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THE DAILY SIGNAL

July 16, 2019

Good morning from Washington, where President Trump sticks to his guns despite a political uproar over tweets suggesting unnamed progressive congresswomen “go back” to their countries of origin. His supposed targets fire back. Fred Lucas reports. What’s our health care got that Canadians want? Kevin Pham tells. On the podcast, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., talks illegal immigration and citizenship. Plus: Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino on when a Supreme Court nominee’s enemies went too far, and Lee Edwards on the failure of socialism. Fifty years ago today, Apollo 11 blasts off, its mission to put two astronauts on the moon.

Analysis American Health Care Treats Canadians Who Cannot Wait After being advised that they need a procedure done, only about 35% of Canadians had their surgery within a month, whereas in the United States, 61% did. Read More

Analysis Red States Could Lose Big Because of the Census, Rep. Mo Brooks Explains “You are diluting the vote of American citizens when you count illegal aliens for the purposes of distribution of political power,” says the Alabama congressman. Read More

News As Democrats Attack Trump as ‘Racist,’ He Defends ‘Go Back’ Tweets President Trump is “launching a blatantly racist attack on four duly elected members of the United States House of Representatives, all of whom are women of color. This is the agenda of white nationalists,” says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. Read More

Commentary The Totally, Utterly Irrefutable Case Against Socialism Socialism is not only or even principally an economic doctrine, concludes the British author Theodore Dalrymple, “it is a revolt against human nature.” It refuses to believe that man is a fallen creature and seeks to improve him “by making all equal one to another.” Read More

Commentary The Moment Kavanaugh’s Foes Overplayed Their Hand As far as the chattering classes of D.C. were concerned, if Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation had any life left in it before Michael Avenatti announced a new allegation, it was indisputably dead now. Read More

Commentary This Man Is Facing Foreclosure, $30K Fine Because He Didn’t Mow His Lawn “I got violated for a lawn mower in my yard,” says one resident who has been fined $32,000. “They violated me for a hole the size of a quarter in my stucco … They find people they can pick on … and they keep picking on them.” Read More

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THE FLIP SIDE

View this email in your browser Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Disrespect in DC Last week, conflict erupted on Twitter between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and progressive representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), known as the “Squad.” Politico On Sunday morning President Trump tweeted, “So interesting to see ‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen… telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” Twitter From the Left The left is divided about the infighting and condemns Trump’s tweets. “While none of the parties involved in this dispute covered themselves in glory, the speaker was noticeably absent in treating an open wound. It’s not hard to schedule a private meeting to clear the air or to not insult your own members, in the first place, while brunching with Maureen Dowd. The lack of such discipline suggested that Pelosi’s top concern was putting these outspoken members in their place, and taking their outspoken staffers off the federal payroll, rather than containing the damage.” Jim Newell, Slate   “Part of me understands the frustration of Democrats who find the squad maddening. Leftist criticism can be uniquely grating to liberals, especially the kind that treats disagreements over strategy as differences of morality. And some of the newcomers’ rhetoric has been stupid and irresponsible. Still, it’s Pelosi’s responsibility — not that of four insurgents who’ve been in Congress for only six months — to bring the party she leads together. She came to power with a promise to go after Trump, not the left. Maybe if she fulfilled it, Democrats would direct their rage at the president instead of at one another.” Michelle Goldberg, New York Times   “Sorry, Squad, but your senior staff members don’t have free speech rights if it’s your name that’s on the door. The House floor is smaller than it looks on television, and it’s tough to avoid a colleague or to work with someone you just assigned some nefarious motivation. And, if you’re a leader, you can’t call out a member in the media and then get mad when they clap back… The bottom line is that the Squad (and progressives) need Pelosi to be successful in Congress. Pelosi has the gavel, and she can repair the breach so that everyone keeps their jobs. And all of us in the cheap seats need them to be at the same family reunion. The real battle is just too big.” Donna F. Edwards, Washington Post   “I get the bigger picture: This isn’t really about immigration. It’s about the left feeling that Pelosi isn’t doing enough on holding Trump accountable. It’s about impeachment. Fine. They have a point. But make that point. Don’t call fellow Democrats racists, or walk right up to the line of saying that. It’s the worst thing you can say about a Democrat… both sides better cool it right now.” Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast   Some note that “there’s [still] a world of difference between these dustups and the veritable civil war among Republicans when they controlled the House. The House Freedom Caucus, the conservative GOP coalition, made the lives of Republican Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan impossible and eventually hounded them into retirement. In the previous Congress, House Freedom Caucus Chair Mark Meadows voted against Ryan on a third of all votes…    “[By contrast] the border-funding vote aside, there’s barely any daylight between Democrats on matters actually before the House. The Squad has broken with Pelosi on just two votes so far… The gap between the party’s moderate and left wings is relatively small, too. Ocasio-Cortez and Representative Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, a co-chair of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, have parted ways on just 13 percent of votes; Omar and Representative Max Rose of New York, who’s more pragmatic than ideological, on 7 percent of votes… Though they have differences of opinion, they are all on the same strategic page.” David A. Graham, The Atlantic   Regarding Trump’s tweet, “his assumption that the House Democrats must have been born in another country — or that they did not belong here if they were — fits an us-against-them political strategy that has been at the heart of Mr. Trump’s presidency from the start. Heading into next year’s election, he appears to be drawing a deep line between the white, native-born America of his memory and the ethnically diverse, increasingly foreign-born country he is presiding over, challenging voters in 2020 to declare which side of that line they are on.” Peter Baker, New York Times   “The closest analogue to Trump’s most recent remarks can be seen in his backing of birtherism, the completely false argument that then-President Barack Obama was not an American citizen. It was one of Trump’s most potent efforts to tie race to citizenship and national identity… “During his three years as president, Trump has only refined his messaging further. When criticized by a person of color, Trump often presents them as ungrateful, disrespectful, and most importantly for Trump’s argument, unpatriotic. From the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, to black women, to kneeling NFL players, and anyone in between, the president has argued that their criticism is tantamount to openly hating America and its ideals… The racism in Trump’s attacks should be impossible to deny.” P.R. Lockhart, Vox From the Right The right is skeptical of the attacks on Pelosi and criticizes Trump’s tweets. “It’s absolutely true… that the vanguard of woke leftism is composed mainly of white intellectuals, not working-class people of color. And it’s also true… that some black Democrats in Congress (and many white Democrats too) resent that the Justice Democrats PAC that backs AOC is also angling to recruit primary challengers to them… Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama, who’s black and part of the centrist New Democrat Coalition, scolded them by reminding them that she experienced segregation firsthand as a kid and doesn’t need any lectures from the left about what’s good for women of color.” Allahpundit, Hot Air “Pelosi’s bind began on election night. As Republicans learned from 2011-2015, holding one chamber of Congress isn’t worth that much. The president and the upper chamber block legislation. Frustrated by inaction, the majority turns inward. Divisions grow. The more extreme members target leadership. The speaker spends more time negotiating with her own party than with the president and Senate majority leader…  “Even if you assume that Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitter and Instagram following counts for something in the real world, she’s not about to help Democrats win Senate races in red states. President Trump and the Republican party want nothing more than to define the choice in 2020 as between socialism and Americanism, socialism and prosperity, socialism and security. And for whatever reason, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is eager to help him.” Matthew Continetti, National Review “The four—AOC, Tlaib, Pressley, Omar—have no clout in the Democratic caucus. But because of the confrontations they have caused and the controversy they have created, they have a massive media following. Paradoxically, their interests in winning cheers as the fighting arm of the Democratic Party coincide with the interests of Donald Trump… Trump is driving a wedge right through the Democratic Party, between its moderate and militant wings. With his attacks over the last 48 hours, Trump has signaled whom he prefers as his opponent in 2020. It is not Biden; it is ‘the Squad.’” Patrick J. Buchanan, The American Conservative “The Democrats were divided. They were at each other’s throats. The progressives were accusing Nancy Pelosi of racism. Donald Trump was trolling them all by defending Pelosi. The disharmony and disunity was growing. The House Democrats’ Twitter feed began an attack on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Chief of Staff. Progressives pushed back… And then that tweet. With the exception of Ilhan Omar, those members of Congress are from the United States. They are American citizens. They have nowhere to go back to because this is their home. And now there’s unity on the left again.” Erick Erickson, The Resurgent “Not only did [Trump] attack the ‘squad,’ he managed to do it in a way in which no other prominent Democrat can continue to criticize them publicly, lest they be perceived as echoing the president’s contention that they should go back where they came from. At the exact moment the accusations and counter-accusations were set to do lasting damage, Trump just had to jump in and give them an attack that would unify them all. It often seems like Trump would rather have a bad news cycle that focuses on him than a beneficial news cycle that focuses on someone else… “Everyone around the president can read a poll and knows that his rage-tweeting is a liability; it is perhaps the biggest liability in a presidency that, with prosperity and a perception of peace, ought to be comfortably cruising to reelection.” Jim Geraghty, National Review “Many people will surely ask once again how so many Republicans and others can still support him. The answer: For many, there is no alternative. It’s not that many conservatives and independents don’t see his myriad flaws… [but] none of the leading Democrats offer any concession to Republicans who are unhappy with Trump. None offer a different, more centrist tax policy. None offer support for even the old Democratic orthodoxy on abortion, as Joe Biden’s abandonment of his decades-long support for the Hyde amendment shows…  “Rather than build a cross-partisan coalition to defeat Trump, Democratic candidates seek to use that dissatisfaction to force people to accept policies they would otherwise reject… Republicans increasingly feel personally threatened by the rise of virulent progressive politics. When you feel your faith, livelihood and safety are at risk if the other side wins, you will bite the bullet and vote for Trump. Trump’s primary appeal to millions of people is that he protects them from something much worse. So long as that perception exists, those people will back him no matter how offensively he behaves.” Henry Olsen, Washington Post On the bright side… An underpass for turtles in Wisconsin is saving dozens of the little guys’ lives. 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THE EPOCH TIMES

View this email in your browser “Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.” LEO TOLSTOY Good morning! A new rule issued by the Trump administration aims to reduce the burden on America’s asylum system. Under the new rule, asylum-seekers who don’t apply for asylum in a safe third country on their way to the U.S. southern border won’t be eligible to apply in the United States. “It’s just common sense that if you really were in danger, you would go to the first safe country,” said Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies.  Read the full story here   Mark Esper Formally Nominated as Defense Secretary by White House Trump’s 2020 Campaign, RNC Raise $108 Million in Second Quarter   As part of the “Buy American, Hire American” initiative, President Trump signed an executive order aimed to increase the domestic content threshold for U.S.-made products. Read more   Prosecutors revealed during a bail hearing that federal agents uncovered “piles of cash,” diamonds, and an expired foreign passport inside a locked safe at Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan mansion. Read more Anarchists, members of Antifa, and other extremists have eulogized a man who was killed by police while attacking an immigrant detention center with incendiary devices. A group of roughly two dozen anarchists and Antifa members placed candles near the site of the attack at the privately operated Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington. Read more Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley want the Federal Trade Commission to investigate how major tech companies curate content, and make public what the agency finds that’s in the public interest. Read more President Trump said the Democratic Party is endorsing socialism after its leaders in Congress came to the defense of four representatives whom Trump called “radical left congresswomen.” Trump blasted the four and suggested they should apologize for “horrible and disgusting actions.” Read more A Finnish study done by researchers at the University of Turku found that mankind only accounts for a minute portion of the global temperature change over the past 100 years. Read more   See More Top Stories A Solution to the Student-Loan Crisis: No More Risk Free Loans By Fergus Hodgson Snowballing for a generation, the student-loan crisis has taken center stage in the 2020 race to the White House, at least for the Democratic contenders. Candidates are promising everything from tuition-free college to debt forgiveness. Even President Donald Trump has considered capping payments at 12.5 percent of discretionary income and forgiving loans when they reach 15 years. None of these proposals, however, strikes at the root… Read more The United States Should Help Chinese People to Break Away from the CCP By Jennifer Zeng Recently over one hundred mostly American scholars, former diplomats and military officials, and business leaders wrote an open letter to President Trump and members of Congress, titled “China is not an enemy,” claiming that “making China a U.S. enemy is counterproductive.” This letter makes seven propositions on “the problems in the U.S. approach to China and the basic elements of a more effective U.S. policy.” Read more   See More Opinions How DSA Flips Congress Members for Socialized Health Care By Trevor Loudon This country’s largest Marxist group, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), has been working hard for socialized health care since 1994. At the DSA’s July 2017 national convention, held in Chicago, delegates voted to make “Medicare for All”—DSA’s latest euphemism for government-controlled health care—“a national priority.” While building grassroots support has been a big part of the DSA’s strategy, the comrades know that this means little without congressional voting power. Consequently… Read more Questions surrounding Epstein have existed for a long time, including his relationship to former President Bill Clinton, who, according to flight logs, flew on Epstein’s personal jet 26 times. We explore their relationship.  Jeffrey Epstein’s Ties to Bill Clinton 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 16,2019 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.   I’ve Donated to President Trump’s Re-Election Effort Many, many of the concerns I had about President Trump in 2016 have been addressed by him and his administration through sound public policy. No candidate and no administration is perfect and I will continue to speak up when I disagree. But President Trump offers a vision for the United States with a strong economic record to back it up. The Democrats offer attempted mass assassinations of Republicans, fire bombings of immigration facilities, Mexican flags replacing American flags, the harvesting and selling of chidren’s body parts, the continued destruction of our healthcare system, the championing of lawlessness, and open persecution of people of faith by government bureaucrats. I have donated to President Trump’s re-election campaign and was happy to do — made more happy after watching that pitiful press conference by the suicide squad of the Hate America First crowd. The post I’ve Donated to President Trump’s Re-Election Effort appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Here’s the Agenda for the Resurgent Gathering 2019 There are a few things subject to change, but this is the tentative agenda for the 2019 Resurgent Gathering. Check-in to the Grand Hyatt Atlanta on August 1st. You can get a ticket here. August 2 7:30-9am: Breakfast 9:00-9:30: Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia 9:30-10:00 Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina 10:00-10:30 Senator Tom Cotton […] The post Here’s the Agenda for the Resurgent Gathering 2019 appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Why Would Teachers Promote the Killing of Human Children? I’ve been a public high school teacher for almost two decades, and other than a handful of years right out of college, I have chosen not to be a member of the local teachers’ association.  This has been more difficult of a choice for me than one might believe, considering my politics have changed little […] The post Why Would Teachers Promote the Killing of Human Children? appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » First Liberty Building and Loan This week, the Resurgent is being sponsored by First Liberty Building and Loan. It is a family business run by my friend Brant Frost. Brant and his family have over a quarter century of experience at First Liberty helping people achieve their American Dream, with a particular focus on SBA loans and recently, Brant started a private lending fund, earning over 12% return for their investors. The best part is Brant and his family have been leaders in the Christian Conservative movement for over 30 years, raising and donating millions of dollars’s worth of time, talent, and treasure to Christian conservative causes and candidates. They are in it for the long-term, and I wholeheartedly recommend them. You can check them out here and let them know I sent you. The post First Liberty Building and Loan appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » BLM Relocation Will Improve Public Lands Management The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an agency of the Department of Interior, will be relocating out west soon. This comes after Secretary Bernhardt confirmed the move back in spring. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO), who is up for re-election next fall, is the chief architect of this move. Per a news release on the announcement, […] The post BLM Relocation Will Improve Public Lands Management appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » The DC Project: Women Who Are Changing the Narrative on Gun Rights The future of shooting sports is female and they are here to stay. Meet the group of women who are helping to lead the charge: The DC Project. I was recently invited to cover both their rally and their range day event. The organization is nonpartisan in nature and strives to help “women to establish […] The post The DC Project: Women Who Are Changing the Narrative on Gun Rights appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Beto’s White Guilt Moment Just think: it was just last week that everyone was up in arms over the revelation that Senator Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) ancestors owned slaves. But the way the news cycles move these days, that was an eternity ago. This week, having slaveholding ancestors has turned from a badge of dishonor to an opportunity to express […] The post Beto’s White Guilt Moment appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Several WH Social Media Summit Attendees Sound Off on Event, Critics Last week, President Trump hosted social media influencers, policy makers, conservative organizations, and others who’ve spoken out about bias on digital platforms at the White House’s Social Media Summit. Notably absent, however, were representatives from Facebook and Twitter. Bill Ottman, the CEO of Minds, was invited. Here is the video of Trump’s remarks during the […] The post Several WH Social Media Summit Attendees Sound Off on Event, Critics appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Incognito Socialism The Green New Deal seeks to remake the world, not save it. The post Incognito Socialism appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Former WI Governor Scott Walker To Lead Prominent Young Conservative Organization On Fox & Friends this morning, former Wisconsin governor and 2016 presidential candidate Scott Walker announced he’s taking the helms at Young America’s Foundation (YAF) come February 2021. He was just selected as YAF’s president-elect. Here’s the announcement: The YAF statement on their selection of Walker reads like this: Young America’s Foundation (YAF) is excited […] The post Former WI Governor Scott Walker To Lead Prominent Young Conservative Organization 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. 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POLITICO PLAYBOOK

POLITICO Playbook: The political world Trump made

By JAKE SHERMAN and ANNA PALMER 

07/16/2019 05:57 AM EDT

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DRIVING THE DAY

WELCOME TO AMERICA’S NEW POLITICAL REALITY, courtesy of Donald Trump.

THE BULK OF THIS WEEK will be focused on President DONALD TRUMP’S attack on Reps. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ, AYANNA PRESSLEY, ILHAN OMAR and RASHIDA TLAIB, a.k.a. The Squad. It’s all members of Congress were getting asked about Monday when we were in the Capitol.

TONIGHT, around 7 p.m., Congress will vote on the resolution to condemn “President Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of Congress.” On the next day, the president will fly to North Carolina for a political rally, where we’d be shocked if this didn’t come up.

— THE PRESIDENT NOW HAS A FOIL, and it’s four young women of color who are from the energetic progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Some Republicans think the president is trying to highlight political views he believes are out of the mainstream — albeit ham-handedly.

— FOR DEMOCRATS, this development comes after years of complaints by some in the party that they were led by white septuagenarians. AOC, Pressley, Omar and Tlaib now rank among the most recognizable political figures in America. They got picked up by live cable Monday, and HVC Studio A — a news conference room on Capitol Hill used by party leaders like Speaker NANCY PELOSI — was packed with reporters during The Squad’s news conference Monday. More from Heather Caygle and Sarah Ferris on the presser

— REPUBLICANS now have to vote on whether they approve of TRUMP’S comments. Most are likely to stick with Trump, even while they say privately he’s a boor for thinking and voicing these thoughts. It will be very instructive to see whether Republicans like Rep. Paul Mitchell (Mich.), a member of House GOP leadership who has criticized Trump over the tweets, end up voting with Democrats. Monday evening, senior Republicans told us they expected 10 or fewer Republicans would vote to condemn Trump.

A QUESTION FOR REPUBLICANS TO PONDER: What would you tell your child if they sent those tweets? Would you say it was OK?

— THE SQUAD found a way to explain succinctly why they believe TRUMP is a racist and why he should be impeached. They were able to tie this incident to a set of immigration policies that Democrats of all stripes believe are wrongheaded and criminal.

— THEY ALSO HIGHLIGHTED, perhaps unintentionally, what the Republican Party has become on Capitol Hill: a bastion of mostly white men who are unable or unwilling to criticize a white president who has targeted brown and black women.

THE GOP CONUNDRUM: “Trump ambushes Republicans with attacks on minority congresswomen,” by Burgess Everett and John Bresnahan

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL is expected to address Trump’s comments at his weekly press conference today. House GOP leadership will have a news conference at 10 a.m.

THE DEMOCRATS’ RESOLUTION “strongly condemns President Donald Trump’s racist comments that have legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color by saying that our fellow Americans who are immigrants, and those who may look to the President like immigrants, should ‘go back’ to other countries, by referring to immigrants and asylum seekers as ‘invaders,’ and by saying that Members of Congress who are immigrants (or those of our colleagues who are wrongly assumed to be immigrants) do not belong in Congress or in the United States of America.” Read the Dems’ condemnation resolution

NYT’S ANNIE KARNI: “Almost two years after Charlottesville, when Mr. Trump refused to condemn white supremacists after their deadly clash with a crowd protesting them, presidential statements widely condemned as racist are still putting White House officials in the awkward position of having to defend comments they privately wish Mr. Trump had not made. But they are also causing less heartburn in the West Wing than they used to.” NYT

A CNN CHYRON FOR THE AGES: “TRUMP DENIES RACIST TWEETS WERE RACIST”

— IT’S NOT JUST CNN … Even the normally cautious and studiously neutral APis running with this headline: “Trump digs in on racist tweets: ‘Many people agree with me’”

— WAPO EDITOR MARTY BARON: ““The Post traditionally has been cautious in the terminology it uses to characterize individuals’ statements, because a news organization’s job is to inform its readers as dispassionately as possible … Decisions about the terminology we use are made only after a thorough discussion among senior editors. We had that discussion today about President Trump’s use of a longstanding slur against African Americans and other minorities. The ‘go back’ trope is deeply rooted in the history of racism in the United States. Therefore, we have concluded that ‘racist’ is the proper term to apply to the language he used Sunday.’” WaPo

— CONWAY VS. CONWAY … WAPO OP-ED: “George Conway: Trump is a racist president”

Good Tuesday morning.

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THE LATEST ON THE DEBT CEILING — “Pelosi rejects short-term debt ceiling hike as budget talks extend,” by Caitlin Emma: “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Monday night turned aside the notion of a short-term debt ceiling hike as she continues negotiating on a broader budget deal with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

“After days of hashing out their positions over the phone, Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Mnuchin spoke again tonight, with plans to talk on Tuesday, according to a Pelosi aide. ‘We shall see,’ Pelosi said when asked about the possibility of striking a sweeping two-year agreement before the August recess that lifts the budget caps and the debt limit.

“‘The issues are what they are. They’ll be here now, they’ll be here later,’ she said. ‘The interests of the full faith and credit of the United States of America are served by us doing this as soon as possible.’ Pelosi would not speculate on a backup plan if congressional leaders and the White House fail to strike an accord before the break.” POLITICO

— TRUTH BOMB … IF THE DEBT CEILING NEEDS RAISING and there’s no budget deal,there is close to zero chance Pelosi, Mnuchin and Hill Republicans allow the nation to barrel toward default. Could this get paired with something besides a budget deal if it’s not ready? Sure.

A POMPEO/ZARIF SUMMIT? — “Top Iran diplomat says talks on ballistic missiles possible,” by AP’s Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: “Iran’s foreign minister has suggested for the first time that the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile program could be up for negotiations with the U.S., a possible opening for talks as tensions remain high between Tehran and Washington over the collapsing nuclear deal.

“Mohammad Javad Zarif offered an initially high price for such negotiations — the halt of American arms sales to both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, two key U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf.

“But the fact that he mentioned it at all potentially represents a change in policy. The country’s ballistic missile program remains under control of the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which answers only to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.” AP

— ZARIF is in New York and told NBC’s LESTER HOLT this: “In an interview with NBC Nightly News’ Lester Holt, Zarif said the door is ‘wide open’ to diplomacy if Trump removes the array of sanctions he has imposed since 2017 that have slashed the country’s oil exports and damaged its economy. ‘Once those sanctions are lifted, then … the room for negotiation is wide open,’ Zarif said during a visit to New York for a U.N. conference.” NBC

— THE IRANIANS told us that Zarif is not meeting with any U.S. officials while he is in the United States. But he does have his usual private sitdowns in New York with think tankers and journalists.

— WHAT EUROPE IS DOING … “E.U. Ministers, Scrambling to Save Iran Nuclear Deal, Play Down Breaches,” by NYT’s Matina Stevis-Gridneff in Brussels: “Scrambling to save the nuclear agreement with Iran, European foreign ministers declared Monday that Iranian breaches so far were not serious enough to take steps that could lead to reimposed international sanctions and a collapse of the accord.

“That conclusion, reached at a meeting in Brussels, effectively extended a lifeline for the 2015 nuclear agreement in defiance of pressure by the Trump administration. The agreement has been increasingly imperiled since the United States abandoned the accord more than a year ago and renewed its own sanctions on Iran.” NYT

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2020 WATCH … THE CASH DASH … DAVID SIDERS, ZACH MONTELLARO and SCOTT BLAND: “‘Doomsday scenario’: Cash shortage squeezes huge Dem field”: “Months of bleak polling couldn’t stop the parade of lower-level Democrats crowding into the presidential primary. But bankruptcy might.

“Eleven Democratic presidential candidates — nearly half of the sprawling field — spent more campaign cash than they raised in the second quarter of the year, according to new financial disclosures filed Monday. Eight contenders active in the spring limped forward with less than $1 million in cash on hand, and several top-tier contenders were already spending multiples of what their lower-profile competitors raised.

“The financial squeeze is set to drastically shrink the lineup of Democratic contenders in the coming months, barring major shifts in momentum, as candidates grapple with the doldrums of summer fundraising and the high costs of staffing national campaigns and building donor lists big enough to qualify for future Democratic National Committee debates.

“The numbers also reveal the tremendous pressure on lesser-known candidates to make a splash in the debates at the end of this month — potentially the last chance some will have to attract a burst of support as their expenses pile up.” POLITICO

— FOLLOW THE MONEY: “Biden leans on maximum donors to fund 2020 campaign,” by Maggie Severns … “GOP mega-donors pour money into Trump campaign,”by Alex Isenstadt

— RUH-ROH: “Beto O’Rourke fundraising fell to $3.6 million in second quarter,” by David Siders

HILL CASH … TOP 5 FUNDRAISERS: Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). The full list

HMM … WAPO’S ANNIE LINSKEY: “Dow breast implant case spotlights Elizabeth Warren’s work helping big corporations navigate bankruptcies”

BUT HER EMAILS — “DeVos’ use of personal email as secretary probed by House Democrats,” by Kimberly Hefling: “House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings said Monday that he is expanding an investigation into the use of personal email by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Cummings told DeVos in a letter that his move came after ‘disturbing new revelations’ released by the Education Department’s inspector general in May about how DeVos had used personal email while on the job.” POLITICO

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TRUMP’S TUESDAY — The president will participate in a Cabinet meeting at 11:30 a.m. in the Cabinet Room. He will have lunch with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at 12:45 p.m. in the private dining room. Trump will then meet with the congressional GOP leadership at 4 p.m. in the Roosevelt Room.

PLAYBOOK READS

KNOWING RIC GRENELL — “Trump’s Favorite Ambassador Makes a Very Trumpian Splash in Berlin,” by WSJ’s Bojan Pancevski in Berlin and Rebecca Ballhaus: “During a meeting with Angela Merkel, Vice President Mike Pence praised Richard Grenell, the blunt-spoken U.S. ambassador to Germany, eliciting a characteristically dry comment from the chancellor.

“Turning to Mr. Grenell, Ms. Merkel said his style ‘took getting used to,’ according to participants of the February meeting in Munich. She encapsulated the sentiments of Berlin’s political class, which has been struggling to come to terms with Mr. Grenell’s unorthodox diplomacy since he arrived last year, delivering to Berlin a shock similar to President Trump’s own disruption of establishment Washington.

“Mr. Grenell, a confidant of the president and former adviser to his campaign, embodies both the diplomatic doctrine of the Trump administration and its new posture toward U.S. allies in Europe: engagement, public criticism that rankles host nations, some achievements and some unbridgeable divides.” WSJ

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NEW HAMPSHIRE POLL … HARRIS RISING: Biden: 20.8%, Harris, 17.5, Warren: 16.7, Buttigieg: 11.5, Sanders: 9.9, Yang: 4.9, Klobuchar: 2.7, Williamson: 1.5, Booker: 1.2, Gabbard: 1.0, Everyone else: < 1. WMUR story … St. Anselm College poll details

IMMIGRATION FILES — “Why Trump’s Immigration Courts Aren’t Ready for the ICE Raids,” by The Marshall Project’s Julia Preston and Andrew Calderon in POLITICO Magazine

THE POLICY PRIMARY — Joe Biden rolled out a plan for older Americans, focusing on prescription drug prices, Medicare, Social Security and tax code incentives to save more and work as long as they want. The plan

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MEDIAWATCH … YASHAR ALI: “BBC Accepts Iran’s Demand Of Blackout On Its Persian Sites Amid Regime’s Attacks On Press”: “The BBC has agreed to conditions set by the Islamic Republic of Iran to not share reporting materials it gathers in Iran with its Persian-language channel, BBC Persian, an internal email obtained by HuffPost reveals. The agreement represents a capitulation to a government that has been hostile to press freedom. The Iranian government routinely shuts down media organizations critical of the regime and imprisons, tortures and executes journalists.

“The agreement was made with the Iranian government in exchange for Iran allowing a BBC correspondent into the country, and, according to emails that HuffPost obtained, it’s not the first time the British broadcaster has agreed to such terms.”

— Lori Overstreet is joining U.S. News and World Report as VP and GM of education. She most recently was VP of marketing for Discovery education at Discovery Communications.

— “David Barstow, a senior writer at The New York Times and the first reporter to ever win four Pulitzer Prizes, is the new head of investigative reporting at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Barstow has been named the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Professor in Investigative Journalism, succeeding Prof. Lowell Bergman, who retired in June after 28 years of teaching at UC Berkeley.” The announcement… Barstow’s latest Pulitzer … Flashback: “New York Times’ Trump Tax Team Imploded When Star Reporter David Barstow Went Rogue”

— WSJ’S BENJAMIN MULLIN: “Streaming Startup Quibi to Create Daily News Show With NBC”: “The show, which is still unnamed, will appear on Quibi’s streaming service in two separate editions running less than six minutes every morning and evening. Quibi—short for ‘quick bites’—is a streaming service due to launch in April with shows and films broken up into increments shorter than 10 minutes meant to be watched primarily on smartphones.” WSJ

PLAYBOOKERS

SPOTTED at the Harvard Institute of Politics’ “Celebration of Public Service” event Monday night: Larry Bacow, Mark Gearan, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, Cathy Russell, Jody Olson, David Axelrod, Bob Cohn, Lynn Sweet, Caroline Kennedy, Margaret Talev, Amy Dacey, Alice Stewart, Dan Balz, Scott Jennings, Michael Zeldin, Caroline Adler Morales, Jeff Solnet, Emily Savage, Sofia Gross, Ashley Spilane and Dave Lasczc.

SPOTTED at a reception welcoming back U.S. women’s national soccer team players from the World Cup on Monday night in Rayburn 2044: Rose Lavelle with the Washington Spirit team and Reps. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), Darin LaHood (R-Ill.), David Trone (D-Md.), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.), Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) and Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.).

TRANSITIONS — Rod Allison will be VP of operational security at CLEAR. He previously was acting deputy administrator at TSA. … Alencia Johnson is now director of public engagement for Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign. She previously worked in communications at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

ENGAGED — Lauren Gillis, senior congressional liaison at the Australian Embassy, got engaged to Alex Tureman, senior adviser to Ambassador Joe Hockey, at Cabo de São Vicente in Sagres, Portugal. Pic

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Neil Chatterjee, FERC chairman, is 42. A trend that he thinks doesn’t get enough attention: “I’m fairly convinced this isn’t a ‘trend’ that will soon fade, but as an avid sports fan, I’ve got to say how encouraged I am by the support and enthusiasm for female athletes worldwide. Most recently, we’ve seen the U.S. women’s soccer team dominate the World Cup and rising young tennis star Coco Gauff take Wimbledon by storm. My own daughter, Lane, was so inspired by our 2018 U.S. Olympic women’s ice hockey team who claimed the gold medal that she herself has taken up the sport!” Playbook Plus Q&A

BIRTHDAYS: Amanda Henneberg, COO of Cavalry … Jeremy Martin … NYT’s Shane Goldmacher … Maddie Conway … Randy DeCleene, a partner at kglobal … Chad Griffin, president of Human Rights Campaign, is 46 … Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) is 73 … Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) is 61 (h/t Shea Miller) … Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) is 46 … Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) is 4-0 … Rep. Ross Spano (R-Fla.) is 53 … Scott Melville, CEO of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (h/t Taylor Holgate) … former A.G. Dick Thornburgh is 87 … John Leovy … Kathy Calvin, president and CEO of the U.N. Foundation … Betty Hudson … AMA’s Justin DeJong … Charles O’Shea … Delta alum Andrea Fischer Newman … POLITICO’s Kalon Makle … Chris McNulty is 49 … Rick Limardo … James “Jake” Lemonda is 62 … billionaire Stef Wertheimer is 93 … Tony Ressler is 6-0 … Stami Williams is 28 … Chad Carlough …

… Don Willett, judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, is 53 … Edelman’s Amanda Belcher … Riley Roberts, freelance speechwriter … CoinList’s Andy Bromberg, celebrating in Lisbon (h/t Blain Rethmeier) … Zach Sentementes, director at Advanced Advocacy … Sheel Tyle … Amanda Moug … POLITICO Europe’s Guillaume Blandet and Fleur Veldhuijzen Van Zanten … Tim Krause … Matt Zingsheim … Molly Ritner … Amanda Hallberg Greenwell … Alexis Herman is 72 … Phil Roeder … Jeffrey Slavin … Kamyl Bazbaz … Neil Heinen … Ramsey Ratcliffe Stewart … Joe Ward … Manuel Bonilla … ABC News’ Teri Whitcraft … Michael Cwidak-Kusbach is 34 … Lila Ibrahim Whatley … Caroline Hughes Stevens … Stephen David Simon … Dan Cohen … Claire E. Peters … Parker Payne

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The United States has the only health system in the world that relies on market competition, saving the government and seniors a total of $132 billion from 2005 to 2017 in Part B medicine spending. That’s because Part B’s market-based reimbursement system, which was implemented in 2005, incorporates discounts, rebates and price concessions negotiated across the U.S. market, providing millions of seniors with access to medicines that are used to treat some of the most complex diseases like cancer and autoimmune conditions. Some in Washington want to end this and instead set payment based on the prices mandated by foreign governments that seriously restrict patient access to medicines. Why would we take that risk here in the United States? Any changes to Medicare should help patients, not hurt them. Limiting seniors’ access to lifesaving treatments based on the choices of foreign countries is the wrong prescription for Medicare.

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President Trump on Monday dismissed accusations that he used offensive and bigoted rhetoric over the weekend while urging female Democratic members of Congress to “go back” to their home countries.   “It doesn’t concern me because many people agree with me,” Trump told reporters, arguing that past criticism by the lawmakers about Israel and about him were worse.      The president’s swipes at four progressive freshman House members — three born in the United States, one born in Somalia — and all women of color — were widely denounced as racist by Democrats, panned by some Republicans, and criticized as beneath the dignity of any president by several Trump allies and occasional advisers.   White House aides and supporters of the president who had been mostly quiet over the weekend began to defend Trump on Monday as he came under attack at home and abroad (The Hill).   Trump’s return to themes of nationalism and race, which he used along with anti-immigrant messages to mobilize voters in key states in 2016, signals his belief that his reelection may depend on keeping his base stoked from news cycle to tweet for more than a year.   “The Dems were trying to distance themselves from the four “progressives,” but now they are forced to embrace them,” Trump tweeted on Monday. “That means they are endorsing Socialism, hate of Israel and the USA! Not good for the Democrats!”   As Niall Stanage reports, the president believes there’s a political advantage for him, more than for his party, in staging polarizing confrontations with high-profile progressive figures including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Trump is adding ingredients to the most toxic election in memory.   The president’s behavior served this week to unite House Democrats against him, at a time when Democrats were at odds with one another and with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) over intra-party differences and fuming about what progressives described as the leadership’s lack of “spine.”   GOP senators chafed at the latest Trump firestorm because it united their ideological foes, however briefly.   “When you argue with a fool, you just prove there’s two,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said. “An important rule in politics and in government is you never interrupt your opponent when he’s screwing up. Congresswoman Omar and her colleagues are destroying the Democratic Party. I’d just go ahead and let them do it if that’s what they want to do.”   Since 2015, Trump has not suffered major consequences for his incendiary rhetoric about race. Democrats find their low opinions of the president reinforced, and Trump’s fans in the GOP applaud his gall. It is Trump’s Republican Party now, and he heard from a scant collection of fellow conservatives who felt the need to call him out. Most tried to keep their heads down.   “It takes up oxygen in your world, but in ours we’re used to it,” Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) told reporters, adding that he would prefer Trump focus on the economy and other issues. “I wish that he would talk about the strong economy and the key role he has played in that because that’s a positive thing that actually helps unify the country.”   The Hill: Omar calls Trump “blatantly racist.”   The Hill: Democrats erupt over Trump attacks.   Carl Hulse: A blaring message in Republicans’ muted criticism: It’s Trump’s GOP.   The Hill: Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) wants the Senate to vote on a resolution of condemnation taking aim at Trump’s tweets, a vote that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will not permit. Pelosi wants the House to do the same, but in her caucus, Democratic lawmakers have also called again for impeachment. House Republicans face a tough vote, and Trump will confer with House GOP leaders at the White House this afternoon.   Marc Lotter, the director of strategic communications for the Trump 2020 campaign, told NPR on Monday that the president wants to show voters that Ocasio-Cortez and her closest colleagues, known as “the squad,” “have approval ratings in swing states between 8 and 20 percent. And when they are driving the policy language and the policy decisions of the Democrat Party … it’s going to be a choice for the American people.”   Politico: How Trump aides rushed to repackage the president’s “go back” tweets.   The Associated Press: Polls show sour views of race relations in Trump’s America.

LEADING THE DAY

CONGRESS & INVESTIGATIONS: With only seven legislative days standing between House members and a six-week August recess, crunchtime has arrived on Capitol Hill as lawmakers look to strike a budget and debt ceiling deal.    Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told reporters at the White House that a budget accord could be struck in the near future, but remained cautious while many moving parts remain in play.    “I think we’re very close to a deal. But as you know these deals are complicated,” Mnuchin said, adding that if lawmakers are unable to agree before the August recess, he expects Congress to at least raise the debt ceiling (The Hill).   “Of course I expect the debt ceiling to be raised on time because I would say … there’s no uncertainty that neither party nor anybody wants to put the credit risk of the United States government at risk,” Mnuchin said. “So yes, I expect that the debt ceiling will be raised.”   Mnuchin’s remarks came on the heels of letters he sent to congressional leaders on Friday urging them to act on the debt ceiling before recess kicks off, noting the government could hit its borrowing cap in early September. Lawmakers are slated to return from recess on Sept. 9.    Despite his optimism that lawmakers will vote to raise the debt ceiling before August, Pelosi tossed cold water on that possibility, telling him in a phone call late Monday that is not something that’s “acceptable to our caucus” and won’t pass if put on the floor. She also told Mnuchin that while they still hope to reach a spending deal by the end of next week, they will not allow the White House to dictate terms of negotiation (The Washington Post).   Mnuchin and Pelosi have held phone calls almost daily over the past week, and if there’s agreement, it could represent a blow to hardliners who resist increased federal spending. As with past negotiations, any deal hinges on Democrats receiving funding increases and Republican defense hawks winning a bigger piece of the pie for the Pentagon (The Associated Press).    The Hill: White House projects $1 trillion deficit for 2019.

> Contempt: The House is set to vote Tuesday on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt for not complying with congressional subpoenas on the thwarted attempts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. 

The vote comes amid the continued effort by Democrats to conduct oversight of the administration, which has included subpoenas of more than two dozen administration officials, many of whom have stonewalled and ignored them. Previously, the House Oversight and Reform Committee voted to hold Barr and Ross in contempt ahead of the July Fourth recess (The Hill). 

Bloomberg: Kellyanne Conway skips House hearing despite subpoena.

> Pentagon: Defense Secretary nominee Mark Esper will face senators on Tuesday who are eager to fill a leadership hole that has languished empty for months after the resignation of former Defense Secretary James Mattis and the failed nomination of former acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan. 

Esper has won praise from both sides of the aisle as a known quantity who worked well with Congress in his previous job as Army secretary, but he’s expected to face tough questions from everything on his history as a lobbyist to the Trump administration’s strategy for dealing with Iran amid spiking tensions.

The permanent spot atop the Pentagon has remained open for 208 days after Mattis resigned over the president’s decision to remove troops from Syria (The Hill). 

> House Democrats: While Ocasio-Cortez remains embroiled in her fight with Trump, her chief of staff is facing problems on the homefront as he draws the ire of House Democrats over his attacks on Pelosi and Democratic leadership. 

Saikat Chakrabarti has gotten under the skin of some of his boss’s colleagues as he attacks Democratic lawmakers by name on social media — a rarity — but Chakrabarti isn’t a run-of-the-mill aide. He’s a tech entrepreneur who left Silicon Valley to become more involved in political activism and who helped recruit Ocasio-Cortez to Congress (The Hill). 

Elsewhere in Congress … Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will be on Capitol Hill today to brief lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on how spending and taxing decisions are playing out across the country. Ballmer founded USAFacts in 2015, a non-partisan, nonprofit initiative to provide one-stop shopping for key government data, which often is challenging to locate on its own.

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2020 POLITICS & CAMPAIGNS: While the top tier candidates vying for the Democratic nomination had already released their second quarter fundraising totals, most of the middle and lower tier candidates waited until close to Monday night’s deadline to release their numbers. No candidate outside of the top five contenders — Vice President Joe Biden, South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Warren and Sanders — all of whom raised north of $12 million, raised more than $5 million during the second quarter, with Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-Texas) total raising the most eyebrows after his shock-and-awe first quarter (The Hill).

After raising $9.4 million in the first 18 days of his presidential bid, O’Rourke’s second quarter total plummeted to $3.6 million, raising questions about his viability moving forward in the 2020 race. Not only was his total far less than the first quarter figure, but he posted stronger fundraising numbers throughout 2018 during his Senate run against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Making matters worse, O’Rourke did not register once in a poll of New Hampshire registered voters released Monday by St. Anselm College (The Hill).

One thing O’Rourke does have going for him that other lower-tier candidates do not: his fundraising has allowed him to reach the debate stage in September under Democratic National Committee rules, having eclipsed the necessary 130,000 donors in a requisite number of states. It’s turning out to be a high bar for some candidates to meet (Politico). 

Another candidate who struggled fundraising wise is Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who was unable to put together a strong quarter after posting underwhelming figures in the first quarter. She raised only $2.3 million, with the likes of Andrew Yang, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee all eclipsing her total. She still has over $8 million in the bank thanks to transfers from her Senate account. 

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) both of whom are firmly in the second tier of candidates, raised $4.5 million and $3.9 million, respectively. Klobuchar’s campaign announced it eclipsed 100,000 unique donors, while Booker is closing in on that figure. 

The Washington Post: Low-polling Democratic presidential candidates spent almost all the money they raised in the second quarter.

Reuters: Democratic presidential hopefuls spend heavily on digital ads, staff.

The Wall Street Journal: Underdogs in 2020 Democratic field face a reality check.

The New York Times: Trump campaign invests big in small donors, and reaps rewards.

Politico: GOP mega-donors pour money into Trump campaign.

> Netroots Nation: Progressive voters want nothing more than to defeat the president in 2020, and they’re ready to back anyone who emerges from the Democratic primary fight to do so.   As Miranda Green reports from the Netroots Nation convention, many in the crowd expressed a willingness to back whoever wins the party’s nomination — even if a centrist candidate emerges who they could never support in a primary contest. Most voters at the conference indicated their top candidates are Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).   One attendee said she’d vote for Mickey Mouse if he were the candidate, noting a shift in perspective from previous years, particularly 2016, when many supporters of Sanders refused to support Hillary Clinton come election day. Only a handful of attendees said they would likely back a third-party candidate if Warren or Sanders didn’t get the nod.   The Associated Press: Biden draws line against progressives on health care.   The Washington Post: Dow breast implant case spotlights Warren’s work helping big corporations navigate bankruptcies.    Politico: Harris wins endorsement of civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump.

IN FOCUS/SHARP TAKES

WHITE HOUSE & ADMINISTRATION: Using administrative rulemaking and existing law, the Trump administration today will order that asylum-seekers to the United States must apply from inside the safe country they pass through first as they flee their home countries. In a joint statement on Monday, the Justice and Homeland Security departments said a new “interim final rule,” which takes effect immediately, will sharply restrict access to the existing system for asylum-seekers (The Hill).   Trump has repeatedly asserted that the majority of migrants from Central America who make it to the United States to claim asylum are abusing the system and do not qualify to live in America while they await court hearings, which can take years (The Washington Post).   The American Civil Liberties Association said it will “swiftly” head to court to try to block the administration’s action (The Hill). The New York Times: Most migrants at the border with Mexico would be denied asylum protections under the new Trump rule.   The Associated Press: The overwhelming majority of migrants affected by the rule are from Central America, but there are also migrants from Africa, Cuba, Haiti and other countries who attempt to come through the U.S.-Mexico border with asylum claims.   The text of the administration rule, published in the Federal Register, is HERE.   > Abortion: On Monday, the administration said taxpayer-funded family planning clinics must stop referring women to abortion providers immediately, announcing it will begin enforcing a new regulation championed by religious conservatives and denounced by medical organizations and women’s rights groups.   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) formally notified family planning clinics that it will begin enforcing the ban on abortion referrals, along with a requirement that clinics maintain separate finances from facilities that provide abortions. Another requirement that both kinds of facilities cannot be under the same roof would take effect next year.   Planned Parenthood and other family planning clinics are suing the administration in federal court to overturn the regulations, but HHS says there are no current judicial orders that prevent the government from enforcing the rule while litigation continues (The Associated Press).

OPINION

Congress, stop ducking war-declaration authority on Iran, by former Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/2XWoooo    Ending asylum protection won’t do anything to stop illegal border crossings, by Nolan Rappaport, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/2LmubSg

WHERE AND WHEN

Hill.TV’s “Rising” program features Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) to discuss the upcoming hearing on women and girls in the criminal justice system; Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director at the Judicial Crisis Network, to talk about her new book, “Justice on Trial,” about the Brett Kavanaugh nomination fight; and Krish Vignarajah, president of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, to promote the group’s new initiative to activate faith-based groups to stand against mass immigration raids at 9 a.m. ET. Find Hill.TV programming at http://thehill.com/hilltv or on YouTube at 10 a.m.   The House meets at 10 a.m.    The Senate convenes at 10 a.m.   The president meets with his Cabinet at 11:30 a.m. and has lunch with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at 12:45 p.m. He’ll meet in the Roosevelt Room at 4 p.m. with House Republican leaders.   Vice President Pence delivers remarks at the Neil Armstrong spacesuit unveiling at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum at 8:45 a.m. He will join the president’s Cabinet meeting at 11:30 a.m. The vice president will meet with Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America at 3:15 p.m. in his West Wing office. And Pence will meet with New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters at 3:45 p.m.   The Washington Post hosts a live event to interview presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at 9 a.m., part of its series with 2020 White House contenders. The discussion will be live streamed. Information HERE.   The Library of Congress hosts a live discussion between political analysts and former presidential advisers David Axelrod and Karl Rove at 6:30 p.m. in the Coolidge Auditorium in the library’s Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE, Washington, D.C. Journalist Ann Compton moderates. The public event is free and it will be live-tweeted and live streamed. Tickets and information HERE.   The Smithsonian Institution tonight, Wednesday and Thursday will transform the east face of the Washington Monument into a 363-foot Saturn V rocket to salute the 50th anniversary this week of the Apollo 11 lunar mission. View the high-tech projection show on the Mall from 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. Information is HERE.

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➔ Tech: Lawmakers and tech industry critics are frustrated that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a proposed $5 billion settlement with Facebook over its data practices, calling it a slap on the wrist. The settlement, which the Justice Department can amend or deny, raises tough questions about the government’s ability to effectively police Silicon Valley (The Hill) … Facebook dodged a bullet from the FTC. It faces many more (The Washington Post) … Facebook says it will not launch its proposed cryptocurrency until federal and international regulatory issues are assessed. Mnuchin, briefing reporters on Monday, said the government has “serious concerns” about Facebook’s interest in entering the cryptocurrency business. “They’ve got a lot of work to do to convince us,” he said (The Hill).   ➔ Cancer: Biden’s nonprofit, the Biden Cancer Initiative, announced on Monday that it has suspended operations indefinitely following the presidential candidate’s decision in April to retreat from the foundation and its partnerships as a way to guard against perceptions of conflicts of interest. The two-year-old nonprofit touted nearly 60 partnerships with drug companies, health care firms, charities and other organizations that pledged more than $400 million to improve cancer treatment (The Associated Press).     ➔ State Watch: Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter labeled consumer products conglomerate Johnson & Johnson as a “kingpin” company that helped set off a public health crisis in the state. Hunter accused the company and its subsidiaries of launching and executing a “cunning, cynical and deceitful” marketing campaign that misrepresented what opioid drugs could do to help alleviate chronic pain. “There was a simple reason for the crisis: greed. The greed of the pharmaceutical companies caused the crisis,” Hunter said while closing his case in court on Monday against the drug manufacturer (The Associated Press).

THE CLOSER

And finally … While the selfie continues to be a staple of everyday life, the trend in smartphone self-absorption is increasingly fatal, according to recent reports. According to a study by the Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care in India, fatalities via selfie — known as “selficides” — account for more deaths than shark attacks. Between 2011 and 2017, there were 259 people killed in 137 selfie-related accidents, compared to only 50 deaths from shark attacks.   More recently, two British men died after they fell over a 32-foot wall along the eastern coast of Spain while trying to snap a selfie. An American also had a near-death experience when he was gored after he tried to snap a picture with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. The Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Great Falls National Park in Maryland — where there’s a view, a steep drop-off or rushing water, selfie accidents abound.

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Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Trump’s Attacks on the Progressive Squad Delegitimize Necessary Critiques This past weekend, President Trump tweeted that four “Progressive Democratic Congresswomen” should “go back” to their countries, despite three out of four of them being born here and all of them being American citizens. He garnered ire for expressing anti-immigrant rhetoric and making assumptions that the women weren’t from the United States. Many have called him racist, given all the women he attacked are women of color.   What Trump said was anti-immigrant and nativist, and he should be called out on it. That’s why I’m doing it now. I strongly dislike the progressive squad but only because I think their rhetoric is dangerous, ignorant, and power-hungry. I hope the tweet forces introspection on where the GOP goes from here in terms of handling Trump’s tweets. Although they are a helpful tool for shoring up support, given their general frankness and directness, Jesse Kelly of The Federalistmade a valuable point regarding their ability to alienate voters. For every tweet Trump delivers that empowers the base, there is a tweet that turns people off when he crosses the line, as he so clearly did here.    Brit Hume took to Fox News yesterday to discuss the tweets and pointed out how Trump’s attacks on the four Progressive congresswomen is forcing the Democrats to close ranks when they otherwise might remained fractured and disillusioned with one another: “It’s striking that these Democrats were at war with this group, and the President decided it was a good idea to get in the middle of it.” I think Hume is mostly right. There is plenty to attack in regards to the progressive squad without it devolving into “go back to your country.” For those of us like myself who write about these congresswomen, ignorant attacks like these give fodder for those eager to delegitimize and dismiss our substantive critiques.    Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Inner Circle Supports Terrorists Recently, the pro-Israel group Stand With Usposted a video detailing the social media activity of some of Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-MI) closest friends and campaign staff. The media activity is shocking. The content was “explicitly pro-terror” and featured “bragging about” meeting with terrorists in prison, including the co-founder of Hamas. The social media activity also contained calls to violence, such as “kill all Zionists,” while some posts included pro-Hitler content and images likening Jews to rats. The link to the video can be found here.    In an age where the media has become fascinated with social media footprints, you would think that this type of activity would garner more attention, but it likely will not. When it comes to combatting anti-Semitism, the media is wholly disinterested if it comes from the left side of the aisle.    Tlaib has previously been associated with the anti-Israel BDS Movement (short for “Boycott, Divest, and Sanction) and came under fire for engaging in Holocaust revisionism that whitewashed Palestinian murder of Jewish Holocaust survivors.    What I’m Reading Today Men Literally Died for That Flag, You Idiots (National Review) Adults Need to Help Students Stay Away From Colleges They Can’t Afford (The Federalist) AOC’s “Squad” Will Destroy Democrats in the 2020 Election (The Daily Wire) ICE Detention Center Attacker was Antifa Activist (Human Events Attention to Opioid Epidemic Fades as Death Rates Rival AIDS Crisis (The Federalist)   Makeup Recommendations for the Week: Brow Special I’m a brow convert. I didn’t realize the impact that even shaping your brows ever so slightly could have on your entire face. I am blonde and have light eyebrows. I always reasoned that they didn’t need much attention. But I was wrong. Highly recommend (if you don’t already) that you consider shaping your brows. You don’t need to be an artist to do it. The best for “beginners” is probably the Maybelline one, since it comes with a tool that is quite easy to use and the pigmentation is not so dramatic that a “mess up” is obvious.  As I’ve gotten older, my brows have thinned out a bit. These pomades give definition to my brows, providing a nice frame for the face.   Overall Favorite: Anastasia Beverly Hills, DIPBROW Pomade, $18 Lasts Forever: Kat Von D, 24-Hour Super Brow Long-Wear Pomade, $19 Best Bang for Buck: Maybelline, TattooStudio Brow Pomade, $12.99 BRIGHT is brought to you by The Federalist.

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Facebook, Google and Twitter exercise lots of influence on Americans and they also use their tools to censor some content while amplifying others, Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas … Cruz, Hawley Urge FTC To Open Investigation Into Big Tech’s Censorship Practices 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 » Biden’s Cancer Nonprofit Shutters — Could Be Closed For Good By Evie Fordham – The Biden Cancer Initiative announced it is “suspending activities” Monday after former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill left the nonprofit they founded in order to steer clear of ethics concerns for his 2020 campaign. “Today, we are suspending activities given our unique circumstances. 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When Kamala Harris lost on election night, but won three weeks later

Some see Kamala Harris’ first win for California attorney general in 2010 as proof that she can defy the odds: She won a race that few thought she could, as a black and Asian woman from liberal San Francisco who opposed the death penalty. Others say she was the beneficiary of outside factors, like that year’s Democratic wave in the Golden State. Read More…

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For more than a decade, oil refiners didn’t realize what a moneymaker they had in butane — at least for tax purposes. They do now. Read More…

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Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton ranks among the lower tier of 2020 Democratic White House hopefuls, but as a Marine Corps combat veteran, he argues that a foreign policy focus will be needed to lure moderates and Republicans to vote against President Donald Trump. Read More…

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President Donald Trump still won’t publicly admit he was a significant factor in Republicans’ loss of the House in 2018. But a behind-the-scenes moment captured in a new book suggests he is more politically self-aware than he leads on. Read More…

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A small but significant quarrel is emerging between a bipartisan team of lawmakers in the House and the Trump administration over how the Pentagon is going about using its newly minted authority to strike back against adversaries in cyberspace. Read More…

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Cryptocurrency is bumping up against centuries-old legal doctrines on abandoned property, presenting new concerns about who actually holds these digital assets and how states are able to claim them. Read More…

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With new warnings that the U.S. could run out of money to meet its obligations, Congress and the Trump administration are racing to raise the debt limit before lawmakers head home for August, says CQ Roll Call’s appropriations reporter Jennifer Shutt. And tax reporter Doug Sword explains how oil refiners could get up to a $10 billion windfall with an expired tax credit unless Congress intervenes. Read More…

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Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna S. Pressley and Rashida Tlaib held a press conference following a volley of tweets from President Donald Trump over the weekend. The messages, and a Monday press conference, have been seen by many as racist. Watch the video here…

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ScottRasmussen.com Launch – Check Out My All New Website No Images? Click here   Good morning,The number of voters believing President Trump will be re-elected in 2020 continues to grow.The latest ScottRasmussen.com survey found that 60% of voters nationwide now believe it is at least somewhat likely President Trump will be successful in next year’s campaign. That’s up from 57% in May, 54% in April, 50% in March and 46% in February.While expectations for the president have increased significantly since February, his Job Approval ratings have remained steady: every daily release since January 28 has been within two points of 46%. This suggests that changing perceptions of his potential challengers may be responsible for improving the president’s perceived chances. At the same time, 42% of voters nationwide believe President Trump should be impeached and removed from office. The latest ScottRasmussen.com survey shows that 46% disagree and 12% are not sure.However, just 21% believe impeachment is even somewhat likely to happen.Eighty-three percent (83%) of Republicans are now opposed to impeachment while 69% of Democrats favor it. Among Independent voters, 39% believe the president should be impeached while 45% disagree.Fifty-four percent (54%) of voters nationwide believe that President Trump is at least as ethical as most politicians.Still, just 35% believe he is a good role model for young Americans. By way of comparison, 31% believe most Members of Congress are good role models.Most believe their own representative in Congress trades votes for cash. Few believe their representative cares about what they think.Finally, today’s Number of the Day notes that 50 years ago today, Apollo 11 took off from Cape Kennedy on mankind’s first journey to the lunar surface. The crew included Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.Thank you for your interest in our work,Scott     Stay Informed Up To The Minute and Share ContentDeeper CurrentsScott Rasmussen offers his personal insight, analysis, and opinion on current political races, issues, and controversy. Read more     Scott’s ColumnsPresident Trump has perfected the art of antagonizing his opponents with provocative tweets. He demonstrated this skill recently in declaring that the tax reform act,… Read more   SCOTT RASMUSSEN info@scottrasmussen.com https://www.scottrasmussen.com 142 W 57th Street, 11 Floor New York, NY 10023 ScottRasmussen.com Launch – Check Out My All New Website   Like    Tweet    Share    Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

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From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann

FIRST READ: Racial division is a hallmark of Trump’s presidency  

Every few months, we get another reminder of how race has been one of the dominant storylines of Donald Trump’s political rise and his time in office.

And that’s what we got on Sunday, when the president tweeted that that Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Talib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”

He followed that up on Monday by saying these four progressive women of color “hate our country.” 

To recap how Trump has stoked racial flames – or poured gasoline on them:

• He led the “birther” crusade against Barack Obama, questioning whether the nation’s first African-American president was born in the United States

• He kicked off his 2016 presidential announcement talking about Mexican rapists. (“They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”)

• He said a U.S. federal judge had a conflict of interest in presiding over a case involving Trump because of the judge’s “Mexican heritage.”

• As president, he referred to Haiti and African nations as “shithole” countries.
  
• He talked about “very fine people, on both sides” in response to the unrest in Charlottesville, Va.

• He questioned LeBron James’ intelligence.

• And he did the same to Rep. Maxine Waters of California.

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It’s hard to disagree with the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent: The more often Trump makes these statements – without being called out by a large segment of his party and supporters – he’s asserting “the right to engage in public racism without it being called out as such.”

And as George Conway – the husband of White House adviser Kellyanne Conway – writes in the Washington Post, “Trump is not some random, embittered person in a parking lot — he’s the president of the United States. By virtue of his office, he speaks for the country.”

O’Rourke’s awful 2nd quarter

In his first 18 days as a presidential candidate, Beto O’Rourke raised $9.4 million, including $6.1 million in his first 24 hours.

Three months later, however, O’Rourke brought in just $3.6 million for the second quarter – essentially half of what he raised in his first day.

On top of it all, O’Rourke had one of the highest burn rates (raised/spent) for the second quarter: 146%.

O’Rourke still has time to turn his campaign around. But his last three months as a candidate have been dreadful – whether it’s been in the polls, the fundraising or his first debate performance. 

TWEET OF THE DAY: Desperately seeking a Pavarotti performance

Breaking down the 2nd quarter numbers

Here’s everything you need to know in one place, per NBC’s Ben Kamisar and Melissa Holzberg:  Total contributions (includes only donations from individuals – not from the candidates themselves or transfers from other accounts)

Buttigieg: $24.9 million (was $7.1 million last quarter)

Biden: $22 million

Warren: $19.1 million (was $6 million)

Sanders: $18 million (was $18.2 million)

Harris: $11.8 million (was $12 million)

Booker: $4.5 million (was $5 million)

Klobuchar: $3.9 million (was $5 million)

O’Rourke: $3.6 million (was $9.4 million)

Inslee: $3.0 million (was $2.3 million)

Yang: $2.8 million (was $1.8 million)

Castro: $2.8 million (was $1.1 million)

Bennet: $2.8 million

Gillibrand: $2.3 million (was $3 million)

Bullock: $2.0 million

Gabbard: $1.6 million (was $2 million)

Williamson: $1.5 million (was $1.5 million)

Hickenlooper: $1.1 million (was $2 million)

De Blasio: $1.1 million

Ryan: $865,000

Delaney: $284,000 (doesn’t include $7.75 million transfer)



Cash on hand (among the top candidates)

Sanders: $27.3 million

Buttigieg: $22.7 million

Warren: $19.8 million

Harris: $13.3 million

Biden: $10.9 million

Gillibrand: $8.2 million

Klobuchar: $6.7 million

O’Rourke: $5.2 million

2020 VISION: The Dem health-care battle rages on

“On the one side is [Joe] Biden, who is making the case that Democrats should retain the core structure of the Affordable Care Act, which subsidizes private insurance and Medicaid for Americans who don’t get coverage from their employer or other government programs,” NBC’s Benjy Sarlin writes.

 “On the other is [Bernie] Sanders, who has long called for guaranteeing every American coverage through a more generous version of Medicare and banning competing private plans.” 

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On the campaign trail today: Kirsten Gillibrand, Julian Castro and Kamala Harris speak at the AARP/Des Moines Register forum in Iowa… Joe Biden and Michael Bennet also campaign in the Hawkeye State… And Amy Klobuchar, in DC, delivers a speech on what would be her “First 100 Days” priorities.

Dispatches from NBC’s embeds

Pete Buttigieg responded to the news of South Bend’s police sergeant Ryan O’Neill, who was the officer involved in the South Bend shooting that left Eric Logan dead, resigning. NBC’s Priscilla Thompson has Buttigieg’s response: “Our efforts to strengthen trust between law enforcement and community members continue. We will await results of the independent criminal investigation, and apply any lessons learned to our work on the future of the Police Department and the community.”

Also some staff change-ups: NBC’s Thompson and Maura Barrett confirm that Cory Booker’s Iowa senior adviser is leaving his campaign.

Plus, Kamala Harris discussed her racial identity on a podcast with The Atlantic’s Jemele Hill. NBC’s Deepa Shivaram flags this Harris line: “It cannot be, as it always ends up being, that the couple of chocolate chips on the stage have to be the ones teaching everybody else about America’s history. It’s America’s history.”

DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is… nine. 

Nine.

That’s the number of 2020 candidates who spent more than they raised in the second fundraising quarter.

Here are the burn rates (total spent divided by total receipts) for those candidates, per NBC’s Ben Kamisar and Melissa Holzberg.


Booker: 116.94%

Gabbard: 122.38%

Gillibrand: 183.91%

Hickenlooper: 143.30%

Inslee: 107.45%

Klobuchar: 107.00%

O’Rourke: 145.66%

Williamson: 100.23%

Yang: 109.24%

THE LID: The more things change… 

Don’t miss the pod from yesterday, when we looked at a particular data point that just… seems.. stuck.  

ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss 

Here’s how the Trump administration is moving to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants (and how it will immediately face a legal challenge.)

Nancy Pelosi isn’t happy with the White House’s debt limit plan.

NBC’s Courtney Kube notes that – over the next eight days – there will likely be four people transitioning in and out of the top two jobs at the Pentagon.

According to Tim Alberta’s new book, Trump lashed out at “so-called Christians” after his “Two Corinthians” mistake in 2016.  

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• Elizabeth Warren proposes full-blown open borders, and her competitors will follow suit
• Alexa and other smart devices are creepier than you think
• Beto O’Rourke went full Swalwell. Never go full Swalwell.
• Most missed the awesome effect of Trump’s ‘racist’ Tweet
• Is Kamala Harris a fake progressive?
• Judicial tyranny: ACLU will get judges to block Trump’s latest asylum maneuver
• Trump was right: Omar and Tlaib should learn from the Jews
• Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Bill Clinton

Elizabeth Warren proposes full-blown open borders, and her competitors will follow suit Posted: 15 Jul 2019 11:49 PM PDT Joe Biden might be the frontrunner. Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg might be the upstarts. Bernie Sanders might be the grandfather of the modern Democratic-Socialist Party. But it’s the other person near the top of the Democratic nomination race who sets all the trends for policy proposals. That’s Elizabeth Warren, and her scariest non-economic proposal […] The post Elizabeth Warren proposes full-blown open borders, and her competitors will follow suit appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Alexa and other smart devices are creepier than you think Posted: 15 Jul 2019 11:19 PM PDT It annoys me when people say their smart devices are only listening to them after they say the “wake word.” If that were true, then they wouldn’t be able to hear the wake word when it was said. No, Alexa, Google Home, and the other “smart speakers” always listening, always recording, and always storing what […] The post Alexa and other smart devices are creepier than you think appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Beto O’Rourke went full Swalwell. Never go full Swalwell. Posted: 15 Jul 2019 10:42 PM PDT If you’re on the internet, you are probably familiar with the “Nobody said anything” meme. The meme begins with a “nobody: …” and then out of nowhere comes a non sequitur. Nobody said anything and so Beto O’Rourke came out apologizing for his ancestors having owned slaves. In his defense, this could be like how […] The post Beto O’Rourke went full Swalwell. Never go full Swalwell. appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Most missed the awesome effect of Trump’s ‘racist’ Tweet Posted: 15 Jul 2019 07:01 PM PDT I’ve had the luxury of some unplanned downtime for the last couple of days, forcing me to read more than I can write. It’s prevented me from chiming in much about the “racist” Tweet the President posted yesterday in which he called on “The Squad” – Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib – […] The post Most missed the awesome effect of Trump’s ‘racist’ Tweet appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Is Kamala Harris a fake progressive? Posted: 15 Jul 2019 04:13 PM PDT It’s probably odd to ask a question like this on a conservative news outlet, but as Kamala Harris surges in the polls, one has to ask whether her past simply hasn’t caught up with her. She’s saying all the right progressive talking points today as she fights to win votes from fellow Senators Bernie Sanders […] The post Is Kamala Harris a fake progressive? appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Judicial tyranny: ACLU will get judges to block Trump’s latest asylum maneuver Posted: 15 Jul 2019 03:33 PM PDT As reports come in that President Trump is going to block most asylum seekers who are crossing through Mexico through enforcement of a properly interpreted rule, the ACLU and others have already threatened to challenge it in court. And they’ll succeed. There will be a judge they can find who will rule against the President’s […] The post Judicial tyranny: ACLU will get judges to block Trump’s latest asylum maneuver appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Trump was right: Omar and Tlaib should learn from the Jews Posted: 15 Jul 2019 12:08 PM PDT President Trump has been taking a beating in the media after his comments that “the group of four” progressive freshman congresswomen should leave the country, but isn’t there a bigger lesson to be learned here? Immigration has been a great blessing for America. American Jews, for example, have raised up and inspired the country with […] The post Trump was right: Omar and Tlaib should learn from the Jews appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Bill Clinton Posted: 15 Jul 2019 10:39 AM PDT Powerful men across the country and around the world are sweating over child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest. He may turn on them, cutting a deal to reveal all the dirty secrets the billionaire may hold. We don’t know a lot about who could be involved, but there’s someone who seems to be most closely […] The post Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Bill Clinton appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

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