid clear evidence of its culpability and thus avoid U.S. retaliation. In that, it is designed as a halfway measure between doing nothing and inviting U.S. retaliation by overtly attempting to shut down the Strait of Hormuz… The question is how the U.S. and its allies should respond. The measure of this aggression will require some kind of significant response. Iran is now actively disrupting international oil markets and free passage of an arterial trade route. That cannot stand. But rightly neither is there much appetite in the U.S. or the region for a war. I suspect what we will now see is a significantly increased naval presence by the U.S. and its allies to protect transit routes.” Trump Missteps in Interview In an interview Wednesday with Clintonista George Stephanopolous, President Trump indicated that he would listen to dirt on his political opponents from foreign powers, and only go to the FBI if he “thought there was something wrong.” While doing so is not illegal (see Eugene Volokh’s great primer on the legal issues involved), it can’t be said to be a really great look for the President. Now, in response, the Democratic House is introducing legislation barring campaigns from sharing proprietary information with foreign countries. More from National Review here. Should Temples of Wokeness Get Taxpayer $? I say no! The recent debates over what conservatism in America should represent have not, imho, gotten to the real heart of why so many feel like we’ve been losing the culture wars for so long, and that’s mandatory support for the institutional left. We keep wrestling over how to deal the downstream effects, but fail to hunt for solutions to stop the problem at its source. Enter, the debate over the Higher Education Act. “Conservatives once laughed at radical campus politics, imagining that upon impact with the ‘real world,’ blue-haired social justice warrior activists would have to grow up and confront the hard realities of the capitalist marketplace. Instead, what’s becoming increasingly clear is that academic leftism is metastasizing off-campus, spreading into some of the world’s largest corporations as well as institutions of culture, with graduated millennial employees as its carriers. While the right wrestles with how to deal with big technology companies’ hostility to conservative voices on their platforms, the source of that enmity goes mostly unremarked upon: Google’s highly credentialed workforce has roughly the personal politics of a faculty lounge. Unless the right gets serious about the role massive taxpayer sponsorship plays in keeping the institutional left bankrolled, recent debates between traditional small-l liberal conservatives and those who want to use the power of government to advance communitarian ends are irrelevant to the actual political battleground. Libertarians, populists, and traditionalists should all be able to agree that government shouldn’t throw its weight heavily in favor of the left in the culture wars, yet that’s exactly what’s happening in education and many other key areas of policy.” Fashion Moment of the Week I know summer’s just begun, but oh my has Celine (no more accent) caught my attention for Fall 2019. 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| Despite 20 candidates, the Democrats are down to a five-person race for now Posted: 14 Jun 2019 05:29 AM PDT California is the Democratic Party in a nutshell… a very large nutshell. The state is not only the most populous and richest, but it also tends to set trends for progressivism. The latest poll from California shows five candidates in double-digits while everyone else is registering no better than three percent. Things can change quickly […] The post Despite 20 candidates, the Democrats are down to a five-person race for now appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Dave Rubin on big tech: ‘They want to fear good people into not saying what they think’ Posted: 13 Jun 2019 09:18 PM PDT As our EIC said before, conservatives are being purged, silenced, and censored by big tech. It’s not even a conspiracy theory anymore. It’s easily demonstrable by the actions of progressive tech companies, which include all the big names, the leftist mainstream media, and their Democratic handlers. One doesn’t have to look too far to come […] The post Dave Rubin on big tech: ‘They want to fear good people into not saying what they think’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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| U.S. Navy releases smoking gun video of Iran removing unexploded limpet mine from oil tanker’s hull Posted: 13 Jun 2019 08:23 PM PDT If there were any doubts Iran is responsible for the attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, a new report should put those doubts to rest. The United States has video of Iran removing unexploded mines from the side of one of the ships that was hit. The Iranian ship can be […] The post U.S. Navy releases smoking gun video of Iran removing unexploded limpet mine from oil tanker’s hull appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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| Vox: Bernie 2020 is just Bernie 2016 plus Trump Posted: 13 Jun 2019 04:03 PM PDT Consistency in messaging is an important quality for candidates running for government offices. It’s also rare; in an age where every word uttered by a candidate is captured, cataloged, and critiqued, keeping one’s story straight is challenge. Adding in the ever-shifting sentiment of the left makes it even harder for Democrats to keep their stories […] The post Vox: Bernie 2020 is just Bernie 2016 plus Trump appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
FIRST READ: How Trump built the Outrage Wheel
Sunday marks the anniversary
of Donald Trump – four years ago – descending that escalator and
stunning the political world by saying that Mexico sends rapists across
the border.
And it’s been pretty much the central theme of his four years on the political stage:
Say/do something controversial… Country reacts in outrage…
Say/do another thing… Country reacts in outage, forgetting that first
controversy.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
Consider last week’s dispute: Trump’s “Blazing Saddles” move on Mexico tariffs (“Nobody move … or the United States gets it”).
Remember that?
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This week ends with another outrage: Trump admitting that he’d accept dirt – again – from a foreign government.
This controversy-to-controversy-to-controversy cycle
has been one of the president’s biggest weaknesses.
It’s why, after all, his approval rating is stuck in the low 40s when the unemployment rate is at 3.6 percent.
But it’s also one his strengths: The controversy/outrage always changes, and it becomes easy to forget what last week’s controversy/outrage was.
The political world still doesn’t know how to handle this wheel of outrage.
And Democrats don’t know, either…
The Mueller report plays out over the last 48 hours
If you want to retell what’s in the Mueller report, all you need to do is interview the president of the United States.
First came President Trump’s
admission to ABC that he’d accept dirt from a foreign government again,
underscoring the report’s Volume I about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and how the Trump campaign welcomed that help.
And now in the latest installment of ABC’s interview with Trump, the president said he was never going to fire Robert Mueller – the subject matter that’s in Volume II of the report on whether
there was obstruction of justice.
But you have to read the entire exchange.
TRUMP:
No special counsel should have ever been appointed. You know why?
‘Cause there was no crime. They had no– [cross talk] excuse me, they
had no evidence of crime.
STEPHANOPOULOS:
He lays out a lot of evidence, including the episode where your White
House Counsel Don McGahn, you tell him, “Mueller has to go.” You call
him twice and say,
“Mueller has to go. Call me when it’s done.”
TRUMP:
Okay, now the story on that very simply: number one, I was never gonna
fire Mueller. I never suggested firing Mueller. Do I think –
STEPHANOPOULOS: That’s not what he says.
TRUMP:
Excuse —I don’t care what he says. It doesn’t matter. That was to show
everyone what a good counsel he was. But we had a business — wait a
minute —
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why would Don McGahn lie — why would he lie under oath– why would he lie under oath to Robert Mueller?
TRUMP:
Because he wanted to make himself look like a good lawyer. Or, or he
believed it because I would constantly tell anybody that would listen,
including you, including the
media, that Robert Mueller was conflicted. Robert Mueller had a total
conflict of interest.
STEPHANOPOULOS: He has to go.
TRUMP: I never — I didn’t say that.
After reading that, is there any doubt that the best advice Trump ever got was to avoid a sitdown interview with Mueller?
Biden pledges not to accept foreign interference
Yesterday
we asked how Democrats would respond to Trump’s admission that he’d be willing to use foreign interference again.
Play by the rules and possibly lose? Or play the same game your opponent is playing?
Well, Joe Biden released his answer in
a new video, per NBC’s Mike Memoli.
“Folks,
this is simple. American elections should be decided by the American
people and not by Russian or any other foreign power,” Biden says.
“I won’t be part of any attempt to undermine our democracy or public confidence in our institutions.”
TWEET OF THE DAY: That’s SOME subtweet!
2020 VISION: The debate field is set
The Democratic National Committee on Thursday named the 20 participants who qualified for the first Dem debates on June 26-27.
In alphabetical order:
Michael Bennet
Joe Biden
Cory Booker
Pete Buttigieg
Julian Castro
Bill de Blasio
John Delaney
Tulsi Gabbard
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kamala Harris
John Hickenlooper
Jay Inslee
Amy Klobuchar
Beto O’Rourke
Tim Ryan
Bernie Sanders
Eric Swalwell
Elizabeth Warren
Marianne Williamson
Andrew Yang.
Two elected Democratic politicians didn’t make the cut: Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass.
“If I had
to choose between chasing 100,000 donors or getting healthcare for
100,000 Montanans — well, that’s the easiest decision I’ll ever have to
make,” Bullock responded in a statement, referring
to his late entry into the 2020 field due to expanding Medicaid in his
state.
“While 20
candidates are on the debate stage in Miami, I will be talking directly
to voters about my record of passing progressive priorities in a state
Trump won, the importance of winning the places
we lost, and how we are going to beat Donald Trump once and for all.”
On the campaign trail today: Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand and Andrew Yang stump in New Hampshire… Beto O’Rourke is in South Carolina… Kamala Harris campaigns in Nevada… Julian Castro visits Iowa… And Pete Buttigieg holds a grassroots event in Alexandria, Va.
AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is… 94.
That’s the number of
days between Sarah Sanders’ last formal press briefing (on March 11)
and yesterday’s announcement that she will be leaving the White House.
The March 11 briefing was only the second such formal Q&A session of 2019.
The 94-day
gap nearly doubles the previous longest stretch without a White House
briefing during the Trump administration. The previous record was 42
days, between the January 28 and March 11 briefings.
THE LID: Say cheese
Don’t miss the pod from yesterday, when special guest star Alex Seitz-Wald described why the 2020 candidates are spending so much time on … selfies?
ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss
In an exit interview,
Sarah Sanders told NBC News that she has no regrets about her tenure at the White House.
Can a candidate matter
even WITHOUT a debate spot?
POLITICO
notes how 2020 Democrats are taking trips to red states to talk about electability.
Progressive Dem Betsy Sweet
is in the race to take on Susan Collins.
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| TOTALLY UNHINGED: Adam Schiff Subpoenas MICHAEL FLYNN for MORE Congressional Testimony House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff issued more subpoenas to Trump campaign insiders this week; demanding former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn give testimony to Congressional Democrats.“As part of our oversight work, the House Intelligence Committee is continuing to examine the deep counterintelligence concerns raised in Special Counsel Mueller’s report, and that requires speaking… |
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DERSHOWITZ ON HANNITY: Democrats Are Putting Themselves ‘ABOVE THE LAW’ on Impeachment Push
Attorney and legal analyst Alan Dershowitz
spoke with Sean Hannity Wednesday night on the Democrats’
unconstitutional push to impeach President Trump; saying any move to
remove him from office would be putting themselves “above the law.” “Fox has always had a much more diverse approach. Nobody has ever told me what to say on this show or any other show. I stand up for civil liberties no matter who the president is… Congress cannot impeach President Trump, if they did, they would be putting themselves above the law,” said Dershowitz. “The Constitution outlines what requires impeachment: Treason, bribery, high-crimes and misdemeanors. Unless there’s compelling evidence of that, impeachment is not constitutionally permissible,” he added… |
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