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Happy Veterans Day from Washington. Who are America’s military
veterans, and how should the nation celebrate them? We marshal the
facts. We’ve also got tales of wartime heroics, and a reminder of why we
need to keep our military strong. On the podcast, law professor and
blogger Bill Jacobson talks about the bakery that won a
multimillion-dollar judgment against Oberlin College—and about schooling
the left on something our veterans fought for: free speech. On this
date in 1918, World War I ends as Germany signs an armistice with the
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Commentary How You Can Celebrate Veterans Day the Right Way By Thomas Spoehr America currently has more than 18.2 million veterans, about 10% of the entire adult population. Statistics show that these veterans thrive in the workforce because they bring their unique skills and leadership to nearly every industry and community in our country. More Commentary This Impeachment Effort About Ideology, Not Constitution By Star Parker It’s not about Russia or Ukraine. It’s about loving our free country or hating it; citizenship or victimhood; rule of law or guilty until proven innocent. More Commentary The Black Regiment That Began an American Tradition By Philip Reynolds The 54th Massachusetts was the first black regiment of the Civil War, and the 1989 film “Glory” solidified their place as American heroes. More Commentary The Day US Troops Saved Me and My Friends From Terror By Yvonne Davis A hail of bullets rained down from the skies overhead, hitting the ground in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. The rapid-fire artillery sounds filled my ears as I stood still underneath the small embassy awning. More Commentary Why Peace Through Strength Ensures Our Safety at Home By Kay Coles James The America that we cherish and hope to pass on to the next generation depends on the promise that we have a military strong enough to protect it and everything it stands for. More Analysis Conservative Law Professor Challenges Campus Left on Free Speech (and Wins Them Over) By Rob Bluey Bill Jacobson, founder and publisher of the website Legal Insurrection and director of Cornell’s Securities Law Clinic, also shares insights on the outrageous case of Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College. More Commentary We Hear You: ‘Education Is Too Important to Leave to Professionals’ By Ken McIntyre “The federal role in education should be very limited. Note that the Constitution omits education as a federal responsibility, leaving it to the states and the people,” writes Steve Lipson of Tucson, Arizona. More The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843 Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as rickbulow1974@gmail.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription. |
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“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” THEODORE ROOSEVELT Good morning, The death of a college student in Hong Kong has prompted both a candlelight memorial and new clashes with police. Alex Chow Tsz-lok, 22, died after falling one story in a parking garage where Hong Kong police had fired tear gas. Hong Kong police have denied involvement in his death. Read the full story here. Trump Says US Will Raise Age Limit for Vaping to 21 Nikki Haley Claims Tillerson, Kelly Tried to Recruit Her to ‘Save the Country’ by Undermining Trump Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard Tyson Dies at 60: Reports Impeachment Will Hit a Brick Wall in Senate If House Shields Whistleblower, Graham Says At 97, Bruno Stanga has a life chockfull of memories. But none stand out so clearly as those from the battlefield in Europe 75 years ago, during World War II. “Some of these stories are vivid in my mind. You never forget,” he said on Nov. 1, with his wife, Kay, also 97, sitting next to him. Read more U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios said the Beijing regime has built an “advanced authoritarian state” and warned against countries “opening their arms” to Chinese companies for key infrastructures such as 5G network technology and artificial intelligence. Read more An Obama-appointed federal judge in Manhattan struck down as unconstitutional a Trump administration rule preventing federally funded health care providers from being forced to participate in abortions and other activities that violate their conscience. Read more A package of fundamental reforms in how Congress does federal budgeting received overwhelmingly bipartisan support at the committee level and is now heading to the Senate floor, where it could face big hurdles. The principal sponsors of the Bipartisan Congressional Budget Reform Act of 2019 are… Read more On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, President Donald Trump showed that he’s keeping President Ronald Reagan’s fight against communism alive. In a presidential message to honor victims of communism on Nov. 7, Trump referred to Reagan’s memorable speech in June 1987 in Berlin, where he called on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.” Read more A conservative civil rights group plans to lend its expertise to the legal fight to overturn a federal judge’s ruling that Harvard University’s policy of discriminating against Asian Americans in favor of whites in the undergraduate admissions process is legally sound. Read more See More Top Stories Here at PragerU, we are standing up for free speech by taking YouTube and their parent company, Google, to court for censoring conservative speech online. Will you take a moment to stand with us—and with all free-thinking Americans—by signing our Letter to YouTube right now? PragerU is leading the charge to defend free speech online, which is likely why we’ve had 99+ of our educational videos RESTRICTED by YouTube. The internet is where the world goes to get informed, but the left wants to SILENCE ideas like capitalism, the free market, limited government, and traditional values. If free speech is not truly free, conservative ideas are suppressed and touted as “fringe” by the mainstream media, simply because leftists in Silicon Valley are pulling the strings. Will you be the first name on my letter to YouTube demanding that they remove the restrictions from PragerU’s 99+ educational videos? Sign the petition today! A Poignant Veterans Day Memory By Mark Hendrickson Veterans Day seems to be one of those “sort of” holidays. We know something’s different about Nov. 11 because the banks and post office are closed. But for most of us, it’s another day at work or school. Compared to our other patriotic holidays—Memorial Day and Independence Day—Veterans Day seems relegated to second-tier status. Why? We owe as much gratitude to our living veterans as we do to those who have passed on. Read more Beyond the Rhetoric: Trump Brings Back Founding Culture By William Gairdner A good friend amusingly described Donald Trump as “the mouth that roared,” attempting to define him as ineffectual. But he’s the farthest thing from that. In an age of slick television and internet imagery that has preempted the centrality of the spoken word, he’s a startling throwback. Read more See More Opinions Africa Is Another Victim of China’s Capital Outflows By Valentin Schmid (November 30, 2015) The world knows about China’s capital outflows. It also knows China sells U.S. government bonds to support its currency. What many people don’t know: Africa is another victim of Chinese capital flight. Beijing’s direct investment in Africa fell more than 40 percent… Read more Just what prompted Terrence K. Williams to become an ardent supporter of President Trump? What is his upcoming comedy show, “The Deplorables on Broadway,” all about? And how is it he went from a childhood with an absent father, drug addict mother, and an array of foster parents, to an audience with President Trump at the White House? Terrence Williams—His Road From “Foster House to the White House” & The Deplorables on Broadway Show Advertisement: 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. Pundits Want Purity From Nikki Haley I personally find it laughable that after years of getting accused of demanding purity, I’m increasingly in the minority willing to show an overabundance of grace to American politicians on the right. I do so for one simple reason — everyone is muddling through the present age. No one is really sure how we got here or what comes next. So I demand few things from politicians who I know are people of good character and principle when they too are trying to muddle through all this without suddenly finding themselves permanently exiled through tweet or purity test. It is really easy for pundits and the Twitterarti to demand Nikki Haley do exactly as they want. But they have the luxury of not having to live with the consequences. Personally, after Trump is gone, I’d like to have people like Nikki Haley around and in leadership positions. And I have no idea why an unelected person should speak up when congressional Republicans will not. The post Pundits Want Purity From Nikki Haley appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » How Does the Washington Post Still Have Subscribers? I understand that political tribalism is at its height. I get that liberal Democrats are going to rally to their pet news-generating entities just like conservative Republicans will rally to their own. But I’m still at a loss for how the Washington Post has enough subscribers to make their sham operation function. Especially after this […] The post How Does the Washington Post Still Have Subscribers? appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » 30 Years After Berlin Wall Fall, Socialism Shouldn’t Be Embraced By Americans Here One of the key pivotal turning points last century was the fall of the Berlin Wall. And today marks 30 years since that wretched installation was toppled. The physical collapse of Soviet communism—and global communism—was imminent. Even Gorbachev braced for collapse. In 1980, Poles organized the First Solidarity Movement, with membership numbering in the millions—followed […] The post 30 Years After Berlin Wall Fall, Socialism Shouldn’t Be Embraced By Americans Here appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Sessions Can Offer Conservatism Without Cultism Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump’s former Attorney General and, prior to that, long-time Alabama senator, wants his seat back. Whether he deserves it remains to be seen. Sessions racked up a strong conservative record since his first election to the Senate in 1996. He’s been a leader on lower taxes, lower spending, religious liberty, the sanctity […] The post Sessions Can Offer Conservatism Without Cultism appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » WATCH: Megyn Kelly Interviews Fired Producer, ABC Got The Wrong Person Watch Megyn Kelly interview Ashley Bianco, the producer ABC blamed for Project Veritas leaking a damning video about the network quashing the Jeffrey Epstein story. The post WATCH: Megyn Kelly Interviews Fired Producer, ABC Got The Wrong Person appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » We Interrupt Real Life™ For This Impeachment Update It’s all too twisty and conspiratorial to be useful for anything except bad television, which is what we’re seeing The post We Interrupt Real Life™ For This Impeachment Update appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » WATCHING COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Week 11 2019 Eat this sandwich. It’s delicious. The post WATCHING COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Week 11 2019 appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » God Watching Us Through the Eyes of Dogs I don’t do dog-twitter very much, but I appreciate many of those who do – such as @JonahDispatch – because, well, I love dogs. I always have. This week has brought my love of those blessings-from-above into crystal clarity because my family lost our 16 year-old Cocker Spaniel on Tuesday. He was a great dog. […] The post God Watching Us Through the Eyes of Dogs appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Recent Items: Can I Have a Moment of Your Time? Please? Bill Gates Calls BS On Elizabeth Warren 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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| Sign up for this newsletter Read online The morning’s most important stories, curated by Post editors. (Jabin Botsford/The Post) Mulvaney’s move to join impeachment testimony lawsuit rankles Bolton allies Former national security adviser John Bolton views the acting White House chief of staff as a key participant in the administration’s effort to pressure Ukraine. By Tom Hamburger, Carol Leonnig and Josh Dawsey ● Read more » The key question: What did Trump want from Ukraine — and what exactly did he do? Democrats are counting on using the testimony of those around President Trump — a mix of aides, sycophants and serious-minded civil servants — to make clear what he was demanding of Ukraine’s president. By Greg Jaffe ● Read more » Bolivian President Evo Morales resigns amid growing protests following disputed election Morales’s call for new elections after an audit found “manipulation” in last month’s vote did little to quell the unrest and increasingly violent protests demanding he step down. By Anthony Faiola and Rachelle Krygier ● Read more » Day of rage plunges Hong Kong into turmoil after police shoot protester Violent clashes broke out across the city as the political crisis deepened. By Anna Kam, Casey Quackenbush and Ryan Ho Kilpatrick ● Read more » How five famous parents handle five tough topics with their kids W. Kamau Bell, Padma Lakshmi, Mia St. John, Jonathan Safran Foer and Kimora Lee Simmons offered us a window into the difficult conversations they see as most important. By Amanda Long ● Read more » ADVERTISEMENT Opinions The politics of the 1930s are still playing out in Eastern Europe By Jackson Diehl ● Read more » The criminal network of the Reverse Underground Railroad By Richard Bell ● Read more » Is this how Democrats want to spend the next few months? By E.J. Dionne ● Read more » Has America gone soft on competition? By Robert Samuelson ● Read more » ADVERTISEMENT How the Senate can stop a purely partisan impeachment By Hugh Hewitt ● Read more » Trump needs to get his administration on the same First Step Act page By Editorial Board ● Read more » More News Klobuchar says a woman with Buttigieg’s experience would not make it to debate stage because of ‘different standard’ Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s comments bring renewed attention to the hurdles female candidates face, following Joe Biden’s description last week of Elizabeth Warren as “angry” and antagonistic. Campaign 2020 ● By Felicia Sonmez ● Read more » Haley says Tillerson, Kelly tried to recruit her to subvert Trump to ‘save the country’ In a new book, former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley slams Rex Tillerson as “exhausting” and John Kelly as suspicious of her access to the president, and argues they should have quit if they disagreed with him. By Anne Gearan ● Read more » Rape victim rejects judge’s offer: $150,000 for her, reduced sentence for attacker A Louisiana judge asked a rape survivor whether she would consider a restitution payment from her attacker. She refused, saying the attack has left her “broken.” By Lateshia Beachum ● Read more » ‘Filled with hatred and a lust for blood’: Turkey’s proxy army in Syria accused of abusing civilians Residents of the border area blame the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army for an array of human rights violations. By Asser Khattab ● Read more » Making friends as an adult is hard. Would you pay $720 for help? People are lonely these days, sparking an explosion of friend-making businesses — including a pricey matchmaker. By Lisa Bonos ● Read more » Vikings turn back two late drives to win a thriller over the Cowboys Kirk Cousins threw two touchdown passes and made no glaring gaffes as Minnesota held on late to beat Dallas in a crisp and and entertaining matchup of NFC playoff contenders. NFL Week 10 | Analysis ● By Mark Maske ● Read more » We think you’ll like this newsletter Check out By The Way for tips and guides that will help you travel better and make you feel like a local wherever you go. Delivered every Thursday. Sign up » |
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POLITICO Playbook: A monumental week for Trump
By ANNA PALMER and JAKE SHERMAN
11/11/2019 05:54 AM EST
DRIVING THE DAY
WE ARE BEGINNING what is a pivotal week for DONALD TRUMP and his presidency. Most notably: the public impeachment proceedings, which begin Wednesday and continue Friday. On Tuesday, we expect the release of a second transcript of a phone call between the president and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Also: The president of Turkey — a country some in the Trump administration said was responsible for war crimes — will come to the White House and appear alongside the president for a news conference. Talks resume this week to avoid a government shutdown in 10 DAYS. And if the administration is to complete the USMCA, progress needs to be made in short order.
HOW REPUBLICANS ARE RESPONDING — “Republicans plot counterattack for impeachment hearings,” by Melanie Zanona: “The transcripts released last week from closed-door interviews with impeachment witnesses also provide a window into how the GOP plans to approach the high-stakes hearings. Republicans will try to paint the Democratically led process as politically motivated and minimize Trump’s role in the quest to persuade Ukraine to investigate his political rivals. And they will also try to keep the heat off Trump by attacking the Bidens and pushing other conspiracy theories about the elections.” POLITICO
THE FULL FLIP? … “Giuliani Associate Says He Gave Demand for Biden Inquiry to Ukrainians,” by NYT’s Ben Protess, Andrew Kramer, Michael Rothfeld and William Rashbaum: “Not long before the Ukrainian president was inaugurated in May, an associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani’s journeyed to Kiev to deliver a warning to the country’s new leadership, a lawyer for the associate said.
“The associate, Lev Parnas, told a representative of the incoming government that it had to announce an investigation into Mr. Trump’s political rival, Joseph R. Biden Jr., and his son, or else Vice President Mike Pence would not attend the swearing-in of the new president, and the United States would freeze aid, the lawyer said.
“The claim by Mr. Parnas, who is preparing to share his account with impeachment investigators, challenges the narrative of events from Mr. Trump and Ukrainian officials that is at the core of the congressional inquiry. It also directly links Mr. Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, to threats of repercussions made to the Ukrainians, something he has strenuously denied.
“But Mr. Parnas’s account, while potentially significant, is being contradicted on several fronts. None of the people involved dispute that the meeting occurred, but Mr. Parnas stands alone in saying the intention was to present an ultimatum to the Ukrainian leadership.” NYT
Good Monday morning. Happy Veterans Day. Former Defense Secretary JIM MATTIS is featured in an online video out this week for the Call of Duty Endowment about hiring veterans. The video
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The Health Insurance Tax will take a toll on hardworking Americans by increasing health care costs by $500 a year per family, with more than half the total cost falling on those making less than $50,000. Shouldn’t Congress be focused on making health care more affordable?
QUOTE DU JOUR … PETE BUTTIGIEG: “The failures of the Obama era help explain how we got Trump. I am running on building a future that is going to have a lot of differences.” L.A. Times
NYT’S PETER BAKER: “Nikki Haley Describes Rebuffing Internal Scheme Against Trump”: “Nikki R. Haley, the former ambassador to the United Nations, says in a new book that she resisted entreaties by other top aides to President Trump to undermine his policies, revealing more about the fractious world of loyalty and betrayal around the president.
“Ms. Haley writes in her new memoir that John F. Kelly, then the White House chief of staff, and Rex W. Tillerson, then the secretary of state, tried to recruit her to join them in circumventing policy decisions by the president that they viewed as dangerous and reckless, an outreach she said she rebuffed.” NYT … CBS’ Norah O’Donnell’s interview with Haley
IMPEACHMENT CLIP PACKET …
— WAPO: “Mulvaney’s move to join impeachment testimony lawsuit rankles Bolton allies,” by Tom Hamburger, Carol Leonnig and Josh Dawsey: “People close to [John] Bolton and [Charles] Kupperman said the two were flabbergasted by Mulvaney’s surprise request to join the lawsuit because they and others on the national security team considered Mulvaney a critical player in the effort to get the Ukrainian government to pursue investigations into Trump’s political opponents.
“Their objection is twofold: Bolton views Mulvaney as a key participant in the pressure campaign, a situation that the then-national security adviser referred to derisively as ‘a drug deal,’ according to congressional testimony by his aides. The two men were barely on speaking terms when Bolton left his post in September, according to White House officials.
“And they believe Mulvaney’s goal is to avoid testifying by joining a suit involving officials whose attorney has argued they may be limited in what they can share with Congress because of their role advising the president on national security matters.” WaPo
— DEEP DIVE … NYT’S GLENN THRUSH and KEN VOGEL: “What Joe Biden Actually Did in Ukraine”: “A look at what the former vice president actually did in Ukraine (he visited six times and spent hours on the phone with the country’s leaders) tells a different story, according to interviews with more than two dozen people knowledgeable about the situation. It casts light on one of Mr. Biden’s central arguments for himself in the primary: his eight years of diplomacy as Mr. Obama’s No. 2.
“Mr. Biden dived into Ukraine in hopes of burnishing his statesman credentials at a time when he seemed to be winding down his political career, as his elder son, Beau, was dying and his younger one, Hunter, was struggling with addiction and financial problems. It turned out to be an unforgiving landscape — threatened by Russia, plundered by oligarchs, plagued by indecisive leaders and overrun by outsiders hoping to make a quick buck off the chaos.” NYT
ANITA KUMAR: “Republicans used to ignore Trump’s resorts. Now they’re spending millions”: “In total, nearly 200 campaigns and political groups — virtually all conservative — have spent more than $8 million at President Donald Trump’s resorts and other businesses since his election in 2016, according to a yet-to-be-released report from the liberal-leaning consumer rights group Public Citizen obtained by POLITICO. That wasn’t the case before the real estate mogul and reality TV star got into politics.
“Between 2012 and 2014, campaigns and political groups spent a combined $69,000 at Trump businesses, according to the report. But since June 2015, when Trump announced he was running for the White House, political spending at the president’s properties has topped $19 million. Some of the initial surge was related to the Trump campaign’s using a Trump company plane during the 2016 election, but much of the uptick comes from conservative candidates and groups.” POLITICO
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2020 WATCH …
— BEN WHITE and DANIEL STRAUSS: “‘The new candidate of the young elite’: Buttigieg battles Biden and Bloomberg for the center lane”: “Pete Buttigieg was quickly locking down a solid lane in the Democratic primary: a young, vibrant, gay, midwestern, war veteran mayor with progressive ideas and plenty of money — but both feet planted in fiscal prudence.
“Young Wall Street and tech-entrepreneur types were starting to fall in love — with his poll numbers and fundraising totals underscoring the Buttigieg boomlet. He was the ‘Parks and Recreation’ candidate in the Democratic field and an alternative to seventy-somethings Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders who are both looking to lock down the hyper-online progressive, anti-Wall Street crowd as well as blue collar workers across the Midwest. …
“But then a funny thing happened last week: Another 70-something candidate beloved on Wall Street — billionaire mogul Michael Bloomberg — made an unexpected splash by suggesting he may still enter the race.
“Bloomberg will not steal Buttigieg’s momentum with younger, wealthier Democratic voters and donors, people close to the South Bend mayor say. But the former NYC mayor does give Big Finance, Big Tech and other more corporate-friendly Democrats another progressive prospect as an alternative to Biden, Sanders and Warren.” POLITICO
— NATASHA KORECKI and MARC CAPUTO: “Why Biden is crushing it nationally — but slipping in Iowa and N.H.”: “Joe Biden is the clear frontrunner in the 2020 Democratic race for president.
“Or he’s faltering, slipping into fourth place as he loses ground to Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and an ascendant Pete Buttigieg.
“Those alternate realities are playing out in real time — reflected in Biden’s solid standing atop national polls versus his middling performance in Iowa and New Hampshire surveys on the other. The disparity is at once a source of frustration to Biden’s team and one of hope to rivals holding out for an utter collapse by the former vice president in the two earliest nominating states.
“The explanations for the discrepancy run the gamut. The white Iowa and New Hampshire electorates play against Biden’s strength among ideological moderates and African Americans, some defenders argue. Skeptics say it shows that the voters watching him most closely are underwhelmed. There’s the fact that Biden pulled back on early state ad spending — both on TV and digitally — while competitors ramped up. Finally, the Trump factor: The president’s reelection campaign has been running anti-Biden ads on TV in Iowa and more broadly over social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube.”
— “AOC brings star power to Iowa for Sanders,” by Holly Otterbein in Council Bluffs, Iowa
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Americans want Congress to improve health care affordability –raising taxes on their health care isn’t what they have in mind.
TRUMP’S MONDAY — The president and first lady Melania Trump will leave Trump Tower at 10:05 a.m. en route to Madison Square Park, where they will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony and deliver remarks at the New York City Veterans Day parade. Afterward, they will return to Trump Tower.
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SCOTUS WATCH — “Is the Supreme Court’s Fate in Elena Kagan’s Hands?” by The New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot: “She’s not a liberal icon like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but, through her powers of persuasion, she’s the key Justice holding back the Court’s rightward shift.” New Yorker
AXIOS’ JONATHAN SWAN: “Trump aides fear John Bolton’s secret notes”: “People around the president say they are worried about what notes Trump’s former national security adviser has kept and when he might divulge them. … [T]he former national security adviser was the most prolific note-taker at the top level of the White House and probably has more details than any impeachment inquiry witness, so far, about President Trump’s machinations on Ukraine.” Axios
HONG KONG LATEST — “Hong Kong police shoot protester, man set on fire,” by AP’s Alice Fung: “A Hong Kong anti-government protester was shot by police Monday in a dramatic scene caught on video as demonstrators blocked train lines and roads in a day of spiraling violence fueled by demands for democratic reforms.
“Elsewhere, a man was set on fire following an apparent dispute over national identity in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory, which has been wracked by five months of protests. The man was in critical condition in a city hospital.
“The violence is likely to further inflame passions in Hong Kong after a student who fell during an earlier protest succumbed to his injuries Friday and police arrested six pro-democracy lawmakers over the weekend.” AP
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It’s time for Congress to Stop The Health Insurance Tax.
A COUP IN BOLIVIA? — “Bolivian President Resigns After Re-Election Marred by Fraud Allegations,” by WSJ’s Juan Forero and Ryan Dube: “Embattled Bolivian President Evo Morales fled the capital La Paz and resigned after the head of the armed forces, Gen. Williams Kaliman, suggested that he leave power in the wake of an Oct. 20 presidential vote that electoral monitors said was marred by fraud.
“Sunday’s resignation by the 60-year-old leader, who as a union leader helped lead protests that toppled other presidents, came as the armed forces had declared itself neutral after three weeks of increasingly chaotic demonstrations across several cities. In a televised address, Mr. Morales was defiant, saying he was the victim of a coup and that he would continue to fight what he called an oligarchy that he said had Bolivia in its grip.” WSJ
— NYT’S CLIFFORD KRAUSS in La Paz and DANIEL VICTOR in Hong Kong:“A power vacuum following the resignation of President Evo Morales on Sunday left the streets here in chaos, with the police refusing to engage for hours as people set fires, looted stores and got into violent scuffles. The whereabouts of Mr. Morales, who was forced from office Sunday, were unknown, though late Sunday night he tweeted that the police were seeking to arrest him ‘illegally’ and that ‘violent groups’ had assaulted his home.” NYT
— MIKE POMPEO (@SecPompeo): “Fully support the findings of the @OAS_official report recommending new elections in #Bolivia to ensure a truly democratic process representative of the people’s will. The credibility of the electoral system must be restored.”
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DATA DU JOUR — “When Trump arrived in the White House in 2017, there were 241 Republicans at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue in the House of Representatives. Today, 100 of them have gone or have announced that they are leaving. That’s 41 percent of that original 241 in the 115th House.” NBC
VALLEY TALK — “WeWork Was Wrestling With SEC Over Key Financial Metric Just Before It Scrapped IPO,” by WSJ’s Jean Eaglesham and Eliot Brown: “Just weeks before WeWork expected its stock to begin trading publicly, the startup was still wrangling with the Securities and Exchange Commission over a controversial key financial metric and a litany of other concerns about its planned multibillion-dollar IPO.
“On Sept. 11—after the initial public offering prospectus had been public for nearly a month, and after the SEC had already made dozens of demands about the document—the regulator sent the shared-workspace company a list of 13 still-unresolved concerns, according to previously unpublished correspondence reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
“The back-and-forth shows that WeWork was scrambling to clean up big problems as its IPO was crumbling. The timing was indicative of the chaotic management that gave investors pause and ultimately led the company to pull the offering and Chief Executive Adam Neumann to step down under pressure.” WSJ
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SPOTTED: Roger Stone at the lobby bar of the Trump Hotel on Saturday night. Pic… Anthony Scaramucci at the Madison Square Garden Hulu Theater for a Bill Maher stand-up comedy event on Saturday night. Scaramucci appeared backstage after the show. …
… Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) sitting in the cafe car of the 99 Northeast Regional Amtrak train from NYC to D.C. on Sunday. … Wolf Blitzer walking into Barneys on Madison Avenue on Sunday afternoon for the giant close-out sale. … Sterling K. Brown at the United baggage claim carousel at Dulles on Sunday.
WEEKEND WEDDINGS — Rachel Soclof, health legislative assistant for Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), and Stuart Portman, health policy adviser on the Senate Finance Committee for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), got married Sunday at the Mellon Auditorium. They met while working together in the Senate. … SPOTTED: Kimberly Brandt, Jennifer Kuskowski, Kellie McConnell and Angela Wiles.
— Liz Pedraja, FEC compliance manager for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and Zamir Ahmed, VP of media relations at the National Association of Broadcasters, got married Saturday in a small ceremony officiated by the DCCC’s Hannah Osborne.
— Mike Sistak, director of grassroots program development at the American Farm Bureau and a Mitt Romney and John McCain alum, and Madalyn Hemminghaus, constituent engagement specialist at the American Association of Medical Colleges, got married Sunday in Chandler, Ariz. … SPOTTED: Pete Seat, Jeremy Art and Tim Bee. Pic… Another pic
WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Michael Sewell, director of federal government affairs at Duke Energy, and Bridget Sewell, assistant VP of political engagement at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, welcomed Thomas Driggs Sewell on Saturday. Pic
BIRTHWEEK (was Sunday): Matt Lough turned 5-0 (h/t Tim Burger)
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), founder of PAC for a Change,is 79. What she’s reading currently: “I am finishing up a book by Jill Lepore called ‘These Truths: A History of the United States.’ This book shows us some uncomfortable facts of our history, especially as it deals with matters of race. Growing up I never learned that unvarnished truth in school.” Playbook Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: Norm Eisen, senior fellow at Brookings and consulting counsel to House Judiciary … Alec MacGillis is 45 … Facebook’s Tucker Bounds is 41 (h/ts Tim Burger, Blain Rethmeier and Andrea Saul) … Sean Joyce … POLITICO’s Matt Kaminski and John Hendel … Edgar Estrada … Matt Ortega … Salesforce’s Lauren Thorbjornsen … Taylor Holgate … former Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) is 51 … former Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) is 88 … Lyft’s Jake Swanton … Joel Foster … Meredith Dyer … Andrew Barnhill (h/t Akilah Ensley) … David Leiter, president of Plurus Strategies (h/ts Sarah Litke and Jon Haber) …
… Rebecca Sharer, account executive at Fenton … Daniel Huey, partner at Something Else Strategies … Michael Boisjolie … Melissa Stark … McKinsey’s Greg Romano … Pew’s Ruth Igielnik … POLITICO Europe’s Elisabeth Binard and Cristina Gonzalez … Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega … Juan Carlos Monje … Sarah Esty … Mandi Wimmer … Craig Pittman … Eric Ezzy Rappaport … Jon Hartley is 3-0 … Gretchen Michael … Nathan Imperiale … Jessica Jennings … Linda Rozett … Ryan Tronovitch … Grant Lebens … Eric Oginsky … Susanna Cagle … Emily Pollock … Frank Wilkinson … Christian Flynn (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)
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THE DISPATCH
The Morning Dispatch: The Impeachment Will Be Televised
Plus: Bloomberg’s trial balloon pops, and a Veterans Day look at military service in Congress.
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Happy Monday! If you’re off work today but aren’t sure why, be sure to thank the military members in your life. Today is Veterans Day—the 101st such commemoration since November 11 was set aside by President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 as a day “filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory.”
Originally designated Armistice Day to memorialize the conclusion to the fighting of World War I, Congress rebranded and broadened the scope of the holiday in 1954 to account for non-WWI conflicts that had since taken place.
Quick Hits: What You Need To Know
- Public impeachment hearings begin this week. If you thought impeachment news was crazy before, wait until they wheel in the TV cameras.
- As the dust settles in the wake of Turkey’s bloody invasion of northern Syria, President Trump will hold a joint press conference Wednesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
- Bolivian President Evo Morales stepped down Sunday after mass protests over his allegedly fraudulent electioneering.
- Violence escalated in Hong Kong after a police officer was caught on camera shooting a protester.
- Nikki Haley came out strongly against impeachment and dished on former top White House officials who she said encouraged her to “resist Trump.”
- According to a new poll, 65 percent of Republicans believe that Trump’s summer dealings with Ukraine constituted “normal presidential behavior.”
- With the Iowa caucuses fast approaching and polls showing no slam-dunk frontrunner, socialist superstar Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent the weekend barnstorming the state on behalf of Bernie Sanders.
- Disney’s streaming competitor to Netflix and Amazon Prime, Disney+, will be released to the public on Tuesday.
- For the first time in 42 days, the Chicago Bears won a game.
Trump’s About to Get All the Transparency He Could Ever Want
Phase two of the House’s impeachment inquiry is about to begin. After six weeks of gathering secret testimony involving the president’s pressure campaign against Ukraine, House Democrats are preparing to throw the doors open: Public hearings are slated to begin Wednesday. Adam Schiff said at the outset of the inquiry that the secret phase was intended to help Congress perform its initial fact-finding investigation. Now comes the part where they try to sell the results of that investigation to the American people.
The Democrats’ immediate goal is straightforward: Try to keep things uncomplicated. The story they hope to tell convincingly has a lot of moving parts, but boils down to something very simple: The president, obsessed with conspiracy theories about his political enemies past and future, tried to extort a foreign government, Ukraine, to announce it was investigating those theories. With his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani as his pointman, he froze military aid that Congress had appropriated to help Ukraine beat back Russian aggression, letting the Ukrainians know both implicitly and explicitly that they were unlikely to receive that aid—and other prizes, like a public White House meeting—without the desired announcement.
They’ll hit other notes, too: Giuliani’s associates’ alleged criminal dealings in Ukraine, the smear campaign to oust the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, administration officials’ harried attempts to figure out exactly what Trump was driving at in Ukraine and how to prevent it from destroying relations between the two nations, and the Trump administration’s blanket refusal to permit current officials to testify. But the aid-for-investigations extortion is at the heart of it.
Once More, for the Cameras
As open hearings begin, an odd dynamic will be on display: The officials who will be testifying at the outset, including charge d’affaires Bill Taylor and former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, have already been interviewed behind closed doors. In a sense, Democrats will be retracing their steps—or perhaps presenting a revised version of the rough draft that was the closed hearings.
Republicans, meanwhile, will be frequently forced into new territory, for a simple reason: Many of the arguments they made repeatedly during closed-door sessions simply no longer stand up.
There were the procedural arguments, of course: House Republicans vociferously protested that Democrats were doing secret hearings at all, insisting the proceedings amounted to a “Soviet-style” kangaroo court where Democrats conspired against the president in secret. Republicans spent a lot of time on this argument, but they can’t go back to it now: They can engage on substance, or not at all.
Of course, many of the substance arguments they trotted out during the opening stage aren’t looking so hot now, either. In almost every case, Democrats are entering the public hearings stage already equipped with previous testimony knocking those arguments over.
- “President Trump wasn’t asking for investigations for political reasons; he was simply trying to combat corruption in Ukraine.”
For Republicans interested in defending Trump on the merits, this argument is the gold standard: It renders the question of whether a quid pro quo took place unimportant by denying that Trump did anything untoward at all. The president “wanted to clean up corruption in Ukraine, and ensure taxpayer funded aid wasn’t going to corrupt causes,” Rep. Mark Meadows tweeted last week. “Only D.C. Democrats could spin protecting taxpayer money into an impeachable offense.”
But a few pieces of sworn testimony already on record challenge this claim. Asked whether Giuliani was pushing for an investigation into the energy company Burisma for reasons unrelated to the Bidens, former NSC official Kurt Volker replied in the negative: “I believe that Giuliani was interested in Biden, Vice President Biden’s son Biden, and I had pushed back on that.”
A current State Department official, George Kent, testified that, according to EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland, Trump used “Biden and Clinton” as shorthand for the investigations he wanted: “POTUS wanted nothing less than President Zelensky to go to microphone and say investigations, Biden, Clinton.”
And released text messages between Sondland, Volker, and a top Ukrainian official, Andrey Yermak, demonstrate that the White House wasn’t just asking for an investigation into potential wrongdoing: They were asking Ukraine to assert in a public statement that wrongdoing had occurred and must be prevented from recurring. “Special attention should be paid to the problem of interference in the political processes of the United States, especially with the alleged involvement of some Ukrainian politicians,” Volker told Yermak the statement should say. “We intend to initiate and complete a transparent and unbiased investigation of all available facts and episodes, including those involving Burisma and the 2016 U.S. elections, which in turn will prevent the recurrence of this problem in the future.”
- “Ukraine never knew the aid had been held up; no harm, no foul.”
Here’s another one that attempts to neutralize the “quid pro quo” accusation: How could Trump have been extorting Ukraine if they didn’t even know he was extorting them? “Ukraine didn’t know there was a hold on aid until just before it was lifted,” Rep. Lee Zeldin asserted Sunday.
But this, too, is contradicted by sworn testimony: Sondland reversed himself last week and asserted that he told a Ukrainian official that “resumption of the U.S. aid would likely not occur until Ukraine provided the public anticorruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks.”
- “All this is is just the establishment conspiring with Democrats to bring the president down.”
With the previous process arguments taking on water, we’ve started to see arguments of this tone more and more frequently in pro-Trump media about various officials who have offered testimony: a spurious claim pushed by Fox News that Yovanovitch had perjured herself; a theory, entertained by personalities at CNN and Fox and some House Republicans, that Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman had suspicious loyalties to Ukraine; and so on.
This argument is not the one most Republicans are eager to be making. It is faintly silly on its face—everyone who provides testimony that’s bad for Trump immediately becomes a villain—and it lacks the strategic impact of previous arguments: Even if they all were anti-Trump partisans, they’ve provided compelling evidence of Trump’s bad behavior under penalty of perjury.
Still, this argument has one great merit for Republicans: Unlike the others, it’s unfalsifiable. There’s no possible piece of testimony that could come out to disprove the notion that all this is just one big anti-Trump conspiracy, because every problematic piece of testimony can be immediately waved off as part of that conspiracy. Don’t be surprised, then, if we see this one deployed more and more frequently as open hearings get underway.
Trial Balloon-berg?
Last week, we covered former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s increasingly aggressive flirtations with a 2020 presidential bid, culminating with an official filing in Alabama on Friday. Over the weekend, the billionaire received some bad news and some slightly less bad news, both by way of the latest 2020 Morning Consult poll, conducted after the news of Bloomberg’s intentions.
The survey shows Bloomberg is a known commodity—already capturing 4 percent of likely Democratic primary voters. That’s not awful for a late-entry rich guy, placing him sixth in the race before even launching; Tom Steyer would be so lucky! But then the doom and gloom: there are a lot of Democrats for whom Bloomberg’s name is already mud. The New York tycoon holds the highest unfavorables in the field, despite being well-liked by the Democratic party’s older and more conservative fringes. Plus, despite all of Bloomberg’s alleged concerns over Biden, Warren, and Bernie’s electability, he himself leads Trump by a comparable margin, with a much larger contingency of undecided voters.
Axios reported Sunday that last week’s announcement served partly as a trial balloon for Bloomberg’s camp—to get a gauge on how voters and the media would react. After a couple of days, it seems safe to say the media is a lot more excited about a potential Mayor Mike candidacy than the American people more broadly.
Progressive and black voters are crucial to winning a Democratic primary in 2020. If you were building a game-changing Democratic candidate in a lab, you wouldn’t create a rich old white guy who was formerly a Republican and oversaw the implementation of stop-and-frisk policing in New York City.
Whether Bloomberg officially jumps in is yet to be seen (his team has already indicated that if he does join the race, he’d all but skip the first four states), but expect Warren and Bernie to continue building him up as a bogeyman while he decides. They’d love another foil on a debate stage—particularly one that might fracture the more moderate vote.
Service To Country—In More Ways Than One
A September study from Pew Research on trust and American institutions frequently found members of Congress and the military to be on opposite ends of the confidence spectrum: 77 percent of survey respondents believed military leaders handle resources responsibly all, most, or some of the time; only 47 percent thought the same about Congress. Meanwhile, 56 percent of those polled said military leaders do a good job preparing personnel to protect the country all or most of the time; 4 percent suggested members of Congress always or mostly do a good job promoting laws that serve the public.
So Americans have faith in the military, but think Congress is a sh*tsh*w. We here at The Morning Dispatch are up on Capitol Hill a decent amount—can confirm the latter is true. But what about those in the center of that Venn diagram, members of both institutions?
This combination used to dominate the halls of Congress. From 1965 to 1975, per a Pew Research Center analysis, at least 70 percent of both the Senate and the House entered elected office with prior military experience. Forty-two percent of respondents in 1973 told Gallup they had a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in Congress. Today, less than 20 percent of members of Congress are veterans—and Americans’ confidence in the legislative branch has plummeted to 11 percent.
Former senators Richard Lugar and Tom Daschle argued in 2017 “it’s no coincidence that the current dysfunction in Congress comes as the number of lawmakers with military experience is at a historic low.” The pair, both veterans themselves, wrote that “military service tends to broaden an individual’s world view,” and that “veterans are more likely to have witnessed the importance of alliances, the value of U.S. leadership and the key role that foreign relations play in our economy.”
A fresh wave of veterans who fought in the war on terror are coming of age and looking to restore these values. While the total number of members with military experience decreased from 102 to 96 in the 116th Congress, 19 of those first elected in 2018 have served in the armed forces, the largest veteran freshman class in a decade. And the number of female veterans on the Hill is at a record high.
From Mikie Sherrill, a New Jersey Democrat and former Navy helicopter pilot, to Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican and former Navy SEAL who lost his right eye in an IED explosion; from Mike Waltz, a Florida Republican and Green Beret, to Ruben Gallego, an Arizona Democrat and former marine, these individuals dedicated their lives to serving our nation on the frontlines, and now they—alongside dozens of others—are doing so again in Congress.
Worth Your Time
- The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago Saturday. Check out this photo series The Atlantic put together illustrating life before the fall, and read how the Washington Post covered the historic day in real time.
- Young Texas Republicans are having an identity crisis, Buzzfeed’s Nidhi Prakash reports. “I think we’re running out of time. We’re like a bunch of political dinosaurs and my party is practicing extinction politics”
- Two of the best players in college sports, Ohio State’s Chase Young and Memphis’ James Wiseman, are facing punishment from the NCAA for “low-scale financial dealings from years past.” Read The Ringer’s Rodger Sherman on why the collegiate sports body should not exist.
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Toeing The Company Line
- Steve joined Face The Nation on Sunday to discuss how last week’s released deposition transcripts have reshaped the Republican line on impeachment and who stands to benefit the most from a potential Michael Bloomberg candidacy. Check it out here.
- Jonah delved into the great “democracy vs. republic” debate in Friday’s G-File, working through the difference between being “democratically” and “lawfully” elected. Friday’s edition also garnered quite possibly the best comment of The Dispatch era: “Jonah Goldberg saying, ‘Please cut me some slack if this gets weird.’ is like Michael Phelps saying ‘Please cut me some slack if I get wet.’” Thank you to reader Butch Earl for the truism.
Let Us Know
Where will the Ukraine scandal goalposts be at this time next week?
- “Sure Rudy said that, but he’s always been a deep state Never Trumper”
- “You have to respect the president demonstrating to aspiring law students everywhere what a quid pro quo is and how to carry one out on an international stage”
- “It’s not like Trump was asking Ukraine to investigate a Republican”
- “At least Trump and Sondland didn’t wad up the promised military aid in cash and play monkey-in-the-middle, throwing it back and forth over Zelensky’s head until he promised to investigate Biden”
- “Show me where in the Constitution it says a president needs to act in the best interests of the United States”
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FIRST READ: Here are the highlights from all of the released transcripts in the impeachment inquiry
House Democrats have now released some 2,700 pages of transcripts from the depositions in their impeachment inquiry.
Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images
And ahead of this week’s public testimony, here are all of the highlights you need to know:
Security assistance was tied to Ukraine pursuing an investigation into the Bidens and Burisma
“That was my clear understanding, security assistance money would not come until the President [of Ukraine] committed to pursue the investigation,” said Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine.
There was “no doubt” Trump was asking for a deliverable in his July 25 call with Ukraine’s president
Q: You were listening in real time to this call along with President Zelenskiy when President Trump was speaking?
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman [the National Security Council’s top expert on Ukraine]: Correct.
Q: And was there any doubt in your mind as to what the President, our President, was asking for as a deliverable?
Vindman: There was no doubt.
Having Ukraine pursue investigations wasn’t in the United States’ national security interests
Q: And is it fair to say that encouraging Ukraine to conduct investigations related to domestic U.S. politics was not in the U.S. national security interests?
Vindman: In my view, I don’t think it was. And it had inherent risks in that—it had inherent risks in that, frankly, if Ukrainians took a partisan position, they would significantly undermine the possibility of future bipartisan support. Losing bipartisan support, they would then lose access to potentially, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars in security assistance funds.
Russia’s Putin and Hungary’s Orban helped shape Trump’s negative view of Ukraine
“[T]hose two world leaders, along with former Mayor Giuliani, their communications with President Trump shaped the President’s view of Ukraine and Zelenskiy, and would account for the change from a very positive first call on April 21 to his negative assessment of Ukraine when he had the meeting in the 0val 0ffice on May 23,” said State Department official George Kent.
The whole episode has damaged U.S. relations with Ukraine
“I perceive that—I perceive that that our relationship is damaged. I think as this process wears on, I think the relationship will continue to be damaged and undercut. It undercuts U.S. resolve to support Ukraine and certainly puts a question into their mind whether they in fact have U.S. support,” Vindman said.
Taylor and Kent testify in public on Wednesday.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testifies on Friday.
Quid pro no?
On “Meet the Press” yesterday, Rep. Jim Himes, a member of the House Intel Committee, argued to stop using the Latin words “quid pro quo” in describing the allegation that the Trump administration wanted Ukraine to investigate the Bidens in return for security assistance.
“I have two problems with ‘quid pro quo,’” Himes said. “Number one, when you’re trying to persuade the American people of something that is really pretty simple, which is that the president acted criminally and extorted, in the way a mob boss would extort somebody, a vulnerable foreign country, it’s probably best not to use Latin words to explain it.”
More from Himes: “But the other thing I object to is that this is where the Republicans went. Extortion doesn’t require a ‘you give me this and I’ll give you that’ kind of quid pro quo. It simply requires using your muscle to get something that you don’t have a right to.”
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2020 VISION: Sherrod Brown wants Dems to build on Obamacare – not start over
Also on “Meet” yesterday, Sen. Sherrod Brown argued that Democrats should focus on protecting and building on Obamacare.
And not starting over.
“I, I have said publicly that I think people should, should say, ‘I want to — don’t want to destroy Obamacare and start over. I want to build on it,’” he said.
Brown added, “But I think the issue — step back for a second, Chuck. All the Democrats want universal coverage. Some want to get to it at different speeds, on a different path. Contrast that where this president went to Congress, lost by one vote trying to wipe away the Affordable Care Act.”
On the campaign trail today: Tons of Veterans Day events on the trail: Pete Buttigieg, remaining in New Hampshire, attends a Vets Day ceremony in Boscawen and then delivers a major Veterans Day speech in Rochester… Kamala Harris holds a “Justice for Veterans” conversation in Greenwood, S.C…. Bernie Sanders and Julian Castro celebrate the holiday in Iowa… Joe Biden holds a town hall in Oskaloosa, Iowa… Elizabeth Warren does her own town hall in Exeter, N.H…. And Cory Booker raises money in New York City.
Talking policy with Benjy
If you’ve been watching the Democrats debate health care, you’ve probably heard versions of the same line from candidates over and over: We’re going to take on the big insurers and the drug companies, NBC’s Benjy Sarlin observes.
But lost in the mix are what their plans would mean for doctors, specialists, and especially hospitals, many of which could take a revenue cut under either Medicare for All or various public option proposals.
Elizabeth Warren’s new Medicare for All plan is paid for in part with trillions in expected savings from health care providers. The main reason: Private insurance pays more – sometimes well over twice as much – for the same services as Medicare.
U.S. health care prices are the highest in the developed world, and single-payer advocates argue that hospitals will save so much from efficiency under a Medicare system that they’ll be able to treat more patients for less.
But health care providers are also famously effective and well-financed interest groups, and there are already signs of them flexing their muscle against Democratic plans. If Democrats are going to pass Medicare for All, or even a strong public option, they need to prepare supporters for a fight with local physicians and hospital administrators who are a lot more popular with voters than insurance CEOs.
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is … 31.
Thirty-one.
That’s the number of consecutive home football games the Alabama Crimson Tide had won at home before Saturday’s Alabama-vs.-LSU game, which President Trump attended in person.
LSU won the game, 46-41.
TWEET OF THE DAY: No longer King of the Hill
THE LID: Runaway brides?
Don’t miss the pod from Friday, when we looked at whether Democratic voters will ditch their current field for another suitor (Michael Bloomberg) – or whether they’ll stick with what they already have.
ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss
NBC’s Allan Smith profiles Rep. Lee Zeldin, one of Trump’s biggest defenders in the impeachment inquiry,
Nikki Haley claims in a new book that Rex Tillerson and John Kelly tried to recruit her into undermining the president.
Democrats are pushing back on GOP efforts to call Hunter Biden to testify.
Are e-cigarette users a key new political bloc? (And what might that mean for the president?)
Here’s the latest in the resignation of Bolivia’s president.
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Trump Making History on Veterans Day
Today at the annual Veterans Day parade in New York City, President
Trump will be the first sitting president to attend the event at Madison
Square Park. From The Epoch Times:
“Doug McGowan, chairman of the United War Veterans Council, which hosts the annual parade, made an appearance on “Fox & Friends” Wednesday to announce the news.
“I am proud to announce—honored to announce—that the commander-in-chief
has accepted our invitation and will be leading the New York City
Veterans Day Parade, the centennial, this year,” McGowan said.
“This is the first time [a sitting president has appeared]… Citizen
Donald Trump in the ’80s, the ’90s, and again in the early 2000s has
been here for the veteran’s community of New York.
Veterans have invited the sitting president to attend the event every
year for 25 years, and Trump is the first to accept the invitation.”
Meet My Mom
I have several family members who
have served in the military, including my my mom, dad, stepdad,
grandfather, aunt, and several uncles. Today I thought I’d tell you a
little about my mom’s service. She retired as a Lieutenant Commander in
the Navy. She had 11 active years in the Air Force and 20 active years
in the Navy. She got a special coin and is considered a
“Maverick” because she was enlisted in the Air Force (reaching the rank
of Technical Sergeant) and Officer in the Navy. She has spent time in
Western Sahara, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, among many other places.
After retiring, she also served in the Coast Guard Auxiliary for five
years.
In today’s Veterans Day BRIGHT, I thought I’d share a poem my mom wrote about her time on the USS George Washington. Enjoy! USS George Washington – Guardian of the Seas (February 2003) The hum of the ship Alive with work. For 5,000 shipmates A crowded berth. Catapult released. Hook arrest gear. Vibrations of noise Echo long in your ears. Ouija magic, leading planes, Whistling speakers, training mates. Sweepers out, FOD walkdowns, Evening prayer, lights out now. The power of one; The strength of leagues. Your mission of course, To free the seas. A Case of the Mondays Video: Service dogs graduate for 15 veterans in special ceremony (11 Alive) K9s on the Front Line pairs veterans with a dog who has their back (Press Herald) High-ranking dog provides key training for military’s medical students (NPR) |
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- CNN covers up the cover-up by ABC News of Jeffrey Epstein’s accuser
- We cannot thank veterans enough for their service
- Graphic videos: Hong Kong protester shot by police, counter-protester set on fire as violence escalates
- Andrew Wilkow shows how Pete Buttigieg’s healthcare plan is no safer than Elizabeth Warren’s
- Tinslee Lewis update: Judge orders postponement of withdrawal of care until November 22
- Why is the nation’s socialist left resisting the disclosure of all the facts in the ‘impeachment inquiry’?
- Tillerson, Kelly are only the tip of the cabal as Nikki Haley reveals nefarious plans
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- The real sham: Adam Schiff won’t allow three most important witnesses, including himself
| With Peter King retiring, can we get a conservative to fill his seat? Posted: 11 Nov 2019 04:42 AM PST Representative Peter King was an untouchable. He’s one of the many incumbents who has been in his office for so long – 28 years – that he could not spend a minute campaigning and still win reelection by a landslide. But at 75, King has decided he’s done with Congressional life. This morning, he announced […] The post With Peter King retiring, can we get a conservative to fill his seat? appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| CNN covers up the cover-up by ABC News of Jeffrey Epstein’s accuser Posted: 11 Nov 2019 04:17 AM PST If you’re one of the thousands of people who get CNN host Brian Stelter’s newsletter, then you’re one of the lucky few who received the singular piece of “coverage” the cable news giant has dedicated to the ABC-Epstein cover-up story. The network absolutely refuses to discuss it on-air in what seems to be a massive […] The post CNN covers up the cover-up by ABC News of Jeffrey Epstein’s accuser appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| We cannot thank veterans enough for their service Posted: 11 Nov 2019 03:35 AM PST Those of us who have not served in the armed forces are blessed by those who have. Whether we are the type of people who admit it or not, our freedom is contingent on the protections made possible by our military both at home and abroad. Words are not enough. Appreciation is insufficient. I often […] The post We cannot thank veterans enough for their service appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Graphic videos: Hong Kong protester shot by police, counter-protester set on fire as violence escalates Posted: 11 Nov 2019 03:00 AM PST Warning: The videos above and below are both uncensored and show disturbing violence. Hong Kong is quickly becoming extremely dangerous for residents as they enter their 8th month of protests against the pro-Beijing government. Two violent incidents took place yesterday as both sides appear to be escalating the violence surrounding the dispute. Above, protesters clashed […] The post Graphic videos: Hong Kong protester shot by police, counter-protester set on fire as violence escalates appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Andrew Wilkow shows how Pete Buttigieg’s healthcare plan is no safer than Elizabeth Warren’s Posted: 11 Nov 2019 12:39 AM PST Is Pete Buttigieg’s Medicare-for-All-Who-Wants-It a safer plan for American than Elizabeth Warren’s or Bernie Sanders’s full-blown Medicare-for-All? That’s the question the BlazeTV’s Andrew Wilkow answers in his latest video. In September, our EIC noted that ‘lite’ versions of Medicare-for-All are no better – and possibly worse – than the real thing. Wilkow tends to agree with […] The post Andrew Wilkow shows how Pete Buttigieg’s healthcare plan is no safer than Elizabeth Warren’s appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Tinslee Lewis update: Judge orders postponement of withdrawal of care until November 22 Posted: 10 Nov 2019 05:07 PM PST The family of Tinslee Lewis received good news today as a judge placed a temporary restraining order on Cook Children’s Fort Worth, preventing them from “pulling the plug” on the 9-month-old patient. She had originally been scheduled to have her ventilator removed today, but Texas Right to Life, activists, and the family worked to delay […] The post Tinslee Lewis update: Judge orders postponement of withdrawal of care until November 22 appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Why is the nation’s socialist left resisting the disclosure of all the facts in the ‘impeachment inquiry’? Posted: 10 Nov 2019 04:44 PM PST The ‘impeachment inquiry’ is turning out to be a sham show trial. If the left had a righteous cause that wouldn’t be the case. In their effort to keep the ‘impeachment inquiry’ alive in the minds of the voters the Associated Press and other sources of the nation’s socialist media have done a yeoman’s work […] The post Why is the nation’s socialist left resisting the disclosure of all the facts in the ‘impeachment inquiry’? appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Tillerson, Kelly are only the tip of the cabal as Nikki Haley reveals nefarious plans Posted: 10 Nov 2019 02:52 PM PST Today and possibly tomorrow, the news cycle will be dominated by a revelation made by former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley that former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly tried to recruit her to join an internal resistance against the President. But mainstream media […] The post Tillerson, Kelly are only the tip of the cabal as Nikki Haley reveals nefarious plans appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Pete Buttigieg eating a cinnamon roll like a chicken wing is the image you wish you never saw Posted: 10 Nov 2019 01:39 PM PST South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has many obstacles to overcome if he’s going to be the Democratic nominee for President. He’s currently second in the “moderate lane” (though he’s not really a moderate) behind former Vice President Joe Biden. He’s less than half the age of Biden or Senator Bernie Sanders, just two years beyond […] The post Pete Buttigieg eating a cinnamon roll like a chicken wing is the image you wish you never saw appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| The real sham: Adam Schiff won’t allow three most important witnesses, including himself Posted: 10 Nov 2019 01:18 PM PST The deeper we get into the impeachment inquiry, the more of a dumpster fire it appears to be. Americans are starting to notice as support faded below the majority mark in less than a month. At the heart of it all is House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff, a man so deeply invested into his […] The post The real sham: Adam Schiff won’t allow three most important witnesses, including himself appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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11/11/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Futile Run? No ‘Purge’ in Ohio; Soldiers’ Sacrifice Good morning, it’s Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. The First World War ended on this date when a cease-fire was forged between the Allies and Germany, taking effect at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. The following year, Armistice Day (or Remembrance Day) was observed in Great Britain, France, and the United States. “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory,” said President Woodrow Wilson. In time, the name of the commemoration was changed to Veterans Day, an alteration necessitated by the simple fact that “the war to end war” had done no such thing. I’ll have a brief thought on this expectation in a moment. First, I’d point you to RealClearPolitics’ front page, which presents our poll averages, videos, breaking news stories, and aggregated opinion columns spanning the political spectrum. We also offer original material from our own reporters and contributors, including the following: * * * The Futility of Bloomberg 2020. Bill Scher explains why he believes a presidential bid by the former New York mayor is ill-advised. Charges of Ohio Voter List “Purge” Prove to Be Unfounded. Mark Hemingway investigated claims raised in the New York Times, and found a different set of facts. Media Malfeasance at ABC News and Beyond. Steve Cortes writes that suppression of the Jeffrey Epstein story in 2015 was bad enough, but the network’s dubious explanation last week and other news outlets’ scant attention to the matter are just as troubling. Anti-Trump Resistance Is “Treason of the Intellectuals.” Frank Miele asserts that the anonymity of the whistleblower and the author of “A Warning” provides cover for bureaucrats happy to take aim at the president they hate. The Limits of Impeachment. G. Terry Madonna and Michael Young argue that history has shown impeachment to be a national coping mechanism in contentious times more than a check against tyranny. Recession “Rule” Pulls the Fed Even Farther From Reality. RealClearMarkets editor John Tamny sees flaws in Claudia Sahm’s prescription for warding off economic downturns. How to Trigger a Global Recession in One Easy Step: Ban Fracking. In RealClearEnergy, Mark P. Mills lays out the repercussions of shutting down the U.S. shale oil and gas industry, which several presidential candidates have proposed. Environmental Activism Would Benefit From the Pope’s Example. In RealClearReligion, Grazie Pozo Christie advocates messaging rooted in solidarity rather than division. * * * Woodrow Wilson is remembered today for his arduous and ultimately unsuccessful efforts to get the United States to join a new League of Nations. The organization was a forerunner to the United Nations and its failure to gain traction was a harbinger of the coming of World War II. In Wilson’s time, the first great world conflict wasn’t punctuated with a Roman numeral. World War I was known simply as “The Great War.” But the failure of the major nations to agree on an ongoing international framework, coupled with the punitive postwar conditions imposed on Germany by the Allies at Versailles, undermined the armistice and led to even more unimaginable horror. “After the ‘war to end war,’” British Gen. Archibald Wavell noted with foreboding, “they seem to have been pretty successful in Paris at making the ‘peace to end peace.’” There’s that phrase again. It’s associated with Wilson (and usually rendered as “the war to end all wars”) but the words are not his. Both phrases are slight corruptions of the title of a 1914 book by British writer H.G. Wells, “The War That Will End War.” Wilson did express this sentiment, telling Congress that he hoped the gruesome conflict Americans were about to enter would be “the final war.” And in his April 2, 1917 speech to a joint session of Congress, Wilson voiced a rationale expressed by many U.S. presidents since that time. “The world,” he said, “must be made safe for democracy.” Wilson added another idea, one also emphasized by American military men through the decades: The United States wasn’t trying to subjugate other peoples. It certainly wasn’t after land for itself. “We have no selfish ends to serve,” he said. “We desire no conquest, no dominion.” Other nations do not always believe this and some pampered elites in this country scoff at the very principle of military service. But American combat veterans and Wilson’s successor commanders-in-chief point to the U.S. military cemeteries in Europe to substantiate the point. Colin Powell made it in 2003 and U.S. Army Gen. Mark Clark did so in 1950. Clark had returned to Italy, five years after World War II was won. It was Memorial Day, as it happened, and Clark was there with his wife. “We visited the American cemetery at Anzio and saw the curving rows of white crosses that spoke so eloquently of the price that America and her Allies had paid for the liberation of Italy,” he wrote. “If ever proof was needed that we fought for a cause and not for conquest, it could be found in these cemeteries. Here was our only conquest: All we asked of Italy was enough of her soil to bury our gallant dead.” Carl M. Cannon Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com |
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| View In BrowserNovember 11, 2019chicagotribune.comDaywatch1Expect a sloppy morning commute as snow, followed by bitter cold, settles into Chicago areaMONDAY, NOV 11A
winter weather advisory remains in effect until 2 p.m. today in much of
the Chicago area and northwest Indiana and forecasters say 3 to 6
inches of snow could fall, making for a sloppy morning commute for those working on the Veterans Day holiday.The
weather service reported the worst of the commute lag will occur from
around dawn to just before noon, with more light snow in the forecast
afterward. Drivers are warned to leave for work early, slow down and
leave plenty of space on roads with snow, slush and low visibility.2Could Chicago Public Schools teachers go back on strike? That’s possible if the union ratification vote failsMONDAY, NOV 11All
25,000 Chicago Teachers Union members will vote in secret ballots
Thursday and Friday to accept or reject the tentative contract agreement
reached the last week of October with Chicago Public Schools. Unlike
the strike authorization vote, contract ratification needs only a simple
majority.If members accept the deal, the strike — which at this point has only been suspended — is officially over. But what happens if they reject it?Chicago Public Schools’ enrollment drops another 6,000 students, extending long downward trend 3Chicago traffic fatalities are down so far this year. Is it luck, or is the city’s ‘Vision Zero’ policy making a difference?MONDAY, NOV 11More
than two years ago, the city announced its ambitious “Vision Zero” plan
with the goal of reducing roadway crashes and ultimately eliminating
serious injuries and traffic deaths by 2026. The good news is that
traffic fatalities in the city dropped in the first 10 months of 2019 by
almost a third to 77 deaths, compared with 108 in the same period of
2017.But it’s hard to say if the drop is due to Vision Zero road improvements, safer cars or just luck.4Their colleges closed — but their student loans didn’t disappear. Then, they sued.MONDAY, NOV 11Hundreds of students’ lives were upended when a for-profit chain of schools shut down in December 2018.
The Chicago and Schaumburg campuses of Illinois Institute of Art in
Chicago were among dozens owned by a troubled Pittsburgh company that
were closed throughout the U.S.On Friday, the U.S. Department of Education announced it was canceling the student loan debt for
more than 1,500 people in Illinois and Colorado. The announcement came
amid increasing scrutiny over the department’s oversight of the schools,
and as some former students sued the department and Secretary Betsy
DeVos alleging the agency was complicit in the mismanagement of the institutions. 5Elizabeth Warren’s signature policy is ‘Medicare for All.’ So, why isn’t she talking about it in Iowa?MONDAY, NOV 11After
months of touting her plan to provide free health care to all Americans
under a government-run system, Democratic presidential candidate
Elizabeth Warren mostly went quiet on the big plan during recent events in Iowa
— a move that reflects the increased scrutiny she has faced not only
over whether the policy is a sound one, but whether her new $20.5
trillion plan to pay for it is realistic.642 grams chef battered his ex-wife. Now he has filed a $250,000 defamation lawsuit against her.MONDAY, NOV 11A chef who pleaded guilty to simple battery charges in an incident involving his ex-wife at their former restaurant, 42 grams, is now suing her for $250,000 in damages for allegedly breaching a contract by making disparaging, derogatory, ridiculing or defamatory statements against him.In
his lawsuit, Jacob Bickelhaupt claims he suffered actual damages of at
least $250,000, $150,000 for lost food sales and $100,000 for lost
liquor sales, at his new Bucktown restaurant Stone Flower, according to
court documents. 7Chicago
hotels are riding the wave of Warhol-mania sparked by new Art Institute
exhibit: ‘Warhol is everywhere in Chicago right now’MONDAY, NOV 11Andy
Warhol predicted everyone would be famous for 15 minutes, but it’s
doubtful that even the prescient pop artist could have foreseen the
ripple effects of the Art Institute’s current exhibition.“Andy Warhol — From A to B and Back Again” set in motion a flurry of whimsical hotel packages, along with spawning restaurant dishes and drinks in the artist’s honor and plastering images of his iconic silkscreens on city buildings large and small.8What happened to side dishes? Invisible at trendy restaurants, they’re still going strong at Chicago’s steakhousesMONDAY, NOV 11Scan
the menus of most new restaurants and you’ll notice a conspicuous lack
of side dishes. It doesn’t matter if you’re interested in Israeli food
in Lincoln Park (Galit), Mexican in River North (Tzuco) or new American
meets Mediterranean in Logan Square (Good Fortune), side dishes have
seemingly vanished.But there is one place where sides have stubbornly clung to their rightful place at the dinner table. No place treats sides with the same kind of respect as the steakhouse.From mashed potatoes to collard greens to refried beans, we’re celebrating the best side dishesadvertisement Unsubscribe | Newsletters | Privacy Policy | Terms of ServiceCopyright © 2019 | Chicago Tribune | 160 N. Stetson Ave., Third Floor, Chicago, IL 60601ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this email because you are following the Daywatch newsletter. |
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🚨Rep. Peter King won’t run for re-election, the Long Island Republican announced this morning. He’s served 14 terms in Congress.
🇺🇸 On Veterans Day, we thank the women and men — many of them so young — who braved danger to serve America, giving up their comfort to allow ours.
- ⚡Breaking: Pete Buttigieg says he’d like to name a woman to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs for the first time, part of a broader plan to spur cultural changes to help the military’s fastest-growing group. (AP)
1 big thing: The immigrants who fought for American freedom
Immigrants have helped protect America through U.S. military service throughout most of the nation’s history. But it’s becoming harder for non-citizens to enlist — and to gain citizenship after their service, Stef Kight writes.
- The big picture: 2.4 million of the nation’s veterans were born outside the U.S. or are children of immigrants, according to the Migration Policy Institute — 13% of the overall veteran population.
Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services acting director Ken Cuccinelli will conduct a special Veterans Day naturalization ceremony. The 12 service members and veterans attaining citizenship join more than 760,000 who have become citizens through military service in the past century, according to MPI.
- Almost 300 foreign-born service members gave their lives in combat between September 2001 and 2013, according to MPI.
But over the past several years — under President Obama and now President Trump — it has become harder for non-citizens to enlist, and for immigrant veterans to become citizens.
- Since 2016, the Defense Department has added stricter vetting requirements for non-citizens who wish to enlist through the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest program, out of concerns for national security.
Go deeper: Read more and share this graphic.
2. The price of whistleblowing
Edward Snowden. Photo: Axios on HBO
In interviews with “Axios on HBO,” five well-known whistleblowers opened up about threats they faced and life-changing sacrifices they made: isolation, threats of physical harm, the end of a marriage, David Nather writes.
- Why it matters: They sent a clear message to current whistleblowers — including the Ukraine whistleblower: You’re not alone.
- “Courage is contagious,” said Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers. “We need more whistleblowers, not fewer — many more.”
The whistleblowers:
- Ellsberg.
- Edward Snowden, former National Security Agency subcontractor.
- Jeffrey Wigand, tobacco industry whistleblower, who reported finding a bullet in his mailbox.
- Sherron Watkins, Enron whistleblower.
- Frank Serpico, former NYPD officer who fought police corruption.
The price past whistleblowers paid after they became public was sometimes devastating.
- Wigand, who exposed the tobacco industry’s disregard of the dangers of smoking in the 1990s, had to have armed security because of death threats to his family — including a bullet placed in his mailbox that he said was meant for his daughters, not him.
- Ellsberg faced 115 years in prison. (The charges were dropped.)
Go deeper:Watch a video.
3. ⚖️ Impeachment heads to live TV
Photos: AP (left), Reuters.
At left is the Senate Watergate hearing room in May, 1973.
- At right is the House Ways and Means Committee hearing room in Longworth, where the public phase of the impeachment inquiry of President Trump begins Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Then … Back in 1973, tens of millions of Americans tuned in to what Variety called “the hottest daytime soap opera” — the Senate Watergate hearings that eventually led to President Nixon’s resignation, AP’s David Crary writes.
- It was a communal experience, and by some estimates, more than 80% of Americans watched at least part of the telecasts.
- Why it matters: Seeing the witnesses lay out the case against the president moved public opinion decidedly in favor of impeachment.
Now … But this time may be different:
- Many will watch on more than one screen, with real-time reinforcement of their preexisting views — on platforms that didn’t exist during Watergate.
4. Trail pic du jour
Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Pete Buttigieg visits Polly’s Pancake Parlor in Sugar Hill (Franconia), N.H.
5. “Axios on HBO” poll: Politics are driving Democrats mad
More than 70% of Democrats say politics is making them increasingly angry about America, leaving them feeling like “strangers in their own land,” according to an “Axios on HBO” poll conducted by SurveyMonkey.
- Why it matters: Democrats say nearly everything they watch, read or listen to triggers their anger, even the soothing voices of NPR.
The big picture: Americans, as a whole, are just plain mad and feeling like strangers in their own land, though a lower percentage of Republicans describe themselves as angry (57% compared to 74% of Democrats) or feeling like a stranger (52% compared to 71% of Democrats).
- Other people are getting angrier too: 58% report their friends, family and co-workers seem angrier than five years ago.
Between the lines: Those who talk about politics the most are also the angriest.
- 83% of Americans who discuss politics several times a day report feeling angry at least once a day over something they heard or read in the news.
- That falls to 56% among those who discuss it once a week, and 39% for those who discuss it about once a month.
The bottom line: The Republican anger that animated the Trump rise and presidency gets most of the media attention.
- Turns out, this is the bipartisan era of rage and estrangement, fueled by rising interest in American politics.
Go deeper: Share this story.
6. 📚 Sneak peek: “A Warning,” by Anonymous
Graphic: Axios
“Axios on HBO” last night aired a preview of “A Warning,” by the senior administration official who penned a New York Times op-ed that infuriated President Trump and sparked an ultimately fruitless leak investigation.
- Why it matters: Sources say the book points to multiple instances of misconduct and attempts to violate the law, and some of the allegations could be used a bread crumbs for impeachment investigators to follow — obstruction of Congress, abuse of power, offering pardons.
Two appetizers from the book, out Nov. 19:
1. “One time, a leader of a national security agency asked the president for support in convincing Congress to pass an upcoming defense bill”:
“Don’t worry about Congress,” the president said. “Just do what you need to do.”
The official explained that it wasn’t like that …
“No, no. It doesn’t matter. you have my permission to do whatever you need to do, okay? Just forget about them.”
2. “The president has proposed doing away with judges on more than one occasion”:
Too many of his policies are getting stuck in legal limbo, he says.
“Can we just get rid of the judges? Let’s get rid of the fucking judges,” Trump fumed one morning. “There shouldn’t be any at all, really.”
He went a step further and asked his legal team to draft up a bill and send it to Congress to reduce the number of federal judges.
Staff ignored the outburst and the wacky request.
White House statement on “A Warning”:
The coward who wrote this book didn’t put their name on it because it is nothing but lies. Real authors reach out to their subjects to get things fact checked — but this person is in hiding, making that very basic part of being a real writer impossible.
7. 🇭🇰 Month 6: Hong Kong violence spirals into working hours
In this image made from video, a police officer prepares to shoot a protester. Photo: Cupid Producer via AP
A man was set on fire, and “Hong Kong police shot and wounded one protester who, hospital officials said, was in critical condition, … as the Chinese-ruled territory spiraled into rare working-hours violence,” Reuters reports.
- Why it matters: It’s rare for tear gas to be fired during working hours in the central business district, “lined with bank headquarters and top-brand shops.”
8. 1 vet thing: #HireHonor
See a video by General James Mattis, former Secretary of Defense, for the Call of Duty Endowment: “Honor a Veteran By Hiring a Veteran.”
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Schiff Rejects GOP Request For Whistleblower To Testify In Impeachment Proceedings
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Rep. Adam Schiff rejected House Republicans’ request on Saturday to
call the Trump whistleblower to testify publicly in the impeachment
inquiry of President Donald Trump, calling the testimony “redundant and
unnecessary.” Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member of the House
Intelligence Committee, listed the whistleblower, who is reported to be
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Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray November 11, 2019 U.K. Lesbian Threatened Over Her Campaign To Remove The ‘T’ From LGBT By Libby Emmons There’s a distinct schism in feminism and gay rights between those who acknowledge that trans ideology reinforces sex-based stereotypes, and those so blinded by ‘compassion,’ they believe sex is a mutable condition. Full article The Media Holds A Massive Double Standard About Naming Whistleblowers By Ben Weingarten As for the media, can we attribute its devotion to respecting the privacy of the Ukraine whistleblower to anything other than politics? The evidence suggests not. Full article Ron DeSantis Proves Matt Bevin’s Conservatism Wasn’t His Albatross By Willis L. Krumholz Matt Bevin’s loss doesn’t have anything to do with Trump, and it’s not about ‘conservatives’ versus ‘moderates,’ either. Conservatism embodies middle-class and working-class values. Why not embrace that? 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By Tristan Justice Many fear that the administration crack-down on electronic cigarettes will have far greater consequences for public health than addicting teens. Full article Why Democrats Are Wrong About Income Inequality In The United States By Helen Raleigh Plenty of evidence has shown there are more effective ways to help the poor climb up the economic ladder, including cutting taxes, widening school choice, and eliminating ruinous regulations. Full article To Thank Veterans, Try Listening To Their Stories Of Service By Beth Bailey Will taught me that the most meaningful thing civilians can do for veterans and service members may be to listen to their stories of service. Full article Another Poll Finds More Young Americans Think Positively Of Socialism And Communism By Leo Briceno ‘Communism promises to make everyone equal, but delivers radical inequality. Every time it is tried, it ends either in economic collapse or a police state.’ Full article 30 Years After The Fall Of The Berlin Wall, Socialism Is Staging A Comeback By Helen Raleigh People who love liberty cannot declare victory on this day of commemoration each year, because the battle hasn’t been won: socialism is staging a comeback in Western democracies Full article NBC Cuts America And Patriotism From ‘Sunday Night Football’ Theme Song By Isaac Cross It’s a curious decision to think that cutting America out of the ‘Sunday Night Football’ song is the ‘best’ way to celebrate an American sport’s 100-year-old heritage. Full article Schiff’s Committee Published Name Of Alleged Whistleblower Last Week By Madeline Osburn A transcript published by Schiff’s committee included the unredacted name of Eric Ciaramella, a man alleged to be the anti-Trump whistleblower at the center of impeachment proceedings. Full article Facebook And YouTube Erase All Mentions Of Anti-Trump Whistleblower’s Name By Chrissy Clark Facebook and YouTube are removing all content from their platforms that mentions the anti-Trump whistleblower’s name. Full article Local News Report Highlights National Media’s Lacking Indiana Abortionist Coverage By Emily Jashinsky New reporting from WANE 15 News, Fort Wayne’s CBS affiliate, helps explain an important point about the national media’s coverage of mass abortionist Ulrich Klopfer, who was found to have kept thousands of fetal remains. Full article YES, VIRGINIA, YOU’RE A BLUE STATE Blackface, a KKK hood, alleged sexual assault, and horrendous comments about post-birth abortion? 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