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Good morning from Washington, where the Supreme Court
begins its second term with Brett Kavanaugh on the bench. In one case,
analyzed by Ryan Anderson, a transgender woman claims discrimination
based on sex. We’ve also got a sobering first-person account of an
aborted transition from woman to man. Nolan Peterson files from Kyiv,
Ukraine, on why the impeachment inquiry isn’t big news there. Plus:
Combat veteran Sean Parnell on why he writes, Emilie Kao and Andrea
Jones on who is sexualizing our kids, and Jackson Elliott on the
disturbing theme of Hollywood’s “Joker.” On this date in 2001, a
U.S.-led coalition strikes Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, where the
9/11 attacks a month earlier originated.
Commentary I Spent a Year as a Trans Man. Doctors Failed Me at Every Turn. Two
years ago, I was a healthy, beautiful girl heading toward high school
graduation. Before long, I turned into an overweight, pre-diabetic
nightmare of a transgender man. More Commentary What’s at Stake in Supreme Court’s ‘Sex Discrimination’ Case The
Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in cases that ask whether Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act, which bans employment discrimination on the
basis of sex, extends to discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation and transgender status. More Analysis He Joined the Army After 9/11. Now Sean Parnell Is a Best-Selling Author. “I
just said, ‘What better way to create a character or draw inspiration
for creating a character than by looking at my men for that inspiration
on the battlefield?’ And so, I did,” recounts Parnell. More Commentary We Must Fight the Sexualization of Children by Adults Childhood
used to be a time of innocence. But as our culture has become more and
more sexualized, children have become the casualties of adult
exploitation. More Analysis Why Impeachment Isn’t the Top Story in Ukraine Ukrainians
are focused on news much closer to home—the prospect of rejuvenated
peace talks with Moscow to end the war in Ukraine’s embattled eastern
Donbas region that has lasted five and a half years. More News Supreme Court Remains Respected Despite Kavanaugh Turmoil One-third of respondents in a recent poll said the justices are too conservative, and 17% said they are too liberal. More Commentary No Kidding: ‘Joker’ Is a Madman’s Indictment of Life In the Joker’s deterministic march into murder, we see how little the director believes in individual agency and choice. More
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“An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.” DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER Trump Administration Asks for Comments on Child Sex Trafficking in Foster Care System Automaker Union Says GM Talks Have ‘Taken a Turn for the Worse’ Bernie Sanders Home in Vermont After Heart Attack Supreme Court to Consider Louisiana Abortion Law Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson interviewed a second whistleblower with alleged knowledge about the call between President Donald Trump and the leader of Ukraine. Read more U.S. authorities are reaching out to colleges and universities across the United States as part of a wide-reaching campaign to stem the wholesale theft of technology and trade secrets by researchers tapped by China, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. Read more Americans out of a job are becoming a rarer sight as the unemployment rate reached 3.5 percent in September, down from 3.7 percent a month earlier. The rate for Hispanic Americans, in particular, fell to 3.9 percent—breaking the 4 percent mark for the first time since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began keeping such records in 1973. Read more North Korea is threatening to end talks with the United States, claiming that Washington is fostering a “hostile policy” toward Pyongyang. Read more Hongkongers marched in heavy rain on Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon district, defying a mask ban that the government enacted in an attempt to quell protests. Read more There appears to be a shift in the way media are reporting about Joseph Mifsud, one of the central figures of the 2016 Russia investigation, coinciding with the progress of Attorney General William Barr’s review of the investigation’s origins. 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 Media Pretend China Isn’t Communist By Daniel Ashman “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” This idea has often been used in a religious or philosophical sense, but it works equally well applied to geopolitics. The greatest trick communists ever pulled was convincing the world they didn’t exist. Read more Trump Needs to Fix America’s Dependency on Foreign Uranium By Thomas Del Beccaro One of the biggest scandals of the Obama administration is seriously endangering U.S. national security. The federal government’s approval of the sale of the Uranium One mining company to the Russian state-owned nuclear company leaves our country vulnerable to the Russians. Only President Donald Trump can restore our national security, and the time to do that is now. Read more See More Opinions Chinese Private Investment Is Crashing By Valentin Schmid (June 13, 2016) No matter how much politicians and Western observers want the Chinese economy to run on services and forget about manufacturing, we are a long way away from it. Case in point: In order to keep GDP from collapsing entirely in the second quarter, Chinese state enterprises boosted overall fixed asset investment to 9.6 percent growth over the year while investment by private companies languished at… Read more Full-blown panic ensued in the fake news media when it was announced that U.S. Attorney General William Barr was in Italy meeting with government officials about the role of Italian intelligence in what has become popularly known as “Russiagate,” the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign during the 2016 election. Mass Media Panic: Barr & Durham in Italy Copyright © 2019 The Epoch Times, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list or remove my account. |
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Monday, October 7, 2019 Supreme Court Preview On Monday, the new Supreme Court term begins. Notable cases involve “[abortion], federal protection for LGBT employees, the Trump administration’s decision to end the program known as DACA, and gun rights.” SCOTUSblog Background: The court will hear three cases involving whether the Civil Rights Act – which bars discrimination “on the basis of sex” – also bars discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity. The court will also hear a case from Louisiana (June Medical Services LLC v. Gee) involving the requirement that abortion doctors have an agreement with a nearby hospital that would allow them to treat patients there. This case is similar to a 2016 case from Texas (Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt) that struck down such a requirement. SCOTUSblog From the Left The left is worried that the Supreme Court will rule against gay and transgender rights, and narrow constitutional protections for abortion. “As Congress remains deadlocked and the White House melts down, SCOTUS has become the only fully functioning branch of the federal government. It has taken on the role of policymaker, obligated to resolve many of the battles that engulf the political branches… “As the new majority launches a conservative revolution in constitutional law, ushered in by Kavanaugh’s elevation to the bench, Democrats will learn, over and over again, how much damage Trump has inflicted on the progressive project. And they will be forced to contend with a wildly powerful judiciary poised to obstruct progressive reforms while shattering liberal precedent. The Supreme Court is not yet in the forefront of the 2020 race. By the time this term is over, traumatized Democrats may struggle to talk about anything else. Perhaps Democrats will espouse a vision of progressivism that is less reliant upon the judiciary for success. They may conclude that it is not healthy for a democracy to depend so extensively on the rule of five justices in Washington.” Mark Joseph Stern, Slate “The Supreme Court will hear three cases [this] Tuesday that ask whether it is legal to fire workers because of their sexual orientation or gender identity… The text of the [Civil Rights Act] bans only ‘sex’ discrimination, not discrimination based on a worker’s sexual orientation or gender identity. These cases ask whether concepts like sexual orientation and gender identity are so tightly bound to the concept of sex (meaning gender, not sexual intercourse) that a ban on sex discrimination necessarily protects LGBTQ workers. They are also the first big test of how the Supreme Court’s new majority will treat LGBTQ rights cases… “In 1989, the Supreme Court held that gender stereotyping is itself a form of sex discrimination — a woman may not be fired, for example, because her bosses deem her too masculine in appearance or conduct. Yet… attraction is ‘the ultimate case of failure to conform’ to a gender stereotype. Something very similar could be said about the stereotypical view that all people’s gender must align with the sex they were assigned at birth… Thus, if the Supreme Court holds that it is lawful to discriminate against gay or trans workers, it could upend the 30-year-old rule against gender stereotyping… [and] leave many Americans without recourse if they are fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.” Ian Milhiser, Vox Similarly, the abortion case “may be the Court’s first step in radically shifting its approach to abortion cases, gradually undoing the standards that have supported a constitutional right to abortion for the past 45 years… anti-abortion groups have used a barrage of state legislation to limit the number of abortions that actually take place, which has proved an effective alternative to outright bans on the procedure. The Supreme Court pushed back against this strategy in Whole Woman’s Health, calling out the Texas legislature for intentionally placing ‘substantial obstacles’ in the path of women who wanted to terminate their pregnancies. By agreeing to hear a similar case about what appears to be a similar law, the current Court has signaled that it may not continue this approach… “If the Supreme Court is, indeed, open to altering its past approach, June Medical Services might be the beginning of a gradual, radical reorientation of abortion jurisprudence. This vindicates a long-standing strategy of the anti-abortion movement, which has purposefully teed up as many potential abortion challenges as possible in the states and lower courts, hoping that a few will make their way to the Supreme Court… [However] it’s unlikely that the justices will use June Medical Services, or any other single case, to summarily strike down Roe in some dramatic one-line declaration. What’s more likely is a gradual unwinding of abortion rights.” Emma Green, The Atlantic “The court also will hear a challenge to President Trump’s decision in 2017 to reverse President Barack Obama’s 2012 executive order protecting undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children — the roughly 700,000 young men and women known as Dreamers… “Had Mr. Trump simply said that he was rescinding DACA because he did not think it was a wise policy, he would have been on firmer legal ground. But because he was afraid of taking responsibility for destroying the Dreamers’ lives, Mr. Trump is trying to pass the job off to the Supreme Court by arguing that DACA was an illegal exercise of authority from the start. That’s simply wrong — not to mention suspicious coming from an administration that claims to have broad authority in other immigration contexts… When the justices hear this case in November, they ought to tell the president that if he wants to kill off a popular program, he’ll need to look the American people in the eye and own it.” Editorial Board, New York Times From the Right The right argues that a ruling for the gay and transgender employees would be legally incorrect and harmful to women, and hopes for a ruling allowing further abortion restrictions. The lawyer defending the funeral home’s firing of a transgender employee states, “[a ruling in favor of the employee] would create unfair situations for women in the workplace, in athletics, and even in places like women’s shelters that serve abuse victims. These aren’t hypothetical concerns. In Connecticut, two male athletes who identify as females have competed in girls’ track and field events over the past two years. In that stretch, those two athletes have won 15 state titles that once belonged to nine different girls. And in Alaska, an Anchorage commission has tried to force a women’s shelter to allow a man who claims a female identity to sleep in a common room with women who have been raped, trafficked, and abused.” John Bursch, Detroit Free News “In the statute, the word ‘sex’ refers to male and female. That makes sense because the law favors clear and objective standards… [in a recent case] Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg underscored the biological element of sex differences… saying that ‘the two sexes are not fungible.’ Men and women are equal, but not identical or interchangeable. On the contrary, each sex is unique and has distinct biological features… “Today, many who claim to be pro-woman are willing to surrender the hard-won rights of women under the law and destroy equal opportunity in athletics, education, and business by allowing men to compete in women’s sports, win college scholarships designed for women, and take advantage of female-only opportunities for women-run businesses. If we allow courts to re-write the law so that males can simply choose to be females, we will undermine laws that exist to ensure equality for women.” Ken Paxton, Washington Examiner “While its outcome obviously matters for the people immediately involved, the Supreme Court’s ruling on the meaning of the word ‘sex’ has direct and profound implications for other parts of federal law. It matters for the millions of girls and women affected by analogous laws such as those that ensure equal opportunities for education and athletic opportunities ‘on the basis of sex’… the entire premise behind sex-specific competition in sports is the simple scientific reality that, in general, males are stronger, faster and more physically powerful than females. As a result, if males and females are required to compete together, women will almost always lose… “My heart aches seeing the struggles of males who believe they are females. Anyone struggling with his or her identity in this way needs love, support, compassion and friendship — and absolutely deserves protection from bullying and violence. Even so, a just, equitable and compassionate solution simply cannot require the redefinition of what it means to be a girl or a woman. Loving each other does not necessitate a spot on the women’s team, or a woman’s trophy.” Anita Milanovich, USA Today Furthermore, regarding one of the lower court decisions ruling in favor of a transgender employee, “The [dissenting opinion] said that ‘sexual orientation’ is not the same forbidden category of employment discrimination as sex is. This is an interpretation that ‘has been stable for many decades.’ As proof that the terms ‘sex’ and ‘sexual orientation’ are not used interchangeably, the minority cited the Violence Against Women Act, which forbids discrimination on the basis of both ‘sex’ and ‘sexual orientation,’ and the Hate Crimes Act, which imposes heightened punishment for harms inflicted because of both ‘gender’ or ‘sexual orientation’… “Citing ‘the broader context of the statute,’ the majority acknowledged but disregarded the fact that Congress has ‘frequently’ considered adding, but has declined to add, ‘sexual orientation’ to the Act… [a concurring judge spoke of] ‘taking advantage of what the last half century has taught’ in order to correct ‘statutory obsolescence’ and ‘to avoid placing the entire burden of updating old statutes on the legislative branch.’ When and where, one wonders, were courts authorized to share the ‘burden’ of legislating?… It is depressing but clear that the Supreme Court needs to remind Congress — and the [lower courts] — that ‘statutory updating’ is Congress’ job.” George Will, National Review “The Court will decide the most consequential abortion case in a generation… [If it] reaffirms the 2016 Texas precedent [that blocked a similar law], then the message is clear — the Court is not substantially different. Even though he’s retired, the Court will still be Kennedy’s Court… By contrast, an opinion that actually reverses [the Texas decision] would demonstrate that the Court is willing to act with at least some degree of boldness and would greatly encourage state legislators who’ve passed hundreds of new pro-life laws in the past decade.” David French, National Review On the bright side… Bear cubs lock themselves in a Gatlinburg van, then honk until a human [lets] them out. WBIR Our volunteer team spends hours each night scanning the news, fact-checking, and debating one another, so your 5 minutes each morning can be well spent. If you’ve found value in our work, we welcome you to help sustain our efforts and expand our reach. Any support you can provide is greatly appreciated! Share Tweet Forward Sign Up Here Copyright © 2019 The Flip Side, All rights reserved. You can unsubscribe from this list here. |
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Good morning, Here is all the news conservatives need to know to start their day. At 4pm ET, you can catch me on radio to bring you up to speed on developments throughout the day. You can listen live here. What’s Happening Behind the Scenes As the GOP Considers Impeachment You may think you’re paying attention and so have come to conclusions justifying impeachment. But the voters aren’t paying attention. WE ARE ONLY TWO FREAKING WEEKS INTO THIS AND THE LAST TIME THEY PAID ATTENTION YOU WERE CALLING FOR TRUMP’S OUSTER THEN TOO. To many of those people, it looks like you are crying wolf. Again. So stop the hand-wringing about the “Republicans” you once respected, etc. I assure you they are having the conversations you want them to have behind closed doors and more than one is glad Romney got on out there. It would help your cause tremendously if the Democrats did do a select committee of sane Democrats not let by Schiff. The coordination issues undermine his credibility. Optics matter here too. Lastly, if you’re one of the Republicans who wants the President gone, going after Pence right now just signals that you’ll never be happy so there’s no reason to listen to you. The post What’s Happening Behind the Scenes As the GOP Considers Impeachment appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Kanye Is Kingdom-Minded Kanye is a free-thinker, and has apparently given himself freely to his Savior and Lord. “I ain’t never made a decision only based on my color. That’s a form of slavery, mental slavery,” he said from the stage in Salt Lake City (a venue filled with Mormons, which is all the more intriguing, as we’ll see). The post Kanye Is Kingdom-Minded appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » The National Basketball Association Sides With the Communist Chinese The NBA has been woke for a while and this is another reminder wokeness leads to totalitarianism. Houston Rockets General Manager Darryl Morey tweeted in support of the Hong Kong protestors and China’s basketball association blasted him before suspending its cooperation with the Houston Rockets. The NBA has now come out and apologized for daring […] The post The National Basketball Association Sides With the Communist Chinese appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Trump is Maneuvering to Make Elizabeth Warren the Nominee What is Trump doing? That’s the question on the minds of many other Republicans I know – all supporters of the President. They’ve asked, variously, whether he’s just making a bunch of mistakes in all this impeachment stuff or is surrounded by poor advice, or what. He seems to be shooting totally from the hip. […] The post Trump is Maneuvering to Make Elizabeth Warren the Nominee appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » North Korea Breaks Off Nuclear Talks Reuters reports that North Korea’s top negotiator announced today that the hermit kingdom was suspending negotiations with the United States. After spending the day in negotiations with the US delegation in Sweden, Kim Myong Gil, the North’s chief negotiator, blamed the failure to reach an agreement on the inflexibility of the Americans, who would not […] The post North Korea Breaks Off Nuclear Talks appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Grab Your Popcorn: Tulsi’s Coming to the Next Democrat Debates Tulsi Gabbard is one of the most fascinating Democrats in the presidential race. The US Representative from Hawaii doesn’t walk in lockstep with the rest of the candidates on a whole host of issues, which is why she’s caught the eye of many of my libertarian friends. I definitely appreciate her honesty and her willing […] The post Grab Your Popcorn: Tulsi’s Coming to the Next Democrat Debates appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Mixed Economic News Hints At Slowing Economy Job growth seems to be slowing while manufacturing has been in decline for six months. The post Mixed Economic News Hints At Slowing Economy appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Pro-Trump Conspiracy Group Claims Responsibility For ‘Baby-Eater’ Activist When a woman interrupted an AOC town hall yesterday to advocate eating babies to stop climate change, many people thought it was too good to be true. An obviously mentally-disturbed woman who was advocating a crazy policy that seemed to embrace the twin pillars of leftist ideology, abortion and climate change, was like a caricature […] The post Pro-Trump Conspiracy Group Claims Responsibility For ‘Baby-Eater’ Activist appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Mr. President, Have You Seen What Facebook Just Did? CNN has pulled some of President Trump’s advertisements and progressives are cheering. Now progressives are targeting Facebook because the company has refused to delete the same advertisements from President Trump. That’s right. Facebook is treating people as big kids and letting candidates run ads. Here’s the reality — the left complained when Facebook refused to […] The post Mr. President, Have You Seen What Facebook Just Did? appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » The Parable of Shooting the Migrants in the Legs How to address immigration and our southern border is an issue Americans should be able to debate and disagree on in good faith. Christians have a responsibility – like any other policy issue – to act in a way within that discussion that is consistent with the principles Christ gave us. 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| President Trump was dealt another blow on Sunday when a second whistleblower announced plans to call into question his dealings with the Ukrainians, potentially fortifying the House Democrats’ impeachment probe. According to ABC News, the second whistleblower is an intelligence official who has first-hand knowledge of some of the allegations outlined by the original whistleblower and is being represented by lawyer Mark Zaid. Zaid’s team is also defending the individual who filed the original complaint in August, which was declassified and publicly released. Over the past week, Trump’s team and allies have worked to try to discredit the first whistleblower, arguing the individual is a “deep state” partisan. As the inquiry climbs to the highest levels of government, some Republican lawmakers have distanced themselves from Trump, while others have publicly defended his actions or waved off arguments that Trump’s remarks calling on China and Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden were impeachable offenses. When pressed in his home state, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said he didn’t believe Trump was serious when he asked China to get involved and was simply egging on the media. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, went a step further while appearing on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. “You really think he was serious about thinking that China is going to investigate the Biden family?” Jordan asked host George Stephanopoulos. “Remember, this is the president who’s been tougher on China than any other president.” The remarks from all corners came after the president admitted to reporters on Friday that he is likely to be impeached in the House even though he is expected to be acquitted after any Senate trial, given the GOP majority and need for 67 votes to convict (The Hill). The Hill: Key Republicans split with Trump on Biden investigation push. The Washington Post: “Out on a limb”: Inside the Republican reckoning over Trump’s possible impeachment. Axios: Trump’s private concerns of an impeachment legacy. The Associated Press: Trump allies sought changes at Ukraine utility. The Hill: House Democrat: Impeachment inquiry “likely to stay narrowly focused.” The Hill: Trump’s GOP challengers split on impeachment vote. With the focus on the president, Republicans have sought to create new political boogeymen on the left as the impeachment push moves on. As Jordain Carney writes, with the party facing growing headaches, Republicans are trying to shift the focus to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the Bidens and the origins of the Russia probe. Other Republicans have their eyes squarely on the impeachment process. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is perhaps the most important one. In a social media campaign ad, McConnell said he will “block” any Democratic effort to oust Trump, using the blitz to raise funds for his reelection campaign. Speaking to supporters in the video, McConnell emphasized that the Senate GOP is the firewall to thwart any House effort to indict the president through the impeachment process for high crimes and misdemeanors (The Associated Press). “All of you know your Constitution,” McConnell, who is up for reelection next year, says in the video. “The way that impeachment stops is with a Senate majority with me as majority leader.” Trump’s White House advisers are struggling to contain the fallout from the president’s invitations to foreign governments to investigate one of his political rivals, as Morgan Chalfant and Brett Samuels write. The allegations, corroborations, witness testimony and leaks considered damaging to Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani snaked from the White House to the Cabinet, reaching the departments of State, Energy, and Justice and the CIA. The Hill: Pentagon distances itself from Ukraine controversy. NBC News: Back home, battleground Democrats encounter support — but not hunger — for impeachment. Reuters: Three diplomats are scheduled to testify in the impeachment inquiry this week. The Hill: News from the Sunday shows. |
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| POLITICS: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and his campaign face questions on multiple fronts after the senator suffered a heart attack last week, which the campaign decided not to disclose until three days later and after he had been released from a hospital in Las Vegas to return to Burlington, Vt. The questions surrounding Sanders, who is off the campaign trail and is expected to remain that way in the coming days, take many different forms, including regarding the transparency — or lack thereof — as well as the larger issue of whether the 78-year-old can stand up to the rigors of the presidency in the wake of the health scare. |
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Throughout his campaign, Sanders has pitched himself as a picture of health and has kept up an intense public schedule since announcing his 2020 bid. Sanders Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), are septuagenarians, and questions swirl about physical health as well as ageism (The Washington Post).
Looking ahead to the campaign schedule, Sanders’s team still expects him to take part in the Oct. 15 Democratic debate, which occurs less than two weeks after Sanders’ hospitalization and surgery. If the debate stage is his next public appearance, his performance will be heavily scrutinized and Warren continues to climb in voter surveys.
The Washington Post: Uncertainty takes over the lead in the Democratic presidential race.
> Passive Biden: Biden allies are worried that the former vice president is being too passive as Trump readies to deliver a knockout blow with the ongoing mess surrounding Ukraine.
As Jonathan Easley and Amie Parnes report, Trump’s campaign is going all-in against Biden, spending millions to meddle in the Democratic primary with the specific aim of taking Biden down. Although Biden has hit back, he has also signaled that he’ll stay the course with an issues-based campaign. Some close allies are warning that this isn’t enough — that Biden faces an existential threat in the attacks from Trump and that he must repurpose his campaign as a one-on-one fight against the president or risk becoming another in Trump’s long list of political casualties.
The new worries come as Biden’s campaign faces challenges on multiple fronts, including in polling as Warren has either caught or surpassed him in many national and state surveys. Another concern is on the fundraising side as Biden posted a subpar total in the third fundraising quarter, which fell roughly $10 million behind both Warren and Sanders, while also trailing South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg. The total has been a trouble sign for some allies who worry Biden has begun an irreversible fade.
On the Ukraine side, while there is no evidence that Biden did anything wrong, the scandal has become a drag on his campaign. Republicans are firing political missiles at his campaign, hoping it sinks in the process.
Additionally, questions are inevitable in the coming weeks about Biden’s health in the wake of Sanders’s heart attack. Since launching his bid, Biden has faced questions about whether he is physically up to snuff, and given that he would be 78 on inauguration day, the questions are likely to continue.
The New York Times: Biden faced his biggest challenge, and struggled to form a response.
NBC News: Biden said he was prepared for Trump attacks, but now he’s struggling to respond.
Politico: Trump piles up Florida enemies.
| © Getty Images > Labor: Warren’s extensive labor plan to raise wages and strengthen the rights of workers has created nervy times for the business community, which is becoming increasingly worried about her candidacy as she continues to rise in the 2020 Democratic primary race. “It’s not an understatement to say that Elizabeth Warren’s plan could eradicate the franchise business model and put 733,000 small business owners out of existence,” said Matt Haller, the International Franchise Association senior vice president of government relations and public affairs. Warren’s plan, unveiled Thursday, argues that workers’ wages have “largely stagnated” while corporate profits and worker productivity have risen. The Chamber of Commerce called her plan unconstitutional, echoing the rhetoric used to take aim at her proposed tax on corporations and organizations that spend over $500,000 lobbying the federal government (The Hill). The Associated Press: Warren aims to build appeal in Republican strongholds. Politico Magazine: The rise and fall of Donald Trump’s mini-me. |
| IN FOCUS/SHARP TAKES |
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ADMINISTRATION & WHITE HOUSE: Trump on
Sunday dramatically shifted U.S. policy toward Kurdish fighters, long
backed by the United States as allies, and endorsed Turkey’s plan to use
military force to jettison the Kurds, which it views as a terrorist
insurgency, near the border in Syria. The president’s decision goes
against advice from top officials inside the Pentagon and the State
Department and will result in the pullback of 100 to 150 U.S. military
personnel deployed to the area. Trump spoke on Sunday to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey about the plan (The New York Times).
> Immigration: The administration
attracted attention Friday with its announcement that it will begin
denying visas on Nov. 3 to people who are unable to pay for health
insurance while in the United States (The New York Times). Immigrants rights activists and Democratic lawmakers immediately raised objections to the administration’s new policy (The Hill).
> Federal contractors: Activist groups
want Congress to adopt legislation to protect federal contractors who
earn low wages, seeking to protect them should there be a future
government shutdown, during which compensation can be placed on hold for
days or even a month, creating dire financial hardships (The Hill).
> IRS presidential audits: A whistleblower allegation
about possible misconduct in the presidential tax return audit program
managed by the IRS and overseen by the Treasury Department has received
new attention amid House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into Trump. Some
of the president’s critics want congressional leaders to disclose more
information and argue it could be crucial to the House majority’s
oversight of the White House and the executive branch (The Hill). > E-cigarette regulation: The administration’s recent regulation of flavored vaping products is being met with resistance among some conservative interest groups and Republican lawmakers who complain about executive overreach. But so far, Trump is listening to his advisers who say clearing the market of all flavors except tobacco is the effective way to cut down on an epidemic of youth vaping (The Hill). > Trade: Trump set this month’s tariff deadlines on some imported goods, and now those deadlines are closing in. With a resilient but slowing economy as the backdrop, Trump is staring down a tough two-week sprint in talks with China and the European Union before a new round of costly tariffs kicks in. Senior U.S. and Chinese officials are set to resume trade talks on Oct. 10 and Oct. 11, less than a week before a sharp increase in U.S. tariffs is slated to take effect on Oct. 15. Here’s what to watch (The Hill). |
| OPINION |
| Presidential race runs front and center in impeachment politics, by Douglas Schoen, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/2oVDuhV New York state threatens fines to force people to help block immigration enforcement, by Nolan Rappaport, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/2MmdLqP |
| WHERE AND WHEN |
| Hill.TV’s “Rising” at 9 a.m. ET features Linda Richter, director of policy research and analysis for the Center on Addiction, to react to the Food and Drug Administration and regulation of flavored vaping products; journalist Michael Tracey discusses the impeachment drama; Charles Lehman, staff writer for the Washington Free Beacon, describes falling life expectancy in Missouri and what’s behind it. Find Hill.TV programming at http://thehill.com/hilltv or on YouTube at 10 a.m. The House meets on Tuesday at 1 p.m. for a pro forma session; members are expected to return on Oct. 15 for votes. The Senate convenes Tuesday at noon for a pro forma session. The president has lunch with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Trump participates in a briefing with senior military leaders at 6 p.m. Then he and first lady Melania Trump host a social dinner with senior military leaders and spouses at the White House. Vice President Pence heads to a Tyson Foods facility in Nashville today to advocate for the ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. He’ll also headline a Trump reelection fundraising dinner in Franklin, Tenn. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will speak at 1 p.m. in Salt Lake City at a premiere screening for the KUED film “Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve.” |
| ELSEWHERE |
| ➔ Supreme Court: As justices get back to work, here are five big cases to watch this term (The New York Times). …The Supreme Court decision on Friday to take up a Louisiana abortion case poses the first big test for Trump’s judicial picks for the Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. The case, which will likely be decided next summer, will elevate the abortion debate in the heat of a presidential election (The Hill). … It’s been a year since the Senate confirmed Justice Brett Kavanaugh (The Hill). … Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week offered her assessment of current political turmoil in the context of U.S. history — “an aberration,” she said (The Boston Globe). ➔ Jimmy Carter: The former president, who recently celebrated his 95th birthday, fell at his home in Plains, Ga., on Sunday and needed several stitches above his brow. His spokesman said in a statement that Carter “feels fine” after receiving medical attention (The Associated Press). ➔ North Korea: Pyongyang said talks with the United States fell apart on Saturday, but the Trump administration denied any collapse and seeks to resume talks in two weeks in Stockholm (Reuters). North Korea said Sunday it is unlikely the United States would have anything new to bring to the negotiations in two weeks (Reuters). Five things to know about North Korea’s firing last week of a submarine-launched ballistic missile during yet another provocative test (The Hill). |
| © Getty Images ➔ State Watch: The Montana-based National Center for Unwanted Firearms helps interested gun owners around the country find safe disposal of their weapons through sales, donation or destruction. Bruce Seiler co-founded the organization four years ago. “I’m like the Rain Man of guns,” he explained. Show him any gun and he can recite the make, model, gauge, and something interesting or unique about its provenance. After his time in the Secret Service as an ordnance specialist, he worked in weapons sales to law enforcement for the gun manufacturer SigArms. He even owned a gun shop at one point. “We need to get rid of some of these guns,” Seiler said. “There’s no junkyard for guns, so we’re trying to be the junkyard” (The California Sunday Magazine). |
| THE CLOSER |
| And finally … The United States showed off the speed and depth of its squad to win three gold medals on the final day of the world track championships on Sunday. U.S. runners won the men’s and women’s 4×400-meter relays, and U.S. women finished first and second in the 100-meter hurdles. The U.S. finished with 14 gold medals — its best result at a world championships in 12 years — in the last major global competition before next year’s Olympics in Tokyo. Allyson Felix won a record 13th world championship gold as part of the relay team, though she only ran in the heats. The United States used Dalilah Muhammad and Sydney McLaughlin, the gold and silver medalists in the 400-meter hurdles, on the relay team. Notably, Nia Ali wrapped herself in the U.S. flag and celebrated a victory lap with her two young children after taking gold in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 12.34, a personal best, beating fellow American Kendra Harrison. |
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Investors were eyeing the 70-story Lake Point Tower for a condo deconversion. The owners just fought back. MONDAY, OCT 7 Residents of Lake Point Tower are fighting back against the deconversion trend in Chicago, enacting new condominium association rules designed to thwart any effort to turn the 70-story skyscraper near Navy Pier into apartments.At other Chicago properties, purchases by investors who aren’t residents have led to eventual building deconversions — in which all the condos are bought in bulk and then redeveloped into rental apartments. “We wanted to stop it before it ever started,” said JoAnn O’Brien, a 31-year resident and president of the condo board. The new rules were drawn up after recent overtures from investors. The Chicago City Council recently approved an ordinance to make it harder for developers to buy an entire condo building and convert it to rentals. 3.) CPS teachers are being offered 16% raises. Here’s a look at why they’re holding out and might go on strike. MONDAY, OCT 7 As the planned strike date of Oct. 17 approaches, months of negotiations between the city of Chicago and its 25,000 public schoolteachers could be leaning toward an impasse: The city wants to avoid a strike by settling the issues the union can legally walk out over, primarily pay and health benefits. But CTU leaders know if they agree to those and their ability to strike is diminished, the city will have less incentive to meet their other demands. 4.) The Chicago Archdiocese does not publicly identify deceased priests accused of sexual abuse. Here’s why one suburban deacon is trying to change that. MONDAY, OCT 7 A controversial church policy doesn’t require full investigations into allegations made against deceased priests. The archdiocese has defended its longstanding policy, noting that deceased priests no longer pose a risk to children and can’t respond to accusations that might be false. But advocacy groups, abuse survivors and former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who began a probe into clergy abuse last year, have criticized the practice, saying it re-traumatizes victims and fails to hold church leadership accountable. Now, archdiocese officials say they are working with Madigan’s successor, Kwame Raoul, to determine if changes should be made to the way it handles cases involving deceased priests. Nearly 1,700 priests and other clergy members that the Roman Catholic Church considers credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living under the radar with little to no oversight from religious authorities or law enforcement, decades after the first wave of the church abuse scandal roiled U.S. dioceses, an Associated Press investigation has found. 5.) As hope for new source of city money fades, Chicago youth homeless programs at risk of losing federal funding too MONDAY, OCT 7 Transitional housing programs in Chicago such as Ignite, one- to two-year programs that provide housing, financial support and casework largely for homeless youth, are increasingly at risk of losing funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, providers of the programs say. The federal funding application for Chicago’s homeless programs submitted at the end of September places transitional housing programs at a lower priority than all other types of homeless programs that primarily serve adults. 6.) With the EPA and Indiana on the sidelines, groups threaten to sue steel mill for fish-killing chemical spills in Lake Michigan tributary MONDAY, OCT 7 Alarmed by a recent fish-killing spill of toxic chemicals into a Lake Michigan tributary, environmental lawyers discovered a northwest Indiana steel mill violated clean water laws more than 100 other times during the past four years. Yet their review of state records found neither the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency nor the Indiana Department of Environmental Management have taken enforcement action against ArcelorMittal for the repeated violations, prompting two environmental groups to threaten a lawsuit that could force regulators to do their jobs. The potential legal action marks the second time in as many years that public interest lawyers have challenged one of the region’s steel mills for dumping toxic pollution into tributaries of Lake Michigan, the source of drinking water for more than 7 million people in Chicago and surrounding communities. 7.) How two Chicago brothers built the largest Indian grocery chain in North America MONDAY, OCT 7 What started as the story of two brothers trying to feed their homesickness and young families continues as a saga that feeds a growing Indian community, at home in this country, but still hungry for their home culture, wherever they were born. The original Patel Brothers, open since 1974, still stands in the Little India area of the West Rogers Park neighborhood. The grand opening of a new location in Niles last week drew thousands of people, some of whom waited for two hours in the rain. We’re tracking down the best Indian food in Chicago this month. Here’s what we’ve found so far. 8.) 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I’ve said it at least once and I’ll say it again — Melania’s casual looks are my absolute favorite. Last week in a trip to Wyoming for the Be Best program she looked stunning and, just as important, warm! |
From John Binder’s Fashion Notes:
“First Lady Melania Trump got cool in the mountains of Wyoming on
Thursday as she visited a local troop of the Boy Scouts of America as
part of her “Be Best” campaign.
In
a pair of black J Brand skinny jeans, a black Ralph Lauren turtle neck,
Timbaland leather boots, an ivory puffer coat, and Saint Laurent
sunglasses, Mrs. Trump traveled to Jackson Hole to take in the views,
greet local Boy Scouts, and head out on a river adventure.”
Your results may vary, but I think this may be the key to looking chic
in a puffer coat — go monochromatic. Here are some options for getting
the First Lady’s look for less.
The Ivory Puffer Coat
Calvin Klein Petite Hooded Packable Down Puffer Coat from Macy’s, $113.99
Calvin Klein Plus Size Hooded Puffer Coat with Faux Fur Trim from Macy’s, $240
A New Day Women’s Puffer Jacket from Target, $44.99
A New Day Short Quilted Puffer Jacket from Target, $39.99
ColdControl Lightweight Puffer Jacket from Gap, $98
Black Turtleneck
Ribbed Turtleneck from Ralph Lauren, $78
A New Day Turtleneck Rib Drapey Top from Target, $19.99
A New Day Rib-Knit Cuff Turtleneck Sweater from Target, $17.99
Plus Size Universal Standard Foundation Turtleneck from Nordstrom, $45
And, of course, the famous black turtleneck from Gap, $34.95
Black Skinny Jeans
I’ve mentioned this brand before and it’s now the only brand I buy.
Denim can be very finicky depending on the rise, stretch, and thickness
you like. Celebrity Pink wins on all fronts for me. For this look, I
like the Plus Size High Rise Skinny Angle Jeans from Macy’s on sale for $19.99 and the Celebrity Pink Ankle Skinny Jeans from Macy’s for $19.99.
The next day, Melania wore a similar look but with an army green puffer jacket and ivory turtleneck and jeans. John Binder tweeted, “As I describe, this may be one of the most breathtaking photos of @FLOTUS Melania Trump — like a Ralph Lauren ad campaign shot by Bruce Weber. J’adore.”
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From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
FIRST READ: Conspiracy theories go mainstream inside the GOP
Eight years ago, a vocal minority of Republicans peddled the conspiracy theory that Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States.
Now that the lead proponent of that debunked idea is the president of the United States and the head of the Republican Party, conspiracy theories have now gone mainstream inside the GOP.
The latest example: Wisconsin GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, appearing to argue on “Meet the Press” yesterday that the real interference in the 2016 election was from Ukraine.
He said:
“And so what President Trump’s had to endure, a false accusation — by the way, you’ve got John Brennan on — you oughta ask Director Brennan what did Peter Strzok mean when he texted Lisa Page on December 15th, 2016?”
And:
“What he wants is he wants to– an accounting of what happened in 2016. Who set him up? Did things spring from Ukraine?”
Also:
“You know, there’s a good piece. We’ve got an oversight letter on — from Politico in 2017 where– le– let me– let me quote the article. It says, “Ukrainian government officials tried to help Hillary Clinton and undermine Trump.”
And:
“I don’t know to what extent DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign were involved in kinda juicin’ up the– the Ukrainian involvements as well.”
What spurred this response from Johnson? The first question he received on the show about his concern to the Wall Street Journal that military aid to Ukraine and investigations might be combined.
Later in the interview, Johnson did admit that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, and he also agreed that former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort wasn’t framed for his convicted crimes.
Still, he wasn’t the only other mainstream Republican over the weekend talking about Ukraine and the 2016 election.
Here’s Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was Trump’s former CIA director and a former Republican congressman from Kansas:
“And it is not only appropriate, but it is our duty to investigate if we think there was interference in the election of 2016, I think everyone recognizes that governments have an obligation – indeed, a duty – to ensure that elections happen with integrity, without interference from any government, whether that’s the Ukrainian government or any other.”
“The Republican Party has got to get a grip on itself,” Colin Powell said. “Republican leaders and members of the Congress, both Senate and the House, are holding back because they’re terrified of what will happen to any one of them if they speak out.”
TWEET OF THE DAY: Fearing the ratio
U.S. withdraws from northern Syria before Turkish operation
And as Trump deals with an impeachment inquiry back home…
“The U.S. military has moved its forces away from the Turkish border with northern Syria, after the White House said Sunday night that Turkey would soon begin an operation in a part of northeastern Syria where it wants to resettle Syrian refugees — and that U.S. forces wouldn’t be there to help or stop them,” per NBC News.
Why this is significant: “The announcement is a major blow to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, which the United States relied upon heavily as the most effective fighting force against ISIS and the reaction from Kurds so far has been one of anger.”
The other international-domestic story worth paying attention to concerns the NBA.
Just because this is the NBA doesn’t mean it’s not serious. A lot of Fortune 500 companies are probably paying very close attention. And are nervous.
Bernie Sanders had a heart attack – and how it could reshape the Dem race
Three years ago, the political world flipped out after Hillary Clinton had a fainting spell on 9/11.
As it turned out, she had pneumonia.
But on Friday afternoon, we learned that what caused Bernie Sanders to have an emergency heart procedure was a heart attack.
And it took the campaign three whole days to let the public know that.
In addition to reminding the public that the three top Democratic presidential candidates are 70 and older, the Sanders news could reshape the Dem race – at least at the margins – with the Vermont senator sitting in third place in most 2020 Dem polls.
2020 VISION: Two strong polls for Biden
Despite all the negativity surrounding his campaign, Joe Biden received two good Fox polls over the weekend.
In South Carolina, the poll shows Biden ahead by nearly 30 points, an increase since July: Biden 41 percent, Warren 12 percent, Sanders 10 percent, Harris 4 percent, Steyer 4 percent, Booker 3 percent.
And in Wisconsin, the Fox poll has Biden narrowly ahead of Warren in the Dem race – and leading Trump in the general in that state by almost 10 points.
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On the campaign trail today: Cory Booker spends his day in Iowa… So does Kamala Harris… Julian Castro visits a refugee camp in Brownsville, Texas… And Michael Bennet campaigns in New Hampshire.
Dispatches from NBC’s embeds: Cory Booker yesterday campaigned in Iowa where, per NBC’s Priscilla Thompson, the senator saw a better response than Dem Montana Gov. Steve Bullock did: “Folks were packed in tight here and Booker got robust laughs, claps and audible responses from this crowd. Gov. Steve Bullock hosted an event here weeks ago to a far smaller crowd.” Booker also took a small swipe on candidates campaigning on plans, plans, plans (wink wink, Elizabeth Warren): “Nobody wins presidential elections based upon who has a better 15-point policy plan on guns, even though I believe I do have one. The reality is though, we’ve lost elections before. … It has not just do with the head, it’s the heart and the spirit and where our country is.”
Over the weekend, eight Democratic hopefuls spoke at the SEIU presidential forum in California where NBC’s Benjamin Pu covered how the candidates spoke to labor-focused issues. Read his full recap here. Per Pu, “While all candidates spoke at length about labor issues and their personal connections to unions, some of the biggest responses they got from SEIU members came from their answers on immigration, ending mass incarceration, and health care.”
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is … 9 points.
9 points.
That’s Joe Biden’s margin over Donald Trump in a hypothetical matchup in Wisconsin, according to a new Fox News poll.
The poll found that Biden leads Trump in the Badger State 48 percent to 39 percent.
That’s compared with Bernie Sanders besting Trump by 5, 45 percent to 40 percent, and Elizabeth Warren up 45 percent to 41 percent — both results within the poll’s margin of error.
Talking policy with Benjy
There’s been a whole lot of talk about the “Overton window” this cycle as progressive and socialist activists push for bigger and bigger plans that, beyond their individual merits, serve to make the previous leftward position seem more mainstream by comparison, NBC’s Benjy Sarlin observes.
We may be seeing something similar happening under the radar on guns, a topic where nine of the Democratic candidates met for an MSNBC forum hosted by March For Our Lives and Gabby Giffords last week.
The big Overton-Window-moving policy in this debate is Beto O’Rourke’s call for a mandatory buyback of assault weapons, an idea modeled on Australia’s gun laws that had zero buy-in from the major players in the gun debate until recently.
Far more quietly, though, an alternative approach is also gaining ground: Requiring all owners of assault weapons to register their guns with the ATF and pass a background check. The approach is similar to how old machine guns are regulated, which are rarely associated with crimes. Joe Biden made it a key part of his own gun plan, which he released on Wednesday. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have backed the idea this cycle as well.
Four years ago, this approach would have been a boundary-pushing position, as gun rights activists are strongly opposed to any policy that involves registration of individual firearms. It’s still untested in a general election, but thanks to the mandatory buyback push, it’s suddenly the “moderate” position among the top tier Democrats.
That’s a big shift.
THE LID: Bernie and Biden’s bad week
Don’t miss the pod from Friday, when we observed that Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden were probably glad that the Ukraine/whistleblower/impeachment story dominated the political news last week.
ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss
The attorney for the original Ukraine phone call whistleblower now says his team now represents “multiple” officials.
The Supreme Court is set to take up gay rights, DACA and religious freedom this term.
What exactly is happening with the Ukrainian promise to “audit” previous corruption cases?
Benjy Sarlin writes that other Democrats are worried that they could face the same treatment that Biden is getting from Trump now.
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- President Trump defends bringing troops home from Syria
- The left’s actual narrative: Pursuit of the truth is not allowed to hurt them politically
- Elementary, Season 7, is a Libertarian’s dream
- Nation’s top court to decide whether law that bans encouraging illegal immigration unconstitutional
- Case against the unconstitutional law which makes Hawaii so expensive
- NATO must kick out Turkey if they attack the Kurds in Syria
- US to step aside for Turkish assault on Kurds in Syria
- Netflix show ‘Unnatural Selection’ explores the Crisprati
- OAN asks: Why do Democrats want to impeach President Trump?
- Employees and work
| President Trump defends bringing troops home from Syria Posted: 07 Oct 2019 05:10 AM PDT With criticism flying in from both the left and right, President Trump took to Twitter to address his decision to pull back troops from areas that Turkey wants to invade that are currently held by the Kurdish-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, our allies in the battles against the Islamic State in Syria. The United States was supposed […] The post President Trump defends bringing troops home from Syria appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| The left’s actual narrative: Pursuit of the truth is not allowed to hurt them politically Posted: 07 Oct 2019 04:16 AM PDT There’s a very conspicuous yet strangely ignored reality about the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry narrative. It’s so blatantly obvious, progressive mainstream media must perform a logic-defying Triple Lindy just to keep it under wraps. Why? Because they’ve been tasked with redirecting attention away from the glaring question in this whole ordeal. Democrats have compelled media to point as many eyes as possible towards the […] The post The left’s actual narrative: Pursuit of the truth is not allowed to hurt them politically appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Elementary, Season 7, is a Libertarian’s dream Posted: 07 Oct 2019 03:31 AM PDT Fans of CBS’s Elementary, the show that has a modern day Sherlock Holmes and his partner Joan Watson solving crimes in New York City, have grown accustomed to hearing how it’s the other Holmes story, with BBC’s Sherlock being the real show. But while the latter has been sporadic in quality and arguably in decline since its acclaimed first […] The post Elementary, Season 7, is a Libertarian’s dream appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Nation’s top court to decide whether law that bans encouraging illegal immigration unconstitutional Posted: 06 Oct 2019 11:58 PM PDT Is it okay for speech to be used to show others how to break the law? Is the 1st Amendment applicable when telling someone how to circumvent federal immigration law? That’s what the Supreme Court will decide after the 9th Circuit struck down a law that would prevent Americans from helping illegal immigrants in this way. As the Supreme […] The post Nation’s top court to decide whether law that bans encouraging illegal immigration unconstitutional appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Case against the unconstitutional law which makes Hawaii so expensive Posted: 06 Oct 2019 11:38 PM PDT ED CASE Some issues are of such overriding importance that politicians refuse to abide by the party line. They work together in a non-partisan fashion for the good of their constituents. These elected leaders and candidates refuse to let politics interfere with the good of their community. As such, they are a role model in […] The post Case against the unconstitutional law which makes Hawaii so expensive appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| NATO must kick out Turkey if they attack the Kurds in Syria Posted: 06 Oct 2019 11:16 PM PDT Armchair politicians are screaming on Twitter about tonight’s announcement that the United States is backing down to Turkey’s demands regarding Syria. Our allies against the Islamic State, the Kurdish-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, are expecting to be attacked by the Turkish military now that the cover we were giving them is being removed. If that happens, […] The post NATO must kick out Turkey if they attack the Kurds in Syria appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| US to step aside for Turkish assault on Kurds in Syria Posted: 06 Oct 2019 11:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Sunday that U.S. forces in northeast Syria will move aside and clear the way for an expected Turkish assault, essentially abandoning Kurdish fighters who fought alongside American forces in the yearslong battle to defeat Islamic State militants. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened for months to launch […] The post US to step aside for Turkish assault on Kurds in Syria appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Netflix show ‘Unnatural Selection’ explores the Crisprati Posted: 06 Oct 2019 09:59 PM PDT If you’re a conspiracy theory buff or just someone who watches too much television, you’ve probably heard of the Illuminati. But you almost certainly haven’t heard of the Crisprati, a term coined by Wired’s Megan Moltani in their breakdown of an upcoming 4-part Netflix docuseries, Unnatural Selection. The premise is one that should terrify everyone, though it’s […] The post Netflix show ‘Unnatural Selection’ explores the Crisprati appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| OAN asks: Why do Democrats want to impeach President Trump? Posted: 06 Oct 2019 04:20 PM PDT People who immerse themselves in politics on a day-to-day basis likely know all the talking points about impeachment coming from both sides of the fence. But for the rest of America, the 80%+ who are only partially concerned and barely aware of the details behind the Democrats’ latest attempt to take down President Trump, it’s […] The post OAN asks: Why do Democrats want to impeach President Trump? appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Employees and work Posted: 06 Oct 2019 04:07 PM PDT In my last piece, we spent some time looking at what an employer owes his employees, especially in the event of necessary downsizing. However, the employer-employee relationship has to be a two way street in order to work. Therefore, it is time we look at what an employee owes his employer. First and foremost is […] The post Employees and work appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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POLITICO Playbook: Inside this season’s hottest books
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10/07/2019 05:50 AM EDT
DRIVING THE DAY
THREE BOOKS YOU’LL BE HEARING A LOT ABOUT …
— WAPO’S PHIL RUCKER and CAROL LEONNIG’S long-awaited and much-buzzed-about book about President DONALD TRUMP has a title, cover and release date.The title is “A VERY STABLE GENIUS.” It will come out Jan. 21, and will be published by Penguin. The cover… The news release … Pre-order for $30 on Amazon
— NYT’S JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and MIKE SHEAR’S new book, “BORDER WARS,” is out Tuesday. And it includes this very juicy — and telling — nugget about JARED KUSHNER, the president’s son-in-law and self-styled immigration expert, realizing he’s not much of an expert at all. The anecdote ends with this: “‘Okay,’ [Kushner] said quietly. ‘So we’ve wasted the last two years.’ [Stephen] Miller looked stunned. Trump had taken the wrong hostage, and now they were all stuck demanding a ransom that everybody knew would never be paid. How were they going to get out of this?” A screenshot of the anecdote
ALSO JUICY: The book reveals that, in February and March of this year, Miller ordered USCIS to “surge all nonessential staff to the border to help with credible-fear interviews to vet asylum seekers and police the border. … He told his colleagues he wanted the Democrats to ‘feel the pain.’
“If USCIS sent scores of staffers to the border, that would mean fewer officers available to process green card requests and naturalization applications. That would disproportionately affect Democratic members of Congress who had large communities of immigrants in their districts, many of whom would see their own claims and those of their families stalled.” $17.01 on Amazon
— EXCERPT from RONAN FARROW’S “CATCH AND KILL”: “I wrote a series of pieces on Weinstein and his enablers in the fall of 2017. During the time that I was reporting the first of those stories, Khaykin and Ostrovskiy staked out my apartment building and tailed me to the offices of NBC, where I worked as a correspondent, and later to the offices of The New Yorker.
“At one point, Khaykin claimed to have successfully used my cell phone to track my location. (A source close to the Black Cube operation said that the agency was unaware of, and did not authorize, the cell-phone tracking.) The two men also performed counter-surveillance, making sure that Black Cube operatives weren’t followed to meetings, which often took place in hotel lobbies or upscale restaurants in Manhattan. At those meetings, Ostrovskiy would order meals—a perk of the job—while discreetly eavesdropping and recording the encounters. Some of the meetings he monitored were unrelated to Weinstein and concerned far-flung locations, including Cyprus, Luxembourg, and Russia. For Ostrovskiy, much of the work was shrouded in mystery; the layers of command meant that he didn’t know why he was following his targets, or for whom.” New Yorker … $18.12 on Amazon
— TWO MORE EXCERPTS of Farrow’s book will post Tuesday and Wednesday.
Good Monday morning. THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS lost 10-4 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the NLDS. (Why did Davey take out Anibal Sanchez?) The Nationals play Game 4 tonight at 6:40 p.m. at Nats Park. If they lose, the season is over.
— KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: CAPITAL WEATHER GANG: “Nationals vs. Dodgers weather forecast: Rain showers somewhat likely”: “Some intermittent showers are possible, especially in the latter innings, but they may be spotty, and it’s not clear if they’ll amount to much. I personally would not let this forecast deter me from attending the game, but watch our Twitter feed for updates (@capitalweather).”
WEEKEND WEDDING — Kurt Volker, executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership at ASU, senior international adviser at BGR Group and until recently the U.S. special representative for Ukraine negotiations, and Ia Meurmishvili, a senior editor and TV anchor at Voice of America’s Georgian Service, got married Saturday at Washington National Cathedral. They met when he was the first guest on her show, but started dating more recently. “The wedding was attended by a lot of friends from Washington, Georgia and Central and West European allies,” he told us. Pic
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BIG … “U.S. troops start pullout from along Turkey’s border in Syria,” by AP’s Bassem Mroue in Beirut: “U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces in Syria said American troops began withdrawing Monday from their positions along Turkey’s border in northeastern Syria, ahead of an anticipated Turkish invasion that the Kurds say will overturn five years of achievements in the battle against the Islamic State group.
“The Syrian Kurdish fighters also accused Washington of failing to abide by its commitments to its key allies in the fight against IS. It’s a major shift in U.S. policy.
“The American withdrawal came just hours after the White House said U.S. forces in northeastern Syria will move aside and clear the way for an expected Turkish assault — essentially abandoning Kurdish fighters who fought alongside American forces in the yearslong battle to defeat the Islamic State group.” AP
— NYT: “Mr. Trump’s decision goes against the recommendations of top officials in the Pentagon and the State Department who have sought to keep a small troop presence in northeast Syria to continue operations against the Islamic State, or ISIS, and to act as a critical counterweight to Iran and Russia. Administration officials said that Mr. Trump spoke directly with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey on the issue on Sunday.”
WAPO: “Barr’s review of Russia investigation wins Trump’s favor. Those facing scrutiny suspect he’s chasing conspiracy theories,” by Matt Zapotosky, Josh Dawsey, Shane Harris and Ros Helderman: “Attorney General William P. Barr has taken an interest in a mysterious European professor whose conversation with an adviser to President Trump’s 2016 campaign helped launch the FBI investigation into possible coordination with Russia — and who has since become the focal point of an unproven conservative theory that the entire inquiry was a setup, people familiar with the matter said.
“Those involved in the FBI investigation said they are mystified by the attorney general’s activities and interest in the professor, Joseph Mifsud, and they suspect that Barr might be using Justice Department resources to validate conjecture that Mifsud was deployed against a Trump adviser by Western intelligence to manufacture a basis to investigate the campaign.” WaPo
IMPEACHMENT CLIP PACKET …
NYT… WHITE HOUSE MEMO: “‘We Absolutely Could Not Do That’: When Seeking Foreign Help Was Out of the Question,” by Peter Baker: “One day in October 1992, four Republican congressmen showed up in the Oval Office with an audacious recommendation. President George Bush was losing his re-election race, and they told him the only way to win was to hammer his challenger Bill Clinton’s patriotism for protesting the Vietnam War while in London and visiting Moscow as a young man.
“Mr. Bush was largely on board with that approach. But what came next crossed the line, as far as he and his team were concerned. ‘They wanted us to contact the Russians or the British to seek information on Bill Clinton’s trip to Moscow,’ James A. Baker III, Mr. Bush’s White House chief of staff, wrote in a memo later that day. ‘I said we absolutely could not do that.’
“President Trump insists he and his attorney general did nothing wrong by seeking damaging information about his domestic opponents from Ukraine, Australia, Italy and Britain or by publicly calling on China to investigate his most prominent Democratic challenger. But for every other White House in the modern era, Republican and Democratic, the idea of enlisting help from foreign powers for political advantage was seen as unwise and politically dangerous, if not unprincipled.
“A survey of 10 former White House chiefs of staff under Presidents Ronald Reagan, Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama found that none recalled any circumstance under which the White House had solicited or accepted political help from other countries, and all said they would have considered the very idea out of bounds.” NYT
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THE GROWING IMPEACHMENT FOOTPRINT: “Trump impeachment tentacles ensnare a growing list of agencies,” by Nancy Cook: “The tentacles of the Democratic impeachment investigation are extending far beyond the arms of President Donald Trump. The vice president’s office, acting chief of staff‘s office, State Department, Energy Department, Office of Management and Budget and Justice Department are among the government entities quickly finding themselves ensnared in the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, joining a huge squad of White House lawyers, Cabinet officials, and national security staffers — many of them detailed from the Pentagon, CIA and elsewhere in the intel community — potentially tainted by the widening investigation.
“The impeachment fight under Trump is quickly surpassing the reach of the presidential impeachment battles under Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, swallowing even larger swaths of the federal government. The whistleblower complaint and the resulting investigative sprawl are making the probe harder for Trump and his White House to stamp out, with Democrats gaining new avenues to uncover damaging details that contradict Trump.” POLITICO
ALEX ISENSTADT: “Pence going after Democrats over impeachment — in their districts”: “The White House wants to make vulnerable House Democrats pay for impeachment.
“Starting this week, Vice President Mike Pence will embark on a national tour of congressional districts represented by Democrats who’ve come out in support of the inquiry. The move comes as the administration is struggling to combat an intensifying investigation into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.
“Each of the districts on Pence’s itinerary were won by Trump in 2016, making them potent targets for Republicans. The vice president will travel Wednesday to the southwest Iowa district of Rep. Cindy Axne, and Thursday he’s slated to visit the suburban Twin Cities district of another freshman Democrat, Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig. The vice president is then scheduled to barnstorm an array of battleground districts, including those held by Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin and Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger.” POLITICO
ANDREW DESIDERIO in South Barrington, Ill.: “I sat through 6 hours of town halls. Here’s what I learned about impeachment.”
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DEEP DIVE … “Chao favored Kentuckians in meeting with officials seeking grants,” by Tanya Snyder, Tucker Doherty and Arren Kimbel-Sannit: “In her first 14 months as Transportation secretary, Elaine Chao met with officials from Kentucky, which her husband Mitch McConnell represents in the Senate, vastly more often than those from any other state.
“In all, 25 percent of Chao’s scheduled meetings with local officials of any state from January 2017 to March 2018 were with Kentuckians, who make up only about 1.3 percent of the U.S. population. The next closest were Indiana and Georgia, with 6 percent of meetings each, according to Chao’s calendar records, the only ones that have been made public.
“At least five of Chao’s 18 meetings with local Kentuckians were requested in emails from McConnell staffers, who alerted Chao’s staffers which of the officials were ‘friends’ or ‘loyal supporters,’ according to records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. …
“The fact that Chao’s calendar shows that 1 out of every 4 meetings with local officials was with Kentuckians is significant because the department has long maintained that it, and she, have shown no favoritism to the state represented by her husband, even while local officials from other states have complained about having trouble getting to see her.” POLITICO
SUPREME COURT LOOKAHEAD: WAPO’S ROBERT BARNES: “One of the most politically volatile terms in years tests John Roberts and the Supreme Court”: “The Supreme Court has a powerfully controversial docket for its term beginning Monday that will test Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.’s efforts to portray the institution as above the noisy and partisan battles of the moment.
“Two unknowns — the health of the court’s oldest member, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and whether the court will be drawn into legal controversies arising from the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Trump — add to the uncertainty.
“Resolution of the most contentious cases could happen in June, in the heat of a presidential campaign in which the future of the court has emerged as a galvanizing issue for conservatives and liberals.
“On the court’s agenda: Whether federal law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination or being fired. … Whether the Trump administration’s efforts to end the Obama-era program that protects immigrants brought to this country as children are lawful. … The first Second Amendment claim involving gun ownership in more than a decade. …
“Whether a state may withhold aid to private religious schools if it offers funding to secular ones. …. An abortion case that gives the court’s new conservatives an opportunity to begin reconstructing its jurisprudence on what is perhaps the nation’s most divisive subject.” WaPo
TRUMP’S MONDAY — The president will have lunch with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at 12:30 p.m. in the private dining room. He will participate in a briefing with senior military leaders at 6 p.m. in the Cabinet Room. Trump and first lady Melania Trump will host a social dinner with senior military leaders and their spouses in the Blue Room at 7:15 p.m.
PLAYBOOK READS
SCOOP — “Trump allies sought changes at Ukraine utility,” by AP’s Desmond Butler, Michael Bisecker and Richard Lardner in Kyiv: “As Rudy Giuliani was pushing Ukrainian officials last spring to investigate one of Donald Trump’s main political rivals, a group of individuals with ties to the president and his personal lawyer were also active in the former Soviet republic.
“Their aims were profit, not politics. This circle of businessmen and Republican donors touted connections to Giuliani and Trump while trying to install new management at the top of Ukraine’s massive state gas company. Their plan was to then steer lucrative contracts to companies controlled by Trump allies, according to two people with knowledge of their plans.” AP
— HAPPENING THIS WEEK: “Among those due to testify: Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union who was involved in efforts to get Ukraine to open the investigations, and Masha Yovanovitch, who was abruptly recalled from her post as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine in May after Trump supporters questioned her loyalty to the president.” Reuters
— WSJ: “On Sunday, a group of about 90 former national-security officials who served under Democratic and Republican presidents, including Mr. Trump, released a public letter calling on the government and media to preserve the whistleblower’s anonymity, saying the individual used the channels created under federal law to register concerns of wrongdoing.” The letter
JULIA IOFFE FOR GQ: “Here’s Why Ukraine Pops Up in So Many U.S. Scandals”
BIG ONLINE — “N.B.A. Executive’s Hong Kong Tweet Starts Firestorm in China,” by NYT’s Sopan Deb and Marc Stein: “The general manager of the Houston Rockets sought to quell an outcry in China on Sunday night after the support he expressed on Twitter for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong upset sponsors, media outlets and basketball officials in a country that invests billions in the N.B.A.
“The initial and quickly deleted message by the general manager, Daryl Morey, on Friday night to ‘stand with Hong Kong’ put the N.B.A. at odds with its largest and highest-priority international market. But he tried to mitigate the damage with two clarifying tweets from Tokyo, where the Rockets are scheduled to play two exhibition games against the Toronto Raptors. …
“By walking back his comments, Morey and the Rockets have exposed themselves — as well as the league — to a backlash domestically, since the apology runs counter to the N.B.A.’s reputation as a sports league that encourages free speech and commentary on politics and other social issues.” NYT
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CLICKER — “Star-crossed: George W. Bush, Ellen DeGeneres suite mates for Cowboys-Packers,” by the Star-Telegram’s Stefan Stevenson
TRENDS — “Doctors, Once GOP Stalwarts, Now More Likely to Be Democrats,” by WSJ’s Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg: “The political drift of physicians accelerated in 2016, when Donald Trump clinched the Republican presidential nomination.
“Voters with four-year college and advanced degrees moved toward the Democratic Party, while those without a college degree flocked to the GOP and helped put Mr. Trump in the White House.
“Many physicians say they were uneasy about Republicans’ health policy proposals and turned off by Mr. Trump’s stance on scientific issues, such as his skepticism about climate change. Despite having mixed feelings about Obamacare, most physicians say they don’t support Republican lawmakers’ calls to repeal it without a clear replacement since they have already invested in adapting to its mandates, and because repeal could leave millions uninsured.” WSJ
MEDIAWATCH — COMING ATTRACTIONS … BRIAN STELTER: “On Monday morning Vanity Fair is announcing the final round of speakers for this year’s New Establishment Summit, which gets underway in L.A. on October 21. Among the big-name additions: James Murdoch will ‘discuss his plans for the future’ with Richard Plepler, and Monica Lewinsky ‘will lead a discussion on the blind spots of recent history’ with Ronan Farrow and Jared Cohen.”
— John Solomon, former opinion writer for The Hill, is joining Fox News as a contributor.
— AXIOS’ JONATHAN SWAN: “The president has been lapping up Breitbart’s coverage … The ultra-right-wing website spent some time on the outs from the White House as a result of Bannon’s exile, but it’s now back as one of Trump’s go-to outlets.” Axios
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ENGAGED — BUSH ALUMNI: Eric Motley, EVP for institutional advancement and corporate secretary at the Aspen Institute and a George W. Bush White House alum, proposed this weekend to Hannah Haberkamp, senior researcher at Consumers’ Checkbook. They got engaged at Madison Park in Montgomery, Ala.
WEEKEND WEDDING — Mary Kate McCarthy, VP for crisis communications at Edelman, and Ryan Paradis, an executive at IT company Zones, got married Saturday at Immaculate Conception, with a reception at the Mayflower Hotel. Pic
WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Matt Bisenius, COS to Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Megan Bisenius, an HR manager at Enterprise Holdings, welcomed Caroline Rey Bisenius on Sept. 27. Pic
BIRTHWEEK (was Sunday): Slovak PM Peter Pellegrini … (was Saturday): POLITICO Europe’s Simon Van Dorpe … Tajikistani President Emomali Rahmon
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: DNC Chairman Tom Perez is 58. What he’s reading: “My current read is ‘The Pitcher and the Dictator: Satchel Paige’s Unlikely Season in the Dominican Republic,’ by Averell Smith. I’m a big baseball nerd, a Satchel Paige fan and the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. So it checks all the right boxes.” Playbook Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: Retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Oliver North is 76 … NYT’s Charlie Savage … Katrina vanden Heuvel … Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) is 64 … Russian President Vladimir Putin is 67 … Chris Krueger of Cowen … Alice Lloyd … Adam Fetcher … Emily Davis, deputy assistant USTR for public and media affairs … GWU professor Sean Aday is 52 … Suz Redfearn … Barbara E. Martinez … Brandon Hurlbut, co-founder of Boundary Stone Partners … CNN’s Elizabeth Hartfield … Bill Sweeney, SVP for government affairs at AARP …
… Roll Call photog Tom Williams is 45 … Michael Rosengart of Boies Schiller Flexner (hat tip: Jeremy Iloulian) … Todd Weiler … Kate Berner … Arie Lipnick … Jay Korff … POLITICO Europe’s Anca Gurzu … former Interior Deputy Secretary David Hayes … David Gellman … Jackie Murphy … Holly Arthur … Allison Worsham … Gavin Carson … Stephen Jackson of the Ripon Society … Catherine Jaynes … James Ramsay … Rick Hutto … BP’s Tara Napier Harrison … Jen Hengstenberg … Mary Cox … John Hedgecoth (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) … Mike Hotchkiss (h/t Ben Chang)
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10/07/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Fisher Investments Presents: Incurious Press; Ukraine on the Brain; Greener Pastures Good morning, it’s Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. Sixteen years ago today, California voters went to the polls to face a question few chief executives would want decided by an up-or-down vote during a time the statewide economy was in the tank. California’s experiment in direct democracy, ushered in as a Progressive Era reform in 1911, was about to claim its first governor. Gray Davis was certainly prepared for the job he’d won in 1998. Raised in a Republican family in Southern California, he graduated from Stanford University, where he was on the golf team, before attending law school at Columbia. He also served as a U.S. Army captain in Vietnam, an experience that helped him become a Democrat. Handsome and suave, Davis even had a Hollywood connection: As a young man he had a romantic interlude in Hawaii with future star Cybill Shepherd, who years later would pronounce him “a good kisser.” As his career progressed, Davis earned a reputation as a thoughtful policy wonk who served as chief of staff for Jerry Brown in Sacramento — during Brown’s first two-term stint as governor — an assemblyman in the legislature, state controller, and lieutenant governor. Not particularly warm and fuzzy, Davis was nonetheless dedicated to public service and to keeping the Democratic Party from becoming too kooky. None of it was enough, as we’ll see in a moment. First, I’d point you to RealClearPolitics’ front page, which presents our poll averages, videos, breaking news stories, and aggregated opinion columns spanning the political spectrum. We also offer original material from our own reporters and contributors, including the following: * * * The Curious Case of the Incurious Press. Frank Miele argues that many reporters eager to probe allegations of Trump wrongdoing have shown no interest in investigating the Bidens’ roles in Ukraine and China. Amid Ukraine Uproar, Pence Closes Ranks With Trump. Phil Wegmann has the story. Trump’s Economic Message Gets Scant Play on TV News. Kalev Leetaru lays out the numbers. Free Higher Education Support Is Age- and Party-Based. Phil digs into findings from the recent RealClear Opinion Research poll. Our K-12 Education System Is Flawed — by Design. Ali Della Volpe responds to the poll findings with reflections on her time teaching in a low-income school. The Sense and Sensibility of George Will. Jonathan N. Badger reviews the longtime columnist and commentator’s latest book. Why Trump Has Ukraine on the Brain. In RealClearInvestigations, Lee Smith reports that Ukraine has always figured heavily in the president’s opponents’ years-long campaign against him. Repeal the Medical Device Tax. In RealClearPolicy, Scott Whitaker asserts that the tax kills jobs and slows medical progress. The Truth Behind Medical Device Litigation Commercials. In RealClearHealth, Timothy H. Hill warns that lawyers eager for a payday are tricking patients into surgery to remove devices. What Gender Identity Court Case Means for Christians. In RealClearReligion, Dave Pivonka outlines the issues involved in a case before the Supreme Court this week. * * * When California voters went to the polls on Oct. 7, 2003, they faced a bifurcated ballot. The first question was whether to recall Gov. Gray Davis. The second was to choose his potential replacement from among 135 gubernatorial wannabes who had secured the requisite number of signatures to have their name placed on the ballot. The long roster of candidates was led by Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, film star Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican state Sen. (and now U.S. Congressman) Tom McClintock, and Green Party leader Peter Camejo. Those contenders were joined by a colorful collection of personalities and pols that included Arianna Huffington, Peter Ueberroth, Larry Flynt, Gary Coleman, Bill Simon, and a Native American artist with the evocative name David Laughing Horse Robinson — none of whom received even 1% of the vote. In the first decision voters made that day, Davis was rejected by nearly 1 million votes. California’s economy was reeling in the wake of the dot-com bubble burst and the state’s budget was a mess. Davis had exacerbated the problems with spending that proved unsustainable. Voters also faulted the governor for his handling of an electricity crisis earlier in the decade, and for his own fundraising practices during his 2002 reelection campaign. The governor knew that Californians were restive. He also realized that his reserved personality made him made an easy foil for voters’ frustration. As he faced the recall, Davis told me that people didn’t need “to do backflips of joy into the voting booth” — they just had to walk in there and pull the lever next to his name. Some 4 million citizens did exactly that, but another 4,976,274 voted thumbs-down, and Gray Davis’ governorship was over. For his replacement, Schwarzenegger won, of course, garnering nearly as many votes as the other 134 candidates combined. The “Governator” left office at the beginning of 2011 amid a bursting housing bubble, steep unemployment in California, and yet another budget crisis in Sacramento. His job approval ratings upon his departure were around 23%. The budget shortfall he left to once-and-future Gov. Jerry Brown was close to $28 billion. I’ve noticed in recent days that recall rumblings have been heard about the current governor, Gavin Newsom. That seems odd, but it reminded me that in the 1960s my own grandmother circulated petitions seeking signatures to have Ronald Reagan recalled. I’ve never asked my father about this, but it must have been a big awkward because Dad was covering Reagan for the San Jose Mercury News at the time. But as one Southern California pilgrim sang, sometimes you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone. Despite his unpopularity, Arnold Schwarzenegger (another foreigner who immigrated to the Golden State) left behind a legacy of environmental and political reforms that may make it easier for future lawmakers and governors to get a handle on the state’s problems. These good-government reforms ranged from changing the way redistricting is handled to passing a $40 billion bond measure to help restore the state’s aging infrastructure. “For the next decade or two,” former California legislator James Brulte predicted, “politicians of both parties will be going to ribbon-cuttings and groundbreakings, taking credit for themselves for initiatives that began under Arnold Schwarzenegger.” That seems right. But Brulte’s larger point — that our political history is yet to be written — is worth remembering whenever politics and government is the subject. For one thing, it stands in rebuke to the commentators and partisan pols who authoritatively rendered harsh real-time judgments on George W. Bush’s place in history, the effects of Barack Obama’s foreign policy, and even the long-term effects of the current president. Some of the critics who once haughtily dismissed Bush as “the worst president in history” now grow nostalgic and misty-eyed at the mere mention of the man’s name. In other words, things can always get worse. They can get better, too. Carl M. Cannon Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com For years, many pundits and politicians have claimed Internet behemoths are too powerful and monopolistic. Then, in June, the House announced they would launch a probe into several tech giants. 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| Analysis / Trump’s policy of inaction is whetting Iran’s appetite for aggression By Avi Issacharoff Iran unveils kit to convert artillery rockets into guided missiles By TOI staff |
| Golda Meir’s letter to bereaved families on eve of Yom Kippur War uncovered By JTA US Ambassador Friedman at Evangelical rally: ‘Jerusalem literally keeps us safe’ By Raphael Ahren |
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| Banana republic: Israel faces killer fungus that can destroy the crop nationwide By Amir Ben-David |
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Jim Geraghty
Making the click-through worthwhile: Trump doubts our allies
about a chemical weapon attack; the NBA pledges to obey the Chinese
government; the long Joker review; and the United States formally abandons its Kurdish allies before a Turkish attack. Yeah, this is one heck of a Monday.
Why Does Trump Believe Putin’s Denials?
The Washington Post:
In a summer 2018 call with Prime Minister Theresa May,
Trump harangued the British leader about her country’s contribution to
NATO. He then disputed her intelligence community’s conclusion that
Putin’s government had orchestrated the attempted murder and
poisoning of a former Russian spy on British soil.“Trump was totally bought into the idea there was credible doubt
about the poisoning,” said one person briefed on the call. “A solid 10
minutes of the conversation is spent with May saying it’s highly likely
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| Judicial Watch Court Victory: Ruling Strikes Down California’s Attempt to Require Candidates to Disclose Tax Returns California’s Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act (“SB 27”) requires presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns for the past five years for public posting on the internet. Candidates who refuse to do so are barred from having their names printed on California’s March 2020 primary ballot. READ MORE |
| Judicial Watch: DOJ Docs Show Rosenstein Advising Mueller ‘the Boss’ Doesn’t Know About Their Communications The time period referred to in this suit is critical. On May 9, 2017, Rosenstein wrote a memo to President Trump recommending that FBI Director James Comey be fired. That day, President Trump fired Comey. Just three days later, on May 12, Rosenstein sent an email assuring Robert Mueller that “The boss and his staff do not know about our discussions.” READ MORE |
| DHS Gives Obama Immigrant Assimilation Program $10 Million Infusion American taxpayers will provide candidates with instruction in U.S. history and government for citizenship test preparation and activities that promote civic and linguistic assimilation. That includes English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction in reading, writing and speaking by specialized teachers. Civic assimilation activities will consist of local trips to sites and landmarks of historical or cultural significance, guest speakers such as local public servants and other activities that promote in-depth understanding of government functions, geography, traditions, symbols and holidays. READ MORE |
| Judicial Watch: DOJ Docs Show Rosenstein Advising Mueller ‘the Boss’ Doesn’t Know About Their Communications The time period referred to in this suit is critical. On May 9, 2017, Rosenstein wrote a memo to President Trump recommending that FBI Director James Comey be fired. That day, President Trump fired Comey. Just three days later, on May 12, Rosenstein sent an email assuring Robert Mueller that “The boss and his staff do not know about our discussions.” READ MORE |
| Judicial Watch: Court Forces Release of Clinton WikiLeaks Discussion Email That Confirms State Department Knew About Her Email Account Judicial Watch “Judicial Watch just caught the State Department and DOJ red-handed in another email cover-up – they all knew about the Clinton email account but covered up the smoking-gun email showing this guilty knowledge for years,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. READ MORE Previously Hidden Message Shows State Department Officials Knew About, Protected Clinton’s Use Of Private Email The Epoch Times The email was ordered by a federal judge to be released to Judicial Watch in litigation prompted by the non-profit government watchdog’s multiple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for documents, testimony, and other information concerning Clinton’s use of the unsecured, home-brew, private email system. READ MORE Farrell: The Impeachment Effort is on Life Support The Daily Caller “The imploding impeachment uproar over Ukraine can be summed up simply — the Democrats are playing politics by accusing President Trump of playing politics. This is the self-licking ice cream cone logic of almost every made-up scandal of the last three years. READ MORE Trump-Ukraine Whistleblowing “Scam” Meant to Freeze Any Investigation of Joe Biden WATCH NOW New: Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit Over Firing of Biden-Ukraine Prosecutor WATCH NOW Fitton: Rod Rosenstein Proposed to Secretly Record Trump–Why Is No One Held Accountable? WATCH NOW CLIPS Fitton: Why DOJ Refuses to Answer Anymore Benghazi or Hillary Clinton Emails Fitton: Deep State Wants to Freeze DOJ from Doing Anything to Hold Them to Account TWEETS I work with whistleblowers. I know whistleblowers. Whistleblowers are friends of mine. Anti- @realDonaldTrump leakers, you’re no whistleblowers. 8:48 AM – 6 Oct 2019 Coup scheme depends on secrecy, especially Ukraine call transcript’s secrecy so Schiff and his Deep State co-conspirators could continue to lie about call.This gambit failed so now they now hope new “whistleblowers” about something we all can read will do the trick. It won’t. 5:40 AM – 7 Oct 2019 |
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More Harassment: Clinton-Appointed Federal Judge Tosses President Trump’s Lawsuit to Keep His Tax Returns Concealed
A
federal judge tossed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit on Monday to keep
his tax returns concealed. Judge Victor Marrero is a Bill Clinton
appointee. Democrats… Read more…
Warning
to Deep State Dems and Coastal Elites: Good Americans Will Not Allow
Their Innocent President to Be Impeached by Corrupt Politicians over
Nothing!
Americans
are beyond angry with the actions the Democrats, elites, the Deep State
and their media. President Donald Trump is a great man and the… Read more…
LEAKED:
Obama Officials Including Ambassador Discuss Toppling Ukrainian
Government and Replacing Officials, With Biden’s Approval — But This Was
OK According to Media?
In
2014 a phone call was hacked and released between Victoria Nuland,
Asst. Sec. of State for Europe, and US Ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey
Pyatt…. Read more…
WATCH: Candace Owens SLAMS DEMOCRATS In Powerful Speech At The White House (VIDEO)
Candace
Owens, popular conservative and co-founder of the #BLEXIT movement,
delivered a must-see speech at the White House during the ‘Young Black
Leadership Summit’ last… Read more…
MSNBC Reporter Says Joe Biden Is ‘Furious’ With Media For Covering Corruption Allegations (VIDEO)
Guest
post by Mike LaChance at American Lookout Joe Biden is clearly not used
to being questioned by the media. He thought he was going… Read more…
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Democrat Lies: Shifty Adam Schiff Releases Cherry-Picked Text Messages
from Trump Admin to Ukraine – Mark Meadows Calls Him Out
The
New York Times has gone totally insane – they release information on
October 2nd proving that Adam Schiff is a complete fraud, then they… Read more…
WAYNE ALLYN ROOT: Trump: The Greatest Non-Ukrainian Jobs President Ever!
By Wayne Allyn Root I have at least 1000 things to write about. I could fill this column for the next 365 days. But I… Read more…
Rumblings: Mitt Romney Is Weighing a Primary Challenge to Donald Trump
Oh,
please be true! Mitt Romney has become an expert at lobbing bombs at
President Trump from the sidelines. Now there is rumors that Mitt… Read more…
WTH?
Mar-a-Lago Cancels Michelle Malkin Speech at ACT for America Event
After the SPLC and far left Anti-Defamation League Complain!
Brigitte
Gabriel and Michelle Malkin God help us all! The far left will not stop
until ALL opposing voices are silenced and all of their… Read more…
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