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THE DAILY SIGNAL

Jul 03, 2019

Good morning from Washington, where progressives dream of bending the Supreme Court to their will. One new proposal is flat-out unconstitutional, Thomas Jipping writes. President Trump eyes reducing the homelessness he attributes to liberal policies, Fred Lucas reports, while his education secretary gets unexpected support on charter schools, Josh Nelson discovers. Plus: Olivia Enos on China’s re-education cams, Walter Williams on the uncivilized left, and Jarrett Stepman on Nike’s giving the boot to Betsy Ross. On this date in 1775, George Washington takes command of the Continental Army.

	Commentary Nike’s Betsy Ross Flag Freak-Out Shows Moral Inconsistency of Left In the same week that Nike pulls the Betsy Ross “flag” sneaker, the company cuts ties with brand designer Jun Takahashi after he expresses support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. More Commentary ‘Rotating’ Supreme Court Justices Would Be Unconstitutional “I do believe that constitutionally we have the power to rotate judges to other courts. And that brings in new blood into the Supreme Court,” says Sen. Bernie Sanders. More News Tussle Over Charter Schools Puts These NAACP Branches on Side of Betsy DeVos The NAACP’s support for a moratorium on new charter schools across America has put the nation’s oldest civil rights group at odds with three of its local branches—and in California, of all places. More Analysis Podcast: The Truth About Money and Politics “Jeb Bush would be president today if money mattered,” says Scott Walter of the Capital Research Center. More Commentary The Disturbing Nature of China’s ‘Thought Transformation’ Camps In addition to “thought transformation,” people in these facilities must undergo Mandarin lessons, self-criticism sessions, forced labor, and torture. More News ‘This Is the Liberal Establishment’: As Homelessness Rises in Major Cities, Trump Speaks Out “The president has taken notice of the homelessness crisis, particularly in cities and states where the liberal policies of overregulation, excessive taxation, and poor public service delivery are combining to dramatically increase poverty and public health risks,” a White House spokesman tells The Daily Signal. More Commentary Why the Left Targets Western Civilization Joe Biden, criticizing sexual assault, said, “This is English jurisprudential culture, a white man’s culture,” adding, “It’s got to change.” More

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is at risk of forfeiting top-tier candidate status in the 2020 Democratic primary race as rivals surge past him in new polls.    After starting the year in surveys as a close second behind former Vice President Joe Biden (D), who has also faltered since last week’s Democratic debate, Sanders is experiencing a precipitous downfall, underscored by a new Suffolk University poll in Iowa that shows him with 9 percent support.   Recall that in Iowa in 2016 during the Democratic primary, Sanders, with 49.6 percent of the vote, came close to defeating Hillary Clinton, who won with 49.8 percent of the tally in the first-in-the-nation contest.   As Jonathan Easley writes, Sanders’s path to the nomination is growing tougher by the day, largely due to challenges from Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), both of whom are competing with Sanders for support from progressive voters. Another national poll released on Tuesday showed Sanders in fourth place behind Biden, Harris and Warren.    “In 2016, he benefited from being the only alternative to the establishment candidate,” said Jon Reinish, a Democratic strategist. “In 2020, the entire political world has changed except for him. His biggest problem right now is that he looks like a candidate of the past, and that’s not a good place to be.”   Nonetheless, Sanders remains among the top contenders and is one of five candidates with a plausible path to the nomination. But he risks a slow fade from the pack as some Democrats look for a fresh face who might defeat President Trump and recapture a 2020 version of the magic that propelled Sanders to claim a grassroots “movement” and “revolution” in 2016.   While Sanders looks to get back on track, others in the field are dealing with more substantial issues that could lead to their 2020 demise. Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s (D) campaign is facing major problems as many of his top staffers, including his campaign manager, communications director, digital director and finance director, have left or plan to leave in the near future, according to Politico.   Additionally, members of his senior staff have urged him to drop out of the presidential race as he fails to gain traction with primary voters and struggles with fundraising, including only $1 million raised in the second fundraising quarter, and to run for Senate against Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.). The fundraising total is not only miles behind other presidential candidates but also on par with or behind some Democratic Senate and House candidates. Hickenlooper publicly blamed his departed staffers in an interview for his fledgling campaign.   “We thought it was time to make a change,” he told MSNBC’s Craig Melvin. “You know, these campaigns are long, hard campaigns and you don’t always get it right with the first team.”   While Hickenlooper’s fundraising total was underwhelming, political watchers continue to wait to see how 2020 Democrats fared during the quarter. Only two 2020 candidates on the Democratic side have released their totals: South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D), who posted a $24.8 million haul, and Sanders, who announced Tuesday that he raised $18 million, with $30 million in cash on hand. On the other side of the aisle, the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee announced that they raised an eye-popping $105 million total between the two operations.    Trump is continuing to highlight the plans by Democratic candidates to expand health insurance to people in the country illegally, a two-pronged attack on Medicare expansion proposals and illegal immigration.    As Jessie Hellmann reports, Democrats argue Americans are already paying for health care for people here illegally when they go to emergency rooms. But Trump sees the proposals as a way to further motivate his base on the issue of illegal immigration and “socialized” health care, which his campaign and other Republicans have used throughout the nascent 2020 cycle.    The Associated Press: Trump transforms 2020 immigration debate — for Democrats.   The Atlantic: Holding Democrats to the Trump standard.   NBC News: Harris stunned Biden. But can she meld together a winning (Obama) coalition?   The New York Times: Here are the Democrats at risk of not making the July debates.

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LEADING THE DAY

CONGRESS: House Democrats launched their latest push to obtain the president’s tax returns on Tuesday as the House Ways and Means Committee filed a lawsuit against the Treasury Department amid the administration’s efforts to block their release.   The panel, headed by Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.), filed a complaint against the department and the Internal Revenue Service in federal court in Washington, asking the court to order the defendants to comply with Neal’s subpoenas and a section of the federal tax code (The Hill).   This is the first time House Democrats have gone to court themselves to obtain such records after repeatedly requesting the IRS to release the returns directly.    Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin rejected Neal’s request in May, saying that it lacked a legitimate legislative purpose. Neal then moved forward with subpoenas to Treasury and the IRS for the returns, which Mnuchin also refused to comply with.   “Due to that noncompliance, the Committee is now pursuing this matter in the federal courts,” Neal said in a statement.

© Getty Images     > Dems at the border: Anger continued to grow from House Democrats on Tuesday after 21 lawmakers visited facilities in Clint, Texas that are being used as migrant shelters along the southern border.    Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) tweeted photos and videos of Monday’s visit, saying that they underlined concerns that the centers are overcrowded and those in the facilities are dealing with inhumane conditions.   In some of the photos and videos, women could be seen sitting on the floor. One said that she was denied medicine, while another said her daughter had been taken from her (The Hill).   “Our border patrol system is broken,” Castro tweeted. “And part of the reason it stays broken is because it’s kept secret. The American people must see what is being carried out in their name.”   House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) announced the panel will hold a hearing next Friday on treatment of migrant children and conditions at the facilities.   Cummings invited acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan and acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan to testify at a hearing on July 12. Neither confirmed they will appear, according to the committee.    “The Trump Administration’s actions at the southern border are grotesque and dehumanizing,” Cummings said in a statement Tuesday (The Hill).   The Hill: Democrats on high alert to block any funding for Trump’s border wall.   Roll Call: Department of Homeland Security faces pressure to accept diapers, soap donations for detained migrants.

IN FOCUS/SHARP TAKES

WHITE HOUSE & ADMINISTRATION: The administration said Tuesday it will drop a proposed new citizenship question from the 2020 census, which the president has vigorously defended, days after the Supreme Court ruled against the government’s rationale for including the question (The Hill). Trump initially said he asked government lawyers to explore postponing the population survey conducted every 10 years as the government neared a census printing deadline.   The Associated Press: The census is being printed without a question about citizenship status.   > Federal Reserve: The president tweeted on Tuesday that he will nominate economists Christopher Waller and Judy Shelton to vacancies at the nation’s central bank, selecting more traditionally credentialed nominees after encountering a dearth of Senate GOP enthusiasm for earlier conservative choices, Herman Cain and Stephen Moore, who withdrew their nominations earlier this year. Progressive groups immediately took aim at Shelton, calling her policy perspectives “extreme” (The Wall Street Journal).     > Trump’s Fourth: The president on Thursday will deliver remarks at a “Salute to America” in front of the Lincoln Memorial, inserting himself into the longstanding Independence Day festivities in Washington, D.C., that have remained largely apolitical for decades. Trump’s grand vision for the event has increased costs, created logistical complications and prompted onlookers to worry that the president will co-opt a holiday associated with national unity and turn it into a de facto campaign rally. Trump’s insistence on displaying military tanks near the Lincoln Memorial has many shaking their heads that he has conflated patriotism with nationalism (The Hill).   The Washington Post: Funding for the “Salute to America” in the nation’s capital on Thursday includes $2.5 million in diverted park fees from the National Park Service.   NBC4: Among counter-communications in Washington on Thursday will be the Baby Trump Blimp, which Code Pink is permitted to fly near the Washington Monument.

© Getty Images     > Trump vs. the press: The president tweeted negatively about the news media 25 out of 30 days in June, the most for a single month during his presidency so far, according to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker. From Trump’s inauguration through the end of last month, he posted 791 negative tweets about the media in 893 days. Since announcing his candidacy for president in June 2015, Trump has tweeted negatively about the press 1,537 times in 1,477 days, a technique that appeals to his base of supporters. The tracker does not include public remarks Trump frequently utters about “fake news,” “the enemy of the state” and his challenges devoid of any corrections about reporting he does not like. For example, he told President Andrzej Duda of Poland at the White House on June 12 that “much of the media unfortunately in this country is corrupt. I have to tell you that, Mr. President.”     > Pentagon: The White House is suddenly racing to install a permanent secretary of defense. Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Trump’s pick for the top post, is not permitted to serve in his current role beyond July 30. The administration and the Senate have little time to confirm a secretary and Esper will have to temporarily step aside during the confirmation process because he is not permitted to serve as acting secretary while his nomination is under Senate consideration (The Hill).    > Vice President Pence canceled his appearance at a New Hampshire opioid event on Tuesday for an unspecified emergency the White House declined to describe (The Hill).   Fox News: Pence’s office tight-lipped about reason for abrupt cancellation: “Something came up.”

OPINION

Has Trump delivered for the little guy? By Albert Hunt, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/2KTEvAY    How to respond to the Nike flag sneaker recall: ‘Just don’t buy it’, by Jonathan Turley, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/328Tqg6

WHERE AND WHEN

Hill.TV’s “Rising” program features Amb. Joseph Detrani, former U.S. special envoy for six-party talks with North Korea, to react to the president’s trip to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ); Edgar Chen, a former attorney adviser at the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Barry Robinson, former chief counsel for economic affairs at the Department of Commerce, to discuss the Supreme Court’s census ruling; and Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a key figure in former special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, in the second of a three-part series at 9 a.m. ET at http://thehill.com/hilltv or on YouTube at 10 a.m. at Rising on YouTube.   The House will get back to work on July 9.     The Senate is in recess until July 8.   The president will have lunch with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at 12:45 p.m.   Economic indicators: The Bureau of Economic Analysis releases a report at 8:30 a.m. on international trade in goods and services during May.

ELSEWHERE

➔ Tech: Chinese authorities in the Xinjiang region are forcing visitors and tourists to install phone malware that gives authorities access to their text messages and data, according to a reporting collaboration by Motherboard, Süddeutsche Zeitung, The Guardian, The New York Times and German public broadcaster NDR (Vice).    ➔ State & City Watch: “Restorative justice” — a guided conversation between a juvenile who has broken the law and a victim on the other side of the crime — is winning converts in Washington, D.C., as an alternative to prosecution of some young offenders (NPR). … Illinois’s gasoline tax jumped overnight on Monday from 19 cents per gallon to 38 cents (NBC Chicago).   ➔ Nike just won’t do it: Nike Inc. on Tuesday stood by its decision to pull its Fourth of July sneakers from stores, a move criticized by some conservative lawmakers who said political correctness has gone too far. The shoes display a “Betsy Ross flag,” which represents the original 13 American colonies. More stars were added in 1795, after Vermont and Kentucky joined the nation. Nike weighed complaints that some extremist groups have appropriated the Betsy Ross flag as a symbol of opposition to diversity. “We regularly make business decisions to withdraw initiatives, products and services. Nike made the decision to halt distribution of the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July based on concerns that it could unintentionally offend and detract from the nation’s patriotic holiday,” the company said in a statement (Bloomberg). Despite the recall, one pair of shoes made it onto eBay on Tuesday night. Early Wednesday, they were taken off the site, but not before the high bid for the pair reached $52,000.    ➔ Eclipse: Sweeping darkness across the South Pacific and into Chile and Argentina, a total solar eclipse attracted hundreds of thousands of awed tourists to the region on Tuesday (The Associated Press). The region had not seen an eclipse since 1592 (Reuters).

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THE CLOSER

And finally …  ✍✍  29,000 students from across the country in grades four to 12 entered a Library of Congress national writing competition, which asked them to write to an author about how his or her work affected their lives to try to capture prizes worth up to $2,000. Nine young readers who are accomplished letter-writers walked away with the loot this week!   Judges chose outstanding entries for each state and in three levels (grades four to six; grades seven to eight; and grades nine to 12) before prize winners were named. The recipients of the National Prize each won $2,000, and National Honor Award winners received $500 for composing standout letters about literature.    (Check out the books and authors that inspired the young contestants — be impressed!)   Xander Sánchez of Honolulu, Hawaii, won the top National Prize in grades four to six for writing to Theodore Gray, author of “The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe.”   Evan Kotick of Seville, Ohio, who wrote to Michael Lewis, author of “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game,” and Ilaria Luna of Washington, D.C., who wrote to Marsha Skrypuch, author of “Stolen Child,” each won National Honor prizes for grades four to six.   Yael Epstein of Carmel, Ind., who wrote a letter to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author of “Infidel,” and Thea Millenson-Wilens of Mount Tremper, N.Y., who wrote to Gayle Forman, author of “If I Stay,” each won a National Prize for students in grades seven and eight.    Saimaa Widi of Cheyenne, Wyo., who wrote to Olivia Vella, author of “Why Am I Not Good Enough?” captured a National Honor Award for grades seven and eight.   Amatullah Mir of Hickory Hills, Ill., won the National Prize for grades nine to 12 for an entry written to Sana Amanat and G. Willow Wilson, authors of “Ms. Marvel Series.”   And Colton Schons of Spokane, Wash., who wrote to Paul Murray, author of “Skippy Dies,” and Tejal Pendekanti of Westlake, Ohio, who wrote to Gloria Anzaldúa, author of “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” each won National Honor Awards for grades nine to 12.   The 2018-19 contest was promoted to young readers and writers by the Library’s Center for the Book and supported by a grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and other donations.

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POLITICO PLAYBOOK

POLITICO Playbook: Trump plots a Mueller Day diversion

By JAKE SHERMAN, ANNA PALMER and DANIEL LIPPMAN 

07/03/2019 05:47 AM EDT

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DRIVING THE DAY

COUNTERPROGRAMMING … CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: “Trump plans rally in Greenville, NC, on day Mueller is set to testify,” by Noah Feit: “The Keep America Great rally is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Only two tickets per person are available for those registering to attend the Greenville rally, according to the website. Williams Arena is on the campus of East Carolina University and has a capacity of 8,000 for basketball games.” Charlotte Observer

SURGING KAMALA, REELING BIDEN — Here’s how Sen. KAMALA HARRIS has done in the latest major polls since last week’s debate, reflecting her breakout performance in Miami: Quinnipiac University national poll: +13 since June … USA Today/Suffolk University Iowa poll: +9 since June … CNN/SSRS national poll: +9 since May. NYT’s Matt Stevens has more

— Per Quinnipiac, “Biden hits his lowest number yet in the Democratic primary race with 22 percent of the vote among Democrats and Democratic leaners.”

— WHAT’S UP WITH BERNIE? He still has a strong base of support, but his numbers seem to be flatlining, falling to just 9% in Suffolk’s new Iowa poll. Vox’s Andrew Prokop notes: “[T]his is the worst showing for Sanders in any Iowa poll all year — it’s the only time he’s dropped down to single digits.” Vox

— NO BUENO FOR THE GENTLEMAN FROM EL PASO: “Beto O’Rourke says he’s not aware of his fundraising numbers,” by David Siders in Ames, Iowa

SPOTTED: Mick Mulvaney and Reince Priebus waiting out the rain delay Tuesday night at Nats Park in the Budweiser Brew House. Justice Elana Kagan was also seen separately at the game.

THE BORDER CRISIS — NYT: “Government Watchdog Finds Squalid Conditions in Border Centers,” by Zolan Kanno-Young: “Overcrowded, squalid conditions are more widespread at migrant centers along the southern border than initially revealed, the Department of Homeland Security’s independent watchdog said Tuesday. Its report describes standing-room-only cells, children without showers and hot meals, and detainees clamoring desperately for release.

“The findings by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General were released as House Democrats detailed their own findings at migrant holding centers and pressed the agency to answer for the mistreatment not only of migrants but also of their own colleagues, who have been threatened on social media.

“In June, inspectors from the department visited five facilities in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, and found children had few spare clothes and no laundry facilities. Many migrants were given only wet wipes to clean themselves and bologna sandwiches to eat, causing constipation and other health problems, according to the report. Children at two of the five facilities in the area were not given hot meals until inspectors arrived.

“Overcrowding was so severe that when the agency’s internal inspectors visited some of the facilities, migrants banged on cells and pressed notes to windows begging for help.” NYT … The report

— ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION: “Feds looking to house 500 immigrant children in metro Atlanta,” by Christopher Quinn:“The U.S. Health and Human Services Department wants a Georgia location in the region south of I-20 from downtown Atlanta to Carrollton and west of I-75 between downtown to about Griffin. …

“The request calls for at least 96,000 square feet of space with room for classrooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, medical facilities and two acres of outdoor space for play. It will take about 167 staff members to operate it. HHS is accepting bids until late July. The facility has to be ready by June 2020. The request calls for up to a 20-year lease, according to details posted on the Government Services Administration website.” AJC

TRUMP’S LATEST FED PICK … WSJ: “Judy Shelton in Her Own Words,” by David Harrison:“Ms. Shelton has repeatedly called for a return to the gold standard, a monetary regime that pegged the value of the dollar to the value of gold. That would make it impossible for the Fed to affect the strength of the dollar through monetary policy, she writes. ‘For all the talk of a ‘rules-based’ system for international trade, there are no rules when it comes to ensuring a level monetary playing field.

“The classical gold standard established an international benchmark for currency values, consistent with free-trade principles. Today’s arrangements permit governments to manipulate their currencies to gain an export advantage,’ she wrote in another Journal opinion piece, in April.” WSJ

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MEANWHILE, IN EUROPE … FT: “Lagarde tapped to head ECB as EU reaches deal on top jobs,” by Alex Barker, Michael Peel and Jim Brunsden in Brussels and Mehreen Khan in Strasbourg: “European leaders have agreed a deal to fill the EU’s most important jobs, backing Christine Lagarde to lead the European Central Bank and Ursula von der Leyen to be president of the European Commission.

“On the third day of a gruelling summit in Brussels, EU leaders gave near-unanimous support for a package based around Ms. Lagarde, France’s former finance minister who is now head of the IMF, and Ms. von der Leyen, Germany’s defence minister.” FT

BULLETIN … AP/TEHRAN at 3:37 a.m.: “Iran warns it will increase nuclear enrichment within days”: “Iran’s president is warning Europe that Tehran will ‘take the next step’ in increasing its uranium enrichment this coming Sunday. The comments Wednesday by President Hassan Rouhani further increases pressure on European partners to salvage the unraveling 2015 nuclear deal following the U.S. withdrawal from the accord last year.

“Rouhani says: ‘If you want to express regret and issue a statement, you can do it now.’ … Iran this week breached a low-enriched uranium stockpile limitation set by the deal and said by Sunday it would increase its enrichment of uranium closer to weapons-grade levels if Europe does not offer it a new deal.” AP

WHAT’S ON THE PRESIDENT’S MIND — @realDonaldTrump at 12:06 a.m.: “Iran was violating the 150 Billion Dollar (plus 1.8 Billion Dollar in CASH) Nuclear Deal with the United States, and others who paid NOTHING, long before I became President — and they have now breached their stockpile limit. Not good!”

— FYI: The United States and IAEA both certified multiple times since 2017 that Iran was in compliance with the nuclear deal.

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JULY FOURTH UPDATE — “Park Service diverts $2.5 million in fees for Trump’s July Fourth extravaganza,” by WaPo’s Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey and Dan Lamothe: “The National Park Service is diverting nearly $2.5 million in entrance and recreation fees primarily intended to improve parks across the country to cover costs associated with President Trump’s Independence Day celebration Thursday on the Mall, according to two individuals familiar with the arrangement. …

“The diverted park fees represent just a fraction of the extra costs the government faces as a result of the event, which will include displays of military hardware, flyovers by an array of jets including Air Force One, the deployment of tanks on the Mall and an extended pyrotechnics show. By comparison, according to former Park Service deputy director Denis P. Galvin, the entire Fourth of July celebration on the Mall typically costs the agency about $2 million.

“For Trump’s planned speech at the Lincoln Memorial, the White House is distributing VIP tickets to Republican donors and political appointees, prompting objections from Democratic lawmakers who argue that the president has turned the annual celebration into a campaign-like event.”

— WAPO’S DAN LAMOTHE: “Part of the concern is that the vehicles will pulverize pavement in Washington, as they did during a parade in June 1991 after the Gulf War, and that the city will be left with the bill. This time, the tanks will be stationary and moved into place on flatbeds pulled by heavy-hauler trucks.” WaPo … Video of the tanks/APCs being moved OVER a bridge… Video of the tanks rolling on the streets of D.C. late Tuesday night

— A HUMBLE REQUEST: Please, headline writers, no more “tanks, but no tanks” puns! For America’s sake.

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U.S.A! … WAPO’S LIZ CLARKE in Decines-Charpieu, France: “[T]o get past England — their final hurdle in earning a spot in Sunday’s championship match — the top-ranked U.S. women had to tap every tactic in their repertoire, summon the best from lightly tested players and, yet again, draw on the stone-cold conviction that there was no situation they couldn’t overcome.

“And two days before Independence Day, the U.S. team swept into the final with a 2-1 victory over third-ranked England with style, depth, grit, an outstanding save by goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher and, most notably, without an ailing Megan Rapinoe, who had scored its previous four goals.” WaPo

MUSIC TO OUR EARS, via WaPo’s Jesse Dougherty: “The Nationals have now won 24 of their past 34 games and 11 of their past 14, and they are six games behind the Atlanta Braves in the tightening National League East. They have homered in 16 consecutive games, tying a franchise record set by the Montreal Expos in 1999, and Corbin has dominated in three straight outings since hitting a troubling rough patch. Juan Soto smacked a two-run homer and added a triple.” WaPo

QUOTE DU JOUR … IN BRITISH VOGUE: “The couple’s union has become tabloid fodder, put under further scrutiny by

[model Karlie]

Kloss’s own political views. While Kloss and her husband [Josh Kushner] are fervent Democrats, Kushner’s brother Jared is a senior presidential advisor who happens to be married to Ivanka Trump. ‘It’s been hard,’ she explains. ‘But I choose to focus on the values that I share with my husband, and those are the same liberal values that I was raised with and that have guided me throughout my life.’” Vogue UK (hat tip: Annie Karni)

ALEX ISENSTADT: “NRA meltdown has Trump campaign sweating”: “The [NRA] aired an avalanche of TV ads and pushed its five million-plus members to the polls for Donald Trump in 2016, propelling him in the Rust Belt states that delivered him the presidency. Now, the gun rights group is in total meltdown — and senior Republicans and Trump 2020 officials are alarmed.

“In recent weeks, the NRA has seen everything from a failed coup attempt to the departure of its longtime political architect to embarrassing tales of self-dealing by top leaders. The turmoil is fueling fears that the organization will be profoundly diminished heading into the election, leaving the Republican Party with a gaping hole in its political machinery.

“With the Chamber of Commerce and Koch political network withdrawing from their once-dominant role in electing conservatives, Republicans worry that three organizations that have long formed the core of their electoral infrastructure will be effectively on the sidelines.

“The predicament has so troubled some Republicans that they are calling on the famously secretive NRA to address its 2020 plans. Within the past week, senators have privately expressed concerns about the group to [NRSC] Chairman Todd Young (R-Ind.).” POLITICO

— NYT’S DANNY HAKIM: “N.R.A. Donor Directs a Revolt Against a ‘Radioactive’ Leader”: “[O]ne of the gun group’s major benefactors says he is preparing to lead an insurgency among wealthy contributors to oust [Wayne] LaPierre as chief executive, along with his senior leadership team. Such a rebellion would represent a troublesome new threat to Mr. LaPierre, as his organization’s finances and vaunted political machine are being strained amid a host of legal battles, most notably the New York attorney general’s investigation into its tax-exempt status.

“David Dell’Aquila, the restive donor, said the N.R.A.’s internal warfare ‘has become a daily soap opera and it’s decaying and destroying the N.R.A. from within, and it needs to stop.’ He added, ‘Even if these allegations regarding Mr. LaPierre and his leadership are false, he has become radioactive and must step down.’

“Until that happens, Mr. Dell’Aquila, a retired technology consultant who has given roughly $100,000 to the N.R.A. in cash and gifts, said he would suspend donations — including his pledge of the bulk of an estate worth several million dollars.” NYT

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TRUMP’S WEDNESDAY — The president will have lunch with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at 12:45 p.m. in the private dining room.

PLAYBOOK READS

BEHIND THE SCENES — “Trump’s negotiator signals flexibility in North Korea talks,” by Axios’ Jonathan Swan and Erica Pandey: “Steve Biegun, the Trump administration’s North Korea negotiator, told reporters in an off the record briefing Sunday that the administration wanted a ‘complete freeze’ of North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction program while they are negotiating with the U.S. …

“Biegun said the administration isn’t ready to lift the sanctions against North Korea if it freezes its weapons program, but that it could give Kim other concessions, such as humanitarian relief and improved diplomatic ties. … Biegun insisted, however, that the administration hasn’t abandoned its goal of ‘complete denuclearization.’”

— YOWZA! … AP’S MATT LEE (@APDiploWriter): “Let’s be honest here: There was a story Sunday night/Monday that said the admin was considering a ‘freeze’ as the end deal for NKorea. Then there was a story [Tuesday] that said a ‘freeze’ wasn’t the end game but something that could be rewarded, which is completely different …

“In the meantime, a transcript from an off-record briefing with an official who disputed the initial story but said there could be concessions for partial steps, was given (not ‘leaked’) to another outlet. This has been policy for 18 months and is presented as a ‘scoop’?”

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the U.S.-Qatar defense relationship (hyperlink to piece) is integral to achieving peace and stability in the Middle East.

TRUMP THROWS IN THE TOWEL ON THE CENSUS … NYT’S MICHAEL WINES: “The Trump administration … abandoned its quest on Tuesday to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a week after being blocked by the Supreme Court. Faced with mounting deadlines and a protracted legal fight, officials ordered the Census Bureau to start printing forms for next year’s head count without the question.

“The decision was a victory for critics who said the question was part of an administration effort to skew the census results in favor of Republicans. It was also a remarkable retreat for an administration that typically digs into such fights.” NYT

— TRUMP RESPONDS, CONFUSINGLY, via Twitter: “A very sad time for America when the Supreme Court of the United States won’t allow a question of ‘Is this person a Citizen of the United States?’ to be asked on the #2020 Census! Going on for a long time. I have asked the Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice … to do whatever is necessary to bring this most vital of questions, and this very important case, to a successful conclusion. USA! USA! USA!”

FOR YOUR RADAR … BLOOMBERG: “Grim Earnings Forecasts Are Getting Worse by the Week: More than 80% of companies have cut their earnings outlook.”

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MIKE PENCE’S MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR — ABC’S @tarapalmeri: “Pence’s COS Marc Short told @meridithmcgraw that the Vice President was on the plane but it didn’t take off. Then he turned around, back to the White House. He told her we’ll find out ‘in a few weeks’ what happened. … Also, spokesperson for the Granite Recovery Center tells me there were no obvious security concerns on the ground — like protesters etc. 250 people sent home.”

— NYT’S MAGGIE HABERMAN: “Multiple people familiar with what happened offered at least a partial explanation. They said it was related to the place Mr. Pence was scheduled to visit, the Granite Recovery Center, but they did not offer any details.” NYT

MEDIAWATCH — Linzee Troubh is joining The Atlantic as development director, a new job where she will oversee the development of scripted and unscripted content from The Atlantic. She most recently worked at BuzzFeed Studios on a team that helped create original documentary content based on BuzzFeed reporting.

— Wajahat Ali is now a CNN contributor. He is also a contributing op-ed writer for the NYT.

— WAPO’S PAUL FARHI on the decline and fall of Breitbart: “Since Trump became president, monthly traffic has virtually collapsed, plummeting nearly 75 percent.” WaPo

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REMEMBERING LEE IACOCCA … NYT’S ROBERT MCFADDEN: “Detractors branded him a Machiavellian huckster who clawed his way to pinnacles of power in 32 years at Ford, building flashy cars like the Mustang, making the covers of Time and Newsweek and becoming the company president at 46, only to be spectacularly fired in 1978 by the founder’s grandson, Henry Ford II.

“But admirers called him a bold, imaginative leader who landed on his feet after his dismissal and, in a 14-year second act that secured his worldwide reputation, took over the floundering Chrysler Corporation and restored it to health in what experts called one of the most brilliant turnarounds in business history.” NYT

SPOTTED: Jeff Bezos having dinner Tuesday night at the Queen’s English … Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) at Hawk ‘n’ Dove “with family escaping the rain storm and texting from two phones simultaneously,” per our tipster.

OMB ARRIVAL LOUNGE — PER NANCY COOK: “The press shop at the Office of Management and Budget continues to grow under the leadership of Rachel Semmel, the budget office’s new associate director for communications. Among the new hires are Rob Kuhlman, formerly of DHS, who is now an OMB press secretary and speechwriter, and Chase Jennings, former of Capitol Hill and the RNC, who is also working as press secretary.”

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Jim McGreevy, president and CEO of the Beer Institute, is 55. What he’s been reading recently: “I just finished ‘The Scarlet and the Black’ by J.P. Gallagher, an interesting book about a priest in Rome during World War II who saved thousands of people from the Nazis through his auspices as a Vatican official. The book showed the extraordinary courage ordinary people needed to have to survive such a terrible time. Reading the story of this priest and his colleagues was inspiring, and you wonder if you could have mustered the same courage.” Playbook Plus Q&A

BIRTHDAYS: Lally Weymouth … Dave Barry is 72 … Julian Assange is 48 … Don “Stew” Stewart … Rick Powell, vice chairman of Teneo … Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) is 79 … Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) is 64 … Republican political consultant Dave Carney … Gloria Allred is 78 … Rick Sanchez … Kristen Morgante … Peter Sherman, SVP of PAC services at DDC Advocacy (h/ts Jon Haber) … Nick Baldick, managing partner of Hilltop Public Solutions … AFP’s Shaun Tandon … POLITICO’s Allie Bice … James Lightbourn … Cameron Morabito is 26 … Barbara Lee, president and founder of the Barbara Lee Family Foundation … PBS NewsHour’s Julia Griffin (h/t Nick Massella) … Rina Shah … Scott Hatch (h/t Tim Burger) … Suzanne Palmieri (h/t Francisco) …

… Andrew Peek, deputy assistant secretary of State for Iraq and Iran in the Bureau of Near East Affairs — profile … Lara Sisselman … CNN’s Lindy Royce … Chris Welch … Adam Goldberg, co-founder and partner at Trident DMG, is 5-0 (h/t Eleanor McManus) … Connor Sallet … Maya Serkin … Austin Fielding … Patrick Stranix … Mariana Quevedo Vallejo … Alicia Criscuolo … Charlotte Brown, project director for Public Opinion Strategies (h/t Natalie Boyse) … Ian Martinez … Kate McCarty … Naomi Lim … Mary Yatrousis … Brigham McCown … Jay Oliver Sax … Scot Faulkner … Mari-Lynn Evans … Sandra Lee is 53 (h/t AP)

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Next week, President Donald Trump plans to meet with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, at the White House. The two are expected to discuss a range of issues pertaining to U.S. interests in the Middle East including the ongoing international pressure on Iran to discontinue its nuclear programs. Qatar has a strong record of counter-terrorism efforts, and the U.S.- Qatar defense relationship is integral to the ongoing War on Terror. Central to much of The President and The Emir’s discussion will be the Al Udeid Air Base, one of the largest U.S. military bases outside of the U.S. Al Udeid hosts more than 11,000 American and Coalition military personnel and has been a primary launch site for air attacks against ISIS. It is an increasingly important component in the U.S.’s ongoing military operations in the Persian Gulf.

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Wednesday, July 3, 2019 Border Crisis, Continued Controversy continues to unfold following members’ of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus visit this week to a migrant detention facility in El Paso, Texas. It began when freshman lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio Cortez claimed CBP officers told women to “drink out of the toilets” while “in front” of her and other members of Congress.  The visit followed an unflattering ProPublica report about a secret Facebook group where Border Patrol agents “joke about migrant deaths and post sexist memes.” The report alleges at least three agents were involved, although their identities were not revealed or confirmed. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost condemned the posts highlighted by ProPublica, stating, “Any employees found to have violated our standards of conduct will be held accountable.” Late Tuesday, the tables turned when The Washington Examiner reported that AOC screamed at agents during her visit “in a threatening manner,” and refused to even participate in the full tour of the facility. An agent also accused her completely mischaracterizing the toilet situation. From The Examiner:  “So this is what happened with the migrant and drinking water from toilet: she wanted water, didn’t know how to use the faucet in the cell, and drank from the toilet. She never told AOC that we made her drink from the toilet. AOC, of course, changed it … This was when she [the migrant] was apprehended and brought into the facility.”  The “he said, she said” will likely continue into the coming days, and will sadly lead to nothing productive. What we should talk about, however, is the humanitarian crisis that’s not being manufactured by the Trump administration. Instead of demonizing border patrol agents and the Trump administration for doing their best to handle an impossible situation, lawmakers would be wise to return to Washington and fix our nation’s immigration laws. And, they might also consider putting their complaints into historical context—not that it’s any excuse. Brandon Darby, Director of Breitbart’s Border and Cartel Chronicles projects, shared an important thread showing photos from migrant detention centers dating back to 2014 under President Obama. As he pointed out, “It’s absolutely right and noble to be upset about the humanitarian crisis on our border, my point is that some seem to only be upset now that it’s politically expedient to be upset.”

The Citizenship Question Is Officially Being Dropped Apparently, it’s too much to ask who is and isn’t a U.S. citizen. From Fox News:  “The New York attorney general’s office said Tuesday the Justice Department has decided to print the 2020 Census without the citizenship question sought by the Trump administration, ending a contentious legal dispute over an issue that could soon affect the makeup of Congress and the Electoral College. The Supreme Court ruled last week that the question couldn’t be added for now, as civil rights groups argued that the Trump administration’s reasons for including the question were merely pretextual efforts to discourage illegal immigrants from responding to the Census. Population counts from the Census are used to apportion congressional seats among the 50 states. In a tweet on Monday, Daniel Jacobson, who worked in the White House Counsel’s Office under President Obama, said a trial attorney at the Justice Department told him that ‘the printer has been instructed to begin the printing process’ without the citizenship question.” USA! USA! USA! What better way to head into Independence Day weekend than with the USA Women’s soccer team defeating England, 2-1, in the semi-finals on Tuesday. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Alex Morgan scored the winning goal (and celebrated by drinking a sip of “tea”), and the lead was secured thanks to an incredible save by the American goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher. Sweden will play the Netherlands on Wednesday to determine the other finalist, and the final game will be played on Sunday, July 7 at 11am ET.  On the Campaign Trail According to a new CNN poll, former Vice President Joe Biden is still holding onto the lead after the first Democrat debates, but his support significantly dropped by 10 points. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren made steep gains, now holding the second and third spots respectively. Bernie Sanders is hanging on in fourth place.   Things are looking particularly rough for Marianne Williamson, who was left out from Vogue’s “Women of 2020” feature, and Eric Swalwell, who…*Asterisk.* (A must-watch follow up. 🤣) The New York Times Thinks the U.S. Is ‘Just O.K.’ In a bazaar, self-hating video, The New York Times issued a stark 4th of July message: “The myth of America as the greatest nation on earth is at best outdated and at worst, wildly inaccurate. If you look at data, the U.S. is really just O.K.” The Washington Examiner pointed out the video relies on some misleading data points, and Kay Coles James, President of The Heritage Foundation, took to The Washington Times to explain why “a nation stained with the evil of slavery, a nation that once refused women and blacks the right to vote or hold property,” is still very much worth lauding. As for The New York Times, I did them the favor of fixing their tweet. You’re welcome.  And Because It’s Hump Day… Kate Middleton hits up Wimbledon looking darling, and opts not to sit in the royal box.  PEOPLE rounds up some awesome 4th of July sales.  And finally…this makes me really hate humans.  BRIGHT is brought to you by The Federalist.

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If AOC really cared: 3 actions to truly help migrants in ‘concentration camps’ Posted: 02 Jul 2019 07:21 PM PDT In a debate, the proper course of action would be to challenge the premise by which Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made her case to denounce the “concentration camp” migrant detention facilities along the border. But since chances are slim she’d ever debate me (or anyone) on the issue, I’ll start by stipulating that the conditions at these centers […] The post If AOC really cared: 3 actions to truly help migrants in ‘concentration camps’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Snopes begrudgingly acknowledges Obama’s administration built the migrant cages Posted: 02 Jul 2019 05:55 PM PDT It’s like reading a confession written by a high school student caught cheating on an exam. When fact-checking site Snopes finally took on the quest of determining if President Obama was responsible for building the cages used at border patrol migrant camps across the southern border, they acknowledge it was true. The rest of the […] The post Snopes begrudgingly acknowledges Obama’s administration built the migrant cages appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson announces Congressional run Posted: 02 Jul 2019 01:16 PM PDT Patterson Rejects Liberal Narrative That Undermines Our Country And Our Constitution, Promises To Put Our Nation Back On Track By Returning To Conservative Values SACRAMENTO, CA – July 2 – Today, Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson, a retired U.S. Air Force combat pilot and White House military aid who carried the nuclear ‘football’ for the Clinton […] The post Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson announces Congressional run appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

When the plant closes Posted: 02 Jul 2019 12:48 PM PDT In my last piece, I proposed a new starting point in the Shapiro/Carlson debate on how best to handle the negative effects of economic and technological progress. The debate is essentially between whether or not there should be some kind of government intervention to mitigate the effects of lost jobs and displaced workers, between whether […] The post When the plant closes appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Democrats leftward lurch explained, again Posted: 02 Jul 2019 12:25 PM PDT There was significant astonishment after the Democratic debates about the hard veer to the left that all the candidates appeared to take. Even so-called “moderate” Joe Biden raised his hand when asked if a national healthcare plan should cover illegal immigrants. Whether on abortion, immigration, healthcare or taxes, their positions all seemed to be well […] The post Democrats leftward lurch explained, again appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Undisclosed emergency diverts Vice President’s plane back to DC Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:54 AM PDT Vice President Mike Pence was called back to Washington DC while still in the air as an “undisclosed emergency” has occurred. No word from the White House yet about what has happened, but the abrupt return has many seeking answers. President Trump is in DC today with no public events scheduled. The Vice President was […] The post Undisclosed emergency diverts Vice President’s plane back to DC appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

A picture of a Chick-fil-A sandwich was 48x more engaged than Eric Swalwell on Twitter Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:30 AM PDT Poor Eric Swalwell. He continues to try and fail to make his failing presidential campaign emerge into relevance. Even if he knows he doesn’t have a chance at the nomination (he knows), he would at least like to make it into the primaries and have a decent showing for his future runs. But the internet […] The post A picture of a Chick-fil-A sandwich was 48x more engaged than Eric Swalwell on Twitter appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Democratic policies, rhetoric do the most harm to migrants Posted: 02 Jul 2019 06:51 AM PDT Democrats are doing everything they can to distract the media and the American people from the harsh reality that their policies, actions, and words are bringing great suffering to migrants from Central America and around the world. This isn’t even debatable. But they have a knack for creating smokescreens and a willfully ignorant leftist media […] The post Democratic policies, rhetoric do the most harm to migrants appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Newt Gingrich: Iran is very close to breaking Posted: 02 Jul 2019 06:11 AM PDT Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich joined Fox & Friends this morning to discuss many topics, from the President’s North Korea visit to the way Democrats have handled border security. But it was in his opening discussion on Iran that an interested perspective was revealed. According to Gingrich, Iran is close to breaking. This […] The post Newt Gingrich: Iran is very close to breaking appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

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07/03/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Social Security; the FCC’s Ajit Pai; Old Man Greene By Carl M. Cannon on Jul 03, 2019 09:22 am Good morning, it’s Wednesday, July 3, 2019. As the sun rose over the Pennsylvania countryside on this date in 1863, some 35,000 men had been killed or wounded in two days of fighting. The Union men had held their far right flank in bloody fighting at Round Top and Little Round Top. At the other end of the fishhook-shaped Union line, at Culp’s Hill, the troops in blue also held their ground. For a moment on the battle’s second day, it looked as if the center of the line — not where Robert E. Lee had put his emphasis — had buckled. But the breach in the Union line on Cemetery Ridge had been filled by a near-suicidal charge from the 1st Minnesota Regiment, which suffered an 82% casualty rate while repelling the Confederates. Appalling losses were mounting on both sides. It couldn’t go on forever, and commanders in both armies knew that Day 3 of the Battle of Gettysburg would decide the encounter, and maybe the war. I’ll set the scene for that profound battle 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: * * * Why Trump Should Lead on Social Security Reform. A.B. Stoddard explains that such an initiative is undisputedly needed, and would be a win/win for the president and Democrats. Ajit Pai: The Earnest Hero/Villain of Trump’s FCC. Phil Wegmann has this profile of the wonkish commission chairman, whose championing of market forces has won him friends and enemies. Taking Stock of Trump’s Iran Policy. In RealClearWorld, Kenneth Pollack forecasts a worsening situation that a future president will have to remedy. On North Korea, President Trump Is Making History. Ronna McDaniel praises the steps taken to lessen tensions and move toward denuclearizing the Korean peninsula. The Importance of Hope, Vision, and Growth in Leadership.RealClearBooks continues its series of excerpts from “Listening to Leaders” with presidential biographer Jon Meacham‘s advice on how effective leaders translate their vision into an agenda. To Create More Opportunity, Remove the Economic Rigging. In RealClearMarkets, Russ Latino takes a dim view of what happens when politicians play venture capitalist with public funds. If You Wake Up in Pain, Read This. RealClearLife offers expert advice on sleep positions that relieve stress on joints. * * * In yesterday’s note, I mentioned Culp’s Hill only in passing, which is about as much attention as it gets these days when the Battle of Gettysburg is referenced. This is an oversight, possibly due to the awful carnage that ensued on the main battlefield on July 3, 1863. Yet Pickett’s Charge and the costly Confederate defeat on Day 3 of the fighting might not have ever taken place except for the insight and decisiveness on Day 2 of a Union general who may be unfamiliar to you. His name was George S. Greene, and he was one of the oldest of the 150,000 combatants to see action at Gettysburg. Born on May 6, 1801 in Rhode Island, George Greene was a cousin of a Revolutionary War general, Nathanael Greene. George attended West Point, graduating second in his class, and was considered such a brilliant engineer that he taught at the academy for several years before retiring to civilian life and building a successful career. At the outbreak of the Civil War, however, he enlisted, and was soon given command of an engineering regiment. He proved to be much more than an expert on fortifications — he was an able battlefield commander. At Cedar Mountain, Greene’s unit held off a Confederate force three times its size until reinforcements arrived. At Antietam, Greene and his men held their own against Stonewall Jackson’s Virginians. Greene’s men admired him and fought for him, which is not always the same thing, addressing him affectionately as “Old Man Greene” or “Pap.” Arriving at Culp’s Hill in command of the 60th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment on the morning of July 2, 62-year-old Pap Greene immediately ordered the men to build breastworks out of stone, wood, dirt, and fallen logs across the length of the wooded line. The terrain wasn’t suitable for artillery, but it was strategically vital nonetheless. If the Confederates got through Greene’s regiment, everything was exposed and vulnerable — the rear of the Union Army and its supply lines, Baltimore, Washington, all of it. But this was not to be. Although his superior officers thought breastworks superfluous, those fortifications — when manned by brave and well-led officers — saved Pap Greene’s troops, thwarted Lee’s plans, and held the line. Greene ordered his undermanned regiment spread out along the line, in single file. The men resisted four successive attacks until finally nightfall gave them respite. “Without breastworks,” recalled a captain in ranks, “our line would have been swept away in an instant by the hailstorm of bullets and the flood of men.” Which meant, as dawn broke on July 3, 1863, that Lee would try something else: A full frontal assault across a long sloping field against a massive, and well-positioned. Union Army. Carl M. Cannon   Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com

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Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray July 3, 2019 Left Amps Up Justifications For Violence Against Their Political Opponents By Ellie Bufkin The left’s new extremism condones assaulting conservatives in public. Antifa’s attack on a journalist is yet another example that our norms have changed. Full article 8 Times The Media Said There Was No Crisis At The Southern Border By Madeline Osburn Political pundits are having to eat their own words from just a few months ago claiming that the border crisis was manufactured by President Trump as a political stunt. Full article To Remain Free, We Need To Deepen Our Understanding Of The Declaration By Joshua Lawson Too many have distorted or forgotten the words of the Declaration of Independence. In our defense of liberty, we cannot abandon the text’s core principles. Full article What Are Democratic Candidates Hiding About Their Plans For The Supreme Court? By Josh Shepherd Contrasting the list of potential nominees Trump released during 2016, a new ad calls out Democratic candidates’ lack of specifics on the Supreme Court. Full article If Democrats Can’t Impeach Trump, Their Next President Will Simply Prosecute Him By Robin Ridless The next Democratic administration could use the Robert Mueller report’s denial of ‘exoneration’ to prosecute its Republican predecessors. Full article No, You Don’t Have A ‘Right’ To ‘Free’ Health Care, And Neither Does Anyone Else By Ryan Fazio Just because a government declares health care a right and socializes medicine, does it mean its citizens are more likely to obtain care? Nope. In fact, it’s typically the opposite. Full article Twitter Scolds Get Kim Kardashian West To Drop Her Brand Name ‘Kimono’ By Libby Emmons The fashion mogul’s decision to name her line of shapewear ‘Kimono’ prompted vast cultural appropriation-related outrage on Twitter. Then she backed down. Full article Twitter Hashtag Calls For Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez To Resign Over Border Misinformation By Chrissy Clark AOC claimed that CBP officers were sexually and physically threatening her and that illegal immigrants were told to drink from toilet bowls. Full article The Brooklyn Nets Are Now Kings Of NYC Hoops, And The Knicks Are Still Horrible By David Marcus The Brooklyn Nets just signed Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, securing their place as the only watchable basketball team in New York City. Full article Navy SEAL Found Not Guilty Of Murdering Member Of ISIS By Chrissy Clark Eddie Gallagher was accused of stabbing a teenage ISIS fighter as well as shooting Iraqi civilians while deployed to Iraq in 2017. Full article The Coercion-Free Way To Integrate Schools Involves Choice, Not Busing By Christopher Jacobs Empowering parents to select children’s schools would help with desegregation while improving the quality of American education in the process. Full article Happiness Isn’t Just A Feeling. It Takes Work By Susanna Hoffman Many associate happiness with wealth, prosperity, and pleasure. But Aristotle challenges humans to view happiness as an activity — striving to fulfill a purpose. Full article Why Nike’s Capitulation To Kaepernick Matters By David Harsanyi By bowing to Colin Kaepernick’s objections, Nike is helping to normalize the brittle sensitivities of social justice warriors. Full article ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Takes Teen Hero On Planet-Saving Vacation By James Dawson ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ is Peter Parker’s most entertaining adventure yet. Full article Cory Booker Announces Plans To ‘Virtually Eliminate’ Illegal Immigrant Detention By Tristan Justice U.S. senator and 2020 presidential hopeful Cory Booker (D-N.J.) put forward an immigration proposal Tuesday to curb the use of migrant detention centers. Full article Nike Cancelled Their American Flag Shoes, So Arizona Cancelled Nike By Madeline Osburn ‘Arizona’s economy is doing just fine without Nike. We don’t need to suck up to companies that consciously denigrate our nation’s history,’ Ducey tweeted. Full article TAKEAWAYS FROM THE FIRST TWO DEBATES Joe Scarborough doesn’t mince words: Last night was a bad night for Democrats like him who want to win in 2020. http://vlt.tc/3oml It could have been worse, because it’s very early. But frontrunner (and presumed best option against Donald Trump) Joe Biden looked old, slow, and out of it. He showed all the rust of someone who has been out of electoral politics for a long time, and for all the distractions of the low percentage candidates – Marianne Williamson, internet meme star – the real story of last night ought to be: Joe Biden is unlikely to make it through this field, and if he does so, he is unlikely to make it unscathed. Read more of The Transom by signing up for a free trial today.  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2019 The Federalist, All rights reserved.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

CDN MORNING NEWS BLAST

CDN’s Daily News Blast delivers the day’s news first! View this email in your browser CDN Daily News Blast 07/03/2019 Excerpts: President Donald Trump’s Schedule for Wednesday, July 3, 2019 By R. Mitchell – President Donald Trump will receive his daily briefing as prepared by the intelligence community then have lunch with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Keep up with Trump on CDN’s President’s Schedule Page. President Trump’s schedule for 7/3/19 All Times EDT 12:00 PM Receives intelligence briefing – Oval Office 12:45 PM Lunch … President Donald Trump’s Schedule for Wednesday, July 3, 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 » Less Than 50% Of Americans Are ‘Extremely Proud’ Of America For The Second Year In A Row By Audrey Conklin – American pride has reached its lowest point since 2001. Less than 50% of Americans, on average, are “extremely proud” of the country for the second consecutive year, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday. While 70% of people polled are generally “proud” to be American, 45% are “extremely proud,” which … Less Than 50% Of Americans Are ‘Extremely Proud’ Of America For The Second Year In A Row 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 » Are Democrats Telling Us Black Lives Don’t Matter Anymore? By Amanda Alverez – Since the gavel pounded to end the Trump/Russia hoax, isn’t it interesting to watch the ripples flowing across the Democrat party and the Swamp? The hoax that didn’t work is now splattering upon the anti-Trumpers and biting them in the butt. While many Americans remain uninformed of the criminal investigations … Are Democrats Telling Us Black Lives Don’t Matter Anymore? 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 » Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher Found Not Guilty Of Murder By Shelby Talcott – Edward Gallagher, the decorated Navy SEAL accused of murder and attempted murder, has been found not guilty by a jury consisting of five Marines and two sailors Tuesday. The Special Warfare Chief was accused of stabbing an injured ISIS fighter to death and of shooting at civilians while he was … Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher Found Not Guilty Of Murder 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 » Democratic Rep Calls For Prosecution Of Border Patrol Agents For ‘Making Fun’ Of Congress Members In Private Facebook Group By Andrew Kerr – Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson of Florida said Tuesday that the border patrol agents who made fun of members of Congress in a private Facebook group should be prosecuted. “Those people who are online making fun of members of Congress are a disgrace,” Wilson said during a press conference after touring … Democratic Rep Calls For Prosecution Of Border Patrol Agents For ‘Making Fun’ Of Congress Members In Private Facebook Group 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 Trump Administration Is Sending Fines To Illegal Immigrants Who Refuse To Leave The US By Jason Hopkins – The Trump administration is slapping fines on illegal immigrants who are ignoring court orders to leave the U.S. — one of them totals nearly half a million dollars. “It is the intention of ICE to order you pay a fine in the amount of $497,777,” read a June 25 Immigration … The Trump Administration Is Sending Fines To Illegal Immigrants Who Refuse To Leave The US is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » US Government Going Ahead With 2020 Census Without Citizenship Question By Kevin Daley – The Trump administration will not include a citizenship question on the 2020 census form, the Justice Department said Tuesday. The decision comes after the Supreme Court ordered further proceedings in a legal dispute over the citizenship question, saying Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross concealed his reasons for adding the field. The Commerce Department … US Government Going Ahead With 2020 Census Without 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 » ‘It Pains Me To Say This’: CNN’s Fareed Zakaria Says Trump Is Right About Asylum Crisis By Chuck Ross – CNN’s Fareed Zakaria is siding with President Donald Trump regarding the crisis facing the U.S.’s asylum system, which he said is being “gamed” by many asylum seekers. “It pains me to say this, but he is right, that the United States faces a crisis with its asylum system,” Zakaria said … ‘It Pains Me To Say This’: CNN’s Fareed Zakaria Says Trump Is Right About Asylum 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 » GOP Senate Majority Releases Fiery New Video Against Democrats’ Socialist Agenda By Molly Prince – The National Republican Senate Committee (NRSC) released a new campaign video on Tuesday illustrating the Democratic party’s “race to radicalism” as the 2020 election cycle kicks off. The more than two-minute video is the first of the NRSC’s “Last Line of Defense” series which will highlight the Republican Senate Majority’s … GOP Senate Majority Releases Fiery New Video Against Democrats’ Socialist Agenda 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 Invites Conservative Activists To Discuss Big Tech Bias At The White House By Chris White – The Trump administration is inviting a slew of conservative activists to the White House soon to discuss how social media companies are affecting their livelihoods. President Donald Trump’s top aides have scheduled a July 11 social media summit event, which aims to talk about the country’s online environment, The Washington … Trump Invites Conservative Activists To Discuss Big Tech Bias At The White House 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 » Red States Request Delay In Big Obamacare Case By Evie Fordham – A coalition of red states led by Texas requested Monday that they receive 20 extra days to file a supplemental brief and a delay of opening arguments in a case they hope will overturn Obamacare in front of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. “As of today, it appears … Red States Request Delay In Big Obamacare Case is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Oleg Deripaska Says He Hired Christopher Steele To Work On Research Project By Chuck Ross – A Russian oligarch who has past business ties to Paul Manafort confirmed in a recent interview that he previously employed Christopher Steele, the author of the Trump dossier Oleg Deripaska said that he hired Steele through his attorneys in London to work on an unspecific legal proceeding Steele was hired … Oleg Deripaska Says He Hired Christopher Steele To Work On Research Project 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 » What to Expect at the 2019 National Fourth of July Celebration By R. Mitchell – WASHINGTON – This year’s annual Independence Day celebration on the National Mall, will feature music, flyovers, fireworks, and an address by President Donald J. Trump. Salute to America will honor each of the nation’s five service branches with music, military demonstrations, multiple flyovers including a flight demonstration by the Blue Angels, and much … What to Expect at the 2019 National Fourth of July Celebration 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 » EU Council, Russian and American Leaders Reportedly Pulled into Urgent Meetings By R. Mitchell – Global leaders are reportedly engaged in urgently-called security/defense meetings, but no official explanation has been offered. And, according to Vice President Pence’s chief of staff, the public may not know why for weeks. Something’s Up First, President Donald Trump’s schedule for today was completely devoid of public events – a … EU Council, Russian and American Leaders Reportedly Pulled into Urgent Meetings 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 » Democrats Sue Trump Administration For Access To The President’s Tax Returns By Audrey Conklin – House Democrats are filing a lawsuit Tuesday against President Donald Trump to gain access to his tax returns. Democratic Massachusetts Rep. and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Richard E. Neal filed suit against the IRS Tuesday morning, The Washington Post reported citing “a source familiar with the … Democrats Sue Trump Administration For Access To The President’s Tax Returns 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 » Portland’s Finest ANTIFA Thugs – Grrr Graphics – Ben Garrison Cartoon By Ben Garrison – In America, we have free speech. Regardless of race, religion, or political persuasion, everyone has a right to express themselves without the fear of violence—and as long as people aren’t calling for violence, they have a right to express whatever ideas they see fit.  Lawless Portland Oregon’s Antifa Thugs Free … Portland’s Finest ANTIFA Thugs – 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 » Outage At Website Security Company Take Out Nearly Half The World’s Internet By Chris White – Many of the largest websites on the internet stopped working after one of the tech companies designed to secure the web suddenly began experiencing massive outages. Chat service discord, cryptocurrency websites and several other prominent domains reported problems Tuesday morning with their services after Cloudflare reported outages. Websites used for … Outage At Website Security Company Take Out Nearly Half The World’s Internet 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 » Inconsistencies Emerge After Ocasio-Cortez Said Migrants Were Told To Drink Water Out Of Toilets By Jason Hopkins – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed that migrant women held in a CBP facility were told to drink water out of a toilet, but an agent has directly refuted the allegation and she has yet to clarify if she actually saw such an action occur. “Officers were keeping women in cells w/ no … Inconsistencies Emerge After Ocasio-Cortez Said Migrants Were Told To Drink Water Out Of Toilets 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 » European Nations, China Refuse to Sanction Iran for Violating Nuclear Deal By Jake Dima – Multiple European diplomats and China said Tuesday they are not moving forward with sanctions on Iran after the country violated the 2015 nuclear deal when it announced Monday that it has amassed an arsenal of nuclear product. “Not for now. We want to defuse the crisis,” a European diplomat told … European Nations, China Refuse to Sanction Iran for Violating Nuclear Deal is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Camping World CEO Says He’ll Go To Jail Before He Takes Down His Gigantic American Flag By Whitney Tipton – Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis won’t take down an oversized American flag he has flying over his RV dealership in Statesville, North Carolina, even if it means going to jail. The city of Statesville is suing the dealership to remove the 40 by 80 foot flag, saying it violates a … Camping World CEO Says He’ll Go To Jail Before He Takes Down His Gigantic American Flag 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 »       See all breaking news, conservative commentary, political cartoons and more posted to CDN at our Home Page.       Follow on Twitter Friend on Facebook Add on Google Plus Copyright © 2019 Conservative Daily News, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

CAFFEINATED THOUGHTS

Connect: Facebook Twitter YouTube View this email in your browser “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork,” (Psalm 19:1, ESV). Reynolds Appoints Christopher Polking as District Court Judge By Shane Vander Hart on Jul 02, 2019 06:28 pm Gov. Kim Reynolds announced her appointment of Christopher Polking, 47, as a district court judge in Iowa Judicial District 2B to replace Judge Stephen Oeth. Read in browser » Young Raises Over $330K in 2nd Quarter in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District Race By Caffeinated Thoughts on Jul 02, 2019 04:20 pm Former U.S. Rep. David Young raises over $330,000 in less than two months during the second quarter of 2019 in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District race. Read in browser » Lessons from Past Ought to Inform America at the Crossroads of the Future By Jeremy Taylor on Jul 02, 2019 11:35 am Jeremy Taylor: The lessons of history seem lost on the desire of the Left to promise that socialism holds the keys to a greater prosperity. Read in browser » Reynolds, Ernst Confirm for Family Leadership Summit By Caffeinated Thoughts on Jul 02, 2019 10:56 am Gov. Kim Reynolds and U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst have confirmed they will address the 8th annual Family Leadership Summit on Friday, July 12 in West Des Moines. Read in browser » Recent Articles: AOC Accuses CBP Officers of Mistreating Detainees Reynolds appoints Plagge as Superintendent of the Iowa Division of Banking Oreos Get Woke Price Transparency​ in Health Care Democrats Go All In on Open Borders and the Welfare State Launched in 2006,  Caffeinated Thoughts reports news and shares commentary about culture, current events, faith and state and national politics from a Christian and conservative point of view.  Caffeinated Thoughts P.O. Box 57184 Des Moines, IA 50317 (515) 321-5077 Editor, Shane Vander Hart Connect: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Share Tweet Share Forward Copyright © 2019 Caffeinated Thoughts, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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View this email in your browser “An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person’s main task in life – becoming a better person.” LEO TOLSTOY Good morning! China’s influence operations around the world are starting to gain more attention.  A new bill introduced in Congress would require the Director of National Intelligence to investigate Beijing’s operations.  Of particular interest are China’s actions in Taiwan’s upcoming elections, as well as what these can teach the United States about how to protect elections against Chinese influence. Read more here   A Lot of People’ to Be Deported After July 4: Trump Trump Administration to Print 2020 Census Forms Without Citizenship Question Navy SEAL Found Not Guilty of Murder in Death of ISIS Prisoner in Iraq Lawyer for Journalist Attacked by Antifa Plans to Take Action Against City Government   Support for former vice president Joe Biden shrunk in the aftermath of the Democratic presidential debates, data from a new CNN poll revealed. The poll found a 10 point decline for him since the last CNN poll conducted in May. Read more President Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republic National Committee pulled in $105 million in the second quarter. While dozens of Democrats spar for the nomination to face Trump, the Republican president faces no viable opposition as he enjoys widespread support within his party. Read more The governor of Arizona has withdrawn state incentives for Nike to set up a new manufacturing site after the shoe company reportedly pulled a Fourth of July-themed sneaker because of concerns that it featured an “offensive” older version of the U.S. flag. Read more President Trump has invited a meme creator—famous for making “doctored” videos in support of Trump—to a White House event. Carpe Donktum, the man behind the memes, posted a photo of the invitation he received on Twitter as he expressed gratitude toward the president. Read more Legacy pollsters, especially those in the media, are refusing to improve their methods, undermining the reputation of the industry, according to Richard Baris, director of Big Data Poll. Pollsters are using limited survey methods and are asking too few people for their surveys to produce accurate results, he said in an interview. Read more A new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data finds the average age of foreign individuals coming to America is steadily increasing, with many more near or at retirement age, the Center for Immigration Studies said. Read more   See More Top Stories 2 Plus 2 Equals Whatever My Truth or Lived Experience Says It Is By Clifford Humphrey What is two plus two? Well, as it turns out, it depends. “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” This statement was the “thoughtcrime” of Winston Smith, the protagonist in George Orwell’s novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four.” Though not yet a thoughtcrime in the real world, this statement is increasingly suspect. Read more Whither the United States, Europe, and Iran By David Kilgour Following acts of brinkmanship, President Trump prudently blocked a strike on Iran for shooting down a U.S. surveillance drone. Although the regime has long been the cause of violence and terror in the Middle East and beyond, war with Tehran is the last thing Washington needs. Read more   See More Opinions Is Teen Vogue Teaching Your Daughter Marxism and Revolution? By Trevor Loudon One of the most insidious communist propaganda outlets in the country is a website targeted at high school-aged girls: Teen Vogue. While no longer a glossy magazine like its long-established adult counterpart Vogue, Teen Vogue reaches hundreds of thousands of young Americans weekly through its website. Among the beauty tips, celebrity gossip, and “provocative” feature articles, Teen Vogue’s readers can enjoy a steady stream of propaganda that would make openly communist online magazines—such as the Communist Party USA’s “People’s World” or the Party of Socialism and Liberation’s “Liberation”—blush. Read more Heather Samuelson, Hillary Clinton’s personal attorney, gave the FBI and Judicial Watch conflicting explanations of when she learned that the former secretary of state used a private email system to conduct official U.S. diplomatic business. Clinton Lawyer Changes Story on Emails Copyright © 2019 The Epoch Times, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list or remove my account.

THE RESURGENT

The Resurgent’s Morning Briefing for July 3,2019 View this email in your browser Share Tweet Forward Good morning, Here is all the news conservatives need to know to start their day.  At 4pm ET, you can catch me on radio to bring you up to speed on developments throughout the day.  You can listen live here.   What I Wish Every Trump-Supporting Christian Would Say I’ve finally found it. I’ve been struggling for some time with the outspoken support many prominent, recognizable Christian “leaders” in our culture have offered to President Donald Trump.  I think it’s dangerous, counterproductive, and at times reeks of a “religion of empire” approach to our faith than the way of the cross. It’s bothered me […] The post What I Wish Every Trump-Supporting Christian Would Say appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Earth to NYT: Yes, America is Still Great Yesterday, the New York Times printed an op-ed in video format entitled “Please Stop Telling Me America is Great.” The article reads as this: America is the greatest country on earth. It’s a phrase, a slogan, and a dogma for patriots. And as we stare down the barrel of an upcoming election, we’re prepared to […] The post Earth to NYT: Yes, America is Still Great appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Democrats Have Begun to See That Faith Is Important to Plenty of Americans For a long time, religious faith has been the domain of the right. Traditionally, Christians have leaned conservative, and even faithful Democratic voters who are religious have tended to hold more socially conservative values. Let’s face it, how often have we heard the term “religious right” used as a pejorative against conservative believers? But a […] The post Democrats Have Begun to See That Faith Is Important to Plenty of Americans appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » CNN Absolutely Roasts Eric Swalwell For His ‘Asterisk’ Poll Numbers The post CNN Absolutely Roasts Eric Swalwell For His ‘Asterisk’ Poll Numbers appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » NEW: Biden Drops 10 Points In Latest CNN Poll The post NEW: Biden Drops 10 Points In Latest CNN Poll appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Buttigieg: Our Health Care system Is Definitely Racist The post Buttigieg: Our Health Care system Is Definitely Racist appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » AOC Won’t Answer When Asked if She Personally Saw Women Told to Drink from a Toilet The post AOC Won’t Answer When Asked if She Personally Saw Women Told to Drink from a Toilet appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Democrats Are Trying To Break the Border Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and a group of congressional Democrats went to the border yesterday and were reportedly horrified. As well they should be. If they had approved funding one of the seventeen times Congressional Republicans asked for it, the conditions might be much improved. If they heeded calls from their Republican counterparts to fix the […] The post Democrats Are Trying To Break the Border appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » On Matt Lewis (@MattKLewis), Wokeness, and Opposing Trump I’ve known Matt Lewis for a long time and over the past day I have been very interested in his twitter feed. Here’s a sample to get you started. Matt is conveying something I’ve been noting for a while with regard to the left. If you are not with them, you are for Trump. It […] The post On Matt Lewis (@MattKLewis), Wokeness, and Opposing Trump appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Arizona Governor Doug Ducey Cancels Economic Deal with Nike Good for Governor Ducey. He has a long twitter thread explaining why he decided to cancel an economic deal with Nike. As he notes, the Arizona economy is doing just fine without Nike and he doesn’t want to use taxpayer investment to help a company that has turned its back on the ideals that helped […] The post Arizona Governor Doug Ducey Cancels Economic Deal with Nike appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser »   Recent Items: Remember, you can listen to the Erick Erickson Show anytime and anywhere via WSB Radio, iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. As always, you can find pretty much anything and everything I’m writing about throughout the day via The Resurgent. Thanks for reading and tuning in. Erick Erickson THE RESURGENT Facebook Twitter Instagram Copyright © 2019 The Resurgent Media Group, LLC, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

AMERICAN THINKER

View this email in your browser Recent Articles The Left’s Endgame Is Not Chaos. It’s Worse. Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am The Left’s “chaos” is an intermediate objective, the means to an end. Read More… Roll Tide: Alabama versus the Census Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am Democrats dismiss Alabama’s challenge to the Supreme Court’s recent illegal immigration Census ruling at their peril. Read More… The Perilous Mainstreaming of ‘Democratic Socialism’ Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am Our forefathers ran from the tyrannical rule of kings, yet those on the Left today seem to be running toward tyranny of a different sort. Read More… How Libertarianism Fails Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am The libertarian’s downfall is trade. Read More… Biden Hits the Skids Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am In recent years, the Democratic Party has moved far to the left, leaving centrists like Joe Biden not only without support, but stunned to be on the receiving end of false charges of racism.  Read More… On Moving to the Wacky, Wacky West Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am Where the lunatic fringe makes its home. Read More…   Recent Blog Posts Austin city council votes to allow homeless camping on sidewalks… except in front of city hall Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am Today’s prize for lack of self-awareness goes to the Austin, Texas city council.  Read more… Rep. Dan Crenshaw calls out Ocasio-Cortez as a liar on detainees drinking from toilets Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am “…getting bolder in her lies.”  Read more… House Democrat wants to prosecute people who make fun of members of Congress online Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am “We’re going to shut them down,” she promises. She’s a moron. Come and get me…  Read more… Facebook bans post on Holocaust remembrance but welcomes back Louis Farrakhan supporters Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am The company that enjoys monopolistic control over the social media market and which pillages the data of users to sell it to others, is busily building the case that it is a malign force  Read more… The American public overwhelmingly supports a citizenship question on 2020 census Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am Clever lawyers, supported by the 4 dogmatic leftists on the Supreme Court plus Chief Justice Roberts, have denied Americans the right to know important information.  Read more… Trump stumps the Left in Korea Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am Donald Trump knows exactly what he’s doing, and that reality may finally be dawning on the Idiot Left.  Read more… African-American/not African-American Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am How identity politics undercuts Democratic election efforts.  Read more… Socialism and capitalism are both making gains Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am The opposing sides are lining up.  Read more… Controlling the cost of college Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am Like all the Left’s absurd giveaway programs, the student loan program is an example of creating problems rather than solving problems.  Read more… New York’s climate change solution: Harm regular people for no noticeable benefit Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am The Big Apple leading the way in useless virtue-signaling.  Read more… The Democrats need to choose between the truth and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Jul 03, 2019 01:00 am Why is Sandy O getting away with saying what she said?  Read more… The American left is seriously out of control. Now it is dangerous Jul 02, 2019 01:00 am The Left has shown its true colors. We are one election away from losing our country…and leftists cheat.  Read more… ProPublica gets busy with a new doxx operation against the Border Patrol Jul 02, 2019 01:00 am They’re marketing it as an expose of callousness towards migrants and sexist memes, trying to paint the Border Patrol in comic book strokes as All Bad Cops. Speaking of hate groups…  Read more… The world’s elderly are heading for the US: study Jul 02, 2019 01:00 am Fewer arriving to “contribute,” more arriving just in time to draw Social Security and medical care.  Read more… A dirty, dangerous border situation with illegals threatening riots Jul 02, 2019 01:00 am With Democrats doing all they can to create chaos, it shouldn’t be that surprising that migrant riots are now beginning.  Read more… View this email in your browser American Thinker is a daily internet publication devoted to the thoughtful exploration of issues of importance to Americans.

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Share This         Tufts University Removing Murals That Don’t Depict People of Color UC Berkeley Ethics Course Wonders if Trump’s Presidency is a Threat to Democracy Massive Cuts to University of Alaska System Could Force Layoffs   William Jacobson: “Ignorance is Bliss: Census going to print without Citizenship Question” Kemberlee Kaye: “Local Bureaucracies Are The Absolute Worst, Volume Eleventy Gazillion.” David Gerstman: “Iran has breached the limit of its enriched uranium stockpile as dictated by the 2015 nuclear deal. This time quite deliberately. But of course, as Vijeta Uniyal blogged, Europe is rushing to protect Iran. You might want to reread what I wrote after the deal was announced four years ago. I think it’s held up rather well. I have a feeling that the Trump administration thinks along similar lines.” Leslie Eastman: “Once again, Texas is solving the problems California creates.” Stacey Matthews: “Joe Biden’s handlers should better prepare him for the possibility he’ll have to share a stage again with Sen. Kamala Harris at the next debate. Because if they don’t, she’s likely to go all “Bend the Knee” on Sleepy Joe next time around, and it won’t be pretty.” Vijeta Uniyal: “As Iran breaches the limit on its enriched uranium stockpile set under the 2015 nuclear deal, European powers scramble to appease the regime. The European Union has started processing payments to Iran under a new trading mechanism, German media reported. While French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to rush to Tehran in an attempt to coax the regime into the Obama-era deal.”                 Legal Insurrection Foundation is a Rhode Island tax-exempt corporation established exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to educate and inform the public on legal, historical, economic, academic, and cultural issues related to the Constitution, liberty, and world events. For more information about the Foundation, CLICK HERE. Donate Here!   Legal Insurrection Foundation 18 Maple Avenue #280 ​ Barrington, Rhode Island 02806  info@legalinsurrection.com Follow Us Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your web browser Unsubscribe

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Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Trending now Michigan church partners with nonprofit to wipe $1.8M in medical debt clean for nearly 2,000 families   Charlottesville replaces Thomas Jefferson birthday celebration with holiday recognizing slave emancipation   Why does author Andy Andrews think going to the bottom of the pool is so important? Sponsored     More from TheBlaze Social media erupts after US Women’s soccer player trolls England in World Cup semi-finals victory   Dem Rep. Frederica Wilson vows to prosecute people for ‘making fun of members of Congress’ online     Portland mayor tells Ted Cruz to get his ‘facts straight’ on Antifa attack and he fires back a scathing response   Portland mayor tells Ted Cruz to get his ‘facts straight’ on Antifa attack and he fires back a scathing response   more stories One last thing… Dan Crenshaw exposes lies about migrant detention camps, calls out Ocasio-Cortez for ‘dishonest’ claims Rep. Dan Crenshaw (D-Texas) argued that Democrats were dealing in bad faith when criticizing the conditions at migrant detention camps after ignoring the crisis and refusing to address it in Congress. Crenshaw was talking to Martha MacCallum on Fox News when she asked him to address the extraordinary claims coming from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cort Read more Share Tweet Email © 2019 Blaze Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive emails from Blaze Media. Privacy Policy | Manage your preferences | Unsubscribe 8275 S. Eastern Ave, Ste 200-245 Las Vegas, Nevada, 89123, USA

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View this email in your browser Wednesday, July 3, 2019 Editor’s note: Happy 4th of July week! Assuming there isn’t a revolution in the next few days, we’ll be back in full swing Monday morning. Pro tip if you’re visiting family: mentioning The Flip Side is a great way to diffuse tense political debates! 😉 Future of the Democratic Party Following the first set of Democratic primary debates, polls from CNN and Quinnipiac showed Joe Biden’s support falling and Kamala Harris (D-CA) moving into second place. CNN, Quinnipiac See our initial coverage of the debates here and here. The Flip Side From the Left The left is encouraged by the debates but believes the candidates will have to refine their messages to appeal to general election voters. “The best course for Democrats, in elections and in government, is to develop a new agenda that synthesizes progressive values with conservative wisdom… Sanders has spent a lot of time in this campaign, as he did in 2016, defending socialism. It’s a losing and unnecessary battle. Democrats actually believe in capitalism. They just don’t like the ruthless, runaway version that has betrayed and antagonized working people…    “Healthy capitalism starts with stronger competition. When powerful companies aren’t regulated, the first thing they do is crush or buy out their competitors to escape market pressure. To preserve the market, the government has to constrain such behavior… It’s true that much of what was said on stage was dogmatic, tone-deaf, and self-destructive. But that’s only half the story. The other half is that through these debates, Democrats are beginning to articulate new ways of thinking about these problems and solving them.” William Saletan, Slate   “The Democratic candidates are talking more honestly about health care than about immigration. To develop a coherent approach to immigration in an era of rising asylum claims, Democrats need to explain—among other things—whom they would and wouldn’t let in… One of the internationally accepted legal criteria for who deserves asylum—fear based on ‘membership of a particular social group’—is extremely vague. Different immigration judges interpret it in vastly different ways. Since those judges currently work for the attorney general, and thus ultimately for the president, the Democratic candidates need to clarify what standard they support… They need to do so to let primary voters make an informed choice. And they need to do so before Donald Trump launches an onslaught of nativist attacks next year. The 2020 Democratic candidates don’t actually support open borders. They’re just not yet comfortable explaining why.” Peter Beinart, The Atlantic   “Democrats can [also] spend more time talking about the party’s emerging solutions to the single most urgent crisis in the news right now… Plans have been introduced by House Democrats and Senate Democrats… These plans include things such as increased funding to Northern Triangle countries; creating additional in-country options for asylum seekers to apply for refugee status from afar to disincentivize the trek to the border; big investments in judges and programs to track asylum-seeking families awaiting hearings; and so forth… There’s more consensus here than you think.” Greg Sargent, Washington Post   Some argue, “Activists are pressing candidates to take aggressively progressive stands on broad issues like Medicare-for-all but also narrower ones like including undocumented immigrants in health care plans and providing relief from graduate school debt. This is, however, precisely the wrong lesson to learn from the Trump era. It’s true that Trump is president, but it’s not true that Trump ran and won as an ideological extremist…    “Trump ran as an Iraq War [opponent] who vowed to avoid new Middle Eastern military adventures, as an opponent of cutting Social Security and Medicare (and Medicaid), and as the first-ever Republican candidate to try to position himself as an ally to the LGBTQ community — going so far as to actually speak the words ‘LGBTQ’… Far from being a counterexample to the theory that moderation pays off, Trump’s election is, if anything, a testament to its power. The millions of progressives baffled that someone as coarse, ignorant, and scandal-plagued as Trump could win an election should reflect on the fact that he was able to partially recover from those things due to his positions on the issues.” Matthew Yglesias, Vox   Others ask, “In what sense are the Dems moving too far left?… Voters want to raise taxes on the rich and expand government social programs. In moving to the left on taxes and spending, then, Democrats are actually moving toward voters’ preferences, not away from them… On fiscal and economic responsibility: Nobody who endorsed the 2017 tax cut has any right to criticize Democratic proposals to spend more on things like child care. That tax cut, after all, appears likely to add around $2 trillion to federal debt — with around a third of that going to foreigners. Meanwhile, the promised surge in business investment is nowhere to be seen… “Last but not least, if your view is that the progressive agenda is morally wrong, that people shouldn’t receive more in government benefits than they pay in taxes… [then] you should be calling on ‘donor’ states like New Jersey and New York to cut off places like Kentucky and let their economies collapse. And if that’s what you mean, you should let Mitch McConnell’s constituents know about it.” Paul Krugman, New York Times From the Right The right is criticizing Democrats for adopting far-left positions unpopular with general election voters. “The Democrats are doing everything they can to keep the Flight 93 panic alive on the right. They’re doing this by running so far to the left that many Trump-skeptical Republicans feel like they have no choice but to vote for him again (I hear this from my fellow conservatives every day). Democratic candidates have openly praised socialism, the Green New Deal, the abolition of private insurance, voting rights for incarcerated felons, federal funding of abortion late into pregnancy, confiscatory ‘wealth taxes,’ and even the right to sex-change operations paid for by taxpayers.” Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times “The Democrats seemed to be tag-teaming to prove Republican talking points… While the consensus Democratic position appears to be allowing people to buy into a Medicare-type insurance program, enough Democrats are pushing ‘Medicare-for-all’ that they run the risk of the public thinking that is their overall approach. Another example was ‘open borders.’ Trump and the Republicans often speak about how the Democrats are for ‘open borders,’ or allowing anyone to enter the country, regardless of need for asylum or ability to contribute to society. I’m not sure that’s the consensus Democratic view… But when asked about what they would do about people crossing the border, no Democrat seemed to take the position that the U.S. should be able to decide (fairly) who needs to be offered asylum and who could be – safely and fairly – refused entry.” Arnon Mishkin, Fox News “On several polarizing issues, Democrats are refusing to offer the reassurances to moderate opinion that they once did. They’re not saying: We will secure the border and insist on an orderly asylum process, but do it in a humane way; we will protect the right to abortion while working to make it less common; we will protect gun rights while setting sensible limits on them. The old rhetorical guardrails — trust us, there’s a hard stop on how far left we’ll go — are gone.” Ramesh Ponnuru, New York Times “Biden had a lane all to himself in the debate Thursday night, but he couldn’t stay in it… Biden’s drift to the left — supporting health care for illegal aliens, expressing strong distaste for deporting any of them who hadn’t committed major crimes — is illustrative of a Democratic party held hostage by its woke minority. Twice as many Democrats are over 65 than are under 30. More than half of Democrats who voted in 2018 identify themselves as moderate or conservative. ‘Very liberal’ Americans account for only 19 percent of the party’s voters. There is absolutely no need for Biden to be afraid of the Left. He was doing fine without them, they’re absolutely prepared to vote for him over Trump, and what Democrats crave is electability, which they think he’s got more of than anyone else. He doesn’t need to buy off the activists during primary season. But he did it anyway.” Kyle Smith, National Review “In the 2018 midterm elections, Pelosi’s Democrats far outdid Hillary Clinton’s 2016 performance. Pelosi’s Democrats won the popular vote over Republicans by 6.7 points nationwide. How? By relentlessly talking about pocketbook issues, particularly the Democrats’ commitment to protecting voters’ existing health-insurance arrangements. Attack ads against Republicans in 2018 focused on the provision of a bill that would have weakened protections for those with preexisting conditions. Pelosi’s Democrats said Republicans would ‘raise your premiums’ and ‘kick you off your health-care plan’…  “For good measure they accused Republicans of ‘doubling the debt.’ Pelosi and Chuck Schumer tried to tamp down the story of the migrant caravan then traveling through Mexico, calling President Trump’s focus on it a distraction from health care. Pelosi’s Democrats retook the Rust Belt districts that Donald Trump had won in 2016… [She must have watched the] Democratic primary debates in horror.” Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review “A presidential election loss discredits the party’s insiders, and so the outsider grassroots say, with vehemence—and oftentimes no little justification—it’s our turn, give us a chance. Thus the activists, fired by ideological zeal, seize control of the party’s nomination…  “They raise their voices, walk the precincts, show up at meetings, flock to the polls, and generally set the tone for the party. That’s how the left-wing Senator George McGovern of South Dakota won the 1972 Democratic nomination. There was no social media back then, but if there had been, McGovern would have dominated Democratic Twitter. Yet of course, dominating the intra-party discussion is not the same thing as winning an inter-party election. So while McGovern surged to win the Democratic nomination in the summer of 1972, he crashed in his actual bid to win the White House that November. He crashed badly, in fact—he lost 49 states.” James P. Pinkerton, The American Conservative On the bright side… Man spreading joy by standing in front of things. WOWK 13 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.