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THE DAILY SIGNAL

Aug 05, 2019   Good morning from Washington, where we grieve the loss of 29 persons in horrific weekend shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. What are the answers for troubled Baltimore? Heritage Foundation President Kay Coles James outlines an urban agenda. Traveling with the secretary of state, Nolan Peterson reports on talks with North Korea and new sanctions on Russia. Plus: Rachel del Guidice on pro-lifers’ pressure on House liberals, and Genevieve Wood on what’s wrong with how we provide welfare. On this date in 1981, President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers.       News Prosecutors Treat El Paso Shooting as Domestic Terrorism A top federal prosecutor says the shooting, which left 20 dead and 26 others wounded or injured, meets the statutory definition of domestic terrorism because “it appears to be designed to intimidate a civilian population, to say the least.” More News Despite Missile Tests and a Diplomatic Snub, Pompeo Holds Out Hope for Renewed Talks With North Korea “We stand ready to continue our diplomatic conversation with the North Koreans,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says. More Commentary I Know From Experience This Urban Agenda Would Lift Baltimore and Other Cities The bright light is now shining on a very inconvenient reality: Liberal policies have failed the people of Baltimore and inner cities everywhere. More Commentary Why Welfare Hasn’t Cured Poverty In many cases, welfare has harmed the very people it was supposed to help, especially children. More Analysis What These 2 Young Reporters Are Learning During Their Summer in DC The Daily Signal’s reporting interns share highlights from their experience in Washington and offer advice to other college students aspiring to move to the nation’s capital. More News Pro-Life Groups Renew Push for ‘Born Alive’ Bill Pro-life activists are renewing efforts to convince members of Congress, home for the August recess, to support a vote on legislation that would protect babies who survive abortions. More Commentary A Health Reform Plan Trump Can Get Behind Government needs to get out of the way, cut red tape and conflicting requirements, and quit interfering with the opportunity for people to have better options. More News US Slaps New Sanctions on Russia for 2018 Nerve Agent Attack The Trump administration announces a new round of sanctions on Russia for its use of a chemical weapon last year during the attempted assassination of a former Russian spy and his daughter on British soil. More Commentary Baltimore Blues More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as rickbulow74@live.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

POLITICO PLAYBOOK

Mass shootings shake the presidential race

By ANNA PALMER and JAKE SHERMAN 

08/05/2019 05:52 AM EDT

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DRIVING THE DAY

GOODNESS GRACIOUS … NYT’S JONATHAN MARTIN: “A Fourth Texas Republican Congressman Plans to Retire in 2020”: “Representative Kenny Marchant of Texas is planning to announce his retirement on Monday, according to two Republican officials, becoming the fourth Republican House member from Texas in recent weeks to head for the exits rather than face re-election in 2020 in a state that is rapidly becoming more competitive.

“Mr. Marchant, who was first elected in 2004, won his suburban Dallas district by comfortable margins for over a decade, but last year he prevailed by only three points against a Democratic opponent who had relatively modest financial resources. Mr. Marchant, a low-key member and reliably conservative vote, sits on the influential Ways and Means Committee.

“With Mr. Marchant, a total of 11 House Republicans plan to retire or seek another office in 2020; just three House Democrats have announced they won’t run again. The Democrats hold a 37-seat majority in the House with two vacancies at the moment.” NYT

A DEMOCRATIC SOURCE told us Sunday that Gina Ortiz Jones — Rep. Will Hurd’s Democratic opponent in 2016 — raised $100,000 in the 24 hours after Hurd’s retirement announcement.

THE LATEST ON THE SHOOTINGS …

THE FRONT PAGES … NYT: “ONE SHOOTING MASSACRE FOLLOWS ANOTHER, SHAKING A BEWILDERED NATION TO ITS CORE” … WAPO: “2 cities, 13 hours, 29 deaths”

DAYTON DAILY NEWS: “NEW DETAILS: Dayton shooter obsessed with killing, Bellbrook classmates say,” by Will Garbe, Jeremy Kelley and Jennifer Brett: “The man who killed nine people Sunday morning in Dayton’s Oregon District was once kicked out of Bellbrook High School for making a list of girls he wanted to kill, the Dayton Daily News learned in interviews with former classmates and school administrators.

“Connor Betts, 24, was shot and killed by Dayton police, ending a brief yet deadly rampage in which he killed his sister, eight others and injured 27.

“Police said they haven’t yet established a motive for Sunday’s massacre. But acquaintances say the warning signs — signs of the shooter’s unusual obsession with killing and death — cropped up long ago.” Dayton Daily News

THE VICTIMS — “Shooting victims include a mom who died protecting her baby,” by AP’s Morgan Lee and Amy Guthrie

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FROM 30,000 FEET — WAPO’S PHIL RUCKER: “‘How do you stop these people?’: Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric looms over El Paso massacre”: “President Trump has relentlessly used his bully pulpit to decry Latino migration as ‘an invasion of our country.’ He has demonized undocumented immigrants as ‘thugs’ and ‘animals.’ He has defended the detention of migrant children, hundreds of whom have been held in squalor. And he has warned that without a wall to prevent people from crossing the border from Mexico, America would no longer be America.

“‘How do you stop these people? You can’t,” Trump lamented at a May rally in Panama City Beach, Fla. Someone in the crowd yelled back one idea: ‘Shoot them.’ The audience of thousands cheered and Trump smiled. Shrugging off the suggestion, he quipped, ‘Only in the Panhandle can you get away with that statement.’ …

“After yet another mass slaying, the question surrounding the president is no longer whether he will respond as other presidents once did, but whether his words contributed to the carnage.

“Since the moment Trump rode down his gold-plated escalator four years ago to start his renegade run for the White House, us-against-them language about immigrants has been a consistent and defining feature of his campaign and now of his presidency. Absent from his repertoire has been a forceful repudiation of the white nationalism taking rise on his watch.” WaPo

— NYT’S PETER BAKER and MIKE SHEAR on A1: “El Paso Shooting Suspect’s Manifesto Echoes Trump’s Language”: “At campaign rallies before last year’s midterm elections, President Trump repeatedly warned that America was under attack by immigrants heading for the border. ‘You look at what is marching up, that is an invasion!’ he declared at one rally. ‘That is an invasion!’

“Nine months later, a 21-year-old white man is accused of opening fire in a Walmart in El Paso, killing 20 people and injuring dozens more after writing a manifesto railing against immigration and announcing that “this attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas.”

“The suspect wrote that his views ‘predate Trump,’ as if anticipating the political debate that would follow the blood bath. But if Mr. Trump did not originally inspire the gunman, he has brought into the mainstream polarizing ideas and people once consigned to the fringes of American society.” NYT

— “Trump tweets, stays out of sight for hours after shootings,” by AP’s Jonathan Lemire

— THE PRESIDENT dropped by a wedding at his golf club after the El Paso shooting. Daily Mail

CNN’S @ericbradner: “Beto O’Rourke on his way to his car was asked if there’s anything Trump can do now to make this better. ‘What do you think? You know the shit he’s been saying. He’s been calling Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals. I don’t know, like, members of the press, what the fuck?’” The tweet thread, which includes audio

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MARC CAPUTO and DAVID SIDERS: “String of gun deaths reshapes Democratic primary”: “The back-to-back mass-shootings in Texas and Ohio over the weekend shook up the Democratic presidential primary, elevating the profile of lower-tier candidates, reorienting the focus of the contest and fusing the divisive issues of immigration, racism and gun control for the first time on the campaign trail.

“The tragedies have the potential to change the dynamics in the broader campaign for the White House, as President Donald Trump and his supporters reeled from comparisons of their rhetoric about immigrants with that of a manifesto suspected of being from the shooter in El Paso, a border city with a mostly Latino population.

“The immediate aftershocks of the shootings were felt by the three candidates whose home states were affected: Tim Ryan in Ohio, and Beto O’Rourke and Julián Castro in Texas. Struggling in the polls and unable to command significant coverage, all found themselves over the weekend the subject of intense media interest as they abandoned the campaign trail, canceled events and headed home amid a crush of national and local interest.

“The shootings also heightened the stakes for an upcoming gun violence forum for the Democratic candidates, all of whom blanketed television, radio and social media over the weekend to highlight their gun control plans, to call on the Republican-led Senate to come back from summer break to pass gun safety legislation, and to attack President Trump’s rhetoric on immigration.” POLITICO

— WAPO’S FELICIA SONMEZ and PAUL KANE: “Republicans struggle to respond in wake of El Paso, Dayton shootings”: “The Republican Party, which controls power in Washington and both states where America’s most recent mass shootings occurred, struggled on Sunday to provide a response or offer a solution to what has become a public safety epidemic.

“There were thoughts and prayers, an appeal to donate blood, accolades for law enforcement and a presidential proclamation to lower flags to half-staff to honor the victims — 29 killed in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, and dozens more wounded over 13 hours.

“Some Republicans, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, cited the influence of social media and video games or mentioned mental health problems. But on the question of how to stem the rising tide of gun violence, the overwhelming response from the party was silence or generalities.” WaPo

WAPO EDITORIAL: “President Trump makes it all worse. Here’s how it could be different” … N.Y. POST (!) EDITORIAL: “The Post says: Ban assault weapons now”

JOE BIDEN in San Diego, per the pool report: “Biden almost immediately spoke of the two recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, at first referring to them as ‘the tragic events in Houston today and also in Michigan the day before’ but later correcting himself.”

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MCCONNELL ON THE MEND — “Mitch McConnell fractures his shoulder,” by Marianne LeVine: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) fractured his shoulder on Sunday and is recovering at his home in Kentucky, according to his spokesman.

“In a statement, David Popp, McConnell’s communications director, said the majority leader tripped on his patio at home. He plans to work from home and has been in touch with Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), whose states were affected by the mass shootings this weekend.” POLITICO

TRUMP’S MONDAY — The president will deliver remarks on the shootings in the Diplomatic Reception room at 10 a.m. He will have lunch at 12:30 p.m. with VP Mike Pence in the private dining room.

PLAYBOOK READS

INVESTIGATION — “Real estate mogul Trump sold condos to regime-connected Venezuelans,” by Anita Kumar

WHAT THEY’RE READING IN BEIJING — “As Japan and South Korea Feud Intensifies, U.S. Seems Unwilling, or Unable, to Help,” by NYT’s Motoko Rich in Tokyo, Edward Wong in Washington and Choe Sang-Hun in Seoul: “[A]s tensions escalated in recent days, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attempted on Friday to orchestrate a reconciliation at an Asian security conference attended by regional foreign ministers. A photo from the conference showed Mr. Pompeo flinging his arms wide open to the foreign ministers of the two countries, appearing to invite them to come together.

“The two ministers stayed far apart, however, with Taro Kono, Japan’s foreign minister, grimacing, and South Korea’s, Kang Kyung-wha, turning away, stone-faced.

“It was a telling sign not just of the worsening relationship between the two allies, but perhaps more significantly, of America’s diminished leadership role in a region where the United States has often played the part of peacemaker among its allies.” NYT

TRADE WARS — “China lets yuan slide through key 7 level for first time in decade as trade war worsens,” by Reuters’ Andrew Galbraith and Winni Zhou in Shanghai: “China let the yuan breach the key 7-per-dollar level on Monday for the first time in more than a decade, in a sign Beijing might be willing to tolerate more currency weakness that could further inflame a trade conflict with the United States.

“The sharp 1.4% drop in the yuan comes days after U.S. President Donald Trump stunned financial markets by vowing to impose 10% tariffs on the remaining $300 billion of Chinese imports from Sept. 1, abruptly breaking a brief month-long ceasefire in the bruising trade war. Some analysts said the yuan move could unleash a dangerous new front in the trade hostilities – a currency war.” Reuters

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NYT’S KEVIN ROOSE: “8chan Is a Megaphone for Gunmen. ‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says Its Creator”: “Moments before the El Paso shooting on Saturday, a four-page message whose author identified himself as the gunman appeared on 8chan. The person who posted the message encouraged his “brothers” on the site to spread the contents far and wide.

“In recent months, 8chan has become a go-to resource for violent extremists. At least three mass shootings this year — including the mosque killings in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the synagogue shooting in Poway, Calif. — have been announced in advance on the site, often accompanied by racist writings that seem engineered to go viral on the internet.

“[Frederick] Brennan started the online message board as a free speech utopia. But now, 8chan is known as something else: a megaphone for mass shooters, and a recruiting platform for violent white nationalists.” NYT

— CNN: “8chan goes offline after Cloudflare pulls support for website used by El Paso suspect”

— Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, in a note explaining the decision: “We reluctantly tolerate content that we find reprehensible, but we draw the line at platforms that have demonstrated they directly inspire tragic events and are lawless by design. 8chan has crossed that line. It will therefore no longer be allowed to use our services.”

MEDIAWATCH — “Press association challenges suspension of White House reporter,” by Bianca Quilantan: “The White House Correspondents‘ Association on Sunday said it is ‘closely monitoring’ the White House press secretary’s decision to suspend the pass of reporter Brian Karem for 30 days.

“‘We sincerely hope this White House does not again make the mistake of revoking a reporter’s hard pass,’ Jonathan Karl, president of the association, said in a statement. ‘The WHCA has stood up to violations of due process rights before and we stand ready to safeguard those rights for all reporters who work to hold our government accountable.’

“Karem, Playboy’s senior White House reporter, wrote on Twitter that he received an email Friday from the White House saying his pass would be suspended as of Monday afternoon.” POLITICO

— L.A. TIMES: “Quibi is a built-for-millennials streaming service. But will they pay $5 a month?” by Wendy Lee

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TRANSITION — John Perrino will be a senior associate at Glen Echo Group. He previously was communications director at the George Washington University School of Media & Public Affairs.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Drew McConville, senior managing director for government relations at the Wilderness Society, and Megan McConville, an urban planning consultant and former Obama official at USDA,welcomed Samuel Rangeley McConville early Friday morning.

— Tripp DeMoss, associate counsel at the Alabama Association of Realtors and a Department of Labor/Capitol Hill alum, and Kate DeMoss, adjunct professor of political science at Samford University, welcomed Harriet H. “Hattie” DeMoss on July 29. Pic

ENGAGED — Christina James, a Foreign Service officer at the State Department, got engaged to Mike Fox, manager of strategic initiatives at InterAction and an Obama alum, on the rooftop of the Kennedy Center on Saturday night. They met in graduate school studying foreign policy at Georgetown. Pic

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Rufus Gifford is 45. A fun fact about him: “I was terrified to ask anyone for money before I was 29, I can’t get enough reality TV and a quarter pounder with cheese with a large fry is the perfect meal.” Playbook Plus Q&A

BIRTHDAYS: Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) is 66 … Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R-Puerto Rico) … Ryan Wrasse, comms director for Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) … Taylor Griffin … Matt Anderson, SVP for global public affairs at Blackstone … Sharon Weber, deputy national finance director for the Joe Biden campaign … Jeremy Flantzer … Matt Mandel … Heidi Nel, principal and head of Impact Entertainment at the Raben Group … Bloomberg’s Jim Rowley … Kristofer Eisenla … Nicolas Boullet … former Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is 56 … Lila Cohn … Alicia Amling, COS for Temerity Capital Partners … Cary Gibson, VP at Farragut Square Group … Molly Donlin of TargetPoint Consulting … Melissa Canu … Pete Snyder is 46 (hat tip: Tim Burger) … Cicely Simpson …

… Jim Puzzanghera, Boston Globe D.C. bureau chief … Howard Leib is 61 … Edelman’s Aaron Walker … Kassandra Meholick … Michael Chandler,managing editor at MemoryWell … Lisa Geller is 26 … Hun Sen, prime minister of Cambodia … Katie Vlietstra Wonnenberg, VP of government relations and public affairs at the National Association for the Self-Employed … Colleen Fisher … Donte Donald … James Franklin Blue III … Christine Forester … Ashley Pitts … Monique Dorsainvil of Facebook’s public policy team … Monica Thompson … Dana Ferreira … Nicholas Rodman … Scott Vance … Kristy Huxhold … Jeff Kupfer … Marla Ratner … Corey Johnson of the Tampa Bay Times … Abby Milberg … ABC’s Luis Martinez … Julie Hughes … Jason Pollock … Ron Bouchard … Topf Wells … Dennis Lonergan … Tom Healy (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) … Barbara Dixon (h/t Amy Weiss)

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THE WASHINGTON POST MORNING HEADLINES

Democracy Dies in Darkness

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2 cities, 13 hours, 29 dead Acquaintances described the alleged El Paso shooter, Patrick Crusius, 21, as “strange” and “off-putting,” with few friends. By Annie Gowen, Mark Berman, Tim Craig and Hannah Natanson · Read more Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric looms over El Paso massacre The question is no longer whether President Trump will respond to a mass shooting as other presidents once did, but whether he contributed to the carnage. By Philip Rucker · Read more   GOP struggles to respond to weekend shootings There were thoughts and prayers, a presidential proclamation lowering flags at half-staff and praise for law enforcement — but few concrete proposals for action to stem the violence. By Felicia Sonmez and Paul Kane · Read more   Dayton gunman killed sister, 8 others in 30-second rampage Police said the shooter used a .223-caliber high-capacity magazine and was fatally shot by officers. By Kevin Williams, Hannah Knowles, Hannah Natanson and Peter Whoriskey · Read more   A weekend of carnage reflects how violence goes viral The events in El Paso, Dayton and Chicago illustrate how America’s lone-wolf shooters aren’t really alone. By Marc Fisher · Read more   FBI faces skepticism over its attempts to fight domestic terrorism The El Paso attack, which a suspected white supremacist has been accused of carrying out, roils debate over hate, violence and politics. By Devlin Barrett · Read more   U.S. web firm drops 8chan, forcing it offline Cloudflare, a San Francisco company that provides protection from cyber attacks, reversed its position on continuing to work with 8chan after the El Paso shooter apparently posted an anti-immigrant screed on the site. By Tim Elfrink · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions Trump makes it all worse. Here’s how it could be different. By Editorial Board · Read more On guns and white nationalism, one side is right and one is wrong By E.J. Dionne · Read more The real debate winner was Donald Trump By Hugh Hewitt · Read more There are no lone wolves By Juliette Kayyem · Read more Mass shootings appall Texas politicians. So do the solutions. By Ross Ramsey · Read more The real story behind the Fed’s interest rate cut? Jobs. By Robert Samuelson · Read more   ADVERTISEMENT   More News Hong Kong strike disrupts city as leader warns of ‘dangerous situation’ The strike caused the closure of thousands of businesses, crippled the city’s subway system and caused hundreds of flight cancellations. By Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin · Read more   U.S. launches last-ditch effort to stop Turkish invasion of northeast Syria Syrian Kurds prepare for battle and warn that thousands of Islamic State fighters could break out of prison. By Karen DeYoung, Souad Mekhennet and Louisa Loveluck · Read more   India revokes special status of Kashmir, a move likely to trigger unrest India’s army and air force were put on high alert and 8,000 troops were airlifted to Kashmir after the announcement, according to media reports. By Niha Masih · Read more   Perspective Does a sugar detox work? I’m on it and have had some surprising results. Before the detox I weighed 166 pounds. Twelve weeks later, I hit a new low adult weight. By Steven Petrow · Read more   Teenager arrested in 6-year-old boy’s plunge from top of London’s Tate Modern art gallery London police said the boy was in critical condition after he was thrown from the 10th-floor viewing platform and landed on a fifth-floor roof. By Associated Press · Read more

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THE RESURGENT

The Resurgent’s Morning Briefing for August 5,2019 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.   Mean Tweets, Gun Control, and Evil We have a real problem in this country with an increase in domestic terrorism from mostly white, mostly young, always men most of whom are being radicalized online like so many young jihadists. We actually do need to have some serious conversations on this issue, but we have another problem few want to talk about. Those on the right view all of this as built on a foundation of moral rot and those on the left who have replaced faith with politics for their religion view all of this as built on a foundation of political rot. The left will entertain no conversation without directly connecting it to the politics of the day and the right will entertain no conversation without directly connecting it to the morals of the day. The media, so dominated by leftwing groupthink, cannot undertake rational discussions and coverage of these shootings without raw politics being their preferred angle. Until we have better, deeper conversations that recognize morality, culture, and politics all weave into this problem and not just politics alone, nothing will change. The post Mean Tweets, Gun Control, and Evil appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » It’s Not Black and White, It’s the Present Evil Age The problem of violence is not a problem of weapons. It is a problem of humans. The post It’s Not Black and White, It’s the Present Evil Age appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Why America Still Has a Chance Two mass shootings in less than 24 hours.  Twenty-nine families irrevocably changed forever.  One killer a white supremacist nut.  Another a left-wing Antifa nut.  Left-wing pundits and politicians blaming Trump because the El Paso terrorist echoed his rhetoric.  Right-wing pundits and politicians pointing out the Dayton terrorist echoed the rhetoric of AOC and Sanders.  Presidential […] The post Why America Still Has a Chance appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » This Meet The Press Exchange Shows Why We Won’t Deal With Growing White Nationalism As a Society If the phrase “illegal immigrant” is a racist or white nationalist phrase, racism and white nationalism are nonsensical terms. But they are real. Use of the phrase illegal immigrant is a legitimate phrase. But the left, frequently with help of the media, decides that every conversation must be on their terms and any phrase they […] The post This Meet The Press Exchange Shows Why We Won’t Deal With Growing White Nationalism As a Society appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Both Sides Contribute To Political Climate That Sparks Domestic Terror Both sides are more than willing to point the finger at the other when violent attacks occur, but if we really want to make America better, both sides need to look in the mirror. The post Both Sides Contribute To Political Climate That Sparks Domestic Terror appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » ANNOUNCEMENT: Following VP Appearance, Erickson Launches Second Radio Show This weekend, Editor of the Resurgent Erick Erickson hosted the Resurgent Gathering bringing together over 600 conservative activists from 33 states. The event included addresses by Deputy Secretary of Commerce Karen Dunn Kelly and by the Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence. Vice President Pence praised Erickson saying “his voice and values are […] The post ANNOUNCEMENT: Following VP Appearance, Erickson Launches Second Radio Show appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » 18 Reported Dead In El Paso Mass Shooting Local news reports that at least 18 people have died in an active shooter attack on an El Paso Walmart. Initially, there were reports of multiple shooters, but the Texas Tribune is reporting that the area is secure and that only one shooter is in custody at this time. The shooting took place in the […] The post 18 Reported Dead In El Paso Mass Shooting appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Bill Lee Finds Purpose in Serving the Public Governor Bill Lee brings his experience in business and non-profit ministry to Tennessee. The post Bill Lee Finds Purpose in Serving the Public appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Washington Examiner’s David Drucker Says Election Could Go Either Way “Trump will juice turnout on the Republican side, but Democrats will also be motivated.” The post Washington Examiner’s David Drucker Says Election Could Go Either Way appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Karen Handel on Her Plans to Recapture Georgia’s 6th District She’s getting ready to send “Rocky Top” Lucy McBath back to Tennessee. The post Karen Handel on Her Plans to Recapture Georgia’s 6th District 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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View this email in your browser Monday, August 5, 2019 Mass Shootings “29 people were killed and about 50 injured in less than 24 hours” in two mass shootings. “In the Texas border city of El Paso, a gunman opened fire Saturday morning in a shopping area packed with thousands of people during the busy back-to-school season. The attack killed 20 and wounded more than two dozen, many of them critically. Hours later in Dayton, Ohio, a gunman wearing body armor and carrying extra magazines opened fire in a popular nightlife area, killing nine and injuring at least 26 people.” AP News In a manifesto posted online, the El Paso shooter “railed against a ‘Hispanic invasion’ and laid out a plan to divide the United States into territories based on race.” The document also “warns of the dangers of environmental degradation, rails against corporate influence in the government and cautions against interracial marriage.” Washington Post Meanwhile, while the motive for the shooting was unclear, “the Dayton, Ohio mass shooter was a self-described ‘leftist,’ who wrote [on social media] that he would happily vote for Democrat Elizabeth Warren, praised Satan, was upset about the 2016 presidential election results, and added, ‘I want socialism, and i’ll not wait for the idiots to finally come round to understanding.’” Heavy From the Left The left condemns President Trump’s rhetoric, worries about the increasing prevalence of white supremacy, and calls for more gun control. “White-supremacist terrorism has what amounts to a dating app online, putting like-minded individuals together both through mainstream social media platforms and more remote venues, such as 8chan, that exist to foster rage. It is online, much like Islamic terrorism, that white supremacy finds its friends, colleagues who both validate and amplify the rage. When one of them puts the violent rhetoric into action in the real world, the killer is often [called] a ‘lone wolf,’ but they are not alone at all. They gain strength and solace from like-minded individuals…    “It is too simplistic to blame President Trump and his inflammatory rhetoric for the rise of white-supremacist violence. But that doesn’t mean his language isn’t a contributing factor… The similarities between Trump’s language about Hispanics, immigrants and African Americans marks them as the ‘other’ and is mimicked by white supremacists. He fails to shame them. His rhetoric winks and nods, curries favor, embraces both sides and, while not promoting violence specifically, certainly does not condemn it (until after it occurs).” Juliette Kayem, Washington Post   “It is not a matter of ‘politics’ to note that the killer’s manifesto referenced the ‘send them back’ theme Trump has been striking about congresswomen of color. It is not a matter of politics to note the president’s use of hot-button words like ‘infest’ to reference Mexican immigrants and connect it to the manifesto’s anti-immigrant theme. In true Trump style, the killer even used the president’s rhetoric — ‘fake news’ — while also trying to absolve Trump of responsibility.” Michael D’Antonio, NY Daily News   “The world, and the West in particular, has a serious white nationalist terrorist problem that has been ignored or excused for far too long… There are serious questions about how the United States has approached Islamic extremism, but if even a degree of that vigilance and unity of effort was put toward white nationalism, we’d be safer… The nation owed a debt to the victims of the 9/11 attacks, to take action against the vile infrastructure that allowed the terrorists to achieve their goals that horrible Tuesday. We owe no less of a debt to the victims in El Paso and to the hundreds of other victims of white nationalist terrorism around the nation.” Editorial Board, New York Times   “These aren’t strangers in our midst. These aren’t adherents to radical religious beliefs from the other side of the world. These aren’t agents of a foreign power. This is us, killing us, with numbing regularity and in disgustingly high numbers… As traumatic as these mass killings might be, they are just the dramatic tip of the iceberg. So far this year — and the weekend is not yet over — the Gun Violence Archive has recorded more than 8,734 people shot to death and more than 17,300 people wounded or otherwise injured in more than 33,000 incidents. And that doesn’t include firearm suicides, which occur far more often than homicides or accidental shooting deaths.” Scott Martelle, LA Times   “There is one developed country—and only one—in which it is not only legal, but easy and convenient, to amass a private arsenal of mass slaughter. That country also happens to be the one—and the only one—regularly afflicted by mass slaughters perpetrated by aggrieved individuals. You would not think that this is a complicated problem to puzzle out…    “[The list of mass shooters] offers a wide range of political points to score, if that is your wish. You will find here immigrants and natives; whites and nonwhites; Muslims and Christians; right-wingers, left-wingers, and the nonpolitical… Despite their diversity, all these killers had one thing in common: their uniquely American access to firearms… it is not because the U.S. is uniquely afflicted with either Islamic extremism or white nationalism that it suffers vastly more gun deaths than the rest of the developed world. America’s uniquely bloodstained record of violence is a consequence of America’s uniquely reckless attitudes toward weapons of mass death.” David Frum, The Atlantic   “Just imagine a world where Democrats get everything leading candidates typically say they want on guns. Congress passes and President Elizabeth Warren signs a comprehensive bill that includes universal background checks, bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and a red-flag law that lets law enforcement take away guns from dangerous people… “It almost certainly would not be enough. We would still likely see mass shootings, like the Gilroy, California, mass shooting, on a regular basis, in addition to the incidents of suicides, urban violence, and domestic abuse that are tragically even more common. That’s because America would still have the weakest gun laws among developed nations, and it would still have the most firearms out of any country in the world — and the research has consistently found that places with more guns have more gun deaths…    “To change the status quo, Democrats should go big. They need to focus on the abundance of guns in the US and develop a suite of policies that directly tackle that issue, from licensing to confiscation to more aggressive bans of certain kinds of firearms… Just like Bernie Sanders helped launch discussions about single-payer and free college in 2016, a push in 2020 could help get the party to where it needs to be on this issue if it really wants to address America’s gun problem.” German Lopez, Vox From the Right The right calls on President Trump to denounce white nationalism, but rejects attempts to blame him for the violence. They urge a focus on mental health treatment to prevent future shootings. “Now would be a very good time for American leaders, starting with the president, to express solidarity with Hispanic Americans. A big part of leadership is saying the right thing at the right time.  If a racial or ethnic group is targeted — targeted for murder — you must throw your arms around that group, if you are a leader. It’s fundamental to the job.” Jay Nordlinger, National Review “You could call the killer who shot up a Walmart in El Paso evil, a madman, or a lone wolf, if you like. But it would be an intolerable omission if we did not also call him a white nationalist terrorist. This ideology is a growing sickness in America, and President Trump has a duty to thoroughly and roundly denounce it. Trump ought to use the bully pulpit to become a leading crusader against white nationalism and racism… just as conservatives regularly call on our leaders to name and condemn the evil of radical Islamic terror when it is behind shootings and bombings, we call on Trump to name and condemn the evil of white nationalism.” Editorial Board, Washington Examiner “We will see a myopic focus on guns in the coming days, tied to a broader discussion of America’s ‘mass shooting problem.’ This will be a mistake — not because America does not have such a problem, but because to focus on limiting a certain tool in a country with half a billion of those tools in circulation and a constitutional provision protecting their ownership is to set oneself up for guaranteed failure…  “[Instead] the president should work with Congress to devote more resources to infiltrating, tracking, and foiling nascent plots… he should instruct the federal government to initiate an information campaign against white-supremacist violence in much the same way as it has conducted crusades against drunk driving, human trafficking, and domestic violence. Just as the government must not react to these incidents by abridging the Second Amendment or the Fourth Amendment, obviously the First Amendment’s crucial protections must also remain intact. But where action is consistent with the law — there is no prohibition on monitoring hotbeds of radicalism, nor against punishing those who plan or incite violence — it must be vigorously taken.” The Editors, National Review “The truth is that both sides are guilty of overheated rhetoric as they attempt to drive their respective bases to the polls… Yes, President Trump says many irresponsible things and, yes, he should tone down his rhetoric. The president has demonized immigrants as violent criminals, whipped up fear of migrant caravans prior to last year’s election, and railed against both Democrats and his own Justice Department as corrupt enemies of America…  “But it isn’t only Donald Trump’s rhetoric that is a problem. Claims that Trump is a stooge of Russian President Putin, that he is a fascist, that he is a white supremacist, and that he will refuse to leave the presidency after his term is up are all examples of things said by the left that could incite violence from Trump opponents. It should not be forgotten that it was only two years ago that a radicalized Bernie Sanders supporter nearly killed a handful of Republican senators as they played baseball.” David Thornton, The Resurgent “Mass shootings also occurred under Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton… The twisted motivations are varied and often too convoluted to sort into any clear ideology. Take the El Paso shooter, who… expressed sympathy for the racial motivations of the Christchurch killer and denounced Hispanic immigration, but he also raged against ‘unchecked corporations’ who support immigration and pollute the land…  “One place for leaders to focus, as we’ve long argued, is mental health… Overwhelming evidence suggests that the de-institutionalization of the seriously mentally ill has had tragic results… The same goes for those in the gun lobby who claim that denying access to guns from those with a history of mental illness violates individual rights… the evidence in the states is that the laws have prevented suicides and may prevent other mass shootings. Gun rights need to be protected, but the Second Amendment is not a suicide pact.” Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal “Mass killings are increasing in frequency and have been since the 1980s. Not coincidentally, that was when the emptying out of state mental hospitals was at its peak. So what role does mental illness play in these mass killings? Multiple studies done between 2000 and 2015 suggest that about a third of mass killers have an untreated severe mental illness. If mental illness is defined more broadly, the percentage is higher…  “For those who are seriously mentally ill but who, because of their brain disease, are unaware of their illness and refuse treatment, it is sometimes necessary to require them to accept treatment as a condition for living in the community. This is often done under a program referred to as assisted outpatient treatment. Such treatment may involve injectable antipsychotic medication that can be effective for as long as three months. This should always be accompanied by a judicial process and legal protection of individual rights. We know what to do to reduce the number of mass killings associated with mental illness. The question is whether we have the will to do it.” E. 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President Trump this morning will speak to the nation following two mass shootings over the weekend that killed 29 people and injured 50 as a result of what he said is “a mental illness problem” that has escalated “for years and years” in America.   Democrats, at least one Republican and many presidential candidates on Sunday said Trump’s own actions to denigrate immigrants, incendiary rhetoric about “invasions” of migrants across the southern border with Mexico, and willingness to stoke racial and ethnic fears are partly responsible for a national atmosphere of anger and violence and what some called “white nationalist terrorism.”   “He is a racist, and he stokes racism in this country,” former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, a presidential candidate and former mayor of El Paso, Texas, said of Trump on Sunday (The Hill).   “Hate has no place in our country,” the president said, while defending his administration’s record of seeking to prevent mass shootings (The Hill).   The president and his White House advisers dismissed the finger-pointing as Democratic scapegoating during a time of tragedy.   The Hill: Democrats point to Trump rhetoric on immigration in the wake of two mass shootings.   Politico: String of gun deaths reshapes Democratic primary. The immediate aftershocks of the shootings were felt by the three candidates whose home states were affected: Tim Ryan in Ohio, O’Rourke and Julián Castro in Texas. They tore up their campaign schedules and rushed to their home states amid a crush of news media interest.   Trump said he spoke over the weekend with the attorney general, the FBI director, governors and lawmakers and federal flags were lowered to half-staff. “We have to get it stopped,” he said. “This has been going on for years, for years and years in our country.”   Trump has been president through at least 11 mass shootings in the United States. There was a time when he boasted he was tough enough to take on the National Rifle Association. He proposed changing gun background checks, favored limits on high-capacity ammunition clips and followed through to ban bump stocks. “It’s time,” he told a bipartisan group of lawmakers in early 2018. “We’ve got to stop this nonsense.” Trump also vowed to take action during an emotional televised White House event with victims and parents following the Parkland, Fla., school shooting just a year after his inauguration.   Today he confronts current and former lawmakers, primarily Democrats, who urged him to call the Senate back in session to enact a House-passed measure that tightens background checks (The Hill). Trump is not expected to accede to those requests.   Trump is under pressure. He is being assailed by progressive critics as a racist because of his eagerness to condemn African American Democrats in Congress by name, because he encouraged four female lawmakers to “go back” to their countries and because he stoked supporters at a Greenville, N.C., rally before they chanted “send her back.” Last week, he appeared to mock a foe in Congress, powerful House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), on Twitter after the congressman’s Baltimore home was burgled.   On Sunday, Trump praised police and law enforcement for swift action in response to the shootings in El Paso on Saturday and in Dayton, Ohio, just 12 hours later.   The Associated Press: Law enforcement said police stopped the Ohio gunman in 30 seconds.   In Texas, a heavily armed shooter traveled nine hours from his home in the Dallas area to a busy Walmart close to the Mexican border in El Paso and opened fire in what authorities are investigating as domestic terrorism and possibly a hate crime. The 21-year-old suspect, Patrick Crusius, killed 20 people before being apprehended.   Authorities believe Crusius is probably the author of a rambling, hate-filled manifesto posted on the 8chan website shortly before Saturday morning’s shooting. It appeared to be written as a “response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas” with denunciations of “race mixers” and “haters of our collective values” (The Washington Post).   Hours later in Dayton, another white male suspect, Connor Betts, 24, of Bellbrook, Ohio, who was also heavily armed, shot and killed nine people and injured dozens of others while trying to enter a nightclub. He killed his 22-year-old sister, Megan Betts, and died at the scene as police responded. A motive remains unclear.   The two shooting sprees are not believed to be linked.   The Associated Press: While in high school, Betts allegedly was investigated and suspended for creating a “kill list” and a “rape list”involving classmates.   The Associated Press: List of the most recent shootings in the United States.

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POLITICS & CAMPAIGNS: Sen. Kamala Harris’s (D-Calif.) campaign is looking to rebound after an uneven debate performance last week, headlined by the attacks from multiple 2020 rivals in her first debate as a top-tier presidential candidate    Along with expected shots from former Vice President Joe Biden after the June debate on busing in Miami, Harris was targeted from those back in the pack, including Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), as they tried to make waves and break out of the lower tier.    The California Democrat said she knew she was entering a new level of scrutiny since she had vaulted into contention, but she’s garnered mixed reviews thus far and the damage inflicted from Gabbard’s blistering attack on her tenure as California attorney general remains up in the air. Harris’s time as attorney general was long seen as a potential liability for her, particularly since the Black Lives Matter movement took shape.    The campaign has since come out firing on Gabbard, labeling her an “apologist” for Syrian President Bashar Assad and defending Harris’s time in Sacramento (The Hill).    The Hill: Biden faces scrutiny for his age from other Democrats.   The New York Times: Democratic candidates praise labor — and the Obama legacy, too.   NBC News: Democrats’s focus on the White House may be crowding out the statehouse — and it might cost them big.   George F. Will: For the Democrats, it’s winnowing time.

© Getty Images     > Electability: While Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivered in last week’s Democratic debate in Detroit and continues to earn plaudits for her campaign, questions continue to linger about her viability in a general election matchup with the president.    Over the past two months, Warren has continued her ascent in the push for the Democratic nod. But while she has unveiled a string of policy proposals and has run a solid and consistent campaign, some Democrats say she has been unable to show how she can win over centrist Democrats, independents and even disenfranchised Republicans. They also believe she has made some missteps, including her decision to take a DNA test after the president repeatedly mocked her for her claim that she was Native American (The Hill).    “Everyone remembers how she played right into his hands,” said one Democratic strategist who remains neutral in the presidential race. “You can’t fold when it comes to Trump. You can’t give him any room to prove a point. It was a really weak moment and it said a lot.”    “I think a lot of people look at the moment and say she can’t go up against Trump because she’s not electable even if she is a damn good candidate,” the strategist added.   The Hill: Warren’s pledge to avoid first nuclear strike sparks intense pushback.   The Washington Post: No ‘joyful warriors’: Democrats fret over negative tone of primary fight.   The Wall Street Journal: Trump campaign plans an economy-focused pitch to women. Will it work?   Paul Kane: Ambitious House Democrat class of 2012 comes to grips with making the grade.   The Hill: Andrew Yang banks upstart campaign on $1,000 proposition.

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CONGRESS: House Democrats find themselves walking a tightrope on impeachment as they try to appease the progressive wing of the party and protect centrists and lawmakers in key swing districts who could help determine whether they keep hold of the House next year.    As Mike Lillis and Olivia Beavers report, House Democratic leaders, led by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), are making a renewed push to intensify their ongoing investigations into Trump-related affairs, labeling the process impeachment without opening up a formal inquiry into the president, all in an effort to strike a delicate balance and satisfy all parties. Whether the messaging acrobatics work remains an open question among lawmakers.   The path “we are taking does not require a vote, so I guess for some people who are anxious to vote, to officially move forward, they will be disappointed,” said Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), the head of the party’s messaging. “For people who are not interested in voting, I guess they will be pleased.”   Pressure continues to swell for the party to launch a formal inquiry as the pro-impeachment crowd is expected to become the majority of the House Democratic Caucus this week. According to the latest whip list by The Hill, 117 lawmakers support opening an inquiry — one away from a majority. But the decision still rests with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who has remained defiant about continuing on the course Democrats are on now, until 218 lawmakers support opening an inquiry.     > GOP struggles: In the wake of Rep. Will Hurd’s (R-Texas) announcement that he will not run for reelection in 2020, pessimism has grown within Republican circles regarding their chances to retake the House next year.    As Juliegrace Brufke and Julia Manchester write, Republicans will need to win 18 or 19 seats next November, depending on the results in the North Carolina Ninth Congressional District special election, and with each key retirement, the path to winning back the majority becomes more arduous.    “It just requires a strong candidate and some additional resources, frankly, to build name ID and to deal with that because you aren’t the incumbent — that does make it harder to hold the seat, which is why you’re seeing from the shift in The Cook Political Report and some of those,” said one member about the challenges open seats present.   “The question is, can we gather the additional resources, raise the additional funds necessary to support that while also continuing the efforts to win the majority?” the member said. “History is not kind on this.”   Republicans were dealt two more blows on Sunday in their efforts to keep the House. After weeks of speculation, Rep. Ken Marchant (R-Texas), who represents a seat in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs, is expected to announce his retirement on Monday, marking the eighth House Republican to do so this cycle. Marchant would also be the fourth Texas Republican to do so, giving Democrats another pick-up opportunity in 2020. In Maine, former Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-Maine) announced that he will not run against Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) in a bid to reclaim his old House seat, a true toss-up district, citing family reasons for the decision.    > On the mend: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is home recovering in Louisville, Ky., after tripping on his patio and suffering a fractured shoulder.   “He has been treated, released, and is working from home in Louisville,” said David Popp, a McConnell spokesperson, in a statement (The Hill).   McConnell’s injury came after he returned to his home state for the five-week August recess. The GOP leader, 77, spent Saturday in Fancy Farm, Ky., campaigning at the state’s preeminent political event as he gears up for his looming reelection battle next year. In his speech, McConnell fired back at Democrats labeling him “Moscow Mitch” as they heckled him wearing Cossack hats and related T-shirts (Lexington Herald-Leader).    “You know it’s appropriate to see a bunch of Democrats running around with communist flags on their shirts,” McConnell said. “That ought to tell you where they want to take the country with the Green New Deal and Medicare for All, their whole agenda, to fundamentally change the country into something it’s never been. So I think them wearing shirts with the communist flags on it makes a lot of sense.”

© Getty Images     > September chaos: With a deal to raise spending caps and the debt ceiling in the bag, lawmakers are now expected to tackle the next challenge after they return from August recess: funding the government.   Lawmakers will have only three weeks to prevent a second shutdown in a year that is set to start on Oct. 1 without congressional action. Congress will have to pass 12 government funding bills or a continuing resolution that would give negotiators more time while extending funding at 2019 levels (The Hill).   “I think you better hold onto your hat in September because it’s going to be a fast track,” said Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. “Things are going to move.”

OPINION

‘Gladiator’ politics isn’t helping us to pick the best president, by Christopher R. Hill, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/2KgubRP    Greenland’s ice wasn’t expected to melt like this until 2070, by Thomas Mote, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/2YmA4FT

WHERE AND WHEN

Hill.TV’s “Rising” at 9 a.m. ET features Manny Garcia, the executive director of the Texas Democratic Party, to talk about the El Paso shooting, Hurd’s retirement and the upcoming Democratic debate in Houston; Jim Risen, senior national security correspondent at The Intercept, to discuss his recent story on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; and journalist Michael Tracey to weigh in on Gabbard’s 2020 chances. Find Hill.TV programming at http://thehill.com/hilltv or on YouTube at 10 a.m.   The House and Senate will get back to work on Sept. 9.   The president will deliver remarks at 10 a.m. in the White House Diplomatic Reception Room in response to mass shootings that occurred over the weekend in Texas and Ohio. Trump will have lunch with Vice President Pence. Whether Trump will travel to either state this week had not been announced overnight. The president is scheduled to tout U.S. manufacturing in Monaca, Pa., on Thursday while visiting a Shell Chemical cracker plant there (WPXI and KDKA2 CBS Pittsburgh).     Pence will participate in an International Religious Freedom roundtable at 11 a.m. focused on China, with Sam Brownback, the U.S. ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom. The event will be in the vice president’s ceremonial office at the White House. He’ll join the president for lunch at 12:30 p.m.   Pompeo is scheduled to make a diplomatic stop in Kolonia, Micronesia on his return to Washington Aug. 6 after travel in Thailand and Australia.   The National Conference of State Legislatures holds a conference in Nashville through Aug. 8.

ELSEWHERE

➔ Economy: Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imported goods and continued threats to increase the levies while seeking a trade deal with Beijing pose a domestic economic risk for his 2020 reelection bid, report Niv Elis and Sylvan Lane (The Hill).   ➔ Iran: On Sunday, Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized an Iraqi oil tanker in the Gulf that they said was smuggling fuel, Iran’s state media reported on Sunday. Seven crewmen were reported detained in a show of power amid heightened tension with the West. A spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said the United States had no information to confirm the media reports (Reuters). Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif today criticized U.S. sanctions imposed on him on Wednesday and accused the United States of closing the door to diplomacy. “Iran used to forgo some maritime offenses in … (the) Gulf but will never close (its) eyes anymore,” he said at a news conference (Reuters).   ➔ Melting: The Arctic, including Siberia, is warming at least twice as fast as the rest of the world, and the ancient permafrost is thawing. The changes in the landscape knock down structures, shift the migration patterns of animals and produce severe flooding in spring (The New York Times). … The Greenland ice sheet is in the throes of one of its greatest melting events ever recorded. Between June 11 and June 20, the once-frozen sheet lost the equivalent of 80 billion tons of ice. The fate of the island’s ice sheet is of critical importance to every coastal resident in the world because Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, already is the biggest contributor to modern-day sea level rise (The Washington Post).   ➔ Slavery revised: An elite Washington, D.C., girls’ school once believed its founding nuns taught slaves to read. Instead, the school learned that its former nuns sold at least 107 slaves — men, women and children — over many years as a way to raise funds to expand the school (The Washington Post and The New York Times).

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THE CLOSER

And finally … Irish teenager Fionn Ferreira won $50,0000, the grand prize at the Google Science Fair, for his solution to a major water pollution problem, microplastic trash. His  achievement earned front-page headlines in Ireland, a Twitter salute from the Irish president and a hero’s welcome at the Cork Airport when he returned home.   A walk on the beach in his coastal hometown of Ballydehob led the 18-year-old to dream up a reliable, safe way to extract microplastics from water using magnets. Tiny particles of plastic pollute drinking water consumed worldwide as well as the natural environment. It was that problem that Ferreira — who is fluent in three languages, is the winner of 12 science awards and has a minor planet named after him — said sparked his thinking.   A panel of judges at the Google event considered science and technology experiments submitted by students 13 through 18 from around the world before awarding Ferreira a prize that he said will help fund his college education this fall (CNN).

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Meet the Hero Who Saved Children During the El Paso Shooting Following the deadly shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, we’re left with more questions than answers and more politically-divided fights than honest discussions. In today’s BRIGHT I thought I’d share this story about a man named Glendon Oakley who was shopping at Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso on Saturday. From Task & Purpose: “A 22-year-old Army automated logistics specialist assigned to the 504th Composite Supply Company, 142nd Combat Support Sustainment Battalion, 1st Armored Division Sustainment Brigade at Fort Bliss, Texas, Oakley had been shopping at a sporting goods store inside the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso when a young child burst into the store shouting about an active shooter at the nearby Walmart. “The guy at the register and I sort of looked at each other,” Oakley told Task & Purpose in a phone interview on Saturday. “He’s a little kid … are you going to believe him?” The threat was very real. At least 20 people were killed and dozens more wounded when a gunman opened fire at the Walmart, sending terrified bystanders fleeing through the neighboring mall. When Oakley exited the store minutes later and headed to the neighboring Footlocker, he finally heard the sound of gunfire echoing across the mall. He immediately pulled the Glock 9mm he occaisionally carries under Texas’s concealed carry laws. While he had just returned from an incident-free deployment to Kuwait, this was not his first firefight. “That’s what you do,” he told Task & Purpose. “You pull your gun, you find cover, and you figure out what to do next.” … The group quickly stumbled upon a group of a dozen children clustered in one of the mall’s open play areas, screaming for their parents. Oakley says he tried to get fleeing bystanders to help, but none would stop. “I didn’t even think. I just grabbed as many kids as I could and ran five stores down to the exit,” he said. “We got there and ran into a whole batch of police pointing their guns at us. I wasn’t focused on myself, and I wasn’t focused on my surroundings … I was just focused on those kids.” In an interview with local television station KTSM outside the Cielo Vista Mall, Oakley was clearly shaken, the adrenaline pumping through his system. And when reached by Task & Purpose on Saturday, he said said that, despite his training, he was “scared for my life.” “I heard four kids died,” he said, his voice softening. “I wish I could have gotten more kids out of there. I wish those guys who ran would have stayed … I just think, what if that was my child? How would I want some other man to react?” A pause: “I wish they had some sense of service.” Additional Links: El Paso community quickly comes together to donate blood after mass shooting leaves 20 dead (Fox News) Dayton, Ohio, shooting that left 9 dead, 27 hurt halted ‘in under a minute’ by cops who shot suspect: mayor (Fox News) The Mass Shooting-Suicide Connection (Psychology Today) President Trump: “Hate has no place in our country.” The President said he will also be making a statement today at 10 a.m. (Twitter) In the wake of two more hate-fueled mass shootings, when do we call it domestic terrorism? (USA Today) Peter Thiel Gets Really About Google’s Relationship with China I’ve been a fan of Peter Thiel for many years. I had the opportunity to meet him a couple times, read his book Zero to One, and loved his historic speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention. He was an angel investor for Facebook (and portrayed in the movie, The Social Network), co-founder of PayPal, and entrepreneur. In a recent opinion piece for the New York Times titled “Good for Google, Bad for America,” Thiel gets right to the point about the relationship between Google and China. He writes: “A.I.’s military power is the simple reason that the recent behavior of America’s leading software company, Google — starting an A.I. lab in China while ending an A.I. contract with the Pentagon — is shocking. As President Barack Obama’s defense secretary Ash Carter pointed out last month, “If you’re working in China, you don’t know whether you’re working on a project for the military or not.” No intensive investigation is required to confirm this. All one need do is glance at the Communist Party of China’s own constitution: Xi Jinping added the principle of “civil-military fusion,” which mandates that all research done in China be shared with the People’s Liberation Army, in 2017. That same year, Google decided to open an A.I. lab in Beijing. According to Fei-Fei Li, the executive who opened it, the lab is “focused on basic A.I. research” because Google is “an A.I.-first company” in a world where “A.I. and its benefits have no borders.” All this is part of a “huge transformation” in “humanity” itself. Back in the United States, a rebellion among rank and file employees led Google last June to announce the abandonment of its “Project Maven” A.I. contract with the Pentagon. Perhaps the most charitable word for these twin decisions would be to call them naïve.” August Favorites How do your write a favorites article after a No Buy July? It was actually pretty easy because it separated short-term lust from long-term staying power. In this month’s article: the perfect white jeans under $40, a book with tears and laughs, a sweet and filling snack with only 3 grams of sugar, and confidence in a cream (maybe). What I’m Reading This Week Over the weekend I started Don’t Let Me Go by Catherine Ryan Hyde. The description hooked me:  “Former Broadway dancer and current agoraphobic Billy Shine has not set foot outside his apartment in almost a decade. He has glimpsed his neighbors—beautiful manicurist Rayleen, lonely old Ms. Hinman, bigoted and angry Mr. Lafferty, kind-hearted Felipe, and 9-year-old Grace and her former addict mother Eileen.  But most of them have never seen Billy. Not until Grace begins to sit outside on the building’s front stoop for hours every day, inches from Billy’s patio. Troubled by this change in the natural order, Billy makes it far enough out onto his porch to ask Grace why she doesn’t sit inside where it’s safe. Her answer: “If I sit inside, then nobody will know I’m in trouble. And then nobody will help me.” A Case of the Mondays Fighter pilots… they’re just like us (Twitter) Tucker the Golden Retriever reacts to a hair clip (YouTube) Target is bringing back the best of its designer collaborations (Curbed)

Last week, it was announced that the First Lady and the President will be going to Poland and Denmark. Business Times reported, “Melania and the President will be away for this trip above from August 31 to September 3. On the first of September, the First Couple will be in attendance at the Warsaw war remembrance which will mark the 80th year of the beginning of World War II. They will also be going around the Polish city to drop by at memorial venues to pay their respects.” After leaving Warsaw, they will go to Denmark for a royal engagement following an invitation from Her Majesty Margrethe II, the Queen of Denmark. While we’ll be paying attention to the First Lady’s fashions, it seems like it’s business as usual at Vogue here and across the pond. British Vogue‘s first guest editor, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, didn’t include the U.S. First Lady on its cover of 15 women who are “Forces of Change.” It may be for the best given the criticism the issue is receiving. The Business Times reports, “This collaboration with Edward Enninful, the magazine’s editor-in-chief, was declared by the Duchess of Sussex Monday, who has since received criticism for how she has handled this assignment which has been dubbed by an expert on the Royals, Camilla Tominey, as a “circle” of privileged people “patting themselves on the back.”   Mondays with Melania is a weekly feature that highlights what the First Lady is doing and wearing.

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Washington Examiner’s Examiner Today Newsletter View this as website   ADVERTISEMENT HIGHLIGHTS Prosecutors treating El Paso as domestic terrorism and will seek death penalty America’s second-deadliest weekend: El Paso and Dayton death toll reaches 29 Former AOC chief of staff under investigation for alleged campaign finance misconduct   GOP leaders claim reasons for optimism as prospects for retaking House dim   A flurry of Republican retirements in the House of Representatives is dampening the party’s bid to recapture the majority, a gloomy 2020 outlook that is nonetheless being roundly rejected by optimistic GOP leaders.     After liver donation, Fox News correspondent Ed Henry looks to spread the word about transplant needs   When Ed Henry, chief national correspondent at Fox News Channel, decided to donate part of his liver to his sister, Colleen, he never intended it to become something that would spread broader awareness about the need for organ donations.     Confusion: Biden offers sympathy for the ‘tragic events in Houston today and also in Michigan’   Former Vice President Joe Biden misstated the locations of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, while speaking to donors at a high-dollar fundraiser in San Diego on Sunday night.     Cloudfare pulls support for 8chan after El Paso shooting   The CEO of Cloudfare announced on Sunday that the U.S. company is terminating its services for 8chan following the deadly mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.   ADVERTISEMENT   ‘Do something!’: Emotional cries erupt during Ohio governor’s speech at Dayton vigil   Raucous shouts demanding action from lawmakers on gun control interrupted a speech by Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine during a vigil in Dayton, Ohio, for victims of the shooting that took place early Sunday morning.     NRA reacts to deadly mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton   The National Rifle Association released a statement in reaction to mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, that took place 13 hours apart this weekend.     Tim Ryan says El Paso shooter’s alleged manifesto includes language ‘you hear at a Trump rally’   While reacting to Saturday’s deadly El Paso, Texas shooting, 2020 Democratic presidential contender Tim Ryan compared the gunman’s alleged manifesto to the “kind of language that you hear at a Trump rally” and accused the president of “creating a culture and an environment in which this stuff keeps happening.”     Top Obama adviser David Axelrod: Elizabeth Warren running a ‘strategically brilliant campaign’   CNN political commentator and adviser to former President Barack Obama David Axelrod has declared that 2020 Democratic contender Elizabeth Warren is running a “stragically brillant campaign.”     Reza Aslan calls for Kellyanne Conway to be ‘eradicated’ over her response to mass shootings   Scholar and former CNN host Reza Aslan reacted to White House counselor Kellyanne Conway’s response to two deadly mass shootings by calling for her to be “eradicated.”     2020 Democrats promise AFSCME members they’ll toss state ‘right to work’ laws   LAS VEGAS — Democratic presidential primary candidates Saturday sought to court American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the nation’s largest public-sector trade union, by promising to do away with state right to work laws.     Democratic Socialists of America convention explodes with complaints of ‘sensory overload’ and gendered pronouns   A Democratic Socialists of America convention erupted on Sunday as delegates repeatedly interrupted speakers and each other to launch formal complaints about “sensory overload” and the use of gendered pronouns.   THE ROUNDUP Japan, South Korea feud intensifies, US stands idly by Mexico plans legal action to protect Mexicans in U.S. String of gun deaths reshapes Democratic primary ADVERTISEMENT

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View this email in your browser Recent Articles Why Democrats Own El Paso Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am It’s the Democrats who want white nationalism in the White House, not Trump and his conservative supporters.   Read More… Desperate Democrats Grasping at Straws Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am Democrats will provide endless entertainment as they grasp at electoral straws, even the plastic ones that they want banned. What a show it will be! Read More… El Paso: The Real Root Causes of Mass Shootings Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am How can you build a moral society when its shades-of-gray people don’t even believe in morality? Read More… Do Democrats Really Have Anything to Offer Their Base in 2020? Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am The eventual Democratic presidential nominee will be burdened with a fundamental disadvantage in that Progressive policies in action are proving to be unpopular. Read More… Gallup, Darwinism, and Scientism Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am Darwinists are invariably the product of an educational system that has as little to do with free thought. Read More… Baltimore Needs Revival, Not More Federal Money Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am Nothing the modern Left has to offer is going fix places like Baltimore.  Read More…   Recent Blog Posts While media were focused on mass shootings, explosive revelations about the Russia Hoax were revealed in a Sunday morning interview Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am A vivid picture of the shocking trap executed by a US intelligence asset and its rejection by a Trump campaign patriot who called it treasonous.  Read more… So was the Dayton shooter ‘radicalized’ by Elizabeth Warren? Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am They all reveled and made a lot of hay by saying the El Paso shooter was ‘radicalized’ by President Trump…  Read more… Confused elderly man Joe Biden offers condolences for ‘tragic events in Houston today and also in Michigan’ Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am This confusion suggests something disturbing about the way Biden’s mind works.  Read more… Trump again speciously blamed for the insanity of others Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am The only plan they have to defeat Trump in 2020 is to convince voters that he is a hardcore racist.  Read more… Antifa is arming Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am Antifa is ready to go to the mattresses.  Read more… El Paso shooting: latest atrocity exploited by Democrats Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am It is evil and disgusting to exploit the El Paso shooting to falsely brand Trump and his voters violent racists.  Read more… America has a moral Crisis, not a gun control problem Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am As God and morality are purged from all our institutions, darkness, chaos, evil, and violence grow to fill in the gap.  Read more… Environmental alarmism behind El Paso shootings Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am The shooter was a green.  Read more… The 2% man is a disgrace Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am Beto and his pals offer no real solutions other than to blame President Trump.  Read more… Drama at the Jamestown 400th Aug 05, 2019 01:00 am Muslim makes a mockery of 400 years of American democracy.  Read more… Left tries dishonesty in bid to turn El Paso shooter into a Republican Aug 04, 2019 01:00 am And they tried some more dishonesty to pin the mass shooting on President Trump. For leftists, the end justifies the means.  Read more… How Comey set a trap for prosecutors when leaking his memos Aug 04, 2019 01:00 am Credit Comey with the legal sophistication you’d expect from a head of the FBI, but also credit the team assembled by Attorney General Barr for avoiding the trap.  Read more… Biden Crime Family? Now Joe Biden’s brother got sweetheart loans in the ’70s for his nightclub Aug 04, 2019 01:00 am The corruption seems to have started early.  Read more… The left’s big blame game after El Paso: Guns, Trump, white supremacy Aug 04, 2019 01:00 am The left wallows in pure garbage and lies before the bodies are even cleared.  Read more… Bad Cop Kamala Harris calls for house to house searches to confiscate firearms Aug 04, 2019 01:00 am The leftist gun grabber has some dictatorial instincts.  Read more… View this email in your browser American Thinker is a daily internet publication devoted to the thoughtful exploration of issues of importance to Americans.

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ScottRasmussen.com Launch – Check Out My All New Website No Images? Click here   Good Morning,On the night before her appearance in the second round of debates, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard did not win the vote of a single respondent in our survey. But, she jumped to 3% support over the next two days.As for other contenders Senator Cory Booker gained two points and former Vice President Joe Biden dropped four. During debate week, no other candidate gained or lost more than a point.Still, Biden remains the frontrunner with a double digit lead over Senator Bernie Sanders.Beginning today, ScottRasmussen.com will release updates on the Democratic race weekdays at 5:00 p.m. Eastern. The numbers will be based upon a three-day rolling average. Among other things, we will be watching this week to see if Gabbard retains her newly won support.Looking to the general election, 47% of voters say they will definitely vote against President Trump in 2020. That number almost matches the president’s job approval rating which has held steady for more than six months around the 46% level. If these two numbers remain steady throughout 2020, we could see another very close election.The survey also found that swing voters would be more likely to vote for the president if Democrats nominate a progressive candidate rather than a centrist. Seventy-two percent (72%) of voters believe Biden’s main policy positions are in the political mainstream. Just 46% say the same about Trump’s positions. Other Democratic contenders have numbers similar to the president’s. However, it is far from clear that having mainstream political views is an asset to many voters. Among those who approve of President Trump, nearly a third (31%) think his policy views are out of the political mainstream. Thirty-five percent (35%) of the most conservative voters agree.Finally, given the horrific events in El Paso and Dayton this weekend, it’s worth noting that 92% believe  there should be modest restrictions on the ability to purchase guns such as waiting periods and background checks.  However, just 38% of voters believe such modest restrictions would significantly reduce the number of gun related deaths in America.In response to a mass shooting in 2017, I wrote about that helpless, hopeless feeling that emerges every time we hear of another mass shooting.I have also written that the gun control debate is not really about guns. It’s about who you trust. Those who defend the Second Amendment trust everyday Americans far more than they trust the government and government officials. The reverse is true for those who want to ban or strictly regulate guns.I wish there was something more to say after this weekend, but there are no words to convey the grief.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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Will Hurd Hopes Trump Will Be ‘Uniter in Chief’ Following Two Mass Shootings By Houston Keene, Sunday, August 4, 2019 11:55 AM “This is a problem that has many sources, and we need to be talking about all those sources and ways that every element of society can work on dealing with this challenge.” More  Comments »   Thirty People die in Two Mass Shootings in Texas and Ohio By Reuters, Sunday, August 4, 2019 11:28 AM “There are no reasons or excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people.” More  Comments »   Arkansas Senator Cotton Blasts Democrats as Having ‘Truly Lost Their Mind’ By Houston Keene, Sunday, August 4, 2019 10:46 AM “This is truly a debate and election about whether American will be a socialist nation.” More  Comments »   Texas Police Seek Clues to Explain Walmart Shooting that Killed 20 By Reuters, Sunday, August 4, 2019 9:45 AM “I know that I stand with everyone in this country to condemn today’s hateful act. There are no reasons or excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people.” More  Comments »   China Destabilizing Indo-Pacific: U.S. Defense Secretary By Reuters, Sunday, August 4, 2019 9:25 AM “We firmly believe no one nation can or should dominate the Indo-Pacific and we are working alongside our allies and partners to address the region’s pressing security needs.” More  Comments »

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Today’s Top News August, 5 2019 The Common Thread Binding These Mass Murderers In a better world, the names of the El Paso and Dayton shooters wouldn’t be known. The evidence would be gathered. The killer who lived would be tried this week, hung next with only the families of the victims as witnesses. There would be no CNN discussions. There would be no Twitter trending with the killers’ names because the Washington Post would not be headlining them. By: Melissa Mackenzie ______________________ Christian Megachurch Pastor and Author Joshua Harris Kisses His Marriage and Faith Goodbye In recent days the Christian world has been rocked by the news that pastor and author Joshua Harris is divorcing his wife and has renounced his faith. The latter is the real bombshell. By: Larry Alex Taunton ______________________ The Band That Time Forgot Robert Dean Lurie’s Begin the Begin: R.E.M.’s Early Years tackles its subject at a peculiar time. Eight years after their breakup, R.E.M. appears less relevant and listened to than ever, and the band’s early, indie years strike as a strange period for a book published in 2019 to examine. By: Daniel J. Flynn ______________________ Hopelessness and Hate None of these mass murderers had previous criminal records, and all three were young white men who might be described colloquially as nerds or losers. Politicians and pundits rushed to interpret these atrocities in a political context, but the rise of a genuine terrorist threat from such “lone wolf” killers — misfits or outcasts, filled with feelings of frustration and hopelessness — might better be understood from a sociological or psychological perspective. By: Robert Stacy McCain ______________________ Grand Jury Secrecy and Jerry Nadler So, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee (HJC), fresh off his committee’s disastrous session with Robert Mueller, has announced his intent to obtain access to the secret grand jury testimony taken during the Mueller investigation. Nadler’s hope is to uncover some testimony, however remote, that he can claim as the basis for an impeachment initiative. By: Geoff Shepard ______________________ Get Woke, Go Broke Are you interested in some social justice? Here’s some… “P&G reported a net loss of about $5.24 billion, or $2.12 per share, for the quarter ended June 30, due to an $8 billion non-cash writedown of Gillette. For the same period last year, P&G’s net income was $1.89 billion, or 72 cents per share,” Reuters reports. That’s one hell of a writedown, isn’t it? Remember back in January when Gillette launched their ad campaign essentially accusing their customers of “toxic masculinity”? By: Scott McKay ______________________ Playing the Blame Game in El Paso and Dayton The horror in Dayton, hours after El Paso, will renew debate in America about “guns” and a lot more. There will be scant discussion of the impact of violence in movies and music, and especially in pervasive video games, and the assorted synergistic causes that transcend competing political agendas and simplistic remedies. By: Arnold Steinberg ______________________ Dealing US Out of Afghanistan U.S. representatives are reportedly near a deal with the Taliban that would allow us to withdraw almost half of the 14,000 troops we have there in exchange for promises by the Taliban that include divorcing themselves from al-Qaeda, ISIS, and other terrorist networks. By: Jed Babbin ______________________ Monsignor Rossi’s Favorite Security Supervisor Is a Repeat Criminal Ishmael Henley, a favorite of Rossi’s, is himself a security risk. He is a repeat criminal who has been in and out of jail. “There is  an active case against him that revolves around his assault of his ex-wife,” says a Shrine source.  “He goes on trial in September. In fact, he had been in jail and was released in July. He is a very ill-tempered twenty-something who has no business working at the Basilica.” By: George Neumayr ______________________   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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From NBC’s Chuck Todd and Carrie Dann

FIRST READ: After El Paso, the White House chooses a debate over guns — instead of over racial rhetoric

After the weekend’s killing of 20 people in El Paso by an anti-immigrant shooter who lamented an “invasion” by Latinos, the political debate in the country right now could be the familiar one — about access to guns — or it could be about the radicalization of white supremacists in the Trump era.

The White House clearly wants the conversation to stay on the familiar territory of guns and gun control, by putting forward a new background check proposal.

And it says a lot that the administration is picking that fight — and a potential run-in with the NRA — over confronting the idea that the president played any role in radicalizing the El Paso shooter.

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Here’s how White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney addressed the shooting on Meet the Press:

“These are crazy people, sick people, and until we figure out why we are creating this many people like this in this culture, why we are giving them such wide sort of audiences on social media, why we are making weapons available to them when they probably shouldn’t get them. Let’s talk about background checks, something we have worked on in this administration. Those are the conversations to have.”

Mulvaney wouldn’t entertain the idea that the president’s rhetoric has any influence on those who engage in violence, saying that he believes the shooter “is doing this even if Hillary Clinton is president. In fact, he’d probably go out and blame Hillary Clinton for doing it.”

The president tweeted this morning that he wants “strong background checks,” an idea that’s overwhelmingly popular (more on that below.)  

But he also suggested “marrying” those reforms to immigration legislation, which almost guarantees a partisan stalemate.

Still, the administration’s decision to focus solely on the gun issue shows just how toxic the other narrative — about the president’s appeal to white nationalists — is for Trump.

For both the administration and for the Democratic 2020 candidates, this can be a conversation about guns or one about race and radicalism.

Our question: Is making this just about guns the easy way out?

What will Trump say in his remarks today?

The president was mostly silent about the violence — which also included a second mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio — over the weekend.

But it’s also worth asking what he could have said that would have been helpful or comforting to the nation, given how his own rhetoric has become a part of the debate.

Trump is set to make remarks about the shootings at 10am ET this morning.

Will the president address the El Paso shooter’s motivations at all — or his specific targeting of Latinos?

Will he announce a trip to El Paso or to Dayton?

Will he be defensive about the critiques of his own language?

Will he use the phrases “white nationalism”  or “white supremacy” ? (which just a handful of Republicans, including Ivanka Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz and George P. Bush, have directly invoked.)

Will he announce any new law enforcement initiatives dedicated to tracking and preventing white nationalist ideology from spreading online?

Will he mention the decision by internet services provider Cloudflare to drop online forum 8chan, where the El Paso shooter reportedly posted his anti-immigrant manifesto shortly before the shooting?

How the 2020 candidates addressed the shootings and Trump’s rhetoric

Here’s how some of the top 2020 candidates talked about white nationalism, white supremacy and Trump in the wake of the weekend’s violence:

Joe Biden on Twitter

“We can’t fix a problem if we refuse to name it: white nationalism. An ideology emboldened by a president who stokes the flames of hatred and coddles white supremacists with messages of support. We must do what Trump won’t: condemn this evil and eradicate it from our society.”
 

Beto O’Rourke on CNN
Q: Do you think President Trump is a white nationalist?

O’ROURKE:  Yes, I do. … He does not even pretend to respect our differences or to understand that we are all created equal.  He is saying that some people are inherently defective or dangerous, reminiscent of something that you might hear in the Third Reich, not something that you expect in the United States of America…

Elizabeth Warren on MSNBC

“The president has embraced white nationalists.  He has encouraged white nationalists.  He is there with white nationalists, and when white nationalists embrace him, and call him their friend, you know, I take them at their word on that… [H]e certainly has done everything that the white nationalists have wanted him to do.”
 

Kamala Harris on MSNBC

“He has emboldened it, he has given it power, he has elevated it. He has coddled it and he’s got to stop. We have a president of the United States who has embraced white nationalism.”
 

Cory Booker on Meet the Press

“When you have the president, from the highest moral office in our land, talking about invasions and infestations and s***hole countries, the kinds of things that come out of his mouth that so harm the moral fabric of our nation, he is responsible. He’s responsible, when he has taken no action whatsoever to even condemn white supremacy, even when his own FBI is talking about this being sourcing major parts of our problem.”
 

Bernie Sanders on CNN
Q: One of your 2020 rivals, Congressman Beto O’Rourke, told me this morning that he believes that President Trump is a white supremacist, or white nationalist. Do you agree?

SANDERS: I do. Look. It gives me no pleasure to say this, but I think all of the evidence out there suggests that we have a president who is a racist, who is a xenophobe, who appeals and is trying to appeal to white nationalism, and, you know, it breaks my heart to have to say this is the person we have who is president of the United States.

TWEET OF THE DAY: It’s personal here

DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is… 89 percent. 

89 percent.

That’s the share of Americans in a recent NPR/NewsHour/Marist poll who said that background checks for gun purchases at gun shows or other private sales is a GOOD idea. Just nine percent disagreed.

In the same poll, 57 percent said that it would be a good idea to ban sales of semi-automatic assault guns such as the AR-15. Forty-one percent called that a bad idea.

Those calling a ban on semi-automatic weapons a good idea included 83 percent of Democrats and 55 percent of independents, but just 29 percent of Republicans.

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2020 VISION: Another retirement in Texas

Another day, another announcement of a retirement by a Republican member of Congress.

And it’s another one from Texas: Rep. Kenny Marchant — which makes him the fourth GOP House member from the Lone Star state to call it quits, per the New York Times. He’s also the 11th GOP member of the House who plans to retire or run for a different office in 2020.

Especially in light of the clashes over the weekend’s shootings, it’s hard to imagine that it’s getting any easier for Republican leadership to convince wavering members to stay on board in this political environment.

On the campaign trail today: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar all participate in the UNIDOS conference in San Diego. Cory Booker campaigns in Alabama and South Carolina. Bernie Sanders has a town hall with immigrant workers in California. And Jay Inslee meets with environmental leaders in Reno.

Dispatches from NBC’s embeds: Sen. Kamala Harris addressed a group of black sorority and fraternity members in Las Vegas where she was asked about attacks on her record as a prosecutor.

NBC’s Deepa Shivaram reports Harris’ response, “You know, people want to hit me for being a prosecutor but you know what? Let me tell you  something. Part of it is, look, I know how to deal with those predators cause I’ve taken them on before.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders also addressed a town hall in Las Vegas where he said he believes that President Trump is using the office of the presidency to enrich himself.

NBC’s Gary Grumbach reports Sanders’ comments, “You would think you got a few things to keep yourself busy rather than worry about making even more money than you already have. But his greed apparently is unquenchable.”

THE LID: Texas exits 

Don’t miss the pod from Friday, when we looked at the impact of Rep. Will Hurd’s decision not to run again in 2020.

ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss 

Here’s our team’s report on how internet service provider Cloudflare says it’s dropping the 8chan forum.

Democrats are pushing Mitch McConnell to bring the Senate back into session for a gun control vote.

Gun control groups are catching up with the NRA, the New York Times writes.

The political and legal confusion continues in Puerto Rico.

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08/05/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Presented by Fisher Investments: ‘Radical Agenda’; Debt Deal; Socialism’s Appeal By Carl M. Cannon on Aug 05, 2019 08:43 am Good morning, it’s Monday, August 5, 2019. Seven years ago today, regular Sunday activities were getting started at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, located in the normally peaceful Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek. Although worship services weren’t set to begin until 11:30 a.m., some congregants were already gathered in the main temple. In the basement kitchen, women were preparing roti and other traditional Punjabi food for the “langar,” a shared meal that is part of the Sikh tradition. In an adjoining building, children were attending Sunday school classes. Thank God. The first emergency call was recorded at 10:26 a.m. Gunshots. Hearing the call on his radio, Brian L. Murphy, a lieutenant with the Oak Creek Police Department, realized he was only two minutes away. He rushed to the scene, and exchanged gunfire in the parking lot with a tattooed man in a white T-shirt who had emerged from the temple, having shot eight people in a matter of seconds. Murphy fired at the mass shooter, but missed. The killer, who received his firearms training in the U.S. Army, didn’t miss. He hit Murphy with 15 shots. Three of them struck his bullet-proof vest, but 12 went into his body, including one in the face. A fellow officer arrived to shoot at the killer, who then turned his gun on himself. Officers swarmed to Lt. Murphy. I’m all right, he told them; go attend to the worshipers in the temple. Miraculously he survived. Six of the worshipers, including the temple president, did not. I’ll have a brief observation about this unspeakable crime in a moment. First, I’d point you to RealClearPolitics’ front page, which presents our poll averages, videos, breaking news stories, and aggregated opinion columns spanning the political spectrum. We also offer original material from our own reporters and contributors, including the following: * * * Analyst Accused of “Subverting” WH to Advance “Radical Agenda.” Phil Wegmann reports on the aftermath of a State Department official’s resignation after he said the Trump administration scuttled his climate-change testimony to Congress. Congress’s Debt Deal Took No Courage, Solved Few Problems. Ryan Clancy of No Labels weighs in on last month’s agreement. Why Younger Americans Embrace Socialism. Julia Mullins reports on a recent conference exploring the political movement’s rising popularity among millennials and Gen Zers. Are Democrats Channeling Their Inner Lenin? Columnist Frank Miele saw signs of revolution brewing as he watched the 2020 hopefuls debate. John “Red, White & Blue” James Is the Future of the GOP. Tori Sachs sings the praises of the Michigan Senate candidate. Republicans: The Whigs of the 21st Century. Reed Galen writes that the GOP is out of step with growing cohorts of voters, imperiling its future. CNN’s Coverage vs. 2020 Issues Viewers Deem Important. Kalev Leetaru compares data from the Television News Archives with results of a viewer poll the news channel conducted. Fukuyama’s “The End of History?” — 30 Years Later. Peter Berkowitz revisits the assessments promulgated by the political economist amid a promising era that saw the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union’s breakup. * * * In the aftermath of the August 5, 2012 shooting, first lady Michelle Obama visited Oak Creek to console the survivors. Mrs. Obama did not take questions from the media. She wasn’t there to grandstand, and besides, she had no answers. Journalists present reported that she spoke briefly with temple secretary Kulwant Dhaliwal and the local mayor, telling them quietly, “It’s my honor to be here with you. I’m sorry it’s under these circumstances, but I am anxious to meet with the families and lend whatever support I can.” Any mass shooting is a shock to decent people, a stress on the civic bonds that connect society. But the shooting at the Sikh Temple hurt this country more than most. Partly this is because it was in a place of worship. Partly it was because it occurred only 16 days after another horrifying mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Americans immediately wondered: Was there any connection? The Sikh temple shooter grew up in another Denver suburb, joined the Army, and became a radicalized neo-Nazi who couldn’t hold a job. Attorney General Eric Holder labeled the attack “a hate crime,” which almost seems an axiomatic description of this kind of terrorism. Lax gun laws and undiagnosed mental health issues are invariably invoked as additional factors, but what the country wanted to know then and wants to know today — especially as we reel from two mass shootings in 24 hours — is how these rampages can be prevented. And whether we can summon the political courage and national will to even try.  Carl M. Cannon   Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com Like a summer blockbuster sequel, debt ceiling chatter is back, thanks partly to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s recent Congressional testimony. But, the debt ceiling has always been mostly symbolic: Keep it or lose it, reach it or exceed it, it doesn’t change much for the US economy. Click here to read more.

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• Cloudflare drops 8chan following El Paso mass shooting
• Cory Booker campaigns in Las Vegas jail
• Dan Crenshaw and the risk of precognitive law enforcement
• Why aren’t the media and the Left held to blame for mass shootings?
• Dayton shooter Connor Betts: Antifa- and Satan-loving Democrat shatters the left’s narratives
• Wanting stronger border security does not make us ‘white supremacists’
• Alleged Dayton mass shooter Connor Betts was a registered Democrat: Report
• If you haven’t supported white supremacy, you don’t have to denounce it
• To stop mass shootings, we need looser gun laws, not stricter
• You do not have to go to Venezuela to see socialism. You can go to Compton.

Cloudflare drops 8chan following El Paso mass shooting Posted: 05 Aug 2019 03:03 AM PDT 8chan represents free speech or the bottom of the barrel of the internet, depending on your point of view. Its users cherish the lack of moderation on the site, one of the few popular sites left in which users can post just about anything they want anonymously without fear of being blocked, censored, or banned. […] The post Cloudflare drops 8chan following El Paso mass shooting appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Cory Booker campaigns in Las Vegas jail Posted: 05 Aug 2019 01:18 AM PDT When the most important part of your presidential campaign is criminal justice reform, it behooves you to suck up to prisoners in hopes that they will tell their family members to vote for you. That’s the state of Senator Cory Booker’s failing campaign as he visited a Las Vegas prison talking policy and fishing for […] The post Cory Booker campaigns in Las Vegas jail appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Dan Crenshaw and the risk of precognitive law enforcement Posted: 05 Aug 2019 01:05 AM PDT Emotions always run high after mass shootings. When there are three in a week, two happening on back-to-back weekend days, it’s certain to drive people towards an emotional response when their standard senses would normally tell them the knee-jerk “solution” being proposed is wrong. Such is (hopefully) the case with, as my colleague dubbed him, […] The post Dan Crenshaw and the risk of precognitive law enforcement appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Why aren’t the media and the Left held to blame for mass shootings? Posted: 04 Aug 2019 08:55 PM PDT It’s time that we properly place the blame for societal violence on cultural Marxism and Media contagion. The second mass murder tragedy in a 24 period perfectly demonstrates how the media and the Left [But we repeat ourselves] cynically exploit ‘serious crises’ for political gain. They are always quick to blame free speech or inanimate objects […] The post Why aren’t the media and the Left held to blame for mass shootings? appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Dayton shooter Connor Betts: Antifa- and Satan-loving Democrat shatters the left’s narratives Posted: 04 Aug 2019 06:00 PM PDT White supremacy is the narrative of the day from progressives after the third mass shooting in a week in Dayton, OH, was allegedly committed by a young white male, Connor Betts. But while the airwaves and social media are filled with calls condemning Trump supporters, Republicans, conservatives, and Caucasians in general, the reality of Connor […] The post Dayton shooter Connor Betts: Antifa- and Satan-loving Democrat shatters the left’s narratives appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Wanting stronger border security does not make us ‘white supremacists’ Posted: 04 Aug 2019 05:29 PM PDT When the left can get people thinking border security and white supremacy go hand-in-hand, they win and America loses. That’s the narrative being pushed right now following the mass shooting allegedly committed by Patrick Crusius, a man who espoused white supremacist rhetoric. Let’s be clear about one thing right up front: Border security and white supremacy […] The post Wanting stronger border security does not make us ‘white supremacists’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Alleged Dayton mass shooter Connor Betts was a registered Democrat: Report Posted: 04 Aug 2019 05:06 PM PDT Editor’s Note: This report has not been independently corroborated, but the source, Big League Politics, has a history of breaking similar stories that turned out to be true. A new report about alleged Dayton mass shooter Connor Betts indicates he was a registered Democrat who voted in two Democratic primaries, reversing the common mainstream media narrative […] The post Alleged Dayton mass shooter Connor Betts was a registered Democrat: Report appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

If you haven’t supported white supremacy, you don’t have to denounce it Posted: 04 Aug 2019 03:35 PM PDT Twitter is a cesspool of partisan outrage at the best of times. Following this weekend’s mass shootings, it’s become the worst place on the internet for anyone looking o have an honest conversation about, well, anything. I’m avoiding it like the plague, but not before taking note of something posted by the venerable Jesse Kelly: […] The post If you haven’t supported white supremacy, you don’t have to denounce it appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

To stop mass shootings, we need looser gun laws, not stricter Posted: 04 Aug 2019 03:10 PM PDT Gun ownership advocates often point to the “Swiss model” as an example of how arming more people is the best way to prevent gun violence. This is partially true, though gun rights activists may want to familiarize themselves with all of the gun laws before jumping on the Swiss bandwagon. They have gun registrations, background […] The post To stop mass shootings, we need looser gun laws, not stricter appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

You do not have to go to Venezuela to see socialism. You can go to Compton. Posted: 04 Aug 2019 02:39 PM PDT Or as expressed by the country’s collectivists: Criticism of socialism is racist! A video from Star Parker presented by the DC Shorts makes the important but most likely ‘politically incorrect’ with regards to the Left’s socialist national agenda in that one only has to go to places run by the Left to witness their disastrous […] The post You do not have to go to Venezuela to see socialism. You can go to Compton. appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

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– View in a Browser – Mon, August 05 EL PASO UPDATE // AOC GOES TOO FAR? REPORT: El Paso Shooting Investigated as ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Could Carry Death Penalty for Shooter The El Paso shooting at a Walmart over the weekend is now being investigated as an act of “Domestic Terrorism” and could carry the death penalty for 21-year-old suspect Patrick Crusius. “I’ve been in close consultation with Attorney General Barr. We are conducting a methodical investigation… With a view towards bringing federal hate crime charges and federal firearm charges which carry the penalty of death,” said the US District Attorney. “We’re also treating this as a domestic terrorism case…” CONTINUE READING HERE TOO FAR: AOC Says Americans in ‘Denial’ Over ‘Concentration Camp System’ Along Southern Border Controversial Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doubled-down on her vicious rhetoric regarding the American immigration system Friday; saying most Americans are in “denial” over the “concentration camp system” along the US-Mexico border.“To the folks outraged at the academics + experts naming our concentration camp system what it is, what else do you call camps where… CONTINUE READING WATCH: Dan Bongino Blasts ‘Disturbing, Grotesque’ Trend to Politicize Tragedy Blaming President Trump for mass shootings takes away focus from what is going on with our culture, Dan Bongino said on Fox News over the weekend. WATCH DAN BONGINO HERE   WATCH LIVE: President Trump Delivers Remarks on Mass Shootings in El Paso, Dayton President Trump addresses the nation following two mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio over the weekend; claiming the lives of at least 29 Americans and injuring dozens more.Watch the President’s address below: WATCH HERE Recommended Reading: Promoted Content   PO BOX 7298, Van Nuys, CA 91409-7298 US © 2019 The Sean Hannity Show Unsubscribe   |   Sign Up   |   Terms & Conditions   |   Privacy Policy