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THE DAILY SIGNAL

Jul 29, 2019

Good morning from Washington, where the Supreme Court could determine whether laws really mean “gender identity” in prohibiting discrimination based on sex. John Bursch tells how. Is Trump really the leader in seating judges? Fred Lucas checks it out. The high court boosts the president by green-lighting military funds to build the wall, Kevin Daley reports. The podcast features winners of a student film competition with an American theme. Plus: John York on the surge in federal contractors and Jarrett Stepman on conservatism’s future. On this date in 1958, Congress creates NASA to oversee America’s challenge of the Soviet Union in exploring space.

	Commentary This Lawsuit Over ‘Sex’ and ‘Gender Identity’ Will Have Sweeping Implications As it stands now, Tom Rost’s five-generation family business is in the hands of the Supreme Court. More News Fact Check: Does Trump Have the Most Successful Judicial Nomination Record Since George Washington? President Donald Trump has had what many would consider a successful record on judicial appointments—and repeatedly has cast that success in historical terms. More Analysis ‘National Conservatives’ Set Out to Define Future of Politics on Right The rise of modern identity politics is highly corrosive to the country, Heritage Foundation scholar David Azerrad says. It teaches nothing but grievance for those deemed to be oppressed and self-flagellation for those deemed to be oppressors. More Analysis Prize-Winning Student Film Shows What It Means to Be American What does it mean to be American? That was the question over 6,000 students attempted to answer through a short film in C-SPAN’s StudentCam competition. More Special Feature After Defeat of ISIS, Iraq’s Christians and Yazidis Adjust to Uneasy Peace “It’s safe for us to pray here,” Besman Naif, 42, a Christian from a nearby village, says of an ancient monastery high on the slopes of Mount Alfaf. “We aren’t safe anywhere else.” More News Supreme Court Allows Trump to Use Pentagon Funds to Build Border Wall “The Supreme Court has upheld the rule of law by lifting a stay that was improperly granted by a federal judge who refused to recognize the statutory authority granted to the president to use military construction funds to secure the border,” Heritage Foundation legal expert Hans von Spakovsky says. More Commentary The Sneaky Way the Government Is Growing the Number of Bureaucrats To constrain the growth of central government, conservatives have fought to keep down the number of federal bureaucrats. This strategy has failed. More

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3 killed, 15 injured in shooting before police kill gunman at California food festival Police are still searching for a possible second suspect in the shootings at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, Calif. A 6-year-old boy was among the dead. By Allyson Chiu, Faiz Siddiqui and Meagan Flynn · Read more Intelligence Director Coats is set to resign next month  Daniel Coats’s upcoming departure caps a tense relationship with President Trump, who said that he would nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.), a fierce ally of the president, to replace Coats. By Shane Harris · Read more   New spy chief pick Ratcliffe made his name during the Trump inquiries by backing the president Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.), who sits on powerful House committees and has been determinedly pro-Trump, is a far more politically polarizing figure than the current director of national intelligence, Daniel Coats. By Karoun Demirjian · Read more   Trump’s attacks on Baltimore are seen by big-city leaders as part of a long-standing pattern The president has sought to paint diverse, liberal urban areas as violent, dirty and outside the mainstream, a sharp contrast to the praise he heaps on whiter, more conservative communities. By David Nakamura · Read more   Jared Kushner owns lots of Baltimore-area apartments. Some were infested with mice. The company’s complexes have been cited for hundreds of code violations. By Rebecca Tan · Read more   The Theater of Politics | Perspective Joe Biden is back for an encore. Can he finally command center stage? Politics is theater. Our chief critic, Peter Marks, brings his analytical eye to the campaign trail, reviewing another of the front-runners as he winds through Iowa. By Peter Marks · Read more   How an early Biden crime bill created the sentencing disparity for crack and cocaine trafficking The 1986 law including the “100-1” provision passed with overwhelming support. Biden later disavowed the measure, which came to be viewed as one of the most racially slanted federal sentencing policies. By Elise Viebeck · Read more   15 endangered travel destinations to visit in a rapidly changing world We look at five transformative influences facing the tourism world and offer examples of places and experiences that may soon go the way of the traveler’s check. By John Briley · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions Don’t get complacent. Things really are that bad under Trump. By Fred Hiatt · Read more No, military spending is not bankrupting us By Robert Samuelson · Read more Kicking Trump out is the important thing. Fights over how to do it shouldn’t get in the way. By E.J. Dionne · Read more Democrats will have a better chance if they take a page from Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer By Karen Tumulty · Read more Donald Trump is American democracy’s worst nightmare come true By Colbert King · Read more U.S. income inequality doesn’t have to be the worst in the industrialized world By Editorial Board · Read more   ADVERTISEMENT   More News A colonel accused a general of sexual assault. A Senate panel will decide what happens next. Gen. John E. Hyten’s chances of being confirmed as the military’s No. 2 officer may hinge on whether senators believe Col. Kathryn Spletstoser’s charges that he assaulted her while she was under his command — accusations he denies. By Karoun Demirjian · Read more   What’s that hairy crab doing in your recycling? New trash rules vex Shanghai residents. The city of more than 24 million is the first in China to introduce a garbage-sorting system — and many say it’s not easy to follow. By Anna Fifield · Read more   Campaign 2020 For Beto O’Rourke, Tuesday’s Democratic debate looms large. Will it be opportunity or calamity? The former congressman from Texas has turned to immigration as his key issue, but he will need a strong debate performance to gain momentum. By Jenna Johnson · Read more   She delivered $200 worth of drugs. Police seized her $53,000 Chevrolet Tahoe. A Virginia case shines light on the world of drug stings and police seizures of property thought to have been used in a crime, a practice known as civil asset forfeiture. By Justin Jouvenal · Read more   State senator from Arizona criticized for saying that ‘we’re going to look like South American countries’ State Sen. Sylvia Allen (R) faced backlash after the Phoenix New Times published an audio recording of a speech during an event at the Arizona Republican Party headquarters. By Morgan Krakow · Read more   Retropolis | The Past, Rediscovered She went undercover to expose an insane asylum’s horrors. Now Nellie Bly is getting her due. Bly, a female pioneer in 19th-century journalism, will be honored with a monument in New York City. By Diane Bernard · Read more

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THE FLIP SIDE

View this email in your browser Monday, July 29, 2019 All Things Immigration “The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday handed President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect $2.5 billion in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border even though lawmakers refused to provide funding.” Reuters Also on Friday, “the Trump administration signed an agreement with Guatemala that will restrict asylum applications to the U.S. from Central America. The ‘safe third country’ agreement would require migrants, including Salvadorans and Hondurans, who cross into Guatemala on their way to the U.S. to apply for protections in Guatemala instead of at the U.S. border.” AP News Last Monday, “the Trump administration announced… that it will vastly extend the authority of immigration officers to deport migrants without allowing them to appear before judges.” AP News From the Left The left focused on the horrific conditions at the border detention facilities and remains very critical of the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Many are pointing to the case of Francisco Erwin Galicia as evidence that the system is broken. “A Dallas-born U.S. citizen, [Galicia] spent 23 days in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in conditions that made him so desperate he almost opted to self-deport. Galicia says he lost 26 pounds during that time in a South Texas immigrant detention center because officers didn’t provide him with enough food. He said he wasn’t allowed to shower and his skin was dry and dirty. He and 60 other men were crammed into an overcrowded holding area where they slept on the floor and were given only aluminum-foil blankets, he said. Some men had to sleep on the restroom area floor… ‘It’s one thing to see these conditions on TV and in the news. It’s another to go through them,’ he said.” Obed Manuel, Dallas News   “His detention was hardly an isolated mistake — hundreds of American citizens have now been detained on suspicion that they are living illegally in the United States, including a man held in custody for 1,273 days… The entire system of checkpoints, detention centers and immigration agents hunting for Hispanics — along with all the horror of children penned in disgusting conditions and a cascade of immigration policies that violate fundamental rights — perverts American values and traditions… “It should be in the DNA of the American people, the overwhelming majority of whom are themselves descendants of immigrants who found refuge, opportunity and happiness in the United States, to approach this crisis with humanity.” Editorial Board, New York Times   “At least seven children have died while in such circumstances and many more are suffering from lice, scabies, chicken pox, and other afflictions. Yet when doctors from the American Association of Pediatricians traveled to the camps to offer their help, their services were refused… It’s hard not to assume that, however overwhelmed Customs and Border Protection may be, at least some of this treatment is intentional…   “Why else turn away doctors offering help or refuse supplies of donated aid sent by worried citizens? Why arrest a humanitarian aid volunteer who gave food and water to two ill and desperate undocumented Central American migrants and tried to get them medical help? The administration acknowledges that the overall situation is dire, but its officials on the spot have basically thrown up their hands, complaining that they have been overwhelmed by the situation they created… The rest of the administration refuses even to admit to the appalling conditions.” Karen J. Greenberg, The Nation   Regarding “the Trump administration’s expansion of the use of fast-track deportations through ‘expedited removal’ … [it] will create a ‘show me your papers’ regime nationwide in which people — including citizens — may be forced to quickly prove they should not be deported. This policy allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement to quickly deport someone without going before an immigration judge, undermining American principles of fundamental fairness and putting United States citizens, permanent residents and asylum-seekers at risk of wrongful deportation… In expedited removal proceedings, immigration officers serve as both prosecutor and judge — charging someone as deportable and making a final decision to deport him, often all within a day…    “Moreover, there is typically no judicial oversight, with relatively low-level government officers authorized to issue the deportation orders… Immigration officers applying expedited removal are obligated to inform individuals of their opportunity to seek asylum and refer a person who expresses a fear of returning to their home country for a ‘credible fear interview.’ Unfortunately, multiple investigations have revealed that officers at the border sometimes fail to fulfill these obligations.” Beth Werlin, New York Times   “In the final two years of the Obama Administration, ICE had a clear mandate: only convicted criminals and certain recent arrivals were priorities for arrest… The [overall] idea was to spare those who were law-abiding and had deep personal ties to the U.S. One of the first things Trump did after taking office was to rescind those priorities, making anyone unlawfully in the U.S. subject to deportation… ‘[Among Democrats] no one is willing to say who they are willing to deport,’ Cecilia Muñoz, who worked in the Obama White House, told me. ‘It sounds harsh, but you need to be able to articulate that so you can be clear about who you want to protect.’” Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker   Regarding Guatemala, “In pressuring [the country] to accept a deal to absorb vast numbers of asylum seekers, the Trump administration has embarked on a dramatic and risky strategy to slash the number of Central Americans flooding the U.S. border. The accord — which was negotiated in secret and signed at the White House on Friday — could plunge Guatemala’s young democracy into a constitutional crisis… the agreement is built on a fragile political and legal base… “The Guatemalan Constitutional Court ruled earlier this month that President Jimmy Morales needed approval from the Guatemalan Congress to sign the accord, something he has not received… On Saturday, hundreds of people demonstrated in front of the presidential palace in Guatemala City to protest the agreement.” Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post From the Right The right is generally supportive of Trump’s immigration policies and celebrates the Supreme Court’s decision. “One of the reasons CBP facilities suffer overcrowding and backlogs is that ICE facilities are built for long-term holding of illegal aliens. CBP facilities are meant for short-term holding. But due to the massive increase in illegal immigration, ICE’s systems are collapsing, leaving CBP to bear the brunt of the surge. Galicia’s story is yet another example of how the southern border crisis urgently needs congressional attention to the roots of the problem: American asylum laws’ vulnerability to immigration fraud.” Chrissy Clark, The Federalist “What we’re witnessing is a mass exodus from Central America driven above all by poverty but made possible by a broken asylum and immigration system in the United States. The scale of this exodus is hard to convey. About 17 million people live in Guatemala. Since October of last year, 235,638 Guatemalans have been apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol. That means over the past nine months nearly 1.4 percent of the entire population of Guatemala has been apprehended and processed by U.S. authorities…  “A 2016 survey by the International Organization for Migration found that more than 90 percent emigrated to the United States for economic reasons. According to the report, ‘56.8 percent of Guatemalans migrate in search of better employment, 32.9 percent to improve their income, 1.2 percent to buy a home, and 0.1 percent to open businesses.’ Only 0.3 percent say they migrate because of violence, and 0.2 percent cite gang problems.” John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist “What we have done at our borders for so many decades is not working. Most of the politicians we have elected have failed miserably. There has been plenty of talk, promises and fundraising when it comes to securing our borders, but little progress toward truly accomplishing that goal. We finally have a chance to get something substantive done. We finally have a chance to make our country and its citizens safer. We finally have a chance to gain control of an immigration system that so many call ‘broken’ but do nothing to fix.” Brandon Judd, Fox News “No one would claim that a border wall will reduce the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs to zero. But just because a measure doesn’t totally solve a problem doesn’t mean we should take no action… Our nation, states and localities do a great deal to reduce the toll of deaths and injuries from traffic accidents. We set speed limits, design roads to minimize accidents, and require vehicles to have safety belts and meet other safety standards. Unfortunately, people still get killed and hurt in traffic accidents. But many more would lose their lives if we said there was no point in setting any safety standards because they couldn’t eliminate all deaths and injuries. A border wall is one piece of the much-needed infrastructure that the men and women of the Border Patrol need to protect our nation.” Tom Homan, Fox News “American citizens don’t have freestanding rights to walk into court and challenge administration expenditures. They have to show that they have standing — that the specific plaintiffs suffered a concrete and legally-recognized injury as a result of the government’s action. In this case, while the private parties were claiming that the diversion of funds created concrete harms on the ground along the southern border, it’s less clear how the plaintiffs themselves were harmed by the government’s action… “The Supreme Court may ultimately decide this case on the merits… but for now it’s right to cast doubt on a sweeping lower-court injunction granted on behalf of plaintiffs who haven’t yet been able to adequately articulate the legally recognized harms they’ve suffered in what is ultimately a battle between Congress and the president of the United States.” David French, National Review “The Justice Department reports that, as of late May, federal district courts had issued 37 nationwide injunctions against executive actions by the Trump Administration. By our count the number is now at least 39. This compares with two such injunctions in the first two years of the Obama Administration, and both of those were vacated by the Ninth Circuit… These legal stays are supposed to be issued only in the most extreme circumstances. Too often these days they are issued as a first resort and on mistaken legal grounds…  “The proliferation of national injunctions has inserted judges into policy debates in ways they should avoid and can sometimes pre-empt debate in the political branches where the issues should be settled… Lifting the injunction in the border case should also give the district court and Ninth Circuit an incentive to speed up a decision on the merits. Courts have been taking their sweet time on immigration cases, almost as if they hope to push the disputes past the 2020 election. These injunctions aren’t in the public interest, and the High Court needs to police them.” Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal Some, however, argue that “for Republicans to back the president on that question is to support a broad expansion of executive power at the expense of Congress… If federal courts refuse to rein in an executive that flouts the rule of law in order to bypass an uncooperative Congress, then the constitutional power of Congress is weakened and the president, already much more powerful than the Framers envisioned, becomes even stronger and less accountable.” David Thornton, The Resurgent On the bright side… T. rexes speak out against moving Dinosaur Trail in Brunswick. The Medina County Gazette 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. 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THE EPOCH TIMES

View this email in your browser “A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right and evil doesn’t become good just because it’s accepted by a majority.” BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Good morning! Unable to reach a deal with Democrats, President Trump is now using international diplomacy to address the immigration crisis on the southern border.  After reaching a deal with Mexico and Guatemala, President Trump says he expects to sign a deal with Honduras and El Salvador as well.  Read the full story here   Trump Announces Rep. John Ratcliffe to Replace Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence Shooting at California’s Gilroy Garlic Festival, Multiple Victims Reported Nearly 1,400 Detained in Moscow Protest; Largest in Decade   As oil revenue for Venezuela continues to stagnate, the Maduro regime is more reliant than ever on illegal gold exploited from lawless jungles in the south of the country, according to a recent report and leading experts on the topic. Read more U.S. economic growth decelerated in the second quarter as a decline in net exports and in the buildup of inventories weighed substantially on growth. The economic expansion, however, was still better than expected, pushing markets to record highs. Read more Hongkongers took to the streets for the second consecutive day of protests in defiance of police objections. Clashes between protesters and police once again resulted in injuries, as officers cleared crowds by firing tear gas, rubber bullets, and sponge grenades. Read more President Donald Trump announced that his administration may declare the far-left extremist group Antifa “a major organization of terror.” Read more Aides and allies of President Trump spoke out to defend his criticisms of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and the handling of his Maryland congressional district, which the president earlier described as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.” Read more A federal judge in Kentucky dismissed a lawsuit against The Washington Post brought by Nick Sandmann, one of the students of Covington Catholic High School who, in January, were confronted by a Native American activist, prompting a whirlwind of media coverage, much of which, Sandmann alleged, was defamatory. Read more   See More Top Stories The Weissmann Dossier By Kenneth Timmerman Anyone who watched more than a few minutes of the painful hearings with former special counsel Robert Mueller on July 24 discovered a sad truth the Democrats and many in the media continue to hide: Mueller neither wrote his report, nor did he master the content of it. Read more The Border Crisis Is a National Emergency—Let’s Treat It That Way With a Government Bond Drive By Paul Gosar In February, President Trump declared the situation at the southern border a National Emergency because it represented an imminent and sustained threat to core national security interests. America’s southern border is a major entry point for criminals, gang members, and illicit narcotics as well as large-scale unlawful migration. Since the February declaration, the crisis on the border has only worsened.  Read more   See More Opinions The College Trap By Valentin Schmid James Altucher knows a lot about being a student. A life-long learner, Altucher not only went to university to study computer science, but later taught himself to be a successful investor and entrepreneur. Looking at the U.S. economy from his unique perspective on analyzing risks and opportunities, Altucher has found, unfortunately, that the student loan system may the single most destructive force in our country today—not only for the individuals who have to pay back the debt, but for the whole economy. Read more President Donald Trump announced late in the afternoon of July 28 that Daniel Coats, the director of national intelligence (DNI) will be leaving his office in the coming weeks. The President has announced a replacement.  Trump Announces New Nominee for Director of National Intelligence 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.

POLITICO PLAYBOOK

POLITICO Playbook: An impeachment surge

By JAKE SHERMAN and ANNA PALMER 

07/29/2019 06:14 AM EDT

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DRIVING THE DAY

QUITE THE PARAGRAPH from NYT’S PETER BAKER on President DONALD TRUMP vs. Rep. ELIJAH CUMMINGS: “Most modern presidents have shied away from overt racial debates, but Mr. Trump seems to be going out of his way lately to engage in one as he seeks to mobilize his base heading into an election year.” NYT

KEVIN PLANK, the CEO of Under Armour, posted a video Sunday night about Baltimore, where the company is headquartered. The video

— HEADS UP … WAPO: “[Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s spokesman Michael Ricci] said Hogan will address Trump’s words more fully on Monday.” WaPo

THINK ABOUT THIS: When talking about problems in white, rural America, has the president talked about an “infestation” and singled out congressmen with days of personal attacks?

BIG-TIME DRAMA ON SOUTH CAPITOL STREET … “DCCC in ‘complete chaos’ as uproar over diversity intensifies,” by Heather Caygle, Laura Barrón-López and Jake Sherman: “The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is in full-blown turmoil.

“Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairwoman Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) was set to make an unplanned trip to Washington from her district Monday amid an outcry from top black and Latino lawmakers over a lack of diversity in the campaign arm’s senior management ranks.

“Bustos’ sudden return to D.C., just days after Congress left for a six-week-long August recess, comes as aides and lawmakers are calling for systematic changes to the DCCC, the party’s main election organ.

“POLITICO reported last week that black and Hispanic lawmakers are furious with Bustos’ stewardship of the campaign arm. They say the upper echelon of the DCCC is bereft of diversity, and it is not doing enough to reach Latino voters and hire consultants of color. In addition, several of Bustos’ senior aides have left in the first six months of her tenure, including her chief of staff — a black woman — and her director of mail and polling director, both women.

“In the most dramatic move so far, Texas Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Filemon Vela told POLITICO Sunday that Bustos should fire her top aide, DCCC executive director Allison Jaslow. ‘The DCCC is now in complete chaos,’ the pair said in a statement to POLITICO. ‘The single most immediate action that Cheri Bustos can take to restore confidence in the organization and to promote diversity is to appoint a qualified person of color, of which there are many, as executive director at once. We find the silence of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on this issue to be deafening.’” POLITICO

— ALSO: Bustos is participating in a “diversity and inclusion training” session with DCCC staff this month.

BREAKING OVERNIGHT … AP/GILROY, CALIF.: “Shooting at California festival kills 3; suspect is dead,” by Martha Mendoza and Kathleen Ronayne: “A gunman cut through a fence to avoid security and opened fire at Northern California’s popular Gilroy Garlic Festival, killing three and wounding at least 15 before police fatally shot him as terrified people and performers ran for cover.

“Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee said the gunman was armed with a rifle and sneaked in through a fence that borders a parking lot next to a creek. He appeared to randomly target people when he opened fire just after 5:30 p.m. Sunday, the conclusion of the three-day festival that attracts more than 100,000 people to the city known as the ‘Garlic Capital of the World.’” AP

Good Monday morning. REMINDER: The House is out of session, but the Senate is still around this week.

DANIEL LIPPMAN: “The print reader-in-chief: Inside Trump’s retro media diet”

AXIOS’ JONATHAN SWAN scooped Sunday that DAN COATS would step down as director of national intelligence. THE PRESIDENT announced he would nominate Rep. JOHN RATCLIFFE (R-Texas) to replace him — the NYT’s Maggie Haberman reported earlier last week that Ratcliffe was in the mix. Swan’s story

— TEXAS TRIBUNE: “Ratcliffe, a former federal prosecutor first elected in 2014, was mayor of Heath before successfully challenging the late Ralph Hall, R-Rockwall, then the dean of the Texas delegation. This isn’t the first time Ratcliffe has been said to be under consideration for a position in this administration. In November, he was on a short list of possible replacements for fired U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.” Texas Tribune

— WAPO’S SHANE HARRIS: “For months, Coats had recognized that his relationship with Trump, which was never strong, had frayed beyond repair, according to a former senior intelligence official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive issue. Coats had felt isolated and excluded from important national security decision-making, the former official said. …

“It is unclear whether Ratcliffe would be confirmed by the Senate. He has no background in intelligence, though he did serve as a terrorism prosecutor and the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Texas in the George W. Bush administration.” WaPo

KNOWING JOHN RATCLIFFE — “New spy chief pick Ratcliffe made his name during the Trump inquiries by backing the president,” by WaPo’s Karoun Demirjian: “Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.), President Trump’s pick to serve as the next director of national intelligence, has made his name in Congress as one of the GOP’s most dogged critics of perceived anti-Trump bias at the FBI and in the special counsel’s investigation of his alleged Russia ties.

“Ratcliffe, who was first elected to the House in 2014, sits on the powerful House Judiciary and Intelligence committees, both of which are investigating Trump for suspected financial crimes, foreign collusion and obstruction of justice. It is from that perch that Ratcliffe last week steered one of the more memorable Republican exchanges with former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III during public hearings, accusing him of violating ‘every principle in the most sacred of traditions’ of prosecutors by writing ‘180 pages about decisions that weren’t reached, about potential crimes that weren’t charged or decided.’

“Ratcliffe argued that Mueller had no right to say that he never exonerated Trump, because the president should have been presumed innocent until proven guilty.” WaPo

A message from the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future:

A new government insurance system, like the public option, Medicare buy-in or Medicare for All, would reverse important progress – leading our nation down the path of a one-size-fits-all health care system run by politicians in Washington.

ALEX ISENSTADT: “‘Brilliant and sinister’: Trump campaign cashes in on culture wars”: “The effort centers around novelty merchandise items the reelection campaign has been hawking on its website, including “Pencil-Neck Adam Schiff” T-shirts lampooning the Democratic congressman and Trump antagonist as a clown; “I Spy Trump” tees and tanks depicting the commander-in-chief being snooped on by former President Barack Obama; and, most recently, the plastic straws. The Trump 2020 online store has marketed the offering as an alternative to the more environmentally-friendly ‘liberal paper straws’ that ‘don’t work.’

“The straws (they are actually reusable and recyclable) have been a cash cow, generating more than $456,000 in sales since they first became available July 19, according to the campaign. That and other offerings have attracted scores of new donors to the Trump campaign, and helped the president build a massive early financial advantage over Democrats. Even Democrats who’ve savaged the president over his environmental record offered grudging respect for the straw maneuver.” POLITICO

TRADE WARS — “U.S.-China Trade Talks Set to Resume With Modest Expectations,” by WSJ’s Josh Zumbrun in Washington and Chao Deng in Beijing: “Negotiators for the U.S. and China will face off in Shanghai this week in another attempt to piece together a trade accord amid much lowered expectations for the kind of sweeping deal that appeared within reach this spring.

“People close to the talks said a major breakthrough is unlikely on points that led to negotiations breaking down in early May, but that modest wins might be obtainable. That includes the U.S. insistence that China commit to legal changes to protect intellectual property and abandon state subsidies to business, and Beijing’s demands that the U.S. drop all tariffs as a condition for a deal.” WSJ

A NUMBER PELOSI IS WATCHING CLOSELY — “With Sunday surge, nearly half of House Democrats back impeachment inquiry,” by Kyle Cheney

— SEN. PATTY MURRAY (D-WASH.), the No. 3 Senate Democrat, issued a statement Sunday offering her support for the House to start impeachment proceedings.

RECESS! … PREMIUM TIMES: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi, other U.S. lawmakers arrive Ghana” … Ghana Web also has a story, with a photo of Pelosi and the speaker of the Ghanaian parliament

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2020 WATCH …

— NATASHA KORECKI: “‘He realizes now that he screwed up’: Biden scrambles to recover from debate flop”: “Not long after his anemic performance in the first presidential debate, as his poll numbers began to slide, Joe Biden had conversations with nervous donors and personally assured them his campaign was on track.

“‘People were raising serious questions about his ability to be very aggressive against Trump,’ said one person who spoke with Biden.’He’s listening. He seems to be more sure of himself after that first fiasco. I think he realizes now that he screwed up.’

“Many Democrats — including his own donors and admirers — continue to question whether he’s capable of recovering from a damaging first performance. They wonder whether he can exercise the discipline necessary to execute a debate plan on Wednesday, when several rivals will have an interest in taking him down. Seldom has a candidate so well-equipped for a debate projected so much uncertainty.” POLITICO

— DEBATE PREP READING … DETROIT FREE PRESS: “Pete Buttigieg says Midwest is key to winning presidency,” by Andrea Perez Balderrama: “Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg took to the stage at the Fillmore Detroit to speak about racial justice, climate change, and education.

“But on the eve of this week’s Democratic debates in Detroit, the candidate also declared that winning the states in the Midwest is the key to winning the election. ‘It is here in the diverse industrial Midwest that we know that the choice between kitchen table issues and racial justice is a choice that we can and must make,’ said Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana. ‘If you promise not to judge Indiana by the vice president, we promise not to judge Michigan by the secretary of education,’ he added, as the crowd erupted in laughter.” Freep

— CHICAGO TRIBUNE: “As Democrats descend on Detroit for presidential debate, black voters offer a warning: Don’t take us for granted,” by Bill Ruthhart in Inkster, Mich.: “As 20 presidential contenders descend upon Detroit for the second round of Democratic debates Tuesday and Wednesday, party officials and African American political leaders point to Clinton’s loss to Trump in Michigan as a cautionary tale of what can happen when a Democrat takes black voters for granted.

“Trump won thanks in large part to the collapse of the so-called blue wall in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. While Clinton faltered among white working-class voters in all three states, she also notably underperformed in the urban centers of Philadelphia, Milwaukee and — most of all — Detroit. …

“‘If you don’t come into my community and talk to me, don’t talk about my issues, don’t ask me for my support, then guess what? Don’t automatically assume I’m going to vote for you,’ said Jonathan Kinloch, Democratic chairman of Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, which encompasses Detroit’s western half. ‘We can’t make the same mistake Hillary made in 2016 and assume that because Donald Trump is such a vile candidate, that black people will rise up and just zombie to the polls.’” Chicago Tribune

— “Searching for Beto,” by The Atlantic’s Isaac Dovere

— WAPO’S JENNA JOHNSON in Sioux City, Iowa: “For Beto O’Rourke, Tuesday’s debate looms large. Will it be opportunity or calamity?”: “Beto O’Rourke’s campaign has all of the outward signs of what his run for the presidency was supposed to be and what his most devoted supporters believe it still can be.

“He’s collecting millions of dollars in campaign donations, has hired experienced Democratic operatives and is paying his field organizers eye-popping wages, probably the highest in the primary campaign. O’Rourke has quickly built a large operation in Iowa, with 11 offices scattered throughout the state, and he welcomed crowds of at least 100 during his last two town halls there.

“But those images belie the struggles he’s facing: spending money more quickly than he is raising it, polling nationally between 1 percent and 3 percent in the past month, and trying to convince voters he has the experience and vision to be president. After a first debate appearance that raised alarm among his major donors, there is ever-increasing pressure on O’Rourke to shine at Tuesday’s debate and remind Democrats why so many thought he could be a front-runner just a few months ago.” WaPo

— JEWISH INSIDER’S BEN JACOBS: “2020 Democratic hopefuls still relying on major donors: New debate rules have candidates chasing big money in order to attract small donations.”

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TRUMP’S MONDAY — The president will participate in a bill signing ceremony to permanently authorize the Sept. 11 victim compensation fund at 10 a.m. in the Rose Garden. He will have lunch with the VP at 12:30 p.m. in the private dining room.

PLAYBOOK READS

CONNIE BRUCK in THE NEW YORKER: “Devil’s Advocate: Alan Dershowitz’s long, controversial career—and the accusations against him”

FOR YOUR RADAR — REUTERS/BEIJING: “China to conduct military drills in waters near Taiwan”: “China’s military is holding exercises this week in waters near Taiwan, China’s maritime safety agency said days after Beijing reiterated it was ready to fight if there was any move towards independence for the self-ruled island.

“The agency did not say when the exercises would be held or what type of forces would be involved but it placed an area off the coast of Guangdong and Fujian provinces, west of Taiwan, off limits from 6 a.m. on Monday to 6 p.m. on Friday, due to military activity. It also said an area off the coast of Zhejiang province, northeast of Taiwan, was off limits for military exercises until Thursday evening.” Reuters

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MIDDLE EAST READ … “Israel invests in high-tech upgrades at West Bank crossings,” by AP’s Ilan Ben Zion at the Qalandia Crossing, West Bank: “It’s just after 6 a.m. and a Palestinian man’s face is momentarily bathed in crimson light, not by the sun rising over the mountains of Jordan, but by a facial recognition scanner at an Israeli checkpoint near Jerusalem.

“The Israeli military has installed the face scanners as part of a multimillion dollar upgrade of the Qalandia crossing that now allows Palestinians from the West Bank with work permits to zip through with relative ease. But while the high-tech upgrades may have eased entry for Palestinians going to Israel for work, critics say they are a sign of the ossification of Israel’s 52-year occupation of the West Bank and slam the military’s use of facial recognition technology as problematic.” AP

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PLAYBOOKERS

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FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Lauren Blair Aronson will start Tuesday as communications director for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). She previously was communications director for House Budget Committee Republicans and press secretary for the House Ways and Means Committee under then-Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas).

TRANSITION — Sophia Kim is now press secretary for the New York State Department of Financial Services. She most recently was director of public affairs at SKDKnickerbocker in New York and is an Obama Small Business Administration alum.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Adam Fromm, senior director of government affairs and policy with GE Healthcare, and Molly Fromm, general counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee Republicans, welcomed John Robert “Jack” Fromm on July 15. He joins big brother Patrick, who was excited to teach Jack about baseball and golf. Pic… Another pic

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Ja’Ron Smith, deputy assistant to the president, is 37. How he’s celebrating: “My best friend and I have birthdays that are one day apart, and when we were kids growing up in Cleveland, we would celebrate our birthdays with water fights — Super Soakers, water hoses, you name it. So we’re re-creating a big water fight this year in Virginia with a bunch of our buddies. I’m so excited.” Playbook Plus Q&A

BIRTHDAYS: David Westin, Bloomberg TV anchor and former ABC News president … Peter Alexander, national correspondent at NBC News … Caitria Mahoney, deputy national political director for Pete Buttigieg’s campaign … Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) is 62 … Rep. Denny Heck (D-Wash.) is 67 … SKDK’s Herbie Ziskend (h/t Eric Lesser) … WaPo’s Carol Eisenberg … Danny Vinik … documentarian Ken Burns is 66 … Marilyn Quayle is 7-0 … former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.), now founder of Hidden Heroes, is 83 … former Sen. Nancy Kassebaum-Baker (R-Kan.) is 87 … Bloomberg’s Ellie Titus … former Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) is 52 … former Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-Ohio) is 68 … Garance Franke-Ruta … Sheila Dwyer (h/ts Tim Burger) … Nate Rawlings is 38 … Jim Hake, founder and CEO of Spirit of America (h/t Isaac Eagan) … Brennan Murray, a senior associate at McLarty Associates (h/t Qianwei Zhang) …

… NYT’s Peter Goodman … Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is 5-0 … Mark Laichena … John Raffetto … Lyndsay Polloway, U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s VP of events, is 36 … Vox’s Laura McGann … Rick VanMeter … Alexah Rogge … Tony Brown … George Kaiser is 77 … Reuters’ Joanna Plucinska … POLITICO Europe’s Jacopo Barigazzi … Chris Carr … Karl Douglass … former Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is 61 … Keren Charles Dongo … IBM CEO Ginni Rometty … Grant Bosse … Rob Hennings … Caitlin McBride … Bill Pascoe … Melissa Steffan … Lise Clavel … Katherine Lugar, CEO of the American Beverage Association … CNN’s Aaron Kessler … Dave Barr … Charles Hoskinson … Doug Hill … Allison Jaslow … Leroy Petry is 4-0 … Jeff Patch … Kristin Fisher … Kris Purcell … Caitlin Callahan … Tom Kimbis … Jay Heine … Brad Marshall … Laura Nichols … Carrie Hyun (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)

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The Resurgent’s Morning Briefing for July 29,2019 View this email in your browser Share Tweet Forward Good morning, Here is all the news conservatives need to know to start their day.  At 4pm ET, you can catch me on radio to bring you up to speed on developments throughout the day.  You can listen live here.   The President Is Right About Baltimore I am increasingly of the opinion that if the President tomorrow tweeted that the sky was blue, much of the press and most progressive activists would denounce him as a racist and declare the sky some color other than blue. Pundits and talking heads would go on television to describe how the President is a know nothing and explain light refraction and angles of light rays coming through the atmosphere. The same would happen if the President said humans breathe oxygen. Half the progressive movement would be wiped out overnight as they started inhaling carbon dioxide. The same is true with what the President said about Baltimore. The post The President Is Right About Baltimore appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Christian Satire Completely Unhinges Huffington Snopes…Again Gone are the days of turning to rumor-debunking web giant Snopes to get to the bottom of whether or not Steven Seagal, Ric Flair, or Sam Elliott have met an untimely demise.  Somewhere along the line the execs at Snopes decided to become a poor man’s Huffington Post, parroting Planned Parenthood’s lies, denigrating Trump at […] The post Christian Satire Completely Unhinges Huffington Snopes…Again appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Veteran police officer set to enter race for Omar seat in Minneapolis Veteran police officer Chris Kelley is set to announce later today that he will enter the race for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional house district – the seat currently held by Rep. Ilhan Omar. Minneapolis ABC affiliate KTSP Channel 5 Eyewitness News reported Thursday that Kelley’s decision was inspired by Omar’s comments about 9/11. “It was kind […] The post Veteran police officer set to enter race for Omar seat in Minneapolis appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Democrats Propose Redistributing Joe Biden’s Poll Numbers Bernie Sanders argued that taking support from the frontrunner and distributing it to other candidates was the most progressive thing that the Democratic Party could do. The post Democrats Propose Redistributing Joe Biden’s Poll Numbers appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Baltimore Sun Gives Trump His Own Medicine and It Stings The president who spends his late night hours tweeting a stream of garbage, true or not, earned every word aimed at him. Besides his tweets, and his sometimes-useful policies (though tariffs, unlimited spending, and military parades aren’t particularly useful), what gives Donald J. Trump the moral authority to call anyone a “brutal bully?” As for rats, it takes one to know one. I think the Baltimore Sun made that point abundantly, eloquently, well. The post Baltimore Sun Gives Trump His Own Medicine and It Stings appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » WATCHING THE MOVIES: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Quentin Tarantino, to put it mildly, is a unique talent. His nine films share the same characteristic love of banter, the slow rachet of tension, and the sheen of Tinseltown past. He loves old celluloid so much that he encourages filmgoers to find theaters showing his productions in 35mm, on a film camera, the way […] The post WATCHING THE MOVIES: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Another Weekend, Another Racial Trump Tweet To avoid being thought of as a racist, it is wise to avoid saying things that sound racist. The post Another Weekend, Another Racial Trump Tweet appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Trump Wins Victory On Wall At Constitution’s Expense The decision did not answer the legal question of whether the president can unilaterally transfer funds appropriated by Congress to programs that were specifically rejected by Congress. The post Trump Wins Victory On Wall At Constitution’s Expense appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » WATCHING COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Big Ten 2019 Season Preview In summary? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The post WATCHING COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Big Ten 2019 Season Preview appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » A Tale of Two Milestones Elizabeth Warren and John Hickenlooper are celebrating notably different landmarks in their campaigns. 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President Trump spent the weekend engaged in a distracting Twitter war with a powerful African American House committee chairman, calling him a “racist” who represents a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested” Baltimore district. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, has been in the president’s crosshairs in part because his panel is probing the condition of the administration’s detention facilities for migrant children at the southern border, which Cummings has called “government-sponsored child abuse.” Last week, his panel authorized subpoenas for text and email messages sent by Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, allegedly using personal rather than government email and text accounts in violation of law. Cummings defended his work in Congress on behalf of constituents in his district, which includes affluent and low-income communities, as well as his committee’s role in probing the administration’s executive performance. “Mr. President, I go home to my district daily. Each morning, I wake up, and I go and fight for my neighbors,” Cummings tweeted. “It is my constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch. But, it is my moral duty to fight for my constituents.”  The Hill: Trump doubles down on attacks against Cummings and Baltimore. The New York Times: Trump accuses black congressman, allies of being racist, deepening feud. The Hill: Trump argued there was nothing racist in his criticisms of Cummings or Baltimore, a majority-black city with a high-crime rate in Maryland, a state that has not backed a Republican for president since 1988. White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney defended the president’s Twitter barrage against the congressman, arguing that Trump’s assertion that “no human being would want to live” in Cummings’s district had “absolutely zero to do with race” (The Hill). The president’s social media back-and-forth — which consumed the weekend’s cable coverage with video clips from Baltimore, newspaper editorials and columnists’ debates — fed off techniques Trump has used before to dominate news using combative and divisive Twitter language that appeals to his base. The themes often involve race, gender, crime, contrasts between life in big cities and rural America, and caustic criticisms of Democrats and the news media. The sparring prompted a defense of Cummings from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the daughter of a former mayor of Baltimore; a tweet from Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland, which some Democrats found too passive, and a blast-furnace denunciation from The Baltimore Sun’s Editorial Board (The Hill):    “We would tell the most dishonest man to ever occupy the Oval Office, the mocker of war heroes, the gleeful grabber of women’s private parts, the serial bankrupter of businesses, the useful idiot of Vladimir Putin and the guy who insisted there are ‘good people’ among murderous neo-Nazis that he’s still not fooling most Americans into believing he’s even slightly competent in his current post.”

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LEADING THE DAY

WHITE HOUSE & ADMINISTRATION: The Cabinet turnstile spun again on Sunday as Trump tweeted that Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, a former Indiana senator, will step down Aug. 15. The president said he will nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), 53, a former federal prosecutor who served as mayor of Heath, Texas, for the post. He has no background in national intelligence. An acting director will serve until the Senate confirms a successor, Trump added (The Hill). There are 17 intelligence agencies and organizations in the executive branch, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence was created after 9/11 to head the U.S. intelligence community, integrate domestic, international and military intelligence, and connect the dots as adviser to the president, the National Security Council and the Department of Homeland Security.  Trump privately complained for months about Coats, who was at odds with the president over Russia and the president’s public discomfort with the intelligence community. Ratcliffe impressed the president last week when the congressman tangled with former special counsel Robert Mueller during his House testimony (The New York Times). Coats, during rare public appearances, appeared out of step with Trump and at one point disclosed to prosecutors how he was urged by the president to publicly deny any link between Russia and the Trump campaign (The Associated Press). Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Intelligence Committee ranking minority member Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) were among those who praised Coats in statements on Sunday. Text of Coats’s resignation is HERE.

© Getty Images  > 9/11 compensation fund: The president today hosts first responders at the White House for his signing of a permanent reauthorization for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, approved by Congress this month.  Q. Will victims’ advocate Jon Stewart be invited? Don’t bet on it. The White House didn’t directly answer the question posed by The Hill’s Brett Samuels. > Trump & Congress: The president keeps in close phone contact with some GOP lawmakers, and it pays off. The constant contact is one reason Trump continues to defy predictions and retain strong Republican support on Capitol Hill (The New York Times).  **** CONGRESS: After Pelosi steered negotiations on a spending deal that netted Democrats increases in nondefense spending and led the conference on impeachment efforts, House Democrats who argued for her return to power have a message to the naysayers: We told you so.  House Democrats are reflecting on the first seven months back in the majority and are thankful Pelosi is the one leading their caucus. Recently, Pelosi has also brokered a truce between progressive and centrist factions that threatened to upend the entire House Democratic Caucus after she sided with centrists and brought up the Senate’s border supplemental bill in late June.  “Those of us who have supported her and supported her in her Speaker’s run this time … we don’t exactly go around saying ‘I told you so,’ but we could if we wanted to,” said Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.), a Pelosi loyalist and one of the Democrats’ chief deputy whips.  Pelosi has scored multiple major wins since she recaptured the gavel, including the 35-day government shutdown in the beginning of the year and the recent spending negotiations with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. She has also made it a point to protect the freshman members from competitive districts who helped hand Democrats the House, setting the party on course for the 2020 election.  “I don’t know who else can go in that environment and address the issues like she did. I’m just, I’m in awe,” said Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D-Ariz.), who represents a district Trump won in 2016, referring to the recent budget deal that raises the spending caps and the debt ceiling for two years (The Hill).  With the House out of town for August, attention turns to the Senate this week. It will  consider the budget agreement before senators break recess at the end of the week. The bill is expected to pass overwhelmingly. The Hill: Lawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits. The Senate is also expected to confirm two key nominees before it leaves town: Kelly Craft, the current ambassador to Canada to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, and David Norquist to serve as deputy secretary of Defense, giving the Pentagon a permanent deputy after the confirmation of Defense Secretary Mark Esper last week.  One thing the Senate is unlikely to consider is election security legislation, as McConnell continues to block it despite warnings from Mueller during his hearings last week. Democrats continue to make noise about McConnell’s decision to block the legislation, but it doesn’t appear to faze the GOP leader. McConnell dinged Democrats for the move, saying they are trying to move “partisan” bills (The Hill).  > Mueller aftermath: The appearance on Capitol Hill last week by Mueller made waves in Washington, but it doesn’t appear it is moving the needle in some respects, including on public opinion. According to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll: “Among those who read, saw or heard about Mueller’s testimony, 47% said it made no difference in their views about impeaching the president. The public hearings had opposing impacts based on partisanship: among Democrats, 48% said they are more likely to support the process of impeachment that could ultimately lead to Trump’s removal from office, 8% said they are less likely to support impeachment and 44% said they feel the same as they did prior to Mueller’s testimony.” “Whereas for Republicans, only 3% said they were more likely to support impeachment, 42% said they were less likely, and 54% were unchanged. Independents were split, with 26% saying they are more likely to support impeachment and 29% saying less likely. 45% of Independents said they feel the same as they did prior to Mueller’s testimony.” Democrats have also found themselves defending Mueller’s appearance, though they do have a few misgivings. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told “Meet the Press” on Sunday that he wished Mueller’s testimony would have been delivered in a “more narrative fashion.” “I wish that he had testified in more narrative fashion, that the words didn’t need to be coaxed from him as much as they did,” Schiff said.  However, since Mueller’s testimony, 11 House Democrats have come out in support of starting a process to impeach the president, including four House members from Washington state (The Hill). In total, 103 House Democrats support opening an impeachment inquiry, only 15 away from the pro-impeachment crowd reaching a majority of the caucus, according to The Hill’s whip list. Nevertheless, the House pro-impeachment contingent is a long way from the 218 votes needed to start an impeachment inquiry. The Hill: Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) calls for House to begin impeachment proceedings against Trump.

IN FOCUS/SHARP TAKES

2020 POLITICS: It’s nervy times for some 2020 Democrats as pressure mounts and they look to make the most of the opportunity when they take the stage on Tuesday and Wednesday in Detroit for the second series of presidential debates.  Multiple Democrats are on the attack as they look to survive and advance in the primary process, especially ahead of the third debate in mid-September when the threshold for inclusion by donor metrics and polling increases, making the road more arduous for lower-tier candidates (The Hill).  Thus far, only five candidates — former Vice President Joe Biden, Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg — have reached the threshold and have qualified, raising the pressure for candidates to have a strong performance that helps catapult them into the next debate.  The headliner in Detroit is expected to be night two when Biden and Harris square off for the first time since their squabble over busing at the first debate. Biden, still the front-runner, is expected to be on the receiving end of attacks from many of his primary opponents, including Harris and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), with whom Biden has publicly feuded in the last week over their work on criminal justice.  “We are ready to expect the unexpected,” a Biden campaign adviser said. “Everyone is looking for their T-shirt moment.” Along with the attacks from Harris and Booker, Biden’s team is expecting to take shots from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on trade and workers’ rights, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on women’s rights, and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro on the Obama administration’s deportations.  Niall Stanage: 2020 Democratic race enters do-or-die phase.

© Getty Images  > Buttigieg stalls: One person who could use a boost in this week’s debates is Buttigieg, who is showing signs of slowed momentum in recent weeks after a shock-and-awe second fundraising quarter.  While Buttigieg is in a solid fifth place in polls, registering between 4 and 7 percent, he has been unable to make the big jump and join the top four in the race for the nomination. Along with the polling stagnation, Buttigieg has started facing tougher questions during public appearances, including about his struggle to build a following among black voters and his handling of a police-involved shooting in his hometown (The Hill). “He has a very dedicated and passionate floor and a core of voters and donors and supporters,” said Jon Reinish, a Democratic strategist. “But there is no question that he has work to do.” > State Watch: A battle is breaking out in Seattle between mainstream Democrats and far-left socialists as voters prepare to pick a new city council next month.  As Seattle-native Reid Wilson reports, with homelessness skyrocketing in the area and crime running rampant, Democrats have grown furious with the incumbent city council, led by a self-identified socialist and Sanders fan, while the socialist faction is aiming to increase its power.  The fight pits Seattle’s mainstream mayor against one of the most progressive members of Congress, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and it shows the one thing socialists have in common with the president: They both think Amazon sucks. The New York Times Magazine, by Michael Steinberger: The Optimist: Joe Biden is running to take the country back to a time before Trump. Is that what Democrats want? The Washington Post: A conversation with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.): Mueller, climate change and the Democratic Party. Bloomberg Businessweek: Elizabeth Warren has a radical plan to beat Trump at his own game. The New York Times: Why aren’t 2020 Democrats talking about impeachment? Because voters aren’t asking. The Washington Post: A different type of vibe: What does Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s (D-Hawaii) run for president say about America?  The Associated Press: Vulnerable House Dems amass cash, adding to GOP challenge. The Dallas Morning News: Beto O’Rourke’s mother has a few suggestions for her son after watching his White House campaign.

OPINION

Democrats will have a better chance if they take a page from Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer, by Karen Tumulty, political columnist, The Washington Post. https://wapo.st/2YnEM1m   Trump, his allies and the betrayal of America, by Juan Williams, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/32ZWcEM

WHERE AND WHEN

Hill.TV’s “Rising” at 9 a.m. ET features Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, on the government’s resumption of capital punishment this year; Serhiy Leshchenko, member of Ukraine’s parliament and former investigative journalist, talking about election interference and Ukraine’s new president; and author Steve Kohn, who writes about whistleblowers. Find Hill.TV programming at http://thehill.com/hilltv or on YouTube at 10 a.m. The House is in recess through August and will return to Washington on Sept. 9. The Senate convenes at 3 p.m. The president holds a signing ceremony to enact the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund’s permanent reauthorization at 10 a.m., and Vice President Pence will attend before joining the president for lunch at 12:30 p.m. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will sit down for a conversation-style interview with Economic Club President David Rubenstein at 9 a.m. at the Ritz Carlton in Washington. Live stream at www.state.gov. Attorney General William Barr and John Demers, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s National Security Division, are in London to participate in the Quintet and Five Country Ministerial.Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, along with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, will be in Shanghai through Wednesday for trade negotiations with Vice Premier Liu He of China.

ELSEWHERE

➔ International: Nearly 1,400 people were detained at an opposition protest as part of a violent police crackdown in Moscow over the weekend. The figure is the largest number of detentions at a Moscow rally this decade. Of the 1,373 individuals arrested, most were released from custody, although about 150 remained detained. Those arrested were protesting upcoming Moscow City Council elections (The Associated Press). In Hong Kong, police unleashed tear gas and rubber bullets in a battle with pro-democracy protesters, with protests extending into a second straight day after recent tumult over an extradition bill (The Associated Press). Diplomats from Iran and five world powers vowed on Sunday to salvage the remnants of the Iran nuclear agreement despite escalating tensions between Iran and the West since the U.S. exited the agreement (Reuters). Elsewhere in Iran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is seeking out new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and openly calling for closer ties between the two countries (The Associated Press). ➔ Federal Reserve: Economic growth slowed in the second quarter, government data showed last week, but indicators remain positive for continued expansion. Sylvan Lane describes the kind of data Fed governors are weighing as they meet this week amid market suspense about interest rates. Trump tweeted on Friday, “Q2 GDP Up 2.1% Not bad considering we have the very heavy weight of the Federal Reserve anchor wrapped around our neck. Almost no inflation. USA is set to Zoom!” …The U.S. economy slows (The New York Times). ➔ Puerto Rico governance: What comes next after Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s resignation, effective Aug. 2, and for an emboldened, mobilized electorate on the island? (The Hill). Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez, a Rossello ally, tweeted on Sunday she does not want to be governor and hopes Rossello will appoint a secretary of state before stepping down (The Associated Press).

THE CLOSER

And finally …  ✍ More than 10,000 people in Appalachia will soon learn their crushing medical bills are being erased because two donors helped a nonprofit organization step in to purchase and forgive $10 million in accumulated medical debt.  “There’s a special letter that’s going out to each of these people,” said Craig Antico,  founder of RIP Medical Debt, last week. “It’s from the donors, and it’s going to tell them they’re part of a larger campaign. They’re going to get a letter in a yellow envelope that says this is a no-strings attached gift from people in the community.” Antico said the $100,000 donation to RIP Medical Debt, which settled the bills for $10 million in medical care for pennies on the dollar, came from Jim Branscome, a former journalist who became the managing director of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services, and author and journalist Bill Bishop. The two men told the nonprofit they wanted their donation to help people living in Central Appalachia, home to some of the poorest communities in the United States (NBC News). The Appalachian region includes all of West Virginia and touches 12 other states.

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Monday, July 29, 2019

Trump Not Charmed Thanks to the Twitter drama about the conditions in Baltimore, the song from Hairspray has been running in my head all weekend. “The rats on the street All dance around my feet They seem to say ‘Tracy, it’s up to you’ So, oh, oh Don’t hold me back ‘Cause today all my dreams will come true Good morning, Baltimore!” On Saturday, President Trump tweeted about Rep. Elijah Cummings’s district in Baltimore, MD, saying, “Rep, Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous. His district is considered the Worst in the USA….As proven last week during a Congressional tour, the Border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded. Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place.” In the age of Trump, all his distractors seem to think their opinions are in a vacuum.  The Baltimore Sun featured an editorial in April 2019 titled, “Baltimore’s perpetual trash problem.” Yesterday, the paper’s editorial was titled, “Better to have a few rats than to be one.” From the editorial: “Finally, while we would not sink to name-calling in the Trumpian manner — or ruefully point out that he failed to spell the congressman’s name correctly (it’s Cummings, not Cumming) — we would tell the most dishonest man to ever occupy the Oval Office, the mocker of war heroes, the gleeful grabber of women’s private parts, the serial bankrupter of businesses, the useful idiot of Vladimir Putin and the guy who insisted there are “good people” among murderous neo-Nazis that he’s still not fooling most Americans into believing he’s even slightly competent in his current post. Or that he possesses a scintilla of integrity. Better to have some vermin living in your neighborhood than to be one.” Glad they didn’t sink to name-calling! The Baltimore Sun isn’t the only place flip-flopping on Charm City. In 2015, the New York Times did a feature on “The Tragedy of Baltimore.” In 2018, The Baltimore Sun promoted a documentary called “Rat Film” on PBS about the city’s rat problem. Yesterday, the New York Times called the President’s tweets, which weren’t much different than their 2015 feature, an “inflammatory attack.” Also in 2015, Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders said after a tour of Baltimore, “You would think that you were in a Third World country.” (To be fair, this could be a compliment from self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders .) So, who is to blame? Read this from Seth Barron of the New York Post: “Some have suggested that it’s unfair for the president to blame Elijah Cummings for his district’s woes, since congressmen don’t control local issues like trash pickup or law enforcement. But Cummings is a Democratic powerbroker in Baltimore, which has been run by a succession of failed mayors—one of whom stole gift cards meant for poor children, and another who “sold” thousands of copies of her unreadable book to the public hospital system. Local state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby is credited with bungling the investigation into the death of Freddie Gray. Cummings is an integral part of a corrupt, dysfunctional political machine that is directly responsible for Baltimore’s misery. Because it doesn’t have to be that way. Cummings’s district has relatively high rates of college education and home values, and many solid employers, including Johns Hopkins and the federal government. The failure to develop the failed parts of the district lies with pols like Elijah Cummings, whose four decades in elected office have been a long story of wasted opportunities and neglect.” SCOTUS Clears the Way for Pentagon-Funded Border Wall The Trump Administration got a major victory on Friday afternoon when the Supreme Court ruled that $2.5 billion in unspent Pentagon funds can be spent to build the wall. From Politico: “The Supreme Court rarely explains its reasons for granting or denying a stay, but the order Friday declared that “the Government has made a sufficient showing at this stage that the plaintiffs have no cause of action to obtain review” of the decision to transfer the funds from a Pentagon account. The statement suggested that the five justices in the majority agreed with the Trump administration’s arguments that the groups who obtained the injunction, the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition, lacked a valid legal mechanism to enforce the budget rider Trump officials were allegedly violating.” What I’m Reading This Week This week I’m listening to Kick Ass with Mel Robbins: Life-Changing Advice from the Author of “The 5 Second Rule” on Audible. It’s a talk-show format of coaching sessions with several people who sought out Mel’s help. Their situations vary but each one seems to have a part I can relate to (and I suspect that’s why they were chosen). What I like about Mel is that she’s not a coddler and she pushes people to answer their own questions. Mel’s first book, The 5 Second Rule: Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage, is also a must-read. What I’m Watching (Ok, DVRing) Tonight Lights Out with David Spade at 11:30 p.m. EST on Comedy Central. Spade has said he will stay away from oversaturated, Trump-bashing political humor that dominates most late-night talk shows. Spade told Variety, “I don’t want half the crowd tuning me out.” A Case of the Mondays Best wedding dance ever (Twitter) Meet Clive and Frank… and turn the volume up (Twitter) Want to Reduce Your Stress In 10 Minutes? Pet a Cat or Dog (Mental Floss)

It’s never too early to start planning Christmas at the White House. Last week the First Lady tweeted several photos of a planning session. It looks like we can expect to see touches of gold this year.

Following an evening at the Kennedy Center, the First Lady and the President went to the Trump International Hotel’s BLT Prime (their popovers are phenomenal) and two lucky kids had their night made when the couple stopped for photos.    Mondays with Melania is a weekly feature that highlights what the First Lady is doing and wearing.

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For spending bills, now comes the hard part

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Biden vows to be less polite with Harris in Detroit debate. That won’t be enough

OPINION — Before Kamala Harris and Joe Biden were bitter rivals, they were friends. That much was obvious in 2017 on the day Biden, then the outgoing vice president, swore in Harris as just the second African American woman ever elected to the Senate. Read More…

Here are the ‘squads’ of Congresses past

It started as a simple Instagram caption: “Squad.” Then the media and pundits got hold of it. “These four people in the so-called ‘squad’ … have done squat in Congress,” White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said on Fox News earlier this month, clearly relishing the alliteration. Read More…

Options for private health care a comfort and concern for veterans

VA health care is a comfort for veterans, who appreciate the special attention, knowledge and camaraderie they often find within VA hospitals. But the VA also routinely faces scrutiny when the quality of care falls, or if veterans are unable to see a doctor for weeks or months at a time. Read More…

Dan Coats leaving post as Director of National Intelligence

Dan Coats is leaving the post as Director of National Intelligence on Aug. 15, President Donald Trump announced Sunday. Read More…

Alabama GOP Rep. Martha Roby not running for reelection

Republican Rep. Martha Roby, who criticized Donald Trump in 2016 and faced a primary challenge because of it two years later, announced Friday that she will not seek a sixth term for her southeast Alabama district. Her decision means she will not be on the ballot with Trump next year.  Read More…

‘Can’t get into that’: Mueller’s testimony was too hot to handle — Congressional Hits and Misses

Former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III made a splash on Capitol Hill this week, despite clearly not wanting to be there and not really saying anything new. For the House’s last week in session before recess, check out Rep. Doug Collins’ light speed Mueller questioning, Rep. Tom Cole’s magic moment, and praise for Roll Call photographer Bill Clark’s work from old friend and “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert. Watch the video here…

Modernization panel calls for staffer HR hub, mandatory cybersecurity training

The Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress unanimously approved two dozen recommendations Thursday, urging lawmakers to create a centralized human resources hub for staffers, resurrect the Office of Technology Assessment and make cybersecurity training mandatory. Read More…

Donald Trump, who doesn’t drink, prefers the ‘look’ of American wine

President Donald Trump said Friday that while he is a well-documented teetotaler, he prefers the appearance of American wines to their French counterparts. Read More…

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ScottRasmussen.com Launch – Check Out My All New Website No Images? Click here   Good morning,If the 2020 election for President were held today, 42% of voters would cast their ballot for former Vice President Joe Biden and 39% would prefer President Donald Trump. The rest would vote for someone else, stay home, or are undecided.The president trails Senator Bernie Sanders by a single point (39% to 38%), but has a slight edge over  Senator Kamala Harris (39% to 36%) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (40% to 36%).Some surveys from other firms have shown Democrats with a larger advantage over the president.  That may be the result of our surveys including a large number of uncommitted voters.  At this early stage of the race, we are not pushing them to determine which way they lean.However, the data suggests currently uncommitted voters might lean more towards the Democrat in the race. That’s because there are more uncommitted Democrats than Republicans. Experience shows that such uncommitted voters eventually tend to support their party’s nominee.Later today, we will release new numbers on the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Democratic hopefuls will debate on Tuesday and Wednesday night. On Friday, we will release post-debate numbers measuring the impact of that event.Our data will be the basis for a PredictIt tournament. As the debate and spin unfold, participants will anticipate the biggest winners and losers from Round Two. They will also be asked to predict who will be in second place after the debates, and whether or not any lesser-known candidates will break into the top-tier. We invite you to learn more about the tournament and sign up.  If you’re new to PredictIt, the company will match up to $20 on your first entry deposit. On a different topic, 32% of voters favor the controversial budget deal reached between President Trump and Democratic Congressional leaders. Another 31% oppose the arrangement and 37% are not sure.The uncertainty may stem from a lack of awareness about the details. Just 53% recognize that the deal will increase federal spending and deficits.After adjusting for inflation, federal government spending has doubled since 1989. Our survey found that 83% of voters recognize this to be true. Eighty-one percent (81%) also recognize that, after adjusting for inflation, federal spending has increased in 45 of the past 50 years. However, just 57% are aware of a deceptive accounting practice used by the government to hide spending growth: If spending goes up, but growth is slower than expected, the federal government considers that to be a spending cut.  Just 24% of all voters agree that slower spending growth should be considered a spending cut.Finally, 18% of voters hold some political views that would shock their close friends and family members. This includes nearly a third (30%) of voters under 35 but just 7% of senior citizens.Only 19% of voters say all their close friends and family members know their important political beliefs. Another 31% say most do.Thank you for your interest in our work,Scott     Stay Informed Up To The Minute and Share ContentDeeper CurrentsScott Rasmussen offers his personal insight, analysis, and opinion on current political races, issues, and controversy. Read more     Scott’s ColumnsPresident Trump has perfected the art of antagonizing his opponents with provocative tweets. He demonstrated this skill recently in declaring that the tax reform act,… Read more   SCOTT RASMUSSEN info@scottrasmussen.com https://www.scottrasmussen.com 142 W 57th Street, 11 Floor New York, NY 10023 ScottRasmussen.com Launch – Check Out My All New Website   Like    Tweet    Share    Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

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DESPERATION: Nadler Demands ‘Grand Jury Material’ Regarding Mueller Report, Vows to ‘Investigate Trump’ Democratic chair Jerrold Nadler doubled-down on his anti-Trump crusade at a press conference Friday; vowing to obtain “grand jury material” at the heart of Robert Mueller’s Russia Probe.“We are filing an application for the grand jury material underlying the Mueller report. That information is critically important for our ability to examine witnesses, including…

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INTO THE ABYSS: Democrats Say Mueller ‘Delivered,’ Ready to Launch ‘Impeachment Investigation’ House Democrats refused to acknowledge former special counsel Robert Mueller’s disastrous appearance on Capitol Hill this week; vowing to pursue “impeachment investigations” into President Trump.“Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee said Friday they are proceeding with what they called an ‘impeachment investigation,’ as they insisted former Special Counsel Robert Mueller delivered damning testimony against President…

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STILL DOING THIS? Gillibrand Says Stacey Abrams 2018 Election STOLEN by GOP ‘Voter Suppression’ Rapidly fading Presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand continued to echo liberal talking-points from 2018 Friday; insisting that “voter suppression” denied Stacey Abrams her Georgia gubernatorial race.“I have a very comprehensive approach about how to restore our voting rights. Because the truth is, we have Republican legislatures across this country that are trying to deny…

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SQUAD FAIL: Rashida Tlaib Demands $20/Hour Minimum Wage, Posts Job for $15/Hour One Day Later Squad-member Rashida Tlaib found herself in hot-water this week; posting a paid $15/hour internship after demanding the minimum-wage be raised to $20/hour nationwide.“By the way, when we started it, it should have been $15. Now I think it should be $20,” Tlaib told an audience in Detroit. “It should be $20 an hour,…

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Today’s Top News July, 29 2019 Why Trump Will Win Independents in 2020 Like many World War II veterans, my father didn’t talk much about the war, but he occasionally retold one anecdote that clearly made a strong impression on him at the time. At the end of the war, when it became obvious that the Nazis had lost, thousands of German infantrymen suddenly began appearing at the American lines anxious to surrender. This was less about love for our GIs than fear of the Red Army. And it’s not a bad analogy for what Independents will do in 2020. They are ambivalent about President Trump and the GOP, but they are afraid of the Democrats. By: David Catron ______________________ My Encounter With the Accused Gay Predator Matthew Riedlinger One of the appalling figures at the center of the Monsignor Walter Rossi scandal is Matthew Riedlinger. A former priest nabbed by police during an underage sting operation, he used to live at Rossi’s Atlantic City beach condo. He was even registered to vote there and to this day gets mail at the condo, according to a mailman with whom I spoke last year By: George Neumayr ______________________ Special Prosecutors, Then and Now   Shock and dismay is being expressed this week, in the aftermath of Robert Mueller’s stumbling and hesitant testimony before two committees of the House of Representatives. Is it possible that this paragon of virtue from the past was but a figurehead, who ceded operational authority and responsibility for preparing “his” report to a specially recruited staff, consisting primarily of politically active Democrats but no Republicans? By: Geoff Shepard ______________________ Boris, Brexit, and Iran When Neville Chamberlain finally resigned from the prime ministership of the United Kingdom in 1940, his successor — Winston Churchill — inherited a world at war. When Theresa May — probably the worst prime minister since Chamberlain — resigned last week, her successor, Boris Johnson, inherited two crises, which, while not existential conflicts, will have enormous effects on the future of the UK. By: Jed Babbin ______________________ Ein Takes Charge as Gauff Qualifies American hope Cori “Coco” Gauff qualified for the main draw at the Washington Open, cruising past beat Hiroko Kuwata 6-1, 6-2 yesterday. The 50th edition of one the most durable tournaments in the sport’s Open era enters a new phase led by local venture capitalist Mark Ein, who took over the event’s management after 49 years of leadership by the legendary Donald Dell. By: Roger Kaplan ______________________ Baseball, Football, and Women’s Soccer — Why I Am Happy to Bat .333 I always have been a huge sports fan. As early as my elementary school years, I fanatically followed and cheered on the Yankees, the Mets, the football Giants and the Jets, the Rangers, and the Knicks. I followed “professional wrestling,” knowing it is staged and fake, but it still was fun watching Bruno Sammartino, Killer Kowalski, Bobo Brazil, and the whole gang of ’em. On the other hand, I never followed soccer — b-o-o-o-o-ring. And it is tough for me to get excited watching golf until the last three holes of the fourth round. By: Dov Fischer ______________________ Jews Ignore the Democrats’ Rising Anti-Semitism Of the seventeen members of the House who voted against the anti-Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions of Israel and stood with Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, sixteen were Democrats. Let that sink in, because some three-quarters of Jewish voters blindly vote for the Democrats. They will rationalize this outcome by saying that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi kept the boycotters in check. By: Abraham H. Miller ______________________   The American Spectator is now on Flipboard, a user-friendly and customizable news aggregation website, please give us a follow today! You Might Like       Read More

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View this email in your browser Recent Articles If Mueller Wasn’t in Charge, Who Was? Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am A rundown of the possibilities and why they matter. Read More… Feminism Is Working Overtime to Destroy Film Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am “Aggressive feminism” may be appeasing the woke mob, but it is certainly hurting Hollywood. Read More… Apple Could Help the USA and Help Itself Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am Maybe Apple should try being red, white and blue instead of green. Read More… Can Socialists Save Us from Surprise Medical Bills? Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am When has socialism ever made health care better? Read More… Pete Buttigieg: Wrong about Religion, Homosexuality, and Abortion Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am Who could vote for this clown? Read More… It’s No Longer about Equality Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am It’s about time that individuals like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Colin Kaepernick were told the plain truth: their behavior is offensive to most Americans. Read More…   Recent Blog Posts Rats and DemocRATS – a natural combination Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am Dems fall into Trump’s (rat) trap  Read more… Proud of yourselves, lefties? Leftists turn ‘deplorable’ beauty queen into Trump magnet Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am The left turns a college beauty queen into a Frankenstein’s monster for itself.  Read more… Trump to nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am The appointment of a former US Attorney, who is also a master of the details of the attempted plot to oust Trump, signals that the “investigate the investigators” phase of the biggest political scandal in history is moving into high gear.  Read more… Rashida Tlaib: Israel ‘exists’ to the ‘detriment’ of Palestinians Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am The mask slips.  Read more… There were more record low than high temperatures in the last 7 and 30 days Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am News you won’t hear from the mainstream media.  Read more… Adam Schiff desperately fabricates a laughable Trump impeachable offense Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am Schiff diving deep into fantasy.  Read more… America’s X-37B military space plane passes 700 days in space Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am The ace in America’s space force deck.  Read more… Just ask the people who live in Baltimore Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am Charm city no more, as my old Baltimore friends who live there will tell you.  Read more… Reparations: A flawed stratagem Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am Reparations are a form of tribute, a jizya based on race rather than religion.  Read more… A failure to assimilate Jul 29, 2019 01:00 am Saying what needs to be said.  Read more… Baltimore Ambush: Trump forces Democrats to defend the indefensible, again Jul 28, 2019 01:00 am Trump’s unexpected Twitter attack on Rep. Elijah Cummings and his neglected city of Baltimore signals that Trump is a master electoral strategist who not only intends to win against Democrats, he intends to annihilate them.  Read more… Ted Cruz blows a hole in Google Jul 28, 2019 01:00 am The hearing that exposed Google political machinations went very well for a top-notch lawyer and proven excellent debater, Senator Ted Cruz. In fact Cruz made it look easy  Read more… BDS champ Ilhan Omar powers her website through Israeli company Jul 28, 2019 01:00 am BDS for thee, but not for me…  Read more… What must Obama be thinking as Dems support Mueller’s contention that an ex-president can be prosecuted for crimes committed while in office? Jul 28, 2019 01:00 am Have you noticed how ex-President Obama is nearly invisible lately?  Read more… California’s Gavin Newsom torched as red-hot hypocrite for calling Trump’s wall wasteful Jul 28, 2019 01:00 am Speaking of government waste…  Read more… View this email in your browser American Thinker is a daily internet publication devoted to the thoughtful exploration of issues of importance to Americans.

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From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann

FIRST READ: Why the stakes for Biden in this week’s debates are so high 

This week brings us Round 2 in the Democratic presidential debates, and the central storyline is whether frontrunner Joe Biden still has zip on his political fastball after his first debate performance.

The good news for Biden: His poll numbers have snapped back to where they were before the first debates.

The bad news: It’s unlikely he can afford ANOTHER rough outing, which would only increase the chatter that he might not be up for the rigors of a general-election fight against President Trump.

And if that happens, that could produce maybe the most destabilizing event so far in the 2020 Democratic race, creating openings for several other Dem contenders.

AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

Remember, anyone can have a bad debate performance – just ask Barack Obama in 2012.

But if you’re Joe Biden and a Democratic Party that’s anxious about its prospects versus Trump, you can’t have two in a row.

That’s what’s on the line Wednesday, when Biden shares the debate stage with Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Julian Castro and others.

The night before – on Tuesday – we’ll see Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke.

Here’s how Trump has full sway over the GOP – even in the Senate

Over the last 48 hours, President Trump has viciously attacked Rep. Elijah Cummings and his majority African-American district.

And on “Meet the Press” yesterday, Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott said he was disappointed at … Cummings.

TODD: Why do you think the president — doing this, it’s just stoking racial resentment, left and right. He’s done it multiple times this month alone. He obviously thinks this is good politics inside the Republican Party. Do you think it’s good politics inside the Republican Party?

SCOTT: Well, Chuck, let’s look at what he said, all right, and why he did it. Congressman Cummings sat there and attacked our Border Patrol agents, all right? This is, this reminds me of what happened to soldiers coming back from Vietnam.

TODD: But that justifies a racial resentment tweet in response? Is that presidential leadership?

SCOTT: Well, look, I, I, look, I didn’t do the tweets, Chuck. I can’t talk about why he did what he did. But I’m very disappointed in the people, like Congressman Cummings, who is attacking Border Patrol agents that are trying to do their job, when the Democrats won’t give them the resources to do it.

(That Cummings attack on Border Patrol agents? Earlier this month, Cummings blasted acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan over the conditions at facilities holding migrant children.

“What does that mean when a child is sitting in their own feces, can’t take a shower?” Cummings said. “Come on, man. What’s that about?”)

And if a Republican senator isn’t going to criticize Trump here, you have your answer as to whether there are the votes to convict the president in impeachment proceedings in the GOP-controlled U.S. Senate.

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

TWEET OF THE DAY: You come at Baltimore, you best not miss

2020 VISION: So Harris doesn’t want to abolish private insurance after all? 

Ahead of this week’s debates, Kamala Harris put forward a health care proposal on Monday that would move every American into a Medicare-for-All system within 10 years, per NBC’s Vaughn Hillyard.

But the plan also allows private insurers to offer competing plans, as well as supplemental insurance options – as long as the commercial plans meet the care standards of the government plan, Hillyard adds.

“I think what she’s saying is if the private sector can add value, then power to them,” said Andy Slavitt, who served as acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the Obama Administration. “She’s leaving room for innovation, but she’s also saying there ought to be a pretty high bar.”

On the campaign trail today: Jay Inslee, in Michigan, releases another environmental policy and then tours Flint, Mich… And Elizabeth Warren holds a town hall in Toledo, Ohio.

Dispatches from NBC’s embeds

Sen. Bernie Sanders took a trip to Ontario, Canada with diabetic patients to purchase insulin.

NBC’s Gary Grumbach reports some of what Sanders told the crowd of patients with him: “At the end of the day, it is an embarrassment for those of us who are Americans. We love our Canadian neighbors and we thank them so much. But we should not have to come to Canada to get the medicine we need for our kids to stay alive. We can do that in America.”

DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is… $60,929.

$60,929.

That’s the median income in Elijah Cummings’ 7th congressional district, according to 2017 American Community Survey 1-year estimates.

That’s slightly above the median income nationally (around $60,300, according to the same data). And, per Nate Silver, the district is the second wealthiest majority-black district in the country.

THE LID: Toto, we’re home

Don’t miss the pod from Friday, when noted how for Joe Biden, the first debates and their aftermath all seemed like a dream – with the 2020 Dem horserace pretty much were it was before those first debates. 

ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss 

More than 100 House Democrats have now called for impeachment proceedings against Trump.

Alex Seitz-Wald previews the “virtual” caucus that Iowa Democrats will try for the first time next year.

Jared Kushner owns more than a dozen apartment complexes in Baltimore — and they’re not in tip-top shape.

Here’s Kamala Harris’ Medicare-for-All phase-in plan.

Can Beto O’Rourke capitalize on his second debate appearance? And what about Biden, who had a rough first performance?

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NOQ REPORT

NOQ Report Daily

• Was Andrew Weissmann the real force behind the Russia investigation?
• Police in Gilroy, California confirm multiple people shot at festival
• The real reason Bernie Sanders gets a pass for ‘racist’ attack on Baltimore
• With 150,000 signature, will any politicians support our Term Limits petition?
• Massive radical Muslim attack leaves 65 dead. Media yawns.
• John Ratcliffe brings the aggressive stance needed as Director of National Intelligence
• Russiagate and Racism: With no viable policies, Democrats are forced to rely on lies

Was Andrew Weissmann the real force behind the Russia investigation? Posted: 29 Jul 2019 04:24 AM PDT Before Robert Mueller testified before Congress last week, nobody doubted that he was the man in charge of the Russia investigation that took nearly two years and tens of millions of taxpayer dollars while yielding no fruit against the administration itself. But following his testimony, three things became clear. Mueller didn’t write the Mueller Report. […] The post Was Andrew Weissmann the real force behind the Russia investigation? appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Police in Gilroy, California confirm multiple people shot at festival Posted: 28 Jul 2019 09:56 PM PDT Update: Three people have been confirmed dead, including a 6-year-old boy. Twelve others were injured. The suspected gunman has been killed by police. Chief Smithee: It is believed that the shooter cut through the fence to gain access to the festival. #GilroyActiveShooter. — Gilroy Police (@GilroyPD) July 29, 2019 Chief Smithee: Gun shots were heard around […] The post Police in Gilroy, California confirm multiple people shot at festival appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

The real reason Bernie Sanders gets a pass for ‘racist’ attack on Baltimore Posted: 28 Jul 2019 06:12 PM PDT When all you have is a hammer, every problem becomes a nail. When all you have is the race card, every criticism becomes racist. That’s the state of American politics from the progressive side of the ball. They have nothing of substance with which to attack the President, so anything he does is being portrayed […] The post The real reason Bernie Sanders gets a pass for ‘racist’ attack on Baltimore appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

With 150,000 signature, will any politicians support our Term Limits petition? Posted: 28 Jul 2019 05:45 PM PDT When we initiated the petition calling for term limits on Capitol Hill, we did so with the goal of getting 10,000 signatures. It was slow going at first to the point I wasn’t sure we’d get to 10,000 ever. But something strange happened. It started taking off at around 3,000 signatures and got to 10,000 […] The post With 150,000 signature, will any politicians support our Term Limits petition? appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Massive radical Muslim attack leaves 65 dead. Media yawns. Posted: 28 Jul 2019 04:09 PM PDT There are very few instances when I must rely on Al Jazeera to find information on a story. They are generally anti-American in their subtle condemnation of all things patriotic. Meanwhile, they promote some of the most dangerous regimes in the Middle East. But when it comes to coverage of Islamic terrorism in Africa, legacy […] The post Massive radical Muslim attack leaves 65 dead. Media yawns. appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

John Ratcliffe brings the aggressive stance needed as Director of National Intelligence Posted: 28 Jul 2019 03:30 PM PDT Outbound Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is a nice guy. He’s a foreign relations expert who brought a sober perspective to the office. But these are dangerous times. Being sober and reserved is not what we need from a DNI. John Ratcliffe is the aggressive type of man we need for the position going […] The post John Ratcliffe brings the aggressive stance needed as Director of National Intelligence appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Russiagate and Racism: With no viable policies, Democrats are forced to rely on lies Posted: 28 Jul 2019 07:43 AM PDT If you’re anything other than a politically aware, moderately intelligent conservative, then you’re the target of the most heinous propaganda and indoctrination campaign in modern American history. It’s a strategy being employed by Democrats and their progressive media lapdogs that combines the jamming techniques of totalitarian regimes like North Korea with the devious tactics of Saul […] The post Russiagate and Racism: With no viable policies, Democrats are forced to rely on lies appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

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THE WASHINGTON TIMES

MORNING EDITION

Monday, July 29, 2019

Trump rips Cummings, Pelosi over poorly kept districts: ‘Democrats always play the Race Card’ President Trump started another Twitter fight over the weekend by attacking House Democrats over what he says are poorly kept … more

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