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Warren Has Proposed or Backed Plans Totaling Estimated $129 Trillion in Government Spending By David Rutz Trump Vows ‘Tougher Sanctions Than Ever Before’ on Anniversary of Nixing Iran Nuclear Deal By Adam Kredo GOP Renews Push for Right to Work By Bill McMorris Bennet Offered to Stand Down from Senate Appointment for Hickenlooper By Todd Shepherd NLRB Targets Union Lobbying By Bill McMorris Thank You, President Trump! Chick-fil-A Is Now America’s Third-Largest Restaurant Chain By Andrew Stiles Prominent Beto Supporter Denounced for Singing Pro-Lynching Anthem By Alex Griswold Ocasio-Cortez Backs Uber and Lyft Boycott, Has Taken $2k Worth of Rides This Quarter By Brent Scher Contempt of Congress, Contempt for Democracy, and Contempt for Griswold By Hacks on Hacks Seth Meyers Goes to Bat for Ilhan Omar in Tense Interview With Meghan McCain By David Rutz You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. Copyright © 2019 Free Beacon, LLC, All rights reserved.  To reject freedom, click here. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.

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View this email in your browser Todays Top Stories Trump 2020: The Real Reason for Impeachment By Jeff Charles The Democrats appear to be in an accidental truth-telling season lately. First, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) admitted that he wishes […] TRUTH TV — Biden Shows ‘Em the Money — WATCH NOW By Leesa K. Donner Liberty Nation’s Leesa K. Donner and Sarah Cowgill take a look at the leading Democrat and his dough. Illegals Crime Report – May 2-8 By Kelli Ballard Illegal Immigration is more than just a political talking point; the left seems determined to make us an open-border country […] Biden: Just Another Good Old Boy from the Swamp? By Joe Schaeffer Former Vice President Joe Biden enjoys touting what he calls his proven track record of “bipartisanship” with Republicans. How exactly […] AG Barr and Contempt of Congress: A Desperate Ploy by House Dems By Graham J Noble The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted May 8 to approve a resolution to go forward with contempt of Congress proceedings […] James Comey: Self-Appointed Critic-in-Chief By Leesa K. Donner Former FBI Director James Comey chose to fly the friendly skies of CBS in his first interview since the Mueller […] Iran Threatens the Deal as Trade and Military Tensions Rise By Graham J Noble In a move that smacks of desperation, the Iranian government is attempting to virtually hold the international community hostage to […] A Civil War in Sports: Identity Politics vs Science? By Onar Åm A decade ago, declaring that a man is a man and a woman is a woman would have been self-evident […] Will Trudeau’s Blunders Launch a Conservative Revival? By Andrew Moran Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is that supposed friend who says he will help you on moving day but then […]   Hey Liberty Fans: Spread the word that you’ve had just about enough of the FAKE NEWS and forward this e-mail to one of your friends today – because “Truth IS Making a Comeback” on LibertyNation.com! Click Here to Subscribe!   LibertyNation.com on YouTube: View this email in your browser Copyright © 2019 LibertyNation.com is a project of One Generation Away, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

LARRY SABATO’S CRYSTAL BALL

>NOTES ON THE STATE OF THE HOUSE http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball NOTES ON THE STATE OF THE HOUSE The Democrats’ generic ballot edge endures, at least for now, but they shouldn’t get their hopes up on redistricting By Kyle Kondik Managing Editor, Sabato’s Crystal Ball

The Center for Politics is hiring a new coordinator of media relations who will help with the Crystal Ball and broader communications efforts at the Center. See here for a description of the position, information on how to apply, and who to contact if you have questions. — The Editors   KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — While it’s very early in the cycle and these polls are not predictive so far in advance, the House generic ballot polling right now looks very similar to what we saw this time two years ago. — Republicans almost certainly will need to lead on the generic ballot to retake the House, but perhaps they won’t need as big of a lead as we’ve seen in the past because of the nature of partisan voting in a presidential year and their abundance of targets in districts President Trump can or will carry. — If new House maps are created in Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, and Ohio because of various court orders, Democrats would benefit on balance. But it may very well be that no maps end up being changed. The 2019 generic ballot polls: They’re a lot like the ones we saw in 2017 Let’s start here with a caveat: House generic ballot polling from a year and a half before a general election should not be treated as predictive. The 2020 House election depends on a lot of factors that remain unknowable, most importantly the tone-setting effect of the presidential race, which at this point appears to be something of a 50-50 proposition. That said, if you’re looking for signs of a growing backlash against the new Democratic-majority U.S. House of Representatives, you won’t find it in national generic ballot polling so far. Democrats led the House generic ballot the whole way in the 2017-2018 RealClearPolitics average. From Jan. 1, 2017 through April 30, 2017, there were 12 generic ballot polls included. The Democrats led every single one, and by an average of six points. This year, from Jan. 1 through April 30, there are 11 polls in the average, and the Democrats lead in every one… by an average of six points.   It is true that Democrats led the House generic ballot early in both the 2010 and 2014 cycles, too, both of which ended up being great years for Republicans in the House. That’s why we say this polling is not necessarily all that predictive. It may be that a pro-Democratic sentiment on the House generic ballot right now is essentially just a proxy for a preference for a generic Democratic presidential candidate against President Donald Trump. Former Vice President Joe Biden, typically the strongest-polling Democrat against Trump, leads the incumbent by about seven points, on average, in polling so far, pretty similar to the Democratic House ballot lead. If and when polling in the presidential race tightens, the generic may tighten, too. After all, we are in a partisan era where, as congressional scholar Gary Jacobson has documented, the incumbency advantage for members of Congress has diminished to a significant degree. A nationalized election could benefit House Republicans, most notably if Trump wins. Republicans need to flip at least 18 House seats to win the chamber. With 31 Democrats in Trump-won seats, Republicans could win the House back just by sweeping all the Democratic House districts where Trump won by three points or more in 2018. That’s easier said than done. For one thing, we could imagine Trump’s performance weakening in some of these districts because they cover some affluent, highly-educated suburban areas that are trending away from Republicans. Also, and to the extent incumbency matters, Democrats have strong officeholders in some of these districts. Still, the districts are there for the Republicans to retake the House, at least on paper. Typically one would expect a party flipping the House to have a considerable edge on the House generic ballot on Election Day. When the Democrats won the House from the Republicans in 2006 and 2018, their final generic ballot poll average lead in RealClearPolitics was 11.5 and 7.3 points, respectively. When Republicans took control of the House in 2010, their lead was 9.4 points. So the Republicans will need to be leading on the House generic ballot in order to win the House; they just might not need to lead by as much as we’ve seen in past years in order to win it given the characteristics of their best targets and the decline of ticket-splitting and the power of incumbency. As it stands now, we continue to consider the Democrats favorites to hold their House majority, with a Trump reelection victory a necessary but perhaps not sufficient condition for a restoration of unified GOP rule in Washington. Hold your horses on redistricting Democrats’ chances to hold the House would be bolstered if court decisions mandating new districts in several states do in fact produce new maps for 2020. But don’t hold your breath. Despite the 2018 House blue wave that flipped the lower chamber, Democrats came up empty in two big states: Ohio and North Carolina. Republicans maintained a 12-4 edge in the Buckeye State’s House delegation, and in the Tar Heel State, Republicans seemed to hold their 10-3 advantage until credible accusations of fraud prompted a do-over election in NC-9. The GOP primary for that race is next week (veteran Dan McCready, the 2018 nominee, is unopposed for the Democratic nomination). A big part of the reason why Democrats failed to win any new seats in Ohio, and may not in North Carolina, is because both states have House maps gerrymandered by Republicans. The GOP actually gerrymandered North Carolina twice in the 2010s, both in an initial map for the 2012 election and then a re-do in response to a court order in advance of 2016. Still, the North Carolina maps have held for the Republicans throughout the decade, with the possible exception of the unusual NC-9 situation. North Carolina redistricting, along with Maryland (which features a Democratic gerrymander), is at the center of a pending Supreme Court decision in which the justices are once again considering whether to intervene to curb the excesses of partisan gerrymandering. Additionally, federal courts recently ruled that Michigan and Ohio’s House maps are partisan gerrymanders. Both maps were drawn by Republicans but, unlike in Ohio, Democrats picked up a couple of suburban Michigan seats last year despite the GOP gerrymander. So it’s possible that all four of these states will have new House maps in 2020. That combination of outcomes would almost certainly benefit Democrats on balance. While Republicans would almost assuredly pick up a seat in Maryland — MD-6, held by Rep. David Trone (D), would become significantly more Republican in a fair remap — Democrats likely would pick up multiple seats from North Carolina and Ohio. Michigan is harder to figure because the delegation is currently 7-7 and a remap would not necessarily be guaranteed to help Democrats. But it’s also possible, perhaps even likely, that none of the maps in these states actually will change at all this cycle. Republicans in Michigan and Ohio are hoping that the Supreme Court decides not to intervene in the Maryland and North Carolina cases, which might effectively overrule the lower courts’ decisions in Michigan and Ohio, too. It took arguably the most liberal Supreme Court in American history, the Earl Warren court of the 1960s, to issue the landmark decisions that finally ended the malapportionment of congressional and state legislative districts, forcing districts to have equal populations and enshrining the principle of “one person, one vote” into legislative districting jurisprudence. Prior to that, the high court had stayed out of what Justice Felix Frankfurter called “the political thicket” of legislative map-drawing (Frankfurter dissented in Baker v. Carr, the 1962 ruling that in which the Supreme Court decided to enter said “thicket.”). Since those decisions, the Supreme Court has repeatedly declined to intervene in partisan redistricting cases, and the current John Roberts court is very much unlike the Warren Court in terms of ideology. The Supreme Court punted on a gerrymandering decision last year; since then, Brett Kavanaugh has replaced Anthony Kennedy on the court, arguably positioning the court further to the right. In other words, and without knowing what the Supreme Court ultimately will say, we’d be surprised if this ends up being the court that intervenes against partisan redistricting. So while we’d love to speculate in more details about how the maps in these four aforementioned states might specifically change in the event of remaps, such an exercise might very well be a waste of time. Instead, let’s wait and see what the Supreme Court says. Read the fine print Learn more about the Crystal Ball and find out how to contact us here. Sign up to receive Crystal Ball e-mails like this one delivered straight to your inbox. Use caution with Sabato’s Crystal Ball, and remember: “He who lives by the Crystal Ball ends up eating ground glass!”

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THE DAILY SIGNAL

May 09, 2019

Good morning from Washington, where the left tries to make Attorney General William Barr the fall guy because the special counsel came up short on Trump-Russia collusion. Fred Lucas reports on House Democrats’ impeachment chatter and Victor Davis Hanson comments on the hullabaloo. Senate Republicans join Democrats to breathe new life into an 85-year-old federal bank, Rachel del Guidice writes. Plus: Michelle Malkin on the left’s silence about actual injustice at the border, and Star Parker on the tyranny encouraged by liberals’ Equality Act.

	Commentary The Injustice of the Left’s Fury Against Barr The besmirching of the attorney general’s conduct is surreal. He certainly has not done anything even remotely approximating the conduct of former President Obama’s two attorneys general. More Commentary Keeping Fake Illegal Immigrant Families Together Trump’s efforts to close the loopholes that aid and abet this transnational illegal immigrant kiddie smuggling racket have been condemned as heartless. But what’s truly inhumane is those who use children as pawns in their pursuit of open borders. More News Democrats Talk Impeachment as They Vote to Hold Attorney General in Contempt After redacting some grand jury material, Barr made 92% of the Mueller report available to the public, and about 98% to members of Congress. More Commentary She Survived an Abortion Attempt. Now, She Defends Life. “There are over 3,000 kids every day being killed in America, and I don’t see people grieving,” says Gianna Jessen. More News Senate Confirms 3 to Board of Export-Import Bank, Reviving Agency “The Export-Import Bank is corporate welfare, giving taxpayer subsidies to some of the largest, most politically connected companies in the U.S. and around the world,” says Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. More Commentary Equality Act Is About Civil Tyranny, Not Civil Rights Under the guise of civil rights, our public schools will be forced to teach this sexual nihilism as truth, and teaching the traditional values that have held the American family together will become an actionable offense. More

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The Resurgent’s Morning Briefing for May 9,2019 View this email in your browser Share Tweet Forward Good morning, Here is all the news conservatives need to know to start their day.  At 4pm ET, you can catch me on radio to bring you up to speed on developments throughout the day.  You can listen live here.   You Don’t Have to Work There Protestors around the country are upset with Uber, which is going public. They want the drivers to get paid more. Some of the drivers are complaining. Lyft, the other ride share service, is in a similar predicament. Here’s the thing though — you don’t have to work there. You can get a job elsewhere. We […] The post You Don’t Have to Work There appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Equ”ALL”ity Hypocrisy I was standing in the security line at Orlando International Airport recently when my wife nudged me to look at the shirt of the young lady in front of us.  It was a plain blue t-shirt with the word “equALLity” spread across the front.  As I rolled my eyes as far as they could go, […] The post Equ”ALL”ity Hypocrisy appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Biden isn’t moderate on gun rights He believes there is a rational way to deal with the 2nd Amendment Democrats have been an enemy of the Second Amendment for seemingly an eternity. Representative Swalwell is basing his entire presidential campaign on the removal of gun rights. Senator Cory Booker believes we should have a national firearms database, and if you don’t […] The post Biden isn’t moderate on gun rights appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » WATCH: “Impeach” Al Green goes nuts on African-American entrepreneur for… being racist? Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) is already well-known for his outlandish statements. It looks like last week, he took a break from his one-man campaign to impeach President Trump – something even Speaker Pelosi has rejected – to attack an African-American entrepreneur for being racist because said entrepreneur refused to toe the leftist line with regard to […] The post WATCH: “Impeach” Al Green goes nuts on African-American entrepreneur for… being racist? appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » The Chick-Fil-A Success Keeps Rolling On Chicken haters have made no dent in Chick-fil-A’s stunning success, as it continues it’s trajectory toward becoming the third largest chain in the U.S., which is expected sometime by the end of 2020. Sales have tripled in the last ten years, and the number of store locations has nearly doubled since 2007. While many in […] The post The Chick-Fil-A Success Keeps Rolling On appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Rep. Chip Roy Does What Republican Leaders Should Do Texas Congressman Chip Roy has sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi about the budget and spending. He takes a position Republican leaders should have taken the last few years and should be taking right now. According to Rep. Roy, he’d like a commitment for the House to not spend beyond the sequestration levels Congress previously […] The post Rep. Chip Roy Does What Republican Leaders Should Do appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Did Trump’s Fixer Hide Falwell Pics? Up until yesterday, I assumed the most embarrassing picture ever taken of Jerry Falwell, Jr. was the one of him grinning and shaking Trump’s hand while standing in front of a copy of Playboy Magazine. Apparently, I was wrong. Reuters broke this story yesterday after being provided a recording of Michael Cohen by Tom Arnold. […] The post Did Trump’s Fixer Hide Falwell Pics? appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Execute The Infant Because It Didn’t Give Its Mother Fair Notice How rude of the child’s heart to start beating without telling its mother? Georgia just passed a bill that would not permit abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected.  The heartbeat bill is being denounced by the pro-choice movement as an assault on the rights of women.  Nevermind the rights of the child. The idea […] The post Execute The Infant Because It Didn’t Give Its Mother Fair Notice appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » Pelosi: The Attorney General Should Be Held in Contempt The post Pelosi: The Attorney General Should Be Held in Contempt appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser » CNN Guest: ‘That Is Not a Human Being’ Inside of a Pregnant Woman The post CNN Guest: ‘That Is Not a Human Being’ Inside of a Pregnant Woman appeared first on The Resurgent.  Read in browser »   Recent Items: 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: How long can Dems hold back on impeachment?

By JAKE SHERMAN, ANNA PALMER and DANIEL LIPPMAN 

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BREAKING … LITTLE ROCKET MAN … AP/SEOUL: “South Korea: North Korea fires an unidentified projectile”: “North Korea on Thursday fired at least one unidentified projectile from the country’s western area, South Korea’s military said, the North’s second weapons launch in the last five days and a possible warning that nuclear disarmament talks with Washington could be in danger. …

“The launch comes as U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun visits South Korea, and hours after the North described its firing of rocket artillery and an apparent short-range ballistic missile on Saturday as a regular and defensive military exercise.” AP

A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO PUT A PERCENTAGE on the chance of impeachment, but we think that’s silly. HERE’S WHAT WE CAN SAY at this moment: Some extreme action — like launching impeachment proceedings against President DONALD TRUMP — is getting likelier by the day. It’s not overwhelmingly likely, but the vibe on Capitol Hill is getting worse: Democrats are angry that they are getting stonewalled. Republicans are angry that Democrats do not seem willing to let this go.

HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI has handled the politics of impeachment well. She’s kept her foot hovering above the brake pedal, cognizant of the risk of immediate acceleration. She has kept her chairmen in line, kept her members mostly calm and her leadership on the same page. She even went to the White House with Senate Minority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER to talk infrastructure, which showed Trump she’s not singularly consumed with oversight, but also interested in governing.

BUT THE WHITE HOUSE is doing practically everything it can to taunt Pelosi. Most administrations slow-walk document production; this White House is flat-out saying, ‘No, your oversight is overzealous, and we won’t participate in it.’ This is going to force Democrats to file lawsuits to obtain documents — lawsuits that even top Republicans privately concede Pelosi will win.

TRUMP SEEMS TO BE DARING DEMOCRATS to take the impeachment road. Talk people in his administration, and you’ll hear that all of this Hill saber-rattling is good for them. Impeachment is unpopular, they believe, and will help Trump in 2020.

IN SOME STRANGE WAY, one person who benefits from this the most isSenate Majority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL, who can tell GOP donors that it’s his Senate Republicans who stand in the way of chaos and a potential Democratic takeover of Washington in 2020.

PELOSI AND DEMOCRATS have a bunch of options before they get to proceedings to remove Trump from office. Judiciary has already held A.G. BILL BARR in contempt, a vote on which will come to the House floor shortly. They can impeachBarr,Treasury Secretary STEVEN MNUCHIN and other officials for being uncooperative. They can exact legislative revenge on the White House, making Trump’s government looking hapless using leverage points like the debt limit and funding bills — unless the White House starts coughing up documents.

EITHER WAY, THE FRUSTRATION is becoming clear. …

… TO WIT: NYT’S SHERYL GAY STOLBERG: “Facing a Trump Stonewall, Democrats Struggle for Options to Compel Cooperation”: “Some who previously urged caution are now saying impeachment may be inevitable ‘If the facts lead us to that objective, so be it,’ Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, the majority leader, told reporters on Wednesday.

“He said Democratic leaders and the chairmen of six committees are coordinating on what he hopes will be a ‘holistic’ strategy to paint a picture for the public of ‘perhaps the greatest cover-up of any president in American history.’ …

“But with Mr. Trump trying to keep Congress from gathering the facts, the mood in the caucus has shifted, many Democrats say. ‘We get the narrative from our leadership that we all got elected on health care and the economy and all of that,’ said Representative Gerald E. Connolly, Democrat of Virginia, ‘but we also got elected to impose checks and balances on a president who is unchecked and unbalanced.’” NYT

PSST … IT’S NOT JUST DEMOCRATS: AXIOS’ JONATHAN SWAN: “Senate Intel subpoenas Trump Jr. over Russia matters” (cc: Mitch McConnell)

— MORE on the Trump Jr. subpoena from Mark Mazzetti and Maggie Haberman: NYT

Good Thursday morning.

WITH TRUMP STONEWALLING … A PREVIEW OF THINGS TO COME? — “Subpoena fight over Fast and Furious documents finally settled,” by Josh Gerstein: “A settlement in a seven-year-long legal battle between the House and the Justice Department over records related to a gun-running investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious was publicly announced Tuesday just as similar clashes continue to intensify between the House and the Trump administration.

“The deal ends a civil suit the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee filed in 2012 following the House’s historic vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for refusing to release some records the panel demanded about the probe, during which law enforcement officials monitored but did not intervene as up to 2000 weapons were illegally sold.” POLITICO … More from Nancy Cook and Andrew Restuccia on Trump’s oversight fight shattering precedents

— “Schiff subpoenas DOJ for unredacted Mueller report and counterintel info,” by Andrew Desiderio

CLICKER: “What we know — and don’t know — about Trump’s taxes,” by Toby Eckert

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ALEX ISENSTADT: “Trump political machine sets massive fundraising target”: “President Donald Trump’s outside political machine is setting a $300 million fundraising goal and is pitching major GOP donors on a plan to target six swing states that are likely to decide the 2020 election, according to people familiar with the group’s blueprint.

“The pressure is high: America First Action super PAC and its allied non-profit, America First Policies, are part of a broader Trump political apparatus that Republican officials say will need to raise roughly $1 billion. Trump successfully raised money from small donors in 2016 but some major GOP givers remain wary of him.

“America First Action President Brian Walsh said in an interview Wednesday that he’s secured more than $40 million in pledges and that an array of major GOP givers have expressed interest. Many of them are deeply turned off by the Democratic field, he said. ‘Folks who wouldn’t even take a meeting with us last cycle are meeting with us,’ said Walsh, whose groups raised about $75 million during the 2018 midterm cycle.” POLITICO

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BIDEN WATCH — DAVID SIDERS in Los Angeles: “Biden: Democratic field will shrink rapidly early next year”: “Joe Biden predicted Wednesday that the field of Democratic presidential candidates would be ‘winnowed out pretty quickly’ next year, dismissing concerns that a lengthy and contentious primary could weaken the party’s nominee. ‘This field is going to be winnowed out pretty quickly,’ Biden told reporters at a King Taco restaurant in Los Angeles.

“Noting the 15 percent threshold for Democratic candidates in Iowa, the first-in-the-nation caucus state, and California, which will award its delegates in early March, Biden said, ‘It’s going to work its way through relatively quickly for all of us.’ He said he entered the race so late because ‘the process is already too long.’” POLITICO

CASH DASH — CARLA MARINUCCI in Los Angeles: “‘Nobody is ceding California to Kamala Harris’: Mayor Pete raids the West Coast”

— @MarcACaputo: “Biden’s heading to Florida. May 20 Miami fundraiser by developer Michael Adler (got to know Biden @ Miami’s 72 convention; backed his Senate bid that year; their dads were friends) May 21 Orlando fundraiser by John Morgan (FL medical marijuana father & ‘living wage’ financier).”

— Billionaire LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman is hosting a high-dollar fundraiser for Sen. CORY BOOKER (D-N.J.), reports Recode’s Teddy Schleifer. And former Google CEO Eric Schmidt co-hosted a fundraiser for BIDEN on Wednesday night in Los Angeles (along with Hollywood types Peter Chernin, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Chris Silbermann), per a pool report.

THAT DIDN’T TAKE LONG … “House and Senate GOP ready for battle to woo Liz Cheney,” by Melanie Zanona

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TRUMP’S THURSDAY — The president will deliver remarks in the Roosevelt Room at 11:45 a.m. on ending surprise medical billing. He will participate in a photo-op with the Boston Red Sox team leadership at 3:30 p.m. in the Oval Office and welcome the Boston Red Sox on the South Lawn at 3:45 p.m.

— BOSTON GLOBE’S PETER ABRAHAM in Baltimore: “White House visit was always an optional choice for Red Sox”

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BREAKING OVERNIGHT … ??? … AP: “Pompeo cancels stop in Greenland” … Reuters: “‘Secretary Pompeo must postpone his visit to Greenland due to a need for the secretary to be in Washington, D.C., today,’ spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said.”

TRUMP TURNING ON BOLTON? — “A frustrated Trump questions his administration’s Venezuela strategy,” by WaPo’s Anne Gearan, Josh Dawsey, John Hudson and Seung Min Kim: “President Trump is questioning his administration’s aggressive strategy in Venezuela following the failure of a U.S.-backed effort to oust President Nicolás Maduro, complaining he was misled about how easy it would be to replace the socialist strongman with a young opposition figure, according to administration officials and White House advisers.

“The president’s dissatisfaction has crystallized around national security adviser John Bolton and what Trump has groused is an interventionist stance at odds with his view that the United States should stay out of foreign quagmires. Trump has said in recent days that Bolton wants to get him ‘into a war’ — a comment that he has made in jest in the past but that now betrays his more serious concerns, one senior administration official said. …

“Trump has said that Maduro is a ‘tough cookie’ and that aides should not have led him to believe that the Venezuelan leader could be ousted last week, when Guaidó led mass street protests that turned deadly. … Bolton publicly revealed the defection plan to apply pressure to Maduro, which U.S. officials said has worked. They claim Maduro is sleeping in a bunker, paranoid that close aides will turn on him.” WaPo

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TELL US HOW YOU REALLY FEEL! — “McMaster blasts former colleagues as ‘danger to the Constitution,’” by Wes Morgan: “Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster accused some of his former White House colleagues on Wednesday of being ‘a danger to the Constitution’ because they are either trying to manipulate President Donald Trump to push their own agenda or see themselves as rescuing the country from what they view as the commander in chief’s bad policy choices. …

“‘The second group of people, and I think this is true in any administration,’ he explained, are those ‘who are not there to give the president options — they’re there to try to manipulate the situation based on their own agenda, not the president’s agenda.

“The third group of Trump advisers are those who ‘cast themselves in the role of saving the country, even the world, from the president,’ McMaster told an event hosted by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a hawkish think tank where he is now a scholar.” POLITICO

— FLASHBACK, via Dexter Filkins: “McMaster also clashed with Secretary of Defense James Mattis. On numerous occasions, current and former officials say, Mattis tried to block White House initiatives, leaving McMaster caught in the middle.

“In the fall of 2017, McMaster was planning a private session to develop military options for the possibility of conflict with North Korea: a war game, with Trump in attendance, at the Presidential retreat in Camp David. McMaster asked Mattis to send officers and planners. Mattis ignored him. ‘He prevented the thing from happening,’ the former senior Administration official told me.” The New Yorker

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TRADE WARS … BLOOMBERG: “Trump Says China ‘Broke the Deal’ in Trade Talks With U.S”:“U.S. President Donald Trump declared that China’s leaders ‘broke the deal’ he was negotiating with them on trade, ratcheting up his rhetoric ahead of fresh negotiations already clouded by imminent tariff increases and Beijing’s threats of retaliation. …

“Trump and his trade team discussed the next steps in the dispute and who should meet with [top Chinese trade negotiator Liu He] while he’s in Washington in a heated debate at the White House on Tuesday … The meeting became contentious when Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made his case for putting trust in Liu that China would come back with a satisfactory offer to close the deal.

“The president and his advisers concluded that he should only meet with Liu if the two sides make progress in the talks and that the decision would be made on short notice, the people said.” Bloomberg

— THE UPSHOT’S NEIL IRWIN: “Why Markets Aren’t Sweating the U.S.-China Trade War Much: The ‘Trump Put’”: “If you’re trying to bet on where markets will be six months or a year from now, there are a few things you know. The president of the United States cares a lot about what happens to the stock market, as his tweets make plain. He will be running for re-election in 18 months. He enjoys making big, bold promises, many of which don’t materialize.

“That adds up to a conviction that nothing really bad will happen — that the administration will strike some kind of deal, even if it does little to address long-term economic tensions between the United States and China.” NYT

MEDIAWATCH — “Marie Harf Leaving Fox News to Join Seth Moulton Campaign: The liberal on-air personality will serve as Moulton’s deputy campaign manager for policy and communications,” by The Daily Beast’s Hanna Trudo

— YASHAR ALI: “Scoop: John Heilemann Is in Talks to Host MSNBC Show”: “Journalist John Heilemann, a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC and co-author of the presidential campaign books ‘Game Change’ and ‘Double Down,’ is in talks to host his own MSNBC show on Saturday evenings, two sources familiar with the matter tell me. The deal, as I understand it, is not yet finalized.” Yashar Ali

— Bloomberg has named two new members of its 2020 campaign team: Tyler Pager most recently was at The New York Times, where he covered politics and breaking news on the metro desk. Pager is also a POLITICO alum. Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou previously was part of Bloomberg’s internship and rotation program.

— Mary Ann Georgantopoulos has been named an editor on the breaking news desk at BuzzFeed. She previously was a reporter for the site.

PLAYBOOKERS

SPOTTED: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Tommy Quinn and Henry Howard having dinner Wednesday night at Cafe Milano.

SPOTTED Wednesday night at a salon dinner on woman leaders hosted by Meridian International Center and German Ambassador Emily Haber: co-hosts Patrick Steel, Tracy Bernstein, Ann Stock, Megan Beyer and Natalie Jones; “first-evers” Kellyanne Conway, Michele Norris, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Lisa Blatt and Kaywin Feldman; Swedish Ambassador Karin Olofsdotter, Luxembourg Ambassador Sylvie Lucas, Kosovar Ambassador Vlora Çitaku, Ethiopian Prince Joel David Makonnen Haile Selassie and Ariana Austin Makonnen, Amy Raskin, Suzan Aramaki, Laura Cox Kaplan, Stuart Bernstein, Gwen Holliday, Bruce Lane and Richard Morrissey.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Andrea Bozek, SVP at Mercury and an NRSC and NRCC alum, and Chris Grant, CEO of Big Dog Strategies and an Axiom Strategies and Chris Collins alum, on Saturday welcomed Audrey June Grant. Pic

TRANSITION … Bank of America’s Larry di Rita has added market president for the greater Washington region to his portfolio.

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: David Gergen, a professor of public service and founding director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and a senior political analyst for CNN, is 77. A fun fact about David: “Well, there have been lots of crazy things in my life, but one of the least expected occurred at the Miss America pageant of 1963. The theme was Joe College, and I was asked to serve as a male escort. Perhaps that was because Miss North Carolina — my home state — was 6’3” in heels; I guess they were looking for a tall galoot to accompany her.

“My moment in the spotlight came when a newly crowned Miss America came sweeping down the runway in Atlantic City — television cameras zooming in — when her long dress was caught on a nail. I rushed across the stage to release her dress — we just barely missed a ‘wardrobe malfunction.’ Come to think of it, maybe that’s where I got my start in national life.” Playbook Plus Q&A

BIRTHDAYS: Virginia White is 95 (hat tip: Robert Allbritton) … Mark Leibovich, chief national correspondent at the NYT Magazine and author of “This Town,” is 54 … Scott Pruitt is 51 … Laura Capps … Uber’s Theo LeCompte is 4-0 … Third Way President Jon Cowan (h/t Ladan Ahmadi) … John Ashcroft is 77 … Facebook’s Joel Kaplan is 5-0 (h/t Laura Cox Kaplan) … Kent Knutson is 52 … Steven Richman … POLITICO’s Victoria Guida, LaToiya O’Brien, Paul Jaworski and Chris ReShore … Gregg Keller … Jeremy Kennedy … Olya Moskalenko … WSJ’s Eva Dou … Fabion Seaton … Ezra Klein, founder and editor-at-large of Vox, is 35 … Dana Perino, anchor of Fox News’ “The Daily Briefing” and co-host of “The Five” … Nicholas Jackson, EIC of Pacific Standard … Fox News’ Jordan Powell … DOL’s Aaron Krejci … State Department’s Brent Beemer is 5-0 (h/t Teresa Davis) … Claudia Lenart … Liberal Democrats leader Vince Cable is 76 …

… David Wysong … Judith Steinberg Dean is 66 … Shiza Shahid … Mother Jones’ Nihal Krishan … Ashley Schapitl … former Rep. Scott McInnis (R-Colo.) is 66 (b/t Blain Rethmeier) … IFA’s Jenna Weisbord is 31 … Danielle Friedman of Perkins Coie … Sam Fox is 9-0 … David Perera … Chris Ullman, founder and president of Ullman Communications (h/t Kris Ullman) … Gregory Whitten … Lauren Decot … Jason Linde, VP of political affairs for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), is 5-0 (h/t Steve Danon) … Melanie Hastings … Sally Buikema … Victoria McCullough of Tumblr … Edelman’s Erica Noble … Conor Lynch … Katherine Casey … McClatchy alum Greg Gordon is 69 … Parker Poling, ED of NRCC … Reeve Hamilton … Kevin Shuvalov … Taylor Andreae … Joe Mohorovic … Virginia Dent … Jack Peterson … Daily Beast national editor Justin Miller … Ian Osborne … Stu Sandler … Hungarian President János Áder is 6-0 … Matt Hessburg … Peter Drummond (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)

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View this email in your browser Thursday, May 9, 2019 NYT Scoop and NYS Bill re Trump’s Taxes The New York Times “obtained printouts from [President Trump’s] official Internal Revenue Service tax transcripts [for the years 1985 through 1994], with the figures from his federal tax form, the 1040, from someone who had legal access to them. They represent the fullest and most detailed look to date at the president’s taxes. And they show that during a tumultuous decade of fevered acquisition and spectacular collapse, Mr. Trump’s core businesses — largely casinos, hotels and retail space in apartment buildings — ran up $1.17 billion in losses.” New York Times   On Wednesday, the New York State Senate passed a bill that “would authorize state tax officials to release any state returns filed in New York if requested by the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee or the Joint Committee on Taxation… Trump’s home state is New York, where many of his business enterprises are based. Financial information in state returns is likely to mirror much of what is in his federal returns.” AP News   Quick reminder: On Monday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin refused to provide a copy of President Trump’s tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee, claiming “that the panel’s request ‘lacks a legitimate legislative purpose’ as Supreme Court precedent requires.” AP News From the Left The left focused on the magnitude of Trump’s losses, and his continued efforts to mislead the public. “It turns out that young Trump’s claim to great riches was, at times, completely made up. He was, instead, desperately burdened by debt that topped $1 billion. It seems that his business acumen was at best questionable, at worst fake — as were his vast profits… The man Trump presented in his book ‘The Art of the Deal’ was a fiction.” Michael D’Antonio, CNN   “Assuming the Times reporters’ analysis of the I.R.S. data on high earners is accurate—and there is no apparent reason to doubt it—he was the biggest loser in the country for two years in a row… Even now, there are a lot of Americans who believe that the President is a savvy and successful businessman who knows what he is doing. The actual record, which, thanks to the Times, we now know a good deal more about, suggests the exact opposite. It reveals Trump to be a reckless conman who burned money and relied on his father, even as he was fashioning a myth that eventually took him all the way to the White House. No wonder he is so averse to allowing the American public to see any more accurate information about his financial history.” John Cassidy, The New Yorker   “President Trump owes the American people a fuller account of his financial dealings, including the release of his recent tax returns, because politicians should keep their promises, because the public deserves to know whether his policies are lining his pockets and because the integrity of our system of government requires everyone, particularly the president, to obey the law.” Editorial Board, New York Times   “There are two explanations for what Trump is trying to conceal. The first is that there are scandalous or even criminal activities that he has engaged in — partnerships with shady characters, cases of money laundering — and the returns would point the way to discover them… The second explanation for Trump’s determination not to allow the returns to become public is in some ways more innocent: that as so many have speculated, he’s not nearly as rich as he always says. Is it possible that Trump’s motives are only the most petty, shallow and vain ones?” Paul Waldman, Washington Post   “On Wednesday, he again tried to claim that he was able to avoid paying income taxes for eight of the 10 years between 1985 and 1994 not because he was such a terrible businessman that he managed to lose $1.17 billion, but because he was such a great businessman that he knew how to avoid paying taxes. And while that argument might’ve landed when he was running for president and bullshitting voters about how he was totally going to close all the loopholes from which he benefited, it’s a little less convincing now that he’s president and has already passed a massive tax ‘reform’ law that wait, what’s that? Expanded them.” Bess Levin, Vanity Fair   “In theory, there’s no reason why a bad businessman can’t go on to become a good president. But a commander-in-chief whose signature legislative achievement expanded tax loopholes that he himself describes as grossly unfair is pretty much a bad president, by definition.” Eric Levitz, New York Magazine   Regarding New York State, Sen. Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan) writes, “Our system of checks and balances is failing. But as our Framers envisioned, there is a check still remaining in state government. New York, as the home of the President’s state returns, has a special role and responsibility to step into the breach. Washington has failed to act. We intend to lead.” Senator Brad Hoylman, Twitter From the Right The right points out that Trump’s financial troubles have been public knowledge for decades, and worries about the precedent being set by the Times and New York state. “Anyone who was around the New York business scene in the 1980s and ’90s remembers that Trump was a business disaster in those years. He admitted as much on ‘The Apprentice.’ And those losses meant he didn’t pay much in taxes… It may be a scandal and a travesty. But it isn’t Trump’s fault that the means existed for him to pay far less in taxes than the chattering classes think he should have. And it would be stupid of someone like Trump not to minimize his tax burden if he is able to do so.” John Podhoretz, New York Post “It’s not as if the fact that his casino empire was a money loser was a secret until now… The Times’ story adds more detail to the losses but it doesn’t dramatically change the overall picture that was already part of the record before the last election. Most voters are more interested in what shows up on their own tax returns than what Trump’s returns looked like more than 20 years ago.” John Sexton, Hot Air “There really are no Trump mysteries. His flaws aren’t hidden away. He often attests to them himself, or demonstrates them publicly. For someone who cares so much about his image, and so assiduously crafts it, he’s a relative open book… the hope that we are one investigation, tax return, or subpoena away from the revelation that will finally bell the cat and bring Trump down — or even make a difference — is almost certainly forlorn.” Rich Lowry, Politico Many argue that the Times “has no more right to Trump’s tax returns than it has to mine or those of any of you reading these words… taxpayer privacy is ‘fundamental to a tax system that relies on self-reporting’ since it protects ‘sensitive or otherwise personal information,’ said then-Judge (now Supreme Court Justice) Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1986 in another case when she served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia… The IRS and the U.S. Justice Department should investigate how this disclosure happened, find out who did it, and prosecute anyone who violated the law.” Hans von Spakovsky, Fox News Regarding New York State, “the ban on bills of attainder—laws targeting an individual—is as clear a constitutional principle as any in the great American charter. Article 1, Section 10 states that ‘No State shall . . . pass any Bill of Attainder.’ The Founders wrote the passage to prohibit abuses that were common in England. If Democrats want to go down this road, they should be ready for the boomerang. Both parties can use tax disclosure as a political weapon, and the Albany precedent will be repaid in kind by a Republican state legislature against a future Democratic officeholder… We wish Mr. Trump would release his tax returns for political transparency. But he has no legal obligation to do so and his refusal doesn’t justify an abuse of state power.” Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal “This is harassment. It serves no purpose but to try to embarrass the President. It sets a dangerous precedent that future legislatures may try to use on future executives. I remain in the camp that thinks the President should release these records, but I do not think any legislature should force this issue. Today, they only want to do it to the President. Tomorrow, it could be any major figure in America that a ruling party decides it does not like. All Americans should be able to trust the privacy of the income tax system, including the President.” Erick Erickson, The Resurgent A libertarian’s take “The scoop reflects poorly on Trump, who willfully misled the public for a decade in hopes of fraudulently representing himself as a man with a Midas touch. But he could not have succeeded without the assistance of many Americans, some mercenary, others over-credulous, who helped to spread the deceit and deception, generating countless newspaper articles, magazine stories, and TV segments that misinformed the public about the publicity hound’s record in business. New evidence of his staggering losses in that decade therefore provides an apt occasion to reflect on the media’s complicity in Trump’s brazen deceit and deception… Let [this] be a lesson for today’s tabloids, gossip columnists, over-credulous or mercenary journalists, and reality-television producers.” Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic On the bright side… Orchestra searching for child who charmed crowd with ‘wow!’ AP News Share Tweet Forward Sign Up Here Copyright © 2019 The Flip Side, All rights reserved. You can unsubscribe from this list here.

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CDN’s Daily News Blast delivers the day’s news first! View this email in your browser CDN Daily News Blast 05/09/2019 Excerpts: President Donald Trump’s Schedule for Thursday, May 9, 2019 By R. Mitchell – President Donald Trump will deliver remarks on surprise medical billing, receive his daily briefing, take photos with the Boston Red Sox team leadership then welcome the 2018 Red Sox team to the White House. Keep up with Trump on CDN’s Presidential Schedule Page. President Trump’s schedule for 5/9/19 All Times … President Donald Trump’s Schedule for Thursday, May 9, 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 » Buttigieg Courts Big Tech Billionaires As Other Candidates Torpedo Silicon Valley By Chris White – Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is quietly courting wealthy big tech tycoons while many of his opponents are etching out a much more belligerent position against Silicon Valley. Buttigieg has five fundraising events in San Francisco and the Silicon Valley area, media reports show, with most of the events expected … Buttigieg Courts Big Tech Billionaires As Other Candidates Torpedo Silicon Valley 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 Judiciary Committee Passes Vote To Hold Barr In Contempt Of Congress By Henry Rodgers – The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for not giving the committee special counsel Robert Mueller’s full, unredacted report. The committee, led by New York Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, originally gave Barr a deadline of 9 a.m. Monday to turn in … House Judiciary Committee Passes Vote To Hold Barr In Contempt Of Congress 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 » Pentagon: 2020 Budget Request Essential to Security By David Vergun – Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan, Defense Department Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer David L. Norquist and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford testified about the fiscal year 2020 defense budget request at a Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee hearing Wednesday in Washington. Main … Pentagon: 2020 Budget Request Essential to Security 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 » Democratic Efforts To Pack The Supreme Court Hit A Big Wall: Public Opinion By Kevin Daley – A majority of Americans oppose expanding the Supreme Court, according to survey data which comes as Democratic presidential candidates float proposal to change the Court’s composition. Though opposition to court-expansion is high, voters are quite receptive to less aggressive reform measures like term limits. A Rasmussen telephone and online survey … Democratic Efforts To Pack The Supreme Court Hit A Big Wall: Public Opinion 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 » STUDY: Daycare May Lower Your Child’s IQ, Especially If You’re Rich By Mary Margaret Olohan – A 2019 study reveals not only that daycare lowers children’s IQ levels but also suggests that daycare is most damaging to children from wealthy families. The study, performed by researchers Margherita For, Andrea Ichino, and Giulio Zanella in Italy’s affluent city of Bologna, examined the effects of daycare on children … STUDY: Daycare May Lower Your Child’s IQ, Especially If You’re Rich 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 » Sarah Sanders Sets The Record Straight On Trump’s Economic Boom By Jim Clayton – Over the last few weeks, Democrats have pushed the narrative that it’s Barack Obama who is responsible for today’s booming economy, not Donald Trump. But Sarah Sanders finally decided to set everyone straight on Saturday, explaining that it is, in fact, Trump’s policies that have stimulated the economy. Meanwhile, she said, … Sarah Sanders Sets The Record Straight On Trump’s Economic Boom 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 » Newt Gingrich: NYT Owner and Nancy Pelosi Should Release Their Tax Returns By Nick Givas – Former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich said the owner of the New York Times and current Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should release their tax returns to the American public. Gingrich was responding to a Wednesday New York Times article chronicling years of President Donald Trump’s personal finances and tax liabilities. “Well, I … Newt Gingrich: NYT Owner and Nancy Pelosi Should Release Their Tax Returns 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 » Taming The Dragon – Ben Garrison Cartoon By Ben Garrison – For far too long China has taken advantage of the west when it comes to trade. Our recent presidents have consistently caved in to them—especially the Clintons who likely gave the Chinese whatever they wanted in exchange for campaign donations. Yes, it’s still yet another Clinton scandal that should have … Taming The Dragon – Ben Garrison 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 » Should the Media and Politicians Fear Voters or God? By Amanda Alverez – Is God number one in your life? Unfortunately, there are some without the desire to understand God’s plan for our lives and the importance of studying and learning His word. If we do, we are able to affirm that the closeness of our relationship with Him, directly determines our total … Should the Media and Politicians Fear Voters or God? 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 » Pelosi’s Response When Asked About Trump Tax Returns: ‘We Do Have A Little Jail Down In The Basement Of The Capitol’ By Evie Fordham – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got laughs Wednesday when she was asked about going after President Donald Trump’s tax returns and joked about arresting Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin for keeping the returns private. “Could you hold the Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin in contempt? Some Democrats have even raised the prospect … Pelosi’s Response When Asked About Trump Tax Returns: ‘We Do Have A Little Jail Down In The Basement Of The Capitol’ 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 » Comey Hits Back At Barr: ‘The FBI Doesn’t Spy, The FBI Investigates’ By Chuck Ross – Former FBI Director James Comey responded Wednesday to Attorney General William Barr’s recent claims that the bureau spied on the Trump campaign, saying “the FBI doesn’t spy, the FBI investigates.” “I have no idea what he’s talking about,” Comey said in an interview on “CBS This Morning.” Barr touched off … Comey Hits Back At Barr: ‘The FBI Doesn’t Spy, The FBI Investigates’ 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 Judiciary Committee Votes To Hold Barr In Contempt Of Congress By Henry Rodgers – The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for not giving the committee special counsel Robert Mueller’s full, unredacted report. The committee, led by New York Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, originally gave Barr a deadline of 9 a.m. Monday to turn in … House Judiciary Committee Votes To Hold Barr In Contempt Of Congress 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

ROLL CALL

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Iowans prep for fierce 2020 fight — and not just for the White House

Iowans are used to the spotlight in presidential election years, and with the number of Democrats eyeing the nomination approaching two dozen, it may be difficult this year to travel in the state without running into a candidate or the media entourage that comes with them. But for Iowa voters, the more intense political battles in 2020 might actually be further down the ballot. Read More…

States spend big on make-or-break 2020 census

Freed from the budget constraints that dogged them during the last census and with a growing understanding of what accurate population counts mean for the possibility of federal dollars, states are spending at an unprecedented rate on efforts to boost census outreach. Read More…

An American credo: Justice for some, especially the four-legged

OPINION — From the current administration’s indifference to congressional requests for information on the Mueller report to its hardening policies restricting those seeking asylum from violent homelands, one would think Donald Trump and company cared little for justice. But the president did manage to speak out recently in support of one particular victim he felt was wronged. Read More…

Trump’s Gold-Plated, Monogrammed Presidency

OPINION — Compared to Donald Trump, the constitutional modesty of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon represents the good old days. Instead of the Imperial Presidency, we now have the Gold-Plated, Monogrammed Presidency. Read More…

The congressional softball team lost its MVP, but these newcomers are on deck

They look like your typical active Washingtonians as they hit the field for practice, right down to the spandex leggings. But these are no ordinary league players — they’re the powerful women of the congressional softball team.  Read More…

Bernie 2020 becomes first unionized presidential campaign in history

Working for a campaign can be grueling, especially because staffers lack the formal human resources structure of a more traditional workplace. But hourly workers for the Bernie 2020 campaign can now count on overtime pay. Read More…

Trump says China would best Buttigieg even as his own trade talks slow

President Donald Trump mocked congressional Democrats at a campaign rally in Florida on Wednesday and called on them to end their investigations into his business and personal activities. Read More…

Are Democrats using quest for unredacted Mueller report as shield against impeachment?

House Democratic leaders have unequivocally accused President Donald Trump of ongoing obstruction of justice, but they say they won’t decide whether to begin impeachment proceedings against him without seeing the full report and evidence from the special counsel’s investigation. Read More…

Just where is this secret House jail located?

Speaker Nancy Pelosi resurfaced one of the Capitol’s most enduring mysteries when answering a question about whether Democrats might imprison Trump administration officials who defy Congress: the House jail. But where is this mysterious cell? Read More…

Who’s afraid of political gerrymandering?

Political gerrymandering is losing friends fast, at least in the courts. Why all the interest all of a sudden in such an esoteric part of politics? CQ Roll Call campaign reporters Simone Pathé and Stephanie Akin are our guides through the maze of maps on the latest Political Theater podcast.  Listen here…

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Having trouble viewing this email? Click here   Trending now Former Trump official says some White House aides are a ‘danger to the Constitution’ – here’s why   Florida schools can arm teachers under new law       More from TheBlaze Media largely ignoring one important detail of Colorado STEM murderer’s ‘identity’   AOC slams Georgia pro-life ‘heartbeat bill,’ calling it a ‘backdoor ban’     House Intel Committee hits DOJ with a subpoena for the full Mueller report – and much more   Senate Intel Committee subpoenas Donald Trump Jr. over Russia — but he is not giving in   more stories One last thing… Joe Biden says the U.S. is obligated to provide healthcare to illegal immigrants Former vice president and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden told a California audience that the United States has an obligation to provide healthcare to illegal immigrants, according to The Daily Wire.Biden, who has a significant lead in the Democratic primary polls, was campaigning in Los Angeles when he got on the topic of healthca… Read more Share Tweet Email

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Barr Held in Contempt & Trump Exerts Executive Privilege  After five hours of debate, the House Judiciary Committee voted strictly along party lines to hold Attorney General Barr in contempt yesterday, alleging that he had unreasonably restricted access to the Mueller report and underlying evidence.    The White House is claiming that the move is purely political, pointing to the fact that 95 percent of the report remains un-redacted, that the redactions are required by law, and noting that a less-redacted version is available to select members of the committee who have refused to even come read it.   In response, President Trump has invoked executive privilege.   From the AP:   “If approved by the House, where the Democrats hold a solid majority, the contempt resolution would almost certainly move to an unusual, and potentially protracted, multi-pronged court battle with the Trump administration.   The contempt finding could be referred to the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, a Justice Department official who would be likely to defend rather than oppose Barr. Democratic House leaders could also file a lawsuit, though the case could take months or even years to resolve. Some committee members have suggested they also could fine Barr as he withholds information.   Nadler said Wednesday the Trump administration’s refusal to provide the special counsel’s full Russia report to Congress presents a ‘constitutional crisis.’   In a letter Wednesday to Trump, Barr explained that the special counsel’s files contain millions of pages of classified and unclassified information. He said it was the committee’s ‘abrupt resort to a contempt vote’ that ‘has not allowed sufficient time for you to consider fully whether to make a conclusive assertion of executive privilege.’”   Don Jr. Subpoenaed… by Republicans Donald Trump’s son, Don Jr., was subpoenaed by the Senate intelligence committee to answer questions about his previous testimony in the light of the Mueller report. The twist: since Republicans hold the Senate, the subpoena was sent by the Republicans who make up the majority of the committee. More:   “It’s the first known subpoena of a member of President Donald Trump’s immediate family, and a new sign that the Senate panel is continuing with its own Russia investigation even after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the same subject.   It’s unclear if Trump Jr. will comply with the subpoena. A person close to the president’s eldest son, who requested anonymity to discuss the matter, said Wednesday that he has continued to cooperate by producing documents and answering written questions.”   Fashion Moment of the Week Ben Shapiro nails the gross thinking behind the Met Gala theme – “camp” – to the wall: “There is something inherently insulting about camp — particularly camp exhibited to the tunes of hundreds of thousands of dollars by ersatz socialists who consider themselves the moral superiors of those who live in flyover country. Watching celebrities preen on the red carpet while dressed as stripper Mary Poppins (Lady Gaga) or a Cleopatra knockoff complete with shirtless slaves (Billy Porter) is inherently irritating. There’s something sneering and preening about it. But if you’re irritated, then you just don’t ‘get it.’ You don’t understand the ‘irony.’ You’re too sincere, which makes you a bore.   Camp doesn’t build beauty; it tears it down, drags it through the dust and then laughs. Sontag knew that, which is why she spent most of her career tearing down, not building up. It’s not a coincidence that the same person who promoted camp as a way of life also denigrated America — perhaps the most sincere country ever founded, given its reliance on creedal truths rather than mere nationalistic connection — with seething hatred…”   Thursday Links Why Seth Meyers is wrong about anti-Semitism, Meghan McCain, and critiquing Ilhan Omar. (The Federalist)   Robert Mueller’s ten worst missteps. (The Federalist)   Podcast: a conversation about the consequences of life in a digital age with James Poulos. (The Federalist Radio Hour)   Americans experience 131 boring days annually according to a recent survey. Did their moms never tell them only boring people are bored? (Study Finds)   Chris Cuomo shows total lack of understanding about pro-life movement. (The Federalist)   Converse’s new ad features a child “drag queen.” (Daily Wire)   A new documentary reveals the inhumanity of China’s one-child policy. (The Federalist)   I hate to even talk about this, as I thought we won the right not to care in 1776, but the new royal baby has a name, and his parents are proud. (Daily Mail) BRIGHT is brought to you by The Federalist.

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ScottRasmussen.com Launch – Check Out My All New Website No Images? Click here   Good morning,Fifty-five percent (55%) of voters now rate the economy as good or excellent. The latest Job Creators Network/ ScottRasmussen.com Weekly Pulse survey shows that just 12% say it’s in poor shape.When you factor in views on personal finances and hiring, the data shows that Americans haven’t been this optimistic about the economy since before the 2018 elections. Confidence softened a bit after Democrats won control of the House and then fell more sharply during the partial government shutdown. But, ever since the shutdown ended, confidence has returned and may be gaining momentum.So far, however, the growing economic confidence has not boosted President Trump or the Republican Party. The president’s job approval rating has held steady around 46% in more than three months of daily updates. And, the Generic Congressional Ballot has been nearly as stable showing the Democrats with about a six-point advantage.Why hasn’t the stronger economy boosted the president’s numbers?It is possible that opinions about President Trump are so hardened that nothing will change them. However, it often takes time before growing economic confidence translates into political benefits for the party in power. If that’s the case, the president’s ratings should start to inch up this fall.And, a growing economy may have other implications for Election 2020. While Americans are generally upbeat about the economy, Democrats are more likely to believe it is getting worse rather than better. This puts Nancy Pelosi’s party out of synch with the rest of the nation as they are working to select a presidential nominee.On a lighter topic, 63% of those who have seen the latest Avengers’ movie plan on seeing it again. Their favorite Avenger is Iron Man (21%) followed by Captain America (17%), and Thor (14%).Have a great day,Scott     Stay Informed Up To The Minute and Share ContentDeeper CurrentsScott Rasmussen offers his personal insight, analysis, and opinion on current political races, issues, and controversy. Read more     Scott’s ColumnsPresident Trump has perfected the art of antagonizing his opponents with provocative tweets. He demonstrated this skill recently in declaring that the tax reform act,… Read more   SCOTT RASMUSSEN info@scottrasmussen.com https://www.scottrasmussen.com 142 W 57th Street, 11 Floor New York, NY 10023 ScottRasmussen.com Launch – Check Out My All New Website   Like    Tweet    Share    Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

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Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray May 9, 2019 Paper: Professor Bias May Deflate Conservative College Students’ Grades By Joy Pullmann Conservative students saw the biggest grade dip when studying in the humanities and social sciences,and a grade boost when studying in hard-science fields. The bias was more pronounced at higher-ranked colleges. Full article Ladies, Stop Trying to Have Sex Like Men By Suzanne Venker From college campuses to our nation’s boardrooms, women try to pursue sex the way men often do: no commitment necessary. And they’re getting burned. Full article Colorado Students Walk Out Of School Shooting Vigil After It Turns Political By Mollie Hemingway Sen. Michael Bennet and Rep. Jason Crow each took a turn calling for gun control at the Douglas County event before students streamed out in protest. Full article Not Getting Your First-Choice Gay Wedding Cake Is Nothing Like Getting The Measles By Nathanael Blake A New York Times op-ed suggests allowing any religious liberty claims opens the door to spurious claims of religious liberty. This is utterly foolish. Full article Why Anita Hill’s Grudge Against Joe Biden Could Be His Achilles’ Heel By Jonathan S. Tobin Biden carries plenty of political baggage with him after almost a half-century in Washington politics, but Anita Hill might be the biggest problem of all. Full article 5 Things We Learned From Amy Klobuchar’s Town Hall On Fox By Kyle Sammin Presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s appearance on Fox News marks the first break in the boycott by establishment Democrats. Full article Stumping In NYC, Dan Crenshaw Says AOC Knows ‘How To Be Famous’ By David Marcus Dan Crenshaw campaigned with House candidate Nicole Malliotakis in New York last week, giving a glimpse of GOP strategy. Full article Dear Wives: Publicly Criticizing Your Husband Makes You Look Horrible By Melissa Langsam Braunstein After reading the latest installment in the ‘my husband disappoints me’ genre in The New York Times last weekend — this one penned by a clinical psychologist — I’d say we have a trend. Full article Why College Professors And Administrators Are A Greater Threat Than Crazy Students By Sumantra Maitra Harrumphing about activist students only identifies half of the campus problem. The activist departments and professors are a far bigger threat to academic freedom than students are. Full article Parents Who Lost A Child Need A Day Of Remembrance Like Mother’s And Father’s Day By Helen Raleigh These holidays can be extremely difficult times for angel parents—parents who have lost their children. We all can help support them better. Full article The 10 Tunes On This Playlist Will Make Your Mother’s Day Sing By Barry Lenser Here you’ll find a playlist that combines conventional Mother’s Day tunes with others that might not tug at the heartstrings but are still germane to the topic. Full article Does Silicon Valley Have Humanity’s Best Interest At Heart? By The Federalist Staff James Poulos and Ben Domenech discuss the impact of technology on our sexual reproduction, our politics, and our humanity. Full article Everything Seth Meyers Said About Ilhan Omar Is Wrong By David Harsanyi The idea that Meghan McCain put Omar Ilhan in danger by criticizing her, as Seth Meyers suggested, is just a way to try and shut people up. Full article FREE SPEECH AND CONTROL Warren Henry. http://vlt.tc/3mqy “Last week, Facebook banned Alex Jones, InfoWars, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer, Paul Nehlen, and Louis Farrakhan, setting off further discussion about the scope of free speech on the internet. Yet the debate over de-platforming is much more about control than freedom of speech.” 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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Share This             Harvard Dean Joins Student Protest of Black Law Prof Representing Harvey Weinstein Swarthmore Students Launch Hunger Strike Demanding Termination of Fraternity Leases Washington State to Offer ‘Free’ College to Families That Make Under $50K   William Jacobson: “I’m beginning to suspect the Democrats are not going to give up the Russia collusion conspiracy theory.” Kemberlee Kaye: “Many have been right about Hillary in various facets, but none so much as the late Christopher Hitchens.” Mary Chastain: “No, Kamala. You’re not getting attention because you’re a hypocrite and come off as snobby and condescending. It has nothing to do with your race and sex.” Leslie Eastman: “WHEN YOU PLAY THE GAME OF THRONES, YOU WIN OR YOU DIE. I am glad to see that President Donald Trump exerted executive privilege over the Mueller Report’s unredacted documents and the underlying material.  I suspect that the Democrats’ real interest lies in finding out how much Team Trump knows about the coup…to better protect themselves and to decide which players need to be thrown under the bus.  The only thing this drama needs to make it more interesting than “Game of Thrones” is dragons.” David Gerstman: “Never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity? Prof Jacobson blogged that the Palestinian Authority’s UN envoy said that if the Trump peace plan doesn’t satisfy Palestinian demands “the Palestinian people will accelerate their reproduction machines.” As they have done since Trump became president, the Palestinians continue to defy U.S. efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. (Yes, as Prof Jacobson points out the threat is really an old one.)” Miriam Elman: “Israel’s Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror is today, followed immediately on Thursday by Israel’s 71st Independence Day. It’s significant that these are back-to-back holidays, as I explained in a post from several years ago. This year, Israel is remembering 23,741 fallen soldiers (counting since 1860 when the first Jewish neighborhood was built outside of Jerusalem’s Old City). You can read more about Israel’s Independence Day and its significance for America in this essay that I wrote for Providence magazine back in 2016.”                    Legal Insurrection Foundation is a Rhode Island tax-exempt corporation established exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to educate and inform the public on legal, historical, economic, academic, and cultural issues related to the Constitution, liberty, and world events. For more information about the Foundation, CLICK HERE.   Legal Insurrection Foundation 18 Maple Avenue #280 ​ Barrington, Rhode Island 02806  info@legalinsurrection.com Follow Us Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your web browser Unsubscribe

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US Senate Intelligence Panel Subpoenas Trump’s Son: Sources By Reuters, Thursday, May 9, 2019 7:17 AM The panel, which along with the Senate is controlled by Trump’s fellow Republicans, wants to question Trump Jr. about testimony he gave to the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2017 which was subsequently contradicted in public testimony by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, one of the sources said. More  Comments »   Trump Slaps New US Sanctions on Iran’s Metals Industry By Reuters, Thursday, May 9, 2019 7:13 AM The announcement was made on the anniversary of Trump’s unilateral withdrawal of the United States from a 2015 landmark deal between Tehran and world powers to curb its nuclear program in exchange for easing some sanctions and hours after Tehran said it would no longer fully comply with the accord. More  Comments »   China Says Fully Ready to Defend Interests in Trade War By Reuters, Thursday, May 9, 2019 7:09 AM China has the determination and capacity to defend its interests, but hopes the U.S. can meet it halfway, Gao Feng, the ministry’s spokesman, told reporters. More  Comments »   Kamala Harris Stood up to Big Banks, With Mixed Results for Consumers in Crisis By Reuters, Thursday, May 9, 2019 7:05 AM Consumer advocates praise Harris for demanding more money from the banks and for backing stronger protections for homeowners. But thousands of people still lost their homes after not getting the help they needed, advocates say. More  Comments »   North Korea Fires Unidentified Projectile: South’s Military By Reuters, Thursday, May 9, 2019 6:56 AM “You don’t know what missile it is just from how far it flew,” said Yang Uk, senior research fellow at the Korea Defence and Security Forum. More  Comments »   Congress Takes Historic Step Toward Phasing Out NIH’s Costly and Cruel Primate Experiments By Carlin Becker, Wednesday, May 8, 2019 5:59 PM For the first time in history, Congress is making moves to direct the NIH to reduce and replace the practice. More  Comments »

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05/09/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Biden the Libertarian? Donor Privacy; Hello, Louie! By Carl M. Cannon on May 09, 2019 08:29 am Good morning, it’s Thursday, May 9, 2019. One hundred and 50 years after British troops burned Washington, D.C., the Beatles were torching the American music scene with hit after hit. The year was 1964. In February, “I Want to Hold Your Hand” reached the No. 1 ranking in the Billboard Hot 100 rankings. This was followed by “She Loves You” and “Can’t Buy Me Love,” meaning that the lads from Liverpool held the top spot for three-and-a-half months. At one point in mid-April the Fab Four held the top five slots. Then the month of May brought a most unlikely song from Louie Armstrong. I’ll tell you more about it 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: * * * Biden Echoes Libertarians’ Call on Occupational Licensing. Phil Wegmann explores the Democratic front-runner’s messaging that has drawn unlikely allies on the right. Dems’ Campaign Finance Bill Could Be a Privacy Nightmare. Mark Hemingway explains why the disclosure provisions of the For the People Act could scare off donors. Who Were the Mueller Report’s Hired Guns? In RealClearInvestigations, Paul Sperry spotlights curiosities in the report that suggest Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS may have been among Mueller’s undisclosed outside contractors. Thank Goodness Amazon’s Alexa “Eavesdrops” on Us. RealClearMarkets editor John Tamny counters concerns about the device by arguing that what Alexa learns helps make the service better for the people who utilize it. Hamas Cyberattack Prompts Armed Response. In RealClearDefense, Seth Cropsey describes how Israel went beyond digital retaliation by bombing the building where the cyber operatives worked. Public-Private Partnerships in Space. Also in RCD, Kent Johnson applauds the endeavors as key to mitigating investment risk for both parties. * * * By the spring of 1964, it seemed Louis Armstrong’s best days were behind him. At 62, “Satchmo” was still playing the jazz venues and nightclubs where he’d perfected his art, but this was an era in which the music industry’s stars had begun filling open-air stadiums. The music had changed, too: Rock was supplanting nearly everything else. But in December of 1963, Armstrong’s manager had acted on a hunch. On Broadway, the finishing touches were being put on “Hello, Dolly!,” a musical scored by 32-year-old phenom Jerry Herman. Why not have Satchmo record the title song and release it as a single? In the show, the song appears in Act 2, when Dolly Levi (played in the original production by Carol Channing) returns to her favorite New York restaurant, which she hadn’t visited since the death of her husband. There, she runs into old friends, including her favorite waiters. One of them, as it happens, is named “Louie,” and she sings the soon-to-be-famous number with the entire chorus. It was a stroke of marketing genius to have Louie Armstrong record this song. It gave valuable advance publicity to the show, while reviving Armstrong’s career in a way that allowed him to reprise his own music — all while also being true to “Hello, Dolly!,” which is set in the Dixieland era. And near the beginning of Armstrong’s version, he sings, “This is Louis, Dolly,” which was perhaps the first watermark in the music industry. (Armstrong used the formal version of his name when he performed.) Although Satchmo had Americans going around humming the tune, the victory over the British invaders, if you can call it that, was fleeting. “Hello, Dolly!” lasted as the Billboard No. 1 for only a week. By May 30, the Beatles topped the charts again with “Love Me Do.” In mid-summer, however, “Hello, Dolly!” was reprised and repurposed by the Democrats at their 1964 national convention. There, in Atlantic City, President Lyndon Johnson was coronated as the party’s nominee. “Hello, Lyndon!,” Carol Channing sang to the cheering delegates. “Well, hello, Lyndon. We’d be proud to have you back where you belong…”  Carl M. Cannon   Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com Having trouble viewing this email? | [Unsubscribe] | Update Subscription Preferences  Copyright © 2019 RealClearHoldings, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email becuase you opted in at our website. Our mailing address is: RealClearHoldings666 Dundee RoadBldg. 600Northbrook, IL 60062 Add us to your address book

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From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann FIRST READ: Trump has taken on big risks in foreign policy. But are they paying off? President Trump is increasingly being tested in international affairs. And those tests are largely self-inflicted. 1. North Korea launched two rounds of missiles on Thursday – its second missile firing in a week. This comes after Trump has tried to strike a nuclear deal with the country, and after he’s turned a blind eye to these kinds of provocations. 2. Trump has threatened to prolong his trade war with China, as the two countries are trying to reach a deal. “I am very happy with over $100 Billion a year in Tariffs filling U.S. coffers,” Trump tweeted yesterday. “Great for U.S., not good for China!” 3. The Trump administration and Iran are flexing their muscles – with the United States imposing new sanctions on Iran and sending an aircraft carrier to the Middle East, and with Iran telling its proxy forces and surrogates that it can target U.S. assets in the region, per U.S. intelligence. 4. And oh, in Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro is still in power, despite the Trump administration’s efforts to topple his regime. And now Trump is questioning his administration’s strategy in the region, the Washington Post writes. Trump has taken big risks – elevating Kim, imposing tariffs, scuttling the Iran nuclear deal, trying to topple Maduro – to get his desired results. Sometimes taking risks is rewarded.   And sometimes they cause you even more problems. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images Republicans turn on Burr after Don Jr. subpoena Just one day after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared “case closed” on the Mueller report, we learned that the GOP-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee issued a subpoena for Donald Trump Jr. And that has some Republicans furious at the committee’s chairman, Republican Sen. Richard Burr. Here’s Rand Paul: “Apparently the Republican chair of the Senate Intel Committee didn’t get the memo from the Majority Leader that this case was closed…” Here’s the former communications director of Trump’s 2016 campaign: “Such b.s. that @SenatorBurr (D-NC?) now taking marching orders from Democrats on the Senate Intel Committee & perpetuating Russia hoax.” And here’s House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy defending Don Jr: “@DonaldJTrumpJr has already spent dozens of hours testifying in front of Congressional committees. Endless investigations—by either party—won’t change the fact that there was NO collusion. It’s time to move on. It’s time to focus on ISSUES, not investigations.” The significance of Burr’s action — and remember, the Senate Intel Committee has operated in a bipartisan manner — is that it undermines the GOP talking point that this is a Democratic witch hunt (even though Robert Mueller is a Republican). Also, the Washington Post reports that the Senate Intel Committee issued its subpoena at least a WEEK AGO, meaning that McConnell likely knew about it before he delivered his “case closed” speech. The governing wing of the Senate GOP is getting smaller Speaking of the Senate… Last Saturday, Republican Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming announced he won’t run for re-election in 2020, becoming the third Republican senator to retire this cycle. (The other two retirements: Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Pat Roberts of Kansas.  Tom Udall is the Democrats’ only Senate retirement so far.) What all three men have in common is that they come from the “governing wing” of the Senate GOP. 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And it’s possible – if not likely – that the Republicans who might replace them in these red states won’t necessarily be members of the governing wing. 2020 VISION: Buttigieg is only 2020 Dem not offering staffers health care NBC’s Josh Lederman reports that Pete Buttigieg “isn’t providing health care coverage to any of his own campaign workers, an NBC News review of his campaign spending disclosures shows.” “Instead,” Lederman adds, “Buttigieg is providing a monthly stipend to workers to buy insurance on their own through the Obamacare exchanges, his campaign said, with plans to offer health care in the future.” More: “The practice stands in contrast to the other leading presidential candidates this year, as Democrats have made a point of aligning their internal practices with the policies and values they are emphasizing on the campaign trail.” On the campaign trail today: Beto O’Rourke and John Delaney both stump in New Hampshire… Pete Buttigieg, in California, attends an SEIU event with LA Mayor Eric Garcetti… And Kamala Harris, also in the Golden State, speaks at a San Francisco Black Newspaper anniversary celebration.    TWEET OF THE DAY: Sacking the Sacklers DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is … 29 percent. 29 percent. 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• STEM students walk out as gun control activists, politicians turn vigil into agenda platform
• President Trump invokes federalism in education
• Russos retcon Age of Ultron hammer scene and it actually works
• 1 Corinthians 6:19 – ‘your body is the temple’
• The smokescreen: Democrats need Barr and the Mueller report at the top of the news cycle
• Why conservatives overestimated Pete Buttigieg candidacy
• M16 and AR-15: How firearms work
• Illegal alien Maynor Velasquez Molina indicted for human smuggling after ‘renting’ 8-year-old boy for $130
• Purge, censor, and silence: Tech giants go full-Orwell to prepare for 2020 elections
• House Judiciary Committee votes 24-16 to hold Attorney General Barr in contempt of Congress

STEM students walk out as gun control activists, politicians turn vigil into agenda platform Posted: 09 May 2019 04:14 AM PDT Vigils are meant for grieving. They’re meant for support. They’re meant as a means to remember and honor the fallen. They’re not meant to be political platforms, but that’s exactly what gun control activists and politicians attempted to use it as at STEM School Highlands Ranch following Tuesday’s shooting that left one student dead and eight injured. […] The post STEM students walk out as gun control activists, politicians turn vigil into agenda platform appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

President Trump invokes federalism in education Posted: 09 May 2019 04:00 AM PDT As President Trump fulfills a campaign promise to return control of K-12 education to the states, it’s a refreshing reminder that federalism really can be accomplished to some extent even as both parties vie for greater power in DC. His “Education Federalism Executive Order” will launch a 300-day review of Obama-era regulations and guidance for school […] The post President Trump invokes federalism in education appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Russos retcon Age of Ultron hammer scene and it actually works Posted: 09 May 2019 03:19 AM PDT I’m no fan of retconning. Disney has done too much of it over the years and in many ways have made decisions based solely on the financial gain potential of changing the past. But a recent retcon confirmed by the Russos regarding the hammer-lifting scene in Avengers: Age of Ultron actually makes sense. Avengers: Endgame spoilers […] The post Russos retcon Age of Ultron hammer scene and it actually works appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

1 Corinthians 6:19 – ‘your body is the temple’ Posted: 09 May 2019 02:35 AM PDT What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? – 1 Corinthians 6:19 (KJV) One of the biggest fallacies that has continued to grow within western society since the middle ages is the concept that […] The post 1 Corinthians 6:19 – ‘your body is the temple’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

The smokescreen: Democrats need Barr and the Mueller report at the top of the news cycle Posted: 09 May 2019 01:08 AM PDT A day before the vote held by the House Judiciary committee that pushed forward a recommendation to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, Fox News host Brit Hume broke down he “silly season” we’ve now entered. The great Trump/Russia conspiracy issue has now devolved into squabbling over:1. A tiny redacted sliver of the Mueller […] The post The smokescreen: Democrats need Barr and the Mueller report at the top of the news cycle appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Why conservatives overestimated Pete Buttigieg candidacy Posted: 08 May 2019 11:03 PM PDT A month ago, he was the hottest Democrat candidate for President. Now he appears to be a flash in the pan. Conservatives largely overestimated what turns out to be a major blowfish. So let’s cast our net and dissect this fish of a candidate named Pete Buttigieg. Pete’s meteoritic rise featured months of being on […] The post Why conservatives overestimated Pete Buttigieg candidacy appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

M16 and AR-15: How firearms work Posted: 08 May 2019 10:06 PM PDT A great video introduction of the inner workings of the modern-day musket, a rifle everyone on the Pro-Liberty Right should own. The AR-15 is the modern-day musket, the basic rifle of the common man or woman. Equivalent to the Kentucky long rifle from days of yore. Owning one should be a basic requirement to obtaining […] The post M16 and AR-15: How firearms work appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Illegal alien Maynor Velasquez Molina indicted for human smuggling after ‘renting’ 8-year-old boy for $130 Posted: 08 May 2019 08:30 PM PDT A Guatemalan man admitted to “renting” a young Guatemalan boy by paying his father $130, then paid another $130 for a fake birth certificate. His plan was to travel by bus with the boy across the U.S.-Mexico border and claim to be a family unit. Maynor Velasquez Molina took a bus with his “rented” 8-year-old […] The post Illegal alien Maynor Velasquez Molina indicted for human smuggling after ‘renting’ 8-year-old boy for $130 appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

Purge, censor, and silence: Tech giants go full-Orwell to prepare for 2020 elections Posted: 08 May 2019 05:36 PM PDT “It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.” – George Orwell, 1984 The headlines have been racking up for months. Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube have been purging the ranks of users on their sites. They’ve censored content for various reasons even when that content is less offensive than similar but opposite content posted by progressives. They’ve […] The post Purge, censor, and silence: Tech giants go full-Orwell to prepare for 2020 elections appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

House Judiciary Committee votes 24-16 to hold Attorney General Barr in contempt of Congress Posted: 08 May 2019 01:47 PM PDT The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress. From here, it will go to the floor of the House if Speaker Pelosi chooses to hold a vote. BREAKING: House Judiciary votes to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress by a vote of […] The post House Judiciary Committee votes 24-16 to hold Attorney General Barr in contempt of Congress appeared first on Conservative Christian News.

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