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THE DAILY SIGNAL
| Jul 30, 2019 |
| Good morning from Washington, where President Donald Trump has gotten into another Twitter battle with a House committee chairman from nearby Baltimore. The NAACP needs a lot more than hatred to achieve the goal of impeachment, Christopher Metzler writes. Trump is making progress in balancing one of the nation’s most liberal appeals courts, Fred Lucas reports. Plus: Alexis Mrachek on the protests in Moscow, Jon Butcher on enhancing school safety, Mike Gonzalez on independence in Ukraine, and Joel Griffith on a congresswoman’s anti-Jewish stance. On this date in 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signs Medicare into law. |
| Commentary The NAACP’s Hateful Call to Impeach the President It takes a lot more than mere hatred to achieve a goal as large as impeachment. More News Judges Seated by Trump Begin to Transform ‘9th Circus’ The president’s appointments to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have moved it closer to ideological balance. More Commentary Protests in Moscow Reveal a Disparity in Russian Democracy Protesters, 1,300 of whom were arrested, demanded that dissidents be allowed to run in the local city council elections set for Sept. 8. More Commentary Purple States on the Big Issues “There’s definitely a national sentiment that the left is pushing way too far,” says Nate Rogers of Heritage Action for America. More Commentary Civil Rights Panel Wants to Bring Back Obama’s Race-Based School Discipline Policies. Bad Idea. The Civil Rights Commission’s deference to the Obama administration’s heavy-handed letter favors bureaucrats over you and your child’s teachers. More Commentary Ukraine Takes Another Step Toward Freedom From Russia Putin sees things as a zero-sum game. He also knows that a successful, prosperous, free Ukraine next door may be a showcase to Russians that he’d like to avoid. More Commentary Rashida Tlaib Spouts Politically Correct Anti-Semitism for the 21st Century Today’s anti-Semitism portrays Israel as the villain despite the Jewish state’s perpetual struggle to defend itself against attacks from terrorists so full of hate they’re willing to strap bombs on their own children. More | ||
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| Capital One data breach compromises millions of credit card applications, FBI says The FBI has arrested a Seattle-area woman on charges of stealing tens of millions of sensitive customer records from Capital One, including some bank account numbers, according to court papers. By Devlin Barrett · Read more Some officials fear Trump will get only the intelligence he wants from spy-chief nominee Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.) seems to share President Trump’s suspicion of some in the national security community, and officials there fear politicization of their work. By Greg Miller · Read more Ratcliffe might not sail smoothly to confirmation His nomination drew immediate opposition from Democrats and tepid support from key Republicans, while current and former intelligence officials said he was the least qualified nominee ever. By Shane Harris · Read more McConnell defends blocking election security bill, rejects criticism he is aiding Russia The Senate majority leader invoked “McCarthyism” in singling out an opinion column in The Post, which defended the piece as a “legitimate exercise in commentary.” By Paul Kane · Read more Billion-dollar baby: How Carter’s became a staple of just about every child’s wardrobe While its competitors are crumbling, the 154-year-old retailer has had 30 consecutive years of growth, even as the nation’s birthrate has fallen to 30-year lows. By Abha Bhattarai · Read more Trump friend with business ties to Middle East pushed to shape U.S. policy in the region, House report says The report intensifies the spotlight on Thomas J. Barrack Jr., a longtime friend of President Trump who played a central role in raising big-dollar contributions for his campaign and inaugural committee. By Tom Hamburger and Josh Dawsey · Read more ‘Looking for a reason to attack’: How Trump seized on a Fox News broadcast to go after Cummings The president was already seething over the Maryland Democrat’s role in investigating him and in criticizing his administration’s squalid migrant detention centers. By Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey and Robert Costa · Read more ‘I’d die for my people’: Meet the congressman whose district Trump attacked Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) responded to the attacks by saying that he goes home to his district daily — he has lived in the same house for three decades — and wakes up every morning to “fight for my neighbors.” By Rachel Chason · Read more ADVERTISEMENT Opinions While Trump spews hate, I continue to do my job By Rashida Tlaib · Read more It is time to deport Baltimore By Dana Milbank · Read more ‘The president would never do that!’ Oh, yes, he would. By Catherine Rampell · Read more After Gilroy, the question persists: Why? By Editorial Board · Read more My father was wrong about Nazi Germany. I am right about America. By Ted Koppel · Read more Trump’s escalation of racism means one thing: He’s worried about reelection By Eugene Robinson · Read more ADVERTISEMENT More News Campaign 2020 Candidates expecting explosive faceoffs sharpen lines for Round 2 of Democratic presidential debates For front-runners, the debate presents a chance to firm up their standing. For trailing candidates, a failure to make an impact could mean the end of the road. By Matt Viser and Sean Sullivan · Read more Pentagon rebukes Oracle as debate over $10 billion federal contract turns sour The military’s remarks and a “Conspiracy” graphic created by Oracle have become flash points in the contract dispute, which pits Amazon, IBM and other big tech firms against one another. By Aaron Gregg and Jay Greene · Read more Trump’s 9/11 claims become a George Conway-pushed meme President Trump wrote himself into the heroic response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, so Twitter users helped add him to other big moments in U.S. history. By Gillian Brockell · Read more Sen. Rand Paul offers to buy Rep. Ilhan Omar a ticket to Somalia so she’ll ‘appreciate America more’ In an interview with Breitbart News, the Kentucky Republican echoed President Trump’s racist statement that the Minnesota Democrat should “go back.” By Felicia Sonmez · Read more Post Reports | Listen Now Trump upends U.S. intel agencies with spy-chief pick Shane Harris unpacks the state of the intelligence community amid the departure of spy chief Daniel Coats. Plus, Shibani Mahtani visits a Philippine troll farm that’s transforming discourse online, and Rick Maese on how rising temperatures affect athletes. By The Washington Post · Read more |
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| His mother kept a cardboard box in the freezer for decades. Inside, he found a ‘mummified’ baby. Adam Smith, 37, says he believes he may have uncovered the remains of an infant sister. By Allyson Chiu · Read more A man said his SUV randomly caught fire and killed his family. A decade later, he’s charged with murder. Peter Romans was the only person in his family to survive a fatal fire in 2008, one that started in a Ford Expedition and then burned the house down. By Meagan Flynn · Read more ADVERTISEMENT ‘He should investigate himself’: Trump echoes Fox News again to lash out at Elijah Cummings Two days after a Fox News segment prompted President Trump to attack Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), the president renewed his attacks on Monday night as Fox hosts united to back his criticisms of Baltimore. By Tim Elfrink · Read more A police department is handing out coupons, not tickets, to people who follow the law. Not everyone is thrilled. The Tempe Police Department described their approach as a “Positive Ticketing Campaign,” and clarified that no drivers would be pulled over. By Antonia Farzan · Read more ‘Thoughts and prayers are not enough’: Democratic candidates call for action after Gilroy shooting The latest mass shooting is likely to draw more attention to the 2020 candidates’ gun law proposals. By Meagan Flynn · Read more White supremacist’s death sentence overturned because of prosecution’s focus on Nazi tattoos Jeffrey Scott Young was described as “a walking billboard of hate.” By Antonia Farzan · Read more ADVERTISEMENT Recommended for you Get The Trailer newsletter News and insight on political campaigns around the country, from David Weigel. 435 districts. 50 states. Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings. Sign Up |
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Tuesday, July 30, 2019 |
McConnell Claps Back at Left-Wing Russia Propaganda Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took to the Senate floor to respond to “baseless smears” published in a Washington Post Op-Ed by Dana Milbank, in which he was called a “Russian asset.” In a fiery response, McConnell called the attacks “modern-day Mcarthyism.” From Fox News: “Milbank had argued that McConnell’s opposition to several election-security bills proposed by Democrats effectively made him an unwitting Russian agent, and other pundits quickly echoed Milbank’s argument. On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Friday, host Joe Scarborough repeatedly called McConnell “Moscow Mitch,” saying he was “aiding and abetting” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to “subvert” American elections — and even alleging a Russia-linked investment in Kentucky could be playing a part… McConnell, however, said the “outrage-industrial complex” had ignored his legitimate and principled objections to Democrats’ proposed election-security bills. For example, McConnell noted that the New York Times editorial board this weekend wrote that he “has long opposed federal involvement in election management” and as far back as 2002, “repeatedly spoke out against a one-size-fits-all approach in favor of leaving election matters up to the states.” One of the Democrats’ proposals would have federally mandated the use of paper ballots as well as voting machines that do not directly connect to the Internet, and included funding for the federal Election Assistance Commission.” Apparently, promoting states’ rights now makes one a Russian asset. If you’re not trying to grab power on the federal level, you will be shamed by the media. Touché. Leadership Shakeup at Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee amidst Reports Not “Diverse” Enough The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has decided to assign a new interim executive director, along with other top staff changes, amidst allegations from the Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Caucus that leadership roles in the organization did not reflect the diversity of the party. From Politico: T”he 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… 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.”… Some employees expressed anger during the meeting that the campaign arm’s executive and deputy directors are not people of color. Others complained that only a small number of people of color are in positions reporting directly to Jaslow, contrary to Bustos’ past promises to increase diversity in the senior DCCC ranks…” There is something deeply unsettling about the entire mess at DCCC. No one should lose his or her job because of the color of his or her skin, and the sheer fact that the Democrats believe this to be a worthy justification for demoting an individual puts the hypocrisy of the Democrats on full display. Reducing individuals to their immutable characteristics is an ugly and immoral exercise, but the Democrats have embraced identity politics to such an extent that they have forced themselves to engage in such reductionism. What I’m Reading Today Here’s What Amy Wax Really Said about Immigration (The Federalist) What Manual Labor Taught Me (National Review) Condemning the Racist and Anti-Semitic Views of the Reverend Al Sharpton (The Federalist) The Dark Power of Fraternities (The Atlantic) How Mueller’s Lawyers Spun the OLC Guidance on Indicting a Sitting President (National Review) Beauty Recommendations of the Week: Highlighted Hair Edition For those of you with blonde highlights, you are probably aware of the struggle between highlighting treatments. Color looks dull. Color looks faded. Color turns a weird brassy orange. I recommend these products. Though some are on the pricier side, they will help to keep your hair looking bright between highlighting sessions, and you don’t need to use these products more than once per week (if that). 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| Crunch time has arrived for the 2020 Democratic presidential field as the second series of debates kicks off tonight in Detroit and candidates look to give their bids a shot in the arm as they push to qualify for the September debates. While he won’t partake in tonight’s affairs, the attention is squarely on former Vice President Joe Biden as he looks to rebound from a shaky performance just over a month ago in Miami and reestablish himself as the unquestioned front-runner for the Democratic nod to take on Trump next year. While Biden has made a point to fully embrace the work undertaken by the Obama administration, that philosophy is showing some cracks ahead of the debate as he is expected to take shots on a number of fronts stemming from actions while he served as former President Obama’s top deputy. Among them are the administration’s record of deportations and treatment of immigrants at the border and his full embrace of the Affordable Care Act as some of his rivals embrace a version of “Medicare for All.” As Jonathan Easley and Amie Parnes write, Biden has wrapped himself in the 44th president, from using the same campaign songs to his telling of folksy stories on the campaign trail about their enduring friendship. When Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) questioned the former vice president’s record on race and criminal justice, the former vice president shot back that the nation’s first black president would not have tapped him as vice president if there were questions lingering on those issues. However, Biden has seemingly adopted a go-it-alone game plan. He said last week during a fundraiser that he won’t use Obama as a “crutch” in his campaign and that his bid is not a “continuation” of the Obama-Biden administration because there are “new problems” on the scene that did not exist at that time. He is making it a point to look to the future as he endures criticisms that he is a candidate of the past and a bygone era. As Biden readies for his turn on stage on Wednesday night, he is buoyed by multiple polls that continue to show him in the lead. According to a new Quinnipiac University poll, Biden leads nationally by 19 points, taking 34 percent support. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who will find herself taking center stage tonight, sits second with 15 percent (The Hill). While much of the attention is on this round of debates, some campaigns are looking ahead to September with the goal of reaching the increased threshold for inclusion at the next debate in Houston. Having already met the polling prerequisites, Booker announced Monday that his team reached the 130,000 donors needed to put him on the stage. Andrew Yang also announced that he qualified after earning 2 percent in the Quinnipiac poll. He had already met the donor requirements, making him and Booker the seventh and eighth candidates to qualify (CNN). Heading into this evening, 2020 campaigns released a number of policy proposals on all kinds of topics. Warren stayed true to her claim that she has “a plan for that” Monday, announcing her plan to rewrite how trade deals are negotiated (CNBC). Looking for a boost, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced his plan to strengthen rural communities, including an expansion of broadband access (The Hill). As for Harris, she released her own “Medicare for All” plan, drawing attacks from Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) (The Hill). Along with Warren, those taking part tonight are Sanders, South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Hickenlooper, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), former Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.), Marianne Williamson and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who will be making his inaugural debate appearance. The debates are scheduled for 8 p.m. CNN will host this go-around, with Jake Tapper, Dana Bash and Don Lemon serving as moderators. Politico: Warren and Bernie’s awkward truce faces its biggest test yet. The New York Times: Why Joe Biden’s age worries some Democratic allies and voters. George F. Will: Some questions for the Democratic candidates. NBC News: What 2020 Democrats learned from their first debate and how some are sharpening their attacks for the second. McClatchy: CNN’s Jeff Zucker once feted Kamala Harris. Will that help or hurt in 2020? The New York Times: Ahead of debates, Pennsylvania Democrats lean more pragmatic than progressive. |
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| LEADING THE DAY |
| CONGRESS: With the president’s selection of Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to replace Dan Coats as director of national intelligence, attention now turns to the Senate, where there are questions over a relatively unknown lawmaker. When asked about Ratcliffe’s expected nomination on Monday, many Senate Republicans chose to say little. “I don’t know him. I haven’t looked at his background,” said Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah). “I’ll be looking forward to doing a review of his qualifications and experience, but not having known him before now, I really can’t comment on his nomination.” “I don’t know John. I’ve met him a couple of times, seen him on TV,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), adding that he still has to examine his background. One senator who spoke highly of Ratcliffe is Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who noted that he has gotten to know the Texas congressman on a personal level, though he doesn’t know a ton about his record either. “Everywhere he’s ever been he’s done a good job and is a smart guy, professional,” Rubio said when one reporter inquired if Ratcliffe was too partisan for the job. “I don’t know how my colleagues feel, obviously. We’ll have some work to do,” he added. As The New York Times notes, Trump and Senate Republicans have little margin for error if Ratcliffe is nominated. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is unlikely to support any nominee for the post, meaning they can lose only two GOP votes if Democrats oppose him unanimously. As for Democrats, they didn’t waste any time. Speaking on the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) labeled Ratcliffe a “partisan shill,” adding that it would be a “grave mistake for the Senate to elevate this partisan warrior” to serve as director. As Morgan Chalfant and Olivia Beavers write, Ratcliffe grew from being an unknown back-bencher to a prominent House Republican over the course of two years, in large part because of his staunch defense of the president during the GOP-led investigation into FBI and Justice Department decision-making during the 2016 election, headlined by his questioning of former special counsel Robert Mueller last week. The Associated Press: Doubts emerge about Trump pick for U.S. intelligence chief. ABC News: Trump’s pick for intelligence director misrepresented role in anti-terror case. |
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© Getty Images > DCCC chaos: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) was beset by turmoil Monday after a series of internal meetings led to the exodus of six senior staffers amid complaints from House Democrats about the lack of staff diversity and DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos’s (D-Ill.) inability to keep promises to various factions of the House Democratic Caucus. After a series of stories, Politico reported late Monday that after Allison Jaslow resigned as executive director, five additional senior staffers followed suit after a lengthy meeting at party headquarters. Bustos attended the session after flying back to Washington. The episode underscores the level of discontent with Bustos throughout the House Democratic ranks. According to one House Democrat, Bustos made promises to lawmakers of all stripes in her bid to take over the reigns from Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a main reason for the fallout she and the committee are experiencing only seven months after she took over as chair. “It’s the Monday Night Massacre at DCCC,” one lawmaker said. “Cheri campaigned as all things to all people, Telling blue dogs one thing, telling progressives another. So inevitably once in office she would disappoint them.” Among some, the committee’s day of meetings was a source of mockery, especially after a largely drama-free cycle under Luján, the No. 4 House Democrat, who ultimately landed the plane last cycle en route to taking back the House. More than anything, Democrats believe the party’s campaign apparatus needs an infusion of know-how at the highest levels. As one external source put it: “They need some adults in there.” The committee released a statement late Monday announcing that Jacqueline Newman would take over as executive director on an interim basis and that the committee’s executive council will conduct a search for a new permanent executive director. According to one senior aide, Bustos has empowered the senior staffers on the council “to offer recommendations,” adding that she “followed their recommendations in this restructure” (The Hill). > Saudi Arabia: The Senate failed on Monday to override vetoes by the president that would have blocked his arms deal with Saudi Arabia, dealing another setback to lawmakers trying to target Riyadh. Senators voted 45-40, 45-39 and 46-41 on the override attempts, falling well short of the two-thirds majority needed to nix Trump’s veto, marking the third, fourth and fifth time Congress has tried (and failed) to override a Trump veto this year. The arms deal, which Trump announced publicly in June, is estimated to be worth more than $8 billion. Trump used an “emergency” provision in the Arms Export Control Act to bypass the 30-day congressional notification requirement to make the deal (The Hill). The Hill: Sen. Patty Murray’s (D-Wash.) move raises impeachment pressure on Schumer. Politico: Judge seeks compromise in fight over Trump’s state tax returns. |
| IN FOCUS/SHARP TAKES |
| WHITE HOUSE: Trump extended a weekend of Twitter bashing aimed at Baltimore and a powerful African American committee chairman, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), by lashing out at the Rev. Al Sharpton on Monday, accusing him of hating “Whites & Cops” and of being a “con man.” Sharpton fired back from Baltimore hours after Trump’s tweet, saying the president has a “particular venom for blacks and people of color” (The Hill). The Hill: Trump says he’ll meet with “inner-city pastors” amid the racial controversies he stirred. The Hill: House Freedom Caucus leader Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) insists neither Trump nor colleague Cummings is a racist. Niall Stanage: With Trump constantly dialing up the rhetoric on race, just how inflammatory could the atmosphere become, and how dangerous is it for the nation? The Atlantic: What Elijah Cummings once told Trump in private. The Associated Press: After Trump’s attacks against Cummings, the president asked advisers on Monday how the tweets played on television. The Associated Press: Suburban female voters recoil as Trump dives into racial politics. The president’s critics continued this week to point to his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a Baltimore rental property owner with a less-than-sterling reputation (“The Beleaguered Tenants of ‘Kushnerville,’” ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, May 2017). > Clemency: Trump on Monday commuted the prison sentence of Ronen Nahmani, a non violent, first-time offender, citing “extenuating circumstances” involving his family. He was convicted in 2015 and sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring to distribute a synthetic drug known as spice. Trump, who commuted the sentence of another inmate and pardoned five others on Monday, cited Nahmani’s bipartisan advocates in Congress and in the legal community, who recommended his release (The Hill). |
| OPINION |
| Trump’s intelligence shake-up could be his most dangerous move yet, by David Ignatius, foreign affairs columnist, The Washington Post. https://wapo.st/2YeLSdi Climate policy is expensive, but so is climate change, by Shahir Masri, opinion contributor, The Hill. https://bit.ly/2Ysn4tt |
| WHERE AND WHEN |
| Hill.TV’s “Rising” at 9 a.m. ET features Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson; Briahna Gray, national press secretary for the Sanders presidential campaign; Emma Vigeland, correspondent with “The Young Turks,” who previews the Detroit debates this week; New Hampshire political reporter Paul Steinhauser, who expands on his recent Concord Monitor interview with Warren; and Elizabeth Spiers, founder of The Insurrection, who has written about House Democrats and impeachment deliberations. 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 10 a.m. The Senate Armed Services Committee holds a 10 a.m. hearing on the nomination of U.S. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten to be vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hyten has been accused of sexual assault by Army Col. Kathryn Spletstoser (The Hill). …The Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee meets at 10 a.m. for a hearing about “Regulatory Frameworks for Digital Currencies and Blockchain.” …The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hears testimony at 10 a.m. from Mark Morgan, the acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, about “Unprecedented Migration at the U.S. Southern Border: What Is Required to Improve Conditions?” The president will speak this morning in Jamestown, Va., to mark the 400th anniversary of the first representative legislative assembly. Trump will sign legislation titled the “Let Everyone Get Involved in Opportunities for National Service (LEGION) Act” at 4 p.m. Vice President Pence heads to Lancaster, Ohio, to deliver remarks this morning at Magna Seating, a mobility technology company that supplies the automotive industry and expects to create 300 jobs. Pence returns to Washington today. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, along with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, is in Shanghai through Wednesday for trade negotiations with Vice Premier Liu He of China. The president and his top advisers have tempered public expectations about the outcome (CNBC). The Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting, which will wrap up on Wednesday afternoon with a policy statement and press conference with Chairman Jerome Powell. Many on Wall Street anticipate the central bank could vote to cut the federal funds rate by a quarter-point (CNBC). And while we’re at it, read this smart New York Times article: “A recession is coming (eventually). Here’s where you’ll see it first.” Economic indicator: The Bureau of Economic Analysis at 8:30 a.m. releases a report on U.S. personal income and outlays in June. |
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| ➔ Medicaid politics: Advocates for the expansion of Medicaid to provide health coverage to more low-income recipients are taking their arguments straight to the voters, a strategy that achieved some success last year in several Republican-led states. Campaigns in Oklahoma, Florida, Missouri and South Dakota are in the early stages of securing spots on ballots next year (The Hill). ➔ Moscow: Alexei Navalny, 43, a Russian opposition leader and critic of President Vladimir Putin who is serving a 30-day sentence in jail for organizing an unsanctioned protest, was returned to his cell from a hospital on Monday after developing symptoms his physician said could be reactions to a chemical agent and his lawyer said could be poison. Tensions continue to run high in Russia; on Saturday, baton-wielding police confronted protesters in what some described as the largest unsanctioned protest in the country in a decade (The Associated Press). ➔ Cyber security: Capital One announced on Monday that a hacker gained access to 100 million credit card applications, and investigators said thousands of Social Security and bank account numbers were taken. The FBI made one arrest (The Washington Post). …Meanwhile, Tom Bossert, Trump’s former National Security Council homeland security specialist who departed when John Bolton arrived, is now in the private sector, trying, he says, to make malicious hackers feel some pain (WIRED). “If we don’t change the equation to something that actually stops and prevents and imposes costs on the adversary, we’re not going to get in front of the problem,” Bossert said. ➔ Bush 43: PBS’s “American Experience” documentary series will look at the “evolution” of former President George W. Bush’s character and how it shaped his time in office during a two-part program titled “W,” to air next spring (The Associated Press). “When history marches on, there will be a little more objective look about the totality of this administration,” Bush told an interviewer in 2008, his final year in office. “Dealing with liberating 25 million in Afghanistan is part of what I hope people think of when they look at my presidency. Being the first president to propose a two-state solution on Israel and Palestine. …And I’m happy with Iraq. The right—the decision to [re]move Saddam Hussein was right, and this democracy is now taking root. And I’m confident that if America does not become isolationist and allow the terrorists to take back over, Iraq will succeed.” |
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| And finally … The next time astronauts break space-travel barriers, it may be for a manned mission to Mars. The round-trip journey is expected to take up to three years, and astronauts may have to grow some of their own food, making the question of nutrition a challenge. Eyeing a goal of food gardening, NASA plans to grow chiles in space. (For fans of the movie “The Martian,” chiles may be the botanical alternative to cinematic potatoes) (The New York Times). |
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Good morning, Here is all the news conservatives need to know to start their day. At 4pm ET, you can catch me on radio to bring you up to speed on developments throughout the day. You can listen live here. The GOP Shouldn’t Make 2020 About President Trump, But About His and Their Agenda This piece should be required reading for the GOP headed into 2020. While I can quibble with some parts, it provides a nice start for two considerations confronting the GOP, i.e. (1) how do they go on offensive instead of just being a referendum on the President and (2) how do they start charting a […] The post The GOP Shouldn’t Make 2020 About President Trump, But About His and Their Agenda appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Bette Midler is Angry with Black People (Who Think for Themselves) It wasn’t that long ago that Donald Trump was tweeting about how former star Bette Midler was a “washed-up psycho.” I commented at the time that such public drivel was unbecoming of the high office of President of the United States. I wish someone could have gotten word to Bette that her efforts to prove […] The post Bette Midler is Angry with Black People (Who Think for Themselves) appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » The Art of the (Merch) Deal The Trump campaign has made merchandise clever – and fun – again. The post The Art of the (Merch) Deal appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Here’s something the Trump administration is doing to ensure no replica of the 2008 financial crisis This month, the US economy marked an impressive milestone: It has now grown for 121 consecutive months, making the period since the Great Recession the longest economic expansion in American history. But will it last? The sad reality is, between tariffs and trade wars, the sugar-high effect of tax reform wearing off and the rule […] The post Here’s something the Trump administration is doing to ensure no replica of the 2008 financial crisis appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Nomination Of Ratcliffe For DNI Is Already In Trouble Democrats are openly skeptical and Republicans are not leaping to Ratcliffe’s defense. The post Nomination Of Ratcliffe For DNI Is Already In Trouble appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » A Big Announcement Vice President Mike Pence will join me on stage at The Resurgent Gathering in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference is August 1-3, 2019. You can get a ticket here. Breakfast and lunch are included on both the 2nd and 3rd. Vice President Pence and I will have a conversation on stage about the Trump Administration’s policies […] The post A Big Announcement appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Bernie Sanders 2015: Baltimore Looks Like Third World Country The post Bernie Sanders 2015: Baltimore Looks Like Third World Country appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Will the Media Take Any Responsibility For The Violence Reporters Encourage? There’s Floyd Lee Corkins who tried to shoot up the Family Research Center after media outlets portrayed the Christian organization as anti-gay, using the Southern Poverty Law Center. There’s James Hodgkinson who tried to assassinate members of congress after the media amplified Democrat attacks against Republicans over healthcare, etc. Now with the media going for […] The post Will the Media Take Any Responsibility For The Violence Reporters Encourage? appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Trump Called New Hampshire a “Drug Infested Den” and No One Called It Racist Some of the most absurd commentary about President Trump’s tweet on Baltimore is that he called the city “infested” and that is racist code. Seriously, one TV personality said the President would never call a white area of the country “infested.” Actually, President Trump called New Hampshire a “drug infested den”. No one screamed that […] The post Trump Called New Hampshire a “Drug Infested Den” and No One Called It Racist appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Recent Items: The President Is Right About Baltimore Remember, you can listen to the Erick Erickson Show anytime and anywhere via WSB Radio, iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. As always, you can find pretty much anything and everything I’m writing about throughout the day via The Resurgent. Thanks for reading and tuning in. Erick Erickson THE RESURGENT Facebook Twitter Instagram Copyright © 2019 The Resurgent Media Group, LLC, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences |
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POLITICO Playbook: The first Mueller TV ad
By JAKE SHERMAN and ANNA PALMER
07/30/2019 06:16 AM EDT
DRIVING THE DAY
PLAYBOOK SCOOP … ROBERT MUELLER was panned last week for being short in his testimony before Congress, giving little ammo to Democrats who wanted to capitalize politically from his appearance.
… BUT DEMOCRATIC AD-MAKER MARK PUTNAM has cut the first paid ad from the hearings, funded by TOM STEYER’S Need to Impeach, a spot that’s going to grab many eyeballs in the coming days. The group is spending in the mid-six figures to air the ad on CNN and MSNBC before and after the second presidential debate (which airs tonight and Wednesday night on CNN live from Detroit). Needless to say, this is prime time for millions of politically active TV viewers.
THE AD IS 30 SECONDS LONG. It starts out with a frame of the committee room and “WHAT MUELLER SAID” across the screen. “Did you actually totally exonerate the president?” House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) asks Mueller. “No,” Mueller says. Did the president’s written answers show that he was not always being truthful, Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) asks. “Generally,” Mueller replies. You believe you could charge the president with obstruction after he leaves office? “Yes,” Mueller says.
IT CLOSES WITH House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) asking if President DONALD TRUMP accepted Russian interference and then lied to cover it up. The answer to that: yes, and generally yes.
WATCH THE AD, because it will be very much talked about in the next few days: 32-second clip
BREAKING OVERNIGHT … HEATHER CAYGLE, JAKE SHERMAN and LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ: “DCCC faces mass staff upheaval after uproar over diversity”: “The top echelon of staffers at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee left their jobs Monday, a shakeup following a pair of POLITICO stories detailing deep unease with the party’s campaign apparatus over a lack of diversity.
“On Monday morning, Allison Jaslow, DCCC executive director and a close ally of Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) — chair of the committee — resigned during a tense meeting at the party’s Capitol Hill headquarters. And in the next 10 hours, much of the senior staff was out: Jared Smith, the communications director and another Bustos ally; Melissa Miller, a top DCCC communications aide; Molly Ritner, political director; Nick Pancrazio, deputy executive director; and Van Ornelas, the DCCC’s director of diversity. …
“A staff turnover of this magnitude seven months into the Democrats’ majority is jarring, and will present Bustos with a set of new challenges. She will be forced to rebuild the committee’s top leadership from scratch in the middle of a presidential campaign that has much of the party’s best talent tied up.” POLITICO
AT 10:57 MONDAY NIGHT, 40 minutes after the POLITICO story detailing the staff exodus dropped, BUSTOS sent a letter to her Democratic colleagues with this mini mea culpa: “I am extraordinarily proud of our team at the DCCC, and I am proud to Chair this Committee in the same way I have raised my own family: owning my mistakes, and learning from them, at the same time I celebrate what we have accomplished.
“The past few days have been sobering, but they have also been framed by the kind of conversations that we avoid to our own detriment. Today, I recognize that, at times, I have fallen short in leading these talented individuals, but I’ve never been more committed to expanding and protecting this majority, while creating a workplace that we can all be proud of. I know we must do better, and I will work tirelessly to ensure that our staff is truly inclusive.” The full letter
ONE OF THE DEPARTURES … @MollyRitner: “After 4+ years and over 2 cycles, I’m sad to say that I won’t be on the DCCC team after today. We had strategic disagreements, but I wish them the best of luck and know that they will hold onto the House that we fought so hard to win in 2018.”
RITNER was responsible for the Midwest region in 2018, where the Dems had nine seat flips. If Ritner is having “strategic disagreements” with the committee, that’s something to worry about.
Good Tuesday morning. DETROIT SPOTTEDS …at the San Morello restaurant at the Shinola Hotel in Detroit: Tammy Hadad and Hilary Rosen, and Gloria Borger separately from that pair … Frank Luntz getting a tour of the hotel. … Two photos of the set, via CNN
ELENA SCHNEIDER: “First debate’s fireworks set stage for Detroit ‘free-for-all’”: “Democratic presidential candidates took one big lesson from their first debates in June: The contenders who shined brightest attacked other candidates onstage. Now, they are all preparing to trade punches ahead of round two in Detroit.
“Across the Democratic presidential field, candidates are reading up on points of contrast with key rivals and preparing attack lines, while some are going a step further and simulating debate-stage cross-talk with staffers, practicing ways to butt into the conversation and create a memorable moment. Campaigns are studying how CNN handled past primary debates, when the hosts teed up opportunities for GOP candidates to criticize each other in 2015.” POLITICO … Quint Forgey on everything you need to know about the No. 2 debate
— NEW POLITICO/MORNING CONSULT POLL: “Interest among Democratic voters in the party’s presidential primary debates remains high ahead of the candidates’ second meeting this week, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.
“Roughly one third of voters who plan to participate in the Democratic primary or caucus in their state, 34 percent, say they are ‘very motivated’ to watch the debates on Tuesday and Wednesday. Another 39 percent indicated they were ‘somewhat motivated’ to watch. Fifteen percent said they were ‘not very motivated’ to watch, and only 8 percent said they weren’t motivated at all.” POLITICO
A message from the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future:
You’re going to hear a lot of health care terms tossed around at tonight’s debate. Whether it’s the public option, Medicare buy-in, or Medicare for All, they all put us on a slippery slope to one-size-fits-all health care. Let’s build on what’s working and fix what’s broken – not start over.
NICE! … C-SPAN’S @SteveScully: “Looking forward to a conversation with POTUS @realDonaldTrump Tuesday @ The White House to air @cspan this week. Stay tuned C-SPAN.org.”
WHILE YOU (READ: WE) WERE SLEEPING, TRUMP continued his attacks on Rep. ELIJAH CUMMNGS (D-Md.): … at 9:34 p.m.: “Elijah Cummings never even went to the Southern Border and then he screams at the very good people who, despite Congresses [sic] failure to fix the Loopholes and Asylum, make it work (crossings are way down and the Wall is being built). Even with zero Dem help, Border getting strong!” …
… at 9:45 p.m.: “Baltimore’s numbers are the worst in the United States on Crime and the Economy. Billions of dollars have been pumped in over the years, but to no avail. The money was stolen or wasted. Ask Elijah Cummings where it went. He should investigate himself with his Oversight Committee!”
LEVEL SETTING, via NYT’s Ana Swanson and Keith Bradsher: “Trade talks between the United States and China resumed on Monday with prospects dimming for a transformative deal, as both sides appeared more focused on preventing tensions from escalating before the 2020 presidential election than on making concessions. …
“Negotiators from both countries are continuing to press for an agreement, but months of meetings have so failed to yield consensus on the most difficult issues and there is little to suggest that a compromise is within reach. Instead, the United States and China appear to be trying to find a path to keep the talks moving forward and to avoid a breakdown that could rattle stock markets and hurt President Trump’s chances of re-election.
“Mr. Trump and his advisers are playing down the likelihood of reaching an agreement in the short term, and the president suggested on Friday that China was trying to drag out the negotiations in the hope that someone else might occupy the Oval Office come January 2021.” NYT
ONE OF RATCLIFFE’S BIG HURDLES — “Trump’s spy chief pick an unknown commodity among Senate GOP,” by Martin Matishak and Marianne LeVine: “Senate Republicans loved Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats. They’re not sure about his replacement. President Donald Trump’s pick to be the country’s next spy chief, Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), is largely unknown among the lawmakers who would confirm him, a circumstance that could complicate what appears to be an already narrow path to confirmation.
“Few Republican senators, including some in leadership, on Monday said they had known of Ratcliffe or had ever heard of him before his questioning of former special counsel Robert Mueller last week, where he fiercely defended Trump and downplayed the threat posed by Russia.
“‘I truly have never met him,’ Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and a potential swing vote, said. ‘I don’t know John. I’ve met him a couple times, seen him on TV,’ said Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.).” POLITICO
— WAPO’S GREG MILLER: “Some officials fear Trump will get the intelligence he wants, not the intelligence he needs, from DNI pick”: “President Trump’s plan to nominate a political ally as director of national intelligence was seen by current and former officials as a move to subdue spy agencies that he has long regarded as disloyal, and silence one of the few pockets of occasional dissent in his administration. …
“Now, with the choice of Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.) to serve as the nation’s next spy chief — and Attorney General William P. Barr already entrenched at the Justice Department — Trump is poised to seize greater control over the two pillars of government that he perceives as most hostile to his presidency.” WaPo
— ABC’S ALEXANDER MALLIN, JAMES GORDON MEEK and MIKE LEVINE: “Trump’s pick for intelligence director misrepresented role in anti-terror case”
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FILL THE SWAMP … “Trump Adviser Said to Have Pursued Saudi Nuclear Deal as He Sought Administration Role,” by NYT’s Sharon LaFraniere
IMPEACHMENT WATCH — “2 top Dem senators give boost to impeachment effort,” by Burgess Everett: “Patty Murray doesn’t typically make waves. But the low-key senator’s endorsement of an impeachment inquiry is doing exactly that in the Senate Democratic Caucus.
“The No. 3 Senate Democrat threw her considerable political weight behind the impeachment question on Sunday afternoon, joining Washington State’s House Democrats in a surprise statement. And the No. 4 Senate Democrat, Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, followed suit on Monday.
“‘The Mueller report is extremely serious. Obstruction of justice is extremely serious. And it’s worthy of an inquiry. Nobody is above the law. The president’s not above the law,’ Stabenow said in an interview.” POLITICO
2020 WATCH …
— “As Trump dives into racial politics, suburban women recoil,” by AP’s Marc Levy and Scott Bauer in Brookfield, Wis.: “Many professional, suburban women — a critical voting bloc in the 2020 election — recoil at the abrasive, divisive rhetoric, exposing the president to a potential wave of opposition in key battlegrounds across the country.
“In more than three dozen interviews by The Associated Press with women in critical suburbs, nearly all expressed dismay — or worse — at Trump’s racially polarizing insults and what was often described as unpresidential treatment of people. Even some who gave Trump credit for the economy or backed his crackdown on immigration acknowledged they were troubled or uncomfortable lining up behind the president.
“The interviews in suburbs outside Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Detroit and Denver are a warning light for the Republican president’s reelection campaign. Trump did not win a majority of female voters in 2016, but he won enough — notably winning white women by a roughly 10 percentage-point margin, according to the American National Election Studies survey — to help him eke out victories across the Rust Belt and take the White House.” AP
— THE BOSTON GLOBE’S JAMES PINDELL: “Where are they? It’s high summer in N.H., but the candidates are elsewhere”: “Historically, the weeks before Labor Day have been among the most interesting in the presidential primaries, as candidates decamp from Washington to Iowa and New Hampshire to campaign. As a result, the race often resets in a fundamental way. …
“But in the 2020 Democratic campaign for president, those kinds of shifts are unlikely to happen next month. Instead of campaigning intensely in the early voting states — shaking hands on Hampton Beach or eating pork on a stick at the Iowa State Fair — most Democrats running for president are much more focused on meeting the Democratic National Committee’s rules for making the cut for the third national televised debate.” Boston Globe
— “Pro-Inslee super PAC to hit rivals on climate during debate,” by Daniel Strauss
A message from the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future:
Every American deserves access to affordable, high-quality health care, but any new government insurance run by Washington politicians would destroy the progress we’ve made and put us on a path to a one-size-fits-all system.
THE JUICE …
— FIRST IN MORNING SCORE — THE CASH DASH — House Majority PAC, the House Democratic leadership-aligned super PAC, announced it raised over $8.1 million in the first six months of 2019. HMP said that this was its strongest off-year fundraising report ever, and that it was double what it raised during the same time period two years ago. It’ll report $7.2 million in cash on hand, five times what it had two years ago. The organization said it received over 86,000 “grassroots” donations.
— USE THE GOOGLE MACHINE! … THE DCCC whacked Sara Hart Weir, a Republican candidate in Kansas, for being a “a big pharma lobbyist.” Of course, many politicians take “big pharma” cash — including the DCCC and its chair, Bustos, who have taken thousands from GlaxoSmithKline, the company Weir lobbied for.
TRUMP’S TUESDAY — The president will leave the White House at 9 a.m. en route to the Jamestown Settlement Museum in Williamsburg, Va. He will deliver a speech at the 400th Anniversary of the first representative legislative assembly at 11:15 a.m. He will leave at 12:15 p.m. to return to Washington. Trump will sign the “Let Everyone Get Involved in Opportunities for National Service (LEGION) Act” at 4 p.m. in the Oval Office.
PLAYBOOK READS
THE COST OF SANCTIONS — “Iranians say U.S. sanctions blocking access to needed medicine,” by AP’s Mohammad Nasiri in Tehran, Iran: “With Iran’s economy in free fall after the U.S. pullout from the nuclear deal and escalated sanctions on Tehran, prices of imported medicines have soared as the national currency tumbled about 70% against the dollar. Even medicines manufactured in Iran are tougher to come by for ordinary Iranians, their cost out of reach for many in a country where the average monthly salary is equivalent to about $450.
“Iran’s health system can’t keep up and many are blaming President Donald Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign for the staggering prices and shortages. The sanctions have hurt ordinary Iranians, sending prices for everything from staples and consumer goods to housing skyward, while raising the specter of war with the U.S.” AP
ANOTHER DATA BREACH — “Capital One Reports Data Breach Affecting 100 Million Customers, Applicants,” by WSJ’s Nicole Hong, Liz Hoffman and AnnaMaria Andriotis: “Capital One Financial Corp., the fifth-largest U.S. credit-card issuer, said Monday that a hacker accessed the personal information of approximately 106 million card customers and applicants, one of the largest-ever data breaches of a large bank.” WSJ
THE LATEST #METOO — “Confirming Hyten will send ‘very dangerous message’ to assault victims, accuser warned lawmakers,” by Wesley Morgan: “The Army colonel who has accused Air Force Gen. John Hyten of sexual misconduct delivered a warning to a Senate committee last week — telling the lawmakers that it would send ‘a very dangerous message to sexual assault victims’ to promote him to be the nation’s second-highest ranking military officer.
“On Tuesday, Hyten will testify in front of the same panel of senators as they consider his nomination for vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But Col. Kathryn Spletstoser — who only revealed her identity publicly on Friday — testified to a closed session of the Armed Services Committee last week that elevating Hyten would deter the next victim from coming forward to report being attacked by a high-ranking officer.
“‘Even if the investigators determine that there was no evidence to show that the victim was lying … no one will believe her anyway, so why even bother reporting,’ Spletstoser told the committee, according to a copy of her opening statement obtained by POLITICO.” POLITICO
A message from the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future:
There’s no debate: Americans simply can’t afford one-size-fits-all health care.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE’S LOLLY BOWEAN: “Obama Presidential Center will have ‘adverse effect’ on Jackson Park’s historic design, new report says”: “[W]hile the massive project would alter portions of the property that justified listing it on the National Register of Historic Places, the newly released report is just one step in the federal review process. By posting the comprehensive Assessment of Effects to Historic Properties report, the city is resuming that review process, which had stalled. …
“[T]he size of the new buildings would diminish the ‘intended prominence’ of the Museum of Science and Industry and erase the nostalgic feeling of a specific time period at Jackson Park, the report says.” Tribune
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MEDIAWATCH — “Black journalists push media to cover ‘hyper-racial’ moment in politics,” by Michael Calderone: “The Associated Press earlier this year shifted a national race and ethnicity reporter to its 2020 election team, an acknowledgment that race has become a defining element of President Donald Trump’s campaigns.
“That beat, assigned to reporter Errin Haines Whack, is fairly unusual among major news organizations. And media outlets’ approach to covering race is frustrating some prominent journalists of color at a time when Trump’s language — including calling a civil-rights leader a ‘con man’ and referring to a majority-black district in Baltimore as a ‘disgusting rat and rodent infested mess’ this week — is threatening to define the campaign.
“Some nonwhite journalists are growing increasingly vocal in their push for media outlets to take race head on in political coverage — and they are publicly highlighting the ways they say Trump’s words and the semantic debates over whether to call them ‘racist’ weigh on them personally.” POLITICO
— Jordan Fabian is joining Bloomberg to cover the White House, starting Aug. 12. He was most recently at The Hill. … Melissa Leon will join Fox News next week. She is currently editor-in-chief of American Military News.
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TRANSITIONS — Noah Weinrich is now press secretary at Heritage Action for America. He previously was a staff writer at the PR firm Pinkston. … Rachel Walker is now comms director for Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas). She previously was communications coordinator for ICE.
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Shane Harris, WaPo intelligence and national security reporter. How he got his start in journalism: “Good timing. I applied for a magazine research job in the classified ads, which was where people used to announce help wanted. It was 1999, and the editor said she wanted to hire a recent college graduate like me because ‘you know how to use the internet, and we think it has a lot of potential as a research tool.’ Whatever it takes.” Playbook Plus Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: Michael Glassner … Jim Rutenberg, NYT media columnist and NYT Magazine contributor … Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) is 53 … Dave Kochel … Carl Lavin … Medicare is 54 … Arnold Schwarzenegger is 72 … Anita Hill is 63 … CFTC’s Michael Short … Eleanor Smeal is 8-0 … Michelle Bernard … Mario H. Lopez, president of the Hispanic Leadership Fund … Rebecca Kutler, VP at CNN … former CFTC Chairman Tim Massad is 63 … Chelsie Gosk of Airbnb … Freeman Klopott … Meredith Simpson … POLITICO’s Alexa Velickovich, Lauraine Genota and Tyler Weyant … Francesca Pigna … Tony Maciulis … Mark Beatty, head of industry for elections at Google … Brad Jenkins … Bill O’Leary, a partner at Heidrick & Struggles (h/t Ben Chang) … Heidi Crebo-Rediker … Micah Johnson … Bud Selig is 85 … Marty Peretz is 8-0 …
… Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America … Alex Parker, senior tax correspondent at Law360, is 38 … Jonathan Spalter … Asher Grady (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) … Ben Marter, director of comms at API … Candace Randle Person … Robert Gottheim … Courtney Asbill … former Rep. Quico Canseco (R-Texas) is 7-0 … former Rep. Wendell Bailey (R-Mo.) is 79 … former Rep. Pat Schroeder (D-Colo.) is 79 … Lev Leviev is 63 … Rich Cohen … Furhawn Shah … Kana Smith … Ines de La Cuetara … Benjamin de Rothschild is 56 … MSNBC’s Isaac-Davy Aronson … Garry Malphrus … Netflix’s Ashley Alman … Maggie Easterlin Cutrell … Kate Harris … Lindsay Butcher … Wesley Boatwright … Colleen Murray … Glen Chambers … Salesforce’s Jim Green … Nora Langan … Nate Beeler … Emily Sanders Elam … Dave Koenig is 6-0 … Robert Basmadjian … Stephen Gallo … Paul Dickson
A message from the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future:
No matter what it’s called, any one-size-fits-all government insurance system would threaten Americans’ health care. Medicare for All would destroy our current system overnight, while similar proposals like the public option and Medicare buy-in would destroy it over time. These proposals would ultimately mean higher taxes on Americans, longer wait times for patients, and lower quality of care. Americans can’t afford one-size-fits-all health care. Learn more:
- Anna Palmer @apalmerdc
- Jake Sherman @JakeSherman
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Tuesday, July 30, 2019 Debate Preview On the eve of the second Democratic primary debate, according to a new Quinnipiac poll “Former Vice President Joseph Biden reverses his slump following the first Democratic presidential debate and now leads the pack with 34 percent of Democrats and independent voters who lean Democratic… Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has 15 percent, with 12 percent for California Sen. Kamala Harris and 11 percent for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.” Quinnipiac On Monday, Kamala Harris released a healthcare plan. Her plan would set up an expanded Medicare system over ten years; private insurers would still be allowed, but would have to offer plans “that adhere to strict Medicare requirements on costs and benefits.” KamalaHarris.org Editor’s note: Whereas the right focused mainly on Biden and Harris, there were articles on the left about many of the Democratic candidates. Our choices were based less on the candidate(s) being discussed, and more on the viewpoints we think you might not yet have come across. For example, we don’t think ‘Is Joe Biden too old to be president’ is a particularly interesting question. Neither is ‘Can Gillibrand / Beto / Booker make a swing for it.’ ‾\_(ツ)_/‾ From the Left The left is urging Democratic candidates not to alienate moderates in swing states by adopting far-left policies. “Progressives are promoting policies on health care (end private insurance and cover undocumented residents), immigration (abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcementand decriminalize illegal entry), education (pay off student loans and make public college tuition-free), race relations (study reparations for slavery and relitigate court-ordered busing) and the environment (remake the whole economy) that appear tailored to repel moderates and anti-Trump conservatives… Just because Trump is catering to his base doesn’t mean that Democrats should follow suit.” Bill Sternberg, USA Today “There’s no reason practically to insist on weighing down the ticket with ideas (‘free health care for illegal immigrants’) that won’t pass anyway, [when] Democrats could focus on a narrower list of progressive ideas that are popular (a path to citizenship for the undocumented would, among other things, help them get health care) win the election, and then implement those ideas.” Matthew Yglesias, Vox “[One] big issue among likely [Iowa] caucus-goers is climate change. Nearly all the Democrats have put up plans that would pay farmers to capture carbon in the soil by converting corn acres to conservation acres. Even the Farm Bureau likes the idea. The candidates are changing the conversation rapidly around agriculture and extreme weather, as the corn got planted six weeks late this year amid epic flooding. Trade wars that pummeled commodity markets have Iowans rethinking their commitment to export markets, and that perhaps we are growing too much corn, and that we can’t sustain this petrochemical model for much longer. It’s a remarkable thing to hear.” Art Cullen, The Guardian Some also note that “a rising China presents the stiffest challenge to American global supremacy since the fall of the Soviet Union. The unraveling U.S.-China relationship could touch nearly every aspect of American life, from the future of U.S. industry and the global influence of Silicon Valley to our military priorities and diplomatic alliances… The 2020 campaign offers a chance to forge a consensus on how Washington can contend with Chinese power.” MiIchael Schuman, The Atlantic Regarding Harris’s plan, “Harris has clarified her stance on health care. But you have to wonder how committed she really is to it… It’s kind of refreshing to see a presidential campaign implicitly admit that it’s just playing with numbers that only a few budget nerds will care about. And there’s obviously some lol-nothing-matters political logic to it; the chances of Congress ever passing something as ambitious as full-on ‘Medicare for All,’ or even a modified version like what Harris is pitching, are slim. So what’s the point of committing yourself to the unpopular tax hikes that are probably necessary to make such a bill a reality? Impressing policy reporters doesn’t get you that far in the Iowa caucuses, after all.” Jordan Weissmann, Slate Meanwhile, there’s a “2020 Dem who may actually know how to fix health care… [Jay Inslee] created both the nation’s first public option and universal long-term care benefit — albeit a limited one — has run a successful Obamacare market, and expanded reproductive rights. His administration has also pushed forward a new plan for controlling drug costs, expanded Medicaid coverage to transgender patients and added programs for school children aimed at preventing chronic diseases later in life… While the debate for now is about what could be done, Inslee can boast he actually got something done.” Dan Goldberg, Politico Finally, many are optimistic about Elizabeth Warren. “Successful candidates have a clear, consistent, and compelling point of view, delivered over and over again regardless of the audience, that allows them to build a coalition of voters, raise money, stay on the offense, and avoid the hourly traps presented to them by the media and online outrage merchants… Warren is the only serious Democrat running for president who has steadily grown her support over the duration of the campaign, a better indicator of success than any sugar-high bump in the polls.” Peter Hamby, Vanity Fair From the Right The right is generally positive about Biden’s prospects and critical of Harris’s healthcare plan. “All eyes will be on Biden – to determine whether he can address doubts that arose after his lackluster performance in the first debate, as well as the challenge to his support among African Americans. One reason to bet on Biden: He’s historically done better when he’s fighting uphill – and he has two opponents that have been directly attacking him (Harris and Booker), potentially giving him a chance to attack back in a way that he’s done well – see the 2012 vice presidential debate against GOP Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan.” Arnon Mishkin, Fox News “If I had to float a theory for why [voters are] reverting to Biden it’d be pure, clean, simple electability: Uncle Joe blows the field away when Dems are asked who stands the best chance of beating Trump, taking 51 percent of the vote when no one else does better than 10. Every day that Democratic voters are focused on the latest Trump outburst instead of the daily squabbling among Dem candidates is probably a good day for Biden inasmuch as Trump’s antics remind liberals that winning next fall is all that matters, which naturally leads them back to the safest, supposedly most electable choice.” Allahpundit, Hot Air During the debate, “Biden doesn’t have to go low, but he does have to treat Harris like the disingenuous, bad-faith political actor she is. If Harris tries to ding him on gender, he just has to point out that while she was locking up sex workers and endangering them, he was spearheading the Violence Against Women Act. If Harris tries to attack him on race, he just has to point out that his career began as a public defender and ended as the sidekick to the nation’s first black president… Biden can fight Warren, Sanders, or whoever comes to dominate the left lane of the primary. That will be a noble battle, and one that the Democratic electorate clearly wants to wage. But the cheap character attacks from Harris degrade the primary and the party, and it’s up to Biden to put an end to it.” Tiana Lowe, Washington Examiner Many argue that “Harris’ [healthcare] plan is just as revolutionary as Sens. Bernie Sanders’ or Elizabeth Warren’s. It would sweep away our healthcare system — confusing, disorganized, and messy as it may be — and replace it with a government-run program. Harris might think she’s being politically savvy, appeasing her voter base while appealing to moderates skeptical of socialized healthcare, but she’s not fooling anyone. Private insurers would be pushed out and removed entirely from Harris’ system. It might just take a little bit longer.” Kaylee McGhee, Washington Examiner The “question for individuals is not whether, a decade from now, they may be able to purchase a plan that is issued by a private company. The more relevant question is whether they will be able to keep the insurance that they’ve purchased either individually or through their employers, and under the revised Harris plan, the answer is no… just like Obamacare led to the cancellation of private plans that did not meet the requirements dictated by Washington, Harris’ plan would lead to the cancellation of Obamacare plans as well as employer insurance.” Philip Klein, Washington Examiner Finally, some note that “Warren, Sanders and Harris all back decriminalization of illegal immigration in some form. Among the top candidates, only former vice president Joe Biden seems to have reservations about the idea—and those reservations seem weak… “Presumably, the point of holding Democratic debates is to publicize the candidates’ positions to the widest possible audience. 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How Elizabeth Warren learned to be a candidate
It’s easy to see Elizabeth Warren’s 2012 victory for Senate as the good fortune of a Democrat running in a Democratic state in a presidential year. But the race didn’t always look that way. Read More…
Bipartisan bills push carbon tax, as GOP pollster offers Democrats help on climate
Climate change policy may be in for a softer, less polarized atmosphere with Republicans and Democrats teaming up on a flotilla of legislation to tax carbon emissions and decarbonize American industries, and a longtime Republican spin guru pledging to help Democrats with their climate messaging. Read More…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did something Monday he rarely does — he got riled up and responded directly to criticism as he defended his decision to block election security bills last week that Democrats attempted to bring to the floor by unanimous consent. Read More…
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“The only way any of them will even find West Baltimore is if, I don’t know, Air Force One crash-lands into Monroe Street on its way back to Andrews. It just never connects.” So says fictional homicide detective Jimmy McNulty to a Democratic campaign strategist in the HBO series “The Wire.” Read More…
Airwaves reserved for educational purposes may go to 5G
In rural and impoverished communities around the country, students use the EBS spectrum for Wi-Fi access during long school bus rides and to hear lectures from far-flung metropolitan campuses. But recently, the FCC approved a plan to scrap the band’s educational requirement and auction its unlicensed parts to the highest bidder. Read More…
Facebook’s currency plan makes fintech a tough sell in Congress
Members of Congress who support the development of new financial technologies say their job might have gotten tougher after Facebook announced its plan to issue a cryptocurrency. Read More…
Clean up Congress? Maybe not. But they’re still breaking out the soap
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What the two-year budget deal means for federal spending
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Today’s Top News
July, 30 2019
The Seven
Dumbest Things Democrats Demand You Believe
We just concluded one of the strangest, and most illuminating, weeks in
the history of American politics — a week in which the Democrat Party,
through its majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives,
exposed itself as not just driven by out-of-the-mainstream
anti-American and anti-civilization ideologues but by radicals lacking
the political skill to carry a message even with the aid of a slavish
mainstream media.
By: Scott McKay ______________________ Democrats Flock to Defend Racist, Anti-Semitic Sharpton Ot’s hard to imagine candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination can sink lower than they already have. But they have. In the wake of President Trump going after the mess in rat- and crime-infested Baltimore — saying exactly the kind of things said by Democrats ranging from Senator Bernie Sanders to Baltimore’s own former Mayor Catherine Pugh. Pugh, also a Democrat (and an African American) toured the very section of Baltimore Trump was discussing and said, among other things, “You can smell the rats.” Now, Sharpton has jumped into the fray. By: Jeffrey Lord ______________________ Always — and Especially Now — the Jews! Aha! A topic — and these don’t come easily these days — with Donald Trump nowhere near the center. Or maybe just the periphery. We’ll see. This one bears talking about, even so. The topic, superficially, is the international campaign to delegitimize Israel: the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, which last week the U.S. House — Nancy Pelosi’s House — slammed and condemned by an overwhelming margin. By: William Murchison ______________________ Hanging Up on Robocalls Last Wednesday, the House voted 429 to 3 to pass the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (H.R. 3375), a bill intended to help the Federal Communications Commission fight the junk calls clogging up millions of Americans’ landlines. Robocalls use auto-dialers to target thousands of people at a time, often with the intent of advertising a product or service or, worse. By: Ali Atia ______________________ Boris and Manchester United It was a stroke of genius for Britain’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, to begin his Brexit roadshow to talk up Britain’s “new golden age” in Manchester. The city’s name serves as a metonym for free market economics: “Manchesterism.” It became so closely identified with laissez-faire that Pius XI referred to it in his 1931 encyclical Quadragesimo Anno. “Manchesterian Liberals,” Pius tut-tutted, hold the inimical view that “whatever was produced, whatever returns accrued, capital claimed for itself, hardly leaving to the worker enough to restore and renew his strength.” By: Stephen MacLean ______________________ Hollywood Versus Heartbeats We hear a lot of talk these days about privilege. Privilege is the idea that some social advantage is available to members of only one group and unavailable to everyone else. Most of the claims about privilege are specious, either imaginary or else unavoidable. But there is one kind of privilege emerging that is both real and unnecessary: moral privilege. By: Clifford Humphrey ______________________ Rucho v. Common Cause: A Mixed Blessing In Rucho v. Common Cause, the Supreme Court held that political gerrymandering claims do not belong in federal court. That’s great, as far as it goes. The lower federal courts had proven increasingly more creative in attempting to banish political gerrymandering from the public arena. So keeping political gerrymandering claims out of the federal courts will keep them from doing their own political mischief. By: Jack Park ______________________ 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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Today’s Top News
July, 30 2019
The Seven
Dumbest Things Democrats Demand You Believe
We just concluded one of the strangest, and most illuminating, weeks in
the history of American politics — a week in which the Democrat Party,
through its majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives,
exposed itself as not just driven by out-of-the-mainstream
anti-American and anti-civilization ideologues but by radicals lacking
the political skill to carry a message even with the aid of a slavish
mainstream media.
By: Scott McKay ______________________ Democrats Flock to Defend Racist, Anti-Semitic Sharpton Ot’s hard to imagine candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination can sink lower than they already have. But they have. In the wake of President Trump going after the mess in rat- and crime-infested Baltimore — saying exactly the kind of things said by Democrats ranging from Senator Bernie Sanders to Baltimore’s own former Mayor Catherine Pugh. Pugh, also a Democrat (and an African American) toured the very section of Baltimore Trump was discussing and said, among other things, “You can smell the rats.” Now, Sharpton has jumped into the fray. By: Jeffrey Lord ______________________ Always — and Especially Now — the Jews! Aha! A topic — and these don’t come easily these days — with Donald Trump nowhere near the center. Or maybe just the periphery. We’ll see. This one bears talking about, even so. The topic, superficially, is the international campaign to delegitimize Israel: the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, which last week the U.S. House — Nancy Pelosi’s House — slammed and condemned by an overwhelming margin. By: William Murchison ______________________ Hanging Up on Robocalls Last Wednesday, the House voted 429 to 3 to pass the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (H.R. 3375), a bill intended to help the Federal Communications Commission fight the junk calls clogging up millions of Americans’ landlines. Robocalls use auto-dialers to target thousands of people at a time, often with the intent of advertising a product or service or, worse. By: Ali Atia ______________________ Boris and Manchester United It was a stroke of genius for Britain’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, to begin his Brexit roadshow to talk up Britain’s “new golden age” in Manchester. The city’s name serves as a metonym for free market economics: “Manchesterism.” It became so closely identified with laissez-faire that Pius XI referred to it in his 1931 encyclical Quadragesimo Anno. “Manchesterian Liberals,” Pius tut-tutted, hold the inimical view that “whatever was produced, whatever returns accrued, capital claimed for itself, hardly leaving to the worker enough to restore and renew his strength.” By: Stephen MacLean ______________________ Hollywood Versus Heartbeats We hear a lot of talk these days about privilege. Privilege is the idea that some social advantage is available to members of only one group and unavailable to everyone else. Most of the claims about privilege are specious, either imaginary or else unavoidable. But there is one kind of privilege emerging that is both real and unnecessary: moral privilege. By: Clifford Humphrey ______________________ Rucho v. Common Cause: A Mixed Blessing In Rucho v. Common Cause, the Supreme Court held that political gerrymandering claims do not belong in federal court. That’s great, as far as it goes. The lower federal courts had proven increasingly more creative in attempting to banish political gerrymandering from the public arena. So keeping political gerrymandering claims out of the federal courts will keep them from doing their own political mischief. By: Jack Park ______________________ 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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From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
FIRST READ: Six storylines to watch for tonight’s Dem debate
Ready for another debate double-header?
Tonight and tomorrow bring us the second round of Democratic presidential debates – this time from Detroit – and here’s tonight’s lineup:
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Beto O’Rourke, Amy Klobuchar, Steve Bullock, Tim Ryan, John Hickenlooper, John Delaney and Marianne Williamson.
AP Photo/Paul Sancya
Given this group, we are watching six storylines.
1. The progressives vs. the pragmatists
It’s Sanders and Warren on the left against those trying to claim the pragmatic center (Klobuchar, Bullock, Ryan, Hickenlooper, Delaney), or those who have staked slightly less liberal positions (Buttigieg, O’Rourke).
2. The electability argument
NBC’s Ali Vitali and Shaquille Brewster report that Sanders and Warren are unlikely to go after one another, but don’t be surprised if “electability” becomes the subtext of how they present their arguments and ideas. Oh, and don’t forget: If Sanders or Warren become president, their party could lose a Senate seat – at least in the short term.
3. The generation gap
While we don’t expect anyone to exclaim “pass the torch,” as recently departed candidate Eric Swalwell did last month, the age differences are striking. You have Sanders (77) and Warren (70), versus O’Rourke (46) and Buttigieg (37).
4. Who will be Sanders’ foil?
Bernie Sanders has been trying to pick fights with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris over health care, but neither opponent is on tonight’s debate stage. And as mentioned above, Sanders is unlikely to go after Warren. So where’s the issue tension – versus O’Rourke on health care (Medicare for All vs. Medicare for America) or Klobuchar (as a proxy for Biden on the public option)?
5. Enter Steve Bullock
We have a new participant in tonight’s debate – Montana Gov. Steve Bullock – and this could be his first and maybe only opportunity to make an impression, given the heightened requirements to make the third round of debates in September.
6. The one-percenters and below
And speaking of those heightened requirements – 130,000 donors, at least 2 percent in four qualifying polls – this debate is make or break for everyone sitting at 1 percent or less in the polls.
Tonight’s debate begins at 8:00 pm ET, and it airs on CNN.
By the way, here’s tomorrow’s debate lineup:
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Julián Castro, Andrew Yang, Bill
de Blasio, Michael Bennet, Tulsi Gabbard, Kirsten Gillibrand and Jay
Inslee.
109 Dems – and counting – support an impeachment inquiry
While we stand by our opinion that Robert Mueller’s congressional testimony didn’t produce a galvanizing moment, the number of Democrats supporting an impeachment inquiry against President Trump has increased to 109, per NBC’s Capitol Hill team.
And 16 have come SINCE the Mueller hearings.
One independent, Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, has called for an impeachment inquiry against the president.
Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call
Shakeup at the DCCC
Amid concerns about the lack of diversity at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, its executive director and five other top staffers announced their resignations and departures on Monday, NBC’s Alex Moe and Rebecca Shabad report.
We can’t remember seeing this kind of shakeup at a congressional campaign arm seven months into a cycle.
Remember, Republicans need to flip fewer than 20 House seats to win back the majority in 2020.
2020 VISION: Four House GOP retirements in a week
While Democrats are experiencing a full-blown staff shakeup at the DCCC, House Republicans saw their fourth retirement in the past week when Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, announced he won’t seek re-election in 2020.
The other three retirements: Reps. Paul Mitchell, R-Mich., Pete Olson, R-Texas, and Martha Roby, R-Ala.
Remember, a party that’s out of power starts seeing retirements like these – because it’s not fun being in the House minority.
On the campaign trail today: Before
tonight’s
debate, John Delaney holds a roundtable with minority entrepreneurs in
Detroit… Jay Inslee (who debates tomorrow) has a roundtable with Islamic
leaders in Detroit… And Tom Steyer campaigns in New Hampshire.
Dispatches from NBC’s embeds: Sen. Elizabeth Warren held a town hall in Toledo, Ohio and NBC’s Benjamin Pu reports that the crowd was excited, large and energized.
“I haven’t seen a crowd react like this to Senator Warren ever. They were incredibly energized,” Pu observed. “The campaign was completely unprepared for the turnout – more than two thirds of the folks had to be in overflow. The crowd constantly shouted affirmations and repeatedly stepped on her applause lines by cheering loudly. A really impressive show of support from Ohioans. I think the strength of her economic populist message really shone through tonight.”
TWEET OF THE DAY: Can we still be friends?
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is… 55 percent.
55 percent.
That’s the share of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents who support building on the existing ACA *rather* than replacing it with a national Medicare-for-All plan, according to a new tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The poll found that 39 percent of Democrats and Dem-leaning independents support the Medicare-for-All replacement. Another 6 percent say they’re not sure.
THE LID: The Big Three in Big 10 Country
Don’t miss the pod from yesterday, when we looked at the importance of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin for 2020.
ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss
Here’s our team’s big look at how the Democratic candidates
are preparing for this round of debates.
NBC’s
Ken Dilanian reports that intelligence officials are warning that
Trump’s pick for the new director of national intelligence could
politicize the job. (And his confirmation could be rocky,
the Washington Post writes.)
In a
new op-ed, Rep. Rashida Tlaib writes “While Trump spews hate, I continue to do my job.” (Meanwhile, Rand Paul
offered to buy Rep. Ilhan Omar a ticket to Somalia so she’ll “appreciate America more.”)
Here’s
the latest with the big shakeup at the DCCC.
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- Qualifications and results take back seat to diversity in DCCC shakeup
- Rachel Maddow said OAN is ‘paid Russian propaganda.’ Now OAN is fighting back.
- All Medicare-for-All plans are awful, but one is worse than the others
| How can 90% of asylum seekers pass first hurdle, but only 10% show up for hearing? Posted: 29 Jul 2019 08:35 PM PDT There’s a mismatch in the numbers when it comes to two key indicators of asylum seekers. Now, White House Senior Adviser Stephen Miller has some changes he’d like made with the initial screening. Currently, around 90% of those seeking asylum pass the first hurdle in their initial interview with asylum officials. This is enough to […] The post How can 90% of asylum seekers pass first hurdle, but only 10% show up for hearing? appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Antifa’s planned El Paso attack is Saul Alinsky on steroids Posted: 29 Jul 2019 05:37 PM PDT When radical progressive Saul Alinsky penned Rules for Radicals, he had a variation of Antifa in mind. They weren’t to be the focus of his ideal leftist community organizing activism, but rather a tool to push the boundaries of civility so the less violent but equally radical “peaceful” counterparts in their movement would appear to be […] The post Antifa’s planned El Paso attack is Saul Alinsky on steroids appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| The reason DCCC chair Cheri Bustos is going through ‘diversity training’ is sad Posted: 29 Jul 2019 03:45 PM PDT Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Cheri Bustos has declared she will be going through diversity and sensitivity training over something she said on a call over the weekend. Did she call someone a derogatory name or use a racial slur? No. Did she use the wrong pronoun for someone experiencing gender dysphoria? No. The reason […] The post The reason DCCC chair Cheri Bustos is going through ‘diversity training’ is sad appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Qualifications and results take back seat to diversity in DCCC shakeup Posted: 29 Jul 2019 03:19 PM PDT Allison Jaslow is an Iraqi war veteran. She has served for many current and former Democrats on Capitol Hill. Her understanding of how to promote the Democratic Party and campaign for individual candidates is unmatched. But she has a problem. She’s Caucasian, and that just won’t stand in the modern day Democratic Party that values […] The post Qualifications and results take back seat to diversity in DCCC shakeup appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Rachel Maddow said OAN is ‘paid Russian propaganda.’ Now OAN is fighting back. Posted: 29 Jul 2019 01:35 PM PDT The life-cycle of false news stories is often based on a series of lies being repeated by other journalists. One news outlet publishes a scoop. Other news organizations pick it up. Sometimes, the stories grab steam and hit one of the major television news outlets. From there, the story can explode. Such is the case of […] The post Rachel Maddow said OAN is ‘paid Russian propaganda.’ Now OAN is fighting back. appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| All Medicare-for-All plans are awful, but one is worse than the others Posted: 29 Jul 2019 06:09 AM PDT Police Academy was a moderately funny movie. It gets a little more of a nostalgic boost in reviews, scoring 54% on Rotten Tomatoes even though it probably belongs somewhere lower. It was a moderate success at the box office in 1984, making $34 million in profits. All of this tells us it should have been a one-and-done […] The post All Medicare-for-All plans are awful, but one is worse than the others appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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REALITY CHECK: Bernie Sanders Admits ‘Healthcare Not Free,’ Will Require Higher Taxes
2020 presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders
publicly acknowledged the reality surrounding America’s healthcare
system Monday; saying “Obviously, healthcare is not free” and will
require increased taxes. “Obviously, healthcare is not free. We pay for it through premiums and out-of-pocket expenses. In Canada, it’s payed through taxes. We’ll have to do that,” Sanders told CNN’s Jake Tapper… |
| DE BLASIO ROCKED: Former NYPD Boss Slams ‘Disgraceful’ De Blasio’s Attitude Towards Police Former NYPD Chief Louis Anemone slammed Big Apple Mayor Bill de Blasio Monday; calling the presidential hopeful’s attitude towards police “disgraceful” after footage emerged showing cops assaulted with water in recent weeks.“He’s the chief executive of this city of New York, the largest city in this country. He has not taken the lead… |
| FANTASYLAND: Gavin Newsom Says Trump Wrecking ‘Growing Economy’ he ‘Inherited from Obama’ Far-left California Governor Gavin Newsom slammed the White House’s strong record on the economy over the weekend; suggesting the President is wrecking the “growing economy” he “inherited from Obama.”“Trump’s big talk of the strongest economy is all smoke and mirrors. The truth remains: He inherited a growing economy from Obama and is failing… |
| WARREN WEIGHS IN: Sen. Warren Backs Sharpton, Says Trump Targeting ‘People of Color’ Sen. Elizabeth Warren threw her full support behind activist Al Sharpton Monday afternoon; accusing President Trump of attacking “people of color” after his harsh criticism of Baltimore lawmaker Rep. Elijah Cummings.“.@TheRevAl has dedicated his life to the fight for justice for all. No amount of racist tweets from the man in the… |
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