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Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Buttigieg Criticizes Pence “South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a 2020 presidential hopeful, took direct shots at Vice President Mike Pence Sunday regarding his sexuality… ‘That’s the thing I wish the Mike Pences of the world would understand: That if you have a problem with who I am, your quarrel is not with me. Your quarrel, sir, is with my creator,’ the Indiana Democrat said during a speech at the LGBTQ Victory Fund’s annual brunch.” AP News “Pence has described himself as a ‘Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order’ and previously voiced his opposition to same-sex marriage. Buttigieg would be the first openly gay U.S. president if elected in 2020.” Axios From the Left The left is cheering Buttigieg and the growing emergence of a religious left. “For voters… who gathered to celebrate a record ‘rainbow wave’ of LGBT political candidates—less than five years removed from victory in the fight for same-sex marriage, and fighting the Trump administration’s policies on transgender rights to this day—witnessing a same-sex couple run for president as a team was a powerful sight, a magic that no other presidential campaign can replicate.” Scott Bixby, Daily Beast “In my lifetime, it has been illegal for me to serve in the military, illegal for me to marry, illegal for me to adopt children, and even illegal for me to have sex. Society barred me from the first three; until 2003, the fourth meant risk of a fine or a prison sentence in some states. This discrimination did not just happen in a history book—it happened to me, and it happened to Buttigieg, too… “Identity matters. Like most Democrats, I have not yet decided who to vote for in a primary that is still months away. But I believe it matters that Cory Booker is a black man, that Kamala Harris is the daughter of an Indian mom and a Jamaican dad, and that Buttigieg is gay. These facets of their identities mean that they can understand the powerless, as victims of power, and that they can understand the alienated, having been marginalized.” Lucas Grindley, The Atlantic “As interest in Buttigieg grows, so too will interest in his idea that while Trump may be the ‘evangelical dream president,’ he has been a nightmare for Christians whose faith is more liberal when it comes to LGBT issues, women’s rights, racial reconciliation and other topics related to diversity. This approach is not likely to win the white evangelicals and white Catholics who find common ground with Trumpism, but these aren’t really the Americans Buttigieg appears to be targeting. He seems to be interested in winning the majority of Americans who believe that a great America includes a more inclusive Christianity.” Eugene Scott, Washington Post “Progressives all over the country are challenging the fundamentalists’ |
[stranglehold]
on what it means to be Christian… ‘Nearly 40 years after
some prominent evangelical Christians organized a Moral Majority
movement to promote a conservative political agenda,’ NPR reported, ‘a
comparable effort by liberal religious leaders is coalescing in support
of immigrant rights, universal health care, LGBTQ rights and racial
justice’… Buttigieg is a symbol for a rising Christian left.”
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, CNN
“The three Democrats [Buttigieg, Warren, Booker] discussing their faith
are right to insist that any fair reading of the Gospels reveals that
the Lord Jesus spent far more time urging his disciples to be generous
to the poor, welcoming to the stranger, and treat people with dignity
than he did discussing any sexual issues. In our day, this focus on
sexuality has resulted in a deeply regrettable and disproportionate
fixation with homosexuality… Religion provides a critical perspective on society,
but if the left uses religion as the right does, to baptize its
positions already arrived at by different means, the Democrats will have
lost an opportunity in their struggle to hurl Trump from office.”
Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter
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From the Right
The right defends Pence and criticizes Buttigieg’s comments as opportunistic.
“Buttigieg may not have wanted to run as ‘the gay candidate’ in the 2020 primary, but that’s the angle that many national media reporters find most interesting
— or perhaps just the easiest one. ‘Young gay mayor takes on a
homophobic, theocratic vice president’ is a storyline they’re itching to
tell. The fact that Pence never lives down to the stereotype of a
sneering hate-monger is immaterial… “[Candidates] may prefer to discuss their plans for the economy or education or climate change or whatever — to compete for the support of all kinds of primary voters. They may even find the ‘heroic minority stands up to the straight white male bully’ coverage to be a little pigeonholing or stereotyping. But the media knows what it likes, and the Democratic candidates will feel a gravitational pull in the direction of these kinds of familiar narratives.” Jim Geraghty, National Review “Pence has never criticized Buttigieg. He has never attacked Buttigieg for his homosexuality or anything else. When Buttigieg deployed to Afghanistan, Pence phoned to wish him well. The only time Pence publicly referred to the South Bend mayor was to pay him a compliment. ‘I hold Mayor Buttigieg in the highest personal regard,’ wrote Pence in 2015, after Buttigieg declared himself gay… “No politician on either side of the aisle has made an issue of Buttigieg’s sexual preferences. Perhaps that’s why Mayor Pete must tilt at windmills. An unknown, white, male, Ivy League-educated Midwest mayor faces an uphill battle in Democrats’ intersectional presidential primaries… To stand a chance in 2020, the elite young mayor must somehow portray himself as an aggrieved victim. That leaves Buttigieg only one option at the moment: to make his sexuality the central issue of his campaign.” Michael Knowles, Daily Wire Buttigieg “holds himself out as a more tolerant Christian than Pence, but reveals his deep intolerance of Pence as a faithful Christian. He uses Pence’s Christian orthodoxy to suggest Buttigieg’s Christianity is somehow better… Buttigieg is just another in a long line of Democrats who are willing to punish Christians for living out their faith.” Erick Erickson, The Resurgent “It is true that the Democratic Party has become far more secular over the past 30 years. But I’m hard-pressed to see why progressive Christians should be particularly bothered by their relative weakness within the Democratic Party, compared to religious conservatives in the GOP. The Democrats already give them what they want on immigration, abortion, LGBT issues, and economic policies. By contrast, religious conservatives within the GOP have to struggle against the party’s libertarian and business factions… “It is absurd for conservative Christians to believe that Donald Trump is one of them (us) in any meaningful sense… But it is not at all absurd for clear-eyed conservative Christians to vote for Trump, given that any conceivable Democratic alternative — including Pete Buttigieg — is going to be very bad on abortion and religious liberty when it conflicts with LGBT rights.” Rod Dreher, The American Conservative |
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Good morning from Washington, where liberals find fault with the
attorney general’s promises to release as much of the Russia report as
he can. Fred Lucas has takeaways from Bill Barr’s Hill testimony. So did
those tax cuts help us or what? Adam Michel presents the facts. On the
podcast, two House conservatives make the case for cutting government
spending. Plus: Mary Margaret Olohan on the latest attack on the newest
Supreme Court justice, Bob Moffit on giving older Americans health care
choices, and Jim Carafano on the real culprits at the border.
Commentary The Truth About How Much Americans Are Paying in Taxes The average American household paid about $1,400 less in taxes in 2018. More News 4 Big Issues in Attorney General’s First Hearing After Getting Mueller Report Attorney
General William Barr says DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz is
looking into the question of whether officials abused the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA. More Commentary Why Ted Cruz Is Right on Expanding Seniors’ Freedom in Health Care Sen.
Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced a bill that would allow any senior who
wanted to purchase a private health insurance plan and opt out of the
traditional Medicare program to do so, while retaining Social Security
benefits. More Analysis Podcast: 2 House Conservatives Explain Why It’s Time to Focus on Spending, Budget Rep.
Mike Johnson, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, and Rep. Jim
Banks talk about spending, the debt, and why it’s time to take these
issues seriously. More Commentary Left’s Embrace of Identity Politics Makes It Wise for Jews to Move to the Right In elevating victims, identity politics creates a hierarchy of victimhood where the highest status goes to those most aggrieved. More Commentary Blame Activists, Cartels for Crisis at Border, Not Trump The crisis at the border could be quickly brought under control if Congress would take necessary and commonsense steps. More News College Students Push University to Cancel Class Taught by Kavanaugh Students
on George Mason University’s Fairfax, Virginia, campus who say they are
survivors of sexual assault are banding together to protest Brett
Kavanaugh’s right to teach. More
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POLITICO PLAYBOOK
POLITICO Playbook: Why Democrats aren’t saying much about immigration
By JAKE SHERMAN, ANNA PALMER and DANIEL LIPPMAN
04/10/2019 06:07 AM EDT
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DRIVING THE DAY
IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT, and you’re watching PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP fumble around with immigration policy, there is only one thing to do that makes sense: nothing. The president and his allies are providing Democrats plenty of fodder as they enter day four of massive upheaval at the Department of Homeland Security with seemingly no plan to deal with asylum-seekers on the U.S.-Mexico border. While some might want Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to take advantage of the chaos, in reality, sitting on their hands is the only sound political strategy at the moment. As for the 2020 candidates, what’s the upside of weighing in?
THERE’S A POLITICAL TRUISM that seems to fit quite well here: Never get in the way of your opponent when he’s making a mistake.
NEW … HOUSE MINORITY WHIP STEVE SCALISE (R-LA.) is beginning the process to try to force a vote on an anti-BDS bill, as Republicans look to use Israel as a wedge to split Democrats. SCALISE is using the only tool the minority has — a discharge petition — to try to force Democrats to sign onto “Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019” — the House version of a bill the Senate has already passed.
The legislation would allow “states to divest from entities boycotting Israel.” The idea is to try to force vulnerable Democrats to sign the petition. It needs 218 signatures to reach the floor. All 197 Republicans are sure to sign on, which means 21 Democratic signatures are needed. Discharge petitions rarely work, but this is tailor-made for campaign season.
THE TICK TOCK … WAPO’S DAVID NAKAMURA, JOSH DAWSEY and SEUNG MIN KIM: “Twelve days of chaos: Inside the Trump White House’s growing panic to contain the border crisis”: “Trump’s increasingly erratic behavior over the past 12 days — since he first threatened to seal the border in a series of tweets on March 29 — has alarmed top Republicans, business officials and foreign leaders who fear that his emotional response might exacerbate problems at the border, harm the U.S. economy and degrade national security.
“The stretch also has revealed that a president who has routinely blamed spiking immigration numbers on others — past presidents, congressional Democrats, Mexican authorities, federal judges, human smugglers — is now coming to the realization that the problems are closer to home. Though his aides have taken the fall, and it is unlikely that Trump will blame himself, the president is facing an existential political crisis ahead of his 2020 reelection bid over the prospect of failure on his top domestic priority.” WaPo
NYT, A1: PETER BAKER and MAGGIE HABERMAN: “Mick Mulvaney Tries Letting Trump Be Trump”: “In his first 100 days as the president’s acting chief of staff, Mr. Mulvaney has assumed a central role in Mr. Trump’s circle but one markedly different than the previous two occupants of his corner office. For the first time since taking office, Mr. Trump has a chief of staff who has made it his job to encourage rather than restrain the president’s conservative instincts — to let Trump be Trump, in effect. …
“During tense negotiations amid the government shutdown earlier this year, Senator Richard C. Shelby, the Alabama Republican and Appropriations Committee chairman, complained bitterly about Mr. Mulvaney’s penchant for undoing weeks of bipartisan work with a quick comment to Mr. Trump in the Oval Office. Mr. Shelby told Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, the committee’s top Democrat, that Mr. Mulvaney was ‘the most dangerous man’ in Washington, according to three people familiar with the exchange.
“Mr. Shelby has not repeated that in public, but when a reporter on Capitol Hill asked him about Mr. Mulvaney last week, the senator tartly interrupted to offer a correction. ‘You mean the acting chief of staff?’ he said before walking away.” NYT
NIELSEN’S EXIT STRATEGY — “Nielsen’s allies trying to rehab her image for life after Trump: Liberal activists say she was complicit in an immoral migrant child separation policy — and should be ostracized by corporate America,” by Andrew Restuccia and Daniel Lippman
ELIANA JOHNSON and DANIEL LIPPMAN, “Inside Trump’s ‘truly bizarre’ visit to Mt. Vernon”: “President Donald Trump had some advice for George Washington. During a guided tour of Mount Vernon last April with French president Emmanuel Macron, Trump learned that Washington was one of the major real-estate speculators of his era. So, he couldn’t understand why America’s first president didn’t name his historic Virginia compound or any of the other property he acquired after himself.
“‘If he was smart, he would’ve put his name on it,’ Trump said, according to three sources briefed on the exchange. ‘You’ve got to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you.’ The VIPs’ tour guide for the evening, Mount Vernon president and CEO Doug Bradburn, told the president that Washington did, after all, succeed in getting the nation’s capital named after him. Good point, Trump said with a laugh. … The Macrons, Bradburn has told several people, were far more knowledgeable about the history of the property than the president.” POLITICO
NEWS THE PRESIDENT WILL LIKE … BLOOMBERG’S CHRIS STROHM and BILLY HOUSE: “Barr Forms Team to Review FBI’s Actions in Trump Probe”: “Attorney General William Barr has assembled a team to review controversial counterintelligence decisions made by Justice Department and FBI officials, including actions taken during the probe of the Trump campaign in the summer of 2016, according to a person familiar with the matter.
“This indicates that Barr is looking into allegations that Republican lawmakers have been pursuing for more than a year — that the investigation into President Donald Trump and possible collusion with Russia was tainted at the start by anti-Trump bias in the FBI and Justice Department.” Bloomberg
HE’LL ALSO LIKE THIS … NEW POLL: “While President Trump’s overall unfavorable rating has remained steady at 55 percent since he announced his candidacy in 2015, 58 percent of voters approve of the job he has done on the economy.” NBC … Poll details
Good Wednesday morning. QUOTE DU JOUR: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to the NYT’s Sheryl Gay Stolberg: “I wrote a best-selling book … If you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire, too.” NYT
— EH: Lots of people write best-selling books and don’t become millionaires!
BUT, BUT, BUT … SOME FOLKS ARE GETTING RICH! …
— TIME MAGAZINE: “Pentagon Awards Nearly $1 Billion in Two New Contracts for President Trump’s Border Wall,” by W.J. Hennigan: “The Pentagon announced two military contracts Tuesday worth $976 million to construct a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, marking the first step toward President Donald Trump’s long-promised goal since he declared a national emergency nearly two months ago.
“The Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $789 million contract to the Galveston, Texas-based company, SLSCO Ltd., for ‘border replacement wall construction’ in Santa Teresa, N.M., near El Paso, Texas. Barnard Construction Co. Inc., of Bozeman, Mont., was awarded a contract worth $187 million for ‘design-bid-build construction project for primary pedestrian wall replacement’ in Yuma, Ariz. Both projects, announced on the Defense Department website, are slated for completion in fall 2020.” Time
— BLOOMBERG: “Mnuchin’s Chief of Staff Eli Miller Plans to Join Blackstone,” by Heather Perlberg and Saleha Mohsin:“Miller will work on public policy at the world’s largest alternative asset manager, according to a spokeswoman for New York-based Blackstone. Mnuchin last week announced that Miller is leaving the Treasury Department.” Bloomberg
A message from AARP:
Americans pay the highest drug prices in the world while drug companies game the system to make billions. No wonder voters of all stripes support bipartisan action to create competition and lower prescription drug prices. President Trump, Speaker Pelosi and Senator Grassley, thank you for working together to protect us.
PLAYBOOK POOL WINNERS: U.Va. won the national championship, much to the delight of a few Playbookers. Dave Whisenant of Tallahassee, Fla., is the winner of the Playbook Pool and will receive an iPhone XR. No. 2: Scott Guenther of Bozeman, Mont., wins a Series 3 Apple Watch. No. 3: Liz Steckel of Chicago wins AirPods. No. 4: Kevin Lahner, city administrator of Waukesha, Wis., wins an Amazon Echo. No. 5: Greg Staley, SVP of communication for the U.S. Travel Association, wins an Amazon Echo Dot.
None of our VIPs finished in the top five, but Brian Bartlett, a partner at Rational 360, finished atop the leaderboard, followed by Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), New York Playbook co-author Laura Nahmias, NBC’s Hill producer extraordinaire Alex Moe, Jonathan Martin (“JMart”) of the NYT, outgoing DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and POLITICO CEO Patrick Steel. Thanks to the more than 4,500 participants!
HEADS UP … WSJ’S ANDREW ACKERMAN and LALITA CLOZEL: “Bank Executives to Tell Congress: Financial System Is Much Safer”: “In testimony prepared for the House Financial Services Committee, bank chiefs including JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s James Dimon, Citigroup Inc.’s Michael Corbat and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s David Solomon plan to paint a rosy overall picture of an industry House Democrats have targeted for closer scrutiny.
“‘There is no doubt that the strength, stability and resiliency of the financial system has been fundamentally improved over the course of the last 10 years,’ said Mr. Dimon, the only one of the seven chief executives who has held on to his position since the financial crisis. ‘Postcrisis reforms have made banks much safer and sounder in three important areas: capital, liquidity and resolution and recovery,’ he added in the prepared testimony.” WSJ
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2020 WATCH — “Poll: Democrats unfazed by Joe Biden’s handsiness,” by Steven Shepard: “Most Democrats are shrugging off questions about Joe Biden’s touchiness as the former vice president nears a decision on 2020, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.
“Half of Democrats polled said the allegations from women that Biden made them uncomfortable by invading their personal space will make no difference in their vote. Twenty-nine percent said the allegations would make them less likely to vote against Biden. The responses were nearly identical among Democratic men and women.
“And very few voters see the allegations as truly disqualifying. Only 14 percent say the stories make them “much less likely” to vote for Biden.” POLITICO
— “Gillibrand: I was wrong on immigration,” by Matthew Choi: “Democratic presidential hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday confronted some of her previous stances on immigration, saying they ‘didn’t care’ about the needs of diverse Americans. ‘When I was a member of Congress from upstate New York, I was really focused on the priorities of my district,’ the New York senator said during a CNN town hall. ‘When I became senator of the entire state, I recognized that some of my views really did need to change.’” POLITICO
— “Oil drilling plan threatens Trump’s 2020 chances in Florida,” by Zack Colman and Ben Lefebvre
A message from AARP:
Both sides agree that prescription prices are too high. Thank you, President Trump, Speaker Pelosi and Senator Grassley, for working together to lower drug prices.
TRUMP’S WEDNESDAY — The president will leave the White House at 9 a.m. en route to San Antonio. He will hold a roundtable with supporters at the Argyle at 12:35 p.m. Central time. At 1:05 p.m., Trump will deliver remarks at a fundraising lunch. Afterward, he will travel to Houston and then Crosby, Texas.
Trump will deliver remarks and sign an executive order on energy and infrastructure at 3:40 p.m. at the International Union of Operating Engineers International Training and Education Center. He will return to Houston and participate in a roundtable with supporters at the Lone Star Flight Museum at 5:40 p.m. before speaking at a fundraiser. Trump will then return to Washington.
VP MIKE PENCE is going to New York today to speak “to a Special Session of the United Nations Security Council on the Crisis in Venezuela.” He will visit with the U.N. secretary-general and attend a Trump fundraising lunch.
PLAYBOOK READS
INSIDE 45 CLUB — by Ben Schreckinger and Daniel Lippman: “The club, an informal gathering that provides solidarity and networking opportunities in a hostile Washington, is open to what it calls ‘the Team’ — Trump administration appointees as well as alumni of the campaign, transition and inaugural committee. Members wear a lapel pin fashioned after the butt end of a .45 caliber bullet casing and attend semi-regular gatherings that often feature remarks by better-known Trump-world figures such as Brad Parscale, Corey Lewandowski and [Anthony] Scaramucci.
“Its operations, described here for the first time, offer insight into how the anonymous foot soldiers of Trump’s Washington have organized their social lives: discreetly, with an eye toward exclusivity and the aspirational lifestyle that has always marked the Trump brand. …
“Public hints of its existence are scarce, and the locations of its events are withheld from attendees until they RSVP, all the better to evade the notice of pesky activists and nosy reporters.” POLITICO
JUST WATCH THIS: “I believe you’re supposed to take the gravel and bang it.” — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.). Video
A message from AARP:
President Trump, Speaker Pelosi, Senator Grassley: Thank you for working together to lower drug prices.
NETANYAHU WINS, KIND OF … AP’S ARON HELLER in Jerusalem: “Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be headed toward a historic fifth term as Israel’s prime minister on Wednesday, with close-to-complete unofficial election results giving his right-wing Likud and other nationalist and religious parties a solid majority in parliament.
“The outcome affirmed Israel’s continued tilt to the right and further dimmed hopes of a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Re-election will also give Netanyahu an important boost as he braces for the likelihood of criminal charges in a series of corruption scandals.
“With 97.4% of the vote counted, Likud and its traditional political allies were in command of a 65-55 majority in parliament. A couple of small parties were still teetering along the electoral threshold and fighting for their survival, so the final makeup of the next parliament has yet to be decided. Final results were expected Thursday.” AP
BREXIT LATEST, via POLITICO Europe’s Jack Blanchard in London: “Theresa May returns to Brussels today to request a further Brexit delay from her EU allies/overlords. Twelve whole days after Britain was meant to leave the European Union, the prime minister will find herself limping back across the Channel this afternoon to ask continental leaders if she can have a little more time to fix our protracted departure.
“After bilateral talks with European Council President Donald Tusk, the PM will make her case to all 27 EU leaders at 5.30 p.m. U.K. time. As usual they will hear her out, ask a few pointed questions, and then chuck her out of the room — before deciding Britain’s fate over a private dinner.” London Playbook
— And a correction: Yesterday we said Parliament had “finally passed a Brexit deal late Monday,” but that was overstating the case. Technically, it was just a bill ordering the P.M. to ask the EU for a delay.
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MEDIAWATCH — Lara Logan, the former CBS foreign correspondent who took a leave of absence last year after a “60 Minutes” segment on Benghazi that went awry, is taking a job at conservative broadcaster Sinclair to cover the U.S.-Mexico border.
“What’s the alternative?” she asked THR’s Jeremy Barr. “To never work again? Because organizations on the other side of the ideological spectrum aren’t lined up to offer me jobs?” Hollywood Reporter
— The Peabody Awards are out. Finalists include “Zero Tolerance,” ProPublica’s searing, viral audio recording of a 6-year-old migrant girl crying out for her mother.
— The NYT previewed “The Weekly,” the Gray Lady’s new experiment with TV. Watch the trailer
— MSNBC host KATY TUR is now on maternity leave. (hat tip: Jesse Rodriguez)
PLAYBOOKERS
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Ja’Ron Smith has been promoted to deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of the Office of American Innovation. … Veteran Democratic lobbyist Nicole Venable, most recently with the Bockorny Group,is joining Invariant.
SPOTTED at Charlie Palmer’s Tuesday: Isiah Thomas, Minyon Moore, Lisa Mushaw, Donna Brazile, Leah Daughtry and Jeff Eller. Pic… At the Lafayette restaurant at the Hay-Adams hotel at lunch Tuesday at separate tables: Michael Milken, David Bradley and Marie Royce.
OUT AND ABOUT — SPOTTED at the opening Tuesday night of the Conrad Washington D.C. hotel in City Center: Terry McAuliffe, David Solomon, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Abby Blunt, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Qatari Ambassador Meshal Al-Thani, Chris Nassetta, Reps. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) and Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), Katie Fallon, Heather Podesta, Liz Johnson, Charlie Rifkin, Jim Moran, Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Madden, David Chalian, Karen Finney, Kelley McCormick, Craig Gordon, Mike Allen, Patrick Steel, Kevin Cirilli, Eric Schultz, Robyn Bash, Ryan Williams, Brian Fallon and Vinoda Basnayake.
— SPOTTED at outgoing White House deputy press secretary Lindsay Walters’ going-away party at Woodward Table: Jessica Ditto, Caroline Sunshine, Garrett Marquis, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker, Vivian Salama, Alex Leary, Steve Holland, Justin Sink, Jordan Fabian, Jill Colvin, Zeke Miller, Andrew Harnik, Francesca Chambers, Emily Goodin, Jeff Mason, David Jackson, Olivier Knox, Julie Davis, Sara Cook, Betsy Klein, Meridith McGraw, Roberta Rampton, Darlene Superville, Andrew Restuccia and Nancy Cook.
REMEMBERING DICK COLE: The final survivor of the Doolittle raid — the audacious World War II bombing run against the Japanese mainland — has died at age 103. Air Force Magazine
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Samantha Dravis, SVP at Clout Public Affairs and an EPA alum. What Samantha has been reading recently: “Arthur Brooks’ piece in the New York Times on ‘Our Culture of Contempt’ — we’ve become so conditioned to see those who don’t share our views as inherently bad people. More empathy for each other is sorely needed in our industry and our country. Another book I read recently was ‘AI Superpowers’ by Kai-Fu Lee on the battle between China and America for global dominance in artificial intelligence — the ethics of AI will be a major challenge for our leaders in the coming years.” Playbook Plus Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: Hanna Rosin, co-host of NPR’s “Invisibilia” … Ann Klenk (h/t Tammy Haddad) … Antoine Sanfuentes, CNN W.H. and Capitol Hill managing editor … Carter Yang … POLITICO’s Adam Behsudi, Alice Miranda Ollstein, Haley Bowcutt and Mariama Tejan … Lisa Belkin, chief national correspondent at Yahoo News … Mark Tavlarides, SVP at BGR Group (h/t Ben Chang) … Melinda Henneberger of the Kansas City Star … Max Clermont (h/t Ben Schreckinger) … Chris Holden … Josh Shultz, president of NJI Media and co-founder of FamousDC, is 41 (h/t Amos Snead) … Shelley Greenspan of Amazon’s public policy office … Marshall Sitten (h/t Jon Haber) … Cary Sherman is 71 … Jessica Mackler is 4-0 … Gary Grumbach (h/t Al Drago) …
… Ann Marie Hauser, VP of public affairs at the Hudson Institute (h/ts Blain Rethmeier and Ed McFadden) … Stig Abell, editor of the Times Literary Supplement, is 39 … Emily Stier … DHS’ Nick Barbknecht (h/t wife McKenzie) … Joe Gierut … Aaron Whitehead of Majority Strategies … Daniel Wolman … David Endicott … Bridget Mulcahy, booking producer for MSNBC’s “Hardball” … Mitchell Murray … Jon Sallet, partner at Steptoe … Ray Zaccaro … Chris Lydon (h/t Nihal Krishan) … Bradley Saull … Jen Judson … Katie Cline Malloy … Kim Hicks … Gabriel Arana is 36 … Yishai Schwartz … Jeffrey Frank … Howard Gantman … Tom Kohn … Lauren Appelbaum … Joseph Heaps is 55 … Josue Pinto … Marisa McNee … Triada Stampas … Mia Salvemini … Matt McCarthy … Amy Bodette (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)
A message from AARP:
If there’s one issue that unites Republicans and Democrats alike, it’s that the price of prescription drugs is too high. Americans pay the highest drug prices in the world while drug companies game the system so they can rake in billions. Their greedy tactics are forcing millions of seniors and hardworking Americans to choose between buying food and buying medicine. Once and for all, we must stop price gouging by big drug companies. Voters overwhelmingly support bipartisan action that creates competition and lowers prescription drug prices. AARP supports the ongoing efforts of President Trump, Speaker Pelosi, and Senator Grassley to work together, along with other Republicans and Democrats, in finding permanent, commonsense solutions to lower the price of prescription drugs for all Americans.
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Supreme Court May Shift on Death Penalty
By Kevin Daley –
The U.S. Supreme Court may be set for a forceful shift on the death
penalty after a recent 5-4 decision unexpectedly signaled an important
change to the justices’ approach to capital punishment and the Eighth
Amendment. Though it is too premature to make definitive statements
about the Court’s direction, the …
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Read on » Report: DOJ Watchdog Scrutinizing FBI Informant Who Made Contact With Trump Campaign By Chuck Ross – The Justice Department’s inspector general is reportedly scrutinizing the FBI’s use of former professor Stefan Halper as a confidential informant during the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government. According to The New York Times, Michael Horowitz, the DOJ inspector general, has inquired about Halper, a former … Report: DOJ Watchdog Scrutinizing FBI Informant Who Made Contact With Trump Campaign is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Second Hassan Staffer Allegedly Helped Aide Steal Massive Amounts Of Senate Data By Luke Rosiak – A former Senate IT aide to Sen. Maggie Hassan, Jackson Cosko, admitted he stole tens of thousands of documents, credit card numbers, Social Security numbers and the contents of the entire network drive from the New Hampshire Democrat. Cosko used stolen private data about senators to “doxx” Republicans during the … Second Hassan Staffer Allegedly Helped Aide Steal Massive Amounts Of Senate Data is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » President Donald Trump’s Schedule for Wednesday, April 10, 2019 By R. Mitchell – President Donald Trump will travel to San Antonio, Texas and Houston, Texas, to deliver remarks on energy and infrastructure, meet with supporters and raise money for his 2020 re-election campaign. Keep up with Trump on CDN’s Presidential Schedule Page. President Trump’s schedule for 4/10/19 All Times EDT 9:00 AM Depart … President Donald Trump’s Schedule for Wednesday, April 10, 2019 is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Election 2020: Freedom VS. Socialism By Jim Clayton – This next election in 2020 is crucial to the survival of us as a nation. It is truly as House Minority leader Mark Meadows said recently, “It will be freedom vs. socialism.” The democrat party of old is no longer the democrat party it once was, but the Democrat Socialist … Election 2020: Freedom VS. Socialism is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Kris Kobach in Talks with White House to Become Homeland Secretary By R. Mitchell – Kris Kobach confirmed Tuesday he has been communicating with the White House about becoming the Secretary of Homeland Security and said that he is eager to do so. “He’s got an important decision to make,” Kobach said of Trump, in an interview with the Washington Examiner. “If he wants to have … Kris Kobach in Talks with White House to Become Homeland Secretary is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » ACLU Issues Florida ‘Travel Warning’ For Black, Brown And Latinx Persons By Mary Margaret Olohan – The American Civil Liberties Union issued a travel warning Monday in which they warned black, brown, or Latinx persons not to travel to Florida because of a dangerous ‘draconian’ immigration bill. The ACLU said in a tweet: “BREAKING: We and partners have issued a travel advisory urging immigrants and people … ACLU Issues Florida ‘Travel Warning’ For Black, Brown And Latinx Persons is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » SpaceX To Use Falcon Heavy Rocket in First Commercial Launch By R. Mitchell – Elon Musk’s private space company has scheduled the second Falcon Heavy Rocket launch and this time, they’re getting paid to do it. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the Arabsat 6A communications satellite for Arabsat of Saudi Arabia. Arabsat 6A will provide Ku-band and Ka-band communications coverage over the … SpaceX To Use Falcon Heavy Rocket in First Commercial Launch is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Gunmaker Will Appeal To The Supreme Court In Sandy Hook Victims Lawsuit By Kevin Daley – Gun manufacturer Bushmaster Firearms will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after a panel of Connecticut judges said nine victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre can sue the company despite a federal law shielding gunmakers from most lawsuits. Bushmaster produced the XM15 rifle shooter Adam Lanza used … Gunmaker Will Appeal To The Supreme Court In Sandy Hook Victims Lawsuit is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Report: Former Agent Applauds Trump’s Choice To Boot Secret Service Chief By Whitney Tipton – Ronald Kessler, a former Secret Service Agent and presidential author, reportedly said Monday that he welcomed President Trump’s decision to remove Secret Service Director Randolph Alles. ‘Alles seemed more interested in making friends with agents than fixing the problems that plague the once-proud agency,” said Kessler, author of “The Trump … Report: Former Agent Applauds Trump’s Choice To Boot Secret Service Chief is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » House Democrats Cancel Budget Vote Due To Divided Party By Henry Rodgers – Democrats in the House of Representatives canceled a scheduled vote on a two-year budget bill Tuesday as the more moderate members of the party are clashing with the progressive members. Many member of The Congressional Progressive Caucus pushed back against the budget bill, saying the bill is too focused on … House Democrats Cancel Budget Vote Due To Divided Party is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » ZOA President’s Mic Cut Off While He Tried Condemning Pelosi’s Defense Of Ilhan Omar By Molly Prince – The President of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) was abruptly cut off as he spoke at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes after he attempted to express his consternation for the Democratic leadership’s defense of Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar. “As a child of Holocaust survivors, I … ZOA President’s Mic Cut Off While He Tried Condemning Pelosi’s Defense Of Ilhan Omar is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Here Is When The FISA Abuse Investigation Will Be Done By Chuck Ross – Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that an inspector general’s investigation into whether the FBI abused the surveillance court process during the Russia probe will be completed by May or June. Barr also told lawmakers during a House Appropriations Committee hearing that he is reviewing how the FBI handled the … Here Is When The FISA Abuse Investigation Will Be Done is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Grassley Sends The White House A Warning On Immigration By Jason Hopkins – Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley warned the Trump administration to end its purge of top immigration officials, arguing that the changes risk destabilizing the Department of Homeland Security. “The president has to have some stability and particularly with the number one issue that he’s made for his campaign, throughout his … Grassley Sends The White House A Warning On Immigration is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Kobach: DHS Has Been Unwilling To Execute Trump’s Policies By Paul Ingrassia – Former Kansas Secretary of State and Trump ally Kris Kobach discussed the problems within the DHS that resulted in the ouster of Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who will step down on April 10th. “Leadership [at the DHS] has been unwilling to execute many of the President’s plans,” Kobach told Tucker Carlson … Kobach: DHS Has Been Unwilling To Execute Trump’s Policies is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Trump Preparing Toughest Immigration Plan Yet By Jason Hopkins – President Donald Trump is preparing to roll out new executives orders to help the government better manage the record influx of illegal immigration at the southern border. The White House is looking to make it more difficult for low-skilled migrants to gain entry into the U.S. while making it easier … Trump Preparing Toughest Immigration Plan Yet is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » From The Shadows – A.F. Branco Cartoon By A.F. Branco – At the root of the phony Russian collusion hoax and the coup against President Trump are Brennan, Clapper, and Comey. Political Cartoon by A.F. Branco ©2019. See more Branco toons HERE From The Shadows – A.F. Branco Cartoon is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Chinese College Students Busted For Allegedly Conning Apple Out Of Almost $1 Million By Mary Margaret Olohan – Two Oregon college students from China have been charged for conning Apple out of almost $1 million by returning hundreds of fake iPhones to Apple and selling the iPhones Apple sent back for profit. Yangyang Zhou and Quon Jiang are both students studying in the United States on legal foreign … Chinese College Students Busted For Allegedly Conning Apple Out Of Almost $1 Million is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » United Launch Alliance Plans Purpose-Built Vulcan Centaur for National Security Space Missions in 2021 By Duncan Idaho – First Flight Hardware Being Manufactured and Launch on Track for 2021Centennial, Colo. (April 8, 2019) – Today, United Launch Alliance (ULA) CEO Tory Bruno gave an update on the continued progress of the Vulcan Centaur during a ULA media event at the 35th Space Symposium. “As the nation faces growing … United Launch Alliance Plans Purpose-Built Vulcan Centaur for National Security Space Missions in 2021 is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Man Planned To Drive U-Haul Truck Into Crowd in National Harbor In The Name of Islam, Feds Say By Mary Margaret Olohan – The FBI arrested a man in March who allegedly planned to commit an act of terrorism by driving a U-Haul truck into a crowd in National Harbor, Maryland. Computer expert Rondell Henry, 28, of Germantown, Maryland, quit his job on March 26 with the intent to commit an attack inspired … Man Planned To Drive U-Haul Truck Into Crowd in National Harbor In The Name of Islam, Feds Say is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » See all breaking news, conservative commentary, political cartoons and more posted to CDN at our Home Page. Follow on Twitter Friend on Facebook Add on Google Plus Copyright © 2019 Conservative Daily News, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list |
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Lieu: ‘Of all the people that Republicans could have selected, they pick Candace Owens’
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday on hate crimes and the rise of white nationalism. Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu took a moment to play a clip of controversial remarks on Adolf Hitler made by conservative commentator Candace Owens, who testified before the panel. Watch the video here…
Congress will probably leave town without voting on a disaster bill
A partisan deadlock over a disaster relief package showed no signs of easing Tuesday, as the two camps traded barbs over aid for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. Read More…
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Congress has crowned a tater tot champion
The tater tots were steaming, the cheddar cheese was bubbling, and Rep. Betty McCollum wasn’t there to breathe it in. Read More…
Climate debate heats up Oversight Committee
“Mr. Chairman,” said former Secretary of State John Kerry in front of the committee, “this is just not a serious conversation.” Watch the video here…
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The House Education and Labor Committee was forced to change a longtime voting practice after the House parliamentarian said what the panel was doing violated House rules. Read More…
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Read More… I’m Not a Big Candace Owens Fan…But Daaaaaang Let me just start by saying it’s somewhat depressing to consider our republic is now at the point where Candace Owens is being called to offer expert testimony at a House Judiciary Committee hearing. Of course, looking at the cartoonish cast of characters who occupy seats on that committee is no less depressing. Still, what we have lost in dignity we make up for in sheer entertainment. And that’s the only word that can describe the shredding that Owens put on the noticeably dimwitted Congressman from California, Ted Lieu. Read More… SHOCKER: Bernie Sanders Wants to Limit Worker’s Rights Okay, it’s not really shocking. Socialists of all stripes hate anything that allows individuals to make decisions. They prefer the collective take precedence. So it should come as no surprise that Sanders wants to outlaw Right to Work laws at the federal level if he wins the Oval Office. The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 created the right for employees to organize into labor unions and collectively bargain with their employers. It also sets out the process by which a union becomes the representative of employees in a particular private employer. These unions are often called industrial unions. Read More… Episcopalian Hate Mail Is Rolling In Some people are really outraged I pointed out the Episcopal Church is no longer really Christian. Here’s a sampling: Read More… Bernie Says “No” To Open Borders According to Politico, “During a town hall in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Sanders was asked by an attendee about how the United States can afford to fund social services such as health care, with an open borders policy.” For anyone familiar with Bernie’s views on immigration, it should not be surprising how he answered, though it does call into question his previous ambiguity. Here is the exchange as described by Politico: Read More… NHS’ Rationing Ensures Brits Will Be Too Blind To See The Truth Of Socialized Medicine In yet another example of how wonderful socialized medicine is, a new report out of Britain is showing that the country’s single-payer NHS (National Health Service) has been rationing cataract surgeries. “The Times newspaper said a survey by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCO) found tens of thousands of elderly people are left struggling to see because of an NHS cost-cutting drive that relies on them dying before they can qualify for cataract surgery.” It seems that the NHS was told two years ago to put a stop to the rationing, and yet they have carried on with it anyway. Read More… Remember, as always, to go check out The Resurgent and be sure to like us on Facebook. 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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Good morning,The top four issues concerning voters at this time are Health Care (21%), The Economy (16%), Immigration (13%), and National Security (10%).A
ScottRasmussen.com national survey found that Democrats are trusted
more by a wide margin on health care (37% to 24%) and a modest margin on
immigration (36% to 32%). Republicans are trusted more than Democrats
by a wide margin on National Security (36% to 26%) and a modest margin
on the economy (32% to 28%).On the economy, voters under 35 are more likely to
trust the Democrats. Voters over 50 tend to trust the Republicans. Those in between are evenly divided.On a different topic, most voters (51%) have never heard of a proposal by Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) to create Opportunity Accounts for every child born in the United States.The
plan is sometimes referred to as a Baby Bonds proposal. It calls for
the government to give every child $1,000 at birth and then add up to
$2,000 a year until the child turns 18. Children of low-income families
would receive larger deposits. After turning 18, the child could draw on
the account only for education, home ownership,
or retirement.Upon
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least somewhat favored the plan. However, upon hearing additional
details provided by Booker’s office, the number who remained supportive
slipped to 41%. It is likely opponents of the plan would raise other
challenges and drive support even lower.Even
after hearing the details, 58% of Democrats remain supportive of the
Opportunity Accounts. However, they are opposed by 69% of Republicans
and 70% of Independent voters. Sixty-eight percent (68%) of white voters
are opposed but 71% of black voters and 62% of Hispanic voters are
supportive. Most under 35 (62%) are favorably inclined but 81% of senior
citizens are opposed.Finally, today’s Number of the Day notes that the Titanic left port 107 years ago today. The sinking of the supposedly unsinkable Titanic “has
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Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray April 10, 2019 Why The Media Is At War With Saudi Arabia By David Reaboi Like Israel’s Bibi Netanyahu, Saudia Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is so hated by the press, he might as well be a Republican. Full article Top FBI Lawyer Testified Rosenstein Discussed Removing Trump From Office By Madeline Osburn James Baker’s newly released testimony confirmed what former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe previously said about national security officials strategizing to remove President Trump from office. Full article I Compared My Medicare To Dems’ Medicare For All, And Found Out They’re Lying By Paul Gilbert How and to what extent will the recipients of the new entitlement be required to make contributions prior to collecting benefits, which took us 40 years to amass? Full article Mike Pence And Chick-Fil-A’s Supposed Hatred Towards Gay People Is A Complete Myth By Chad Felix Greene The progressive instinct has taken the gay movement into the very depths of hatred and bigotry it long fought to remove from society. Full article Joe Biden’s Remarks About ‘White Culture’ Are Dangerous, And Ignorant Beyond Belief By Paul Shakeshaft It is an irony almost beyond belief that white supremacists and left-wing intersectionalists now agree that key aspects of Western, or Anglophone, institutions are inherently ‘white.’ Full article Will Democrats Ever Confirm A Republican SCOTUS Nominee Again? By Gabriel Lepinski The idea of an executive branch or SCOTUS nominee being confirmed by a Senate controlled by the opposing party may very well be dead. Full article Barr Tells Congress Full Mueller Report Will Be Released In A Matter Of Days By Adam Mill Attorney General William Barr said in testimony before a House subcommittee that he is conducting a broader investigation of how the Trump-Russia collusion narrative started. Full article Nancy Pelosi Changes Her Opinion Of Presidential Powers Depending On Who The President Is By Christopher Jacobs To put it bluntly, Nancy Pelosi put partisan allegiances—to Obama, and against Trump—ahead of her oath of office to uphold the Constitution. Full article For The Left To Get Religion, They’ll Have To Give Up Abortion And The Misuse Of Sex By Nathanael Blake Kirsten Powers recently made the case for an ‘awakening of the Christian left.’ But to get religion, the left will have to change. Full article For All Its Flaws, ‘Shazam’ Beats ‘Captain Marvel.’ Here’s Why By Titus Techera America has two Captain Marvels. One debuted last month but the original is hitting screens now, and ‘Shazam’ is a better movie. Full article World War II Was A Fight To Preserve Human Freedom By Madeline Osburn Is the human soul free and entitled to self-government, or are humans collective beings shaped by history? Full article Eric Swalwell Claims Kids Live In A Bullet-Riddled Dystopia. The Opposite Is True By David Harsanyi Presidential candidate Eric Swalwell wants to convince you that teens live in a bullet-riddled, dystopian world. They don’t. Stop traumatizing them. Full article WOKE PROGRESSIVES AREN’T THE MAJORITY They’re just the loudest on Twitter. Nate Cohn and Kevin Quealy with a useful corrective. http://vlt.tc/3lpy “Perhaps the most telling poll of the Democratic primary season hasn’t been about the Democratic primary at all — but about the fallout from a 35-year-old racist photo on a yearbook page. Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia was pummeled on social media after the revelation, and virtually every Democratic presidential candidate demanded his resignation. Read more of The Transom by signing up for a free trial today. follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend Copyright © 2019 The Federalist, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences |
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04/10/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Universal Coverage; ‘Eggshell Culture’; Animals’ Best Friend By Carl M. Cannon on Apr 10, 2019 08:06 am Good morning, it’s Wednesday, April 10, 2019. On this date in 1866, New York’s legislature issued a charter incorporating the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Nine days later, New York enacted its first anti-cruelty statute, granting the ASPCA the authority to enforce it. I’ll have a more on this movement and the man who brought it to these shores in a moment. First, I’d point you to RealClearPolitics’ front page, which presents our poll averages, videos, breaking news stories, and aggregated opinion columns spanning the political spectrum. We also offer original material from our own reporters and contributors, including the following: * * * Chasing Universal Health Coverage. In RealClearPolicy, Joseph Antos and James C. Capretta write that obstacles that hindered Barack Obama’s effort to reduce the number of uninsured Americans confront Democrats seeking the same goal 10 years later. Is Campus “Eggshell Culture” Spreading to the Public Square? Also in RCPolicy, Pete Peterson hails President Trump’s free-speech executive order as a needed first step in countering runaway political correctness. Delaying DoD Cloud Contract Imperils National Security. In RealClearDefense, Daniel Goure warns that the U.S. is falling behind China when it comes to advanced computing technologies. U.S. Biofuel Mandate Does More Harm Than Good. Josh T. Smith explains in RealClearEnergy. * * * As I’ve noted before in this space, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was the brainchild of a debonair New Yorker named Henry Bergh. The scion of a well-to-do shipbuilder, Bergh enrolled at Columbia with a notion of studying law. Instead, he dropped out of college, traveled widely, married the daughter of an English architect and — after his father died in 1843 — became what we’d call a jet-setter. There were no airplanes yet, of course, but there were ships that crossed the Atlantic Ocean for European sojourns, mansions on Fifth Avenue, summer homes in Saratoga — and Henry Bergh and his wife enjoyed all of them. Yet, Bergh was a person who traveled with his eyes open. “A hint of the future,” American Heritage magazine noted a half-century ago, “came in Seville, where the Berghs attended a bullfight and were revolted as some eight bulls were killed and twenty horses eviscerated.” Nonetheless, he might have settled in Europe as a comfortable ex-pat, as anonymous to us today as any rich swell long since gone to his reward, except that while in his late 40s, Henry Bergh was put to work by Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. diplomatic corps. In czarist Russia as acting vice-consul in St. Petersburg, Bergh witnessed the routine abuse of horses, usually by peasants wanting their draft animals to go faster or do more. Bergh often instructed the driver of his own droshky to intercede, with mixed results. The problem, he came to realize, wasn’t the random muzhik beating a horse, it was a mindset that existed nearly everywhere he’d ever been. Weary of the cold Russian weather, Bergh headed home in the winter of 1864-1865. He stopped for a few months in London, where he met the Earl of Harrowby, president of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, an organization then in its fourth decade of existence. Although he loved horses Bergh wasn’t a pet person, per se. As a young man, he’d once recoiled when a small dog belonging to an actress he was courting put a paw on his knee. But the more he exposed himself to the cause of animal cruelty, the more he realized the dire need for reform. So, in a February 8, 1866 speech at New York City’s Clinton Hall, he outlined his crusade on behalf of “these mute servants of mankind.” Although Bergh was a Republican, he insisted to the audience that this was a bipartisan cause. “This is a matter purely of conscience; it has no perplexing side issues,” he proclaimed. “It is a moral question in all its aspects.” Initially, the organization was concerned with the welfare of horses and livestock, as well as the “sport” of dog fighting. As the ASPCA notes, however, the phrase “a dog’s life” stemmed from a grim reality: As many as 300 dogs were rounded up on New York City’s streets each day and tossed into a cage. That cage was then swung into the East River, drowning the animals. Even 20 years later, a city-run shelter in Brooklyn was described by a leading New York newspaper as treating dogs “in a most inhumane manner.” The solution was for the ASPCA to run the shelters, which it agreed to do. Meanwhile, the organization spread to nearly every state in the nation, and over the ensuing decades has saved untold millions of cats, dogs, horses, and other animals from cruelty and death. Upon his own death in 1888, Henry Bergh was widely credited with having profoundly stirred the nation’s conscience. It didn’t happen overnight. For his efforts, he had been dubbed “The Great Meddler,” a moniker not originally intended as a compliment. The first year the state law protecting animals was in effect, for example, a New Yorker named David Heath was sentenced to 10 days in jail for beating a cat to death. Upon hearing the verdict in court, Health ventured his opinion of the case. The arresting officer, he proclaimed, “ought to be disemboweled.” A $25 fine was promptly added to his sentence. Carl M. 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