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| Happy Friday from the home of the champion Washington Nationals, where a party-line House vote to begin a formal impeachment inquiry begins a process with precedents in U.S. history. We’ve got reports on aspects you may wonder about, and on conservatives’ challenge of liberals’ secrecy. On the podcast, Sen. Joni Ernst targets runaway government spending. Plus: victory in court for a T-shirt maker, how our military resembles Rocky Balboa, and the problem with laws against “hate speech.” Have a great weekend. Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday as daylight saving time ends. |
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News 4 Keys to Understanding a Trump Impeachment Trial in the Senate By Fred Lucas Although most analysts consider reaching the two-thirds Senate vote required for removal of a president virtually impossible, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the Senate would conduct a trial if necessary. More News Kentucky Supreme Court Sides With Christian T-Shirt Maker in Free Speech Case By Fred Lucas For seven years, businessman Blaine Adamson has fought in the courts after declining to print T-shirts for the Lexington Pride Festival, hosted by the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization. More News Top House Conservative Derides ‘Secret’ Impeachment Proceedings By Rachel del Guidice The current impeachment process “allows [House Intelligence Chairman] Adam Schiff to be basically the counsel, the judge, and the jury,” warns Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La. More Analysis Sen. Joni Ernst Wants to Cut Absurd Washington Spending By Rachel del Guidice With the national debt amounting to over $60,000 per American, Sen. Joni Ernst is fed up with government expenditures such as $600,000 on coloring books. More Commentary Is America’s Military Headed for a ‘Rocky’ Experience? By Dakota Wood Switch from the cinematic world to the real world, and it’s hard not to see the U.S. in the same position as our hero in “Rocky III”—complacent, entitled, and ignorant of real challenges lurking in the shadows. More Commentary Former Time Magazine Editor Is Wrong. America Doesn’t Need ‘Hate Speech’ Laws. By Jarrett Stepman “Even the most sophisticated Arab diplomats that I dealt with did not understand why the First Amendment allows someone to burn a Koran,” writes Richard Stengel, a former journalist and State Department employee. “Why, they asked me, would you ever want to protect that?” More | ||
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“Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” ALBERT EINSTEIN Good morning, The House voted along partisan lines on Thursday to authorize a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Republican lawmakers criticize the impeachment inquiry as lacking due process and being designed to remove a sitting president. Read the full article here You can now turn your phone into a beacon of real news! With the new Epoch Times app, you won’t miss any important news and deep analysis, wherever you are! Download Your App Here US Deputy Secretary of State Says He Was Not Aware of Any Quid Pro Quo Between Trump and Ukraine Department of Justice Sues Walmart for Allegedly Discriminating Against Navy Officer Democrats Object to All Seventeen Republican Amendments to the Impeachment Resolution 544 Dressbarn Stores to Close Before Year’s End, Liquidation Starts Soon: Firm A top National Security Council official who listened in on President Donald Trump’s phone call with the leader of Ukraine on Oct. 31 told House lawmakers conducting the impeachment inquiry that he thought there was nothing illegal in Trump’s request for the Ukrainian leader to investigate the business dealings of Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden. Read more The United States has collected more than $35 billion in tariffs that President Donald Trump has imposed on imports from China, according to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Trump began imposing tariffs on China in July 2018, gradually escalating the amount to $550 billion worth of annual imports. Read more There’s a somewhat hidden discrepancy between the final report of former special counsel Robert Mueller about the Russia investigation and congressional testimony of former FBI Director James Comey. Read more The Chinese Communist Party’s fourth plenary session concluded on Oct. 31, with state media reports emphasizing that Chinese leader Xi Jinping is the core of the Party’s leadership, indicating that his faction remains dominant. Read more Everybody knows who “Smokey the Bear” is, but do you know about “The Green Reaper?” How about “Brite the Light Bulb?” No? Well, don’t worry, because hardly anybody else has ever heard of these mascots either. They were paid for as part of the $1.4 billion federal bureaucrats spend annually trying to drum up public support and awareness for a multitude of obscure government programs. Read more See More Top Stories Impeachment and the Importance of Transparency By Gary L. Gregg These are no ordinary political times. No times in which a president is under serious threat of impeachment could be called “ordinary,” but these are particularly precarious times. Those making decisions in the impeachment process should take our circumstances into account. Read more Socialists Used Public Schools to Destroy Literacy in America By Alex Newman Widespread illiteracy and the ignorance it produces represent an existential threat to the United States today. But it was not always this way. And it can be fixed. Fortunately, neither the cause of this crisis nor the solution to it is a mystery—at least to anyone who has studied the issue. Read more See More Opinions Employment Is the Reason for China’s Devaluation, Not Growth By Valentin Schmid (December 17, 2015) China is growing fond of currency baskets. After the International Monetary Fund (IMF) added the yuan to its reserve currency basket, China decided it wanted to use a basket to track the exchange rate of its currency, rather than just the U.S. dollar. Read more The leaks of the details of the calls between President Donald Trump and the leaders of Mexico and Australia in 2017 were the products of intelligence gathering, House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) told The Epoch Times in an exclusive interview. Leaks on Trump Phone Calls Were Intelligence Products Says Devin Nunes Copyright © 2019 The Epoch Times, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list or remove my account. |
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Good morning, Here is all the news conservatives need to know to start their day. At 4pm ET, you can catch me on radio to bring you up to speed on developments throughout the day. You can listen live here. Celebrating the Reformation Reminds Us That God’s Word Is Always Important Halloween is a fun holiday, especially for those of us who love candy. It’s fun to see kids in costumes and just enjoy the hijinks. (I’m not going to debate whether we should celebrate it or not; I’ll just take part in the fun – and the Reese’s Pumpkins.) But don’t forget the other important […] The post Celebrating the Reformation Reminds Us That God’s Word Is Always Important appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Statistical Constructs and Scare Tactics: The EPA’s Scientific Sleight of Hand We all care about the quality of the air we breathe, but can we trust the government to correctly assess the science our health depends upon? At the moment, the answer is no, but reform is underway. Last week, in a rare occurrence, the EPA’s Clean Air Advisory Committee (CASAC) voted 4 to 2 against tightening […] The post Statistical Constructs and Scare Tactics: The EPA’s Scientific Sleight of Hand appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Facebook Endorses Brain Usage, While Twitter Opts To Think For You Facebook has taken a position that the people who use its social media platform have brains and should use them to determine the truthfulness of political ads. Dorsey’s Twitter decided to shelter everyone like a helicopter mommy and ban political ads from its platform. I’m glad Zuckerberg and Facebook have endorsed brain usage–and at the same time, used their own brains to prevent themselves from becoming slaves to China’s strongarm tactics. All Dorsey and Twitter are doing is raising the ever-billowing black flag of virtue to signal to all the world who should do the thinking (and Dear Reader, it’s not you). The post Facebook Endorses Brain Usage, While Twitter Opts To Think For You appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Events Matter – A Brief Rant Demography is not destiny. Here’s why: The post Events Matter – A Brief Rant appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » House Passes Impeachment Resolution Two Democrats joined Republicans to oppose the resolution. The post House Passes Impeachment Resolution appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Bipartisan Opposition in the House to the President’s Impeachment Democrats thought they might pick up a couple of Republicans in support of their impeachment rules. They got Justin Amash, now an independent. But they got no Republicans. Instead, a Democrat from New Jersey and one from Minnesota gave Republicans a bipartisan vote in opposition to the impeachment measure. Democrat will now have rules to […] The post Bipartisan Opposition in the House to the President’s Impeachment appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Here’s Just How Close Wildfires Are To The Reagan Presidential Library The post Here’s Just How Close Wildfires Are To The Reagan Presidential Library appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Chance the Rapper Praises Kanye West’s New Gospel Album ‘Jesus Is King’ The post Chance the Rapper Praises Kanye West’s New Gospel Album ‘Jesus Is King’ appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » LIVE: The Erick Erickson Show – World Series, Geoff Duncan, And The Ben Shapiro Photoshop. The Erick Erickson Show is live! Here’s the plan for today: Hour 1 Halloween and rain The President’s FU Money Ad Buy No candidate has done this Reminder he’s got money to burn Democrats understand: John Kerry 2.0 GOP understands: He’ll take them out Has anyone actually changed their minds? Louder opposition ≠ More opposition […] The post LIVE: The Erick Erickson Show – World Series, Geoff Duncan, And The Ben Shapiro Photoshop. appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Recent Items: Donald Trump Signals He Has F— U— Money and Will Spend It Remember, you can listen to the Erick Erickson Show anytime and anywhere via WSB Radio, iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. As always, you can find pretty much anything and everything I’m writing about throughout the day via The Resurgent. Thanks for reading and tuning in. Erick Erickson THE RESURGENT Facebook Twitter Instagram Copyright © 2019 The Resurgent Media Group, LLC, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences |
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The Democrats’ big impeachment question
By ANNA PALMER and JAKE SHERMAN
11/01/2019 05:51 AM EDT
DRIVING THE DAY
HOUSE DEMOCRATS moved one step closer to impeaching President Donald Trump on Thursday with a historic vote on the House floor. Despite coalescing around the impeachment inquiry vote, Democrats have several key hurdles over the next few days to keep their ranks together. At the moment, they are about to head into a recess week. And the committees are now summoning a slate of witnesses who might never show up. THE BIG QUESTION: How do they keep the momentum going?
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI was on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” … COLBERT: “When do public hearings start?” PELOSI: “They’ll be soon.” Video clip
KYLE CHENEY and ANDREW DESIDERIO: “‘We think we’re ready’: Democrats near end of closed-door impeachment testimony”: “Their list of cooperative witnesses is dwindling. The ones who are showing up are increasingly just corroborating what has already been revealed.
“And a growing number of House impeachment investigators say the evidence is overwhelming that President Donald Trump used the power of his office to pressure Ukraine’s government to open spurious investigations into his political opponents, including former Vice President Joe Biden.
“At this point, the investigators say they’re seeing diminishing returns on the parade of closed-door depositions — and they’re eager to move to the public phase of the process. That means it’s decision time for Democrats.” POLITICO
— WSJ’S VIVIAN SALAMA: “Vindman’s Identical Twin May Be Called to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry”
HOW THEY VIEW IT ON THE TRAIL … BOSTON GLOBE: “Buttigieg says there would be ‘a lot of benefit’ if Trump were defeated in 2020 instead of removed from office,” by James Pindell in Derry, N.H.: “On the same day when congressional Democrats took their first formal vote on the impeachment inquiry, Pete Buttigieg, South Bend, Ind., mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, said in an interview with the Globe that there would be ‘a lot of benefit’ for the country if President Trump had a ‘thumping defeat’ in the 2020 elections instead of being removed from office.
“‘The impeachment process is based on a constitutional standard and needs to run its course accordingly,’ Buttigieg said after wrapping up two days of campaign events in New Hampshire. ‘I will say that there would be a lot of benefit to Trump and Trumpism getting a resounding, thumping defeat at the ballot box because I think that is what will be required for congressional Republicans to be reunited with their conscience.’” Boston Globe
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FACT: Speaker Pelosi’s drug pricing plan would siphon $1 trillion or more from biopharmaceutical innovators over the next 10 years. CBO’s preliminary estimate found this bill “would result in lower spending on research and development and thus reduce the introduction of new drugs.”
A HISTORY LESSON from NYT’S CARL HULSE: “House Impeachment Inquiry Vote Underscores Intense Polarization”: “When the Republican-led House voted in 1998 to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Bill Clinton, 31 Democrats sided with Republicans, and the White House breathed a sigh of relief that the number was not significantly larger. In today’s hyper-polarized Washington, defections of that magnitude on the question of impeachment would be considered a tsunami.
“Not a single House Republican on Thursday joined Democrats in supporting a resolution outlining the parameters for the next stage of impeachment proceedings, despite having demanded such a vote for weeks. Just two Democrats broke from their party to oppose the investigation.” NYT
AP’S ALAN FRAM and MATT DALY: “[T]he roll call also accentuated how Democrats have rallied behind the impeachment inquiry after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spent months urging caution until evidence and public support had grown.
“She and other Democratic leaders had feared a premature vote would wound the reelection prospects of dozens of their members, including freshmen and lawmakers from Trump-won districts or seats held previously by Republicans. But recent polls have shown voters’ growing receptivity to the investigation and, to a lesser degree, ousting Trump.” AP
— KELLYANNE CONWAY on Thursday morning (!): “You either have the votes or you don’t. Guess what? A dirty little secret: They don’t have the votes.” (via Newsmax)
NYT: “White House Aide Confirms He Saw Signs of a Quid Pro Quo on Ukraine,” by Nicholas Fandos: “A senior National Security Council aide on Thursday confirmed a key episode at the center of the impeachment inquiry, testifying that a top diplomat working with President Trump told him that a package of military assistance for Ukraine would not be released until the country committed to investigations the president sought.
“In a closed-door deposition, the aide, Timothy Morrison, also said he had been told of a September call between Mr. Trump and the diplomat, Gordon D. Sondland. In that conversation, the president said he was not looking for a quid pro quo with Ukraine, but then went on to ‘insist’ that the country’s president publicly announce investigations into Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his son and other Democrats.” NYT
— “Is Trump’s base breaking over impeachment? The tale of a congressman’s defiance suggests not,” by WaPo’s Griff Witte in Fort Myers, Fla.
COURT WATCH — “John Bolton’s former deputy asks judge to resolve conflicting demands for House impeachment testimony,” by WaPo’s Spencer Hsu and Ann Marimow: “At [Don] McGahn’s hearing, U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson expressed incredulity at the Trump administration’s claim that the former White House counsel and top presidential aides cannot be compelled to testify by Congress, calling it a ‘peculiar’ argument that threatens to upset the Constitution’s system of checks and balances.” WaPo
Good Friday morning.
TRUMP IS NO LONGER A NEW YORKER … @realDonaldTrump: “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the White House, is the place I have come to love and will stay for, hopefully, another 5 years as we MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, but my family and I will be making Palm Beach, Florida, our Permanent Residence. I cherish New York, and the people of…..
“….New York, and always will, but unfortunately, despite the fact that I pay millions of dollars in city, state and local taxes each year, I have been treated very badly by the political leaders of both the city and state. Few have been treated worse. I hated having to make….
“….this decision, but in the end it will be best for all concerned. As President, I will always be there to help New York and the great people of New York. It will always have a special place in my heart!” The paperwork, via the NYT… Maggie Haberman’s NYT scoop
— MIAMI HERALD HEADLINE: “It’s official: President Trump is now a full-time Florida man”: “In moving to the Sunshine State from New York, Trump is leaving a state with an income tax that can approach 9 percent to a state with no income tax and no inheritance tax. And, as he complains about his treatment in New York, he is also leaving a liberal state for one with two Republican U.S. senators, a Republican Legislature and a governor, Ron DeSantis, with whom he has a close relationship. His campaign manager, Brad Parscale, also lives in Fort Lauderdale after purchasing a home in May.” Miami Herald
WSJ: “White House Backing Off Proposed Fuel-Efficiency Freeze,” by Ben Foldy and Timothy Puko: “The Trump administration is backing away from a plan to freeze tailpipe-emissions targets for new vehicles through 2025, say people familiar with the process.
“The administration is now considering requiring a 1.5% annual increase in fleetwide fuel efficiency, using an industry measure that takes both gas mileage and emissions reductions into account, the people said. The target moves the number closer to the Obama-era rules calling for 5% gains but still provides auto makers with significant relief and would allow cars to emit more pollution.” WSJ
THE BUSH ORAL HISTORY PROJECT at the Miller Center at U.Va. will go live today at 2:30 p.m. The site
WAPO: “Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is ‘thinking carefully’ about running for her late husband’s congressional seat,” by Ovetta Wiggins: “‘I love Baltimore City, the counties of the 7th Congressional District, and the state of Maryland,’ Rockeymoore Cummings said in a text. ‘I’m deeply committed to public service and I’m honored by the widespread encouragement I’ve received to continue Elijah’s amazing legacy. As I mourn the loss of my husband, I’m thinking carefully about the future and will make an announcement very soon.’” WaPo
TRUMP PHONES A FRIEND — “Trump offers Brexit advice during British radio-show interview,” by WaPo’s Adam Taylor: “President Trump phoned into a radio show in London on Thursday to offer his thoughts on the upcoming British election, hinting at advice he had for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the still-ongoing negotiations to leave the European Union. …
“Trump was speaking to Nigel Farage, a prominent anti-E.U. campaigner who hosts a radio show on London-based LBC. Farage, the leader of the upstart Brexit Party, has been an ally of Trump’s for years.” WaPo … The audio
— A layup for Labour’s @JeremyCorbyn: “Donald Trump is trying to interfere in Britain’s election to get his friend Boris Johnson elected.”
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FACT: Speaker Pelosi’s drug pricing plan would siphon $1 trillion or more from biopharmaceutical innovators over the next 10 years. .
TRUMP’S FRIDAY — The president will leave the White House en route to Tupelo, Miss., at 4:30 p.m. He will deliver remarks at a campaign rally at 7 p.m. Central time. Afterward, Trump will return to Washington.
SUNDAY SO FAR …
- NBC “Meet the Press”: Panel: Tom Brokaw, Helene Cooper, John Harwood, Rich Lowry and Anna Palmer.
- ABC “This Week”: House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) … Pete Buttigieg. Panel: Chris Christie, Rahm Emanuel, Alexi McCammond and Julie Pace.
- CBS “Face the Nation”: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer … House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy … Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.).
- FOX “Fox News Sunday”: Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.). Panel: Ben Domenech, Jonathan Swan, Gillian Turner and Mo Elleithee.
- CNN “State of the Union”: Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.). Panel: Scott Jennings, Terry McAuliffe and Guy Snodgrass. (Substitute anchor: Dana Bash)
- CNN “Inside Politics”: Panel: Margaret Talev, Jeff Zeleny, Rachael Bade and Asma Khalid. (Substitute anchor: Nia-Malika Henderson)
PLAYBOOK READS
RYAN LIZZA: “Elizabeth Warren did not have a plan for this”
DAILY RUDY … CNN: “In recent days, Giuliani has been in advanced discussions to hire Daniel L. Stein, a white-collar criminal defense attorney who is a veteran of the Manhattan US Attorney’s office, to represent him in the investigation, sources say.”
SCOOP — REUTERS: “U.S. withholding $105 million in security aid for Lebanon”: “The State Department told Congress on Thursday that the White House budget office and National Security Council had decided to withhold the foreign military assistance, the two officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The officials did not say why the aid was blocked. One of the sources said the State Department did not give Congress a reason for the decision. …
“The administration had sought approval for the assistance starting in May, arguing that it was crucial for Lebanon, an important U.S. partner in the volatile Middle East, to be able to protect its borders. The aid included night vision goggles and weapons used in border security.
“But Washington has also repeatedly expressed concern over the growing role in the Beirut government of Hezbollah, the armed Shi’ite group backed by Iran and listed as a terrorist organization by the United States.” Reuters
NEW POMPEO DEPUTY — “Trump Nominates North Korea Envoy to No. 2 State Department Post,” by WSJ’s Jessica Donati: “President Trump on Thursday nominated Stephen Biegun, currently the top envoy for North Korea, for the post of deputy secretary of state, the White House said.
“If his nomination is confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Biegun will undertake the duties in addition to his current role as lead U.S. negotiator with Pyongyang, a senior State Department official said.
“The nomination comes as the Trump administration seeks to revive long-stalled nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea after they collapsed following a single, working-level round of meetings in Sweden on Oct. 5.” WSJ
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Speaker Pelosi’s plan is the wrong approach for patients, the U.S. health care system and American innovation.
THE CORRECTIONS BEAT — An NYT op-ed by filmmaker Aaron Sorkin blasting Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and his ad policies contained the following lengthy correction: “An earlier version of this article misstated the year in which ‘The Social Network’ was released and Mark Zuckerberg’s age at the time. It was 2010, not 2011, and Mr. Zuckerberg was 26, not 27. It also misstated the nature of the major lawsuit that bankrupted Gawker. It was an invasion of privacy lawsuit, not a defamation suit. In addition, the essay incorrectly described what Americans say about their use of Facebook as a news source. In 2018, over 40 percent of Americans reported that they got news from Facebook; it is not the case that half of all Americans say that Facebook is their main source of news.”
— ZUCKERBERG RESPONDED to Sorkin’s op-ed with a Facebook post quoting Sorkin’s own words from “The American President,” a monologue in praise of free speech.
MEDIAWATCH — CNN’S KERRY FLYNN: “At least 13 Deadspin staffers have now resigned over the past two days after interim EIC Barry Petchesky was fired for not following the ‘stick to sports’ mandate from management.” CNN
— MICHAEL CALDERONE: “After Katie Hill, media grapples with possible onslaught of nude photos”
— Joshua Geltzer, a former counterterrorism official and current professor at Georgetown Law School, is the new executive editor at Just Security. Announcement
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WHITE HOUSE ARRIVAL LOUNGE: “Paula White, Trump’s Personal Pastor, Joins the White House,” by NYT’s Jeremy Peters and Maggie Haberman: “Ms. White will work in the Office of Public Liaison, the official said, which is the division of the White House overseeing outreach to groups and coalitions organizing key parts of the president’s base. Her role will be to advise the administration’s Faith and Opportunity Initiative, which Mr. Trump established last year by executive order and which aims to give religious groups more of a voice in government programs devoted to issues like defending religious liberty and fighting poverty.”
SPOTTED at the National Review Institute’s sixth annual William F. Buckley Jr. Prize Dinner at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday night: honorees Gay Hart Gaines and Rush Limbaugh, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Dick DeVos, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Robert Agostinelli, Neal Freeman, Lisa Nelson, Lindsay Craig, Rabbi Rob Thomas, Richard Brookhiser, Rich Lowry, Peter Travers, Elizabeth Ailes, Tom and Diane Smith, Thomas Peterffy, Jordan and Thomas Saunders III, Charlie Kirk, Eugene Meyer, Ramesh Ponnuru, Kathryn Jean Lopez, Kevin Williamson, Andrew McCarthy, Jay Nordlinger, John McCormack, John O’Sullivan and John Fund.
TRANSITIONS — Andres Vinelli will be VP of economic policy at the Center for American Progress. He previously was chief economist at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. … Katie Thompson is now associate director for digital media and public policy at S&P Global. She previously was communications director for Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas). … Naimul Huq is now data and analytics director at Precision Strategies. He previously was SVP and head of analytics and planning at Lippe Taylor.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD — John Noonan, senior counsel for national security for Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.),and Rachael Marie Noonan, formerly of Bessemer Trust’s D.C. offices, recently welcomed Annabel Grace Noonan, who came in at 7 lbs, 7 oz. Pic
— Steve Freiss, a freelance journalist and POLITICO alum, and Miles Smith, who is getting his master’s in education at the University of Michigan, welcomed Nevada Ebbess Friess on Oct. 18. His adoption was finalized this week. The couple met 15 years ago as journalists in Las Vegas and now live in Ann Arbor, Mich. Pic… Another pic
BIRTHWEEK (was Thursday): Lee Fang
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Katie Walsh Shields, RNC senior adviser for data. A book she’s been reading lately: “‘The Secrets We Kept’ by Lara Prescott. It’s the story of two female CIA agents during the Cold War and the critical role they played in a top-secret CIA operation. It’s one of a few books I’ve read recently (including ‘Code Girls’ by Liza Mundy) that highlight the often untold role that women have played at critical points in our history.” Playbook Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: Apple CEO Tim Cook is 59 … Charles Koch is 84 … David Bossie, president of Citizens United and a Fox News contributor, is 54 … former Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who’s running for Congress again, is 66 … former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is 58 … ITA’s Vanessa Morrone Ambrosini (hat tip: husband Mike Ambrosini) … WaPo book critic Carlos Lozada … Noel Eisenberg … POLITICO’s Angela Hart, Jason Shervinski, Cristina Brownell and Anthony Hatch … Glover Park Group’s Alex Byers … Brian Mahoney … John Oxtoby of Ariel Investments … Craig Kunkle … Michael Byerly is 3-0 … Jess Andrews … Eric Liu is 51 … Megan Wilson of Bloomberg Government … Liz Dougherty, general counsel and corporate secretary at Business Roundtable … National Journal gubernatorial politics reporter Madelaine Pisani …
… Francesco Guerrera, head of international for Dow Jones Media Group and publisher of Financial News … Les Novitsky … Grace Bellone, legislative director at Alpine Group (h/t boyfriend Will May) … Jeremy Hunt is 53 … Caitlin Dowling … Larry Flynt is 77 … Liz Bowman … Clare Steinberg … Tyler Hernandez … Fergus Bordewich … Chloe (Mullins) Taylor of Hawk Partners … Eric Allen … Ali Ahmad … Edelman’s Pearson Cummings … Peter Urban … Jordan Mason … Mitch Kapor is 69 … Greg Werkheiser … Bill Deere … Peter Newell … Leslie Pollner … Doug Stevens … John Stipicevic … former Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-Maine) is 66 … former Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.) is 77 … Anthony DeAngelo is 36 … Anthony Fragale … Bo Harmon … John Seeley … CNN’s Marshall Cohen … Senate Chaplain Barry Black is 71
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Speaker Pelosi’s plan is the wrong approach for patients, the U.S. health care system and American innovation. The projected economic impact of the plan could represent a tipping point that would shift biopharmaceutical R&D, manufacturing investments and jobs abroad. We do not need to blow up the pipeline for future treatments and cures to make medicines more affordable. Instead, policymakers should pursue practical policy solutions that foster continued research and development and share negotiated savings with patients at the pharmacy counter. .
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| Sign up for this newsletter Read online The morning’s most important stories, curated by Post editors. House backs Trump impeachment probe The resolution, passed on a near party-line vote, clears the way for nationally televised hearings and authorizes the House Intelligence Committee to release transcripts of its closed-door depositions. IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY ● By Elise Viebeck, Karoun Demirjian, Rachael Bade and Mike DeBonis ● Read more » Is Trump’s base wavering over impeachment? The tale of one congressman’s defiance suggests not. Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) dared to step out of line. The president’s supporters struck back fast. By Griff Witte ● Read more » Adviser corroborates account that Trump appeared to seek quid pro quo Tim Morrison, the top Russia and Europe adviser on the National Security Council, backed up testimony from William B. Taylor Jr. about Ukraine. By Carol Leonnig, John Hudson, Karoun Demirjian and Rachael Bade ● Read more » ‘Bodies flew everywhere’: A border chase shows the role that U.S. citizens play in immigration smuggling A pursuit and horrific crash in Texas led to murder and human smuggling charges against six teenagers. It also revealed a growing trend as the Trump administration tries to crack down on illegal immigration: the deep involvement of U.S. citizens. By Maria Sacchetti ● Read more » The ice used to protect them. Now their island is crumbling into the sea. In Canada’s Magdalen Islands, the consequences of climate change are unmistakable: Parts of the shoreline have lost as much as 14 feet per year over the past decade. The hospital and city hall sit alarmingly close to deteriorating cliffs. And the sea inches closer to more homes and businesses. 2°C: Beyond the Limit ● By Brady Dennis | Photos by Bonnie Jo Mount | Graphics by John Muyskens ● Read more » ADVERTISEMENT Opinions Rising seas are a much bigger danger than experts thought By Editorial Board ● Read more » What we can learn from the state of our nation’s education By Arne Duncan ● Read more » Republicans convene the cult of Trump Impeachment Diary ● By Dana Milbank ● Read more » The GOP tax cut failed. Their response? Let’s do it again! By Catherine Rampell ● Read more » ADVERTISEMENT ISIS may be weak, but the cause of turmoil in the Middle East looms By Fareed Zakaria ● Read more » In Ukraine, the quid pro quo may have started long before the phone call By David Ignatius ● Read more » More News Long-awaited cystic fibrosis drug could turn deadly disease into a manageable condition The new drug significantly improved patients’ lung function and showed clear signs of targeting the genetic root of the disease, instead of just alleviating symptoms. By Carolyn Y. Johnson ● Read more » New Yorkers say ‘good riddance’ as Trump changes permanent residence to Florida “It’s not like [he] paid taxes here anyway,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo tweeted. “He’s all yours, Florida.” By Reis Thebault ● Read more » Big automakers take risks in siding with Trump administration against California The decision this week by several major automakers to back the administration in a high-stakes legal fight over fuel-efficiency standards could backfire if Democrats take back the White House in 2020. By Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis and Josh Dawsey ● Read more » Nationals are home, and they brought some new hardware As the team celebrated the franchise’s first World Series championship, the party moved from Houston to Dulles International Airport — and shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. By Jacob Bogage ● Read more » Fires rage as Southern California grapples with ‘extreme red flag’ weather conditions Another day of intense winds and bone-dry conditions added to the critical fire weather risk in Southern California on Thursday. By Scott Wilson, Kim Bellware, Andrew Freedman and Reis Thebault ● Read more » The Canadian islands crumbling into the sea Brady Dennis examines the effect of climate change on Canadian islands. Karen DeYoung clarifies the complicated U.S.-Turkey relationship. Maura Judkis on a cradle of outlandish Halloween costumes. And Tracy Grant celebrates D.C.’s World Series win. Post Reports | Listen Now ● By The Washington Post ● Read more » We think you’ll like this newsletter Check out Carolyn Hax for Post columnist Carolyn Hax’s latest advice column every day. Sign up » |
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Friday, November 1, 2019 House Votes for Impeachment Inquiry “Democrats swept a rules package for their impeachment probe of President Donald Trump through a divided House Thursday… By 232-196, lawmakers approved the procedures they’ll follow as weeks of closed-door interviews with witnesses evolve into public committee hearings and — almost certainly — votes on whether the House should recommend Trump’s removal. All voting Republicans opposed the package. Every voting Democrat but two supported it.” AP News From the Left The left supports the resolution and impeachment in general. “The resolution undermines the president’s political defense. Republicans argued the House’s inquiry is a ‘sham process.’ Absent an impeachment resolution, they say, the investigation lacked transparency, due process rights for the president and the validity of a House vote. They had a point. Until now… But perhaps most important, the resolution details the specific roles of committees and members… Several committees and chairmen can, and surely have, made legitimate arguments to be central participants in the impeachment inquiry. This resolution, like any offensive strategy, clearly delineates the role various powerful members and committees will play.” Joshua C. Huder, New York Times “Mr. Trump and his lawyers will have the opportunity to make statements, question witnesses and call their own, with the concurrence of the committee chairman. The rules are virtually identical to those adopted by Republicans when they pursued the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1998 — which makes their breathless claims about a ‘Soviet’ process ludicrous as well as dishonest. One wrinkle is a provision that if Mr. Trump ‘unlawfully’ refuses to make witnesses available or produce documents — as he has so far — the committee chair may restrict the president’s privileges. It seems only reasonable that Mr. Trump should not be allowed to call his own witnesses while blocking those sought by Democrats.” Editorial Board, Washington Post Some note, “Trump’s critics will dismiss the vote as a procedural affair, which is almost always a straight party-line vote in the House. But in other ways, this resolution—merely affirming an impeachment investigation, not judging any articles themselves—should have been the easiest for Republicans to go along with. Instead, lawmakers once again retreated to their corners of comfort. Trump will begin the formal impeachment process with his party still behind him, the House having sent a signal of GOP unity to potential wobblers in the Senate… Count this initial vote as a win for the president.” Russell Berman, The Atlantic Regarding the charges themselves, “There’s no question that Trump was deeply involved in pressuring Ukraine. He even released a partial transcript showing it. In Watergate, everyone knew there was a crime, and the question was who did it. In the Ukraine scandal, everyone knows who did it. The only debate is whether it’s a crime, or perhaps a high crime… In earlier stages of the process, Republicans and Trump defenders could hide behind a series of excuses: The whistle-blower didn’t have firsthand knowledge, or there wasn’t really a quid pro quo, or the Ukrainians didn’t understand it as a quid pro quo, or maybe Trump didn’t know what was going on. But the testimony has shredded each of these, as witnesses with direct knowledge speak and more becomes clear about the Ukrainian side and Trump’s own involvement.” David A. Graham, The Atlantic “The evidence that has surfaced thus far indicates that Trump orchestrated a mob-style shakedown, withholding nearly $400 million in military aid and a promised White House meeting in an attempt to coerce Zelensky into investigating — and publicly smearing — Joe Biden and his son Hunter. The play-ball-with-us message was apparently delivered not just by the president himself but also by various emissaries… In other words, Trump was actively and personally colluding with a foreign government to interfere in our coming presidential election. No wonder Republicans prefer to pound the table about process.” Eugene Robinson, Washington Post “The argument is often made that Trump has done wrong but that our marathon course should run through the voting booth, not the impeachment process: Let the electorate make the call. This argument leaves me incredulous given where we are in the course of events. The president appears to have attempted to direct the considerable powers of his office toward eroding the integrity of the electoral process. This is like saying that we should let the outcome of the boxing match determine whether the guy accused of having lead in his gloves has lead in his gloves.” Danielle Allen, Washington Post “Impeachment and removal remain extraordinary remedies for extraordinary misconduct by the president of the United States. But the founders would have been appalled at the suggestion that such measures are illegitimate solely because their result would be that the president is no longer the president. If that didn’t faze them even when the result could have been to hand the presidency to the president’s rival, it certainly wouldn’t faze them today, when it would hand the presidency to the president’s own handpicked running mate.” Stephen I. Vladeck, New York Times From the Right The right is critical of the resolution and impeachment in general. “If Democrats had uncovered a truly serious crime in this probe, that would likely convince at least 20 Senate Republicans to make Mike Pence president. The core problem is that Ukraine-Gate doesn’t appear to involve an explicit statutory crime at all, but instead an alleged abuse of authority to gain political advantage over former Vice President Joe Biden. The House can decide what constitutes an impeachable offense, but the Senate decides whether it’s even worthy of a full trial, let alone a removal. An impeachment without a removal will, in the end, look a lot like a political campaign no matter how much Pelosi improves the process.” Edward Morrissey, The Week “The base problem is Trump never said he was withholding aid in the July 25 call. The earliest tick the Ukrainians knew the aid was being delayed was ‘early August’ and even that is based on anonymous media sources who somehow have not been found to testify. Official U.S. and Ukrainian officials instead say knowledge the funds were held up didn’t get to the Ukrainians until late August, shortly before they were released… “[Furthermore] nothing happened. Trump never asked the attorney general to contact Zelensky. It is unclear who if anyone Guiliani spoke with, but either way the Ukrainians never investigated anything. This impeachment will be the first in American history without any underlying actual crime taking place on the ground.” Peter Van Buren, The American Conservative “Democrats want to impeach Mr. Trump for asking a foreign government to investigate his political rival for corruption, though the probe never happened, and for withholding aid to Ukraine that in the end wasn’t withheld. Assuming the facts bear this out, the attempt was self-serving and reckless and a long way from the ‘perfect’ behavior Mr. Trump claims. But Democrats will need more than the facts on the public record so far to justify short-circuiting a Presidency. Their partisan rush to impeachment suggests that their real purpose is revenge for the humiliation of having lost in 2016 to a man they think is unworthy of the office. The impeachers have the burden of showing why this shouldn’t all be left to the judgment of American voters in 2020.” Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal Some argue that “President Trump deserves to face an impeachment hearing, but his Republican defenders are right that Democrats still aren’t promising a fair process… As it stands right now, the resolution is woefully inadequate, nonsensical, and unjust. It leaves the wrong committee largely in charge of the process; it affords Republican congressmen too little opportunity to call witnesses; it keeps too many of the proceedings behind closed doors; and it still does not provide any specifics as to when and how the president’s own counsel will be allowed to rebut allegations against him. If this is how the impeachment investigation will proceed, it will fail to persuade large portions of the public that the allegations are legitimate.” Quin Hillyer, Washington Examiner “The House Democratic caucus has 233 members. In a group that large, many members will be role-players. Some members are serious policymakers. Some are mostly communicators. Some are deal-makers. Adam Schiff’s value to his party is his willingness to be a partisan attack dog who is willing to baldly speak untruths to the television cameras. It is normal and expected for Speaker Nancy Pelosi to have Schiff play a role. But to put Schiff in charge of the impeachment process reveals what sort of thing the Democrats are up to — and finding the truth is not the main goal.” Editorial Board, Washington Examiner [Ukranian President] “Zelensky has said repeatedly that he never felt extorted in his July 25 phone call with Trump. Zelensky told journalists on September 25, ‘Nobody pushed me.’ During extensive discussions with some 300 journalists in Kyiv, Zelensky said on October 10: ‘There was no pressure or blackmail from the U.S.’ The available evidence, from the supposed victim of Trump’s vise, is: What vise?… “Zero Republicans voted for this impeachment resolution. Unlike the multi-party votes in favor of opening impeachment actions against presidents Clinton, Nixon, and Andrew Johnson, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and all but two Democrats voted to begin the effort to unseat President Trump with no backing whatsoever from the president’s own party. Thirty-one Democrats joined Republicans to launch impeachment against Democrat Clinton. Nearly every Republican opposed Nixon when the House voted 410-4 to begin efforts to dislodge him… No, the Constitution doesn’t allow impeachment just because you despise the president.” Deroy Murdock, National Review On the bright side… Artist spends hours carving these spooky Jack-o-Lanterns—and they’re stunningly elaborate. Good News Network Our volunteer team spends hours each night scanning the news, fact-checking, and debating one another, so your 5 minutes each morning can be well spent. If you’ve found value in our work, we welcome you to help sustain our efforts and expand our reach. Any support you can provide is greatly appreciated! Share Tweet Forward Sign Up Here Copyright © 2019 The Flip Side, All rights reserved. You can unsubscribe from this list here. |
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THE DISPATCH
| The Morning Dispatch: Does the GOP Have a Retirement Problem?Plus: Tom Steyer’s Monopoly money and the downsides of secret impeachment hearings.Nov 1Public postGood Friday morning! Congrats
all around on making it through this wild week. In case you’re still
working off a World Series hangover after the Nats’ magical (and statistically improbable!)
finish or otherwise lost after glancing away from the news for five
seconds, here are a few headlines to bring you up to speed: Quick Hits: What You Need To KnowThe House of Representatives on Thursday voted to formally approve its ongoing impeachment inquiry—a step opposed by every House Republican and a smattering of swing-district Democrats. President Trump is floating the idea of staging a reading of the Ukraine call transcript on live TV. Democratic senators running for president are getting nervous that impeachment might upend their campaign schedules
during caucus season, forcing them to kick off the new year poring over
impeachment proceedings on Capitol Hill instead of shaking hands in
Iowa. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the platform will be banning all political and issue-based ads, a move that directly contrasts with Facebook’s policies.After 11 days, the Chicago Teachers Union strike has ended, with students returning to class on Friday.Tim Morrison: Trump’s New Lease on Life?The
news out of the House’s impeachment depositions has been mostly grim
for President Trump so far, with official after official testifying that
the Trump administration held up military aid to Ukraine to pressure
that country’s government into opening investigations into the
president’s political opponents. But on Thursday, a former top National
Security Council official provided some rare good news for the White
House, taking issue with some points of other officials’ prior testimony
and asserting that he did not believe Trump’s now-infamous call with
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky involved anything illegal. “I
had three concerns about a potential leak of the MemCon,” Tim Morrison
testified. “First, how it would play out in Washington’s polarized
environment; second, how a leak would affect the bipartisan support our
Ukrainian partners currently experience in Congress; and third, how it
would affect the Ukrainian perceptions of the U.S.-Ukraine relationship.
I want to be clear, I was not concerned that anything illegal was
discussed.”It’s
not all good news for the White House: Morrison also backed up Bill
Taylor’s previous testimony about the irregular Ukraine policy Trump was
running through his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and confirmed that
the White House was planning to hold up military aid to pressure Ukraine
into investigating “corruption”—investigations that, we know from
previous testimony, involved the DNC and the Bidens. Still, as Hill Republicans gear up for a “bad but not impeachable” defense of the president, Morrison’s testimony was helpful. On Republican Retirements and a New Era of Performative PoliticsOn
Monday, Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon became the 15th Republican member of
the House to announce his or her retirement from public office in
advance of the 2020 election. Walden, the ranking member of the
influential House Energy and Commerce Committee that legislates on
issues ranging from health care to environmental protection to
electronic communications, told Politico in
a statement that “the time has come to pursue new challenges and
opportunities,” despite being “confident” he could win another term and
“optimistic” Republicans could recapture the majority they lost last
year. The
move shocked much of Washington, but not Brendan Buck, former counselor
to House Speaker Paul Ryan. “Thoughtful legislating is not rewarded
anymore,” Buck told The Dispatch on Thursday. “We are now in an
era of entertainment politics, and if you want to work your way up
through the system, the answer no longer is learning policy, putting
your time in at the committee level, becoming a legislator. The way to
get ahead now is to go on television and use hyperbole and say crazy
things. And so, it is no surprise that it is some of our more thoughtful
legislators who are deciding to leave.”Walden,
who was first elected to Congress in 1998 and chaired the National
Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) that maintained the Republican
majority in the 2014 and 2016 cycles, garnered significant respect from
his colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Illinois Republican Adam
Kinzinger called Walden’s retirement “a major loss for us all,” while his Democratic counterpart Frank Pallone applauded Walden’s commitment to addressing the opioid epidemic and wished him “nothing but the best in the future.”The Trumpification of the GOPBuck,
who spent more than a decade on the Hill in various capacities,
lamented what he sees as a changing incentive structure for elected
officials. “What’s rewarded is saying things inflammatory because a)
that gets you on television, b) that allows you to fundraise,” he said.
“Pretty soon all the members of the House are either going to be
candidates inspired by Trump or members who have adopted his style of
politics. And there will not be a lot of diversity of thought, or
diversity of style within the House Republican Conference.”The
conference has undoubtedly come to more closely resemble the leader of
the party over the last several years, and that’s natural. But many
members once viewed as leaders or rising stars—Paul Ryan, Jeb
Hensarling, Mia Love, Carlos Curbelo, Will Hurd—have left or are leaving
the Hill, either of their own volition or because they got swept up in
last year’s blue wave. Of the 13 House Republicans
who earlier this year voted against Trump’s effort to circumvent
Congress and use emergency funds to build his border wall, for example,
one—Justin Amash—has since left the party, and four—Greg Walden, Will
Hurd, Jim Sensenbrenner, and Francis Rooney—are retiring. There are
still “sensible, thoughtful legislators,” Buck says, “But they are
certainly a shrinking minority in the House.”Looking on the Bright SideThese institutional losses for the GOP don’t necessarily
portend electoral losses, and some change can be healthy. The
Republican Conference, unlike its Democratic counterpart, abides by
self-imposed term limits that prevent any Republican from serving as
chairman or ranking member for more than six years, and has historically
experienced higher turnover as a result. President Trump has criticized the practice—which dates back to Newt Gingrich’s 1994 Contract with America—for
its tendency to encourage early retirement among members, but
proponents believe that’s a feature of the system, not a bug. “We
do not want to be the House Democratic Caucus, with a triumvirate of
septuagenarians in charge,” Michael Steel, longtime press secretary to
former Speaker John Boehner told The Dispatch earlier this
week. “Our rules with the committee term limits are explicitly designed
to encourage members to do what the Founders envisioned: To have a
career, be successful, come to Washington for a period of time, spend
time contributing to your country, and then go home.”While
Steel said he, too, was disappointed to see Walden go, he suggested
this higher rate of churn can play to Republicans’ advantage in
governing: Democrats “prize institutional knowledge, experience,
seniority, and this sort of sclerotic trudge up the ranks of
congressional leadership and seniority. We want younger, more dynamic
members representing diverse backgrounds, new ideas, new energy.”This
turnover can arguably be advantageous electorally as well. Sometimes
it’s “easier to have a blank slate of a candidate versus a candidate
with a voting record that could be distorted or taken out of context,”
NRCC Communications Director Chris Pack told The Dispatch. Pack
says he isn’t too worried about the spate of retirements, either. “The
Will Hurd one hurts,” he said, referencing the congressman from Texas
who won his race in 2018 by just more than 1,000 votes. But otherwise,
“Democrats aren’t going to play in these seats, because they’re solidly
Republican.”That may be so—he tells The Dispatch
these seats have an average vote margin of about 14 percent in favor of
Republicans. But what the GOP may not be losing in House seats, it may
well be losing in the quality of the people that fill them. And those
are losses that could cost the party for years to come.2020 Watch: Tom Steyer, Odd Man … In?With
the fifth Democratic debate just weeks away, those 2020 Democratic
hopefuls vying to remain on the fringe of relevance are racing to
qualify. Of the 12 who made the stage in October, three—Tulsi Gabbard,
Beto O’Rourke, and Julian Castro—have yet to meet the debate’s polling
threshold. One candidate who has made
the cut may surprise you: Tom Steyer, the hedge fund billionaire who
built a #Resistance political brand in 2017 by starting a campaign to
get President Trump impeached and who hopped into the 2020 race this
past July. Steyer failed to make enough of a splash to qualify for any
of the debates before October’s, but has now already punched his ticket
for November’s. Even more remarkable, while he has yet to qualify for
December’s debate, he’s already closer to doing so than a whole assortment of the cohort’s B-tier pols, including Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, and Andrew Yang. Why
the modest breakthrough? His campaign would tell you it’s because his
outsider message is just getting through to people: “Tom has picked up
momentum because his message is resonating,” Steyer spokesman Alberto
Lammers told The Dispatch. As president, he would “end the corporate stranglehold on our government and return power to the American people.”And
hey—maybe there’s something to that. But there’s also this: Steyer is
pouring an extraordinary amount of his own money into the race, flooding
the airwaves of crucial early primary states like South Carolina with
ads touting his feel-good biography and slightly lemony smile. The
Steyer campaign spent an eye-popping $47 million during this year’s
third quarter, more than double the $21 million shelled out by the
race’s next-biggest spender, Bernie Sanders.For some on the left, this makes Steyer a bit of a thorny subject. Longtime Democratic strategist Max Burns told The Dispatch that
the billionaire is “showing how easily money can corrupt the process
even when the party is purportedly guarding against it.” “This
to me is another example of Howard Schultz syndrome,” Burns said. “You
get very successful in one thing, people stop telling you ‘no,’ people
start giving you awards just because you’re a valuable draw for their
events, and suddenly you start thinking, ‘How hard can this be?’“He’s
seeking the nomination of a party that at least superficially believes
money should not buy you the presidency. And yet that is his sole
strategy.” Steyer’s
case is interesting because it simultaneously shows the power and the
limitations of big-dollar campaigning. In a crowded field where plenty
of established and successful politicians are struggling just to get a
seat at the table, Steyer has been able to separate from the pack simply
by hammering his name into voters’ heads with a wad of cash. But while infinite funds can certainly help a candidate get voters’
attention, odds are he’ll need to do more more to keep it. After
powering his way onto the debate stage in October, Steyer turned in a
snoozer of a performance in which his most notable moment was using the
word “frenemies” to describe working with hostile nations to combat
climate change. If he can’t use the November and December debates to
better effect, all that money will have gone to waste. And the grumbling
will grow louder among Democrats who believe that his money would have
been better spent funding down-ballot candidates than a presidential ego
trip.Worth Your TimeThirty
years ago, medical researchers discovered the genetic cause of cystic
fibrosis, an incurable condition that creates terrible lifelong problems
and a shorter life expectancy. Now, researchers are reportedly on the
cusp of by far the biggest breakthrough yet in treating it. In this incredible Washington Post story, every paragraph will bring a bigger smile to your face: ‘On
Aug. 25, 1989, an 8-year-old girl named Jenny wrote in her diary, “To
Day is the most Best day ever in my Life They found a Jean for Cistik
fibrosis.” Jenny McGlincy, now 38, was on vacation with her husband and
daughter in Mexico when word began to circulate that the drug had been
approved. She read the news on her phone and began crying.’Bryan Curtis has an excellent piece in The Ringer mourning the decline of Deadspin, the divisive sports blog that garnered both a cultlike following and its fair share of derision. Deadspin writers
have been resigning en masse after a “stick to sports” mandate was
handed down from new ownership group G/O Media, limiting their ability
to comment on politics, culture, and current affairs. The American Bar Association is under fire for its ad hominem attacks on Trump judicial nominee Lawrence VanDyke. Read
the American Enterprise Institute’s Adam White on how the ABA’s
perceived political biases “hurt not only good judicial nominations, but
also the ABA itself.”Presented Without CommentJosh Dawsey@jdawsey1Soon after being named President Trump’s top cybersecurity guru, Rudy Giuliani walked into a San Francisco Apple store because he could not figure out how to unlock his phone. “He had forgotten the passcode and entered the wrong one at least 10 times.” Giuliani needed Apple genius help to unlock his iPhone after being named Trump cybersecurity adviserGiuliani’s actions call into question his understanding of basic security measures, two former FBI cyber experts told NBC News.nbcnews.comOctober 31st 20191,200 Retweets3,056 LikesSomething FunThese two sisters (and their parents) might have won Halloween this year.Toeing The Company LineIn his newsletter yesterday, David French newsletter deployed Battlestar Galactica and Dune
references to help explain Trump’s and the Clintons’ corruption,
respectively. Plus, is Christianity really on the decline? And Barack
Obama is melting snowflakes?Steve joined the Brian Kilmeade Show earlier this week to discuss everything from al-Baghdadi to impeachment. You can hear it here (and skip to the 10:35 a.m. segment for the boss).Jonah’s got an extra spooky Halloween episode of The Remnant speculating on the deepest fears of some of the most prominent people in public life. Give it a listen here.Let Us KnowWhat should Tom Steyer have spent $47 million on instead of running for president?Buying every single ticket in the stadium to three straight 49ers home gamesProcuring a second tieSupplying 470 million meals to the hungry through Feeding AmericaProducing a show on Netflix and casting himself as the presidentBuying a pastoral English village or two Seriously, a second tieReporting 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 PO Box 720263, San Francisco, CA 94172 |
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Blackburn: Media Narratives are Not Speaking to People in the Heartland I had the fantastic opportunity to sit down with Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn at Politcon in Nashville last weekend and discuss how she feels the media represents the values of Americans outside of cities like New York and D.C. “There are times that I think some of the mainstream media should just kind of get over themselves and realize the work we do in Washington is not about them or to please them necessarily,” the senator said to my colleague and me. As impeachment proceedings against President Trump have entered a new phase, many media outlets struggle to hide their political bias and provide coverage that appeals to voters across the nation that continue to support the president. More from my discussion with Senator Blackburn at the Washington Examiner: “Blackburn claimed that while many publications are focused on the impeachment proceedings facing President Trump, most Americans are not interested. ‘People are focused on the story of their lives,’ she said. ‘They are not focused on the story of the day in D.C., and it seems like some of the mainstream media, they are into followers and clicks and all of these things that are important to them for their individual self, but they are not [important to the American people].’ ‘If you were to follow me around in Tennessee, you would hear people say, ‘I am so proud of this president for getting the economy going,’” said Blackburn. ‘Our unemployment rate is 2.3%, and people are thrilled that they’re making money again; they are very happy with that. They’ll say, ‘Now I want you to get that southern border secure.’” Democrats Have Now Declared Political Civil War Now that the House of Representatives voted mostly along party lines on a resolution outlining the next step in presidential impeachment, it has become clear that any notion that impeachment is not a partisan action went out the window. House Speaker Pelosi had previously claimed that should impeachment go forward, she would want bipartisan support. But yesterday, the Democrats were joined only by former Republican Justin Amash. If impeachment of Trump were truly a principled call for truth and transparency, it would stand to reason that party affiliation wouldn’t be dictate the voting behavior of every person in Congress. More from the New York Post: “The United States has now entered uncharted territory. After spending two years in a failed effort to prove that President Trump colluded with Russia, an effort that fizzled and did not lead to impeachment, in a mere five weeks Democrats have rushed headlong into another attempt to remove the duly elected president. Democrats and their allies in the media had hoped that Republican defections in the House, even just a handful, would give a glimmer of bipartisan legitimacy to this impeachment. This didn’t happen, as the impeachment resolution received exactly zero GOP votes. That shutout is a major victory for a White House that has consistently argued this process is a partisan sham, not a principled pursuit of truth.” Coulter Gets Wrecked Online for Saying Gabbard is a Senator Anne Coulter attempted to trash a Twitter user named “Catturd” for a Tulsi Gabbard tweet and ended up making herself the focus of endless online criticism after falsely – and aggressively – claiming that Gabbard was in the Senate, not the House. “No she didn’t,” Coulter said, arguing to Catturd that the Hawaii Rep. had not voted on the impeachment resolution. “Tulsi is a SENATOR, meaning she’s in the SENATE and doesn’t vote on HOUSE resolutions.” Catturd then suggested to Coulter that perhaps NBA star Lebron James was one of the greatest quarterbacks in football. 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