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Kavanaugh Drama Highlights Dem Divide By Brent Scher No, Kavanaugh Cannot Be Removed From Office Without Impeachment By Alex Griswold Elizabeth Warren Failed to Stand Up for Low-Income Harvard Employees During 2009 Layoffs By Collin Anderson Report: Anti-Semitic Harassment at U.S. College Campuses Hits Historic Levels By Adam Kredo Admin: Housing Regulations Lead to Homelessness By Charles Fain Lehman Poll: ‘Top-Tier’ Harris Trailing Yang in Home State of California By David Rutz Warren-Endorsed Senate Candidate Violates Warren’s Anti-Corruption Plan By Cameron Cawthorne Joy Reid: ‘White Christian Men’ Would Use Apartheid to Keep Power By Paul Crookston Can Andrew McCabe Get a (Character) Witness? By Andrew Stiles NYT Reporters: It Wasn’t Us By Andrew Kugle You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. Copyright © 2019 Free Beacon, LLC, All rights reserved.  To reject freedom, click here. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.

THE EPOCH TIMES

Today’s newsletter is sponsored by GSI Exchange. GSI helps investors convert their savings into Gold or Silver and rollover IRA or 401(k) into physical precious metals, tax-free and penalty free. “We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.” AUGUSTUS Arizona Court Allows Artists to Refuse to Express LGBT Messages Chinese Couple Charged With Stealing Trade Secrets From US Children’s Hospital Trump Reveals Top Five Finalists for National Security Adviser Saudi Arabia’s Oil Supply Fully Back Online, Energy Minister Says   Vice President Mike Pence pressed Democrats to pass the new free-trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, saying that approval of the deal by Congress would strengthen President Donald Trump’s hand in trade negotiations with China. Read more Department of Defense officials could save millions of tax dollars by eliminating unneeded storage resources, says Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who did two things to potentially make it happen. Read more The progressive Working Families Party said that it is endorsing Sen. Elizabeth Warren for the Democratic primary, dealing a blow to Sen. Bernie Sanders who won the group’s endorsement back in 2016. Read more A federal court dismissed a racketeering lawsuit brought by the nonpartisan Center for Immigration Studies against leaders of the Southern Poverty Law Center for blacklisting it as a “hate group.” Read more Hong Kong pro-democracy activists urged U.S. lawmakers to pass legislation that would counter Beijing’s abuses in the city—in support of continuing protests against the Chinese regime’s growing encroachment. Read more Judicial Watch announced two new Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, seeking documents that could reveal crucial new details about the efforts of high-ranking DOJ and FBI officials to link President Donald Trump to Russian interests allegedly seeking to influence the 2016 presidential election. Read more   See More Top Stories Attention: If you Currently Own or are Considering Buying Physical Precious Metals for your portfolio, please read carefully. On Sept. 26th, 2016, under the Obama Administration, the American Bankers Association and the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures [CUSIP] announced it started tracking a list of Fungible Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium bars and coins. Simply put: when the failing banking system NEEDS to calculate YOUR ASSETS outside of their financial system, THEY CAN EASILY DO SO! Contact GSI Exchange to acquire the secret documented list of fungible precious metals that are now being tracked by the big banks. Call 833-474-4653 now to speak with a GSI Exchange representative about this new tracking trend. Click here to claim your complimentary copy of our exclusive Bank Failure Survival Guide while supplies last The Case For a Stronger Dollar By James Gorrie Federal Reserve policies are among the biggest influence on the value of the dollar, and further cuts in interest rates, as well as fiscal policy, will cause some volatility or a even a falling dollar price, at least in the short term… Read more Students Should Not Be Encouraged to Skip School By Michael Zwaagstra To skip or not to skip? That is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler for students to suffer the tests and assignments of regular class or to take up arms in the name of social justice and by skipping, thus to oppose injustice. Okay, the question of whether students should skip class in the name of social justice may not be quite as… Read more   See More Opinions How the US Could Win a Trade War With China By Valentin Schmid President-elect Donald Trump talks tough on China and has appointed trade hawks Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro to key positions in his administration. He has threatened to slap a blanket tariff on Chinese goods, and he has spoken directly to Taiwan’s president, something previously regarded as a major diplomatic offense. Read more In the present day Spygate scandal, government officials didn’t merely talk about using the great powers of federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies against political opponents. Evidence points to their having actually done it. That’s why it can accurately be stated that the Spygate scandal is truly the biggest and most serious political scandal in U.S. history, one that dwarfs Watergate. Why Spygate is Bigger Than Watergate Copyright © 2019 The Epoch Times, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list or remove my account.

THE DAILY SIGNAL

Sep 18, 2019

Good morning from Washington, where President Trump’s former campaign manager jams up zealous House Democrats in their first “impeachment hearing.” Fred Lucas reports on the scene, as well as on Vice President Pence’s speech at The Heritage Foundation in support of the new trade deal with Canada and Mexico. Rachel del Guidice has an exclusive interview with the new chief of the House Freedom Caucus. Plus: Jarrett Stepman on California’s silly travel orthodoxy, and Kristen Waggoner on uniting to defend free speech. On this date in 1793, President George Washington lays the cornerstone for the U.S. Capitol.

	News 4 Key Moments From House Panel’s First ‘Impeachment Hearing’ “I think we should call this what this is: an absolute cover-up by the White House,” says House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y. More Analysis Exclusive: New House Freedom Caucus Chairman Shares Vision for Road Ahead “There’s a really good relationship between the Freedom Caucus and President Trump. And he understands that the Freedom Caucus is the body that has stood in the well against these guys that are trying to take him out,” says Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz. More News Pence Says Striking Auto Workers, GM Should Unite Behind Trade Deal “It’s so advanced, so comprehensive, that it may serve as a template, a model trade agreement for future trade agreements for decades ahead,” says Vice President Pence of the USMCA trade deal. More Commentary Odd Allies Are Coming Together to Defend Free Speech It’s amazing to see who comes to the defense of freedom when you least expect it. More Commentary California’s Travel Bans Are the Lamest Virtue-Signaling Tactic Yet Iowa is now on California’s government-funded “travel ban” list because that state no longer will spend Medicaid dollars on gender-transition surgeries. More Commentary Baltimore’s Police Exam Isn’t Racist The Justice Department recently sued the Baltimore County government alleging that its written test for police recruits was unfairly biased against black applicants. More

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POLITICO PLAYBOOK

Inside the Democrats’ impeachment schism

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09/18/2019 05:48 AM EDT

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DRIVING THE DAY

IT’S IMPOSSIBLE to truly make an informed judgment or assessment about how HOUSE DEMOCRATS’ JUDICIARY hearing with COREY LEWANDOWSKI went Tuesday. Because no one has any idea what the party’s end goal is.

YOU HAVE ONE CAMP OF PEOPLE — the Democratic leadership — holding out against impeachment, saying that the party would pay a political price for proceedings to remove the president, almost no matter what the evidence shows. And another camp — House Judiciary Chairman JERRY NADLER (D-N.Y.) chief among them — that believes the committee and the public have the information they need to begin the process of getting rid of President DONALD TRUMP.

THE FOLLOWING THINGS came out Tuesday: Lewandowski testified under oath that the president asked him to pass a message along to JEFF SESSIONS about ending the Mueller investigation — something we knew from the Mueller report, but is nonetheless significant when coming from Lewandowski’s mouth. Lewandowski also offered a master class in declining to answer questions from Congress — raising the specter of obstruction.

NADLER also accused Lewandowski and the White House of a cover-up. Barry Berke — an outside Democratic counsel — skillfully painted Lewandowski as dishonest, and tripped him up repeatedly during a staff questioning segment tucked at the end of the hearing.

IF DEMOCRATS WERE LOOKING TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT, or were clear-eyed in what they were trying to accomplish, Tuesday would have gone a long way in helping build a case. Some Democrats privately told us that Lewandowski’s stonewalling was certainly enough to hold him in contempt. But the party is so deeply divided on what they should do next that, to many Dems, it all seemed like a circus without a clear purpose.

THE QUESTION IS THIS: Will any of these moments have a crystallizing effect in either direction? Right now, Democratic insiders say 175 of their members would vote for impeachment today on the House floor. Will that ever tick up, in the face of a leadership that’s looking to tamp it all down? Remember: Dems would need 218 votes on the floor to impeach the president.

RIGHT NOW, DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS continue to work at cross-purposes. So, at the moment, many Democrats feel listless, hapless and lost on this subject.

TRUMP, meanwhile, has found a strategy with little immediate downside: His aides and former aides are either not showing up for congressional hearings or, in Lewandowski’s case, stonewalling and appealing directly to Trump, because, why not? Democrats are not beginning impeachment, or otherwise punishing the administration.

HOW IT PLAYED … ‘POSSIBLY OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE’ IN THE LEDE! … NYT’S NICK FANDOS on A15: “Corey Lewandowski, one of President Trump’s most loyal political confidants, confirmed in congressional testimony on Tuesday that the president had once asked him to help curtail the scope of the Russia investigation, possibly obstructing justice.” NYT

— WAPO’S RACHAEL BADE, COLBY ITKOWITZ and JOHN WAGNER: “Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Trump’s former campaign manager, hoping to learn more about his testimony to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III in the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Instead, they got a front-row seat Tuesday to the Lewandowski Show — a performance aimed at an audience of one: his former boss.” WaPo

— ANDREW DESIDERIO and KYLE CHENEY: “House Judiciary Committee Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) suggested that Lewandowski’s refusal to answer questions about his conversations with Trump — at the behest of the White House — bolsters Democrats’ case to impeach the president, even as Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains opposed to the idea.

“‘When you refuse to answer these questions, you are obstructing the work of our committee. You are also proving our point for the American people to see: The president is intent on obstructing our legitimate oversight. You are aiding him in that obstruction,’ Nadler told Lewandowski. ‘And I will remind you that Article 3 of the impeachment against President [Richard] Nixon was based on obstruction of Congress,’ Nadler added.” POLITICO

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MUST READ … THE RELATIONSHIP DRIVING THIS CONGRESS — “‘Feel free to leak this’: Inside the Pelosi-Nadler impeachment schism,” by Sarah Ferris, Heather Caygle and John Bresnahan: “In a closed-door meeting last week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi stunned lawmakers and aides with a swipe at Democratic staff on the House Judiciary Committee.

“Pelosi criticized the panel’s handling of impeachment in harsh terms, complaining committee aides have advanced the push for ousting President Donald Trump far beyond where the House Democratic Caucus stands. Democrats simply don’t have the votes on the floor to impeach Trump, Pelosi said.

“‘And you can feel free to leak this,’ Pelosi added, according to multiple people in the room. Pelosi’s office declined to comment on the meeting. It was the latest sign of the widening schism between Pelosi and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, two longtime allies who are increasingly in conflict over where to guide the party at one of its most critical moments.” POLITICO

SPOTTED: Lewandowski in a back room at Ocean Prime after his Judiciary testimony Tuesday night.

Good Wednesday morning. NOT SPOTTED at the Naval Academy Board of Visitors meeting Monday: Sean Spicer, who was in L.A. for “Dancing with the Stars.” Masterful Annie Karni NYT piece on Spicer’s debut: “What have I done, besides make an ass out of myself?”

THE NEXT FIGHT — “Schiff: Top intel official has refused to turn over ‘urgent’ whistleblower complaint,” by Kyle Cheney: “The nation’s top intelligence official has refused to comply with a House Intelligence Committee subpoena to provide the contents of a whistleblower complaint that a government watchdog deemed ‘urgent’ and credible, Chairman Adam Schiff said late Tuesday, warning that the agency may be acting to conceal high-level wrongdoing by President Donald Trump or his immediate advisers.

“‘The Committee’s position is clear – the acting DNI can either provide the complaint as required under the law, or he will be required to come before the committee to tell the public why he is not following the clear letter of the law, including whether the White House or the attorney general are directing him to do so,’ Schiff said.

“‘He has yet to provide the complaint in response to the committee’s subpoena, so I expect him to appear on Thursday, under subpoena if necessary,’ he added.” POLITICO

— WSJ’S WARREN STROBEL and SIOBHAN HUGHES: “In a letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, the DNI’s general counsel told Mr. Schiff the agency ‘has complied fully with all applicable law’ in handling the whistleblower’s complaint, adding ‘we are disappointed’ by the subpoena and demands for Mr. Maguire to testify.

“The general counsel, Jason Klitenic, wrote that it would be premature, at this juncture, for Mr. Maguire to appear at a congressional hearing Thursday, as Mr. Schiff demanded. He also wrote that the DNI wouldn’t be able to turn over documents to the panel by Mr. Schiff’s Tuesday deadline because the office needed to consult with other parts of the executive branch.

“The Office of the Director of National Intelligence ‘remains committed to working with the Committee to reach an acceptable accommodation,’ he wrote.” WSJ … The letter

REPLACING BOLTON … WAPO’S ANNE GEARAN: “Trump’s short list for national security adviser includes no household names”: “U.S. hostage negotiator Robert O’Brien; Army Maj. Gen. Ricky Waddell, the assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who also has served as deputy national security adviser; Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, Energy Department undersecretary for nuclear security; Former Bolton chief of staff Fred Fleitz; Retired Army Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, who serves as the national security adviser to Vice President Pence.

“Trump praised O’Brien, with whom he has worked to try to free Americans held overseas. … Trump’s list does not include two names that current and former Trump administration officials had previously said were in circulation: Iran policy chief Brian Hook and Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell. … Grenell attended a dinner with Trump on Saturday amid speculation that he was in the running for Bolton’s job. A senior administration official said, however, that Grenell was in Washington because he ‘has been in discussions for weeks about another role the president wants him to play.’” WaPo

THE DHS PURGE … NYT’S ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS and MAGGIE HABERMAN: “The White House on Tuesday fired John Mitnick, the general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, after months of shake-up at an agency responsible for carrying out President Trump’s immigration agenda. … A Trump administration official said Tuesday evening that Chad Mizelle, an associate counsel to the president, would replace Mr. Mitnick. But a Department of Homeland Security official said later that Joseph B. Maher, the department’s principal deputy general counsel, would be taking over.” NYT

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THE JUICE …

— FROM MORNING SCORE: “The DCCC announced it raised $7.21 million in August, the best off-year August in committee history. The party committee has raised more than $76 million in 2019.”

— HAPPENING TODAY: Ivanka Trump and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will lead the third American Workforce Policy Advisory Board meeting at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington. Execs expected to attend: Juanita Duggan of NFIB, Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin, Barbara Humpton of Siemens USA, Al Kelly of Visa, Jay Timmons of NAM and Ginni Rometty of IBM, among others.

SHOT: “Jimmy Carter says he couldn’t have managed presidency at 80,” by AP’s Bill Barrow … CHASER: Both Bernie Sanders (78) and Joe Biden (76) would turn 80 during their first term if elected president.

TRUMP’S WEDNESDAY — The president will deliver remarks at a joint fundraising committee breakfast in Los Angeles at 11:50 a.m. Eastern time. Afterward, he will head to the U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego to participate in a roundtable at 3:10 p.m., followed by a lunch fundraiser. He will then head to Otay Mesa, Calif., where he will visit the border wall at 5:35 p.m. Trump will then fly back to Washington.

PLAYBOOK READS

L.A. TIMES: “Is Trump trying to make this historic building a homeless shelter? Locals are ‘baffled,’” by Dakota Smith: “A week after hearing about federal officials swinging through a vacant office building close to Los Angeles International Airport, Hawthorne City Manager Arnold Shadbehr is still confused.

“Shadbehr hasn’t heard from the federal government or anyone else — other than reporters — about the visit to study homelessness in California. The Washington Post last week reported that officials with the administration of President Trump had ‘secretly’ toured the one-time Federal Aviation Administration facility in Hawthorne as part of discussions about turning it into a government-run homeless shelter.

“The glassy building at 15000 Aviation Blvd. is in the process of being sold to a commercial developer and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, raising even more questions about why the Trump delegation supposedly chose it.” LAT

BIBI ON THE BRINK? — “With Israel Election Results Too Close to Call, Netanyahu Appears in Peril,” by NYT’s David Halbfinger and Isabel Kershner in Jerusalem: “Israel’s election was too close to call early Wednesday, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his chief rival, the former army chief Benny Gantz, a centrist, immediately commanding enough support to form a majority coalition, according to exit polls.

“But Mr. Gantz’s Blue and White party appeared to have come out ahead of Mr. Netanyahu’s conservative Likud, giving a small third party the power to decide the outcome. And his avowed desire to force a unity coalition including both their parties made it likely that, if the projections held, Mr. Gantz would be given the first chance of forming a government.

“The murky outcome itself was a humiliating blow to Mr. Netanyahu, 69, the nation’s longest-serving prime minister, who forced the do-over election when he failed to assemble a coalition in May, rather than let Mr. Gantz have a try. For the second time in a row, his onetime deputy, Avigdor Liberman, denied Mr. Netanyahu a majority, this time urging the formation of a unity government.” NYT

— AND/BUT: “Israeli exit polls have often proven unreliable, and the official results, expected to trickle in overnight, could change the picture sharply.”

— IF THIS ELECTION IS NOT DECIDED by next week, will Netanyahu come to New York for the U.N. General Assembly?

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IRAN LATEST — “Saudi Arabia promises ‘material evidence’ linking Iran to oil attack,” by Reuters’ Stephen Kalin and Michelle Nichols: “The Saudi Defense Ministry said it will hold a news conference on Wednesday at 1430 GMT to present ‘material evidence and Iranian weapons proving the Iranian regime’s involvement in the terrorist attack.’ Riyadh has already said preliminary results showed the attack did not come from Yemen.

“A U.S. official told Reuters the strikes originated in southwestern Iran. Three officials said they involved cruise missiles and drones, indicating a higher degree of complexity and sophistication than initially thought.” Reuters

— BUT THEY’RE STILL CHECKING? … NYT: “To Find Clues in Saudi Oil Attacks, U.S. Examines Missile and Drone Parts”

— TO WIT … NYT’S DAVID SANGER, with a “News Analysis” bug: “Trump’s Challenge: Can His Word on Iran Be Trusted?”: “For a president with a loose relationship with the facts and poisonous relationships with allies, the attack on the Saudi oil fields poses a challenge: how to prove the administration’s case that Iran was behind the strike and rally the world to respond.

“President Trump must now confront that problem as he struggles with one of the most critical national security decisions of his presidency. Over the next few days or weeks, he will almost certainly face the reality that much of the world — angry at his tweets, tirades, untruths and accusations — could be disinclined to believe the arguments advanced by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and others that Iran bears responsibility for the attack.

“If Mr. Trump tries to gather a coalition to impose diplomatic penalties, tighten sanctions to further choke off Iranian oil exports or retaliate with a military or cyberstrike, he may discover that, like President George W. Bush heading into Iraq 16 years ago, he is largely alone.” NYT

YOUR MOMENT OF ZEN: From Tuesday night’s Biden pool report by Yahoo’s Brittany Shepherd, in Potomac Falls, Md.: “He continued by quoting columnist David Brooks, saying that an ‘invisible moral fabric’ holds the country together. He then joked that his campaign doesn’t like him quoting Brooks: ‘You know, the conservative columnist, my staff doesn’t like me quoting but I think he’s [a] pretty damn smart guy.’”

TOP-ED — NBC’S AL ROKER (!): “Climate change is not ignorable. It’s time to stop debating what is staring us all in our faces”

HEADS UP — “Trump administration to revoke California’s power to set stricter auto emissions standards,” by WaPo’s Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis: “The Trump administration plans this week to revoke California’s long-standing right to set stricter air pollution standards for cars and light trucks, the latest step in a broad campaign to undermine Obama-era policies aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change, two senior administration officials said.

“The move threatens to set in motion a massive legal battle between California and the federal government, plunge automakers into a prolonged period of uncertainty and create turmoil in the nation’s auto market.” WaPo

MEDIAWATCH — The NYT is closing its Spanish-language edition, the paper announced. In a tweet, NYT’s Paulina Chavira wrote: “Con mucha tristeza y pesar les informamos que hoy cierra operaciones @nytimeses. Para NY es una decisión «corporativa», pero para nosotros … fue un proyecto al que le pusimos todo el corazón.” (“With great sadness and regret, the NYT announced they’re suspending operations. For New York this is a corporate decision. But for us … this was a project in which we put in all of our heart.”)

— Bianca Quilantan is now a higher education reporter for POLITICO Pro. She previously was a web producer for POLITICO and was part of a Pulitzer-finalist team at the Chico Enterprise-Record.

— Brad Heath will be an investigative reporter for Reuters’ D.C. bureau. He previously was justice and investigations editor at USA Today. Talking Biz News

— Angela Moon is joining Bloomberg as managing editor for breaking news. She previously was a tech correspondent at Reuters.

— THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB SPELLING BEE … ROLL CALL’S HERB JACKSON (@HerbNJDC): “That was fast. After @ericgeller misses on ‘noctidiurnal,’ @ChrisPappasNH wins with ‘occision’ and ‘beckmesser’ to become #NPCBee champ for 2019.”

PLAYBOOKERS

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IN MEMORIAM — “Veteran television newsman Sander Vanocur dies at 91,” by AP’s Andrew Dalton: “Sander Vanocur, a television newsman who for decades covered momentous events from political campaigns to assassinations, the Vietnam War to the civil rights movement, has died, his son said Tuesday. Vanocur died Monday night in Santa Barbara, California, said Chris Vanocur. He was 91. He had been dealing with dementia in recent years.

“As national political correspondent at NBC in the 1960s, Vanocur was a questioner at the first presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960, then covered Kennedy’s administration as a White House correspondent.” AP

SPOTTED: Rod Rosenstein eating lunch at Del Frisco’s on Tuesday. … Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) at Charlie Palmer on Tuesday. … Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) talking at General Mitchell Airport on Tuesday before a Southwest flight from Milwaukee to DCA.

OUT AND ABOUT … SPOTTED at an ’80s-themed celebration for Rep. Veronica Escobar’s 50th birthday at the DNC: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) and Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), Grisella Martinez and Zuraya Tapia. Pic

— SPOTTED at Hamilton Place Strategies’ 10-year anniversary party Tuesday night: Tony Fratto, Molly Ball, Neil Irwin, Paul Kane, Ed Gillespie, Jon Kott, Sean Coit, Kevin Fromer, Matt Dawes, Patrick Cave, Penny Lee, Rob Runyan, Ted Halstead and Tim Adams.

— SPOTTED at the 19th annual Dining Away Duchenne at Eastern Market, hosted by Joel and Dana Wood to benefit the Foundation to Eradicate Duchenne: José Andrés straight off the plane from the Bahamas, Joel Buben, Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Reps. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.), Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.), George Holding (R-N.C.), Trey Hollingsworth (R-Ind.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.).

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Scott Mulhauser is joining Bully Pulpit Interactive as a partner. He previously was a founding partner at Aperture Strategies, which is being acquired by BPI.

— Diana Banister is now a senior adviser to the director at USCIS. She previously was president at Shirley & Banister Public Affairs.

— Jonathan Bronitsky is now chief speechwriter for the A.G. and senior adviser for strategic communications at DOJ. He previously was director of strategy at Javelin.

WEEKEND WEDDING — Kevin Benacci, director of external affairs at CISA at DHS and a Dave Joyce alum, and Jessica Rodek, an attorney at Cardinal Health, got married in Cleveland last weekend.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Alexis Weiss, a VP at Edelman and a CNN and NBC alum, and Daniel Gould, director of content acquisition at Roku, welcomed Vivienne Amber Gould on Sept. 4. She came in at 8 lbs and 20 inches. Pic… Another pic

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: HUD Secretary Ben Carson. An interesting book he’s reading: “I am currently reading ‘Coming of Age in the Other America,’ by Stefanie DeLuca, who is a sociology professor at Johns Hopkins. The book tells the stories of young black men and women growing up in public housing in Baltimore and the challenges they face in their journey to adolescence and adulthood.” Playbook Plus Q&A

BIRTHDAYS: U.S. Ambassador to Germany Ric Grenell is 53 … Corey Lewandowski is 46 … Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio) is 35 … Rep. Steve Watkins (R-Kan.) is 43 … Sara Haines, co-host of “Strahan, Sara and Keke” … Gilead Science’s Kacy Hutchison … Jackie Calmes, White House editor of L.A. Times’ D.C. bureau … Luis Navarro … Gilberto Ocanes … Cathy Jury … Karl Struble … Chuck Supple … Monica Mills (hat tip: Teresa Vilmain) … WaPo’s Griff Witte and Darryl Fears … Jeff Sadosky, partner at Forbes Tate Partners … Liz Natonski is 3-0 … Katrina Bishop … Nicole Duran … Eric Terrell … Tina Stoll, president of Campaign Finance Consultants (h/ts Jon Haber and Teresa Vilmain) … Mark Walsh … Safiya Ghori-Ahmad, director at McLarty Associates … Dayna Cade, president at DC Strategies … Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble is 77 …

… Joan Walsh, national affairs correspondent for The Nation and CNN political contributor … Daniel Burnett, assistant director of comms for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, is 31 … Jess Morales Rocketto, political director at the Domestic Workers Alliance … Erin Buechel Wieczorek, director at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, is 41 … Laura Plack (h/t Molly Jenkins) … Adam Keiper (h/t Alice Lloyd) … Monica Pampell … Erin Madigan White … Isabelle Taylor Kenyon … AP’s Desmond Butler … Edelman’s Andrew Church … The Guardian’s Chris Taylor … Will Tienken … Ben Dye … Scott MacFarlane … Angela Flood, principal at Cove Strategies … Joe Davis … Devika Koppikar … Cyndi Pederson … Kristen Crowell

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THE FLIP SIDE

View this email in your browser Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Corey Lewandowski Testifies “President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager on Tuesday acknowledged that his former boss enlisted him to try to limit the Russia election interference inquiry but defended Trump and tangled with Democrats during pugnacious testimony to a U.S. congressional panel mulling whether to impeach the president… [The White House had instructed] Lewandowski on Monday not to discuss conversations with Trump after he became president by invoking a doctrine called executive privilege.” Reuters From the Left The left is critical of Trump’s attempt to claim executive privilege, Lewandowski’s behavior, and the seeming lack of strategy on the part of Democrats. “To be clear, the president has no authority to tell a witness not to show up. The president has no absolute immunity to prevent ex-aides from testifying. And he really has no basis for instructing a private citizen who never served in the White House to obstruct an investigation.” Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post “[Lewandowski] rolled his eyes. He shook his head. He questioned Democrats’ patriotism. He mocked former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s work: ‘Nobody’s actually read the report.’ He made a crack about Hillary Clinton’s emails and attacked ‘bad’ and ‘shameful’ federal agents… It was a depressing scene, and quite a way to honor Constitution Day. Five hours of nastiness made clear that the revolting politics of this moment, though aggravated by Trump, are larger than him — and will outlast him if people such as Lewandowski gain election.” Dana Milbank, Washington Post “Through all the sarcasm, personal insults, and tortured debate about Congressional procedure, Lewandowski confirmed that Trump instructed him to have then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions intervene in, and derail, a criminal investigation of Trump and his close associates. This is a big deal — or should be. But it also was nothing new. The entire summer 2017 episode is set forth in detail in the Mueller report. Lewandowski’s testimony simply confirms that Mueller got it right — contrary to the repeated claims of Lewandowski’s chief benefactor Trump, who has repeatedly attacked Mueller’s impartiality and veracity…  “House Democrats need to address this question squarely: Is the conduct in the Mueller report enough to impeach? If so, then why are we wasting time with the kind of absurd hearing we saw on Tuesday? (Note: they don’t need more — the House impeached President Bill Clinton based on the written report of Independent Counsel Ken Starr, without calling live witnesses). And if not, they’re not going to magically get some brand new, previously unknown smoking gun, especially not from partisan, dishonest favor-seekers like Lewandowski.” Elie Honig, CNN “[This] was the first big test for whether Democrats could win over the public — either through bombshell new revelations, or simply by putting on an effective hearing that communicates their political message. Neither really happened… “The central topic of the hearing was about how Trump told Lewandowski to deliver a message to Jeff Sessions that he should rein in the Mueller investigation. It’s scandalous stuff. But it turns out the message never even got to Sessions, and the Mueller investigation got to continue — making it another case in which Trump’s obstruction attempts ended up being more incompetent than effective. So for those Democrats hoping to change the political dynamics of impeachment, this hearing will likely go down as a failure — and a sign of potential trouble to come.” Andrew Prokop, Vox “There is tremendous confusion about what the Judiciary Committee is up to… even Democratic lawmakers don’t seem to know whether they are engaged in an impeachment inquiry. Representative Pramila Jayapal has said ‘yes.’ Representative Jim Himes has said ‘no.’ Last week, Steny Hoyer, the House majority leader, said ‘no’ — then backtracked, claimed he’d misheard the question and offered a non-answer instead… Democrats need to clarify to the public — and to themselves — where they are headed.” Editorial Board, New York Times From the Right The right is generally skeptical about executive privilege applying to Lewandowski’s testimony but condemns the overall investigation as political theater. “Trump wants to shut down Nadler’s endless investigations and will play the executive privilege card for as long as it works. This looks like one play too many… Lewandowski is, strictly speaking, a civilian when it comes to privilege. Traditionally, executive privilege has been extended to formal advisers to a president. Lewandowski might have been a friend, but he’s never been appointed to a post in the White House, nor did he serve any official role in the transition. Usually, one has to be in the executive branch to qualify for a claim of executive privilege.” Ed Morrissey, Hot Air “The assertion of privilege here is ludicrous. Congress rightfully enjoys oversight privilege over the conduct of the executive branch… Lewandowski is a material witness. He was not a White House employee. He is asserting, and can assert, no Fifth Amendment privilege, because there is no suggestion that he himself broke any law. He is under duly issued congressional subpoena. Therefore, he must answer Congress’ questions.” Quin Hillyer, Washington Examiner Some, however, counter that “we want the president to be able to have candid conversations with worthy advisers in and out of government in order to make the best decisions for the country. Moreover, our system is based on separation of powers, so Congress should not intrude on communications the president has in furtherance of exercising his legitimate authority… If some future Democratic president phoned Henry Kissinger to consult on China policy or the most efficient structure of the State Department, I believe those communications would be covered by executive privilege even though Dr. Kissinger is not a government official… “[But] this is less about high constitutional principle than low political theater. We all know what President Trump told Corey Lewandowski to do. We also know the Democrats are not going to impeach the president over it — regardless of where we come out on whether it comes close to an impeachable offense.” Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review “House Democrats fully earned and deserve Corey Lewandowski’s trolling… No offense, but what the hell did you expect? This is just like when House Democrats demanded that Mueller speak when he adamantly didn’t want to testify. Except this time, instead of bringing in someone who was reluctant and had nothing to say that would benefit their cause, they brought in the bloviating embodiment of white, male mediocrity who’s currently trying to curry favor with Trump for a Senate run in New Hampshire. If you were dumb enough to believe that this would be anything less than Lewandowski’s shameless show for Trump, you deserve to be publicly humiliated by his completely unsurprising behavior.” Tiana Lowe, Washington Examiner “Democrats spent more than two years talking about Russia, Russia, Russia seven days per week. It was their way of keeping the story in the news in the hopes that it would eventually bring down Trump. Now that the Russia thing has blown up in their faces, they need to trot out a new totem to raise against the President and the magic word is impeachment… This isn’t about actually impeaching Donald Trump. This is a strategy to have people hearing the word impeachment associated with Trump on a daily basis to give the impression that he’s going to crumble any day now. And they need to keep that going until next November.” Jazz Shaw, Hot Air On the bright side… Pizza Hut blesses junk food fans with ‘Cheez-It Pizza’. New York Post Our volunteer team spends hours each night scanning the news, fact-checking, and debating one another, so your 5 minutes each morning can be well spent. If you’ve found value in our work, we welcome you to help sustain our efforts and expand our reach. Any support you can provide is greatly appreciated! Share Tweet Forward Sign Up Here Copyright © 2019 The Flip Side, All rights reserved. You can unsubscribe from this list here.

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The Resurgent’s Morning Briefing for September 18,2019 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.   Has the Absurdity of Transgenderism Started to Awaken the West? On an ordinary day I would have regarded what Indiana State Attorney General Curtis Hill did as an aberration, a stroke of common sense in a society waging war against it.  Hill refused to enact a policy change made by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles that would have created a new “Gender X” option for […] The post Has the Absurdity of Transgenderism Started to Awaken the West? appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » NYC is allowing students to skip class to attend a “global climate strike”. School districts in NYC will permit 1.1 million students to skip class for climate change. If anyone wasn’t aware, there apparently will be a global youth climate strike this Friday. And bless the city of New York, they are making it a-ok for your kid to skip out of class to join the strike. Climate […] The post NYC is allowing students to skip class to attend a “global climate strike”. appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Regarding Cokie Roberts I must confess I did not think it would hit me as hard as it did. I barely knew the woman. But I was on air for my radio show this morning as the news came and I was absolutely struck silent. I had to go to commercial break. I met Cokie Roberts three times […] The post Regarding Cokie Roberts appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Ulrich Klopfer and Kermit Gosnell Are No More Evil Than Every Other Abortionist That any given abortionist lacks the macabre quirks of Gosnell and Klopfer doesn’t make them any less a serial killer. 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President Trump, faced with rising tensions in the Middle East, worked on Tuesday to balance international diplomacy with potential punishment, including military action, aimed at Iran following Saturday’s sophisticated missile and drone strikes against oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. The president on Tuesday received a menu of possible actions against Iran, and asked for additional ideas, NBC News reported. Trump is interested in a narrowly focused response that would not draw the United States into a military conflict with Iran. One option is a strike by Saudi Arabia, supported by U.S. intelligence. The administration is weighing a range of options for a retaliatory response against Iran, including a cyberattack or physical strike on Iranian oil facilities or Revolutionary Guard assets, according to NBC News. U.S military action did not appear imminent, and officials stressed that no decisions had been made about next steps. However, the Defense Department is working through options to increase its presence in the region, officials said. Iran has denied its involvement in Saturday’s strikes.  Reuters: U.S. believes Saudi oil attacks came from southwestern Iran.   USA Today: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo travels to Saudi Arabia to discuss attacks blamed on Iran.  Reuters: The Saudi Defense Ministry will present “material evidence and Iranian weapons proving the Iranian regime’s involvement in the terrorist attack” today at a news conference, officials said. Preliminary results showed the attack did not come from Yemen, Saudi officials maintain.  Trump said he would prefer not to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly next week, amending his interest in such a meeting in the days prior to the attacks, which took place deep into Saudi Arabia (The Hill).   “I never rule anything out, but I prefer not meeting him,” Trump said aboard Air Force One on Tuesday. Iran had said such a meeting would not take place during the U.N. gathering of world leaders in New York, and it’s now possible Iran may skip the assembly entirely. Iran today warned of an “immediate” response to any action taken against it (The Associated Press).  On Capitol Hill, the Senate Republican Conference received a briefing on Tuesday from Vice President Pence about Saturday’s attacks and Iran’s suspected involvement. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who is up for reelection, tweeted that he is persuaded “such a sophisticated attack could not have occurred without Iran’s blessing and direct involvement.”Graham, who said Iran saw the “measured response” by the United States as “weakness,” urged the administration to “take decisive action to deter further aggression by the Ayatollah and his henchman.” Trump, who plays golf with Graham and has sought his advice on a number of topics, tweeted a barbed reply: “No Lindsey, it was a sign of strength that some people just don’t understand!” Meanwhile, the outcome of Israel’s election on Tuesday pitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faced voters for the second time this year, against former Gen. Benny Gantz and the Blue and White party, remains deadlocked today as results continue to be tallied, signaling serious trouble for Netanyahu’s decade of conservative rule.  Parliamentary kingmaker Avigdor Lieberman said today he’ll demand a secular “liberal” unity government between the Likud and Blue and White parties, devoid of the religious and ultra-Orthodox allies Netanyahu leans on. Without Lieberman’s endorsement, both parties appear to have fallen well short of securing a parliamentary majority. “There is one and only option,” Lieberman said, “a national unity government that is broad and liberal and we will not join any other option.” His comments signaled a roadblock for the continuation of Netanyahu’s rule (The Associated Press).  On Iran policy, Trump and Netanyahu have been largely on the same page in public. The president earlier this year sought to help the prime minister win reelection, but this time, the White House has seemed determined to stand on the sidelines while Trump has appeared preoccupied with U.S. responses to Iran (Reuters).

© Getty Images  In other administration news … Faced with a thinned national security staff and increasingly complex foreign policy challenges, Trump on Tuesday identified five current or former members of his administration he says are candidates to succeed John Bolton as White House national security adviser. The list includes Robert O’Brien, Maj. Gen. Ricky Waddell, Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, Fred Fleitz and retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg (The New York Times). … The president is expected to nominate Stephen Biegun, the State Department’s special representative for North Korea, to be the next deputy secretary of state, according to reporting by Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin. … Trump plans today while traveling in California to revoke the state’s authority to set stricter auto emissions standards than those set at the federal level, a slap at liberal West Coast challenges to his administration and a rebuke of former President Obama’s efforts to curb greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change (The New York Times). … Trump says homeless people damage the “prestige” of Los Angeles, San Francisco and other populous cities and vows unspecified federal action. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson traveled to Los Angeles on Tuesday (The Washington Post).

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CONGRESS: An appearance by Corey Lewandowski, the former campaign manager for the Trump campaign, before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday quickly devolved into a chaotic scene as he largely refused to answer questions on a number of topics, including references to his account of events to former special counsel Robert Mueller and conversations with the president. From the outset, Democrats attempted to confront the witness about references to his recollections in Mueller’s report, especially regarding the president’s request that Lewandowski deliver a 2017 letter to then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions asking that Sessions set new limits on Mueller’s probe. Lewandowski told Mueller that he did not want to deliver the message to Sessions and asked former White House aide Rick Dearborn to do it. Dearborn did not.  Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) told the former Trump campaign hand that he “chickened out” by not delivering Trump’s message to Sessions, while Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) compared the panel’s questioning of Lewandowski to the cleaning of a fish. “Lewandowski, you are like a fish being cleaned with a spoon — very hard to get a clean answer from you,” Johnson said. Throughout, Lewandowski asserted executive privilege despite having not worked in the White House. He repeatedly defended Trump, saying the president “never asked me to do anything illegal.” Trump lauded Lewandowski’s appearance, tweeting at one point that he delivered a “beautiful Opening Statement.”  While he stonewalled lawmakers, Lewandowski had trouble answering questions from Barry Berke, the committee’s counsel, who tripped him up repeatedly and forced Lewandowski to acknowledge that he has been dishonest to members of the media (The Hill).  Lewandowski also told Berke that he did not deliver the message to Sessions because it wasn’t “a priority” in his mind.    Lewandowski is among three witnesses the committee has sought to question, including Dearborn and Rob Porter, the former White House staff secretary. Multiple Democrats on the panel called on House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) to hold Lewandowski in contempt. “Mr. Lewandowski, your behavior in this hearing room has been completely unacceptable. It is part of a pattern of a White House desperate for the American people not to hear the truth,” Nadler said after committee members concluded their questioning.   “I’ve been asked several times today whether the committee will hold you in contempt. It is certainly under consideration,” Nadler said.  Lewandowski also tried to make the most out of his appearance. During a mid-afternoon break, the former Trump aide announced the launch of a new website promoting a possible Senate bid in New Hampshire that featured pictures of Lewandowski and the president. “President Trump said Corey will be a ‘fantastic’ Senator … ‘great for New Hampshire’ and ‘great for America.’ Add your support for Corey to run for U.S. Senate,” the site reads. Jonathan Allen: Lewandowski pumps life into assertions of obstruction of justice by Trump.

© Getty Images  > Retirements galore: Another House Republican announced his planned exit from Congress on Tuesday, adding to the party’s recent wave of retirements fresh off an annual GOP retreat, which focused on a path to clawing back the majority next year.  Rep. Paul Cook (R-Calif.) announced he will leave Congress next year, making him the 18th House Republican to announce a decision to forfeit a run for reelection in 2020. Instead, Cook said he would run for a seat on the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, underscoring the challenges for GOP leaders to convince rank-and-file members to stay in the House as members of the minority.  Cook’s decision to run for local office instead of reelection to Congress isn’t without precedent. Former Rep. Janice Hahn (D-Calif.) chose to run for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors instead of another term in the minority in 2016, while ex-Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) opted for a stint as Macomb County public works Commissioner the same year.  Hours before Cook’s announcement, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) downplayed the pile-up of GOP lawmakers who plan to depart Congress (The Hill).  “All the retirements except one this cycle [are] in a safe seat,” McCarthy told “Fox & Friends.“ “I think it’s healthy. I had one member come to me who’s been on the ballot since 1988 and he says, ‘I can’t give you a hundred percent to go win the majority. So let’s bring some new people in at the same time.’” Five GOP open seats in 2020 are seen as toss-ups, leaning Republican, or leaning Democratic according to the Cook Political Report (no relation to Rep. Cook). > Kavanaugh: An aggressive push by progressives to impeach Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh is falling flat on Capitol Hill as top Democrats continue to oppose it and argue about whether it’s a politically prudent move. While Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) introduced a resolution Tuesday calling for an impeachment inquiry, Democratic leaders are signaling they want nothing to do with it as they try to juggle the already perilous fight over impeaching the president with their party agenda. Some Democrats warned on Tuesday that it’s time to move on, noting that an impeachment effort would face a GOP buzzsaw even if it got through the House. “We should be focused on making sure this never, ever happens again. We need a functional background investigation process from the FBI,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn. “I think it’s highly unlikely you’re going to get an impeachment vote through the United States Senate, so our best remedy may just be trying to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”    Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, echoed Murphy and argued that those pushing for impeachment are over their skis.  “We seem to have a habit of wanting to get to the verdict before we’ve gathered the evidence. I don’t, as a former prosecutor, approve of that habit,” Whitehouse said (The Hill).

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POLITICS: Most Senate Democrats are staying neutral in the race for the  Democratic presidential nod. However, there’s a growing sense in the caucus that life would be easier if former Vice President Joe Biden takes home the party’s nomination instead of his closest competitors and two of their colleagues, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).    According to a report by Alexander Bolton, Democrats acknowledge that if the nomination goes to Warren or Sanders — both of whom are far to the left of most Senate Democrats — it will create immediate tensions within the party.  Many don’t want to take sides in a battle that is pitting colleagues against one another, and senators obviously don’t want to create bad blood with any contenders — who will either return to the Senate or end up at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.  Yet a number of Democrats privately acknowledge that if Warren or Sanders wins the nomination, it will create immediate tension within the party as their best-known proposals, such as Medicare for All and free college education, have scant support within their caucus.  “The senators have a great confidence in their own ability with a friendly White House to say, ‘We like a lot of that, but we don’t like all of it,’” one Democratic senator said. “We’re not going to just do what they ask because they ask.” Senate Democrats also acknowledge that it will be easier to win Senate races in conservative-leaning states such as Alabama, North Carolina, Iowa and Georgia if Biden is on top of the Democratic ticket rather than Warren or Sanders against Trump next year.  The Associated Press: Warren nabs 2020 backing of Iowa’s state treasurer.  The Washington Post: Biden, Sanders take fight over health care to union workers.  Politico: Trump hopes to seize a core Democratic voting bloc: Organized labor.

© Getty Images  > Voter suppression: During a speech at George Washington University on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton argued that the United States faces a “crisis in democracy” as a result of voter suppression aimed at keeping women and people of color from the polls.  In her address, Clinton accused the GOP of rolling back voter protections and employing tactics aimed at keeping racial minorities from casting ballots. The former secretary of State said that she has been counseling Democratic White House hopefuls specifically to warn them about voter suppression, hacking, fake news stories and a lack of election security in 2016, all of which she believes played a role in her election loss to the president, adding that failing to address those issues could lead to defeat for the party once again next year.   “This is one of those moments we stand at a crossroads of our own a crisis in democracy,” Clinton said. “Racists and white supremacist views are lifted up in the media and the White House. Hard fought for civil rights are stripped back. Rule of law is being undermined, our norms and institutions … are under assault, and that includes the single most important fight of our times … the fight to protect the right to vote” (The Hill).  The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board: Don’t cancel the GOP primaries.  > Presidential age: Former President Jimmy Carter, who turns 95 in a few weeks, says he couldn’t have managed the presidency at age 80. Carter didn’t tie his comments to any of his fellow Democrats running for president, but two leading 2020 candidates, Biden and Sanders, would turn 80 during their terms if elected.  “I hope there’s an age limit,” Carter reportedly said with a laugh while answering questions during his annual report on Tuesday at the Carter Center in Atlanta. “If I were just 80 years old, if I was 15 years younger, I don’t believe I could undertake the duties I experienced when I was president” (The Associated Press).  Politico: Mayor Pete vs. Beto: The battle is back on.

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The Fed’s confusions, by Douglas Carr, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/2m0FljS Iran’s drone attacks are a threat to Trump, by Dov S. Zakheim, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/2khSvsm

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Hill.TV’s “Rising” at 9 a.m. ET features an interview with presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii); economics professor Richard Wolff, who argues the organized labor movement is on the rise; actresses Laura and Vanessa Marano, on their advocacy before Congress to protect girls from sexual exploitation; and Jeff Lyash, president and CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority, on the future for the nation’s largest public utility, which he represents. Find Hill.TV programming at http://thehill.com/hilltv or on YouTube at 10 a.m.  The House meets at 10 a.m. The House Judiciary Committee meets at 10 a.m. for an oversight hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.  The Senate convenes at 10 a.m. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee holds a hearing at 10 a.m. about “mass violence, extremism and digital responsibility” to learn how tech companies are working with law enforcement on removal of violent content online.   The president, who is in Los Angeles, speaks this morning to a joint 2020 fundraising committee breakfast there, followed by a joint fundraising committee lunch and roundtable with donors in San Diego. The president will visit a section of wall at the U.S. southern border in Otay Mesa, Calif., at 5:30 p.m. ET. Trump will return to Washington from San Diego, departing the West Coast around 7:30 p.m. ET.   Pence meets with Moldovan Prime Minister Maia Sandu at 2 p.m. in the Roosevelt Room.   Pompeo arrives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, today to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss “efforts to counter Iranian aggression in the region.” The secretary will then travel to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, through Sept. 19 to meet with Prince Mohammed bin Zayed to discuss “regional and bilateral issues.”  The Federal Reserve ends a two-day policy meeting with a statement and a news conference at 2:30 p.m. with Chairman Jerome Powell.

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➔ Journalism: Renowned and admired Washington journalist Cokie Roberts, a veteran of NPR and ABC News and a longtime contributor to PBS’s “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour,” died at age 75 on Tuesday after complications from breast cancer, her family said in a statement. Roberts, considered a pioneer among female journalists who joined NPR in 1978, became a bestselling author and Emmy Award winner, known for her distinctive coverage of politics and Congress. She was a member of a well-known political family. Her father, the late Rep. Thomas Hale Boggs Sr., a former Democratic House majority leader from Louisiana who was a member of the Warren Commission, disappeared in a plane over Alaska in 1972. Her mother, Lindy Boggs, served in the House for 17 years and later became U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Roberts married veteran journalist Steven Roberts in 1966 (NPR).

© Getty Images  ➔ Banking: The federal Consumer Financial Protection Board has requested information from Bank of America regarding possible unauthorized consumer bank, credit card and other account openings going back to March 2014. The action is the latest inquiry by federal banking regulators into industry practices in the wake of a Wells Fargo scandal involving more than 3.5 million unauthorized consumer accounts opened by bank staff (Bloomberg Law).  ➔ Who turns down a raise?   University of Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett declined a hike in his compensation while extending his contract for another year, the university announced this week. Coming off a 2019 national title win, Bennett asked that the money be used to pay his staff more and for improvements to his program as well as other Virginia teams (NBC News).

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And finally … Baseball reached a new milestone a week ago, for better or worse, when Baltimore Orioles infielder Jonathan Villar rounded the bases, marking the 6,106th home run of 2019, breaking a record set two years ago.  While a lot has been made of the ball Major League Baseball has used in 2019, FiveThirtyEight delves deep into what else is behind the home run surge: backspin. As Travis Sawchik writes: “Backspin often works in favor of the hitter, as it creates a Magnus effect, which pushes up on the baseball to create lift. But there can also be too much of a rise effect. When studying golf balls, researchers have found that when too much spin is added at certain launch angles, there is a “ballooning” effect. For baseball hitters, that means that excessive spin might lead to batted balls traveling higher, but not farther.”   “Alan Nathan, physics professor emeritus at the University of Illinois and MLB consultant, says there are optimum spin levels in baseball for batters. “Not only does the lift increase with the spin, but it’s really only been in the last few years that we’ve realized that the air drag also increases with the spin,” Nathan told FiveThirtyEight. “So that slows the ball down.”

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Media Smears that Trivialize Sexual Assault Continue Against Kavanaugh New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly blamed their editors for their piece’s omission of the obviously-relevant fact that the latest Kavanaugh assault allegation victim does not remember the incident. But the pair omitted the same critical detail in other interviews about their reporting.   “…In a length and wide-ranging interview, the authors went out of their way to omit the key detail in response to a question…   The authors also go out of their way to avoid mentioning that the supposed victim does not claim any such thing occurred and, in fact, has told several friends that she remembers no such incident as the one described by Stier…   In fact, the omission was so significant that [NPR’s Terry] Gross recorded an update and inserted it into the show immediately thereafter, noting the omission and how it also had to be corrected at the New York Times.”   The indomitable Mollie Hemingway, who has to do the mainstream media’s real journalisming for them, in addition to the above column, calls out another error in the reporting, where she notes that while the authors say key witnesses were “silent,” the reality is that they actually defended Kavanaugh.    I find this whole debacle enraging, as the political trivialization of sexual assault continues apace on the anniversary of the Kavanaugh hearings.    And Then There Were Three Three candidates appear to be pulling away from the pack, according to a new NBC News/WSJ poll. Joe Biden at 31, Elizabeth Warren at 25, and Bernie Sanders at 14, with the rest of the field trailing in single digits, including Kamala Harris, who seems to have really fallen back.  Internet favorite Andrew Yang, who said some controversially sane things about cancel culture and forgiveness earlier this week, is actually up in the second tier, and another poll actually has him beating Harris.    Fashion Moment of the Week Near and dear to my heart: a Voguefashion editor shares the four heel shapes (with shopping links) that actually took her through the whole day in comfort during walk-heavy New York Fashion Week.   Yes, ladies, it’s possible! I’ve previously shared my own heel-wearing secret, Banana Republic’s 12-hour block heel pumps, which show up in new colors and fabrics virtually every season.   Wednesday Links Lewandowski spars with House Democrats at the first impeachment hearing. (AP)   Israeli election results and updates. (Jerusalem Post)   How the Trump administration’s new “remain in Mexico” rule could wreck the disgusting human trafficking industry on our Southern border. (The Federalist)   Margot Cleveland: Democrats will regret their latest Kavanaugh smear (DC Examiner)   Mugabe is far from the only “charming socialist” to ruin a country and the lives of its people. (The Federalist)   Meet the new Women’s March leader who’s just as anti-Semitic as the old Women’s March leaders. Sigh. (The Federalist)   A thoughtful essay on race, identity, and history that doesn’t feel like a political bludgeon. (New York Times)   Finally, a little personal note in case you missed it on Monday, BRIGHT editor Kelsey Bolar welcomed her baby girl to the world just a wee bit early on September 12. The newest addition’s name is Scarlett Payton Bolar, in honor of Bre Payton. Mama and baby are doing well, even if Scarlett will have to spend a little time in the NICU on account of arriving ahead of schedule. (Instagram) BRIGHT is brought to you by The Federalist.

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Washington Examiner’s Examiner Today Newsletter View this as website   ADVERTISEMENT HIGHLIGHTS CNN contributor says Lewandowski ‘owned the Judiciary Committee’ during testimony Beto O’Rourke: Fines will ‘compel’ AR-15 owners to turn their guns in No charges filed after gun owner shoots and kills three teens breaking into his home at 4 a.m.   Feds claim locked-up immigrants receive better healthcare than in home country despite deaths   A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official who oversees a detention center in the Pacific Northwest says immigrant advocates’ claims that detainees are being mistreated and neglected while in custody do not match up with the types of services her staff provides.     James Bond conservatism is out: MP kicked aside by Boris Johnson says Brexit would leave 007 ‘terribly torn’   Even James Bond would have struggled with how to reconcile his Scottish sense of conservativism with Brexit, according to Rory Stewart, a rising star among Britain’s Conservatives before he was expelled from the party for defying Boris Johnson.     ‘A de facto state of schism’: Vatican fears German bishops trying to reform church teaching   Five centuries after Martin Luther sparked a religious revolution in Europe, German Catholics are once again coming into conflict with the Vatican, this time over a planned meeting that would address key elements of the church’s moral teaching and discipline.     ‘Too busy trying to impeach’: Jim Jordan blasts Nadler for not calling DOJ inspector general to testify Rep. Jim Jordan called out House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler during a hearing with former Trump campaign chairman Corey Lewandowski for not calling on the Justice Department inspector general to testify.   ADVERTISEMENT   Comey won’t take a job so he’s free to jab at Trump during 2020 election James Comey, the FBI director fired by President Trump whose leaked memos helped spark a special counsel investigation, won’t take a full-time job until after 2020 because he wants to be free to speak up about Trump.     Former John Kasich adviser on Trump: ‘I dislike this turd’ John Weaver, a former adviser to failed GOP presidential candidate John Kasich, bashed President Trump following the president’s response to journalist Cokie Roberts’s death.     ‘Please pray for CNN’: Cable news network roasted for report condemning ‘thoughts and prayers’   A CNN report on a recent study about the perceived values of “thoughts and prayers” in the wake of a disaster questions the moral value and efficacy of praying for suffering strangers.     Hillary Clinton blames voter suppression for her election loss   Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton blamed voter suppression for her 2016 loss, and threw her support behind claims made by former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams regarding her 2018 race.     Labor watchdog agency could gain all-GOP board in December   The National Labor Relations Board, the main labor law enforcement agency, is on track to be completely controlled by Republicans in December. The five-seat board currently only has four members, and the term for its lone Democrat, Lauren McFerran, expires on Dec. 1.     ‘I hope there’s an age limit’: Jimmy Carter casts doubt on octogenarian president   Former President Jimmy Carter doubted he would have had the stamina to assume the burdens of the presidency when he was 80 years old, and joked that there should be an age limit for the office.     Acting spy chief defies subpoena from Adam Schiff for whistleblower complaint   President Trump’s acting spy chief defied a subpoena from House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff to hand over a whistleblower’s complaint, which was deemed by a government watchdog to be “credible and urgent.”     Devin Nunes expects DOJ inspector general to find Carter Page FISA warrants illegally obtained   Rep. Devin Nunes expects Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz to report that all four Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants against one-time Trump campaign aide Carter Page were illegally obtained.   THE ROUNDUP Israel’s election is too close to call, but still a setback for Netanyahu Trump says homeless problem hurts the ‘prestige’ of Los Angeles, San Francisco Sanders campaign wracked by dissension ADVERTISEMENT

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CDN’s Daily News Blast delivers the day’s news first! View this email in your browser CDN Daily News Blast 09/18/2019 Excerpts: As Corey Lewendoski Testifies, Democrats’ Trump Hatred Still Yields Nothing By Jim Clayton – Most Americans are misinformed on the current political situation and Trump administration because of the twisted narrative being spewed out of the mouths of Democrats and the destroy Trump media. Both the media and Democrats are partners in this misinformation campaign about the Trump administration and its stance on most … As Corey Lewendoski Testifies, Democrats’ Trump Hatred Still Yields Nothing is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. 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President Trump’s Itinerary for 9/18/19 – note: this  page will be updated during the day … President Donald Trump’s Schedule for Wednesday, September 18, 2019 is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » ‘Climate Rebels’ Plan To Blockade Traffic To Push For Green New Deal By Andrew Kerr – A coalition of self-described “climate rebels” demanding action on a Green New Deal are planning to bring the nation’s capital to a standstill on Monday by blockading traffic at key intersections in the city. “On September 23rd, we are going to shut down DC,” the Shut Down D.C. Strike Coalition … ‘Climate Rebels’ Plan To Blockade Traffic To Push For Green New Deal is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » California Adds Iowa To ‘Travel Ban’ Due To Its Refusal To Cover Gender Transitions In Medicaid By Matt M. Miller – California’s attorney general announced the state added Iowa to a “travel ban” on account of the Midwestern state’s refusal to cover gender transitioning procedures within Medicaid. State Attorney General Xavier Becerra made the announcement on Sept. 13 prohibiting taxpayer-funded travel to Iowa for public employees and state university students as … California Adds Iowa To ‘Travel Ban’ Due To Its Refusal To Cover Gender Transitions In Medicaid is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Lewandowski Slams Hillary During Impeachment Hearing: I ‘Didn’t Delete’ My Emails By Shelby Talcott – Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski slammed Hillary Clinton during Tuesday’s testimony on the congressional impeachment inquiry, noting that he “didn’t delete” his emails. Lewandowski testified before the House Judiciary CommitteeTuesday regarding an impeachment inquiry about President Donald Trump’s potential obstruction of justice. 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Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted out the video, which combines Biden’s mental slip-ups on the campaign trail with questions about Biden’s fitness from … Trump Campaign Releases Video Hammering Biden’s Mental Fitness is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Ilhan Omar Deletes 2013 Tweet That Revealed Her Father’s Name — The Same As Her Husband’s By Luke Rosiak – During the early morning hours Tuesday, Rep. Ilhan Omar deleted a 2013 tweet saying that Nur Said is her father. Omar was married to a man named Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, who may be her own brother. 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Corey Lewandowski teases Senate run as he testifies before Judiciary Committee

Frustrating the Democrats and proving loyalty to President Donald Trump: That’s just good politics for a Republican. At least that’s what Corey Lewandowski appeared to be banking on Tuesday as he testified before the House Judiciary Committee and continued to tease a possible bid for Senate from New Hampshire. Read More…

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On Tuesday afternoon in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, nearly 30 women from various Senate offices gathered over lunch, and you’d hardly know they worked in opposing offices. Republican and Democratic policies weren’t necessarily among the topics of conversation, but “co-sleeping,” on the other hand, was. Read More…

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The Swedish teenager who has become a symbol for a young generation worried about climate change is in Washington this week to help change minds — a hard thing to do in a capital locked in partisan combat. Read More…

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Trade assistance for farmers hit by retaliatory tariffs and the details of several health care program extensions were standing in the way of agreement on a stopgap funding measure Tuesday, sources said. Read More…

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Defiant Lewandowski infuriates Dems, delights Trump: ‘Thank you, Corey’ House Judiciary Democrats’ first “impeachment hearing” fizzled Tuesday as a fiery and combative Corey Lewandowski dodged their questions. more

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FIRST READ: NBC/WSJ poll shows that both Biden and Warren are building formidable Democratic coalitions

The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey is a good poll for only two 2020 Democrats.

Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren.

Want evidence that Biden is more durable than the conventional wisdom suggests? Well, he’s leading the Democratic horserace at 31 percent – up 5 points since July.

He also has a substantial lead with African-American Democratic primary voters. And he’s dominating the party’s moderate/conservative/smaller change lane, which he has pretty much all to himself.

Want evidence that Warren has the momentum and could very well be the nominee next year? Well, she’s on Biden’s heels at 26 percent – up 6 points since two months ago.

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She has the most enthusiasm around her: 35 percent of Dem primary voters say they’re enthusiastic about voting her, versus Biden’s 23 percent.

And she gets the most second-choice support in the poll, suggesting that she has crossover appeal in the race.

Maybe most important of all, the NBC/WSJ poll shows that both Biden and Warren have potentially winning coalitions.

Biden enjoys significant advantages with African Americans, older Dem primary voters (those traditionally most likely to show up), and moderates and conservatives.

Warren, on the other hand, has the strong edge with liberal Democrats, women with college degrees and those who want large-scale change.

Bottom line: You can make the case that EITHER is the frontrunner – right now – to win the Dem nomination.

Now it would be a mistake to call it a two-person race (or even a three-person race when you add Bernie Sanders and his 14 percent support).

As our poll shows, only 9 percent of Dem primary voters have definitely made up their minds about their choice, so these numbers aren’t set in stone.

But we are seeing the beginning of a sorting process in the Dem race – with older, more moderate, and African Americans voters flocking to Biden, and with liberals, women and the college educated increasingly breaking Warren’s way.

Even with 138 days until Iowa, that sorting process is hard to ignore.

The Greatest Generation(al) Divide

Want to see how divided Democratic primary voters are by age?

Well, Joe Biden is the first choice among just 10 percent of Democratic primary voters ages 18-34 (versus his overall 31 percent).

Conversely, he gets 39 percent among those 50-64, and a whopping 46 percent among those 65 and older.

Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders is at 33 percent support among those 18-34 (compared with his overall 14 percent), but he’s at just 3 percent (!!!) among those 50-64 and 2 percent (!!!) among those 65 and older.

The good news for Warren in this poll is that she straddles this divide, getting 25 percent among those 18-34; 24 percent among those 35-49; 25 percent among those 50-64; and another 25 percent among those 65-plus.

No matter the eventual Democratic nominee, however, a fight over the direction of the party between younger and older voters is already here.

And it likely will only intensify. 

Netanyahu refuses to concede

It’s striking that what’s playing out after Israel’s election yesterday could also occur in November 2020.

“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to fall short of a governing majority in Israel’s election Wednesday, raising doubts over whether he could maintain his decade-long grip on power,” per NBC News.

“Early Wednesday morning, Netanyahu refused to concede defeat and vowed to form a new government that excludes Arab parties… Facing the end of his political career, and potentially even jail, Netanyahu pulled out all the stops throughout the campaign.”

“‘War to the last minute,’ he said on Twitter on Tuesday in a late attempt to get supporters to the polls. ‘We will lose if you do not wake up.’”

Of course, don’t count out Netanyahu until all of the votes have been counted.

But if he loses, it’s a reminder that political gravity eventually catches up to everyone.

2020 VISION: Kamala Harris’ campaign mulls its next steps

The other big finding from the NBC/WSJ poll was Kamala Harris’ 8-point drop to fifth place in the Dem contest – just 1 point above Andrew Yang.

NBC’s Deepa Shivaram, Vaughn Hillyard and Beth Fouhy write about the campaign’s next steps.

“Harris advisers say the candidate will continue to prioritize fundraising ahead of the Sept. 30 third-quarter fundraising deadline. The California senator raised $12 million in the second quarter, less than Biden, Warren, Sanders and Buttigieg.”

“We’re not playing to win a summer news cycle in the off-year,” Harris spokesman Ian Sams tells NBC News. “We’re playing to win an election. We’re aiming to peak at the turn of the year when we’re approaching votes – and we’re built to do that.” 

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On the campaign trail today: Beto O’Rourke, in California, visits San Quentin prison… And Amy Klobuchar, in Pennsylvania, stumps in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. 

Dispatches from NBC’s embeds: Six presidential candidates spoke at the 2019 AFL-CIO convention yesterday, per NBC’s Gary Grumbach and Marianna Sotomayor.

“Sen. Bernie Sanders received the warmest welcome by far – a standing ovation, and chants of ‘Bernie! Bernie’ throughout his remarks.” And Andrew Yang seemed to miss the mark when he “mentioned UAW a number of times, as if to build a relationship with people in the crowd – however there are no UAW members here, as AFL-CIO and UAW are totally separate entities.”

Joe Biden made light of the scrutiny of his career, especially about the length of his political career. Biden said, “The bad news is I’ve been around a long time. The good news is I’ve been around a long time. You all know me, I’ve never not been with you. I’ve never not taken the risk of being with you.”

Bill de Blasio, Tom Steyer and Amy Klobuchar also spoke at the event.  

DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is … 90 percent and 64 percent. 

90 percent and 64 percent.

That’s the share of Democratic primary voters who say they have a positive opinion of former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, respectively, according to our new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

For Obama, nearly seven-in-10 say their view is VERY positive, while just 4 percent have a negative view.

But Clinton – whose presidency is now being viewed through more modern lenses, including the #MeToo movement and the fallout from his anti-crime reforms – hasn’t fared as well.

Just 29 percent of Democratic primary voters say they have a VERY positive view of Bill Clinton, while another 35 percent say it is SOMEWHAT positive.

Fifteen percent now say they have a negative view of the former president.

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THE LID: Pod the poll!

Don’t miss the pod from yesterday, when we broke down some of the biggest storylines from our new poll. 

ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss 

Jonathan Allen writes that Corey Lewandowski’s testimony on the Hill yesterday was dangerous for Trump.

The Trump administration is still looking at options for retaliatory action against Iran after an attack on Saudi oil facilities.

The Trump administration also is expected to end California’s authority to set its own auto-emissions standards.

Nearly 60 current and former mayors say they’re backing Pete Buttigieg.

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Chuck, Mark, and Carrie

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Lewandowski fires off after grueling 5-hour House testimony Posted: 18 Sep 2019 04:17 AM PDT The House Judiciary Committee has officially launched their impeachment inquiry, and the first person they called to testify was former Trump campaign manager Cory Lewandowski. He was controversial on the campaign trail. He was controversial after he was pushed out of the campaign. Now, he’s controversial in how he responds to Congress. But they asked […] The post Lewandowski fires off after grueling 5-hour House testimony appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Democratic mega-donor Ed Buck arrested after third overdose at his residence Posted: 17 Sep 2019 10:08 PM PDT When a second man died at Ed Buck’s home last year, we called on him to be investigated and arrested. But, as predicted, he was not. Now that a third man was overdosed but did not die, police have an eyewitness to the Democratic mega-donor’s penchant for injecting men with methamphetamine. Now, he’s been arrested. […] The post Democratic mega-donor Ed Buck arrested after third overdose at his residence appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

The Israel elections, explained for Americans Posted: 17 Sep 2019 09:36 PM PDT Many Americans are unfamiliar with how the Israeli elections work and what it takes to “win” them. Today’s election is no exception with many Americans simply waiting for the end results (which technically could be weeks away) or not having a concern about them at all. As noted before, these elections will have as big […] The post The Israel elections, explained for Americans appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Conservatives need Elizabeth Warren to win the Democratic nomination Posted: 17 Sep 2019 05:29 PM PDT In politics, the idea of killing two birds with one stone is highly sought after. There are a ton of birds in DC, and knocking off more than one with a single action saves time, money, and energy. For conservatives, the two birds we need to knock off are the Democratic candidate who will eventually […] The post Conservatives need Elizabeth Warren to win the Democratic nomination appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Yes, impeachment is a distraction. Two of them, actually. Posted: 17 Sep 2019 04:51 PM PDT There’s an obvious and not-so-obvious reason House Democrats are doing everything they can to focus the attention of mainstream media and the sheep who get their news from it (which is, unfortunately, a majority of Americans) on their attempts to take down President Trump. Both reasons are efforts to distract the people. The first is […] The post Yes, impeachment is a distraction. Two of them, actually. appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Erin Cruz launches effort to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom Posted: 17 Sep 2019 04:29 PM PDT For complete transparency, I’ll state up front I completely support this effort to recall Governor Gavin Newsom. As a California resident, I’ve seen the dysfunction from our elected officials and the radical progressive ideas they push. As an American, I understand the need to fight Democrats tooth and nail, especially when their leadership has been […] The post Erin Cruz launches effort to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

American history is falling victim to a post-truth society Posted: 17 Sep 2019 04:04 PM PDT America is the greatest nation that has ever existed, but listening to progressive media, teachers, politicians, and entertainers would paint a very different picture of our history. They say our history is nothing more than oppression after oppression, heinous act after heinous act, and we have no recourse other than to abandon the whole thing […] The post American history is falling victim to a post-truth society appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Thoughts and prayers are exactly what we need Posted: 17 Sep 2019 03:56 PM PDT One of the more disturbing developments in recent years is the growing attacks on thoughts and prayers in the wake of tragedy. Not only are more and more shouting that thoughts and prayers are “not enough” in the wake of tragedy. Many are also doubling-down on the idea by calling thoughts and prayers an excuse […] The post Thoughts and prayers are exactly what we need appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Here’s the smoking gun that Ilhan Omar married her brother Posted: 17 Sep 2019 03:38 PM PDT For the last three years, various journalists and internet sleuths have searched for the “smoking gun,” a piece of evidence that ties all of the other circumstantial and contested evidence that Representative Ilhan Omar married her brother in an immigration and tax fraud scheme. They apparently didn’t search hard enough on her Twitter account until […] The post Here’s the smoking gun that Ilhan Omar married her brother appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Everything wrong with our political discourse in a single tweet Posted: 17 Sep 2019 03:25 PM PDT I will be completely transparent. I did not click on the link to read the extended version of what John Pavlovitz wrote. I looked at his tweet and determined that I was not going to give him the revenue for a single click. Especially for such clickbait. I did look at his profile which reads: “Author […] The post Everything wrong with our political discourse in a single tweet appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

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09/18/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Losing Strategy? Socialism’s Cost; Attribution Errors By Carl M. Cannon on Sep 18, 2019 09:52 am Good morning, it’s Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. In one of his famous debates with Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln offered a brief description of the most prevalent type of what we’d now call “fake news” — the counterfeit quotation attributed to a politician by his opponents. This bane of political discourse isn’t new to our time, in other words. It wasn’t new in 1858. “What is a forgery? It is the bringing forward something in writing or in print purporting to be of certain effect when it is altogether untrue,” Lincoln told the audience in Charleston, Ill., 161 years ago today. “If you come forward with a letter purporting to be written by me which I never wrote, there is forgery.” As presidential scholars and presidents themselves know, when it comes to White House history, forgeries come in many forms. Some are innocuous enough, such as the signs on rustic inns boasting “George Washington slept here” — even if the establishment asserting this claim wasn’t built until the 19th century. My favorite in this category is National Public Radio’s April Fools’ Day prank in which a Richard Nixon impersonator announced his 1992 presidential campaign. “I never did anything wrong,” intoned the ersatz Nixon, “and I won’t do it again.” Not all spoofs are harmless, however, as we’ll see 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: * * * Just Admit It, Democrats: You Want to Lose Next Year.  Reed Galen argues that the party is allowing fringe elements to determine its fate, preferring purity over victory. Money from Nothing: Socialism for Free. Richard Porter offers a primer on the monetary theory behind Democratic presidential candidates’ spending promises. Media’s LGBTQ Focus Has Dwindled Since Trump’s Election. Kalev Leetaru spotlights the numbers. Saudi Oil Attacks Underscore Need for U.S. Energy Dominance. Kelly Sadler writes that the loss of global oil output should offer a lesson to 2020 Democratic presidential candidates determined to ban U.S. fossil-fuel production. Constitution Day Is Also About State-Level Protections. Jeffrey Sutton applauds the second — and often overlooked — set of safeguards that our form of government provides for our rights. Dollar Devaluation Will Weaken Economy. In RealClearMarkets, Daniel Pearson warns that a bill under consideration in Congress will be counterproductive if approved and signed into law. Threat of Russia’s Hypersonic Nukes. In RealClearDefense, Bishop Garrison and Preston Lann sound the alarm over the weapons system now being developed.   * * * Attributing dubious quotes, actions, or attitudes to popular presidents to serve partisan purposes is as American as apple pie. But that doesn’t make it acceptable. And although no one relishes the role of being a scold, it’s the job of honest journalists to call out the perpetrators. I understand that it comforts religiously devout conservatives to be told that George Washington himself said, “It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.” Yet it’s my job to let you know that the Father of Our Country said no such thing. Likewise, National Rifle Association supporters are heartened by another supposed George Washington quote: “A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.” Sorry, Washington never said that, either. For their part, progressives love to bolster their arguments about reining in capitalism by invoking Lincoln’s warning that corporations are “more despotic than monarchy.” That purported Lincoln quote continues: “As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign…until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands.” In 1999, while publicly contemplating entering elective politics, actor Warren Beatty used these lines in a speech to liberal Democrats. Many other liberals have used them as well. There are a couple of problems here. For one thing, the words sound nothing like Lincoln. Also, this phony quotation has been debunked, decade after decade, as far back as the 1890s. Lincoln’s secretary John Nicolay denounced it as a “bold, unblushing forgery.” Oddly, Al Gore reprises the fake Lincoln lines in the recently updated paperback version of his book “The Assault on Reason.” Why is that odd? Because Gore’s book takes aim at those who contribute to voter cynicism by spreading misinformation. Some modern journalists, including Andrew Ferguson, did their duty and pointed out that the “corporations have been enthroned” sentiment is a sham, at least when it comes to Lincoln. Many other journalists, however, merely repeated the spurious quote uncritically. The Gore example underscores another barrier to getting it right. It’s often presidents and vice presidents who peddle phony Lincoln quotes. Ronald Reagan liked to attribute questionable conservative sentiments to Honest Abe by quoting Lincoln as saying, “You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.” This is not Lincoln. Nor is this line, passed off to Democratic members of Congress by President Obama as they prepared to vote on the Affordable Care Act: “I am not bound to win, but I’m bound to be true. I’m not bound to succeed, but I’m bound to live up to what light I have.” Obama may have fooled his former Capitol Hill comrades with this awkward prose (and Lincoln was never awkward), but he didn’t fool me. You see, I remember Ronald Reagan’s penchant for the apocryphal anecdote, and I covered Bill Clinton for eight years. Come to think of it, I was there in 1994 when Clinton said this: “The greatest Republican president — some of us think the greatest president we ever had — Mr. Lincoln, once said that you can fool all of the people some of the time, and you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.” As historian Jack Pitney noted to NPR, it’s a nice line, but it ain’t Lincoln.  Carl M. Cannon   Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com

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