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Jun 28, 2019

Good morning from Washington, where journalists aren’t known for saying nice things about President Donald Trump. L. Brent Bozell III and Tim Graham, authors of a new book about media bias, “Unmasked,” share the data on just how unpopular Trump is among journalists. The Supreme Court ended its 2018-2019 session Thursday. Hans von Spakovsky examines a decision on gerrymandering, and Elizabeth Slattery analyzes a decision with implications for bureaucrats. Enjoy your weekend.

	Commentary Here’s Undeniable Proof That the Media Despises Trump Covering politics with a sense of fairness requires journalists to acknowledge that politicians, even the ones they despise, at some point, somewhere, on some matter, do something right. Not so President Trump. More Commentary Why the Supreme Court Got It Right on Gerrymandering Chief Justice John Roberts warns that what the plaintiffs and the dissenters in these gerrymandering cases “seek is an unprecedented expansion of judicial power.” More Analysis As Tensions Between Iran and US Rise, What You Need to Know Is war on the horizon? Why is Iran suddenly so aggressive? And what’s driving the conflict? The Heritage Foundation’s Jim Phillips, an expert on the Middle East, has answers. More News Parents Call Out School Board’s Transgender Policy Proposal “[The proposed policy] is an accommodation procedure, wherein transgender students are given preferences and privileges that deny other students their rights,” says one mom. More News New Supreme Court Ruling May Start Checking Power of Federal Bureaucrats Judges should interpret regulations in the light of what their text says, not by the secret intentions of agency officials who created them. More News 2020 Election Meddling by China, Iran, N. Korea Likely, Administration Officials Warn Russia isn’t the only threat to election security going into 2020, as Trump administration officials say they are preparing for meddling from Iran, China, and North Korea. More

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POLITICO Playbook: Biden’s bad night

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THE BIG HEADLINE … JOHN HARRIS: “Joe Biden gets slammed”: “The case against Joe Biden’s presidential campaign got made Thursday night right out in the open — sound up, lights glaring — nothing blurred in a haze of euphemism, politesse, or indirection.

“Arguments that have hovered around Biden for months, which he has mostly brushed aside in above-the-fray fashion that left his front-runner status secure, were made directly to his face on the Democratic debate stage in Miami. Sen. Kamala Harris played the most dramatic part, but most of Biden’s nine rivals, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, played some role in crafting a painful string of indictments. …

“Biden’s response to the barrage was decidedly uneven. At his best, he gave spirited and plausible answers even while stumbling over a word here or there, inviting sympathizers to view him as he views himself—someone who’s made honest mistakes, but has proven himself one of the good guys over a long public life, fighting for civil rights and other progressive values in many arenas or over many years.

“At his worst, the frontrunner seemed to shrink on the crowded stage, coming off as tired in his manner, soggy in words and argument in ways that sometimes unintentionally reinforced the criticism.” POLITICO

THE MOMENT EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY: “The five long minutes when Harris owned Biden,” by Elena Schneider

— WAPO’S DAN BALZ in Miami: “Harris upstages Biden and Sanders with dominating performance”: “Harris has often struggled to match the promise of her candidacy, but in her first opportunity arrayed as one of 10 candidates, she made the most of the opportunities she was given — and took some on her own to announce her arrival on the big stage.

“Thursday’s debate may not change the polls much but it will probably reorder how Democrats begin to think about the choices before them.” WaPo

— NYT, A1: “Biden Comes Under Attack From All Sides in Democratic Debate,” by Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns: “Joseph R. Biden Jr. repeatedly found himself on the defensive in the Democratic debate on Thursday over his record as well as his personal views, with the most searing moment of the night, and the primary campaign to date, coming when Senator Kamala Harris confronted him over his comments on working with segregationists in the Senate.

“Mr. Biden … was at times halting and meandering, but also forceful in pushing back on criticism of his record. Those attacks included a call for the 76-year-old former vice president to ‘pass the torch’ to a younger generation, as well as questions about his positions on immigration and abortion, and his enthusiasm for working with Republicans.” NYT … A1 headline: “Seeking to Knock Front-Runner Off Stride, Rivals Barrage Biden”

HIS DEFENDERS via NATASHA KORECKI: “In Miami, three of Biden’s top aides — Anita Dunn, Kate Bedingfield and Symone Sanders — spent 30 minutes batting away questions from skeptical reporters after the debate. They insisted that Biden performed well and made his case to the American people, and acknowledged no mistakes.

“‘Disappointing when the stakes are so high (as the Supreme Court decision on gerrymandering reminded us today) that candidates are going down the personal attack road,’ Dunn told POLITICO. ‘He chose not to, as you saw. Voters know Joe Biden and they can make their own judgments on this stuff.’” POLITICO

OBSERVATIONS … BIDEN seemed, at times, like the old guy with the bad knees playing basketball with the college kids in the gym. Sure, he can still hang — he still has moves, and can nail the mid-range jumper. But why is he playing?

— PETE BUTTIGIEG has relatable yet new experiences. He seems to embrace progressive theories, while pointing out their practical challenges. He doesn’t shout, and he’s even. He doesn’t get too high, or too low.

ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL yet understated moments of last night’s debate in Miami was when BUTTIGIEG was asked about the police shooting in South Bend.

RACHEL MADDOW said this: “In the last five years, civil rights activists in our country have led a national debate over race and the criminal justice system. Your community of South Bend, Indiana, has recently been in uproar over an officer-involved shooting. The police force in South Bend is now 6 percent black in a city that is 26 percent black. Why has that not improved over your two terms as mayor?”

BUTTIGIEG: “Because I couldn’t get it done. My community is in anguish right now because of an officer-involved shooting, a black man, Eric Logan, killed by a white officer. And I’m not allowed to take sides until the investigation comes back. The officer said he was attacked with a knife, but he didn’t have his body camera on. It’s a mess. And we’re hurting.

“And I could walk you through all of the things that we have done as a community, all of the steps that we took, from bias training to de-escalation, but it didn’t save the life of Eric Logan. And when I look into his mother’s eyes, I have to face the fact that nothing that I say will bring him back.”

THAT’S A POLITICIAN taking responsibility for a shortcoming. We don’t see that much.

L.A. TIMES’ MARK BARABAK: “[Buttigieg] spoke with evident emotion of the pain of black residents and said he was determined to bring about a day when police would inspire support instead of fear among African Americans not just at home, but everywhere. The response won’t defuse tensions. But he may get credit for not dissembling or trying to palm the blame off on others.” LAT

POLITICO’S six takeaways, via David Siders and Chris Cadelago

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP RESPONDED TO THE DEBATE, as he sat alongside Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro: “In fact, I heard, there’s a rumor that the Democrats are going to change the name of the party from Democrat Party to Socialist Party. I’m hearing that.” (hat tip: Jack Bohrer)

Happy Friday morning.

SCOOP — WHITE HOUSE DEPARTURE LOUNGE: BILL MCGINLEY, who has served as Cabinet secretary in the White House, is leaving his job in July, according to two administration officials. McGinley helped coordinate between the Trump White House and the Cabinet. Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told Playbook in a statement: “Both the White House and the Cabinet will miss his keen intellect, sense of humor and thorough knowledge of the law.”

MCGINLEY, a former partner at Jones Day and general counsel for the NRSC, plans to spend more time with his family as he figures out his next step. He declined to comment.

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MUST READ … FT: “Vladimir Putin: friendship with China, ‘Donald’ and the rise of national populism,” by Lionel Barber and Henry Foy in Moscow: “Mr. Putin has plenty of harsh words about America but he is studiously polite about Mr. Trump, referring to him as ‘Donald’ several times in the interview. ‘Mr. Trump is not a career politician … I do not accept many of his methods when it comes to addressing problems. But do you know what I think? I think that he is a talented person. He knows very well what his voters expect from him.’ …

“‘Russia has been accused, and, strange as it may seem, it is still being accused … of alleged interference in the U.S. election. What happened in reality? Mr. Trump looked into his opponents’ attitude to him and saw changes in American society, and he took advantage of this,’ he says. …

“As the clock ticks towards 1 a.m., Mr. Putin cannot resist one final jab, this time at the efforts of Britain’s ruling Conservative party to choose a new leader to succeed Theresa May. Either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will then become prime minister without a general election.

“‘It is different from what you have in Great Britain. We are a democratic country’ he says. ‘The choice is always made by the Russian people.’ In fact, Mr. Putin inherited the presidency on the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve 1999, when Boris Yeltsin stepped down from office prematurely and endorsed him as his successor. When reminded of this, the president shrugs: ‘So what?’” FT

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AT THE G-20 … ANITA KUMAR in Osaka, Japan: “Trump jokes to Putin: ‘Don’t meddle in the election’”: “At their first meeting since the Robert Mueller’s Russia probe wrapped up, President Donald Trump playfully warned Russia President Vladimir Putin ‘don’t meddle in the election.’

“The seemingly off-the-cuff remark is likely to stoke agitation back in Washington, where Democrats and Republicans have blasted Trump for not taking seriously the special counsel’s report into Russia’s ‘sweeping and systematic’ campaign to disrupt the 2016 election in Trump’s favor.” POLITICO

— “Trump praises Japanese auto investment in U.S. as tariff threat looms,” by Doug Palmer in Osaka, Japan: “President Donald Trump on Friday praised Japanese automakers for making increased investment in the United States, in a possible sign that Tokyo could escape U.S. national security tariffs on the country’s auto exports.” POLITICO

WHAT WE LEARNED YESTERDAY, CONGRESS EDITION … SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI blinked yesterday, allowing a vote on the Senate’s broadly bipartisan border spending bill after promising to hold firm for changes that her progressives wanted. IN THE END, the House voted overwhelmingly to pass the bill, but, in doing so, we learned a good deal about how the institution works in this divided government.

— THERE WAS A DIVIDE IN THE LEADERSHIP. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and DCCC Chairman Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) voted yes. And House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Reps. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) voted no. It was a bit of a generational divide.

— DEMS ARE WEAKER WHEN PELOSI AND SCHUMER SPLIT. One of the reasons Pelosi felt that she was in a box was that the Senate — controlled by Republicans — passed a different border package earlier this week with 80 votes, including a healthy contingent of Democrats. Once Chuck Schumer’s Democrats joined with Mitch McConnell’s Republicans, it was clear that the Senate bill was the only game in town — no matter how much Pelosi wanted to exact changes from McConnell.

IT WASN’T CLEAR TO US how deep the beef went between House Democrats and Senate Republicans, but check this out.

Here’s what one senior Democratic aide told us yesterday: “Pelosi acknowledged privately from the start that this was a difficult situation given that the Senate bill was reasonable but lacked key protections. Schumer threw all of House Democrats under the bus and he will pay a heavy price for that.”

And here’s one from a senior Senate Democratic aide: “Senate Democrats were with the House Dems all the way, but their bill couldn’t pass the Senate. By refusing to participate in a four corner negotiation for weeks, House Dems never allowed themselves the chance to have a say in a bill that could actually become law so they only have themselves to blame for that. Just yesterday, Speaker Pelosi told her caucus the senate bill was ‘a good bill.’”

— SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM IS NOW IN THE MIX. The president’s top Senate ally met with PELOSI for a while on Thursday, and we caught up with him when he left. He said he is urging the president to “turn on the money” for Central America once the U.S. can slow the flow of migrants from the region. “I’m trying to find a temporary solution to the flow problem.” He called Pelosi a “delightful person” a “deal maker” and said he has “always liked her.”

THE BIG PICTURE … HEATHER CAYGLE, SARAH FERRIS and ANDREW DESIDERIO: “‘Everyone hates this place’: Border bill tears apart Democratic caucus”

PLAYBOOK READS

SUNDAY SO FAR …

• CBS “Face The Nation”: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Panel: Shannon Pettypiece, Ramesh Ponnuru, Antjuan Seawright and Edward Wong
• ABC “This Week”: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Panel: Chris Christie, Donna Brazile, Yvette Simpson and Rich Lowry
• FOX “Fox News Sunday”: Panel: Jason Chaffetz, Donna Edwards, Gillian Turner and Juan Williams. Power player of the week: Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington
• CNN “State Of The Union”: Panel: Jess McIntosh, David Urban, Bakari Sellers and Mary Katharine Ham
• CNN “Inside Politics” (guest anchor: Manu Raju): Mike Shear, Eliana Johnson and Nia-Malika Henderson

WAPO: “Trump asks lawyers if census can be delayed, calls Supreme Court decision ‘totally ridiculous,’” by John Wagner and Deanna Paul: “President Trump said Thursday that he is seeking to delay the constitutionally mandated census to give administration officials time to come up with a better explanation for why it should include a citizenship question.

“Trump’s announcement, in tweets sent from Japan, came hours after the Supreme Court put on hold his administration’s plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, saying it had provided a ‘contrived’ reason for wanting the information.” WaPo

— “Conservatives blast Roberts as turncoat,” by Josh Gerstein

— “Decision on gerrymandering brings new urgency to Democratic fight to win state seats,” by WaPo’s Bob Costa and John Wagner

MIAMI HERALD: “At first, Dershowitz welcomed this Epstein-related lawsuit. Now he wants it tossed out,” by Julie K. Brown: “Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, accused in a lawsuit of having sex with a 16-year-old girl nearly 20 years ago, asked a federal judge on Tuesday to throw out her court filing — one that he had publicly asked for and ‘welcomed’’ as a means to vindicate himself and prove that the woman has been lying.

“For years, Dershowitz has battled accusations that he had sex with an underage girl and, separately, with another young woman as part of an alleged sex trafficking operation run by one of his clients, wealthy New York financier Jeffrey Epstein.” Miami Herald

PLAYBOOKERS

TRANSITION — Shana Teehan has started as VP of communications at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. She most recently was communications director for Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas).

SPOTTED at a Precision Strategies cocktail party Thursday night on the rooftop of their office: Penny Lee, Debra DeShong, Betsy Lin, Todd Webster, Ally Coll, Mindi Linquist, Mindy Myers, Dana Singiser, Jonathan Kaplan, Scott Mulhauser, Marina Orcutt, Kerry Arndt, Pam Smith, Kim Lipsky, Chris Ortman, Mike Spahn, Stephanie Cutter, Jeff Solnet, Eric Koch, Josh Dawsey, Miranda Margowsky, Emily Beyer, Tom Zigo and Ruiyong Chen.

BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Jessica Floyd, managing director at the Hub Project and a DCCC IE alum (h/t Jesse Ferguson) … Alex Schechner, DCCC’s deputy battleground fundraising director, turned 25 (h/t Matthew Hoeck)

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Ashley Marquis, principal at Jefferson Strategies and a Trump and Bush WH alum. What she’s been reading recently: “I’m in the middle of Ron Chernow’s ‘Washington: A Life.’ I have ambitions to read a biography of every U.S. president to better understand presidential leadership throughout American history. I’m starting at the beginning — and have a long way to go!” Playbook Plus Q&A

BIRTHDAYS: Marc Kasowitz is 67 … NYT’s David Kirkpatrick is 49 … former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is 81 … former Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) is 85 … Richard Walters, COS of the RNC. His staff surprised him with a cake following a Trump Victory fundraiser earlier this week (h/t Cassie Smedile) … Elon Musk is 48 … Laura Tyson … Ziad Ojakli — pic of him celebrating with a Milk Bar cake at Hotel Monaco (h/t Christin Baker) … Jane Harman … Bill Greener … AP’s Jesse Holland … Scott Waldman … former Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) is 61 … former Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (R-Penn.) is 56 … former Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) is 77 … Kurt Eichenwald is 58 … Erin McPike … Nancy Payne (h/ts Jon Haber and Ben Chang) … Carolyn Coda of Invariant … Shari Drexter … Brunswick Group’s Stephanie Benedict … Lara Kline … Brian Roberts, chairman and CEO of Comcast, is 6-0 … Stuart Burns … Moses Marx …

… Steve Johnson, EVP of corporate affairs at American Airlines (h/t Hilary Rosen) … Bloomberg’s Anna Edgerton … Mike Lurie is 32 … Paul Morrell … Dan King (h/ts Rebecca Coffman) … B. Scott Tilley … Pete Nonis is 39 … Rob Tappan … Coddy Johnson is 43 … Pelosi senior policy adviser Kenneth DeGraff (h/t Shana Mansbach) … Jason Roe is 49 … Brian Jodice … Paul Bonicelli … Elizabeth Hagedorn … Allison Aprahamian … CNN’s Yaffa Fredrick is 3-0. She’s celebrating with a trip to Australia (h/t David Andelman) … Megan Bloomgren … Al Eisele … Mike Basch (h/t Kyle Dropp, filing from Aspen) … Quinn McCord … Jing Ulrich … Sean Bartel … AP’s Brendan Farrington … Eric Zwiener … Jas Sajjan (h/t Nihal Krishan)… Cecilie Olaussen … Dusky Terry … Meagan Mahaffey … Al Briganti … Eli Reyes.

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View this email in your browser Friday, June 28, 2019 2nd 2020 Democratic Debate Ten 2020 Democratic presidential candidates faced off Thursday in the second night of debates. YouTube Both sides agree that Senator Kamala Harris and South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg were the winners, and Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden the losers of the debate. “Sanders, after a solid performance last night from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), needed to demonstrate that he could offer progressives something unique… [But] he was the old Bernie — yelling, stern and short on details. How do we get to Medicare-for-all? Everyone gets behind it! His free college plan came in for a pummeling by Buttigieg, who made clear we should not subsidize college for billionaires’ children. Sanders’s act wore thin as time went on. He was forced to admit that taxes would go up (though health-care costs would go down) under his Medicare-for-all plan, and struggled to explain how it would work on a national level if it could not work in any state…  “[Biden] started capably by defending Obamacare over Medicare-for-all, and rattling off his plans on education… As the debate went on, however, the former vice president ran into trouble, most dramatically and painfully at the hands of Harris on the issue of race… [Harris] was the clear standout on the stage, mixing righteous anger, biographical stories and prosecutorial toughness. She demonstrated just how her toughness and prosecutorial experience could be wielded — not just against Democrats but eventually against President Trump… By the end of the debate, I was left wishing for a Harris standoff with Elizabeth Warren.” Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post “Sanders and Biden – the presumed stars of the debate – were the least impressive of the 10 candidates on the stage. Both seemed tired, rehearsed and out of touch… Biden seemed unfocused, distracted, and stuck in the past, invoking President Barack Obama’s name like Obama was a rock star who Biden met backstage once rather than the president Biden served with for eight years. Sanders came off like he was trying to right the wrong of his loss in a 2016 grudge match against Hillary Clinton. Neither Biden nor Sanders offered new solutions to today’s problems, nor did they offer a creative path forward for a stronger America tomorrow…  “Instead, two much younger candidates who don’t fit the profile of any previous president impressed me the most: Sen. Kamala Harris of California, a woman of Jamaican and Indian descent; and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a gay man… Harris and Buttigieg did not make the argument that they needed to be supported because they checked some box. They exhibited leadership skills, policy acumen and authenticity. These are traits voters are attracted to regardless of gender, color or sexual orientation. The debate should teach the Democratic presidential candidates a valuable lesson: be yourself and show Americans what you stand for.” Capri Cafaro, Fox News “Sen. Kamala Harris’ first big moment of the debate was saying, ‘America does not want to witness a food fight.’ Her second was heaving an entire tray of spaghetti in former Vice President Joe Biden’s face… On a night that featured the two Democratic front-runners ― Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) ― it was Harris who consistently controlled the debate stage time and time again with clear and measured answers, direct and pointed shots, and lucid and tremendously personal examples. ‘As the only black person on this stage, I would like to speak on the issue of race,’ Harris said…  “The moment felt historic: A leading candidate for president ― who is the second black woman ever elected to the Senate ― went after an elder statesman for his positions on civil rights and criminal justice that affected her personally. Biden, who was vice president under Barack Obama, has pointed to his record in the administration and his more recent views on issues of race, but Harris made clear that there was more work to be done.” Maxwell Strachan, Amanda Terkel, and Daniel Marans, Huffington Post “Harris came with a clear plan, was well prepared, and executed perfectly. The fact that she was willing to take on Biden, the front-runner, signaled that she was the alpha on the stage. It’s hard to know how much these early debates will affect poll numbers. But going into the debate, Harris seemed to have been losing steam after her strong roll-out, as other candidates, particularly South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, gained ground. Tonight, she looked like somebody you could easily imagine addressing the Democratic convention as the nominee next summer.” Philip Klein, Washington Examiner “One night won’t sink the Joe Biden campaign, but boy, did he look like he had a glass jaw, and he also seems to have aged a decade since he left the vice presidency. When asked what his first priority as president would be, Biden answered that it would be defeating Donald Trump. This night shouldn’t have gone this badly for him. ‘Build upon what we’ve done’ is probably a more reassuring and appealing message than completely scrapping the entire existing system of private health insurance.” Jim Geraghty, National Review Regarding Buttigieg, “His big challenge came when host Rachel Maddow asked him point-blank about the ongoing lack of minority representation on South Bend’s police force. Most politicians are notable for large egos and an inability to admit error (cough Biden cough), so it was striking that Buttigieg began his answer with a simple confession: ‘I couldn’t get it done.’ He went on to talk about the pain of his community, his own anguish over the situation, what he has managed to accomplish, and what he plans next, but it was that simple ‘I couldn’t get it done’ that stuck. It is rare to see a politician, especially one so young, self-possessed enough to engage in thoughtful self-criticism in public. Voters may not see a president in him (yet), but Buttigieg is clearly succeeding in raising his long-term profile and presence in the party.” Dylan Matthews, Dara Lind, Li Zhou, German Lopez, and David Roberts, Vox “You know all of those jokes about McKinsey guys? Well, it turns out that there are worse ways to prepare to run for president than doing a stretch in a consulting firm. He was low-key, but obviously both smart and thoughtful. He framed issues in ways that were full of common sense. If you can refinance your house, why shouldn’t you be able to refinance your student debt? Why should we make college tuition free to rich kids? Why not have ‘Medicare for All Who Want It’?… But what really impressed me was how he handled the question about the police shooting in South Bend… He stood there and took responsibility… How many times in your life have you seen a pol get a hard question like this and then just stand there and take his medicine?” Jonathan V. Last, The Bulwark Other opinions below.  From the Left “The busing issue is only one of the explanations Biden was forced to give Thursday. He took criticism for the 2003 vote he cast in favor of the war in Iraq. When he talked about his ability to make compromises with Republicans, Sen. Michael Bennett of Colorado eviscerated him for giving away too much to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, making elements of tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush permanent and creating the dreaded automatic spending cuts known as the sequester…  “[In the past] he’s had to explain why he helped usher the 1994 crime bill into being. Yes, it created the Violence Against Women Act, for which he deserves credit. It also helped create the problem of over-incarceration that lawmakers in both parties are trying to address today… Any time you’re defending your interactions with segregationists is a bad time in today’s party. And Biden may have to do a lot of defending himself on the way to the nomination.” Zachary B. Wolf, CNN “Harris won a debate over Bernie Sanders’s ideas despite Sanders standing right next to her. She looked like the heir to the Obama coalition despite the presence of Barack Obama’s vice president on the stage…  “Harris is the closest Democrats have to a potential consensus candidate. She doesn’t suffer from the enmity that Hillary Clinton voters have for Sen. Bernie Sanders, or that leftists hold for former Vice President Joe Biden, or the Obama administration has for Elizabeth Warren. She’s not another white guy running to represent a diverse party. She’s got enough political experience to be a credible candidate, but not so much that she’s been on the wrong side of dozens of controversial issues. But Harris wouldn’t be the first politician to look good on paper only to falter in the campaign. And so the question that has quietly suffused Democratic politics for the past few years has been: Can she do it? Can she perform under the lights? Thursday night, she proved she can.” Ezra Klein, Vox Regarding Buttigieg, “[He] gave voice to a view that has become common among Democratic voters: Many of Trump’s policies, along with his conduct as president, do not reflect Christian values. ‘The Republican Party likes to cloak itself in the language of religion,’ Buttigieg said. ‘We should call out hypocrisy when we see it’… This is a departure from the usual playbook for the Democratic Party. As Buttigieg himself pointed out, ‘Our party doesn’t talk about [religion] as much.’ The reason for this, he said, is that Democrats are committed to the separation of Church and state, and that the party wants to stand for all people, regardless of their religion. But it may also be a reflection of the growing irreligiosity of the Democratic base…  “Buttigieg’s knack for speaking in the language of God makes him exceptional within his generation, but it may also be a strength in reaching the swing voters and voters of color whom Democrats so badly need. Of all the candidates onstage, he spoke most directly to the anger that many Americans seem to feel at the way religion has been co-opted by the Trump administration, at odds with the faith they deeply hold.” Emma Green, The Atlantic From the Right “President Obama left office with high approval ratings, particularly among Democrats, who still think very well of him. But Joe Biden was the only candidate over the last two [nights] to defend his record and pledge to build on it. I think that his loyalty to Obama will play well with Democratic voters, who have not moved on from the former president to the same extent that Democratic activists and intellectuals have. But I think Biden is leaning too hard on Obama — to make up for the parts of his civil-rights record that are out of step with today’s Democratic party, for example. And that may not play well at all.” Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review “Kamala Harris won [the debate] going away. She was sharp, aggressive, and took chances (e.g., tearing into Joe Biden, and criticizing Barack Obama). She totally dominated the stage… Pete Buttigieg did well. He’s smart and calm without being soporific. He’s probably not going to be the nominee, but if Warren or Harris wins the nomination he’s going to be their vice presidential pick…  “[But] the Democrats have gone off the left-wing deep end… After watching last night’s debate, as well as tonight’s, you would reasonably conclude that the Democratic field cares far more about the well being of illegal immigrants than actual Americans… And tonight, Kamala Harris ripped Joe Biden up for having opposed — wait for it — school busing, one of the most unpopular policies of the 1970s.” Rod Dreher, The American Conservative Dated but relevant: “The federal-court action was the culmination of a long struggle by those known as Boston’s black Brahmins — an old black aristocracy dating back to the Abolitionist era… They wanted to do something to help their newly arrived black ‘homies’ (recent arrivals from the South), who came to the city beginning in the early ’60s… Busing seemed to be the only tool at hand, though not necessarily the best…  “No one thought that either Charlestown or South Boston was a good school, academically. The brightest kids went to nearby Boston College High School (which drew black students as well)… But the law, and courts, were blunt instruments. They had no way to distinguish between the gilded white schools of the Jim Crow South and shabby Southie High… In retrospect, for those who care about education, the entire busing era seems, at bottom, pointless… If the charter-school movement has proved anything, it’s that it takes a disciplined school environment, a demanding curriculum, and committed teaching — not school buses — to improve education.” Howard Husock, National Review “Did the debates help the party start to win over the kinds of working-class voters Democrats need to beat President Trump? Or, by pushing the party more to the left, did they do the opposite?… Sens. Warren and Sanders doubtless would argue that their populist rhetoric and proposals on health care, the minimum wage and free college do speak to the working class, directly and specifically. Yet the risk for Democrats is that their specific plans, while directed to working-class problems, may do so in a way that strikes some voters in that category as being too liberal, risky and unproven.” Gerald F. Seib, Wall Street Journal A moderate’s take “The [Democratic] party is moving toward all sorts of positions that drive away moderates and make it more likely the nominee will be unelectable. And it’s doing it without too much dissent… According to a Hill-HarrisX survey, only 13 percent of Americans say they would prefer a health insurance system with no private plans. Warren and Sanders pin themselves, and perhaps the Democratic Party, to a 13 percent policy idea…  “Second, there is the economy. All of the Democrats seem to have decided to run a Trump-style American carnage campaign. The economy is completely broken. It only benefits a tiny sliver. Yet in a CNN poll, 71 percent of Americans say that the economy is very or somewhat good… Third, Democrats are wandering into dangerous territory on immigration… you’ve got a lot of candidates who sound operationally open borders. Progressive parties all over the world are getting decimated because they have fallen into this pattern… Right now we’ve got two parties trying to make moderates homeless.” David Brooks, New York Times On the bright side… Reservations for Taco Bell’s hotel sell out in 2 minutes. CNBC Our volunteer team spends hours each night scanning the news, fact-checking, and debating one another, so your 5 minutes each morning can be well spent. If you’ve found value in our work, we welcome you to help sustain our efforts and expand our reach. Any support you can provide is greatly appreciated! Share Tweet Forward Sign Up Here Copyright © 2019 The Flip Side, All rights reserved. You can unsubscribe from this list here.

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View this email in your browser “Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.” LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Good morning, A leading human rights organization is calling on Congress to investigate the forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience in China.  The group, Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH), wants Congress to determine whether China’s actions constitute genocide. “A genocide is not an internal affair of a single country, but a global affair of humankind,” said Dr. Torsten Trey, Executive Director of DAFOH. Read full story here   The U.S. intelligence community established that China hacked Hillary Clinton’s unauthorized email server when she served as the secretary of state, according to Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas). In an interview with The Epoch Times published on June 26, Gohmert said that the Chinese “actually hacked Hillary Clinton’s personal server—as our intel community established without any question—even though the FBI refused to ever examine the evidence. Read more President Trump said that he is seeking to delay the 2020 Census following the Supreme Court’s decision to block his administration from adding a citizenship question to the nationwide questionnaire for now. Read more President Trump held a bilateral meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ahead of the G-20 leaders summit to discuss trade and regional security. Read more President Trump called the first Democratic presidential primary boring, and ridiculed NBC and MSNBC for an audio failure that forced the hosts to pause the debate to resolve the issue. Read more After social media platform Reddit put restrictions on its subpage r/The_Donald—the largest fan club of President Donald Trump—the page grew by about 10,000 subscribers in 24 hours, compared with a growth of about 11,000 a month during the preceding year. Read more The House has passed a $4.6 billion emergency border aid package following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to back down on efforts to amend the bill, after facing intense pressure to approve it before the weeklong recess. Read more   See More Top Stories Reparations: How Not to Foster Racial Harmony By Larry Elder About reparations, a skeptical President Barack Obama in 2016 told reparations proponent Ta-Nehisi Coates that it would divide the country. Obama said: “It is hard to think of any society in human history in which a majority population has said that, as a consequence of historic wrongs, we are now going to take a big chunk of the nation’s resources over a long period of time to make that right… Read more Inslee’s Ludicrous Climate Plan Would Cost U.S. Households $75,000 By James Taylor Democratic presidential hopeful Jay Inslee’s recently announced climate plan would come at a very steep price, putting the average American household on the hook for $75,000 over the next 10 years. Even worse, despite the enormous cost, Inslee’s plan would have virtually no impact on global temperature… Read more   See More Opinions Barack Obama: A Lifelong Story of Russian Collusion By Trevor Loudon Several U.S. presidents have genuinely colluded with Russia or the former Soviet Union, but none more so the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama. It’s no exaggeration to say that Obama owes his entire career to Russian collusion. In March 2012, President Obama made his famous “off mic” remarks to then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev: “This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.” Medvedev replied, “I understand. I transmit this information to Vladimir.” Read more   Today we sit down again with Candace Owens, a conservative commentator and founder of the Blexit movement. She is the host of the Candace Owens Show with Prager University. We discuss identity politics, suppression of conservative voices, and the mindset of victimhood among minorities, what Candace sees as a centerpiece of Democratic Party political strategy. Candace Owens: The Victim Mentality of the Left Copyright © 2019 The Epoch Times, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list or remove my account.

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Thursday’s Democratic primary debate put a harsh light on former Vice President Joe Biden’s vulnerabilities and showcased California Sen. Kamala Harris’s strengths.    The exchanges in Miami drew the field closer to the center of Democratic platform on some issues than Wednesday’s debate and surfaced candidates’ willingness to gently ding Biden over his age and decades of Senate votes and compromises, which he struggled at times to explain.    While Biden was largely untouched throughout the first hour, he was the recipient of incoming attacks from many of his competitors on a series of issues. But no one was as effective as Harris, who relentlessly bashed the former vice president over his past work with segregationist Dixiecrats and against busing. The attack from the California senator was teed up, evidenced by a tweet Harris’s team blasted out shortly after.    Instead of backing down, Biden defended his record, pointing to his work as a public defender following Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. Biden continued to defend himself after the debate, telling MSNBC’s Garrett Haake that Harris mischaracterized his position and work on busing. Biden also indicated that it’s frustrating to relitigate the past.    “It should be about the future,” Biden said, pointing to overcrowding of prisons and voting rights. “We’re going at this backwards.”    Some Biden supporters also seemed to lament the skirmish with Harris. One Biden backer told The Hill that while he doesn’t think the debate or the back-and-forth will reshape the campaign, it was not the former vice president’s best moment.    “The frustrating thing is that until that exchange with Kamala it was going perfectly fine,” the Biden supporter said. “I’m hanging my hat on the belief/hope that come next week the polling will be largely unchanged.”   “I wish he had answered the question better, but I don’t think this in any way fundamentally changes the race. I think he still is the solid frontrunner,” the supporter said.    Following the debate, some of the former vice president’s surrogates and supporters came to his defense on Twitter, recognizing that Biden turned in a subpar performance. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) tweeted that Biden “fought for civil rights his entire career.” and retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey called Biden is “a leader” and policy “expert” who he conceded used some “bone head language” in Miami.   Throughout the night, Biden namechecked President Trump and former President Obama, saying at one point that everyone “underestimate[s]” what the former president accomplished on climate change. He also slipped up when he said that the National Rifle Association is not the “enemy,” but rather that gun manufacturers are to blame for the lack of movement on gun control legislation.    The battle with Biden wasn’t Harris’s only strong moment of the night. At one point as her fellow Democrats bickered on stage midway through the first hour about generational change in the party, Harris jumped in with the one-liner of the night.   “Guys, you know what? America does not want to witness a food fight,” Harris said. “They wanna know how we’re gonna put on their table,” she added to loud applause.   The Thursday debate was the second in which a female candidate delivered a break-out performance. Harris prospered when it counted, as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) did on Wednesday.     In two hours, four candidates stood out on stage: Biden, Harris, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg. They managed to outpace six other aspirants in speaking time and engagement on the questions. Sanders stayed on message most of the night, playing many of the same hits he did during his 2016 bid about special interests and corporate greed.   Buttigieg played a key role in the health care debate in the opening hour, but he took a step back when he received the opening question of the second hour on the racial tensions that have embroiled South Bend in recent weeks after a police officer shot and killed an African American man. When asked why the racial composition of the city’s police force does not equal the percentage of African Americans in the city, he lamented that he “couldn’t get it done.”    The other debaters struggled to gain traction, including former tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang; author Marianne Williamson who said she could defeat Trump with “love”; Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.); former Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who repeatedly interrupted and talked over other candidates; and Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), who trained most of his fire on Trump.    The candidates who qualify under Democratic National Committee rules will next meet in Detroit on July 30 and July 31 for similar jousting to be moderated by CNN.    The Hill: Biden falters in Democratic debate. The Hill: Debate winners and losers. The Washington Post: Transcript of the Thursday debate. Dan Balz: Harris upstages Biden and Sanders with dominating performance. The New York Times: Kamala Harris makes the case that Joe Biden should pass the torch to her. David Brooks: Dems, please don’t drive me away. National Review: Kamala’s killer instinct, Biden’s glass jaw, and Williamson’s mesmerizing lunacy. South Bend Tribune: Buttigieg scores debate points, but eclipsed by Kamala Harris.

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LEADING THE DAY

SUPREME COURT: Justices dealt an interim blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to add a citizenship question to the census in time for the 2020 survey, ruling as the court’s term ended on Thursday that the government did not provide adequate justification to seek the new data.   Chief Justice John Roberts joined the liberal wing of the court in sending the controversial matter back to the Commerce Department to come up with a rationale more persuasive than its stated commitment to enforce the Voting Rights Act.   Those who oppose asking households about citizenship status maintain the question will have a chilling effect on the number and quality of responses and will wind up skewing a population survey that helps determine federal benefits and political representation over the span of a decade (The Hill).   Describing a “mismatch” in the administration’s paper trail between the Commerce Department and the Department of Justice, Roberts wrote that “the VRA [Voting Rights Act] enforcement rationale — the sole stated reason — seems to have been contrived.”   President Trump expressed exasperation and tweeted from Japan that his administration is not giving up.   “I have asked the lawyers if they can delay the Census, no matter how long, until the United States Supreme Court is given additional information from which it can make a final and decisive decision on this very critical matter,” Trump wrote, suggesting officials can provide another justification for satisfactory to the courts (The Hill).   “Can anyone really believe that as a great Country, we are not able the ask whether or not someone is a Citizen. Only in America!”   Under federal law, the census must begin next year on April 1. A former director of the Census Bureau told The Associated Press he believes Congress would have to change the law for the population count to be delayed, as the president suggested.   Gerrymandering: Conservatives were happier about a ruling Thursday in another much-anticipated case about challenges to boundaries for states’ congressional districts. The court’s conservative majority ruled that federal courts have no role to play in the dispute over the practice known as partisan gerrymandering.   Voters and elected officials should be the arbiters of what is a political dispute, Roberts said in his opinion for the court. The decision could embolden political line-drawing for partisan gain when state lawmakers undertake the next round of redistricting following the 2020 census (The Associated Press).    Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), a leading proponent of redistricting reform, said he and his allies on the issue will “continue to fight” what he says is a “national scandal” (The Hill).   Former Attorney General Eric Holder, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, said in a statement that “history will not be kind” to the Roberts court because it “has undermined voting rights and core Democratic principles in America.”    Richard L. Hasen: The Supreme Court’s green light to partisan gerrymandering will drag it down further into the mud. Charles Lane: Progressives should be glad they lost the Supreme Court gerrymandering case.  Leah Litman: The latest chapter in the Gorsuch-Kavanaugh saga is the most revealing yet. Emily Bazelon: The Supreme Court isn’t as naive as Trump hoped. Adam Liptak: After 14 years, Roberts takes charge.  Michael Wines: Why the Supreme Court’s rulings on Thursday have profound implications for American politics.   > High court vacancies: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Thursday that he would work with any Democratic president to get a hearing and a vote on a nominee to fill a potential Supreme Court vacancy. But the Senate majority leader said his conference would weigh the circumstances whenever a court seat is vacant.   “A lot of it depends on the timing of the vacancy. Obviously if you have a vacancy in the first year of a term of a president, you’re not going to fail to fill that vacancy for a very lengthy period of time, no matter what the political composition is,” McConnell told reporters (The Hill).   McConnell for a year prevented a confirmation hearing and Senate vote on former President Obama’s final nominee Judge Merrick Garland, following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The majority leader’s decision subsequently opened the door to Trump’s 2017 nomination of a conservative pick, Justice Neil Gorsuch.

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CONGRESS: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) did something Thursday that she hasn’t done much since she retook the gavel in January: She caved. 

Despite drum beats from the progressive wing of her party, Pelosi sided with the moderates and helped pass a clean version of the Senate’s $4.6 billion supplemental to address the crisis at the southern border after weeks of negotiations. 

As Juliegrace Brufke writes, the 305-102 vote marked a blow to Pelosi and liberal lawmakers who had demanded additional protections for migrant children, many of which were included in the House’s legislation. However with the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the agency responsible for caring for migrant children, on the verge of running out of funding to take care of migrants at the border and the likelihood that if the House didn’t pass the Senate bill, it would take at least 10 days to pass any bill due to the Fourth of July recess, the House passed the Senate’s version.

“We don’t need anyone, especially the U.S. Senate, to tell us what the needs are at the border,” Pelosi wrote in a “Dear Colleague” letter to her conference. “The children come first. At the end of the day, we have to make sure that the resources needed to protect the children are available. Therefore, we will not engage in the same disrespectful behavior that the Senate did in ignoring our priorities. In order to get resources to the children fastest, we will reluctantly pass the Senate bill.”

“As we pass the Senate bill, we will do so with a Battle Cry as to how we go forward to protect children in a way that truly honors their dignity and worth,” Pelosi wrote. 

Democrats voted in favor of the bill 129-95, while all but seven Republicans voted for it as well. Notably, seven members of leadership, six committee chairs and multiple key Pelosi allies all voted against the bill.

Trump is expected to sign the bill into law, something he wasn’t willing to do for the House version that was backed by the progressives. The Senate version passed the upper chamber on Wednesday 84-8.

Bottom line: This is a massive win for McConnell and House moderates, known also as the “front-liners,” who helped Democrats take back the House in November and one of their first opportunities where they’ve shown able to flex their muscle in the conference. It also comes at the expense of boisterous progressives who were on the short end of the stick Thursday and were not pleased about it. 

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), a co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, lit into the moderates over the push for the Senate bill and wondered on Twitter when the Problem Solvers Caucus had “become the Child Abuse Caucus.” The tweet was rebuked immediately by the moderates, with Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) confronting him on the House floor over it and telling reporters that Pocan made the comments “to get retweets.”

© Getty Images     > Iran vote: The Senate is voting today on an amendment from a pair of Democratic senators to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would block the president from using funding to carry out military action against Iran unless he has congressional approval. The amendment would be added to the bill retroactively if it passes.    According to Jordain Carney, the vote on the amendment, proposed by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), comes amid heightened tension between the U.S. and Iran and the president’s decision this month to stop a military strike against the Iranians after the country shot down a U.S. drone. Democrats had threatened to block the NDAA bill unless they were granted a vote on the amendment.   Republicans are confident they will be able to beat back the vote given that it will need 60 votes to pass, meaning Democrats will have to pick off 13 Republicans to pass the amendment.    “I don’t think it will get 60 votes,” Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) told The Hill. “I think it will have all of the Democrats. Democrats are disciplined, Republicans aren’t, we know that. And we know also that there are going to be a few Republicans that will join.”   Bottom line: Inhofe is right. There is no chance the amendment gets 60 votes.    The Senate’s NDAA package provides $750 billion in total spending, including $642.5 billion in base budget for the Pentagon and $23.3 billion for the Department of Energy’s national security programs. It also gives $75.9 billion for the overseas contingency operations fund, an account that does not fall under budget cap restrictions.   The Senate bill still must be reconciled with the House legislation, which stands at $733 billion. The House will take up their bill in July.    The Senate opened the vote on the amendment at 5:02 a.m. and it is expected to remain open throughout the day so senators participating in Thursday night’s debate can return to Washington and take part.   > Former special counsel Robert Mueller is being represented by Jonathan Yarowsky, a former special counsel for President Clinton and former House Judiciary Committee general counsel, as he readies for his appearance on Capitol Hill on July 17. Yarowsky is a former colleague at WilmerHale, his former law firm, and a registered lobbyist (Politico).

IN FOCUS/SHARP TAKES

Group of 20 summit & trade: Trump is eager for the Saturday sit-down planned with Chinese President Xi Jinping to try to revive trade negotiations that fell apart in May. The high-stakes discussion, which will take place on the sidelines of the G-20 gathering hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has been billed in world capitals as a positive sign, easing pressures in financial markets, although no detailed accord with China is expected anytime soon.   If Trump and Xi reboot negotiations, they could clear a path toward an eventual agreement to lift the tit-for-tat tariffs that raise prices for goods in both countries. But if the president emerges unsatisfied or empty-handed in Osaka after his meeting with Xi, the economic and political costs could be evident heading into an election year (The Hill).    CNBC: Ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting, China is not budging. The Wall Street Journal: Investors hope for trade progress. The Associated Press: “Don’t meddle in the election,” Trump jokingly tells Putin.

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OPINION

Past and current South Bend officials share responsibility for community’s failures, by Randy Kelly, opinion contributor, South Bend Tribune. https://bit.ly/2KGUVfV   Trump should drain the G-20 swamp, by James Roberts, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/2X9PmbL

WHERE AND WHEN

Hill.TV’s “Rising” program features Kim Wehle, a former assistant U.S. attorney and professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, to react to the Supreme Court term that ended Thursday, and presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) offers a post-debate interview with host Krystal Ball at 9 a.m. ET at http://thehill.com/hilltv or on YouTube at 10 a.m. at Rising on YouTube.   The House is out of session until July 9.     The Senate early this morning continued final voting on the defense authorization bill before plans to recess until July 8.   The president is participating in the two-day G-20 summit. On Friday in Japan, the first day of the international gathering, Trump has met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

ELSEWHERE

➔ NASA: Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday that NASA will send a rotorcraft lander to Saturn’s largest moon. “Our next New Frontiers mission, Dragonfly, will explore Saturn’s largest moon, Titan,” he announced in a video posted to Twitter, adding that Titan is the place in the solar system most comparable to early Earth (The Hill).   ➔ State Watch: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation on Thursday to suspend horse racing at the controversial Santa Anita Park racetrack where 30 horses have died in the past six months (The Hill).    ➔ Capital gains: The White House is developing a plan to cut taxes by indexing capital gains to inflation in a move that would largely benefit the wealthy and may be done in a way that bypasses Congress. White House officials would like to move quickly to ensure the projected tax benefits take effect while Trump campaigns for reelection (Bloomberg).   ➔ Investigations: Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty to state mortgage fraud charges in New York City on Thursday. The former Trump campaign chairman entered the plea at an arraignment in Manhattan while handcuffed and wearing a blue jail uniform. Manafort’s lawyer said that he plans to seek the dismissal of the charges, citing double jeopardy protections (The Associated Press).

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THE CLOSER

And finally …    High-fives to this week’s Morning Report Quiz Winners! When it comes to trivia about presidential debates, The Hill has some expert readers.   Quiz winners this week are William Mattingly, Donna Nackers, Craig Pyron, Rick Dunham (playing along from his laptop in China), Merrilee Cox, Dolina Millar, Shin Inouye, Manley Glaubitz, Susan Widmer, Peter Delloro, Tim Aiken, Hazel Rosenblum-Sellers, Cam Fine, Heather Ciandella, Itillery, David Bond, William Chittam, Ron Domingues, Jack Barshay, Elizabeth Murphy, John Donato, Mike Purdy, Joe McCluskey, Rick Zimmer, Bob Fowler, Candi Cee, Rich Gruber, Patrick Kavanagh, Rick Mito, David Straney, Randall S. Patrick, Luther Berg, Dara Erinashley, Jerry Kovar, Peter John, Arne Hendry, Rose DeMarco, Rose DeMarco and Buzz Watkins.   They knew that former President George H.W. Bush caused a stir during a town-hall style debate in 1992 when he checked his watch.   Immediately following the 1960 televised debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, radio listeners thought Nixon had won, but millions of TV viewers reacted unfavorably to Nixon’s five o’clock shadow and thin, sweaty appearance and gave the nod to Kennedy, the tanned, handsome senator.    Former Texas Sen. Lloyd Bentsen delivered one of the most effective and well-executed debate put-downs in modern politics against Dan Quayle when he said, “Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy.”    Hillary Clinton wrote in her recent memoir about an uncomfortable debate moment when Donald Trump loomed behind her on stage in 2016: “Maybe I have overlearned the lesson of staying calm, biting my tongue, digging my fingernails into a clenched fist, smiling all the while, determined to present a composed face to the world.”    During a town-hall-style debate with then-President Obama in 2012, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney got everyone’s attention when he boasted about having “binders full of women.”

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Democrats on Thursday seized on a Supreme Court decision they called a “green light” for partisan gerrymandering, pledging to redouble their efforts to win control of state governments, judicial appointments and the U.S. Senate. In fundraising appeals and calls to action, Democratic politicians and aligned groups outlined a series of moves they said would become the next stage of the battle over political maps, largely drawn by Republican-controlled legislatures in the past decade, that have entrenched GOP control of elected offices. “This decision is an insult to our democracy and yet another reason Democrats need to win in 2020 – not just the White House, but seats up and down the ballot across the country,” Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez said in a statement.Republicans, meanwhile, applauded the decision and called for vigilance against further efforts to use redistricting cases to chip away at GOP control. “Democrats will double down on flipping state Supreme Courts and bring more lawsuits to be heard by friendly judges they helped to elect,” said Scott Walker, a former Wisconsin governor and the national finance chairman of the National Republican Redistricting Trust. “Today’s decision is a great victory for our Constitution. Now, more than ever, we need all Republicans to join us or we will find ourselves gerrymandered into perpetual minorities by liberal state supreme courts.” Read More…

Rep. Duncan Hunter’s affairs with congressional staff raise sexual harassment concerns

Republican Party leaders have demurred on whether Rep. Duncan Hunter should resign in light of revelations that he pursued relationships with two congressional staffers, including one of his own aides. Read More…

Escobar pleads for empathy for migrants

Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas gave an impassioned speech on the House floor Thursday; her voice broke as she asked for a moment of silence to honor migrant parents and children who have died attempting to cross the border. Watch the video here…

House passes election security measure requiring cybersecurity safeguards, paper ballots

The House passed an election security measure Thursday that would require voting systems to use backup paper ballots in federal contests, while also mandating improvements to the higher-tech side of the polls. Read More…

House approves Senate version of border bill after Pelosi yields

The House cleared and sent to President Donald Trump the Senate version of supplemental aid legislation for strained border agencies dealing with a massive influx of migrants, ending a back-and-forth that threatened to upend lawmakers’ July Fourth recess plans. Read More…

Rep. Hunter calls accusation he drunkenly grabbed staffer’s behind ‘total baloney’

Rep. Duncan Hunter denied an accusation from a former Capitol Hill staffer who said he drunkenly asked for her number and put his hand on her behind in 2014. Read More…

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Read on » Biden Says Obama “Did A Heckuva Job” On Deporting ‘3 Million’ Illegals, Attacking Him Is Immoral By Shelby Talcott – Former Vice President Joe Biden said that former President Barack Obama did a great job in deporting ‘3 million’ illegal immigrants and that those without documents shouldn’t be the focus of deportation during Thursday’s Democratic debate. Biden announced that Obama ‘did a heckuva job’ during his presidency on deporting illegal … Biden Says Obama “Did A Heckuva Job” On Deporting ‘3 Million’ Illegals, Attacking Him Is Immoral 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 Quietly Signs Executive Order To Launch New Council On Affordable Housing To Battle Homeless Crisis By Audrey Conklin – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to establish a new council for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that focuses on affordable housing. The White House Council on Eliminating Barriers to Affordable Housing, chaired by HUD Secretary Ben Carson, will work with state and local governments … Trump Quietly Signs Executive Order To Launch New Council On Affordable Housing To Battle Homeless 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 » Border Protection Commissioner Resigns – Dems Won’t Give Trump Humanitarian Aid By Jim Clayton – Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner John Sanders has announced his resignation, effective July 5. The situation at the border is deteriorating and the man in charge is about to abandon ship. Conditions at border facilities have taken over the news cycle after Rep. Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) likened the facilities to Nazi concentration … Border Protection Commissioner Resigns – Dems Won’t Give Trump Humanitarian Aid is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Can We Please Stop the Democrat Socialist Party Charades? By Amanda Alverez – While growing up, I was taught a woman is either pregnant or not. There just isn’t any middle ground, is there? Is there any reason we shouldn’t apply that same logic to politics? Today, we are seeing a massive charade among our Political Party elites. We might even say they … Can We Please Stop the Democrat Socialist Party Charades? 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 28, 2019 By R. Mitchell – President Donald Trump will attend various meetings and events as part of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, this week. Keep up with Trump on CDN’s President’s Schedule Page. President Trump’s schedule for 6/28/19 All Times Local (JST) / EDT: 8:05 AM (FRI) / 7:05 PM (THURS) Depart overnight accommodations … President Donald Trump’s Schedule for Friday, June 28, 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 » Pelosi To Cave On Border Funding Battle, Will Allow Senate Bill On The Floor By Jason Hopkins – Faced with immense pressure from members of her own party, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will allow the Senate’s bipartisan border funding bill to be put on the floor for a vote. Instead of demanding more negotiations with the upper chamber of Congress and the White House, Pelosi will agree to … Pelosi To Cave On Border Funding Battle, Will Allow Senate Bill On The Floor 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 Floats Census Delay After Supreme Court Ruling On Citizenship Question By Kevin Daley – Trump Floats Census Delay After Supreme Court Ruling On Citizenship Question Kevin Daley on June 27, 2019 President Donald Trump proposed delaying the decennial census after the Supreme Court delivered a mixed decision Thursday mandating more fact-finding in the census citizenship question case. In a pair of tweets following the … Trump Floats Census Delay After Supreme Court Ruling On Citizenship Question is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Boeing’s 737 MAX Was Supposed To Return Soon, But FAA Found Another Glitch By Evie Fordham – The Boeing 737 MAX aircraft was supposed to return to the air sooner rather than later, but the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it is requesting an additional fix for the flaw that affected two planes involved in separate, deadly crashes within the last year. “Boeing agrees with the FAA’s … Boeing’s 737 MAX Was Supposed To Return Soon, But FAA Found Another Glitch 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 » Twitter Lays Ground Work For Potentially Down Ranking Some Of Trump’s Tweets By Chris White – Twitter announced Thursday that the company will begin labeling and down ranking politicians’ most vitriolic tweets, a move that could affect how President Donald Trump promotes his message. The new label applies to all verified political candidates and officials with more than 100,000 followers, Twitter noted in blog post. Users … Twitter Lays Ground Work For Potentially Down Ranking Some Of Trump’s Tweets 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 Debate 2019 – Grrr Graphics – Ben Garrison Cartoon By Ben Garrison – My impression of the first Democratic debate last night? They reminded me of the ‘non player characters’ (NPCs), something that was made into a meme last year—and instantly hated by the left. With a few variations, they all pretty much took the same stands on the issues. They all want … Democrat Debate 2019 – Grrr Graphics – Ben Garrison 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 » Report: Trump Insiders Want DHS Chief To Step Down By Jason Hopkins – Several Trump administration officials and other immigration-hawks outside the White House are pushing to remove Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan amid accusations of disloyalty. Immigration hardliners within President Donald Trump’s orbit want McAleenan ousted, according to several people within the administration and former officials within the Department of Homeland … Report: Trump Insiders Want DHS Chief To Step Down 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 » Contract Awarded for New Border Wall Project in the Rio Grande Valley By R. Mitchell – WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has awarded a contract to construct approximately four miles of new border wall system, consisting of four segments, located just south of Rio Grande City and La Grulla within U.S. Border Patrol’s … Contract Awarded for New Border Wall Project in the Rio Grande Valley 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 » E Jean Carroll Says She Has ‘Not Been Raped’ Following Trump Accusation By Shelby Talcott – Columnist E. Jean Carroll said she doesn’t consider herself to be a victim and has “not been raped” after she alleged President Donald Trump had sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. Carroll, 75, accused Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was 52 at a Manhattan Bergdorf Goodman dressing room. … E Jean Carroll Says She Has ‘Not Been Raped’ Following Trump Accusation 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 Supreme Court Just Ruled On The Census Citizenship Question By Kevin Daley – The Supreme Court ordered further proceedings in the dispute over a citizenship question on the 2020 census form Thursday, saying the Trump administration apparently concealed its true reason for adding the query. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the Court’s opinion, portions of which were unanimous. “It is rare to review … The Supreme Court Just Ruled On The Census Citizenship Question 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 » Left Handed – A.F. Branco Cartoon By A.F. Branco – Many feel that the AOC far left agenda will be front and center in the minds of the Democrat presidential candidates during their Debate. Political Cartoon by A.F. Branco ©2019. See more Branco toons HERE Left Handed – 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 » Kentucky’s Permit-Free Concealed Carry Law Goes Into Effect By Whitney Tipton – Kentuckians can officially conceal carry their guns without obtaining a permit as of Thursday. The law allows people to carry a gun inside a pocket or a purse without a permit if they are 21 and have obtained the gun legally, having passed the requisite background checks, WLWT reported. “Law-abiding … Kentucky’s Permit-Free Concealed Carry Law Goes Into Effect 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 Supreme Court Just Handed Down A Big Decision On Partisan Gerrymandering By Kevin Daley – In a decision with far-reaching implications for national politics, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal courts do not have power to review partisan gerrymandering claims. The decision was 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing for the conservative majority. Justice Elena Kagan led the liberal bloc in dissent. Gerrymandering … The Supreme Court Just Handed Down A Big Decision On Partisan Gerrymandering 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 Steals Show On Twitter During First Democratic Debate By Peter Hasson – President Donald Trump stole the show, at least on Twitter, during the first Democratic presidential debate Wednesday night. Trump was the most tweeted about politician during the debate, according to data released by Twitter’s government and elections team. 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Kamala Harris Goes for the Jugular of Sheepish Biden The 2020 Democratic debate roared on into its second night last night with a particularly dramatic exchange between California Senator Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden. After weeks of strife over Biden’s past as a senator, Harris took him on directly. (The Washington Examiner): “Tension erupted on the second night of the 2020 Democratic debate when Kamala Harris directed a poignant and personal statement directly to Joe Biden. Turning her head to look directly at the former vice president, the 54-year-old California senator said, “I will direct this at vice president Biden, I do not believe you are a racist and I agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground, but I also believe and it’s personal and it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senator who is built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country.” She continued, ‘It was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose busing. There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bused to school every day. That little girl was me.’ Indicating her attack on Biden, 76, was carefully planned, a photo of the California senator when she was six was tweeted out from her account.” The Kookiest Marianne Williamson Moments from the Debate The popular self-help author may not make it to the White House, but she added some levity to a tense night of Democratic debating with her…interesting ideas for America. (Talking Points Memo): On health care:“So many Americans have unnecessary chronic illnesses, so many more compared to other countries.”   On her first action as president:“My first call is to the prime minister of New Zealand, who said that her goal is to make New Zealand the place where it’s the best place in the world for a child to grow up. And I will tell her, ‘Girlfriend, you are so wrong.’ Because the United States of America is going to be the best place in the world for a child to grow up.”   On her strategy to defeat President Trump:“So Mr. President, if you’re listening, I want you to hear me please: You have harnessed fear for political purposes, and only love can cast that out. So I, sir, I have a feeling you know what you’re doing. I’m going to harness love for political purposes. I will meet you on that field, and sir, love will win.”   Nancy Pelosi Backs Down, Ocasio-Cortez still says “HELL NO” The House Democrats finally agree on a bill to alleviate border crisis. Though is not a total solution to the multitude of issues at the southern border, relief is on the way to the migrants and the agencies working to maintain civility and order at the border.(Fox News):   “A coalition of moderate Democrats and Republicans approved crucial border funding legislation late Thursday in the House, sending the $4.6 billion bill to President Trump’s desk for his expected signature — after Speaker Nancy Pelosi backed down from a push to include restrictions on immigration enforcement that could have scuttled the measure. In doing so, Pelosi risked a severe backlash from the progressive base calling for those measures, convinced that so-called “guardrails” must be imposed to prevent alleged abuses by border officials. But the speaker agreed to bring the bipartisan Senate-passed bill to a vote, without such restrictions, following intense pressure from Republicans and moderates in her own party. The Senate had demonstrated that bipartisan support by approving the bill 84-8 a day earlier, after rejecting an earlier House version.” “‘In order to get resources to the children fastest, we will reluctantly pass the Senate bill. As we pass the Senate bill, we will do so with a Battle Cry as to how we go forward to protect children in a way that truly honors their dignity and worth,’ she wrote in a letter to colleagues. 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FIRST READ: The first primary debates set up a huge general election question

MIAMI – Our takeaways from Debate Night Two: Kamala Harris excelled even before her clash with Joe Biden… Bernie Sanders was Bernie Sanders… Pete Buttigieg was solid… Joe Biden was uneven at best… And no one else really stood out.

But maybe the biggest conclusion from BOTH nights is how much more leftward/progressive/liberal the Democratic Party has moved since Barack Obama departed the Oval Office two and half years ago.

Most Democrats still love Obama, but their top 2020 presidential candidates – for the most part – have policies that go well beyond what the 44th president ever proposed.

Of the Top 4 Dem contenders – Biden, Sanders, Harris, Elizabeth Warren – Joe Biden was the only one who didn’t raise his hand when asked if they’d abolish private health insurance in favor of a government-run/single-payer plan.

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Last night, it appeared everyone raised his or her hand in saying their health plan would provide coverage for undocumented immigrants – which Obamacare currently doesn’t.

And much of last night’s stage joined Julian Castro and Cory Booker from Wednesday night in supporting making illegal border crossings a CIVIL instead of a CRIMINAL offense. (Harris made it a point in disagreeing with Obama’s recording in deporting undocumented immigrants.)

Even on the matter of race and Joe Biden, there was a significant contrast: Twelve years ago, Obama gave Biden a pass after being called “articulate,” “bright” and “clean.”

Yet last night – in her first debate of 2020 – Harris charged into Biden over his comment about working with segregationist senators in the 1970s, as well as his opposition to bussing policies.

Now, a lot has changed since Obama first ran for president in 2007, including the fact that Biden is now a frontrunner when he never was back then. 

But the question remains: Can a private-insurance-eliminating, decriminalizing-border-crossings Democrat win outside of California and New York?

Can it play well in Wisconsin or Arizona?

Or how about here in Florida? (Obama was the last major statewide Dem to win the state – twice.)

It’s very possible we’re going to find out a year and a half from now…

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Breaking down last night’s big moments

Harris vs. Biden

HARRIS: I’m going to now direct this at Vice President Biden, I do not believe you are a racist, and I agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground. But I also believe, and it’s personal — and I was actually very — it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country. And it was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose busing. And, you know, there was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bussed to school every day. And that little girl was me.

BIDEN: It’s a mischaracterization of my position across the board. I did not praise racists. That is not true, number one. Number two, if we want to have this campaign litigated on who supports civil rights and whether I did or not, I’m happy to do that.

[snip]

HARRIS: But, Vice President Biden, do you agree today — do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose bussing in America then? Do you agree?

BIDEN: I did not oppose bussing in America. What I opposed is bussing ordered by the Department of Education. That’s what I opposed. I did not oppose…

Buttigieg takes responsibility for almost all-white police force in South Bend

MADDOW: Your community of South Bend, Indiana, has recently been in uproar over an officer-involved shooting. The police force in South Bend is now 6 percent black in a city that is 26 percent black. Why has that not improved over your two terms as mayor?

BUTTIGIEG: Because I couldn’t get it done. My community is in anguish right now because of an officer-involved shooting, a black man, Eric Logan, killed by a white officer. And I’m not allowed to take sides until the investigation comes back. The officer said he was attacked with a knife, but he didn’t have his body camera on. It’s a mess. And we’re hurting. And I could walk you through all of the things that we have done as a community, all of the steps that we took, from bias training to de-escalation, but it didn’t save the life of Eric Logan. And when I look into his mother’s eyes, I have to face the fact that nothing that I say will bring him back.

First issue you’d pursue as president?

SWALWELL: Ending gun violence

BENNET: Combating climate change, economic mobility

GILLIBRAND: Family Bill of Rights

HARRIS: Tax cuts for the middle class

SANDERS: A political revolution

BIDEN: Defeating Trump

BUTTIGIEG: Fixing America’s democracy

YANG: $1,000 monthly dividend for every American

HICKENLOOPER: Combating climate change

WILLIAMSON: Calling the prime minister of New Zealand

The international relationship you want to reset?

WILLIAMSON: European leaders

HICKENLOOPER: China

YANG: China

BUTTIGIEG: Allies

BIDEN: NATO

SANDERS: United Nations

HARRIS: NATO

GILLIBRAND: Iran

BENNET: European allies and Latin America

SWALWELL: Breaking up with Russia, making up with NATO

2020 VISION: Post-debate travel

On the campaign trail today: On the campaign trail today: Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Kirsten Gillibrand, Julian Castro and John Hickenlooper visit Homestead, Fla… Joe Biden is with Jesse Jackson in Chicago… Bernie Sanders is in Ohio… Beto O’Rourke and Castro have events in Austin, Texas… And Jay Inslee is in Iowa.

DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is… 13.6 minutes

13.6 minutes. 

That’s how long former Vice President Biden spoke on the debate stage last night — the most of any candidate, according to the Washington Post. 

Here’s how much every other candidate on stage spoke over the past two nights. 

Harris: 11.9 minutes

Sanders: 11.0

Booker: 10.9

Buttigieg: 10.5

O’Rourke: 10.3

Warren: 9.3

Castro: 8.8

Klobuchar: 8.5

Bennet: 8.1

Ryan: 7.7

Gillibrand: 7.5

Gabbard: 6.6

Delaney: 6.6

de Blasio: 5.6

Hickenlooper: 5.2

Inslee: 5.0

Williamson: 5.0

Swalwell: 4.3

Yang: 3.0 

TWEET OF THE DAY: Meddle of Honor

SHAMELESS PLUG: The Chuck ToddCast from last night! 

Don’t miss the post-debate pod from the First Read team last night! 

ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss 

 Alex Seitz-Wald wraps last night’s most important points of conflict on health care and race. 

Here’s NBC’s fact-check of the night.

Trump — with a smile — told Vladimir Putin: “Don’t meddle in the election.”

Rex Tillerson says that Jared Kushner left him out of the loop in his talks with Saudis. 

For once, on Thursday, Trump was sidelined from the day’s biggest political news story. 

Debate over the latest border bill is sparking a nasty debate in the Democratic caucus. 

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LARRY J. SABATO’S CRYSTAL BALL

IN THIS ISSUE: – 2 Debates, 20 Candidates, 26 Hours – Center for Politics Wins Emmy for CHARLOTTESVILLE Documentary 2 DEBATES, 20 CANDIDATES, 26 HOURS And some words, more than one, on all the participants By Larry J. Sabato and Kyle Kondik Sabato’s Crystal Ball

Editor’s note: The Crystal Ball will be away next week for Independence Day. We wish all of you a safe and enjoyable holiday. — The Editors KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — Do not necessarily assume that this first debate will dramatically reshape the Democratic primary race. — The biggest moment from either night was almost certainly Kamala Harris’ attack on Joe Biden. — The leftward shift of many Democrats may be heartening to the president as he tries to turn a referendum election into a choice election. Referendum or choice in 2020? The opening two debates of what Democrats hope is the 2020 Donald Trump Demolition Derby are in the books. Ultimately, the polls and maybe the upcoming donation totals will tell us whether there were any clear winners, and whether the debate changed anything. We are now in what feels like a disorienting part of a four-year presidential cycle featuring a presidential incumbent. Even though any president is essentially the center of the American political universe — particularly Donald Trump, who insists on dominating the day-to-day news — he is strangely sidelined in the race that will produce his opponent. Other than the State of the Union, the regularly-scheduled big primetime political events of the next year — the debates, and the caucus and primary results — will not include him as a major participant, in all likelihood. On one hand, that’s great for the president: He has a clear path to renomination. On the other hand, Trump — like Barack Obama at this same point in the political calendar eight years ago — has to share the spotlight with a huge number of competitors. Then again, the president may enjoy what he’s hearing. Three of the leading candidates — Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Bernie Sanders — raised their hand when asked if they would abolish private insurance as part of a Medicare-for-all plan. One wonders if that would be a position that’s a bridge too far in a general election: a lesson of the last three decades seems to be that proposing change from the health care status quo is politically problematic. Republicans also will use the concept of providing health care coverage for undocumented people against the eventual Democratic nominee. The next election may be similar to the last couple of elections featuring incumbent presidents: 2004 and 2012. The incumbents those years, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, wanted the election to be a choice between them or their challengers; the challengers, John Kerry and Mitt Romney, respectively, wanted the election to be a referendum on the incumbent. Bush and Obama found enough cracks in their opponents that they avoided the kind of straight referendum that could have doomed either. Trump is clearly trying to make this election a choice, too; if it’s a referendum on him, he probably won’t win, given his middling approval ratings. It may be that the policies some of the Democrats support give Trump weapons to use as he tries to present the election as a choice. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves – the candidate who will emerge to be the alternative to Trump remains a mystery. Here’s what we thought of every candidate over the two nights of debates: THURSDAY NIGHT Vice President Joe Biden: The former vice president was the quasi-incumbent on stage. Standing right behind him was the outline of Barack Obama, still enormously popular among Democrats. Just as you would expect, Biden invoked Obama to good effect on several occasions, but Biden was forced to own his pre-vice presidential years all by himself. Biden escaped unmentioned and unharmed the first night, but once present, he wasn’t so lucky. Bernie Sanders made sure the audience recalled that Biden voted for the Iraq war and Sanders voted against. Michael Bennet clocked Biden for a compromise with Mitch McConnell that preserved the Bush tax cuts. But it was Kamala Harris who memorably confronted Biden about the vice president’s praise for segregationist senators with whom he had worked in his early Senate career (Biden denied his comments were praise). Harris powerfully reproached Biden for his opposition to school busing to achieve racial balance in the 1970s, noting that she had benefitted from busing. It was another time and place, and older observers (including one of us) recall that plenty of Democrats were damaged or defeated because of their support of busing, which was greatly unpopular among whites and also disliked by many blacks, because it limited extracurricular activities and resulted in many students leaving home very early and returning home after dark. But none of that matters now, and Biden is paying a price. Biden didn’t answer these criticisms well, and some of his staff privately said he hadn’t followed the script they’d devised. Yet while Biden didn’t soar, we doubt he was fatally damaged by any of this. Nonetheless, as frontrunner, Biden can look forward to many more attacks. Whether this sharpens Biden for the campaign against Trump (should he win the nomination) or deconstructs Biden on his way to losing the Democratic nod, we cannot guess. California Sen. Kamala Harris: As just suggested, Harris was widely viewed as the winner of the second night’s debate since she managed to corner Biden while most of her rivals steered clear of challenging the former vice president. Some critics found her to be too hard-edged, even mean, but that was not a view widely shared among Democratic pols and pundits. Simply put, Harris is a contender. We’ll be surprised if she doesn’t show movement in the next round of polls. Harris’s objective is clear. She needs to shake or split Biden’s strong African-American support so she can scoop it up (presumably, though Cory Booker and others have a different plan for those voters). At the very least, debate watchers in July and beyond are going to pay close attention every time she has the floor. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders: The irascible independent senator came off almost exactly the same as he did in the 2016 debates: Aggressively liberal and on message, and confident in his beliefs. The difference is that the surroundings around him have completely changed: He is no longer the sole alternative to Hillary Clinton, but rather just one of many options for Democratic voters. Elizabeth Warren and Sanders are going to come into conflict sooner rather than later given that they are directly competing for the same liberal bloc of the electorate. From that standpoint, the pair being split in this first round is only delaying what may be inevitable. New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: Gillibrand tried to inject some issues of importance to herself, and many Democrats, into the overall conversation, such as abortion rights, but it’s hard to see how her underwhelming candidacy will get a jolt from this first debate. South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg: “Mayor Pete” displayed many of the attributes — such as introspection and intellect — that won him attention and praise over the past several months and allowed him to surpass many Democratic pols with better resumes. He is often compared to Beto O’Rourke — his rise probably came at some expense to O’Rourke’s numbers — and Buttigieg impressed more than O’Rourke did on Wednesday (more on the former Texas Senate candidate below). However, it felt like the action in this debate was elsewhere, and his already very long odds of winning meaningful black support have not been helped by a recent officer-involved shooting in South Bend that he tried to show contrition for during the debate. For all of Buttigieg’s progress, he either needs to attract many more liberals to his side (and he may be blocked in doing so by Warren and Sanders) or many more black voters (where he is blocked by Biden and probably Harris and Booker, among others). So we’re struggling to find a path for him even as he ranks among the better-polling candidates. Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet: If the eventual Democratic nominee is someone other than a white male, Bennet may very well get a look as a running mate. He displayed both knowledge of the issues and a bit of fire and passion in discussing them; he also mixed it up with Biden to some positive effect, as noted above. Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper: Hickenlooper must be very frustrated because his credentials equal or exceed anybody else’s on stage, except for Joe Biden. He was a successful mayor of a major city, Denver, and then a durable, popular two-term governor of Colorado. Yet he hasn’t found his niche in this presidential race, and so far is a minor figure — a status very probably unchanged by the debate. Snappy soundbites are not his strength, nor is he inclined to interrupt others — normally praiseworthy but unhelpful in the dog-eat-dog world of politics. California Rep. Eric Swalwell: The debate was probably the first time most Americans have laid eyes on him, and the impression was likely favorable. Unlike most of the others, Swalwell is not afraid to lighten up a bit when the opportunity presents itself, and his responses are pointed and often effective. Like Buttigieg and Gabbard, he is young and uses that to his advantage, quoting Joe Biden (quoting John F. Kennedy) about “passing the torch to a new generation of Americans.” Having said all this, the California congressman doesn’t have the money or standing to become one of the top contenders, and his oxygen is being sucked away by fellow Californian Kamala Harris. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock: The successful vote-getter from Montana spoke to… oh wait, he actually wasn’t there. Instead… Former tech executive Andrew Yang: A single-issue candidate who seems to have devoted support in at least some corners of the Internet, Yang actually came across as a fairly normal and reasonable person pushing the idea of a universal basic income. That said, Yang also didn’t really stand out compared to the other nonpolitician on the stage… Author Marianne Williamson: Whatever we write about her will not be as funny as what the late-night shows and The Onion come up with. We will defer to them. WEDNESDAY NIGHT Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren: It seemed like she would dominate the debate in the early going, as the moderators routinely went back to her. But then she was largely ignored in the second half, although she closed the night with what we thought was a powerful concluding statement that encapsulated her worldview: government played a powerful role in her life, and can play a powerful role for others. Whether one agrees with her, she has a plan, or plans, to make government do precisely that, and she summed it up in 45 seconds effectively. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker: A couple of months ago, many of us were wondering why Warren’s campaign didn’t seem to be taking off. Now that Warren has emerged as one of the frontrunners, it’s been reasonable to wonder the same thing about Booker, who like Warren is a nationally prominent member of the Senate. Maybe Booker can get going following the first debate, when he got the most speaking time — though still only about 10 minutes out of two hours. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar: As much as anyone else, Klobuchar needs Biden to fall apart fast so she can try to step into the vacuum his collapse would create among the less liberal voters in the party. That she didn’t even get to share the stage with him may have been bad luck. Her contributions on the debate stage were perfectly fine, but not very memorable. Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro: Generally an inert presence in the campaign so far, Castro ended up getting a surprising amount of time and seemed to make the most of it. The Associated Press’s Alexandra Jaffe noted Thursday morning that Castro parlayed his well-reviewed debate showing into a bunch of additional media appearances. For successful candidates, the debates need to be a springboard to something else. Could it be for Castro? Has he now eclipsed his fellow Texan, O’Rourke, to inherit the money and votes in the Lone Star State? Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke: One of us has been arguing that O’Rourke had a real chance to shine during these crowded debates given his rhetorical talents. natural charisma, and experience debating Ted Cruz. It’s hard to argue that he did, at least in his first appearance. He appeared nervous and intimidated by Castro and de Blasio — not a presidential image, to be sure. Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: It is possible that Gabbard was a hidden winner of the evening, given that she ended up being the leading candidate in Google search trends on Wednesday. However, such searches do not necessarily equate support: Williamson, for instance, led on Thursday night. Here’s the thing: If Gabbard has true and growing support, we’ll look for it in the polls. We also thought she got the better of Tim Ryan during their back and forth on American involvement in Afghanistan, and there is undoubtedly a constituency on the left (and the right) for Gabbard’s anti-interventionist stances. Like any other candidate, if she does emerge a bit from the pack, she will face more scrutiny, both on her curious relationship with the Assad regime in Syria and her past anti-LGBTQ stances (both of which were mentioned during Wednesday’s debate). Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan: Speaking of Ryan, we thought he had some decent moments but didn’t quite nail his discussion of the Lordstown, OH GM plant closing (which essentially provides the rationale for his candidacy). Ryan did provide something different on stage — a candidate making an explicit argument about the Democratic Party’s decline with white voters in small towns and rural areas (a trend that was exacerbated by Trump but also precedes the incumbent’s presidential candidacy) — but it’s also hard to say Ryan made a lasting impression. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee: Climate change did not get much attention at the first debate. That’s probably not a great thing for the candidate who has premised his campaign around the topic. Remarkably, the only state governor on stage was unable to assert himself to grab his fair share of time because the moderates weren’t going to give it to him. His five minutes of airtime was smaller than any other participant that night. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio: We give de Blasio credit for one thing: The fringe candidates need to make their own time or else they will be ignored. De Blasio butted in whenever he could. That said, he seemed arrogant and pushy and, all in all, he didn’t come across as very appealing, and he made a boneheaded move on Thursday when he used a rallying cry associated with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in Miami, a city whose politics has long been influenced by anti-Castro Cuban exiles. Oops. Former Maryland Rep. John Delaney: Closing now? Yes, we are. OK, more fairly, Delaney had a lot to say from a moderate perspective and has honed his appeal during near constant-campaigning for many months, but he just didn’t seem to fit on this presidential stage. No offense, Rep. Delaney, we don’t fit either, and 99% of our fellow citizens wouldn’t make the cut.

CENTER FOR POLITICS WINS EMMY FOR CHARLOTTESVILLE DOCUMENTARY

By UVA Center for Politics

The University of Virginia Center for Politics’ latest documentary, CHARLOTTESVILLE, has received the Emmy Award for best Cultural/Topical Documentary from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The award was announced Saturday, June 22, 2019 at the 61st Capital Emmy Awards in Bethesda, MD. This is the fourth Emmy Award won by the Center for Politics and Community Idea Stations, which regularly partner to produce documentary films for public television on American politics and history. Directed by Paul Tait Roberts and produced by Center for Politics Director and UVA Professor Larry J. Sabato with Center for Politics Director of Programs Glenn Crossman, CHARLOTTESVILLE is the Center’s first two-hour documentary. It traces the tragedies of Aug. 11-12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia, all while asking “How could this happen in modern America?” Firsthand accounts by victims and witnesses who woke to find riots in their backyards and murder in their streets present a compelling account of the city and people of Charlottesville in the wake of shocking racial strife, religious bigotry, government blunders, and political equivocation. “This isn’t just a film about a terrible event in one small college town,” said Larry Sabato. “What happened in Charlottesville in August 2017 is a national disgrace, and our hope in making this film is to help the nation confront a cancer growing on our Republic. The film shows us what can happen anywhere in America if we don’t confront this era’s menacing malignancy of racial and religious hatred.” Through the use of first-hand accounts, CHARLOTTESVILLE offers local insight and perspective on the events that garnered national and international attention, prompting us to ask questions about who we are as a people, what we can learn from this experience, and how we can come together as a country. A trailer and additional information are available at https://ideastations.org/charlottesville#about Program support for CHARLOTTESVILLE was provided by the Virginia Foundation for Public Media and the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation. In 2017, the Center won Best Historical Documentary for Feeling Good About America, which explored the 1976 presidential election, which featured then-former California Gov. Ronald Reagan, little-known former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter, and incumbent President Gerald Ford all battling for the nation’s highest office. In 2013, the Center won Best Topical Documentary for Out of Order: Civility in Politics, which explores gridlock and hyper-partisanship in Congress. In 2014, the Center won Best Historical Documentary for The Kennedy Half Century. In 2015, Sabato’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), also entitled “The Kennedy Half Century,” was the first MOOC to be nominated by the National Academy for an Emmy for Best Instructional Programming. Out Now: The Blue Wave, the UVA Center for Politics’ book on the 2018 election Our new book on the 2018 midterm elections, The Blue Wave: The 2018 Midterms and What They Mean for the 2020 Elections, is now available from Rowman and Littlefield. Edited by University of Virginia Center for Politics Director Larry J. Sabato and Crystal Ball managing editor Kyle Kondik, The Blue Wave features top journalists, academics, and analysts who explore the 2018 midterm from all angles and look ahead to the monumental presidential election coming in 2020. Use code RLFANDF30 for 30% off at Rowman and Littlefield’s website. The Blue Wave features the following contributors and chapters: — Larry J. Sabato: The Blue Wave: Trump at Midterm — Alan I. Abramowitz: The Trump Effect: The 2018 Midterm Election as a Referendum on a Polarizing President — Rhodes Cook: The Primaries: Democrats Shine in the Shadow of Trump — David Byler: Humpty Dumpty’s Fall: How Trump’s Winning Presidential Coalition Broke Down in 2018 — Kyle Kondik: The House: Where the Blue Wave Hit the Hardest — James Hohmann: The Senate: The Republicans’ Bright Spot — Madelaine Pisani: The Governors: Democratic Wave Falls Short of a Wipeout — Michael Toner and Karen Trainer: The Money Wars: Emerging Campaign Finance Trends and Their Impact on 2018 and Beyond — Emily C. Singer: Women Rule: The Surge of Women in Congress — Theodore R. Johnson: Hindsight in 2020: Black Voting Behavior and the Next Presidential Election — Matt Barreto, Gary Segura, and Albert Morales: The Brown Tide and the Blue Wave in 2018 — Diana Owen: Presidential Media and the Midterm Elections — Joshua T. Putnam: Foresight is 2020: New Features of the Democratic Delegate Selection Rules — Sean Trende: Was 2018 a Wave Election? Read the fine print Learn more about the Crystal Ball and find out how to contact us here. Sign up to receive Crystal Ball e-mails like this one delivered straight to your inbox. Use caution with Sabato’s Crystal Ball, and remember: “He who lives by the Crystal Ball ends up eating ground glass!”

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06/28/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Winners & Losers; ‘Base-Only’ Perils; Quote of the Week By Carl M. Cannon on Jun 28, 2019 08:36 am Hello, it’s Friday, June 28, 2019, the day of the week I offer a quotation intended to be inspirational. Today’s comes from a young man who played in only one Major League Baseball game, never even getting a chance to hit. Or, rather, it comes from a fictional portrayal of that ballplayer as an old man looking back on his life without regret. I am talking, of course, about Moonlight Graham, from “Field of Dreams.” I’ll set the stage and provide Graham’s iconic words of wisdom, 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: * * * The Debate’s Winners and Losers. Tom Bevan and Phil Wegmann assess the two-night affair. Candidate by Candidate: Did the Performances Matter? Sean Trende has this analysis. How GOP Insiders View Trump’s “Base-Only” Strategy. Myra Adams sought experts’ feedback on the president’s decision not to court swing voters. Science as Political Orthodoxy. Peter Schwartz takes exception to media characterizations of those who question climate forecasts. Sanctions on Russia-Germany Gas Pipeline Could Backfire. In RealClearEnergy, Jude Clemente spotlights the potential unintended consequences of two bills in Congress. Five Facts: The Growth of Digital Currency. No Labels has this primer in RealClearPolicy. Forget Free College — Let’s Talk About Apprenticeships. In RealClearEducation, Patrice Onwuka urges the presidential candidates to focus on helping young people who can’t, won’t, or shouldn’t go to college. The Daring, Nearly Disastrous Raid on Ploesti. In RealClearHistory, Steve Feinstein revisits a World War II attack on German-run oil refineries in Romania.  * * * On this date 114 years ago, the New York Giants defeated Brooklyn, pushing their lead in the pennant race to seven-and-a-half games over Pittsburgh. Famed Giants manager John McGraw decided if the next day’s game went the same way, he’d give his new rookie some action. The player was a speedster with a strong arm whose given name was Archibald W. Graham. Ahead 10-0 the following afternoon, McGraw put Graham in right field. He played two innings, but didn’t get to bat: He was on deck in the ninth when the third out was made. Many players over the years have had a “cup of coffee” in the big leagues. What makes this one so special? Many things, as we’ll see, but it should be noted that nobody outside of his family and the small Minnesota mining town of Chisholm knew Moonlight Graham’s name until an enchanting baseball novel titled “Shoeless Joe” came along in 1982. Author W.P. Kinsella had unearthed the details of Archie Graham’s unusually brief career and his post-baseball life as a family physician in the Iron Range and used him as a pivotal character to move the story’s plot along. In real life, not many rookies have nicknames, but this one did. Sportswriters called him “Doc Graham,” while other players seem to have used “Moonlight” Graham. One contemporary account in a New York newspaper said he was known as Moonlight “because he is supposed to be as fast as a flash.” This seems a stretch. A more likely explanation to me is that “Moonlight” derives from the same source as “Doc” — Archie Graham was in medical school while playing minor league baseball. He was “moonlighting” in medicine. Many details of the man’s life are lost in the mists of memory, even the date of his birth. The Baseball Almanac says Nov. 12, 1877, while his own gravesite says 1876. The only full-length biography of the man has him being born in 1879. This later date makes more sense; he’d have been 25 in the summer of 1905, instead of 28, which seems less likely. But nobody knew during his lifetime that this discrepancy would matter because they couldn’t have known that a Canadian novelist would resurrect Graham’s career, or that Burt Lancaster would bring him to life on screen in “Field of Dreams,” the motion picture made from Kinsella’s book. If you haven’t read the book or seen the movie, I won’t spoil it for you. (For those who do know the story, here’s a clip of that great scene in Chisholm when protagonist Ray Kinsella meets Doc Graham; and here’s the one in Iowa in which Doc saves the life of Ray’s daughter Karin.) But I promised you a quotation, didn’t I? Before I get to that, I need to also mention that another film was made about Doc Graham’s life. This one was a documentary produced by the Mayo Clinic in the aftermath of “Field of Dreams’ ” success. Narrated by baseball announcing immortal Vin Scully, it covers Doc Graham’s medical career. It tells how he arrived in Chisholm not knowing a soul — perhaps the only man in history to move to the Iron Range because of its weather, believing its air would be good for an asthmatic condition he’d developed. It documents how he stayed there the rest of his life, marrying a local girl, and serving four decades as the doctor for the local school system. Doc Graham had a reputation for slipping eyeglasses into the pockets of children who couldn’t afford them and he was advanced enough in his medical knowledge to minimize the town’s death rate from a 1910 typhoid outbreak and the 1918 influenza epidemic. In addition, during visits to the Mayo Clinic for his own respiratory problems, he shared his research on hypertension in children. His theories about monitoring and treating high blood pressure in young people stood the test of time and were adopted widely. The fictionalized version of Moonlight Graham saved one little girl from choking on a hot dog. The real Doc Graham helped save hundreds, possibly thousands, of kids. In a poignant scene in both “Shoeless Joe” and “Field of Dreams,” Ray Kinsella passionately laments the brief time that Moonlight Graham spent in the majors. “Fifty years ago, for five minutes you came within — you came this close,” says Ray in the movie version. “It would kill some men to get so close to their dream and not touch it. God, they’d consider it a tragedy.” Neither the novelist nor the screenwriter fully knew the truth of the ensuing dialogue they assigned to Doc Graham. “Son, if I’d only gotten to be a doctor for five minutes,” he replied, “now that would have been a tragedy.” And that’s your quote of the week.  Carl M. Cannon   Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com Having trouble viewing this email? | [Unsubscribe] | Update Subscription Preferences  Copyright © 2019 RealClearHoldings, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email becuase you opted in at our website. Our mailing address is: RealClearHoldings666 Dundee RoadBldg. 600Northbrook, IL 60062 Add us to your address book

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• Why Medicare-for-All, including 11 million illegal immigrants, is untenable
• Kamala Harris reversed her reversal of her reversal on abolishing health insurance
• The Pro-Liberty Right needs to present a sane vision for the future
• Trying to track with AOC’s border funding arguments is like dividing by zero
• Bill de Blasio flat-out lies to try to cover for his Che Guevara flub in Miami
• John Roberts is now the 2nd most powerful man in DC, and that should scare you
• As Pelosi betrays leftists to pass bipartisan border bill, the battle with AOC officially begins
• Once Upon a Time in Washington D.C.

Why Medicare-for-All, including 11 million illegal immigrants, is untenable Posted: 28 Jun 2019 05:41 AM PDT There is no way to defend it. Medicare-for-All, which would bring an end to private health insurance, would be quite literally the end of America as we know it. Obamacare was bad, but it was never the catastrophic demise of a free society that many conservatives thought it would be back in 2010. It was […] The post Why Medicare-for-All, including 11 million illegal immigrants, is untenable appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Kamala Harris reversed her reversal of her reversal on abolishing health insurance Posted: 27 Jun 2019 10:19 PM PDT Senator Kamala Harris was all in for Obamacare and a public option for health insurance. Then, after her campaign started seeing the field veer left, they had her come out in her first public statement as a candidate by denouncing all health insurance. The following month, she reversed that reversal in an interview with Jake Tapper. […] The post Kamala Harris reversed her reversal of her reversal on abolishing health insurance appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

The Pro-Liberty Right needs to present a sane vision for the future Posted: 27 Jun 2019 09:56 PM PDT The authoritarian socialist Left is self-destructing, we of the Pro-Liberty Right need to present a sane alternative. Last night the first Democratic debate of the 2020 campaign took place and unsurprisingly, they somehow managed to move even further Left. Taking their places among the crowded space on the far-left of the political spectrum with Leftist […] The post The Pro-Liberty Right needs to present a sane vision for the future appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Trying to track with AOC’s border funding arguments is like dividing by zero Posted: 27 Jun 2019 05:27 PM PDT Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes no sense. Those who are unwilling to admit it are simply her fans who act as if their empress has clothes when in reality her arguments are laid bare through the lens of logic. But don’t tell her about logic. Who cares about logic when you have feelings to promote. I was […] The post Trying to track with AOC’s border funding arguments is like dividing by zero appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Bill de Blasio flat-out lies to try to cover for his Che Guevara flub in Miami Posted: 27 Jun 2019 04:02 PM PDT New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is an idiot and is hopeful everyone else is as well. Let’s just go ahead and start with that premise and work our way down from there, following the same direction that his campaign and his presidential chances are heading. Today, the mayor was trying to rally support […] The post Bill de Blasio flat-out lies to try to cover for his Che Guevara flub in Miami appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

John Roberts is now the 2nd most powerful man in DC, and that should scare you Posted: 27 Jun 2019 03:32 PM PDT With some very notable exceptions, Chief Justice John Roberts has generally voted with originalists. His departures were few but famous; Obamacare is still alive and well today because he sided with the progressives in the Supreme Court. But once Justice Anthony Kennedy was replaced by Brett Kavanaugh, Roberts suddenly became the man in the middle. […] The post John Roberts is now the 2nd most powerful man in DC, and that should scare you appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

As Pelosi betrays leftists to pass bipartisan border bill, the battle with AOC officially begins Posted: 27 Jun 2019 02:37 PM PDT Pundits are hailing the quick retreat by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as a sign she succumbed to GOP pressure from the Senate, but her new willingness to reluctantly pass the border funding bill without restrictions came down to two things: pressure from moderates in her own caucus and the political calculation that failing […] The post As Pelosi betrays leftists to pass bipartisan border bill, the battle with AOC officially begins appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Once Upon a Time in Washington D.C. Posted: 27 Jun 2019 01:47 PM PDT Once upon a time, Supreme Court justices cared about the truth and the law. That doesn’t mean that they all agreed on everything. If they did, every decision would have been unanimous. But reasonable people can disagree. In particular, when the language of the law isn’t totally obvious, reasonable jurists will find different ways to […] The post Once Upon a Time in Washington D.C. appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

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AOC IMPLODES: Ocasio-Cortez Says Republicans Running ‘Torture Project’ Along US-Mexico Border Controversial Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doubled-down on her ‘Concentration Camp’ comments Thursday; telling reporters the Republican Party is running a “torture project” along the US-Mexico border. “How do you respond to Republicans who are talking about physical barriers being part of any package that deals with the actual crisis in terms of the traffic coming across?” asked a reporter from the Intercept. “If they want to do that, that’s fine… but they should not be using a humanitarian crisis as a bargaining chip to make sure they pursue their little torture project,” fired-back Ocasio-Cortez.

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Pelosi Caves to GOP, Will Support Bipartisan Border Bill, Progressives ENRAGED Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi caved to mounting pressure from Republicans, moderates, and centrist Democrats Thursday; saying she will support a bipartisan border funding bill despite widespread opposition from progressives in her own party.“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi abruptly backed down Thursday from her push to include restrictions on immigration enforcement in a…

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DEVELOPING: Four Suspected ISIS MEMBERS Arrested in Central America, En Route to USA At least four suspected members of the Islamic State were arrested in Nicaragua this week; raising serious questions and concerns over foreign agents’ ability to enter the United States through the US-Mexico border.“Four suspected members of the Islamic State terror group were captured by authorities in Nicaragua on Tuesday after entering the country illegally from Costa…

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