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Good morning from Washington, where fans expect the Nationals to triumph ultimately against the Houston Astros going into tomorrow’s sixth World Series game. House Democrats involved in the impeachment inquiry long have targeted the president, Fred Lucas reports. How come traditional media don’t champion freedom of speech? Jarrett Stepman explores. On the podcast, meet the college freshman who defended the vice president from leftist bullies. Plus: Katrina Trinko on transgenderism’s battle with reality, Andrea Jones on a major test for Senate Republicans, and David Harsanyi on the bleak outlook for the “Star Wars” franchise.

	Commentary The False Hope of the Transgender Language Police By Katrina Trinko Always, a brand of period pads, recently announced it will take the Venus symbol off its products. Always is “committed to diversity and inclusion,” the brand noted in a statement. More Commentary Why Are the Legacy Media Afraid of Free Speech on Social Media? By Jarrett Stepman Left-leaning media institutions have held power and directed the news “narratives” for more than half a century. The rise of the internet poked holes in that monopoly, and the free-wheeling nature of social media platforms destabilized it further. More News Even Before Ukraine Uproar, 10 of 13 Democrats on Intel Panel Backed Trump Impeachment Probe By Fred Lucas The intelligence committee has taken the lead role in the impeachment investigation of President Trump. More Commentary Will Senate Republicans Swallow Democrats’ Abortion, LGBT ‘Poison Pills’? By Andrea Jones Senate Republicans are cooperating with an underhanded attempt to stymie the administration’s efforts through controversial additions to must-pass appropriations bills. More Analysis This Student Stood Up for Mike Pence Amid Leftist Protests By Virginia Allen “I Like Mike” was the campaign that Taylor University freshman David Muselman created when a few progressive students tried to keep Vice President Mike Pence from visiting campus. More Commentary They Butchered ‘Star Wars,’ and I’m Not Hopeful for ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ By David Harsanyi I would rather binge entire seasons of an English baking show than sit through a $300 million sequel to my favorite childhood movie. More Commentary We Hear You: Notes on Our Schools From the ‘Belly of the Beast’ By Ken McIntyre “This is our country, and it’s time to stand or fall to the communists and terrorists. I am a former soldier and will not let this happen to my community. Thanks for your articles,” writes Gary Sackman. More

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Monday, October 28, 2019 Baghdadi Dead “U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed himself during a daring overnight raid by elite U.S. special operations forces in Syria.” Reuters From the Left The left celebrates the news but argues that Trump’s foreign policy moves may lead to an ISIS resurgence. “President Donald Trump can certainly take a victory lap for the operation that killed the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi… there was certainly considerable continuity between the Obama plan against ISIS and the Trump plan, but Trump did give his military commanders the authority for taking action against ISIS so they were no longer micromanaged by the White House, as was often the case under Obama. Also, the Trump administration did away with the self-imposed limits the Obama team had put on military action in Syria… Trump’s campaign against ISIS is one of the unalloyed foreign policy successes of his presidency.”
Peter Bergen, CNN

“Although his praise for allies in general is well-deserved, Trump, of course, gave Russia top billing—’Russia was great’—as well as Turkey, although both have proven fitful allies against the Islamic State and it seems their role here was limited to allowing the United States to fly over territory they controlled without shooting at U.S. troops. However, the Washington Post reported that the United States’s recently abandoned Kurdish allies played a key role, as did Iraq, with both providing intelligence and other assistance… I sincerely hope the president is right that Moscow and Ankara are now close counterterrorism partners and will play a major role in fighting the Islamic State. However, without more information, this seems to smack of an attempt to justify handing over parts of Syria to these countries.”
Daniel Byman, Lawfare Blog

“With the killing of the leader of ISIS, the president made the case for his transactional, tactical style of foreign policy… Even though American troops have in the past few weeks retreated from certain positions in northeastern Syria, the president detailed how the arm of the U.S. military was still long enough to reach into perilous ungoverned space elsewhere in the country and execute a highly successful operation with the support of a bizarre, transitory array of allies and adversaries alike…

“The irony is that the Baghdadi mission was carried out, as the president himself acknowledged, largely by the United States rather than Turkey, Russia, European countries, the Kurds, or any other party to whom he’s now handing over the U.S. brief in the region. And for every Baghdadi, there are many more ISIS fighters either on the loose or in precarious states of detention who could regroup as a result of the U.S. retreat from the battlefield.”
Uri Friedman, The Atlantic

“The U.S. keeps repeating the same mistake in the Middle East: overestimating the power of religious ideology and underappreciating the impact of bad governance… For many Iraqi Sunni villagers under ISIS control, ISIS was just less bad than the brutality and discrimination they experienced under Iraq’s pro-Iranian Shiite-led government back then… ‘Nothing feeds extremism more than the in-your-face corruption and injustice’ that some of America’s closest Middle East allies administer daily to their people…

“[Trump] is blind to the fact that the next al-Baghdadi is being incubated today in some prison in Egypt, where President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, whom Trump once actually called ‘my favorite dictator,’ is not only rounding up violent Jihadists but liberal nonviolent journalists, activists and politicians. Their only crime is that they want to have a say in their country’s future and help to create an environment where they can realize their full potential… When Trump praises Baghdadi as his favorite victim and el-Sisi as his favorite dictator, all he is doing is walking in place. We’re actually getting nowhere.”
Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times

Finally, “Trump’s Baghdadi press conference shows how he ruins even his best moments… During his question-and-answer session, Trump divulged multiple sensitive details about the raid in Syria that could possibly give US enemies intelligence advantages; admitted to keeping Congress in the dark about the operation; openly mocked the terrorist leader; praised his controversial travel ban; and insinuated the September 11 attacks might not have happened had Washington heeded his advice.”
Alex Ward, Vox

“That Trump effectively accused Democratic leaders of being willing to put partisanship before country over something as serious as a special forces attack on America’s top national security target is a sign of how wide the gulf has become under his presidency. Trump’s griping about the extent of leaking is entirely understandable – his administration has indeed been as leaky as a sieve. But most of the big stories to emerge from inside the White House have come not from Democrats but from his own inner circle of senior aides, or from the whistleblower within the intelligence community who sounded the alarm over Ukraine.”
Ed Pilkington, The Guardian From the Right The right celebrates the news but cautions that the fight against ISIS is not over. “When the sun rises tomorrow, one thing is unquestionably true: our number one enemy is dead. A man who left a trail of pain and destruction through evil acts and unimaginable terror saw his own life end after he was hunted down by American troops. More importantly, whoever takes his place knows his fate will surely be the same… The death of this villain, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is not just a Trump administration accomplishment and it’s not just a single military operation. This victory is brought to us by years of deployments, thousands of U.S. troops losing limbs and sacrificing their lives, and a generation determined to seek vengeance and justice abroad so terror doesn’t strike us at home.”
Johnny “Joey” Jones, Fox News

“This is a big win for America and the civilized world — a decisive blow to the once-potent extremist group that has now been routed all across the swaths of Iraq and Syria that it once controlled. It’s also a victory for President Trump, who took office vowing to crush ISIS — and has…

“To prevent any ISIS revival, Washington will need to keep Iran-aligned extremists from again radicalizing the region’s Sunnis, as Tehran’s pawns did after President Barack Obama pulled the last US forces out of Iraq… To check Iran and protect the Syrian Kurds who helped smash ISIS in Syria, Trump is looking to deploy some US forces in the oil-rich areas of northeast Syria, a part of the Kurdish heartland, which seems a wise precaution. Washington can’t force peace on the region, but it can stand by its friends and against its enemies — as well as hunting down the worst vermin, like al-Baghdadi.”
Editorial Board, New York Post

“Now that Baghdadi is no longer ruining lives, the inevitable question is: what’s next? The Islamic State was in a bad way even before Washington took away its caliph, and it’s hard not to assume that Baghdadi’s removal will deal an even bigger blow to a group already hunkering down to save itself. ISIS’s leadership was prepared for the time when their so-called caliphate was burned to the ground, and their fighters have responded by transitioning into a classic insurgency… the United States has experienced this moment before: think Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in 2006, Abu Ayyub Al-Masri in 2010 and Osama Bin Laden in 2011. Killing the top commander is highly unlikely to kill the group.”
Daniel R. DePetris, The National Interest

“That the Islamic State at its height controlled almost one-third of Iraq and Syria captured the imagination of extremist Muslims worldwide. That Baghdadi allowed his followers to enslave Yezidis and non-Muslims whom they captured also made real in contemporary society practices abandoned by most Muslims centuries ago. That he resurrected and legitimized such concepts will give them resonance for generations… to believe the forces which propelled him to power and infamy will dissipate with his death would be naïve. Trump has closed the chapter on the end of the beginning, but the next chapters in Baghdadi’s concept of the caliphate will play out for years, decades, and perhaps centuries to come.”
Michael Rubin, The National Interest

This “is a reminder that despite the craziness in Washington, life goes on as do other actions in government and the military besides impeachment. President Trump deserves some credit for this, but let’s also praise the brave American forces that are continuing to undermine and strike ISIS. Some are already complaining that President Trump said Baghdadi died like a dog whimpering and crying. I think that is a good thing and well said. Frankly, radical Islamists will be impacted in a demoralizing way by this language.”
Erick Erickson, The Resurgent

“No Americans were killed in what Mr. Trump called a ‘dangerous and daring’ operation. He deserves credit for approving a raid that inevitably carries risks of failure and casualties. The death of Baghdadi is important as a matter of simple justice given his murderous history. And it informs other jihadists that they can achieve no victory and are likewise doomed to die in a tunnel or bomb blast. The raid also shows the importance of intelligence gathered from prisoners. Iraqi officials say their interrogation of captured ISIS fighters in recent months provided news about Baghdadi’s location…

“The Baghdadi raid [furthermore] underscores the anti-terrorist purpose of maintaining a U.S. military presence. The U.S. homeland hasn’t suffered a successful jihadist attack, foreign- planned or -inspired, in some time. This isn’t an accident. It’s the result of persistent security and intelligence work that coordinates with allies to pursue jihadists wherever they are around the world. In his better moments, Mr. Trump seems to understand this. As he basks in the success of the Idlib raid, he should rethink his retreat from Syria in a still dangerous world.”
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The Coming Algorithmic Civil War Clicks generate traffic. Traffic generates revenue. Hate clicks generate the most traffic and so the most revenue. News sites are now specializing in outrageous content that gets the most clicks and that most often is caused by hate clicks. Those hate clicks then get shared online, fed into algorithms, and recirculated to increase the hate and increase the traffic. Clickbait headlines compound the issue and for good measure outrageous videos and cute puppies pile on too. I have been thinking a lot about all of this after seeing two separate and unrelated, but very connected, pieces this past Friday. The first is this katherine Miller essay at BuzzFeed on how the 2010s broke our sense of time. The second is the Georgetown University Battleground survey where in a majority of voters think we are headed towards a civil war. In fact, the average voter thinks we are two-thirds of the way to the “edge” of a civil war. The post The Coming Algorithmic Civil War appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser »

Washington Post Headline Writers Change Baghdadi Obit From “Terrorist-in-Chief” to “Austere Religious Scholar” UPDATED: They have changed the headline a THIRD TIME to now describe Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the “extremist leader of Islamic State.” This is actually a pretty amazing headline. You can actually see the original by looking at the URL: obituaries/abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-ISLAMIC-STATES-TERRORIST-IN-CHIEF. That’s right. The original had Baghdadi referred to as “Terrorist-in-Chief,” but someone at the […] The post Washington Post Headline Writers Change Baghdadi Obit From “Terrorist-in-Chief” to “Austere Religious Scholar” appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser »

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Rests in Pieces. Good Riddance. President Trump announced this morning that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and three of his children are now dead. Baghdadi fled a US military raid and, as our forces closed in, detonated a suicide vest. He killed himself and three of his children with him. It is a reminder that despite the craziness in Washington, […] The post Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Rests in Pieces. Good Riddance. appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser »

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1 big thing: Baghdadi raid depended on ties Trump scoffs at

The N.Y. Times says this was the raid site. Photo: Omar Hag Kadour/AFP via Getty Images

To kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi — arguably the most important national security accomplishment of the Trump presidency, along with wiping out ISIS’ caliphate — the U.S. relied on many tools President Trump has spurned, Axios’ Jonathan Swan writes.

The raid’s planners needed a U.S. ground presence in Iraq, where the mission launched and returned.
They depended on intelligence from Kurdish partners on the ground.
And they needed America’s engagement on the ground in Syria for intel and situational awareness.

Why it matters: Trump has said President George W. Bush’s Middle East invasion was the greatest mistake in American history. Trump says he wants to end endless wars, and bring troops home from Syria. But events keep pulling him back.

The N.Y. Times reports that Trump’s abrupt order three weeks ago for the U.S. withdrawal from Syria “disrupted the meticulous planning underway and forced Pentagon officials to speed up the plan for the risky night raid before their ability to control troops, spies and reconnaissance aircraft disappeared.”
The bottom line: Trump chose the option that took out the leader of ISIS, who inspired thousands of terrorists in dozens of countries.

In an interview with Swan that aired last night on “Axios on HBO,” Iraqi President Barham Salih — long known as a pro-American leader — warned that the U.S. withdrawal from Syria could increase the danger of an ISIS resurgence.

The nearly hour-long interview was conducted last Monday, in one of Saddam Hussein’s old palaces.
Salih says he is no longer sure he can rely on the U.S. as an ally — and may be ready to “recalibrate” Iraq’s relationship with other countries, including Iran and Russia.
Salih also said he was “worried” about war breaking out between the U.S. and Iran — and said Iraq can’t afford to pick sides in such a war.

Brett McGurk — who served under President George W. Bush as senior director for Iraq and Afghanistan, and Presidents Obama and Trump as special envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS — writes for WaPo:

“Trump deserves full credit for approving the operation that led to Baghdadi’s demise. It’s a shame the information that led to the raid apparently did not come to him before the tragic decision to abruptly pull U.S. Special Forces from much of northeastern Syria.”
🥊 “Because everything we already know about the raid reinforces just how valuable, unique and hard-fought the small and sustainable American presence there had been.”

What’s next … David E. Sanger writes in the N.Y. Times: “[W]hile the raid achieved its goal, it did little to resolve the question of whether Mr. Trump’s instinct for disengagement will create room for new strains of violent radicalism that he and his successors will be forced to clean up.”

🎬 See a clip from Swan’s interview.

2. Two photos

Photos: AP

Photos taken in the White House Situation Room during the killings of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Saturday and Osama bin Laden eight years earlier capture the vastly different styles of two American presidents, AP’s Aamer Madhani writes.

Saturday’s photo shows six men, all in dark suits or military uniform, posing for the camera and staring straight forward with stern expressions. Also shown are national security adviser Robert O’Brien; Vice President Pence; Defense Secretary Mark Esper; Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Brig. Gen. Marcus Evans, the Pentagon’s deputy director for special operations and counterterrorism.
In the unposed scene from May 2011, crackles with suspense: 13 faces are fully or partially visible in the crowded tableau. Obama, wearing a polo shirt and light coat, is perched on a folding chair, slightly off center.

Why it matters: The Trump photo, with the president in the center and looking severe, is more formal and captures the current president’s interest in conveying the power and grandeur of his office.

It also reflects the tight circle of advisers from whom he solicits advice.

3. How the raid went down: “As though you were watching a movie”

A satellite view from last month of the reported residence where the ISIS leader was killed, near the village of Barisha, Syria. Photo: Maxar Technologies via Reuters

During a 48-minute White House appearance that was mostly Q&A (taking up most of the first hour of the Sunday shows), President Trump recounted the raid in what ABC’s Terry Moran called “vivid and visceral and contemptuous detail”:

“When we landed with eight helicopters, a large crew of brilliant fighters ran out of those helicopters and blew holes into the side of the building, not wanting to go through the main door because that was booby-trapped.”
“This was the big one. … Osama bin Laden was very big, but Osama bin Laden became big with the World Trade Center. This is a man who built a whole, as he would like to call it, ‘a country,’ a caliphate, and was trying to do it again.”
“He died after running into a dead-end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way. The compound had been cleared by this time, with people either surrendering or being shot and killed.”
“He died like a dog. He died like a coward.”

“I got to watch it, along with General Milley, Vice President Pence, others, in the Situation Room. And we watched it so clearly. … I don’t want to say how, but we had absolutely perfect — as though you were watching a movie.”

“We were getting full reports on literally a minute-by-minute basis. ‘Sir, we just broke in.’ ‘Sir, the wall is down.’ … ‘Sir, two people are coming out right now. Hands up.'”

Transcript.

4. Pic du jour

Photo: Noah Berger/AP

Firefighters from Dry Creek Rancheria in Sonoma County, Calif., remove an American flag as the Kincade Fire bears down yesterday.

Up to 2.8 million Californians, including 1.3 million in the Bay Area, “had no power [yesterday] as Pacific Gas and Electric Co. implemented its largest-ever blackout to prevent wildfires during a fierce windstorm.” (S.F. Chronicle)
The surging wildfires across the state prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency in order to deploy “every resource available” to fight the blazes. (L.A. Times)

5. Young Americans embrace socialism

Data: YouGov, Victims of Communism; Note: Number of Gen Z respondents: 303, Millennial: 554, Gen X: 494, Boomer: 587, Silent: 162; Chart: Axios Visuals

By the numbers: 50% of millennials and 51% of Generation Z have a somewhat or very unfavorable view of capitalism, according to a new YouGov/Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation survey of more than 2,000 Americans 16 years and older, writes Axios’ Stef Kight.

Why it matters: Nearly half of Gen Z and millennial respondents said they felt the U.S. economy worked against them — more than other generations.

They’ve grown up in a capitalist country where economic inequality has continued to climb.

6. Pay raises slow in weakening economy

Just one-fifth of the economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics said their companies have hired additional workers in the past three months, AP’s Christopher Rugaber reports.

That is down from one-third in July.
A broad measure of job gains fell to its lowest level since October 2012.

💰 Perhaps because of concerns over a weakening economy, businesses are less likely to offer higher pay, even with unemployment at a 50-year low.

Just one-third of economists said their firms had lifted pay in the past three months, down from more than half a year ago.

7. Trouble for offshore wind boom

A massive planned offshore wind farm near Atlantic City, N.J., from Danish company Ørsted could power a half-million homes, but the project is delayed as the Trump administration conducts a broad review of the impacts of such proposals, writes Axios’ Amy Harder in her “Harder Line” column.

Why it matters: With New England and Mid-Atlantic states enacting aggressive clean-energy policies, offshore wind in the United States promises to help combat climate change and create jobs.

Ørsted’s U.S.-based CEO, Thomas Brostrøm, told Amy in an interview for “Axios on HBO” that the review is just a “speed bump,” calling the overall project “too big to fail” given planned investments of $70 billion over the next decade.

Watch the interview.

8. 📦 Packages snarl NYC

Traffic is slowing and neighborhoods are being transformed to hold logistics hubs as New York City tries to cope with the daily delivery of 1.5 million packages, write the N.Y. Times’ Matthew Haag and Winnie Hu.

Why it matters: “The immense changes in New York have been driven by tech giants, other private businesses and, increasingly, by independent couriers, often without the city’s involvement, oversight or even its awareness.”

9. Saluting John Conyers, longest serving black congressman

On July 23, 1967, in a part of Detroit burned in riots, Rep. John Conyers climbed on a flatbed and used a bullhorn to try to encourage people to return to their homes. Photo: AP

“Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, a civil rights icon who during five decades in Congress co-founded the Congressional Black Caucus and pushed to establish a national holiday to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died Sunday of natural causes at the age of 90,” the Detroit Free Press reports.

Why it matters: “Conyers’ tenure was a remarkable 53-year-run during which the lawmaker, the son of a well-known labor lawyer in Detroit, compiled a near-record legacy of civil rights activism, longevity and advocacy for the poor and underprivileged.”

10. 1 ⚾ thing

Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Boos and chants of “Lock him up!” greeted President Trump last night at Game 5 of the World Series at Nationals Park.

The Astros beat the Nats 7-1, moving within one win of the title.

Below … Chef, philanthropist and Trump critic José Andrés threw out the ceremonial first pitch.

The N.Y. Times’ Peter Baker wrote a very entertaining account of the evening, “For Trump, No Joy in Mudville.”

Photo: Geoff Burke/Pool via Getty Images

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The Morning Dispatch: “The World Is Now a Much Safer Place”Plus: Unpacking the FISA investigations, Rep. Katie Hill resigns, and a look at the week aheadOct 28 Public post Good morning, and happy Monday. We hope you had a better weekend than ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who blew himself up in a military compound in northwest Syria as U.S. troops moved in. If you are reading this newsletter, odds are you did. Unless, of course, you are a Bears fan.“The World Is Now a Much Safer Place”Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the brutal and elusive leader of the Islamic State, died in an operation Saturday evening in Barisha, Syria, that included about 100 U.S. military personnel and took two hours, with U.S. troops suffering no casualties. President Donald Trump previewed the news in a tweet Saturday night and provided many details in lengthy press availability on Sunday. “Last night, the United States brought the world’s No. 1 terrorist leader to justice,” Trump said, adding that Baghdadi “died like a dog … died like a coward.”The elimination of Baghdadi is a big deal. At one time, ISIS controlled nearly half of Syria and vast swaths of Iraq. The terrorist group has conducted and inspired attacks on several continents, killing thousands of people. Thomas Joscelyn of the Long War Journal, a leading expert on Islamic extremism, tells The Dispatch: “Baghdadi’s death is significant. He was the supposed caliph, to whom thousands of followers around the globe pledged their allegiance.” Now, the Islamic State’s “supposed caliphate controls little to no ground, and the self-declared caliph is dead.”But, Joscelyn cautions, ISIS and like-minded groups still pose a threat. “Baghdadi’s death isn’t the end of ISIS, which lives on as an international terrorist and insurgency organization. … The fundamental problem is that the jihadist threat to America’s interests and allies remains widespread, persistent and determined. The death of Baghdadi hurts ISIS, but actually helps al-Qaeda, which remains a stronger organization in some ways. Baghdadi was al-Qaeda’s chief jihadist rival and al-Qaeda is certainly happy to see him gone.”The successful operation was a political win for Trump, obviously, and his comments Sunday were undoubtedly a preview of what we’ll hear on the campaign trail over the next year. “This is the biggest there is,” Trump said, suggesting the killing of Baghdadi was more significant than the killing of Osama bin Laden. Baghdadi, he said, was “the worst ever.”Baghdadi didn’t occupy the same space in the American psyche that Osama bin Laden did. So, while Trump can justifiably tout the operation as a success, the political impact of Baghdadi’s death will not likely be as large. One big question: Will Trump make the same mistake after the death of Baghdadi that Barack Obama made following the killing of Osama bin Laden? Obama came to office determined to end the “war on terror” and his inclination to downplay the jihadist threat, long in evidence, grew after bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011. The Obama administration—and later the campaign—touted the death of bin Laden as if it signified the coming death of al-Qaeda. (John Brennan, at the time Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, even predicted the coming “demise” of al-Qaeda.) But al-Qaeda not only survived, it adapted and strengthened. The jihadist movement expanded and new groups like ISIS, which Obama famously dismissed as the “J.V. team,” wreaked havoc. At a press conference in June 2015, Obama acknowledged “we don’t have, yet, a complete strategy” for ISIS—something that had become obvious well before he admitted it out loud. Trump’s rhetoric on jihadism has been far more aggressive than Obama’s, but he, too, has signaled an eagerness to end American efforts to mitigate those threats. He has grown fond of using Rand Paul’s formulation to describe U.S. overseas counterterrorism efforts, calling for an end to America’s “endless wars.” Trump has desperately sought a deal with the Taliban that would allow him to claim victory before ending the U.S. presence there. And the operation that took out Baghdadi comes just weeks after his announcement that the US would be leaving Syria—and just days after his announcement that we’d be sticking around, reluctantly, to protect “the oil.” Earlier this month, nearly three weeks before Baghdadi was killed, Trump had already declared victory over ISIS. “We defeated ISIS,” he said on October 7. “And we did it very quickly.”This kind of triumphalism concerns many Republicans on Capitol Hill, who worry about Trump’s eagerness to leave what he calls the “bloodstained sand” of the region. “We must keep in mind that we were able to strike Baghdadi because we had forces in the region,” first-term GOP Representative Michael Waltz, a former Green Beret, told the New York Times. “We must keep ISIS from returning by staying on offense.”Unpacking the FISA InvestigationsRobert Mueller’s Russia investigation may be long dead, but we’re likely to see it resurrected in the news in the weeks ahead, for two different reasons. First, a federal judge last week granted the House Democrats running the impeachment inquiry the ability to look at Mueller’s books. And second, there’s the pair of Trump administration investigations into the long-ago origins of Mueller’s probe, each of which is showing public signs of progress.It’s easy to confuse these investigations, given that on the surface they’re doing similar things: lawyers within the Trump administration trying to figure out whether there was any bad behavior at the Obama DoJ when the Russia investigation first got off the ground. But the two probes, which are operating independently from each other, have a few key differences that are important to keep in mind.The Horowitz Investigation: The Internal DoJ WatchdogFirst, there’s the investigation that recently wrapped at the office of Inspector General Michael Horowitz, the largely independent federal officer charged with investigating internal misconduct at the Department of Justice. Beginning in May 2018, Horowitz’s office examined DoJ’s decision in late 2016 to seek a warrant to surveil Trump campaign staffer Carter Page, whom some US officials suspected of being a Russian agent.Some Republicans have long alleged that top Obama DoJ officials acted irregularly or even criminally in pursuing a warrant from a secret federal intelligence court to spy on Page. House Republican Devin Nunes released a memo last year arguing that the DoJ had relied on the Steele dossier—a salacious pile of largely unproven opposition research alleging a vast conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia—in seeking that warrant.For Trump and his defenders, these and other allegations of possible misconduct blurred together into a single insidious narrative of rogue bureaucrats determined to bring his campaign down by any means necessary: the frequently denounced “witch hunt.”But while those declamations of a vast left-wing conspiracy are all but certainly spurious, it’s far from implausible that the Horowitz report will uncover some level of bad behavior from the likes of former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.Horowitz, an Obama appointee himself, won high praise for another high-profile investigative report last year, which looked into how the FBI handled the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server in 2016. There’s good reason to hope that this report will be comparable: a fair and factual assessment of what happened delivered without substantial political spin. That investigation wrapped last week, and Horowitz has promised to provide a lightly redacted report to Congress shortly.The Barr Investigation: Here Comes the LawThe second investigation is both more recent and more opaque. Earlier this year, President Trump’s new attorney general, William Barr, announced that the Justice Department would conduct its own review of the origins of the Russia investigation, and tasked a longtime federal prosecutor, John Durham, with heading it up. Last week, the New York Times reported that Durham’s probe had ceased to be a simple administrative review and become a criminal inquiry, giving Durham new powers to issue subpoenas and, potentially, criminal charges.Durham is known in D.C. as a methodical, no-frills prosecutor—much like Robert Mueller before him. Barr, on the other hand, has quickly acquired a reputation as one of Trump’s staunchest political allies in the executive branch, earned after he helped shepherd the president safely through the turbulent waters of the release of the Mueller report earlier this year. For that reason, this latter investigation is the likelier of the two to spark controversy if and when it tips into the public eye. Scandal Takes Down Freshman Democratic CongresswomanLess than two weeks after RedState published a report detailing sexual relationships between Rep. Katie Hill and multiple staffers, the Democratic congresswoman from California has resigned, saying “this is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but I believe it is the best thing for my constituents, my community, and our country.” Hill was under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, and is pursuing legal options against those who released intimate photos of her.A special election will be held, likely early next year, to fill her newly vacant seat. Hill was the first Democrat to win California’s 25th District since 1990.The Week AheadImpeachmentImpeachment was the story of the week last week, and it likely will be again (and again, and again, and again, until it’s over). Set to testify this week, per the Wall Street Journal:Monday: Charles Kupperman, former deputy national security adviser, was scheduled to testify but as of Sunday night will not, as he awaits a judicial rulingTuesday: Alexander Vindman, director of European affairs at the National Security CouncilWednesday: Catherine Croft and Christopher Anderson from the State Department; Kathryn Wheelbarger from the PentagonThursday: Tim Morrison, the National Security Council’s Russia and Europe directorExpect Republicans to continue protesting the closed-door nature of these depositions. Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell’s resolution from last week condemning the House’s impeachment process has received sign-on from 50 of the 53 GOP senators; Mitt Romney, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski are the only holdouts.Also lurking? Former National Security Adviser John Bolton is said to be in talks with impeachment investigators about a potential deposition. Bolton left the White House on acrimonious terms, and there seems to be no love lost between him and the president. As one of the most senior officials who could testify to Trump’s behavior and decision making, Bolton holds the potential to do serious damage to his former boss—if he so chooses.BaseballThe last time we wrote you, the Nationals had stolen two games from the Astros in Houston and were heading back to D.C. for three games at home with a 64.5 percent chance of winning it all. Then they lost all three of those games (the final one in front of President Trump), and are now Houston-bound and on the brink of elimination. Game 6 will be played on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET, with Game 7 the next night if necessary.What Else We’re Reading/WatchingWhen National Review’s Kevin Williamson writes, you read. Sorry, we don’t make the rules. This time, he penned an essay about the recent Ellen DeGeneres and George W. Bush kerfuffle, in which a small segment of the Very Online made an enormous stink about the daytime TV host sitting next to and, gasp, being civil to the former president. An important reminder from Abraham Lincoln, by way of Williamson: “We are not enemies, but friends.”The Wall Street Journal analyzed the diversity and inclusivity of S&P 500 member companies and various corporate sectors, and found a business case for heterogeneity: “The 20 most diverse companies in the WSJ study had an average annual stock return of 10% over five years, versus 4.2% for the 20 least-diverse companies.”New York Magazine’s Olivia Nuzzi has a new cover story on Joe Biden’s seemingly plateauing campaign, declaring the former vice president “the least formidable front-runner ever” while assembling a series of heartwarming vignettes that explain his 27 percent plurality in the Democratic field. “Everybody is Joe Biden’s long-lost friend. Every baby is Joe Biden’s long-lost child.”Presented Without CommentCut4@Cut4Good job getting in front of this baseball and protecting the beer, my guy. October 28th 2019830 Retweets5,137 LikesSomething FunOhio State demolished Wisconsin 38-7 on Saturday with star defensive end Chase Young inserting himself into the Heisman discussion, but the OSU marching band, also known as “The Best Damn Band in the Land,” may have put on the most impressive performance of the day. Check out their Spongebob-themed halftime show below; it’s a shame they didn’t play “Sweet Victory,” but impressive all the same.Toeing The Company LineJonah sent out a G-File on Friday—as he tends to do—and it is worth your while—as it tends to be. Where else can you get commentary on polyamory, G.K. Chesterton, and the Ukraine saga, all in one place? Be sure to give it a read here.Also on Friday, and also from Jonah, we got a new Remnantpodcast—this one with Cato Institute’s “prosperity expert” Marian Tupy. He and Jonah discuss reasons for economic optimism and the myriad of ways in which we are all indisputably better off than our ancestors. Add it to your queue here.A correction: In the Friday Morning Dispatch, we misattributed a quote about the impeachment process. Our source was Princeton professor Keith Whittington.Let Us KnowAs we discussed last time, Kanye’s highly anticipated gospel album Jesus Is King arrived on Friday afternoon. Which of the below is the best lyric?Closed on Sunday / You my Chick-fil-A / You’re my number one / With the lemonadeI was screaming at the referee just like Mike / Looking for a bright lightBefore the flood, people judge / They did the same thing to Noah / Everybody wanted Yandhi / Then Jesus Christ did the laundryThat’s why I charge the prices that I charge / I can’t be out here Dancing With the StarsThey say the week start on Monday / But the strong start on SundayWhen I thought the book of Job was a jobReporting by Declan Garvey, Andrew Egger, and Steve Hayes.You’re on the free list for The Dispatch. For the full experience, become a paying subscriber.Subscribe© 2019 The Dispatch Unsubscribe
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After years of hunting, the U.S. Army’s Delta Force conducted a daring raid on Saturday and cornered the most wanted terrorist in the world, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who blew himself up alongside three of his children at a compound in northwestern Syria, President Trump announced on Sunday. Trump, who detailed the news from the White House, declared an end to ISIS and its feared 48-year-old founder after five years of brutal fighting spanning two administrations. At the height of its reign of terror, ISIS, which began as an offshoot of al Qaeda, controlled a radical Islamic caliphate the size of Great Britain, with followers in 100 countries. “The world now is a much safer place,” Trump said during remarks that were prepared and improvised, followed by a question-and-answer session he held with reporters. Reuters: Mixing medieval atrocities with modern technology and the internet, al-Baghdadi favored a version of an ultra-fanatic Islam that horrified mainstream Muslims and much of the world. Under his orders, ISIS carried out the genocide of thousands of Yazidis, a religious minority, while enslaving women, holding public floggings and beheading unbelievers, enemies and hostages, including captives from the United States, Britain and Japan. The Hill: Trump announces death of ISIS leader in U.S. raid. The president sought to portray al-Baghdadi’s last moments as panicked and humiliating, a message Trump said he wanted to convey to the terrorist’s remaining followers. “They should see how he died. …He died like a dog. He died like a coward,” Trump said. “He was screaming, crying and whimpering, and he was scared out of his mind,” the president continued, providing no explanation about how al-Baghdadi’s final words were monitored and translated from inside a “dead-end tunnel.” Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper hailed the U.S. special operations forces and intelligence community while conceding that Islamic State fighters and their violent ideology remain a threat in the Middle East. Reuters: ISIS jihadist group remains dangerous. The Sunday Times (UK): Delta Force: One of the most secret special operations units in the U.S. military. The president praised international cooperation the United States received in advance of the commando raid from Russia, Turkey, Iraq and the Syrian Kurds, the ISIS-fighting U.S. allies. Trump said there had been “a very small group of people who knew about this” before the events on Saturday, acknowledging that on his orders, few members of Congress were briefed about the operation until it was over to prevent “leaks.” The president teased his announcement on Twitter 12 hours before he addressed the nation. Those left in the dark included Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who both praised U.S. forces and the operation’s outcome, saying they look forward this week to a defense briefing (The Hill). Reuters: Iraq’s intelligence service provided the U.S.-led coalition with the exact coordinates of al-Baghdadi’s location, paving the way for the U.S. raid, according to an Iraqi intelligence official in Baghdad. The Washington Post: A disaffected ISIS militant became a key informant for the Syrian Kurds, who worked with U.S. forces in the hunt for the ISIS chief, who died in Idlib province in Syria, a U.S. official said. Trump said the U.S. operation was organized over a span of several weeks and was not connected to his announced decision earlier this month to withdraw U.S. forces from northeastern Syria following a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “We’re out,” the president said of the U.S. military presence in Syria. “But we’re leaving soldiers to protect the oil.” The New York Times: Withdrawal from Syria threw a wrench into the operation. The New York Times: Trump and the made-for-TV announcement he has long wanted. The Hill: The Washington Post invited controversy on Sunday with headline changes topping its al-Baghdadi obituary. “Islamic State terrorist-chief” became “austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State,” which the newspaper changed again to “extremist leader of Islamic State.” Perspectives & Analysis: The Hill: Top administration officials, appearing on Sunday news shows, stressed the need for resolve in fighting ISIS following the successful U.S. raid. Brett McGurk: Baghdadi’s death underscores what we’ve lost by abandoning Syria’s Kurds. The Wall Street Journal editorial board: The lessons of Baghdadi. Jennifer Rubin: Three ways the Baghdadi raid undermines Trump’s chaotic policy. Robin Wright: U.S. intelligence has estimated that ISIS has between 20,000 and 30,000 fighters in underground cells still operating in Iraq and Syria.

LEADING THE DAY

IMPEACHMENT WATCH & CONGRESS: House investigators are set for another key week on Capitol Hill as they continue their impeachment inquiry into the president’s actions regarding Ukraine with a series of key interviews behind closed doors. However, despite the current slate of interviews, lawmakers are hoping to hear from one potential witness more than others: John Bolton. Bolton, who abruptly exited the White House last month, has suddenly topped the wishlist of potential witnesses for Democrats, as his name has repeatedly come up during depositions over the past month. Add to that his acrimonious and unceremonious departure from the White House, and Bolton has become a person of interest to investigators, as Laura Kelly writes. Among those who have placed Bolton in situations of interest to House Democrats are Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer; Gordon Sondland, the ambassador to the European Union; Energy Secretary Rick Perry; and former special envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker. However, Bolton’s testimony could prove to be the most damaging depending on where he comes down on the ideological spectrum. A high-profile conservative, Bolton views the president’s powers as expansive and has defended preemptive military strikes, though it is unclear whether any testimony from him would defend Trump’s actions as an extension of executive powers or if he would paint those actions as an abuse of power that’s damaging to the rule of law and order. “He’s not a friendly guy, but he does know right from wrong,” one former colleague said of Bolton. “He’s been around the national security scene for a long time. He knows what’s appropriate and what isn’t.” The New York Times: Waiting for Bolton: A capital speculates on what he will say. Fox News: House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.): John Bolton is “key witness” in impeachment inquiry. Paul Kane: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) warned Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to avoid Trump drama. Instead, he’s a major player. After taking a two-day pause to mourn the loss of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), investigators were back at it on Saturday as they deposed Philip Reeker, the diplomat in charge of U.S. policy in Europe. Reeker reportedly said behind closed doors that he pressed top State Department leaders to support Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, publicly as she became the target of criticism from Giuliani and allies of the president (The Washington Post). Following Reeker’s testimony this week, investigators are expected to hear from at least six more individuals: Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council’s director for European affairs; Kathryn Wheelbarger, acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; Catherine Croft, a former special adviser for Ukraine at the State Department; Christopher Anderson, who was a special adviser to Kurt Volker; Suriya Jayanti, a Foreign Service officer in Kiev; and Tim Morrison, the National Security Council’s senior director for Russia and Europe. It is also unlikely that former Deputy National Security Adviser Charles Kupperman will comply with a subpoena and appear before the investigatory committees today (The Washington Post).

© Getty Images Meanwhile, House Republicans are trying to plot out their next steps to counter the impeachment inquiry but are unsure how exactly to proceed after publicly storming a deposition and attempting to censure Schiff last week. As Scott Wong and Juliegrace Brufke report, the GOP’s “throw-everything-at-the-wall” strategy is a prime example of its disadvantage in the impeachment fight as House Democrats flex their muscle and demonstrate their control over the impeachment process. Democrats “control the flow of access and information. That’s the benefit of winning elections,” said one House GOP aide close to the impeachment fight. Politico: Impeachment ghosts haunt Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Schumer. The Washington Post: They bonded over football years ago. Now Trump sees Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) as his harshest GOP foe. > House resignation: Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) resigned her seat in Congress Sunday night. She faced a House Ethics Committee investigation of improper relationships with a campaign staffer and allegations of an intimate relationship with a member of her congressional staff. Hill, a freshman, confirmed the former and denied the latter (The Hill). “It is with a broken heart that today I announce my resignation from Congress,” Hill said in a statement. “This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but I believe it is the best thing for my constituents, my community, and our country.” Politico was the first to report news of her resignation. The Hill: Vulnerable Republicans balk at Trump-backed drug pricing bill. More from Congress: Former Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) died Sunday at age 90. Conyers, a former dean of the House and co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, resigned from Congress in 2017 after allegations that he had sexually harassed female staffers and settled one case with taxpayer funds (The Hill) … House and Senate negotiators are struggling to reach a compromise on several issues in the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act related to the president’s border wall, dragging the bill into a quagmire that has bedeviled multiple legislative efforts in recent years (The Hill).

IN FOCUS/SHARP TAKES

POLITICS: Former Vice President Joe Biden maintained during an interview with “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday that he is still the front-runner for the Democratic nomination and shook off concerns that he is too old and not raising enough cash as the first Democratic primary voters head to the polls in just over three months (The Hill). “I know I’m the frontrunner,” Biden told CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell. “Find me a national poll with a notable…a couple exceptions. But look, this is a marathon.” O’Donnell also pressed him repeatedly about his age, which Biden dismissed, arguing that his experience is an asset. “What they’re really trying to make the case is about age. And with age comes experience, with experience comes wisdom, and with wisdom comes judgment,” Biden said. O’Donnell also asked Dr. Jill Biden, his wife, whether she has noticed “any change in his ability to communicate in recent years.” “No,” she said with a laugh. “Not at all.” The Hill: Biden: Trump “an idiot” for saying Russian interference a “hoax.” New York Magazine: The Zombie Campaign: Joe Biden is the least formidable front-runner ever. Will it matter? The Hill: 2020 Democrats commend U.S. forces following ISIS leader’s death.

© Getty Images > Iowa countdown: With fewer than 100 days remaining until the Iowa caucuses and 18 candidates left, Niall Stanage takes a deep dive into what seven of the top candidates need to do in order to become the party’s standard-bearer and have the chance to face off with the president next year. Politico: Democrats confront the prospect of a long primary. The Atlantic: Tom Perez’s no-win situation. The Hill: 2020 Democrats set sights on corporate tax hike. > Alabama: An internal struggle is threatening Sen. Doug Jones’s (D-Ala.) chances of pulling off an already unlikely reelection win next year. As Reid Wilson reports, A yearlong battle between Jones, the only Democratic senator from a Southern state, and the head of his own state Democratic Party organization has exploded into charges of discrimination and intimidation, and party officials worry the feud could complicate an already difficult reelection bid in one of the most conservative states in the country. The fight for control of the party between Jones and Nancy Worley, the current head of the party, has revived painful allegations of racial discrimination. However, what makes matters complicated are the countercharges of generational discrimination and acrimony between the African American Democrats who were on the front lines of the fight for civil rights in the 1950s and 1960s and a younger group of rising leaders who say they are being shut out of the party they will soon control. The dispute has extended to the Democratic National Committee, as Chairman Tom Perez has withheld money allotted to build up the state party and threatened to leave Alabama’s delegation out of next year’s party convention in Milwaukee. Adding to the problems, legal costs have decimated the state party’s campaign coffers, creating yet another challenge for Jones ahead of his reelection battle. The Wall Street Journal: Georgia GOP on pins and needles over Gov. Brian Kemp’s Senate choice.

OPINION

Trump needs to set his Senate strategy now: Expect a long slog through four years of context, by Hugh Hewitt, opinion contributor, The Washington Post. https://wapo.st/2BMhwkz U.S. Supreme Court readies for Trump, by Albert Hunt, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/2NlKn4u We are in a fight for the soul of our democracy, by the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), in a Washington Post op-ed adapted from a forward he wrote July 17 for a forthcoming book by Cedric L. Alexander. https://wapo.st/2JsuEzs

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Hill.TV’s “Rising” program features Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), who offers her take on the U.S. raid in northwestern Syria over the weekend; Buck Sexton, host of “The Buck Sexton Show,” also reacts to the death of the ISIS founder and leader; journalist Glenn Greenwald, co-founding editor of The Intercept, discusses news of the day and the 2020 presidential race; and The Hill’s Judy Kurtz, who offers insights about the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, given to Dave Chappelle, an Emmy Award and Grammy Award winner, on Sunday. Watch at 9 a.m. ET at http://thehill.com/hilltv or on YouTube at 10 a.m. at Rising on YouTube. The House will reconvene at noon. The Senate meets at 3 p.m. and resumes consideration of the fiscal 2020 appropriations measure that includes commerce, justice, science, agriculture, rural development, food and drug administration, interior, environment, military construction, veterans affairs, transportation and housing and urban development. The president today makes his first visit to Chicago as president to speak to the conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. He’ll sign an executive order there (The Associated Press). Trump will participate in a joint GOP fundraising committee luncheon and roundtable held at the Trump International Hotel & Tower, then return to the White House to join first lady Melania Trump in a White House Halloween celebration, which is open to military families and local schoolchildren and their parents from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Vice President Pence meets at 11:45 a.m. with the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association board of directors, then heads to Baton Rouge, La., to offer some political help at a donor reception at 5 p.m. for gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone (R), who is challenging incumbent Gov. John Bel Edwards (D). From Louisiana, Pence will fly to Killeen, Texas, and remain overnight. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is in Israel, where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about economic and security issues. Mnuchin also plans to travel through Nov. 5 to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, India and Qatar. The Justice Votes 2020 town hall from noon to 5 p.m. in Philadelphia mixes presidential candidates with an audience of formerly incarcerated people and their families, representing a U.S. population numbering in the millions who are in or have passed through the prison system. Location: Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site. Presidential candidates Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and billionaire businessman Tom Steyer are expected to attend the first-of-its-kind event. Information HERE. Live streamed on NowThisNews.

ELSEWHERE

➔ Wildfires: Ferocious winds have gusted to an incredible 96 mph in parts of California, helping to fuel at least 17 fires, many of them burning out of control and forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents. The fire events have led to planned blackouts in parts of the state, and power may remain off through Wednesday (The Los Angeles Times). On Sunday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) declared a statewide emergency (The Hill).

© Getty Images > Alzheimer’s: The disease is a thief, stealing minds, robbing memories and walking away with time. Charles Ogletree Jr., 66, a commanding leader and scholar in law and well known at Harvard and in Washington for decades, and his wife, Pam Ogletree, are one couple among millions navigating life with the disease. “Pam always imagined things would slow down one day. The requests would come less frequently, his schedule would ease, and they would have more quiet time together. She never imagined that when they did, the man she loved would already be slipping away” (The Boston Globe). ➔ Brexit: The European Union agreed today for a second time to give the United Kingdom an extension to try to sort out a divorce agreement in Parliament. The current Oct. 31 deadline now shifts to Jan. 31 (The Associated Press). ➔ Gun violence: Jewish synagogues and institutions across the country have gone to some lengths to strengthen their building’s security measures and ensure their communities’ safety since a gunman killed 11 people a year ago at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh (The Hill). … Education groups and children’s privacy advocates are opposed to a long-awaited GOP proposal to combat gun violence because of provisions they say could result in the “over-surveillance” of minors (The Hill). …Two people were killed and 12 injured late on Saturday in Greenville, Texas, during a shooting at an off-campus party among about 750 people. One unidentified male suspect with a handgun fled the scene and remains at large this morning (USA Today). ➔ Consumer spending: U.S. consumers are forecast to spend less this year on Halloween paraphernalia, which could be but one indication of changing consumer behavior as imports from China remain under U.S. tariffs and some economists look for signs of a future recession (The Hill). ➔ Fiscal fitness: WARNING: Economists and budget hawks are sending up red flares while lawmakers and presidential candidates appear to be shrugging off huge federal deficits. Since last year, the government’s red ink surged 26 percent to $984.4 billion — its highest point in seven years, according to administration data released on Friday. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the deficit will stay above $1 trillion over the next decade (The Associated Press).

THE CLOSER

And finally … A 30-foot Colorado blue spruce, transplanted from Pennsylvania, became the new National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse near the White House on Saturday, replacing the previous evergreen damaged by a storm and by an unauthorized climber. The spruce will sparkle on Dec. 5 during the annual lighting ceremony for the National Christmas Tree (The Washington Post).

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‘Crisis of confidence’: John Roberts’ impeachment role prompts recusal rumblings In an impeachment trial in the Senate, President Trump would look up to see one of his Washington establishment foes, … more

POLITICO Playbook: What the booing of Trump says about his presidency

By ANNA PALMER and JAKE SHERMAN

10/28/2019 06:25 AM EDT

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President Donald Trump is pictured. | Getty Images — It’s a sign of President Donald Trump’s isolation that he took only his staunchest Republican allies with him to the game, along with the first lady. | Will Newton/Getty Images

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NOBODY OUGHT TO BE SURPRISED that the president was booed at Nats Park, in a city where more than 90% of voters choose his opponent in 2016. What was striking, though, was that the reaction came only hours after President DONALD TRUMP proudly announced the death of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, in a U.S. military raid.

WE’RE NOT SURE what the president expected to happen, but closeups of his face during the crowd’s reaction as name was announced on the stadium PA show a smile hardening into a slight scowl. How will he react today?

IT’S A SIGN OF THE PRESIDENT’S ISOLATION, too, that he took only his staunchest Republican allies with him to the game, along with the first lady. Nats Park is perhaps one of the only gathering places in town that draws Republicans and Democrats in equal measure — but his box was all red.

THAT SAID … He was under no obligation to notify Speaker NANCY PELOSI ahead of the Baghdadi raid, but telling her and other top Democrats would’ve bought a huge chunk of goodwill. Pelosi — a former top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee — has been trusted with state secrets for decades. There is approximately zero chance she would’ve dialed up a reporter to leak the plans.

BREAKING … FT: “Brexit: EU agrees extension as Boris Johnson looks to trigger U.K. election — latest news”: “EU leaders have agreed to offer the UK an extension on the Brexit deadline from October 31 to the end of January after France gave up on its objections to such an lengthy delay.” FT

— FROM LONDON PLAYBOOK: “EU ambassadors are meeting in Brussels this morning to agree a draft plan to grant the U.K. another Brexit delay until January 31, 2020, with the option for the U.K. to leave sooner, either at the end of November or the end of December, *if* the Withdrawal Agreement can be ratified in time.” More from London Playbook

HEATHER CAYGLE, JOHN BRESNAHAN and KYLE CHENEY: “Rep. Katie Hill to resign amid allegations of inappropriate relationships with staffers”: “Freshman Rep. Katie Hill is resigning from Congress after facing allegations of inappropriate sexual relationships with staffers in her office and on her congressional campaign.

“‘It is with a broken heart that today I announce my resignation from Congress. This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but I believe it is the best thing for my constituents, my community and our country,’ Hill wrote in a letter announcing the news after it was first reported by POLITICO. …

“Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who has taken a hard line in sexual harassment cases, said in a statement that Hill had made the right decision in stepping down. ‘[Hill] has acknowledged errors in judgment that made her continued service as a member untenable,’ Pelosi said on Sunday night. ‘We must ensure a climate of integrity and dignity in the Congress, and in all workplaces.’” POLITICO

— L.A. TIMES COLUMNIST ROBIN ABCARIAN: “Democratic Rep. Katie Hill messed up, but she should not have resigned”: “I really wish U.S. Rep. Katie Hill had not resigned.

“The Antelope Valley freshman Democrat has been charged with no crime, is going through what appears to be a miserable divorce, has always been frank about her bisexuality, had a relationship with a member of her campaign staff, but has denied an accusation that she had an affair with a male congressional staffer when she got to Washington, D.C., earlier this year. She is now the subject of a House ethics probe.

“Should we have expected more from her? Yes, and I will get to that in a moment. But she has done nothing — that we know of at least — that should have led her to step down.

“If indeed she had a sexual relationship with a staffer in her congressional office, that should have earned a slap on the wrist for the 32-year-old Democrat. To show how seriously Congress takes that sort of thing, it wasn’t even until last year that the House changed its rules to prohibit relationships between members and their employees. For decades, male lawmakers got away with those sort of shenanigans. Wouldn’t you know it, the first one to fall afoul of the rule is a woman, and a bisexual woman, at that.” LAT

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POST-GAMING BAGHDADI …

— WAPO: “Despite Baghdadi raid, some analysts question U.S. ability to prevent ISIS resurgence,” by Karen DeYoung, Louisa Loveluck and Shane Harris: “[T]he raid came amid rising concern that the diminishing U.S. military and civilian footprint, along with cuts in funding for stabilization and reconstruction, undermines that commitment in a part of the world where U.S. leadership is crucial both to American and global security.” WaPo

— WSJ: “Death of Baghdadi Unlikely to End the Insurgency He Led,” by Isabel Coles in Erbil, Iraq, Jared Malsin in Istanbul and Warren Strobel: “A hobbled Islamic State might even be reinvigorated rather than demoralized by Baghdadi’s death, says Charlie Winter, a senior fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation.

“‘In [the] coming days/weeks/months, it’ll be rushing to secure and consolidate its remnants under whatever new leadership structure emerges,’ said Mr. Winter on Twitter. A senior U.S. official said military pressure must continue on the remnants of Islamic State ‘otherwise the conditions will be ripe for them to reconstitute,’ as al Qaeda did in Iraq.” WSJ

— AP’S JONATHAN LEMIRE: “Analysis: With ISIS death, Trump touts much-needed triumph”: “Imperiled by an impeachment inquiry and facing fierce foreign policy criticism from within his own party, Trump reveled in the win Sunday, at first announcing the raid like so many of his predecessors, with solemnity for the mission in Syria and praise for the brave Americans and allies who carried it out.

“As the minutes passed, he reverted to the president who has tried to redefine the office and how Americans view it, using graphic language and awkward ad-libs while dispensing criticism of his political foes, at home and abroad, and turning the triumph into a moment, more than anything, about Donald J. Trump himself.

“Despite the Trumpian flourishes, the president’s White House reveal of al-Baghdadi’s death gave him a destined-for-history image to place alongside Barack Obama’s iconic announcement of the killing of Osama Bin Laden. It also offered him a reprieve from the escalating impeachment inquiry and a ready-made line for this 2020 reelection campaign.” AP

HAPPENING THIS WEEK: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Senate Democrats will force a floor vote on a resolution to repeal the Trump administration’s 1332 waiver rule, which allows states to offer insurance plans that do not fully protect people with pre-existing conditions and do not cover essential health benefits such as prescription drugs and maternity coverage.

Good Monday morning. THE NATIONALS, ugh, whatever …

YES, TRUMP WAS BOOED, and some fans even chanted “Lock him up.” Video … Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.),who was in the box with him, told the pool upon return to the White House that Trump said, “Good pitching always beats good hitting.” Game 6, which is do or die for the Nats, is Tuesday night at 8 p.m. in Houston.

SPOTTED in the president’s box at the game: Melania Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Graham, Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.).

SPOTTED at the game: former Redskins coach Jay Gruden.

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IMPEACHMENT CLIP PACKET …

— BURGESS EVERETT and JOHN BRESNAHAN: “Impeachment ghosts haunt McConnell and Schumer”: “An up-and-coming congressman is running for the Senate and railing against impeachment. A rising senator in the other party is decrying the White House ‘smear campaign’ against the investigation.

“The year was 1998 and it was President Bill Clinton who was under siege by an impeachment inquiry, just as President Donald Trump is now. At the time, Chuck Schumer was blasting the impeachment drive while Mitch McConnell called for all sides to stick to the facts.

“In the intervening 21 years, Schumer and McConnell might as well have swapped talking points. The politics of impeachment have always revolved around hypocrisy and partisanship. These days, it’s just become easier to see. YouTube readily delivers embarrassing evidence of high-profile flip-flops: videos of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) arguing for impeachment in the ’90s have been a staple of Democratic Twitter accounts for weeks.” POLITICO

— NYT’S NICK FANDOS and MIKE SCHMIDT: “Moving Closer to Trump, Impeachment Inquiry Faces Critical Test”: “House impeachment investigators are speeding toward new White House barriers meant to block crucial testimony and evidence from the people who are closest to President Trump — obstacles that could soon test the limits of Democrats’ fact finding a month into their inquiry.

“What has been a rapidly moving investigation securing damning testimony from witnesses who have defied White House orders may soon become a more arduous effort. Investigators are now trying to secure cooperation from higher-ranking advisers who can offer more direct accounts of Mr. Trump’s actions but are also more easily shielded from Congress.

“Democrats are likely to face the first such roadblock on Monday, when one of Mr. Trump’s closest advisers is expected to defy a subpoena as he awaits a federal court to determine whether he can speak with impeachment investigators. But others could soon follow, legal experts and lawmakers say, forcing Democratic leaders toward a consequential choice: Try to force cooperation through the courts or move on to begin making an argument for impeachment in public.” NYT

— “Trump impeachment witnesses leave a trail of tantalizing clues,” by Nahal Toosi: “They showed up, offered prepared remarks and answered hours of questions to lay out their side of the Ukraine-related impeachment inquiry now engulfing President Donald Trump.

“But the current and former U.S. officials … also left a trail of clues for investigators to follow. The breadcrumbs — word of a cable here, mention of a meeting there — are scattered across what’s been made public from the testimonies.” POLITICO

— NOT HAPPENING TODAY: Former John Bolton deputy Charles Kupperman was due to testify this morning. But on Friday evening, he filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to rule on which to obey: a congressional subpoena or White House orders that he not give a deposition. As of Sunday night, per CBS, his lawyer said he wouldn’t testify today.

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THE PRESIDENT’S MONDAY … THE PRESIDENT will leave the White House at 8 a.m. for Andrews, where he’ll fly to Chicago. He will arrive at O’Hare at 9:20 a.m. and fly to Soldier Field, before heading to the McCormick Place Convention Center. He will arrive at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference and Exposition at 10 a.m. Central time, and he will sign an executive order and speak at 10:25 a.m.

At 11:20 a.m., he’ll leave for the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago, where he’ll have a fundraiser. He is scheduled to fly back at 1:35 p.m.At 5:45 p.m., he will host Halloween at the White House.

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Rabbi Jeffrey Myers is pictured. | AP Photo — **PHOTO DU JOUR:** Tree of Life/Or L’Simcha Congregation Rabbi Jeffrey Myers in Pittsburgh gets emotional Sunday during the one-year commemoration of the mass shooting at the synagogue. | Rebecca Droke/AP Photo

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL conducted an email interview with Jason Greenblatt, who is leaving his role as the president’s Middle East peace envoy. What he did not answer: “Greenblatt declined to provide answers to questions about his designated successor, Avi Berkowitz, who critics charged is too inexperienced to take over a portfolio as complicated as Middle East peace; and about how he really felt about some of Trump’s more controversial decisions, such as cutting funds to Israeli-Palestinian coexistence projects last year, or, more recently, his withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria.” Times of Israel

2020 WATCH — “Democrats confront the prospect of a long primary,” by David Siders: “Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren are holding steady, Bernie Sanders is bouncing back from his heart attack and Pete Buttigieg is springing to life in Iowa.

“After months of consolidation, there are signs the top tier of the Democratic presidential primary may be expanding, leaving Democrats to confront the prospect of a lasting, multi-candidate contest that could drag on long into next year.”

— JOE BIDEN ON ‘60 MINUTES’ … Highlights … Video … Transcript

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BAGHDADI FACT CHECK — “Watching the Raid Was Like a Movie, the President Said. Except There Was No Live Audio,” by NYT’s Helene Cooper, Julian Barnes and Thomas Gibbons-Neff: “In describing the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Sunday, President Trump used dramatic, even cinematic language to portray the daring American commando raid that brought down the Islamic State leader who, the president said, died ‘screaming, crying and whimpering.’

“Mr. Trump described the video footage he watched from the White House Situation Room as ‘something really amazing to see.’ The experience, the president said, was ‘as though you were watching a movie.’

“What the president saw, according to military and intelligence officials, was overhead surveillance footage on several video screens that, together, provided various angles from above, and in real time. … [T]hose surveillance feeds could not show what was happening in an underground tunnel, much less detect if Mr. al-Baghdadi was whimpering or crying.” NYT

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BEYOND THE BELTWAY … AP: “Fires spread amid power outages in Northern California”: “As nearly 200,000 people remain under evacuation order from threat of wildfire, some of the millions of people in Northern California on track to get their electricity back may not have power restored before another possible round of shut-offs and debilitating winds.

“Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has notified more than 1.2 million people that they may have their electricity shut off for what could be the third time in a week and the fourth time this month.

“Meanwhile, more than 2.4 million people who lost electricity over the weekend were awaiting restoration as hurricane-force winds whipped through the state, fueling a wildfire in Sonoma County as smaller spot fires cropped up.” AP

I’M NOT CRYING, YOU’RE CRYING — “As his Alzheimer’s looms, Charles and Pam Ogletree take one last walk in love,” by The Boston Globe’s Jenna Russell

MEDIAWATCH — ABOUT THAT BAGHDADI HEADLINE … WAPO STATEMENT: “Post correspondents have spent years in Iraq and Syria documenting ISIS savagery, often at great personal risk. Unfortunately, a headline written in haste to portray the origins of al-Baghdadi and ISIS didn’t communicate that brutality. The headline was promptly changed.” (via CNN’s Brian Stelter)

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SPOTTED: Robert Mueller sitting in first class on a United Airlines flight from DCA to Denver on Sunday. Pic on the Denver airport tram … Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the opening night of “Othello” at the Kennedy Center on Saturday evening, where she was greeted with a standing ovation.

SPOTTED at a ceremony awarding Dave Chappelle the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday night: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Bob Menedez (D-N.J.), David Rubenstein, Deborah Rutter, Lorne Michaels, Capricia Marshall, Tim and Anne Keating, John Legend, Jon Stewart, Susan Rice and Ian Cameron, Elizabeth Bagley, Tiffany Haddish, Q-Tip, Orson Porter, Thurgood Marshall Jr., Gina Adams, Bradley Cooper, Missy Owens and Rod O’Connor, Stuart Bernstein, UAE Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, Neal Brennan, Patrick Steel and Lee Satterfield, Bret and Amy Baier, Heather Podesta, Juleanna Glover, Adrian Fenty, Howard Fineman and Amy Nathan and Steve Ciccone.

SPOTTED at Mike Bloomberg’s CityLab dinner at the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Sunday night: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Patti Harris, Kevin Sheekey, Jim Kenney, Melvin Carter, Zdenek Hrib, Maureen Orth, David and Katherine Bradley, Aneesh Chopra and Rohini Dhir, James Anderson, Steve Clemons, Shawna Thomas, Craig Gordon and Kim Sajet.

TRANSITIONS — Erica Elliott Richardson and Sonja Nesbit are joining FTI Consulting as managing directors. Richardson previously was director of external affairs at the CFTC. Nesbit previously was senior government relations director at Arent Fox.

WEEKEND WEDDINGS — Steven Groves, White House deputy press secretary, and Caitlin Thompson, deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at HUD, got married Saturday at the St. Regis. The couple met at Heritage. Pic… SPOTTED: HUD Secretary Ben Carson, Jim DeMint, Emmet Flood, Ty Cobb, Monica Rodriguez and Jeff Bednarczyk, James and Kimberly Wallner, Rachel Bovard and Lawrence Stanley, Caroline Vanvick, Andrew Peek, Andrew Hughes, Jim Frogue, Todd Thurman, Maggie and Abby Delahoyde, Jeff and Mary Catherine Murray, JP Tyson, Ed Corrigan, Cameron and Angie Seward, and Raffi and Morgan Williams.

— Georgette Spanjich, co-founder of Plurus Strategies, and Charlie Kerr, an intelligence analyst for the Air Force, got married Saturday at Black Horse Inn in Warrenton, Va. Pic… SPOTTED: Kevin Ball, Phil Cardarella, Kevin Carter, Derek Conrad, Jean Cornell, Alan McQuinn, Alyssa Franke, Kristian Hoysradt, Morgan Gress Johnson, Brian Johnson, David Leiter, Tamera Luzzatto, Sarah Litke, Richard Phillips, Joe Vidulich and Ashley Wolos.

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Jonny Slemrod, partner at Harbinger Strategies. An interesting book he recently read: “I recently read ‘Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders’ by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry after seeing the movie ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.’ It is a fascinating read and a wild story.” Playbook Q&A

BIRTHDAYS: Bill Gates is 64 … WaPo’s David Finkel is 64 … David Ford, Ogilvy’s chief U.S. comms officer … Zach Hunter, VP at American Action Network and Congressional Leadership Fund … Justin Discigil, press secretary for House Energy and Commerce Republicans, who celebrated by completing the Spartan warrior trifecta — pic(hat tips: Zack Roday) … Teresa Vilmain (h/t Jon Haber) … Max Cummings … Bridget Walsh, VP for government affairs and public policy at Boehringer Ingelheim … E&E’s Dylan Brown … Matt Patton of Google … Jeanie Figg … CNN senior photojournalist Peter Morris … Ansley Rhyne … Alison Starling … Susan E. Roberts … Helena Andrews … Vince Chadwick … Stefanie Christensen …

… Doug Band … Scott Harrington … Nadia Garnett (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) … Margaret Given,editorial producer for CNN’s “New Day” … Louise Dodsworth … Adam Bozzi … Acee Agoyo … Alex and Brett Harris … Brian Witkofsky is 52 … Steve Hartell, director of U.S. public policy at Amazon (h/t Jodi Seth) … Uber’s Alix Anfang … Peter Savodnik … Sam Weston … Jason Rodriguez … CBS’ Meghan Zusi … Zach Williams … Asher Hildebrand (h/t Seve Gaskin) … Simon Pereira … Griffin Anderson … former Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) is 62 … Andrew Cooper (h/t Tim Burger) … Darlene Setter … Sarah Beaulieu … former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is 63

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View In BrowserOctober 28, 2019chicagotribune.comDaywatch1Lightfoot announces deal with SEIU but says standoff continues with Chicago Teachers UnionMONDAY, OCT 28The Chicago teachers strike enters its third week after Monday’s classes were canceled following a weekend of negotiations. That’s despite the fact that the union representing CPS support staff was reviewing the final terms of an agreement Sunday night. Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS CEO Janice Jackson announced the deal with SEIU at a news conference. However, the mayor said a deal had not been reached with the Chicago Teachers Union.How did some CPS classrooms end up with more than 30 kids? Here’s a breakdown of one of the central issues in the teachers strike.Chicago’s striking teachers helped spark a new wave of teacher activists. Here’s why teacher activism is on the rise.Column: CPS alums team up to edit college essays while teachers are on strike: “Any way that we can help the students, help the teachers … that’s important.”2After criticizing Chicago from afar, Trump gets his chance to do it in personMONDAY, OCT 28From the early days of his candidacy in 2015 through his presidency, Donald Trump has used public platforms across the world to push his agenda while criticizing Chicago and its Democratic leadership. Now, dogged by a House Democratic-led impeachment inquiry, Trump is scheduled to arrive today in a city beset with its own problems of gun violence, financial uncertainty and an ongoing teachers strike.Chicagoans should expect some traffic hassles, and a big police presence, during Trump visit“It’s really about me”: Chicago’s top cop Eddie Johnson says of decision to opt out of Trump’s speechColumn: Inviting Donald Trump to address top cops gathering in Chicago is a slap in the face to our city — an opportunity Trump has been waiting for. 3State lawmakers return for veto session under cloud as Lightfoot faces major test of her sway in SpringfieldMONDAY, OCT 28After passing a number of transformational laws last spring — from cementing women’s abortion rights to legalizing recreational pot — the General Assembly returns to action this week under the cloud of an ongoing federal corruption probe and facing pressure from Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for help in plugging her city’s $838 million budget hole. 4Here’s an exclusive look at the latest design tweaks to the Obama Presidential Center. Is the third time the charm?MONDAY, OCT 28Here comes version three of the Obama Presidential Center’s museum tower, just in time for the third Obama Foundation Summit, which starts Tuesday in Chicago, with Obama scheduled to attend. Knifelike incisions give the tower a more dynamic, faceted profile. An 88-foot-tall expanse of glass cracks open the previously foreboding facade.So is the third time the charm? Partly, says architecture critic Blair Kamin. Yet there’s more work to be done.Top architecture awards go to riverfront skyscraper, U. of C.’s public policy school and IIT’s innovation center 5Meet the goats helping to protect Indiana Dunes National ParkMONDAY, OCT 28Two employees who worked at Indiana Dunes National Park this past summer are about a year old, like to be petted and have a sweet spot for Duke, a horse on a farm near where they were deployed against invasive plants. 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Chance the Rapper took that idea a step further Saturday, giving a national boost of support when he stepped out wearing a red sweatshirt with the Chicago Teachers Union logo on it for his opening monologue on “Saturday Night Live.”8Column: Bears’ latest loss leaves Chicago in a state of disbeliefMONDAY, OCT 28In the hour after the Bears once again crushed a city’s hope, in the hour after remote controls were thrown into walls and beer cans tossed out of living room windows and adults went to tend to their Sunday yard work dropping four-letter words faster than the trees were dropping leaves — and credible sources tell the Tribune all these things happened — Matt Nagy was left to answer for the grisly wreck.Column: The Bears’ issues continue to mount after their 3rd consecutive loss — and they can’t just cut the kicker this timeColumn: The Bears finally ran the ball, but their offense remains broken behind the inconsistent Mitch Trubisky advertisement
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Monday, October 28, 2019

Something Big Happened
On Saturday night, the President tweeted, “Something very big has just happened!”

On Sunday morning, we found out it really was something big. From Newsweek: “The United States military has conducted a special operations raid targeting one of its most high-value targets, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), Newsweek has learned. President Donald Trump approved the mission nearly a week before it took place. Amid reports Saturday of U.S. military helicopters over the Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, a senior Pentagon official familiar with the operation and Army official briefed on the matter told Newsweek that Baghdadi was the target of the top-secret operation in the last bastion of the country’s Islamist-dominated opposition, a faction that has clashed with ISIS in recent years. A U.S. Army official briefed on the results of the operation told Newsweek that Baghdadi was killed in the raid, and the Defense Department told the White House they have “high confidence” that the high-value target killed was Baghdadi, but further verification is pending DNA and biometric testing. The senior Pentagon official said there was a brief firefight when U.S. forces entered the compound in Idlib’s Barisha village and that Baghdadi then killed himself by detonating a suicide vest. Family members were present. According to Pentagon sources, no children were harmed in the raid but two Baghdadi wives were killed after detonating their own explosive vests.”

Or as President Trump said in a press conference, “He died after running into a dead end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way.”

Author, Purple Heart recipient, and former combat veteran Sean Parnell said, “The raid on al Baghdadi is a vindication of @realDonaldTrump’s strategy in Syria. It’s proof that we don’t need US troops refereeing a protracted conflict between at least 6 warring factions Surgical strikes targeting HVTs NOT nation building, is the pathway to success in Syria.”

Apparently, The Washington Post thought Baghdadi deserved fair coverage. Their original headline read, “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies at 48.” The article also stated “Mr. Baghdadi maintained a canny pragmatism” and “Acquaintances would remember him as a shy, nearsighted youth who liked soccer but preferred to spend his free time at the local mosque.”

Not to be out-done, Bloomberg News tweeted, “Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi transformed himself from a little-known teacher of Koranic recitation into the self-proclaimed ruler of an entity that covered swaths of Syria and Iraq.” One thing we can all agree on is that the military members and the dog who was injured during the raid are all heroes. Jennifer Griffin of Fox News reported that the dog may lose his injured leg but is expected to make a full recovery.
Canceling Halloween? The Horror!
You’ve heard of the “War on Christmas” but Reason.com’s Nick Gillespie says the real threat is the war on Halloween. He writes:

“[I]t’s late October, so some idiot school district is, of course, banning Halloween. Yahoo! reports that the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 in Illinois is “moving away” from Halloween celebrations for “two-fold reasons.” Officials say that the holiday may offend religious sensibilities (especially non-Christian ones that don’t even equate the celebration with witchcraft or necromancy!) and causes poor kids who can’t afford fancy costumes discomfort by rubbing the fact of their own poverty in their faces (as if one of the whole points of the traditional public-school system isn’t to replicate and perpetuate racial and class stratification).
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What’s the upside of this sort of action? It’s an object lesson that traditional, compulsory K-12 education persists mostly to remind kids that authority is brutal, stupid, and arbitrary, and to provide source material for the next iteration of Pink Floyd’s The Wall, To Sir, With Love, Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out,” Heathers, Mean Girls, or the next great youth-in-revolt statement.”

In other Halloween news:

This dog wins best costume forever (Twitter)

Maybe the silliest “sexy” costume ever — and probably made in China! (Yandy)

Would you drink Starbucks’ all-black Frappuccino? (MentalFloss)

From the archives: Is Your Kid A Cowboy For Halloween? Social Justice Warriors Already Hate Him (The Federalist)

My Favorite Song From Kanye West’s New Gospel Album
“Closed on Sunday, you’re my Chick-fil-A
Closed on Sunday, you my Chick-fil-A
Hold the selfies, put the ’Gram away
Get your family, y’all hold hands and pray”

Seriously. It’s a catchy song! Following an interview on Big Boy TV, Kanye is making news and ruffling feathers. As he said in the interview, “This is a free man talking.” See this clip.

What I’m Reading This Week
I’m a huge fan of Mike Rowe. His shows, his social media, and soon, his book. This week I’m reading The Way I Heard It. From the description: “The Way I Heard It presents thirty-five mysteries ‘for the curious mind with a short attention span.’ Every one is a trueish tale about someone you know, filled with facts that you don’t. Movie stars, presidents, bloody do-gooders, and villains—they’re all here, waiting to shake your hand, hoping you’ll remember them. Delivered with Mike’s signature blend of charm, wit, and ingenuity, their stories are part of a larger mosaic—a memoir full of surprising revelations, sharp observations, and intimate, behind-the-scenes moments drawn from Mike’s own remarkable life and career.”

ICYMI, here’s our BRIGHT interview with Mike Rowe from 2017.

A Case of the Mondays
A behind the scenes look at Australian firefighters’ 2020 calendar with cute animals (Facebook) and you can order the calendar here.

A priest brings in stray dogs during mass so they can find families to adopt them (Bored Panda)

It’s never too early to drop hints that you want the $112,000 Tiffany Advent Calendar (USA Today)

The First Lady was all-business last week when she attended a meeting on Capitol Hill for the anniversary of the passage of the Support for Patients and Communities Act, legislation that helps families affected by opioid addiction. From John Binder’s Fashion Notes:

“Mrs. Trump chose an off-the-runway Max Mara light camel-toned suit from the brand’s Resort 2020 collection, pairing the blazer and trousers with a rich brown sweater and Christian Louboutin pointed stilettos. Matching the suit, Mrs. Trump carried a men’s Louboutin briefcase — a nod to Washington, D.C.’s office-centric wardrobe of suits and briefcases. The Streetwall briefcase is crafted in grained leather with a calfskin strap and handles. A logo is branded on a badge mounted with gunmetal studs and Louboutin’s famous shade of red is subtly added as trim to each end of the briefcase. The bag retails for $2,400.”

The Louboutin bag is the stand-out in this look. Here are few options for less:

Gray Leather Briefcase (it even has a pop of red!) from Amazon, $99.99

Margaux Large Work Tote in True Beige from Kate Spade, $378

Women’s Laptop Tote from Amazon, $53.99

A New Day Work Tote from Target, $44.99

Halloween at the White House!
“The President and First Lady will hand out commemorative candy in front of the South Portico, and several departments and agencies will be in attendance along with a variety of fun items and activities for the children to participate in. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will have out of this world objects for kids to look at as well as a display of an EVA Space Suit. The Department of Agriculture will feature a tractor for the guests to explore while the Department of the Interior will give out Junior Ranger Explorer and Fishing books, badges, and stickers including Buddy Bison stickers. Department of Labor and Department of Education will both offer unique photo opportunities with step and repeat backdrops specific to their entities. The United States Postal Service will have spooky collection boxes and a Postal truck for kiddos to see. Children will also be able to check out the Presidential Limo known as ‘The Beast,’ which is being brought in by the United States Secret Service.”

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MORNING NEWS BRIEFING – OCTOBER 28, 2019

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3. How the raid went down: “As though you were watching a movie”

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7. Trouble for offshore wind boom

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9. Saluting John Conyers, longest serving black congressman

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