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| Good morning from Washington, where the House just passed a huge spending bill. Romina Boccia and Benjamin Paris have advice on a better way for Congress to approach spending. Just how violent is Antifa? Andy Ngo, a journalist who was hospitalized after being assaulted by Antifa activists last month, gives The Daily Signal an exclusive interview about his experience. In 1945 on this day, Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister. Enjoy your weekend. |
| Analysis ‘I Was in Fear of My Life’: Journalist Describes Antifa Attack, Group’s Goals “While listening to these demonstrators chant, ‘No hate, no fear,’ I was bashed in the back of the head very hard … Before I could gather my balance, the punches kept coming from every direction,” recalls Andy Ngo. More Commentary The Left’s Attacks on the Electoral College Are All About Political Power An empire may ignore the opinions and interests of places far removed from the centers of power, but a representative republic cannot do that if it wishes to survive. More Commentary Here’s a Promising Plan to Finally Get a Grip on Federal Spending The end goal of this bill is to get federal spending back down to the level of federal revenue. This would bring the country leaps and bounds closer to the lean federal budget we need and toward finally stabilizing the debt. More News 16 Photos of Protests That Led Puerto Rico’s Governor to Resign Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced his resignation Wednesday night after days of protests. More Commentary In Firing Its President, Planned Parenthood Revealed Its True Priorities Planned Parenthood has demonstrated, in no uncertain terms, that abortion procedures and advocacy—not a wide range of health services—is the organization’s core mission. More Commentary Ayanna Pressley Doesn’t Want Certain ‘Black Faces.’ Why Her View Is Dehumanizing. In many ways, minority dissenters are doubly attacked by the modern-day left, which despises any deviation from the dualistic privilege-and-oppression narrative. More | ||
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“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” ALBERT EINSTEIN Student Discovers 65 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Skull, Has Grand Plans to Give It Second Life North Korea Fired Short-Range Ballistic Missiles to Pressure US, Expert Says US House Passes Trump-Backed Spending and Debt Limit Bill Berkeley Eliminates References to Gender in City Documents The White House has condemned a decision by a federal judge to put on hold a new Trump administration rule that denies asylum to people who pass through countries where they could apply for asylum on their way to the United States. Read more North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea for the first time in two months, according to South Korean officials. Read more The recent intrusion by Russian and Chinese warplanes in airspace over the Sea of Japan was an intentional, carefully planned maneuver designed as a challenge to the United States’ Indo-Pacific strategy, according to South Korean media. Read more More than 300 companies and organizations said they would support the White House’s workforce initiative, committing to train over 12 million Americans to help them gain new job skills over the next five years. Read more Residents of sanctuary cities and states injured or killed by illegal aliens would be able to sue their jurisdictions for damages under legislation introduced in the House of Representatives by two Republican congressmen. Read more Two candidates in Michigan for the U.S. House of Representatives are calling for Congress to formally censure Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib, based on her father’s claim that she lied about her address—saying she lived in her father’s house—to register to vote and to run for office, allowing Tlaib to represent an inner-city Detroit state House district even though she lived in the suburb of Dearborn. Read more Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been placed on suicide watch after he was found injured in his jail cell, according to a report. Read more See More Top Stories The Feminist Revolution Brought Us ‘Work-Life’ Discord—Here’s How to Undo It By Nicole Russell It took a while, but six decades after women started trading in bare feet for high heels, they’ve discovered something: Working and raising kids is hard. In fact, many days, it’s so hard, women choose not to do both at the same time, to the detriment of themselves and their kids… Read more The Degrees of Fake News By Mark Hendrickson Fake news has been around for a long time. Mark Twain once quipped, “Those who do not read newspapers are uninformed; those who do read newspapers are misinformed.” Indeed, the problems of accuracy and veracity aren’t confined to newspapers but infect every media today. Remember the old saying that the victors get to write history? How true. History books rarely present balanced, impartial accounts of the past, but inevitably are tinted by the beliefs, prejudices… Read more See More Opinions Bitcoin Mining and the Beauty of Capitalism By Valentin Schmid The bitcoin price is crashing, and naysayers and doomsayers are having a field day. The demise of the dominant cryptocurrency is finally happening—or is it? Bitcoin has been buried hundreds of times, most notably during the brutal 90 percent decline from 2013 to 2015. And yet, it has always made a comeback. Where the skeptics are correct: The second bitcoin bubble burst in December 2017 and the price is down roughly 80 percent from its high of $20,000. Nobody knows whether and when it will see these lofty heights again. Read more In subpoenaing former Special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify before two House committees, Democrats have finally stretched the Russia hoax past its breaking point. It may go down as one of the greatest miscalculations of modern congressional politics. The Mueller Hearings Were an Unmitigated Disaster for the Democrats Copyright © 2019 The Epoch Times, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list or remove my account. |
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Friday, July 26, 2019 Boris Johnson Becomes UK Prime Minister “Boris Johnson promised in his first speech as prime minister to lead Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31 with ‘no ifs or buts’ and warned that if the bloc refused to negotiate then there would be a no-deal Brexit.” Reuters From the Left The left is worried that Johnson will not be able to solve the Brexit crisis. “The raw dilemma at the heart of Brexit: Will the U.K. remain principally a European power, aligned with its continental neighbors on trade, foreign policy, and defense, or will it feel compelled to move much closer to the U.S. in the aftermath of an acrimonious breakup?… “Britain’s choice is a difficult one. It prizes its ‘special relationship’ with Washington, largely centered on intelligence-sharing and defense, but as a member of the EU, it is much more closely intertwined with European economies. Throughout the presidency of Donald Trump, London has also showed itself far more willing to strike out against the U.S. position, aligning itself with Brussels, Paris, and Berlin on a range of foreign-policy questions from climate change to tariffs—and, crucially, the Iranian nuclear deal… The British government has so far sought to separate Brexit from all other questions of strategic national interest. Boris Johnson may soon find that’s no longer possible.” Tom McTague, The Atlantic “Nobody believes that Mr. Johnson, who is widely disdained in Brussels, especially after his gaffe-prone stint as foreign secretary, will be able to wrest a better deal than the diligent Mrs. May got in two years of negotiations. And countless analyses by independent research groups and the British government have warned that a hard Brexit would be an economic disaster, with long lines at Channel crossings and broken supply chains. British Treasury studies have predicted slowed economic growth and high costs from lost trade — far from the patently fictional savings of 350 million pounds a week that Mr. Johnson blithely advertised on his pro-Brexit campaign bus… Mr. Johnson’s bombast is about to collide with the realities that undermined Mrs. May’s efforts.” Editorial Board, New York Times “Boris Johnson’s plan to solve Brexit: believe harder… The 90,000-odd Conservative Party faithful who elected him (a ‘selectorate’ that forms less than 1 percent of the British population)… are bored with discussions of trade deals, nontariff barriers, and regulatory orbits. [Johnson] promises entertainment and novelty instead… The possibility of a No-Deal Brexit is exciting, in the way that stories about the Second World War—and Johnson’s hero, Winston Churchill—are exciting. It is a viewpoint that can flourish only now that so few people remember the reality of that time: rationing, air raids, death. There’s a reason that ‘May you live in interesting times’ is considered a curse.” Helen Lewis, The Atlantic “In historical terms, now might be a uniquely bad moment to experiment with maverick leadership. Britain is adrift between an aggressively protectionist US and a European project destabilised by nationalism. Economic storm clouds are gathering on the horizon. We are only beginning to grasp the extent to which digital revolution is reordering societies and in denial about the consequences for democracy if that transformation is shaped by China. There is a climate emergency. Under the circumstances, it would be handy to have a prime minister with perspective and humility regarding the UK’s capacity for unilateral action. Instead we have a man whose strategic horizon goes no further than his own ego; who does not distinguish between personal gratification and fulfilment of national destiny.” Rafael Behr, The Guardian “It is widely claimed that there are, in fact, two Boris Johnsons. The first is the ideologue—a populist, barnstorming Brexiteer who ousted back-to-back establishment prime ministers on his way to power. This Johnson would probably play hardball with the European Union, and force the nation into a no-deal departure come October 31. The other Johnson is an opportunist, a shape-shifter who was able to work across party lines as the only Conservative ever to become the mayor of liberal London. This Johnson, it is hoped, would build a consensus and prevail over a bitterly divided Parliament to deliver a passable Brexit deal… But even if Johnson possesses both the conservative yin and the centrist yang his backers claim, the task before him remains far more difficult and delicate than it has been made out to be.” Stephen Paduano, New Republic From the Right The right is generally supportive of Johnson. “Brexit in Britain, like President Trump in the United States, [has] sparked a political realignment, with the capital pitted against the countryside, the elites ensconced in the very largest metropolitan areas versus small-town traditionalists and their former partisan opponents in beleaguered mining and manufacturing centers… “Some establishment types may really believe that Trump is Hitler and that Brexit will plunge Britain into another Great Depression. Most of them drip with contempt for ordinary citizens and, astonishingly, seem to think it entirely healthy and consistent with democracy to overturn the decision of the voters. They’re sure they’re better than ordinary people. Those attitudes are unjustified. Johnson’s three top Cabinet appointees are of Muslim, Hindu, and Jewish ancestry: Nationalism doesn’t mean white supremacy.” Michael Barone, Washington Examiner “Boris is perhaps one of the most qualified and astute British politicians of recent history. Born in upper-middle-class New York, he went through the classic Eton-Oxford route to be a scholar in classics at Balliol College… People sometimes equate Boris with other populist leaders, but he’s rather incomparable in that regard. On the other hand, Boris is not a conservative in the truest sense of the term either. He embodies the pro-business and freedom ideals of the British Liberal Party’s 19th-century heyday, and with instinctive Victorian propriety.” Sumantra Maitra, The Federalist “He has charisma. He’s eloquent and disarming. He is capable of winning people over. He’ll need to, if he’s going to bring Britain out of the political deadlock that led to the crushing defeats of May’s Brexit plan… Britain needs a successful Brexit, and he may be the only political figure in Britain who can do it. It would be nice to think that the U.K. could simply hold a second referendum and that the ‘Remain’ camp would prevail this time. Yet there’s no guarantee it will. And even if it did, a second referendum leading to a different result would convince nearly half the country that they had been cheated of their democratic due.” Bret Stephens, New York Times “First and foremost, Johnson must somehow find a way to deliver Brexit by Oct. 31. The European Union is trying to delay Brexit, but Johnson says the date will hold. His challenge, then, is to somehow persuade the EU to grant some more concessions, something the political bloc says it won’t do. Johnson must also persuade a majority in the House of Commons to approve any new deal. This won’t be easy. Still, Johnson does have one ace up his sleeve in the form of America. Supported by Trump, Johnson will be able to ask Trump to exert new pressure on the EU to make compromises favorable to Britain. Considering ongoing EU economic doubts and Trump’s penchant for tariffs, the EU may well bend to the president’s words.” Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner “What this new cabinet or — as some commentators have rightly observed — this new government signifies is that a Remainer administration has been replaced by a Brexiteer administration almost as completely as after a general election defeat… still more important, the four great offices of state — the prime ministership, the Foreign Office, the Home Office, and the Treasury — are all in the hands of reliable Brexiteers… All are prepared… to sign on to Boris’s condition that they will support a No Deal Brexit if an EU–U.K. deal proves impossible to strike.” John O’Sullivan, National Review If “freed from the policy shackles of Brussels, Britain will be able to ink a bi-lateral free trade agreement with the U.S. That should give an immediate boost to both economies. In addition, Britain will be able to speak with a completely independent voice on European foreign and security affairs. For too long, the EU’s consensus-based approach to policy-making has produced lowest-common-dominator foreign and security policies. A truly authentic British voice will be a powerful and much-needed antidote for European groupthink.” James Jay Carafano, Fox News On the bright side… Villa Italian Kitchen adds ‘Just the Crust’ to its pizza menu. Food & Wine Our volunteer team spends hours each night scanning the news, fact-checking, and debating one another, so your 5 minutes each morning can be well spent. If you’ve found value in our work, we welcome you to help sustain our efforts and expand our reach. Any support you can provide is greatly appreciated! Share Tweet Forward Sign Up Here Copyright © 2019 The Flip Side, All rights reserved. You can unsubscribe from this list here. |
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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. Ready. Fire. Aim. Democrats headed into 2020 are where Republicans were headed into 2012 — firing as many silver bullets as they can, but aiming badly. Just as Barack Obama got re-elected in 2012, it looks increasingly likely Donald Trump could get re-elected in 2020. He can, like Obama in 2012, thank the incompetence of his opponents. Democrats, […] The post Ready. Fire. Aim. appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » No One Should Applaud Prison Violence With recent reports that Jeffrey Epstein was either been attacked or attempted suicide in prison, a familiar chorus has broken out. Good! The bastard got what was coming to him! This can be a quick, emotive, guttural, response. Not only is Epstein accused of heinous crimes of trafficking children for sex, he also pleaded guilty in 2008 […] The post No One Should Applaud Prison Violence appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Republicans Shouldn’t Gloat Over Mueller Testimony There were no knockout punches, but Mueller further damaged Trump’s credibility. The post Republicans Shouldn’t Gloat Over Mueller Testimony appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Bernie Continues to Complain About Bias…at MSNBC The current crop of Democrats running for president are the most left-leaning at least in my lifetime, if not ever. And of course among them is Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator and democratic socialist who came frighteningly close to capturing the nomination in 2016. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how the Sanders […] The post Bernie Continues to Complain About Bias…at MSNBC appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Erica Thomas Hurts the Democrat 2020 Effort in Georgia Fifteen seats will put the Democrats in charge of the Georgia House in 2020. They need to hold on to a few seats like that of Bob Trammell, the House Minority Leader. His district went for Trump, but he hung on. But they only need fifteen more and most of those seats lie in swing […] The post Erica Thomas Hurts the Democrat 2020 Effort in Georgia appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Pelosi Reins In Nadler On Impeachment But Speaker hints that she might support impeaching President Trump as case gets stronger. The post Pelosi Reins In Nadler On Impeachment appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Trey Gowdy: ‘The Person Who Learned the Most About Mueller Report Today Was Bob Mueller’ The post Trey Gowdy: ‘The Person Who Learned the Most About Mueller Report Today Was Bob Mueller’ appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Biden on Cory Booker: His Police Department Was Stopping and Frisking People, Mostly African Americans The post Biden on Cory Booker: His Police Department Was Stopping and Frisking People, Mostly African Americans appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Pelosi’s Plan to Pocket Impeach Trump Pelosi used the word “endless” twice, with “not” before it, but the tell is obvious. Of course she means the Democrats will endlessly dig into Trump’s tax returns, personal finances, business connections, and his rich history right up until Election Day. The post Pelosi’s Plan to Pocket Impeach Trump appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Recent Items: Democrats Accidentally Abort Their Impeachment Effort 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 |
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POLITICO Playbook: How the White House is trying to woo union leaders
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07/26/2019 05:54 AM EDT
DRIVING THE DAY
President DONALD TRUMP to Fox News’ SEAN HANNITY on Thursday night when he asked how much of ROBERT MUELLER the president watched: “I ended up watching more than I wanted to … then I watched the afternoon.”
— TRUMP ON ABSOLUTE PARDON POWER: “It’s a beautiful thing.”
— TRUMP handicapped the Democratic field. He said “Sleepy Joe” Biden is “OK, but he’s fading.” The president said MUELLER made Biden look like a “dynamo.” He said Bernie Sanders is “flailing all over the place.” He called Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas.” This is interesting: He mentioned Kamala Harris, but had no commentary on her.
THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE 2020 FIELD CAME after Trump received a 70-minute political briefing at the White House. …
… ALEX ISENSTADT: “Toward the end of the meeting, Trump, who was joined in the Blue Room by Vice President Mike Pence, went around the room and asked for opinions on the Democratic contenders. Campaign manager Brad Parscale noted that Elizabeth Warren was rising, Republican National committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Kamala Harris could pose a threat in Michigan, and Trump 2020 adviser Bill Stepien highlighted Joe Biden as a potentially formidable threat.” POLITICO … More from Eliana Johnson and Burgess Everett on Trump’s good week
TOP TALKER — “Black, Latino Dems torch campaign arm for lack of diversity,” by Jake Sherman, Laura Barrón-López and Heather Caygle: “The House Democrats’ campaign arm is locked in a long-simmering battle with prominent black and Hispanic lawmakers who believe the party committee and its chair have short-changed minorities.
“Senior Hispanic and black members of Congress have privately clashed with Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) over her personnel decisions, what they say are tone-deaf comments on race and whether she’s lived up to the promises she made during the campaign to win the chairmanship of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
“‘There is not one person of color — black or brown, that I’m aware of — at any position of authority or decision making in the DCCC,’ said Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), a former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. ‘It is shocking, it is shocking, and something needs to be done about it.’ …
“When lawmakers have questioned Bustos’ treatment of minorities, she offers this rejoinder: her husband is of Mexican descent, her children are half Mexican and her son is marrying an African American woman.” POLITICO
— LEFT ON THE CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR: We interviewed many lawmakers, aides in and around leadership and DCCC insiders for this story. Several of them relayed that, during her run for DCCC chair, Bustos was fond of saying, “We’re going to finally build a world-class political organization.” She even said this in a few post-election meetings in the Capitol and at the DCCC with her new staff, and the exiting 2018 staff, which had just retaken the House for the first time in eight years. The 2018 staff thought they had a world-class political organization, since they had just booted the GOP out of power.
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MUELLER RATINGS, via NYT’s Mike Grynbaum: “An average of 13 million Americans watched the former special counsel on the major cable and broadcast networks over the seven-and-a-half hours of questioning, according to statistics released on Thursday by Nielsen.
“That audience was smaller than the 19.5 million people who watched James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, describe his dealings with President Trump to Congress in June 2017. Mr. Comey proved a surprising and animated witness, offering memorable one-liners (‘Lordy, I hope there are tapes’) that attracted about the same audience as Game 2 of that year’s N.B.A. finals.
“In terms of ratings, Mr. Mueller’s hearing also fell short of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh in September. That broadcast drew an average of 21 million viewers, who watched hours of testimony that probed difficult questions of gender, class and power.” NYT
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NEWS … THE W.H. IS TRYING TO WOO RICHARD TRUMKA!, via John Bresnahan and Sabrina Rodríguez:U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who is spearheading the White House effort to pass the USMCA trade agreement, is stepping up his efforts to woo labor unions, specifically AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
FOR LIGHTHIZER, this makes sense. Get Trumka and that will help bring along Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats, who so far won’t back USMCA, arguing it needs more labor and environmental protections.
AFL-CIO OFFICIALS and White House aides say Lighthizer and Trumka have been talking but there has not been a breakthrough. Trumka has given Lighthizer some proposals he believes will improve the trade agreement, but Lighthizer hasn’t responded yet, the AFL-CIO told Sabrina.
“THE REALITY IS WE STILL have a list of things that we’d like to see improved. We’re happy to continue in dialogue. … I think there have been some good conversations but there’s still some things to be fixed,” said the AFL-CIO’s Cathy Feingold. “We have put forward some ideas and we’re still waiting for a response.”
LIGHTHIZER — who has been praised by House Democrats despite not being able to convince them to vote for USMCA yet — will meet with a Pelosi-appointed “working group” of Democratic lawmakers today.
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KEEPING SCORE … SARAH FERRIS and HEATHER CAYGLE: “Pelosi rebounds after weeks of Dem infighting”: “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a list in hand as she worked the floor on Wednesday, buttonholing her members to secure an even bigger vote count for her hard-fought, massive budget deal.
“By Thursday, Pelosi shepherded enough Democrats to back her grand fiscal bargain with President Donald Trump that she didn’t need a single GOP vote — a decisive victory for Democrats and a stark rebound for the speaker after a chaotic month that laid bare painful divisions within the caucus.
“Separately, Pelosi navigated her caucus through one of the most high-profile moments of the majority — former special counsel Robert Mueller’s appearance on Capitol Hill — while averting what some Democrats feared could be a stampede toward impeachment.
“The successes on both fronts had House Democrats marching in lockstep as they departed the Capitol on Thursday for a six-week recess, some literally throwing their hands up with joy as they exited the chamber. It’s an outcome that some lawmakers didn’t expect after seeing the open sparring between moderate and progressive Democrats — overshadowed only by Pelosi’s own feud with the freshman ‘squad’ — just weeks earlier.” POLITICO
— HAPPENING TODAY! THE AOC/PELOSI CONFAB … USA TODAY: “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are scheduled to meet face-to-face Friday after weeks of public friction between the two high-profile Democrats. ‘I’m looking forward to it,’ Pelosi said Thursday when asked about the upcoming meeting.
“‘It’s nothing too climactic,’ Ocasio-Cortez said, ‘just trying to make sure we have an open line of communication and get on the same page.’” USA Today
BUT, BUT, BUT … “Pro-impeachment Dems not backing down after Mueller,” by Kyle Cheney and Andrew Desiderio: “Democrats who favor impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump showed new signs of life Thursday even after former special counsel Robert Mueller’s uneven testimony this week failed to sway reluctant House leaders.
“Five Democrats publicly endorsed an impeachment inquiry post-Mueller, joining more than 90 lawmakers who had already come out in favor — including Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), the vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus, and the highest-ranking Democrat to join the effort.
“Even though some had anticipated a more significant groundswell of new support after Mueller’s appearance, these lawmakers insist the impeachment effort isn’t dead.” POLITICO
… AND THIS: CNN’S MANU RAJU and JEREMY HERB: “Democrats worry window closing for impeachment probe”: “House Democrats who are publicly and privately agitating to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump are growing worried that their time is running short — and that they are missing key opportunities to give them a clear opening to mount a formal probe.” CNN
— BOSTON GLOBE: “4 more House Democrats — 2 from Mass. — now back impeachment,” by Jazmine Ulloa: “The day after former special counsel Robert Mueller’s long-awaited testimony, four more House members — including Massachusetts Representatives Katherine Clark and Lori Trahan — came out in favor of launching an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, despite resistance from party leaders. …
“Trahan, who is in her first term, was a congressional staffer when President Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998, so she knows the disruption, distraction, and divisiveness that process can cause.
“‘There is a tremendous burden of history when you make decisions like this,’ Trahan said in her Capitol Hill office Thursday. ‘But at the end of the day, we need to send a very clear and strong message that no president — not this one, not the next one — is above the law.’
“Clark’s move was surprising because she serves in the House Democratic leadership. But while she said the ongoing investigations are laying the necessary groundwork to start an impeachment inquiry, she felt compelled to do more in the face of the Trump administration’s ‘unprecedented stonewalling and obstruction.’” Boston Globe
— THE BIG PICTURE: “‘I just don’t know yet’: Democrats head into long recess undecided on impeaching Trump,” by WaPo’s Paul Kane
REP. ILHAN OMAR (D-MINN.) in the NYT: “It Is Not Enough to Condemn Trump’s Racism”
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2020 WATCH …
— “Ready to fight: Biden leans into racial debate with Dems,” by AP’s Steve Peoples, Errin Haines Whack and Thomas Beaumont in Philadelphia: “Joe Biden no longer plans to turn the other cheek. His front-running status fragile, the former vice president is embracing an aggressive plan to confront Democratic rivals who have tried to undermine his popularity with black voters.
“After ignoring his Democratic competition for much of the year, Biden and his team shrugged off the risks Thursday and leaned into a deliberate campaign to push back against New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and California Sen. Kamala Harris, the only high-profile African-American candidates in the race.” AP
— “Democrats get ready to rumble in next week’s debates,” by Christopher Cadelago
— BY THE NUMBERS: “Biden bounces back,” by Zach Montellaro: “Joe Biden is leading in a new Fox News national survey of the Democratic presidential primary, holding on to a steady lead from a pre-debate poll in the latest piece of good polling news for the former vice president after faltering in the first debate.
“The former vice president leads the field with 33 percent, the poll shows. He’s followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 15 percent, Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s 12 percent and Sen. Kamala Harris’ 10 percent.” POLITICO … The poll
— THE FOX NEWS HEADLINE: “Trump approval up, voter ratings on economy best in decades”
TRUMP’S FRIDAY — The president will meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan at 2 p.m. in the Oval Office.
SUNDAY SO FAR …
- ABC “This Week”: House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler. Panel: Matthew Dowd, Chris Christie, Rahm Emanuel, Meghan McCain and Yvette Simpson.
- CBS “Face the Nation”: Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) … Marianne Williamson. Panel: Joel Payne, Eliana Johnson, Ed O’Keefe and Michael Crowley.
- CNN “State of the Union” (live from Detroit): Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) … Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). … Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.). Panel: Jennifer Granholm, Mia Love, Van Jones and David Urban.
- NBC “Meet The Press”: Panel: Helene Cooper, Rich Lowry, Terry McAuliffe and Amy Walter.
- FOX “Fox News Sunday”: Panel: Karl Rove, Donna Brazile, Ben Domenech and Juan Williams. Power player: Leonard Leo.
- CNN “Inside Politics”: Mike Shear, Karoun Demirjian, Jonathan Martin and MJ Lee.
PLAYBOOK READS
THE INVESTIGATIONS — “Senate Intelligence report on Russian meddling sounds alarm for 2020,” by Martin Matishak: “In a 67-page report issued Thursday, a day after special counsel Robert Mueller warned about Moscow’s ongoing efforts to disrupt American democracy, the committee detailed the vast variety of ways that Russia attempted to manipulate the election by attacking state election systems as early as 2014 and executing a campaign to spread disinformation. …
“Thursday’s Senate catalog of offenses arrives as many in Congress are pushing for legislation to shore up U.S. election systems against foreign cyberattacks only to face Republican opposition to the measures.” POLITICO … The report
— WAPO’S CRAIG TIMBERG and TONY ROMM: “It’s not just the Russians anymore as Iranians and others turn up disinformation efforts ahead of 2020 vote”
ANOTHER GOP RETIREMENT: “U.S. Rep. Pete Olson announces he won’t seek reelection,” by Texas Tribune’s Abby Livingston: “The retirement sets up what will likely be one of the most competitive House races in the country. Olson narrowly won reelection last year against Democrat Sri Kulkarni, who is running again. …
“While once a conservative stronghold, the district’s political future is uncertain. Olson won reelection last November by a mere 5 percentage points. House Democrats made clear early this cycle they plan to mount a fierce challenge against him.” Texas Tribune
— TOM DELAY, the former House majority leader, had this seat.
— “Dems launch secret-money ad blitz to back House majority,” by Scott Bland: “Top Democratic strategists are launching a new outside group that can raise and spend unlimited money to tout issues that helped candidates flip the House in 2018 and became early legislative priorities this year.
“The group, a nonprofit called House Majority Forward, seeks to cut through media coverage of House Democrats focusing on White House investigations and a handful of outspoken freshmen. It formed quietly in March but will begin running its first TV and digital ads Thursday night — part of $10 million in issue advertising planned for 2019, according to interviews and documents obtained by POLITICO.
“The nonprofit will operate as an affiliate of House Majority PAC, Democrats’ flagship super PAC focused on House races. But unlike the super PAC, it will not have to disclose its donors and some details about its spending.” POLITICO
WHAT MBS IS UP TO … WSJ: “A Prince’s $500 Billion Desert Dream: Flying Cars, Robot Dinosaurs and a Giant Artificial Moon: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince turned to U.S. consultants for help imagining a massive new city-state in a barren section of his kingdom. What emerged was a Jetsons-style world of automation,” by Justin Scheck, Rory Jones and Summer Said in Sharma, Saudi Arabia.
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FROM OUR PALS IN PYONGYANG — “North Korea says missile test was ‘solemn warning’ to South,” by AP’s Foster Klug and Hyung-Jin Kim in Tokyo: “A day after two North Korean missile launches rattled Asia, the nation announced Friday that it had tested a ‘new-type tactical guided weapon’ that was meant to be a ‘solemn warning’ about South Korean weapons development and its rival’s plans to hold military exercises.
“The message in the country’s state media quoted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and was directed at ‘South Korean military warmongers.’ It comes as U.S. and North Korean officials struggle to set up talks after a recent meeting on the Korean border between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump seemed to provide a step forward in stalled nuclear negotiations.” AP
BACKSTORY — “How Trump ended up in front of a presidential seal doctored to include a Russian symbol,” by WaPo’s Michael Brice-Saddler and Reis Thebault: “The image almost resembles the official seal of the president, but a closer examination reveals alterations that seem to poke fun at the president’s golfing penchant and accusations that he has ties to Russia. Neither the White House nor Turning Point knew who created it. On Thursday morning, however, the conservative group announced it had fired the member of its video team who it says was responsible for displaying the fake seal.” WaPo
IMMIGRATION FILES — “No shower for 23 days: U.S. citizen says conditions were so bad that he almost self-deported,” by Obed Manuel for the Dallas Morning News: “Francisco Erwin Galicia, a Dallas-born U.S. citizen, spent 23 days in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in conditions that made him so desperate he almost opted to self-deport.
“Galicia says he lost 26 pounds during that time in a South Texas immigrant detention center because officers didn’t provide him with enough food.” Dallas Morning News
DEEP DIVE — “Chris Hughes Worked to Create Facebook. Now, He Is Working to Break It Up,” by NYT’s Steve Lohr: “Chris Hughes used to huddle with Mark Zuckerberg in a Harvard dorm room building Facebook from scratch. Now, he’s huddling with regulators to explain why Facebook needs to be broken up.
“In recent weeks, Mr. Hughes has joined two leading antitrust academics, Scott Hemphill of New York University and Tim Wu of Columbia University, in meetings with the Federal Trade Commission, the Justice Department and state attorneys general. In those meetings, the three have laid out a potential antitrust case against Facebook, Mr. Wu and Mr. Hemphill said.” NYT
THE OTHER DEBATES — CNN will host a presidential townhall on Sept. 4 focused on the climate, and MSNBC has signed on as a co-host for the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service/Our Daily Plant climate forum slated for Sept. 19-20.
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SPOTTED at a party celebrating progressive lobbyist Tom Sheridan’s new book, “Helping the Good Do Better” ($18.98 on Amazon), on the rooftop ofSubject Matter’s office Thursday night: Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Tamera Luzzatto, Robby Mook, Patti Solis Doyle, Lorraine Voles, Campbell Spencer, Michael Pease, Rob Cogorno, Becky Shipp, Stacy Kerr and Brendan Daly.
SPOTTED at a reception Thursday night hosted by the National Beer Wholesalers Association and the Beer Institute at Mission in Navy Yard, celebrating the Beer Serves America economic report: Reps. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) and Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), Jim McGreevy, Joe Heaton, Craig Purser, Laurie Knight, Zach Hartman, Will Kinzel, David Morgenstern, Sam Negatu, Kelley Hudak, Caitlin Carroll, Ben Jenkins and Patrick Russo.
SPOTTED at a screening and discussion of the penultimate episode of “Veep” at the Council on Foreign Relations on Thursday night: David Mandel, Erik Kenwood and Billy Kimball being interviewed by Elise Labott; Al Franken, Tammy Haddad, Norm Ornstein, Jim Kolbe and William Webster.
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Maura Corbett, CEO and founderof Glen Echo Group. An interesting book she’s reading now: “‘Because Internet’ by Gretchen McCulloch, which just came out this week and explores how the internet is changing our rules of language. According to her, I am a ‘Semi internet person,’ which I’m pretty sure is an insult, but I haven’t finished the book yet.” Playbook Plus Q&A
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| The Justice Department’s decision to resume federal executions after a hiatus of 16 years instantly set off a new round of political debate about crime and punishment ahead of next year’s elections. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday announced the government in December and January will use lethal injection to execute five death-row inmates convicted of murdering children. The government has not put a prisoner to death since 2003 (The Hill). “Let me be clear: capital punishment is immoral and deeply flawed. Too many innocent people have been put to death,” Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a former state attorney general and district attorney with a mixed record on the death penalty, tweeted Thursday while campaigning for the White House. “We need a national moratorium on the death penalty, not a resurrection.” Other Democratic presidential candidates joined in expressing their opposition to Barr’s announcement, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D), who suspended the use of the death penalty in his state in 2014 (The Hill). They questioned disparities of race and class in the application of the death penalty, described capital punishment as an ineffective crime deterrent and questioned its humanity. Barr’s announcement that “we owe it to the victims and their families to carry forward the sentence imposed by our justice system” occurred days before a Democratic presidential primary debate in Detroit next week, when race and equality are expected to be prominent issues. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle said they were taken by surprise at the administration’s announcement. Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) told the Morning Report he believes the decision is political. “The timing is for two potential reasons. One, the runup to next year’s election — tough on crime. The other is deflection, which the president uses every other hour,” he said. Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), a member of the House Freedom Caucus, said the resumption of federal executions was “totally unexpected,” but not unwelcome. “Look, I’m for punishing criminals,” he said on Thursday before House members departed Washington until September. “If somebody kills somebody, a member of a family, and that’s adjudicated appropriately and fully, I think it’s a form of deterrence and I just don’t like to see it languish on forever and ever in appeals.” Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is in the process of amending his tough-on-crime Senate record from the 1990s and working, along with the other White House aspirants, to woo progressive and African American voters, released a new plan on Tuesday that calls for eliminating the death penalty. More than 160 people have been sentenced to death since 1973 and later been exonerated, Biden’s plan states. The former Delaware senator said he now favors life sentences without chances for probation or parole at the federal level and would work to pass legislation to outlaw the federal death penalty as a way to encourage states to follow suit. Twenty-nine states have the death penalty, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, and a map of those states looks a lot like the red-blue political demarcations of next year’s presidential contest. President Trump, who considers his support for law enforcement and crime-fighting part of his brand, has long been an outspoken proponent of the capital punishment. A majority of Americans supports the practice, although the percentage has ebbed since the mid-1990s when crime rates were on the upswing. A Pew Research Center survey last year found 54 percent of Americans supported the death penalty for those convicted of murder (The Washington Post). In yet another example of partisan divisions, most Republicans back capital punishment while most Democrats say they oppose it. The Justice Department says the government will use the barbiturate pentobarbital as its method to execute Daniel Lewis Lee of Oklahoma; Lezmond Mitchell of the Navajo Nation, the only Native American on death row; Wesley Ira Purkey of Michigan; Alfred Bourgeois of Louisiana; and Dustin Lee Honken of Iowa. They are all to be put to death in Terre Haute, Ind. (The New York Times). The Associated Press: Federal executions raise death penalty’s 2020 stakes. |
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| CONGRESS: The House officially fled Washington last night after lawmakers passed the bipartisan deal to raise the spending caps and the debt ceiling for two years. The bill will now go to the Senate, which will take it up next week before adjourning for its August recess. The House passed the package, which boosts government spending by $320 billion over the next two years, by a 284-149 vote. Sixty-five House Republicans, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), voted for the bill, while 16 Democrats voted against it. The package would suspend the debt limit through July 2021 and increase spending caps for the next two years. The United States would be on track to add an estimated $1.7 trillion to the deficit over the next decade when compared with the billions in automatic spending cuts that would have kicked in as a result of the 2011 Budget Control Act. While most conservatives voted against the bill, they never made a concerted effort to press the president to oppose it. Trump tweeted earlier Thursday urging GOP lawmakers to back the measure, arguing that it “greatly helps our Military and our Vets.” The legislation boosts Pentagon spending to $738 billion, a reason some Republicans decided to vote for the agreement (The Hill). The House adjourned Thursday night after House leadership decided not to bring up legislation from Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) that would overhaul migrant detention policies. It did not have the full support of the House Democratic Caucus. “There are a number of things that need to be dealt with … and I think we need to do that in a thoughtful way. Not at the last minute,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters of the Escobar bill before making the announcement official on the House floor (Politico). > Impeachment: Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), the House Democratic Caucus vice chair, announced Thursday that she supports opening an impeachment inquiry, making her the highest-ranking House Democrat to move into the impeachment camp. “I deeply respect the committee work of House Democrats to hold the President accountable, including hearings, subpoenas and lawsuits. All of our efforts to put the facts before the American people, however, have been met with unprecedented stonewalling and obstruction,” said Clark, the No. 6 House Democrat, in a statement. “That is why I believe we need to open an impeachment inquiry that will provide us a more formal way to fully uncover the facts.” Clark is the fourth House Democratic to announce support for opening an inquiry since former special counsel Robert Mueller’s hearings on Wednesday. She follows Rep. Lori Trahan (Mass.), Rep. Peter DeFazio (Ore.) and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (Del.). According to The Hill’s whip list, 95 House Democrats support officially launching an inquiry process against Trump —- fewer than half of the 235-member House Democratic Caucus. The Washington Post: Democrats struggle to figure out next move against Trump after Mueller hearing falls flat. The Hill: Appetite for Democratic term limits for leadership fizzling out. |
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| 2020 POLITICS: Biden is no longer holding his fire at rivals for the 2020 Democratic nomination after taking heat for months as he readies for the second Democratic debates next week. As Jonathan Easley and Amie Parnes report, the former vice president has been absorbing shots from Sens. Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Cory Booker on everything from his opposition to “Medicare for All” to his record on race with little to no pushback, leaving his allies frustrated by the passive approach. However, the sustained questions about his commitment to civil rights seemed to finally provoke Biden to action, with his latest missives against Booker’s record on incarcerations and criminal justice during his tenure as Newark, N.J., mayor serving as the most recent example. The former vice president also said that he would not be as “polite” with Harris at the next debate after their back-and-forth on busing in late June, describing her attacks as a crass political play and wholly disingenuous. Underlining the attacks is the continued push by Biden and others for support from African American voters and the former vice president’s need to rebound from an underwhelming debate performance last month in Miami to reestablish him as the undisputed front-runner for the 2020 Democratic nod. “You can’t be called the architect of mass incarceration and remain quiet,” a Biden ally said. “That’s cruel and personal. That goes against his entire career. You can’t let people say bullshit and not respond to it.” Fox News: Poll: Biden holds commanding lead for Democratic nomination. The Associated Press: 2020 tests if Dems can win enough black voters without Barack Obama. Matt Flegenheimer, The New York Times: Here’s why John Hickenlooper and his banjo are still in the 2020 race. Molly Ball, Time: What do the Democrats stand for? Inside a fight over America’s future. |
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| OPINION |
| Mueller’s ‘blockbuster’ appearance turned into ‘bomb’ of performance, by Jonathan Turley, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/2Y7kduM Why consumers must beware Libra, by Paul Kupiec, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/2MgAINQ |
| WHERE AND WHEN |
| Hill.TV’s “Rising” at 9 a.m. ET features Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) to react to former special counsel Robert Mueller’s hearings; Cenk Uygar, host and founder of “The Young Turks,” to preview next week’s 2020 Democratic debates; and Bob Cusack, editor-in-chief of The Hill, on the debates, impeachment and the death penalty. Find Hill.TV programming at http://thehill.com/hilltv or on YouTube at 10 a.m. The House is in recess through August and will return to Washington on Sept. 9. The Senate reconvenes Monday at 3 p.m. The president will meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan at the White House at 2 p.m. Vice President Pence travels to Jacksonville, Fla., to join Ivanka Trump at Operation New Hope, which provides skills training and support to individuals with a criminal history. Pence and the president’s daughter will tour Miller Electric Company in Jacksonville, where Pence will speak to employees about workforce development and apprenticeship, themes of the administration’s “Pledge to America’s Workers.” The vice president will return tonight to Washington. Economic indicator: The Bureau of Economic Analysis at 8:30 a.m. reports on gross domestic product in the second quarter. Analysts expect that the economy grew at the slowest pace in more than two years in the second quarter (Reuters). |
| ELSEWHERE |
| ➔ Ballistic missiles: North Korea test-fired two new short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday, its first missile test since Kim Jong Un and Trump agreed to revive denuclearization talks in June (Reuters). Today, North Korea on state media said its new test of a tactical guided weapon was meant as a “solemn warning” to South Korea over that country’s weapons development and plans to hold military exercises with the United States (Reuters). The United States and South Korea urged North Korea to refrain from further provocations (Reuters). Pompeo said on Thursday he expects working-level talks with North Korea to take place within weeks and that the United States still sees a diplomatic way forward, despite Pyongyang’s missile testing. “We want diplomacy to work. We want Chairman Kim to deliver on the promise that he made to President Trump, which was that he would denuclearize,” Pompeo told Bloomberg television in an interview (Reuters). ➔ State Watch: Automakers struck a potentially seismic deal with California to reduce automobile emissions, rejecting the Trump administration in a bitter battle over regulatory rollbacks. California and 13 other states have vowed to keep enforcing Obama-era air quality rules aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, a fight that led four major automakers to look outside Washington for some “much needed regulatory certainty” (The New York Times). … Also in California, 1,000 community water systems are at risk of not delivering potable water because infrastructure is collapsing faster than action or budgets are responding. California has one of the most byzantine drinking water systems in the country, exacerbating the problems (The New York Times). … In Michigan, the fight over recreational marijuana heads back to local ballots. Activists and local officials are at odds about pot businesses (The Detroit News). ➔ Migrant tragedy: A packed wooden boat carrying about 250 migrants capsized off the coast of Libya on Thursday, resulting in 115 people declared missing and feared to have drowned, plus another 134 who were rescued by local fishermen and Libyan coast guards. The head of the United Nations rescue agency UNHCR called it “the worst Mediterranean tragedy of this year” (Reuters). Libya is a huge departure point for migrants making a perilous journey to try to reach Europe, and the UNHCR says one in four migrants drown at sea along the dangerous route (The Guardian). ➔ Farm subsidies: The Trump administration will pay farmers hurt by the trade war with China between $15 and $150 per acre in an aid package totaling $16 billion, officials said on Thursday, with farmers in the South poised to see higher rates than in the Midwest. The subsidies, which add to the government’s $12 billion in assistance last year, will be available in August (Reuters). |
| THE CLOSER |
| And finally … Congratulations to this week’s Quiz Winners, who whizzed through a spot of British politics! Taking a bow today are Donna Nackers, Zev Lewis, John Hille, Ray Fleming, Lorraine Lindberg, Paul Sandman, David Straney, Rich Davis, Itillery, Stephen Richard Staronka, John Donato, Thomas Schoener, Bill Garvin, Laura Silver, Terry Pflaumer, Greg Stetson, Monique Selman, Jack Barshay, Candi Cee, Carol Katz, Kevin Pollack, Patrick Kavanagh, Randall S. Patrick, Luther Berg, Allyson Foster and Peter J. Sprofera, Addendum: Regular quiz contender Dan Hebert is owed a sincere apology for our typo that flubbed the spelling of his name in the winners’ tributes last week. So sorry, Dan! This week’s winners knew that Winston Churchill was the first prime minister to serve the United Kingdom under the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.Meryl Streep won an Academy Award for best actress for her portrayal of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady.” New Prime Minister Boris Johnson, prior to a run as foreign secretary, was mayor of London from 2008 until 2016. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair was a top ally of former President George W. Bush and supporter of the Iraq War. |
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Ball worked at MSNBC for five years and now co-hosts The Hill’s “Rising with … Former MSNBC Host Rips Network For Breathless Coverage Of The Mueller Investigation is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Schiff ‘Not Convinced’ On Impeachment: 2020 Is ‘The Only Way’ To Remove Trump From Office By Audrey Conklin – Adam Schiff is “not convinced” Democrats should follow through with impeachment proceedings. He told CNN that the only way Trump will be removed from office is if he is “voted out” in 2020. 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Biden Hits the Reset Button Following a presidential campaign kick-off riddled with gaffes and missed marks, team Biden 2020 has opted to go back to square one. Biden’s team hopes to stop the bleed of supporters who have found Biden to be incoherent and willing to change his mind about any policy if pressured. Biden entered the race seemingly confident that he would have built-in support from his days as Vice President to Barack Obama. But that is proving to be a bit of an illusion. From Kerry Picket and Joe Simonson at the Washington Examiner: “After self-inflicted wounds from his boasts over decades-old work with segregationist senators and a desultory debate performance, Joe Biden is resetting his campaign to confront his Democratic primary rivals. The former vice president’s strategy, previewed Wednesday night at a Detroit fundraiser, marks a dramatic shift from the front-runner’s version of a Rose Garden strategy, which was heavy on campaign fundraising and light on taking on his two dozen primary rivals. He is now pledging to attack his rivals head-on, abandoning his nonaggression campaign promise made in May. His poll numbers plummeted after a near-disastrous debate performance in Miami last month, when he wilted under an attack from Sen. Kamala Harris of California. He will now face Harris again in a Detroit debate next Wednesday, along with Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, with whom he has tangled this week. Biden, 76, has overhauled his stump speech to focus on more than nostalgia for the president he served under, Barack Obama. The 36-year Senate veteran is now outlining what his presidency would look like, should he win the Democratic nomination and beat President Trump in fall 2020. Democrats told the Washington Examiner it was plain that Biden was overhauling his approach in an attempt to cling onto his dwindling lead. He is ‘reconfiguring’ his campaign, according to Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Jack Reed, who has praised Biden without formally endorsing him. He’s changing ‘approaches based on the previous debates.’ Democratic consultant Brad Bannon, who is unaffiliated in the 2020 campaign, said Biden was scared by the last debate. ‘I think the pummeling he took at the first round of debates shocked him and the campaign. I think he and his campaign weren’t ready to go,’ Bannon told the Washington Examiner. ‘There’s a significant strategy change here. The reality is he’s in a very competitive race after losing support. It’s a drastic change. Things have been going downhill for his campaign since he announced.’” Ohio Leaning Toward Trump Even though Biden’s likeability has been challenged and his once dominant lead has been slashed, he is still the only Democratic candidate that leads President Trump in polling in the Buckeye State. From the Cincinnati Enquirer: Of all the top Democratic presidential candidates, only Biden beat President Donald Trump head-to-head in Ohio in a poll released by Quinnipiac University on Thursday morning. In a race between Biden and Trump, 50% of the 1,431 likely Ohio voters surveyed said they’d vote for Biden. Trump would get 42%. Trump is in a dead heat with the five other leading Democratic contenders, U.S. Sens. Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg. The results released a week ahead of Trump’s Aug. 1 rally in Cincinnati show Trump’s popularity may have slipped in Ohio, a state he won by eight percentage points in 2016. 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“I hate and despise the death penalty. It’s state-sanctioned murder.
It’s taking the life of another against that person’s will. No, I do not
believe in an eye for an eye. It disgusts me that the DOJ decided to resume federal executions this year after a 16-year hiatus.” Fuzzy Slippers: “Vijeta covered UK
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s vow to Brexit. Johnson is in a pretty
good position to make good on his word given that he supports a “no
deal” Brexit. Being in a position to walk away is pretty powerful in
negotiations. It’s when you go in and your negotiating “partners” know
that you won’t walk away no matter what that you lose and end up with no
deal at all or with a very bad deal. I’m looking at you Theresa May
(Brexit) and at you Barack Obama (Iran).” David Gerstman: “Mike LaChance blogged about
an interview then-Congressional candidate Ilhan Omar gave to Al
Jazeera. In the interview, the recently elected congresswoman stated
that Americans should be “more fearful of white men” than of “jihadist
terrorism.” This reminds me of December 2015 column Glenn “Instapundit” Reynolds wrote forUSA Today. In
the column, Reynolds explained that Donald Trump appealed to the
electorate because the political leadership appeared to be “weak and
ineffectual and dishonest” in dealing with the jihadi terrorist
threat. True that the situation has changed, and how it is Trump who
leads. But if the Democrats fail to marginalize those like Omar, who
minimize the terror threats to Americans, 2020 will likely be a replay
of 2016, and the Democrats will have only themselves to blame.” Stacey Matthews: “With Kamala Harris’s post-debate bounce fading and Joe Biden saying he is “not
going to be as polite” the next time around, look for more intense
fireworks at the Democratic debate next week. Time to stock up on the
popcorn!” Vijeta Uniyal: “Newly-appointed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to take his country
out of the European Union within the next 99 days. ‘We will come out on
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speech as prime minister on Wednesday. ‘The British people are tired of
waiting. The time has come to act.'”
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From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
FIRST READ: What happened to the Republican outrage on Russia?
Two and a half years ago, it was easy to find Republicans who were outraged by Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election.
But today, they’re much, much harder to find.
And that
has been one of the most striking transformations in our politics –
especially after Robert Mueller’s congressional testimony this week, and
even the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on Russian interference.
Here was Sen. Lindsey Graham
on “Meet the Press” in January 2017, after the U.S. intelligence community
concluded that Russia interfered in the ’16 election to hurt Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump.
“In a
couple weeks, Donald Trump will be the defender of the free world and
democracy. You should let everybody know in America, Republicans and
Democrats, that you’re going to make Russia pay
a price for trying to interfere.”
“Even
though it didn’t affect the outcome, they tried to interfere. And they
need to pay a price. And I don’t care what their motives were.”
AP Photo/Susan Walsh
And here was Sen. Marco Rubio at the end of the 2016 general election:
“I
want to warn my fellow Republicans who may want to capitalize
politically on these [WikiLeaks] leaks: Today it is the Democrats.
Tomorrow
it could be us.”
(Well, guess who was capitalizing on those leaks…)
Now compare those reactions
in 2016-2017 with the questions from Republicans during this week’s
Mueller hearings – on Fusion GPS, the Steele dossier, Peter Strzok and
Lisa Page.
It was a lot less outrage at Russia’s intervention.
The frog
has boiled so slowly over the last two and a half years, we haven’t
fully appreciated how President Trump and his allies have
reprogrammed the Republican Party – on one of the biggest political stories in our lifetime.
“Over the course of my career, I’ve seen a number of challenges to our democracy,” Robert Mueller told Congress on Wednesday.
“The
Russian government’s effort to interfere in our election is among the
most serious. As I said on May 29, this deserves the attention of every
American.”
Will Democrats take the middle ground on impeachment?
Are House Democrats getting closer to taking a middle ground on impeaching President Trump –
pursuing an impeachment inquiry without impeachment?
Here was Rep. Jackie Speier of California to NBC’s Andrea Mitchell:
“Now, many
of us have come forward, indicating that we want to see an impeachment
inquiry started. And I think the leader, frankly, is coming closer to
that way of thinking,” she said, referring
to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
It is a lot easier for Democrats to explain why they wouldn’t pursue impeachment proceedings against President Trump – because the Senate math is stacked against them.
But it’s harder to explain why they wouldn’t even open an inquiry.
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2020 VISION: Biden’s back to being the clear frontrunner – for now
One month after his poor debate performance,
Joe Biden is back to being clearly on top of the 2020 Democratic race.
A
national Fox News poll shows him leading his nearest competitor, Bernie Sanders, by more than a 2-to-1 margin.
In South Carolina, per a recent
Monmouth poll, Biden’s ahead of Kamala Harris by nearly 30 points, 39 percent to 12 percent.
On the campaign trail today: Pete
Buttigieg,
Kamala Harris, Bill de Blasio and Kirsten Gillibrand take their turn
addressing the National Urban League conference in Indianapolis… Cory
Booker, Amy Klobuchar and Julian Castro are in Iowa… Buttigieg also hits
the Hawkeye State… Tim Ryan travels to South
Carolina… And Bernie Sanders holds a rally in Santa Monica, Calif.
On the campaign trail Saturday: Buttigieg and Castro
remain in Iowa… Michael Bennet joins them in the Hawkeye State…
Elizabeth Warren campaigns in New Hampshire… And Ryan stumps in South
Carolina before heading to the Granite State.
Dispatches from NBC’s embeds
Mark Sanford, who’s still weighing a potential primary challenge against President Trump, spoke to voters in South Carolina on Thursday. NBC’s Jordan Jackson reports what he said about a potential Republican primary:
“I
think that parties are ultimately made stronger as a consequence
of debate rather than weaker. So that’s my take. I get the history on
this, but my take is that if we don’t have a debate as Republicans about
what we believe in spending, there will be an electoral consequence
both in the near term and the long term.”
And Bernie Sanders held a town hall in Los Angeles, where NBC’s Gary Grumbach provides some color from the event.
“This was a very loud, packed theater. Hundreds of folks here, very diverse in age and race. One audience member pointed out Sanders is the first presidential candidate to hold a public event in this neighborhood since Rev. Jesse Jackson ran for president back in the 1980s. Loud, appreciative cheers after that comment.”
TWEET OF THE DAY:
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is… 63 percent
63 percent.
That’s the
share of American voters who say that President Trump’s recent tweets at
four minority Democratic congresswomen – in which he told them to go
back to the countries they came from – crossed the line,
per a Fox News poll.
Just 27 percent say it was an acceptable attack.
Also in the poll: 57 percent disagree that Trump respects racial minorities…
… and 56 percent believe saying “go back” to the country you came from is a racist thing to say to a person of color.
THE LID: Good news, bad news
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Robert
Mueller Not ‘Being There’
Not since Chauncey Gardiner has Washington, D.C., so overestimated a figure. Robert Swan (Song) Mueller exhibited a Being There quality on Wednesday.
Gardiner and Mueller, two creatures of the capital, long served as blank
screens upon which everybody projected sundry delusions. But the same
swamp things that wanted to put Gardiner in the presidency now seek to
put Mueller out to pasture.
By: Daniel J. Flynn ______________________ On the Tragedy of Robert Mueller as John Gill It is wrong — morally, theologically, ethically — to disrespect people who have gotten older and who, apparently as a result, have lost an edge. Particularly painful is when a great mind shows some wear and tear rather the benefits and boons of maturing and improving from the years of acquired learning, cognition, and just-plain street know-how. There is no substitute for experience. By: Dov Fischer ______________________ Ecumenical Islamism On May 29, 2019, the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Association for Spiritual Renewal (ASR) co-hosted a “Know Your Rights” seminar on “civil rights at the border, at home, and when stopped by the police.” Despite the ostensibly progressive causes championed by the seminar, one of the main speakers was Usama Abdulghani, head of the ASR. A closer look at Abdulghani’s past lectures raises questions, once again, about CAIR’s ties to fundamentalists and its commitment to women and minorities’ rights. By: Josh Eibelman ______________________ History Is an Ugly Business The San Francisco School Board recently confronted perhaps the greatest crisis in the city’s history. Forget fire, earthquake, fear of Japanese attack, and murder of the mayor by a disgruntled ex-city councilman. Washington High School sports an extensive mural of the first president’s life. The educrats consulted, emoted, and finally decided. They will spend $600,000 to paint over the murals — a project that will require an environmental impact statement. By: Doug Bandow ______________________ Once Again, Uncle Sam Shirks Fiscal Responsibility in Budget Deal This year, the deficit will end up being the fourth highest in U.S. history. It’s gigantic, and it will hit a little over $1 trillion by the end of the fiscal year. It’s also larger than previously projected. And it’s growing fast, at a time when the United States is not in a recession — unlike the economies that delivered the three previous highest deficits. By: Veronique De Rugy ______________________ The Slippery Slope Toward Single-Payer Health Care Activists on the political left continue to push the U.S. health-care delivery system toward a single-payer, government-controlled plan. Many Americans are now debating a complete nationalized program versus an incremental move to fully socialized medicine. Alternatives such as a Medicare or Medicaid buy-in, dropping the age of eligibility for Medicare, increasing the income threshold for enrollment in Medicaid, and ultimately imposing “Medicare for All” are now actively discussed. These are all potential campaign issues for the 2020 election. By: Roger Stark ______________________ Trump Puts Illegal Immigrants on the Fast Track Back On Monday, the Trump administration announced that it will expand upon an existing policy that allows immigration authorities to deport illegal immigrants more quickly. By: Dominick Sansone ______________________ The American Spectator is now on Flipboard, a user-friendly and customizable news aggregation website, please give us a follow today! You Might Like Read More |
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- With Iran test-firing missiles, a steady yet ready hand is required
- Netflix cancels feminist comedy Tuca and Bertie
- Israel: Iran sends missiles to Hezbollah
- As Democratic candidates go low, Joe Biden plans on going lower
- Thomas Massie’s name-change request for budget bill would be hilarious if it weren’t true
- Conservatives must bring everything we have for the 2020 election
- Israel singled-out by UN for women’s rights violations… voted on by Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen
- Hannity endorses Buzz Patterson for Congress
- Meth smuggler tried to sneak in through southern border with pregnant wife and three kids
- President Trump calls on Bill de Blasio to stand up for NYPD officers
| With Iran test-firing missiles, a steady yet ready hand is required Posted: 25 Jul 2019 09:54 PM PDT There was an odd yet effective scene in the movie Pulp Fiction in which Butch (Bruce Willis) has Marcellus Wallace’s (Ving Rhames) submachine gun trained on Vincent Vega (John Travolta). The two men stared at each other for a beat before the toaster popped, startling Willis into firing at Vincent until his dead body collapsed in […] The post With Iran test-firing missiles, a steady yet ready hand is required appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Netflix cancels feminist comedy Tuca and Bertie Posted: 25 Jul 2019 09:31 PM PDT After a horrendous earnings report for Netflix, the company announce that it is not renewing feminist comedy Tuca and Bertie. The cancelation was met with all kinds of anguish, enough to trend on social media, signifying that Tuca and Bertie may have been a cult comedy as well. I have only seen the show’s trailer […] The post Netflix cancels feminist comedy Tuca and Bertie appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Israel: Iran sends missiles to Hezbollah Posted: 25 Jul 2019 08:27 PM PDT Iran lies. They’ve been doing it for decades as they work in the shadows to exploit tension in the Middle East. Among their most common lies is to deny sending weapons and money to their terrorism and military proxies in the region. But as fresh accusations come out of Israel, it seems impossible to deny […] The post Israel: Iran sends missiles to Hezbollah appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| As Democratic candidates go low, Joe Biden plans on going lower Posted: 25 Jul 2019 07:06 PM PDT Former Vice President Joe Biden tried to take the high road. He played his role in the Obama administration as more influential than it actually was and relied on heavy-duty fundraising to drive the early weeks of his campaign for president. But it didn’t work. He was attacked and was unprepared to respond, particularly at […] The post As Democratic candidates go low, Joe Biden plans on going lower appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Thomas Massie’s name-change request for budget bill would be hilarious if it weren’t true Posted: 25 Jul 2019 04:14 PM PDT Representative Thomas Massie has been an outspoken member of the Libertarian-leaning wing of the GOP for years, though he has been overshadowed by former Republican Justin Amash in recent months. Nevertheless, Massie has not shied away from pointing out the lunacy in DC spending regardless of which party is supporting. In the case of the […] The post Thomas Massie’s name-change request for budget bill would be hilarious if it weren’t true appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Conservatives must bring everything we have for the 2020 election Posted: 25 Jul 2019 02:59 PM PDT The 2020 election is going to be the first in our history in which the forces that influence a huge chunk of the vote are unambiguously favoring Democrats. Even in 2016, tech giants like Google, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter at least pretended to be unbiased. From now until election day, they are willing to let […] The post Conservatives must bring everything we have for the 2020 election appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Israel singled-out by UN for women’s rights violations… voted on by Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen Posted: 25 Jul 2019 02:18 PM PDT The United Nations has been a parody of itself for decades, but in arguably the most ludicrous example of its complete lack of self-awareness, it singled out Israel as the lone nation to be condemned for women’s rights violations. Among those who voted to isolate Israel for their “crimes” were Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen, […] The post Israel singled-out by UN for women’s rights violations… voted on by Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Hannity endorses Buzz Patterson for Congress Posted: 25 Jul 2019 01:36 PM PDT Buzz Scores Giant Endorsement From Top Rated Host In Cable News Hannity said, “We give you the warmest endorsement we possibly can because you are an amazing human being.” SACRAMENTO, CA – July 25 – Today, Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson announced the endorsement from top-rated host in cable news Sean Hannity from Fox. Hannity endorsed […] The post Hannity endorses Buzz Patterson for Congress appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Meth smuggler tried to sneak in through southern border with pregnant wife and three kids Posted: 25 Jul 2019 12:58 PM PDT Families are often the focus of the left’s calls to eliminate security at the southern border. They say there are bad guys that need to be apprehended, but most who try to come across are just families looking for better lives. But sometimes, these families are cover for smugglers to try to sneak drugs over. […] The post Meth smuggler tried to sneak in through southern border with pregnant wife and three kids appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| President Trump calls on Bill de Blasio to stand up for NYPD officers Posted: 25 Jul 2019 12:11 PM PDT There’s a reason New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is not respected by 96% of the police officers in his own city. With law and order such an important aspect of keeping the business heart of the nation and world running smoothly, the far-left progressive Democrat has made a habit out of insulting, blaming, […] The post President Trump calls on Bill de Blasio to stand up for NYPD officers appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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| COLORBLIND FIREFIGHTER // BUSTED! |
| MUST SEE: Colorblind Firefighter Sees Colors of the US Flag for the FIRST TIME with New Glasses A colorblind firefighter in Georgia used new technology to see colors for the first time this week; choosing to see the American flag as the first thing viewed through the new glasses.21-year-old Spencer Caradine was given the glasses by his fellow firefighters in Douglas County, Georgia; who pitched-in to purchase the costly equipment.“None of us are emotional people, but this morning got the best of all of us,” said longtime friend Jordan Gardner… |
| CASHIN’ IN: Women’s World Cup Star Megan Rapinoe Scores a Major Book Deal Women’s soccer star and anti-Trump crusader Megan Rapinoe signed a major book deal this week; making national headlines weeks ago by refusing to meet the President of the United States and protesting the US anthem.“Now, Ms. Rapinoe, a captain of the United States women’s soccer team, will transfer that message into a book. The untitled project, acquired by Penguin Press and expected to be out in fall 2020, will include anecdotes from Ms. Rapinoe’s life, said the Penguin Press president and editor in chief Ann Godoff, who made the deal, but its message will go beyond sports,” reports the New York Times… |
| BUSTED! Chicago Mayor Caught on Hot Mic Calling Police Union Boss ‘A Clown’ at Council Meeting Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot stunned a City Council meeting Wednesday; calling the Fraternal Order of Police boss a “clown” on a hot microphone.“It’s no secret that Mayor Lightfoot does not get along with the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP),” reports Fox News. “However, it was still surprising when, during the City Council meeting,… |
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COWARDLY CLARIFICATION: Adam Schiff Says the ‘Essence’ of Mueller’s Testimony is that Trump is ‘Unpatriotic’
Rep. Adam Schiff weighed-in on Robert
Mueller’s disastrous testimony Thursday afternoon; saying the “essence”
of the former special counsel’s testimony is that “the President is
unpatriotic.” “He was a reluctant witness… Even though [Robert Mueller] was reluctant, as you can imagine, to provide the soundbite ‘the President is immoral, the President is… |
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The Russian Hackers Who Didn’t Hack Anything
Jim Geraghty
Making the click-through worthwhile: A shocking New York Times
headline about Russian hackers and the 2016 presidential election
doesn’t quite live up to the hype; another PAC with shady spending is
discovered; an important argument about college education and what kind
of people society values; and an interview about writing novels and
cultural paranoia.
Russia Wanted to Hack Voting Machines! . . . But They Did Not.
The New York Times grabs us with a shocking headline and opening statement:
“The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election
systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, an effort more
far-reaching than previously acknowledged and one largely undetected by
the states and federal officials at the time.”
But by the fourth paragraph, we get these important details: “It concluded that while there was no evidence that any votes were changed in actual voting machines, ‘Russian cyberactors were in a position to delete or change …
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