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May 16, 2019
Good morning from Washington, where President Trump is getting ready
to announce immigration goals designed to rally Republicans. Fred Lucas
reports. Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey Graham offers a bill to ease the border
crisis, which Rachel del Guidice summarizes.
And the nation’s former top immigration enforcer tells Rob Bluey what
could be done right away. Sebastian Gorka, one of our favorite national
security experts, visits the podcast. Plus: Rep. Debbie Lesko on how
Democrats’ Equality Act threatens women, and
Jim Carafano on staying calm amid Iran’s bad behavior.
News
Trump
Seeks to Unify GOP Around Immigration Goals
President Trump hopes to unite Republicans behind new immigration
goals that focus on border security and a merit-based system that keeps
legal immigration at current levels.
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News
Alabama
Bans Most Abortions
“My goal with this bill … is to have Roe vs. Wade turned over, and
that decision be sent back to the states so that we can come up with our
laws,” says Alabama state Rep. Terri Collins.
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Analysis
Ex-ICE
Chief on 3 Things Trump Can Do Now to Secure the Border
“This is not just about enforcing the law, it’s about saving lives.
What’s happening on the border is not only a humanitarian crisis, it’s a
national security crisis,” says former ICE chief Tom Homan.
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Commentary
Congresswoman
Unpacks Damage the Equality Act Would Do to Women
“The Equality Act, or [as] I call it the forfeiting women’s rights
act, … takes away women’s and girls’ rights that we fought for for
years,” says Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz.
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Commentary
US-Iran
Standoff Is No Cause for Alarm
What this latest incident shows is that Trump is perhaps the first
president to commit to dealing with the Iranian regime in a sustained
and serious way.
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News
Lindsey
Graham Proposes to Tighten Asylum, Immigration Procedures to Relieve Border
The legislation would add 500 new immigration judges to handle the
backlog of illegal immigration cases and expand from 20 days to 100 days
the period during which migrant families may be held together.
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Commentary
Problematic
Women: Alyssa Milano Accidentally Promotes Abstinence
Plus: In light of PBS making a beloved “Arthur” character have a
gay wedding, we talk about the LGBT themes in children’s entertainment.
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Analysis
Sebastian
Gorka Shares How He Thinks We Should Fight Socialism
“The most powerful thing is … people who have actually lived under these systems and escaped,” says Sebastian Gorka.
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 Trade War With China “China said on Monday it would impose higher tariffs on most U.S. imports on a revised $60 billion target list, hitting back at a tariff hike by Washington on $200 billion of Chinese goods in a further escalation of a bitter trade war.” Reuters From the Left The left criticizes Trump’s tactics and is pessimistic about a favorable resolution. “To make the case for his trade war, and to measure his administration’s success in it, Trump is relying on blatant falsehoods and misconceptions… In his mercantilist, protectionist understanding of the world, trade wars are good, tariffs are a way of hitting the bad guy, and whatever the United States is doing on trade, it is winning. Alas, here in the real world, Trump’s trade war means that consumer goods are about to get more expensive and certain exporting businesses are about to face a much tougher climate, all thanks to the White House.” Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic “The scale of the overall harm here is pretty modest… For every consumer sad about higher prices, there’s a producer who’s excited about them. And for every producer who’s sad about lower prices, there’s a consumer who’s happy. And most of all, the dividing line between who wins and who loses on any given round of tariffs and counter-tariffs has relatively little to do with whether you’re Chinese or American and a lot to do with what your specific role in the global economy is… The problem is it’s a bit hard to say what Trump is trying to achieve here… “America’s official list of demands contains a bunch of items that are somewhat in tension with each other… In an actual negotiation, you tend to need to settle for half a loaf, and it makes a difference which half you really want. There’s one scenario in which the US and China settle on some handshake deals to narrow the trade deficit via larger Chinese purchases of US agricultural commodities. And there’s another scenario in which the US really drives hard to get China to ease up on technology acquisition… nobody is exactly sure… [how this] will end.” Matthew Yglesias, Vox “Both the United States and China seem to be digging into their positions in ways that will be hard to resolve with the mutual face-saving that typically turns high-stakes negotiations into deals… The United States is demanding that China codify rules into law to protect American companies (and their technology) that do business in China. Chinese negotiators now reject that possibility… “‘It looks like there was a level of specificity that China wasn’t willing to accept and a level of ambiguity that the Trump administration wasn’t willing to accept’… Given where things stand, it may take… [a] reset between [the] two top leaders, built on personal relationships, rather than the slow grind of hammering out an agreement that is more typical of economic diplomacy.” Neil Irwin, New York Times Some note that “the market sensitivity to threats and counter-threats in the trade war is quite remarkable… When it appears less likely that a conflict over well-defined and ultimately not-that-difficult commercial issues can be resolved, rational observers conclude that it is also less likely the United States and China can manage issues ranging from 5G wireless technology to North Korea, from the future of Taiwan to global climate change, and from the management of globalization to the security architecture of the Pacific region… “This carries with it an important lesson for both sides: It is risky to turn the pursuit of even vital national objectives into an existential crusade. Rather, even when nations have objectives that are in conflict, it is important to seek compromise, to avoid inflammatory rhetoric and to confine rather than enlarge the areas where demands are being made. Establishing credibility that promises will be kept and surprises will be avoided is as or more important with adversaries as with friends.” Lawrence H. Summers, Washington Post “What Trump should do about China, and what Democrats should advocate, is improve relations with democratic European allies. Stop undermining the European Union. Stop dividing NATO. Stop waging tariff wars. Work with democratic allies in Europe, Asia and around the world to present a united and powerful front to meet the challenge from China without policies that could crash financial markets, create the next deep recession or trigger the next global financial crisis.” Brent Budowsky, The Hill From the Right The right generally believes Trump’s tactics are necessary due to China’s misbehavior on trade. “Those who suggest Trump started this trade war with China have it backward. Beijing has been waging economic warfare on the United States for years — stealing our intellectual property, forcing our companies to transfer technology as a price of doing business in China and subsidizing state-owned enterprises to prevent U.S. businesses from competing in dozens of sectors of the Chinese economy. The difference now is Chinese leaders are facing a president who is willing to fight back… [Last week] should have been a wake-up call for Beijing. When Chuck Schumer is tweeting support for Donald Trump, it’s time to cut a deal.” Marc Thiessen, Fox News “The president isn’t playing protectionist here. He’s pushing a single player who needs to be confronted, a cheater and a bully. For decades, China has gotten away with theft of others’ production techniques and other intellectual property, along with technology transfers and mistreatment of US companies. Moreover, it uses its ill-gotten gains to boost its military, adding another threat… “Short-term, US consumers will pay a bit more — on goods that make up less than 2 percent of the nation’s $20.5 trillion economy. But China is at growing risk of losing access to the world’s top market, because Americans can buy from other lower-wage producers if Beijing doesn’t blink… Trump didn’t start this trade war, but he’s well positioned to win it.” Editorial Board, New York Post “We’ve got to suck it up. Indeed, we must be bold here. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s tariffs escalation reflects his bet that he can spike U.S. domestic fears over the economy, and a corresponding popular pressure on Trump to back down… if we stand firm, Xi will have to back down because China’s economy is already weakened by foreign investor doubts, caught between rural poverty and urban wealth, and vulnerable to low-cost labor competition from the region.” Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner Critics note that while “a deal that opens up trade would be useful… the U.S. needs a multifront strategy and continuing engagement with China, not a single transaction.” Robert B. Zoellick, Wall Street Journal “Even the United States is not large enough and powerful enough to fight the entire world at once. The global trading economy did not arise overnight, and it will not be reformed overnight. Chinese authoritarian expansion poses a unique and genuine national security threat to the United States and the entire free world. Trump should think strategically, make friends and strike favorable deals with our allies quickly in exchange for their cooperation in our battle with China.” Henry Olsen, Washington Post Minority view: “Tariffs and any other government trade interference are a denial of freedom, the fundamental reason that our nation was formed and the protection of which is the reason for having a government in the first place. Individuals in our free society are otherwise empowered by their government to pursue happiness by contracting voluntarily with other people, no matter where they may reside, who offer their legal goods and services for trade in American markets. Any government interference with such voluntarily arranged contracts is a denial of freedom.” Bruce Yandle, Washington Examiner Counterpoint: “after the War of 1812, President Madison, backed by Henry Clay and John Calhoun and ex-Presidents Jefferson and Adams, enacted the Tariff of 1816 to price British textiles out of competition, so Americans would build the new factories and capture the booming U.S. market. It worked. Tariffs [also] financed Mr. Lincoln’s War. The Tariff of 1890 bears the name of Ohio Congressman and future President William McKinley, who said that a foreign manufacturer ‘has no right or claim to equality with our own… He pays no taxes. He performs no civil duties’… [A tariff’s] purpose is not just to raise revenue but to make a nation economically independent of others, and to bring its citizens to rely upon each other rather than foreign entities.” Patrick J. Buchanan, The American Conservative A libertarian’s take “In my numerous visits to China, I’ve found that the Chinese think of themselves as much more vulnerable than Americans to a trade war. I think they are basically correct, mostly because China is a much poorer country with more fragile political institutions… Next time you hear that the costs of the trade war are simply being borne by Americans, be suspicious. In their zeal to make Trump look completely wrong, on tariffs or other issues, too many commentators pick and choose their arguments. A more fair and complete economic analysis indicates that China is also a big loser from a trade war. Trump’s threats are exerting some very real pressure on the country.” Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg On the bright side… Burger King wheels Whoppers to LA drivers stuck in traffic, begins Impossible [Whopper] roll out. The Spoon Share Tweet Forward Sign Up Here Copyright © 2019 The Flip Side, All rights reserved. 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Good morning, Here is all the news conservatives need to know to start their day. At 4pm ET, you can catch me on radio to bring you up to speed on developments throughout the day. You can listen live here. There Must Be More to the Pro-Life Cause I support legislation in Alabama, Georgia, and elsewhere to restrict killing children behind the euphemism of abortion. I also think pro-lifers must do other things as well. Should we be successful, there will be women carrying children they do not want and there will be women who bear costs with no fathers around to help them. We must do more to provide social stability for these moms. The post There Must Be More to the Pro-Life Cause appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Christian Support for Reparations Severely Diminishes our Testimony of Gospel Grace By last count I believe we are at nine of the current Democrat presidential nominees that have come out in support of government compensation for descendants of slaves in America, or at least the development of a commission to study and make recommendations for such financial reparations. Senators Booker, Harris, Sanders (flip-flopping on his prior […] The post Christian Support for Reparations Severely Diminishes our Testimony of Gospel Grace appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Every Action Has An Equal And Opposite Reaction Obviously, the abortion debate has heated up. Bills in Georgia and Alabama that strictly limit the procedure have sparked outrage among pro-abortion groups. In turn these groups have enlisted high profile stars, such as Alyssa Milano and others to protest the laws and fan outrage. So Ramesh Ponnuru wrote in Bloomberg today that the pro-life […] The post Every Action Has An Equal And Opposite Reaction appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » The Fetal Cranium Will Have To Be Crushed Governor Whitmer thinks that’s okay. The Michigan state legislature has passed a bill that would ban a second trimester abortion procedure known as “dilation and evacuation.” According to UpNorthLive, “The plan amends Michigan’s partial abortion ban to prevent physicians from performing the D&E procedure, unless an abortion is performed using a suction. The legislation would […] The post The Fetal Cranium Will Have To Be Crushed appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Let The Decision Stand…Or Not The newest Supreme Court opinion revisits stare decisis. Two days ago, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling on the topic of sovereign immunity. While that may be a topic that no one knows about, the case has implications outside of sovereign immunity. The short version of this is that the federal government possesses immunity […] The post Let The Decision Stand…Or Not appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Facebook Just Announced Changes to Its Live Broadcast Policy In wake of the New Zealand mass shooting, Facebook announced yesterday it’s taking action to mitigate abuse of its Live feature. In a blog post titled Protecting Facebook Live from Abuse and Investing in Manipulated Media Research, Guy Rosen—VP of Integrity at Facebook—wrote the platform will begin to restrict access of Facebook Live to those […] The post Facebook Just Announced Changes to Its Live Broadcast Policy appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » I Suspect These Pro-Life Laws Will Cost Donald Trump His Re-Election I support the pro-life legislation being passed in states, but I think their passage will ultimately doom President Trump’s re-election. I think this not because I think these laws will mobilize Democrats. They are already mobilized. I think this because I think the Supreme Court will strike them down and hurt conservative turn out. President […] The post I Suspect These Pro-Life Laws Will Cost Donald Trump His Re-Election appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Beto Says Abrams Handled Defeat with Grace…Maybe He Has Her Mixed Up with Someone Else The Democrats have an unusual habit lately of attempting to use electoral defeats as a springboard for future success. The 2018 election cycle has given us two huge examples: Beto O’Rourke and Stacey Abrams. Robert Francis Beto O’Rourke skateboarded his way into a high profile showdown with Ted Cruz – and lost. Now he’s running […] The post Beto Says Abrams Handled Defeat with Grace…Maybe He Has Her Mixed Up with Someone Else appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Spiritual Grifters Pimp Trump/Cyrus Coins to the Gullible I’ve written before about Lance Wallnau and Jim Bakker, two unrepentant grifters who prey on the unschooled, gullible, and spiritually ignorant. The world, unfortunately, is a cold and ugly place for those who like to claim the status of “Christian,” but do nothing to stretch their discernment muscle. They will fall for any scripturally unsound […] The post Spiritual Grifters Pimp Trump/Cyrus Coins to the Gullible appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Game of Taxes The battle over Donald Trump’s tax returns heats up. The post Game of Taxes 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. 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POLITICO PLAYBOOK
What Dianne Feinstein’s phone told us
By ANNA PALMER, JAKE SHERMAN and DANIEL LIPPMAN
05/16/2019 06:00 AM EDT
DRIVING THE DAY
SPOTTED: SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, walking around the Capitol with her iPhone screen facing outward in full view, and Javad Zarif’s contact page on the screen. Zarif is the name of Iran’s foreign minister.
— TOM MENTZER, Feinstein’s comms director, in response to us asking whether the senator has been talking with Iran’s foreign minister: “I can’t comment on who the senator does or doesn’t speak with.”
— STATEMENT from Feinstein at 2:57 p.m. Wednesday: “War isn’t necessary to solve a problem when both sides want a solution. I urge Secretary Pompeo to reach out to Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, who I know doesn’t want to see a conflict with the United States.”
ABOUT THAT IRAN DRUMBEAT … “Trump, frustrated by advisers, is not convinced the time is right to attack Iran,” by WaPo’s John Hudson, Shane Harris, Josh Dawsey and Anne Gearan: “President Trump is frustrated with some of his top advisers, who he thinks could rush the United States into a military confrontation with Iran and shatter his long-standing pledge to withdraw from costly foreign wars, according to several U.S. officials. Trump prefers a diplomatic approach to resolving tensions and wants to speak directly with Iran’s leaders. …
“Trump grew angry last week and over the weekend about what he sees as warlike planning that is getting ahead of his own thinking, said a senior administration official with knowledge of conversations Trump had regarding national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
“‘They are getting way out ahead of themselves, and Trump is annoyed,’ the official said. ‘There was a scramble for Bolton and Pompeo and others to get on the same page.’” WaPo
— WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS THINKING — @realDonaldTrump on Wednesday: “There is no infighting whatsoever. … Different opinions are expressed and I make a decisive and final decision — it is a very simple process. All sides, views, and policies are covered. I’m sure that Iran will want to talk soon.”
— HOW SOON IS SOON?: Trump is meeting with Ueli Maurer, the president of Switzerland, today in the White House. The two leaders will discuss “Switzerland’s role in facilitating diplomatic relations and other international issues,” per the White House. It seems obvious what this means: The Swiss have often served as a backchannel between the U.S. and Iran.
WSJ’S SADIE GURMAN in San Salvador, El Salvador: “Barr Says He Isn’t Blocking Mueller’s Testimony to Congress”: “Attorney General William Barr denied he is standing in the way of special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress, after the chairman of the House panel seeking his appearance accused the Justice Department of being unwilling to set a date.
“‘It’s Bob’s call whether he wants to testify,’ Mr. Barr told The Wall Street Journal Wednesday, en route to El Salvador, a trip focused on increasing international cooperation against the violent street gang MS-13, which has roots in both Central America and the U.S. ‘I’m trying to break away from Washington and do the real work of the attorney general,’ he said.” WSJ
Good Thursday morning. COMING ATTRACTIONS — FOX NEWS’ STEVE HILTON will interview Trump on May 19 at 9 p.m.
BREAKING … PHILLY INQUIRER’S JONATHAN TAMARI: “Joe Biden chooses Philadelphia for 2020 presidential campaign headquarters”
IMAGINE IF OBAMA DID THIS … ROLL CALL’S JOHN DONNELLY: “Administration wants to reimburse Taliban’s travel expenses”: “The Trump administration asked Congress earlier this year for funds to reimburse Afghanistan’s Taliban for expenses the insurgent group incurs attending peace talks, according to a spokesman for the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.
“The money would cover the Taliban’s costs for expenses such as transportation, lodging, food and supplies, said Kevin Spicer, spokesman for Indiana Democrat Peter J. Visclosky, in a statement for CQ Roll Call. …
“The Pentagon’s request to funnel U.S. funds to the Taliban ‘would implicate provisions of law concerning material support to terrorists, the Taliban’s ongoing offensive operations against U.S. service members, and their continuing lack of acknowledgement of the government of Afghanistan or the rights of women in Afghan society,’ said Spicer.
“Consequently, Visclosky’s panel approved on Wednesday a $690.2 billion Defense spending bill for fiscal 2020 that bars any funds for reimbursing the Taliban.” Roll Call
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ABOUT THIS NEW W.H. IMMIGRATION PLAN — NYT’S MIKE SHEAR on A1: “Trump Immigration Plan Emphasizes Immigrants’ Skills Over Family Ties”: “President Trump on Thursday will unveil a plan to overhaul parts of the nation’s immigration system that would impose new security measures at the border and significantly increase the educational and skills requirements for people allowed to migrate to the United States.
“The proposal … would vastly scale back the system of family-based immigration that for decades has allowed immigrants to bring their spouses and children to live with them, the officials said. In its place, the new plan would provide opportunities for immigrants who have specific skills or job offers to work in the United States, provided they can demonstrate English proficiency and educational attainment, and pass a civics exam.
“Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and a White House adviser, spent months working on the plan, which will serve as a central part of Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign message. Working with him was Stephen Miller, the president’s top immigration adviser, but the plan falls short of the more extreme measures that Mr. Miller has long pressed the president to adopt and that have long been opposed by Democrats in Congress.” NYT
— JARED’S COMPLETE WHIFF: UNLESS YOU’VE BEEN LIVING IN A CAVE for the last few years, you’d know that Democrats would summarily dismiss any immigration proposal that doesn’t include language to provide some sort of legal status for Dreamers. Kushner’s proposal does not include that.So, he’s lost Democrats. As Shear also points out, this doesn’t bring down immigration into the U.S. — which many Republicans have demanded.
This thing is deader than a doornail. The White House keeps saying it’s supposed to be a conversation-starter. The only conversation this will start in the Capitol is one about how goofy it is to believe this plan was even released in the first place.
OUR FRIENDS at The Washington Post chronicled earlier this week how Senate Republicans were scratching their heads on Tuesday after Jared came to talk to them (the story). On Wednesday, Kushner briefed House GOP leadership and key lawmakers. We spoke to a few House GOP’ers yesterday who had less than zero interest in Jared’s immigration endeavor.
MAYBE THIS IS A CAMPAIGN PLAY, and the strategy is to make Democrats seem intransigent and unreasonable. But Republicans aren’t going to fall in line, either.
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW … NBC’s @frankthorp: “Sen @LindseyGrahamSC on the difference between the WH immigration plan and his newly-unveiled immigration bill: ‘The White House’s plan is not designed to become law, this is designed to become law.’”
TRACKING TRADE … THE PRESIDENT’S TOP LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY: “Trump’s new NAFTA back from the dead,” by Heather Caygle, Burgess Everett, and Sabrina Rodríguez: “Donald Trump’s flailing domestic agenda received a spark of life on Wednesday, with top lawmakers in both parties expressing new hope that the president’s North American trade pact could be ratified by Congress this year.
“Key officials negotiating the deal with Mexico and Canada are working both sides of the Capitol in an effort to ease concerns not only over the provisions of the pact but Trump’s ongoing tariff war with Mexico, Canada, Europe and China. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team were upbeat about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement as they left a meeting with Robert Lighthizer, Trump’s top trade official, saying that he finally seemed to take heed of their demands to modify the trade deal after weeks of the two sides mostly talking past each other.” POLITICO
OVER TO YOU, SCOTUS — “Gov. Kay Ivey signs bill to ban abortion in Alabama,” by AL.com’s Mike Cason in Birmingham: “‘To the bill’s many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians’ deeply held belief that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from God,’” Ivey said in a press release. …
“The sponsors of this bill believe that it is time, once again, for the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit this important matter, and they believe this act may bring about the best opportunity for this to occur.” AL.com
— NYT’S ADAM LIPTAK: “Alabama Aims Squarely at Roe, but the Supreme Court May Prefer Glancing Blows”: “The court led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. is more likely to chip away at the constitutional right to abortion established in 1973 in Roe v. Wade than to overturn it outright. It will have plenty of opportunities to do so.”
— L.A. TIMES’ DAVID SAVAGE: “The Supreme Court justices will meet behind closed doors Thursday morning and are expected to debate and discuss — for the 14th time — Indiana’s appeal of court rulings that have blocked a law to prohibit certain abortions.
“The high court’s action — or so far, nonaction — in Indiana’s case gives one clue as to how the court’s conservative majority will decide the fate of abortion bans recently passed by lawmakers in Alabama and Georgia. Republican Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama signed her state’s ban into law on Wednesday. …
“The justices have many ways to avoid such a sweeping ruling, however. And Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., in his 14 years on the high court, has typically resisted moving quickly to decide major controversies or to announce abrupt, far-reaching changes in the law.
“Roberts’ history, along with the court’s handling of abortion cases in recent years, suggests he will not move to overturn the right to abortion soon, or all at once, and is particularly unlikely to do so in the next year or two with a presidential election pending.” LAT
MORE PARDONS — “Trump pardons former business associate Conrad Black,” by Matthew Choi: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned Conrad M. Black, a friend and former business associate who wrote a flattering book about the president last year.
“Black, a Canadian-born citizen of Britain, was found guilty of mail fraud and obstruction in 2007 in a ploy to swindle millions of dollars from investors in his media company. Black served more than three years in prison and was legally barred from re-entering the United States, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. … On Wednesday, Trump also pardoned Patrick Nolan, former Republican leader of the California State Assembly.” POLITICO
— BOTH PARDONS fit the mold with this president: They’re well-connected conservatives whose allies had been lobbying for clemency on their behalf for years. Last year, Black — who worked with the future president on Trump Tower Chicago — wrote an entire book praising him: “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other.” In 2010, the Supreme Court ordered a review of the charges against Black with one notable exception: obstructing justice.
2020 WATCH — SCOOP! … With a tweet, high-school student Gabe Fleischer (@WakeUp2Politics) — and a longtime avid Playbooker — broke the news of Bill de Blasio’s first campaign event in Iowa, jumping ahead of the New York mayor’s announcement of his presidential run on ABC’S “Good Morning America.” A de Blasio aide then confirmed the news to … NBC.
THAT MAKES 23 Democratic presidential candidates (we’re not counting Mike Gravel).
— MONTANA GOV. STEVE BULLOCK responded to Dems urging him to run for Senate in 2020 and not president on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show”: “This wasn’t an either-or. I was never going to run for the Senate and I do think that I have both the skills and abilities as an executive to bridge some divides.”
BTW: BULLOCK has nabbed the endorsement of Iowa’s attorney general, Tom Miller. Miller will announce his support tonight at Bullock’s Des Moines kickoff and they’ll travel the state together.
SCOOP … MAYOR PETE: “Obama admaker signs on with Buttigieg: Larry Grisolano and his firm, AKPD, are joining the South Bend mayor’s 2020 campaign,” by Natasha Korecki and Daniel Strauss: POLITICO
MORE CONTEXT FROM NATASHA — “Barack Obama’s early media strategy in 2008 included airing TV ads citing the then-senator’s work with the late Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar ‘to help lock down loose nuclear weapons.’ The ads ran early in Iowa and were meant to bolster Obama’s foreign policy chops at a time when he only had a few years as a U.S. Senator under him.
“‘I remember hazing Grisolano at the time,’ says Democratic strategist Jeff Link, who said he didn’t see the significance of the ads. ‘He’d say: ‘we have to lay this foundation. He needs a foreign policy background.’ They ran those ads for like two months. None of the numbers moved at all.’ Until they did. When Obama’s moment came, Link said, the ads worked. ‘It gave him the credibility so when they came back with the inspirational stuff,’ Obama’s numbers took off.”
TRUMP’S THURSDAY — The president will participate in the arrival of Swiss President Ueli Maurer at 11:45 a.m. Afterward, they will meet in the Oval Office. Trump will deliver remarks on modernizing the U.S. immigration system at 2:30 p.m. in the Rose Garden. He will leave the White House at 4:15 p.m. en route to New York. He will participate in a roundtable with supporters at 6:30 p.m. followed by a joint fundraising committee dinner at 7 p.m. Afterward, he will head to Trump Tower.
PLAYBOOK READS
ROBERT E. MNUCHIN, the Treasury secretary’s dad, bought a stainless steel sculpture of a rabbit by Jeff Koons for $91.1 million, the most ever paid for a piece of work by a living artist. The NYT story
KNOWING DAN SCAVINO … ANDREW RESTUCCIA, DANIEL LIPPMAN and ELIANA JOHNSON: “‘Get Scavino in here’: Trump’s Twitter guru is the ultimate insider”: “Shortly after President Donald Trump announced plans to yank U.S. troops out of Syria last December, a group of lawmakers came to the White House to talk him out of the idea, which critics called a threat to national security. Trump responded by calling in the man who oversees his Twitter account. ‘Get Dan Scavino in here,’ Trump called out in the middle of the meeting earlier this year. …
“‘Tell them how popular my policy is,’ Trump instructed Scavino, who … proceeded to walk lawmakers through the positive reaction he had picked up on social media about Trump’s Syria decision.” POLITICO
WAPO’S PAUL KANE in Glenside, Pa.: “Two Democrats from Pennsylvania exemplify the diversity of the freshman class”
SWAMP WATCH … THEO MEYER: “John Weaver, the top strategist for John Kasich’s presidential campaign in 2016, has registered as a foreign agent and plans to lobby against potential sanctions on Russia. Weaver signed a contract last month to lobby on behalf of the Tenam Corporation, a subsidiary of Rosatom, the Russian state-owned nuclear energy company.” POLITICO
BIG DOWN UNDER: “‘That’s Just Insane’: Australia’s Secret Deal to Take In Rwandan Guerrillas,” by Josh Gerstein in POLITICO Magazine
— “Australia’s secret U.S. refugee deal faces blowback from victims, Kiwis,” by Zoya Sheftalovich and Josh Gerstein: “Revelations that Australia resettled Rwandans accused of murdering tourists after the U.S. agreed to take in refugees being held in Australia’s controversial offshore refugee centers are likely to send shockwaves through the country as it heads to the polls Saturday, and strain relations with neighboring New Zealand.”
PLAYBOOK METRO SECTION — “Jefferson Davis Highway name changed in Arlington,” by WTOP’s Max Smith
VALLEY TALK — “Trump signs order to protect U.S. networks from foreign espionage, a move that appears to target China,” by WaPo’s Ellen Nakashima and Josh Dawsey:“Amid a deepening trade war with China, President Trump on Wednesday declared a ‘national emergency’ to protect U.S. communications networks in a move that gives the federal government broad powers to bar American companies from doing business with certain foreign suppliers — including the Chinese firm Huawei.
“Trump declared the emergency in the form of an executive order that says foreign adversaries are exploiting vulnerabilities in U.S. telecommunications technology and services. It points to economic and industrial espionage as areas of particular concern.”WaPo … The executive order
— The White House launched an online tool for Americans to report censorship on social media. “No matter your views, if you suspect political bias caused such an action to be taken against you, share your story with President Trump,” the site reads. White House … More from Steven Overly and Alexandra Levine
MEDIAWATCH — BEN SCHRECKINGER ON THE ‘HUMAN EVENTS’ REBOOT: “A High-Brow Breitbart Wants to Become the New Home of Trumpism”
— FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: BILL PRESS is ending his progressive morning radio show “The Bill Press Show” after 14 years on air. His last daily show is Friday, May 31, but he’s launching a new podcast the first week of June, focused on 2020 Democratic primary.
— CNN’s Maegan Vazquez (@maeganvaz): “The White House hasn’t held press briefing in so long that the lectern in the briefing room is quite literally gathering dust.” Pic
— Vanity Fair has released its complete archive online since the magazine started 106 years ago. The archive will be free through June 30th, but then will become accessible to subscribers only. The archive
— Shirley Henry will become chief Washington editor at NPR. She most recently was deputy Washington editor and is also a CNN alum.
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SPOTTED: Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) coming out yesterday of one of the box suites on the 200 level at Nationals Park … Biden alums and fundraisers Larry Rasky, Chris Putala and Claire DeMatteis at lunch at Tosca.
OUT AND ABOUT — SPOTTED at a dinner last night in honor of White House Historical Association that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Hilary Ross, Fred and Genny Ryan, David Rubenstein, John and Amanda Waldron John F.W. Rogers and Deborah Lehr, Teresa Carlson, Alan and Ashley Dabbiere, Diana Davis Spencer, Abby Moffat, Rhett Wilson, Claire Dwoskin, Marilyn and James Hewson, Tham Kannalikham, Keith and Metta Krach, Ling and Vicki Kwok, Stewart McLaurin, Mary Mochary, Linda Powers, Marlyne and Nicole Sexton and Steve and Andrea Strawn.
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John Jay – First Chief Justice & also President of American Bible Society!
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First Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court,
appointed by George Washington, was also
President of the American Bible Society.
Who was he? John Jay, who died MAY 17, 1829. On September 13, 1779, serving as President of the Continental Congress, John Jay approved the “Circular Letter from the Congress of the United States of America to their Constituents”: “Friends and Fellow Citizens … In governments raised on the generous principles of equal liberty … the rulers of the state are the servants of the people, and not the masters of those from whom they derive authority … … The ungrateful despotism and inordinate lust of domination, which marked the unnatural designs of the British king and his venal parliament, to enslave the people of America, reduced you to the necessity of either asserting your rights by arms, or ingloriously passing under the yoke … … Remember we are contending against a kingdom crumbling into pieces; a nation without public virtue … betrayed by their own representatives; against a Prince governed by his passions; … against a government by the most impious violations of the rights of religion, justice, humanity and mankind, courting the vengeance of Heaven and revolting from the protection of Providence … … And can there be any reason to apprehend that the Divine Disposer of human events, after having separated us from the house of bondage, and led us safe through a sea of blood, towards the land of liberty and promise will leave the work of our political redemption unfinished … or suffer us to be carried back in chains to that country of oppression from whose tyranny He hath mercifully delivered us with a outstretched arm?” As Chief Justice of the State of New York, John Jay charged the Grand Jury of Ulster County, September 8, 1777: “The infatuated sovereign of Britain, forgetful that kings were the servants, not the proprietors, and ought to be the fathers, not the incendiaries of their people … What … can appear more unworthy of credit than … a prince should arise who, by the influence of corruption alone … to reduce three million of his most loyal and affectionate subjects to absolute slavery … binding them in all cases whatever, not even excepting cases of conscience and religion? … … Will it not appear extraordinary that thirteen colonies … without funds … without disciplined troops, in the face of their enemies, unanimously determine to be free, and, undaunted by the power of Britain, refer their cause to the justice of the Almighty …” John Jay noted in 1777: “This glorious revolution … is distinguished by so many marks of the Divine favor and interposition … and I may say miraculous, that when future ages shall read its history they will be tempted to consider a great part of it as fabulous (a fable, exaggerated) … The many remarkable … events by which our wants have been supplied and our enemies repelled … are such strong and striking proofs of the interposition of Heaven, that our having been hitherto delivered from the threatened bondage of Britain ought, like the emancipation of the Jews from Egyptian servitude, to be forever ascribed to its true cause … and kindle in them a flame of gratitude and piety which may consume all remains of vice and irreligion. … Blessed be God! The time will now never arrive when the prince of a country in another quarter of the globe will command your obedience, and hold you in vassalage … Nor will you in future be subject to the imperious sway of rulers instructed to sacrifice your happiness whenever it might be inconsistent with the ambitious views of their royal master.” John Jay signed the Treaty of Paris with Franklin and Adams which ended the Revolutionary War. The Treaty began: “In the name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity.” The Treacherous World of the 16th Century and How the Pilgrims Escaped It: The Prequel to America’s Freedom Jay , together with Madison and Hamilton, helped ratify the Constitution by writing the Federalist Papers. Jay wrote in 1777: “The Americans are the first people whom Heaven has favored with an opportunity of … choosing the forms of government under which they should live. All other constitutions have derived their existence from violence or accidental circumstances … Your lives, your liberties, your property, will be at the disposal only of your Creator and yourselves. … You will know no power but such as you will create; no authority unless derived from your grant; no laws but such as acquire all their obligation from your consent … Security is also given to the rights of conscience and private judgment. They are by nature subject to no control but that of the Deity … Every man is permitted to consider, to adore, and to worship his Creator in the manner most agreeable to his conscience.” John Jay wrote in Chisholm v. Georgia, 1793: “The people are the sovereign of this country.” With the support of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton, he negotiated the Jay Treaty which resulted in ten years of peaceful trade with Britain while France was going through a bloody Revolution. Who is the King in America? And Who are the Counselors to the King? An Overview of 6,000 Years of History & Why America is Unique When America’s currency was losing value, giving rise to the idiom “not worth a Continental,” John Jay, as President of the Continental Congress, wrote September 13, 1779: “Depreciation of the currency has … swelled the prices of every necessary article … Depreciation is to be removed only by lessening the quantity of money in circulation … A distrust … by the mass of the people … in the ability … of the United States to redeem their bills, is the cause of it … … A bankrupt faithless republic would … appear among reputable nations like a common prostitute among chaste and respectable matrons … It has been already observed, that in order to prevent the further natural depreciation of our bills, we have resolved to stop the press.” Jay stated in 1777: “The constitution, however, has wisely declared, that the ‘liberty of conscience thereby granted shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness’ … “Licentiousness” is defined: promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters; sexually unrestrained; prone to random sex; disregarding sexual restraints; morally unrestrained; excessive indulgence; debauched, degenerate, decadent, depraved, sinful. He continued: “… The convention by whom that constitution was formed were of opinion that the gospel of Christ, like the ark of God, would not fall, though unsupported by the arm of flesh … … But let it be remembered that whatever marks of wisdom … may be in your constitution, yet like the … forms of our first parents before their Maker breathed into them the breath of life, it is yet to be animated … From the people it must receive its spirit … Vice, ignorance, and want of vigilance will be the only enemies able to destroy it … Every member of the State ought diligently to read and to study the constitution … By knowing their rights, they will sooner perceive when they are violated, and be the better prepared to defend … Hence it becomes the common duty … to unite in repressing the licentious … and thereby diffusing (spreading) the blessings of peace.” On April 15, 1818, John Jay wrote to his Quaker friend, John Murray: “Natural Laws and Morality are given by the Sovereign of the Universe to all mankind … It is true that the Law was given to Moses, not however in his individual or private capacity, but as the agent or instrument, and by the authority of the Almighty. The Law demanded exact obedience, and proclaimed: ‘Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.’ The Law … by requiring perfect obedience, under a penalty so inevitable and dreadful, operated as a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ for mercy. … Legal punishments are adjusted and inflicted by the law and magistrate, and not by unauthorized individuals. These and all other positive laws or ordinances established by Divine direction, must of necessity be consistent with the moral law. It certainly was not the design of the law … to encourage a spirit of personal or private revenge. On the contrary, there are express injunctions in the Law of Moses which inculcate a very different spirit.” Writing to John Bristed, April 23, 1811, John Jay recounted: “I was at a large party, of which … several … spoke freely and contemptuously of religion … An atheist very abruptly remarked that there was no God, and he hoped the time would come when there would be no religion in the world. I very concisely remarked that if there was no God there could be no moral obligations, and I did not see how society could subsist without them.” John Jay told the New York Convention, December 23, 1776: “Let a general reformation of manners take place … united in preparing for a vigorous defense of your country … When you have done all things, then rely upon the good Providence of Almighty God for success, in full confidence that without his blessings, all our efforts will inevitably fail … The Holy Gospels are yet to be preached to these western regions, and we have the highest reason to believe that the Almighty will not suffer slavery and the gospel to go hand in hand. It cannot, it will not be.” On April 15, 1794, Jay wrote to his wife, Sally, from England: “If it should please God to make me an instrument to the continuation of peace, and in preventing the effusion of blood and other evils and miseries incident to war, we shall both have reason to rejoice … Let us repose unlimited trust in our Maker; it is our business to adore and to obey.” On May 28, 1802, John Jay wrote to his children after his wife’s death: “Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? … Behold I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed … Death is swallowed up in victory. (I Corinthians 15)” Jay wrote to John Murray, a Representative in the Pennsylvania House, October 12, 1816: “Real Christians will abstain from violating the rights of others, and therefore will not provoke war. Almost all nations have peace or war at the will and pleasure of rulers whom they do not elect, and who are not always wise or virtuous. Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest, of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” On January 1, 1813, he penned a letter to Jedediah Morse: “Whether our Religion permits Christians to vote for infidel rulers is a question which merits more consideration than it seems yet to have generally received, either from the clergy or the laity. It appears to me that what the prophet said to Jehoshaphat about his attachments to Ahab (‘Shouldest thou help the ungodly and love them that hate the Lord?’ 2 Chron. 19:2) affords a salutary lesson … Public measures may not be a proper subject for the pulpit, yet, in my opinion, it is the right and duty of our pastors to press the observance of all moral and religious duties.” Rise of the Tyrant – Volume 2 of Change to Chains John Jay, at the age of 14, was admitted to King’s College in New York (Columbia University), which had as a requirement translating the first ten chapters of the Gospel of John from Greek into Latin. The American Bible Society was founded in 1816, with Jay as the first vice-president. In 1821, though in poor health, John Jay accepted the position as the President of the American Bible Society. He wrote: “They who regard these Societies as deriving their origin and success from the Author and Giver of the Gospel, cannot forbear concluding it to be the duty of Christians, to promote the purposes for which they have been established; and that is particularly incumbent on their officers to be diligent in the business committed to them.” John Jay is attributed with the statement: “No human society has ever been able to maintain both order and freedom, both cohesiveness and liberty apart from the moral precepts of the Christian Religion. Should our Republic ever forget this fundamental precept of governance, we will then, be surely doomed.” The Treacherous World of the 16th Century and How the Pilgrims Escaped It: The Prequel to America’s Freedom On May 13, 1824, Jay addressed the American Bible Society: “By conveying the Bible to people thus circumstanced, we certainly do them a most interesting kindness. We thereby enable them to learn that man was originally created and placed in a state of happiness, but, becoming disobedient, was subjected to the degradation and evils which he and his posterity have since experienced. The Bible will also inform them that our gracious Creator has provided for us a Redeemer, in whom all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; that this Redeemer has made atonement ‘for the sins of the whole world,’ and thereby reconciling the Divine justice with the Divine mercy has opened a way for our redemption and salvation; and that these inestimable benefits are of the free gift and grace of God , not of our deserving, nor in our power to deserve.” John Jay stated: “In forming and settling my belief relative to the doctrines of Christianity, I adopted no articles from creeds but such only as, on careful examination, I found to be confirmed by the Bible … At a party in Paris, once, the question fell on religious matters. In the course of it, one of them asked me if I believed in Christ? I answered that I did, and that I thanked God that I did.” Jay wrote: “God is great, and therefore He will be sought: He is good, and therefore He will be found. If in the day of sorrow we own God’s presence in the cloud, we shall find Him also in the pillar of fire, brightening and cheering our way as the night comes on. In all His dispensations God is at work for our good: in prosperity, He tries our gratitude; in mediocrity, our contentment; in misfortune, our submission; in darkness, our faith; under temptation, our steadfastness, and at all times, our obedience and trust in Him. God governs the world, and we have only to do our duty wisely, and leave the issue to Him.” He received a letter from the Corporation of the City of New York, asking him to join with them in the celebration of America’s 50th anniversary. John Jay, at 82 years of age, replied on June 29, 1826: “Earnest hope that the peace, happiness, and prosperity enjoyed by our beloved country may induce those who direct her national counsels to recommend a general and public return of praise to Him from whose goodness these blessings descend … The most effectual means of securing the continuance of our civil and religious liberties is, always to remember with reverence and gratitude the Source from which they flow.” In his Last Will and Testament, John Jay wrote: “Unto Him who is the Author and Giver of all good, I render sincere and humble thanks for His merciful and unmerited blessings, and especially for our redemption and salvation by his beloved Son. He has been pleased to bless me with excellent parents, with a virtuous wife, and with worthy children. His protection has accompanied me through many eventful years, faithfully employed in the service of my country; and his providence has not only conducted me to this tranquil situation, but also given me abundant reason to be contented and thankful. Blessed be His Holy Name. While my children lament my departure, let them recollect that in doing them good, I was only the agent of their Heavenly Father, and that He never withdraws His care and consolations from those who diligently seek Him.” On MAY 17, 1829, John Jay was drawing near death after a life of serving his country. As recorded by his son, Judge William Jay, John Jay was asked if he had any words for his children, to which he responded: “They have the Book.” DVD Miracles in American History (Vol. 1: Episodes 1-10) Schedule Bill Federer for informative interviews & captivating PowerPoint presentations: 314-502-8924 wjfederer@gmail.com American Minute is a registered trademark of William J. Federer. 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IN THIS ISSUE: – Extended term for Trump? No way, most Americans say EXTENDED TERM FOR TRUMP? NO WAY, MOST AMERICANS SAY Large majority of Americans support respecting the peaceful transfer of power, according to new UVA Center for Politics-Ipsos poll By UVA Center for Politics |
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The lion’s share of Americans believes that respecting the results of elections and the peaceful transfer of power are essential elements of American democracy, according to a new national poll conducted by Ipsos in conjunction with the University of Virginia Center for Politics. By a 77%-16% margin, respondents did not think that the 2020 election should be delayed and President Donald Trump given an extra two years in office. This question was based on a recent tweet by Liberty University President Jerry Falwell suggesting that because of Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the president’s term should be extended two years (Trump retweeted Falwell). There were partisan differences on this question: Democrats said no overwhelmingly, 89%-9%, while Republicans said no by a smaller 62%-31% margin. Just 7% of respondents said that if Trump loses the 2020 election, he should ignore the results and stay in office. Overall, about nine in 10 respondents said that the “peaceful handover of power after elections” and “both parties respecting the results of elections” were essential for the “healthy functioning of American democracy.” A majority of respondents agreed with the statement that “Donald Trump does not respect the customs or traditions of the Presidency” (61% overall, and 86% of Democrats) and that he “does not respect the laws of the United States” (56% overall, and 83% of Democrats). About two-fifths of all respondents (41%) — and over three-quarters of Republicans (77%) — agreed that a “deep state” is “trying to undermine Donald Trump’s presidency.” Also, 30% of all respondents and 60% of Republicans agreed that the “Mueller investigation prevented President Trump from achieving significant portions of his agenda.” Therefore, as we would expect, Democrats were much likelier to agree that Trump does not respect the traditions of the Presidency and the laws of the United States; Republicans were much likelier to agree that the “deep state” and the Mueller investigation have undermined Trump’s presidency. Respondents were split, 41%-39%, as to whether Trump has achieved many of his goals in his first two years in office. Three-quarters (75%) of Republicans strongly or somewhat agreed that Trump has achieved many of his goals, while only about one-fifth (22%) of Democrats said the same. The poll also asked some broader questions about respondents’ views of the power of the federal government and whether or not some of the rules and laws that govern the three branches are essential: — Respondents had mixed opinions about which of the three branches of the federal government was the most powerful. About a third (35%) said that all three branches are equal, while about a fifth of the respondents apiece picked the Supreme Court (22%), Congress (20%), or the presidency (17%) as the most powerful branch. There were not any significant partisan distinctions among responses to this question. — Majorities said the presidential veto (62%) and the two-term limit (79%) were essential to the “healthy functioning of American democracy.” — By a 55%-33% margin, Americans did not agree that lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court were essential to the functioning of democracy. — Respondents also did not deem the filibuster in the U.S. Senate as essential, with 39% indicating it was not essential, 30% indicating it was, and the remaining 30% not expressing an opinion. — Just 33% of respondents agreed with the somewhat authoritarian proposal that to fix the United States, “we need a strong leader willing to break the rules.” Less than a quarter of Democrats (23%) agreed with that statement, but about half of Republicans did (53%). Finally, the poll found support for beliefs that could broadly be described as anti-establishment: — 71% (79% of Democrats, 63% of Republicans) agreed that “America needs a strong leader to take the country back from the rich and powerful.” — 70% (84% Democrats, 49% Republicans) agreed that “the American economy is rigged to advantage the rich and powerful.” — 69% (64% Democrats, 74% Republicans) agreed that “traditional parties and politicians don’t care about people like me.” — 66% (49% Democrats, 87% Republicans) agreed that “the mainstream media is more interested in making money than telling the truth.” — 65% (62% Democrats, 67% Republicans) agreed that “experts in this country don’t understand the lives of people like me.” — 59% (52% Democrats, 67% Republicans) agreed that “politicians should be able to say what’s on their minds regardless of what anyone else thinks about their views.” These are findings from an Ipsos poll conducted May 14-15 on behalf of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. 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Abortion politics: Will Doug Jones’ opposition to Alabama ban hurt him?
Abortion politics could put pressure on endangered Alabama Democratic Sen. Doug Jones as his state pushes the strictest limits in the country, while presidential contenders seek to use new state abortion bans to rally core supporters. Read More…
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Advocates are preparing for a legal battle after Alabama passed the strictest abortion bill in the country late Tuesday, part of a growing national push by abortion opponents to test whether the courts will curb constitutional protections for the procedure. Read More…
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Phillip L. Swagel, an economist with extensive service in the George W. Bush administration, has been appointed the new director of the Congressional Budget Office. Read More…
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Alabama’s Female Governor Signs Most Restrictive Abortion Law in the Country Yesterday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law the most restrictive pro-life bill in the country, banning abortion for any reason other than danger to the mother’s health and imposing strict sentences on doctors performing them. The left is predictably framing the issue as an attack on women, despite women having a similar distribution of views on the hot-button cultural issue of abortion as men, a fact Meghan McCain bought up on The View in reference to the controversy over the Georgia law in the news earlier in the week. “[Pro-life] women like me are always left out of the conversation,” McCain said. First, some facts about the law itself and its challenge to Roe v. Wade: “According to the text of the bill itself, abortion and attempted abortion are felony offenses, ‘except in cases where abortion is necessary in order to prevent a serious health risk to the unborn child’s mother.’ The doctor performing the abortion would be criminally liable, not the mother. The bill’s sponsor, Republican Alabama State Rep. Terri Collins, said her goal was to challenge the Supreme Court’s 1973 ruling. ‘My goal with this bill, and I think all of our goal[s], is to have Roe v. Wade turned over, and that decision be sent back to the states so that we can come up with our laws that address and include amendments and things that address those issues,’ she said.” Some conservatives and pro-lifers do not support laws like Alabama’s, which they worry are too extreme and may in fact strengthen the legal precedent protecting abortion in being shot down by courts. Prominent Southern Baptist minister Pat Robertson endorsed this view yesterday. Some wise thoughts on how the fight over abortion will develop in the coming years from Dave Marcus: “Since the day that Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, abortion has been a hot button political topic in the United States. But while it is an emotional issue that has always had inflamed rhetoric surrounding it, over the past 46 years, the abortion question has existed in a kind of stalemate or détente… Today, none of this is true anymore. Pro-lifers for the first time feel that it is possible that the Supreme Court could overturn Roe and allow states to ban abortion, and for abortion advocates, it has been become something to celebrate, to shout, and to be considered an unfettered good. As a result of these changes, we have seen bills from both sides in state legislatures that would have been unthinkable even a decade ago… The détente which has held for 50 years is gone and the fight over abortion has become a total war. What has always been a testy battle in American politics is poised to become very ugly, very fast.” A final note as we contemplate a future without Roe v. Wade: Roe is bad law regardless of what you think about the issue of abortion itself. In thinking that Roe has little legal basis, I’m joined by prominent left-leaning legal scholars like Lawrence Tribe and John Hart Ely: “The Constitution does not bind us to the Founders’ social views or understanding of human sexuality, but rightly leaves those thorny and ever-changing debates to us, the people, and thus to the states… Overturning Roe v. Wade would not make abortion illegal overnight. Instead, it would return debate over a profound moral, philosophical, and cultural question to the people of the United States, exactly as the Founders intended.” Big Moves on Immigration The Trump administration will unveil a plan that reforms many aspects of immigration law, from border security to chain migration, today. Read more at The New York Times here. Senator Lindsey Graham has his own immigration proposal for the Senate as well, which aims to fix the asylum loopholes and legal traps that have made border enforcement close to impossible. Read about that plan at Fox News here. Fashion Moment of the Week Summer is hot. In the East Coast and much of the eastern half of the country, it is also humid and gross and sweaty. So how to dress for work when you’re commuting with high temps? Eighteen different women in wildly different fields gave Ellereaders their go-to summer work outfits. Thursday Links Trump issues executive order banning equipment from Chinese tech giant Huawei from the U.S. (Fox Business) Senator Josh Hawley is fighting a notable war against big tech. (The Federalist) A California plan will do what the Bay Area, where housing costs are sky-high, has needed to do for decades: remove zoning restrictions and allow more apartment complexes to be built. I can’t wait for the Stanford professors and the uberwoke to battle each other over this in my home town of Palo Alto. (San Francisco Chronicle) A hipster Brooklyn Co-op has been cited for union-busting by the Trump Administration and I could not be laughing harder. (New York Post) Oh, and Mayor Bill DeBlasio is the latest Democrat to jump in for 2020, because imposing his disastrous ideas on the city of New York wasn’t enough for him. (CNBC) More city politics: the world’s worst idea, because DC residents don’t get enough parking tickets already. (The Federalist) Republicans should grow spines and force Democrats to vote against protecting free speech on campus. (The Federalist) Libertarian goalz: Idaho’s legislature is allowing allof the state’s regulations to expire. (FEE.org) Senator Tom Cotton joins the podcast to talk about service, sacrifice, foreign policy, and political philosophy. (The Federalist Radio Hour) Only a quarter of Democrats want to abolish ICE. 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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: * * * Liberals Proved Pence Right About Anti-Christian Discrimination. Jerry Falwell Jr. assails the left’s response to the vice president’s address at Liberty University, in which he warned the Christian graduates that they will be ridiculed for their faith. 2020: The Year of the Women — for Trump. Lauren DeBellis Appell spotlights evidence of sustained support for the president from female voters. If the Fed Can Stimulate, Why Is Middletown Still Poor? RealClearMarkets editor John Tamny uses the plight of a struggling Ohio town to illustrate the limited impact of money supply manipulation. The “Black Hole” of Dark Money Groups. In RealClearPolicy, Ken Braun examines the left-leaning advocacy group Fix the Court, whose agenda has been as thoroughly masked as its donors. Revised Well Control Rule Triggers False Narrative. In RealClearEnergy, Mark Green debunks the alarmism surrounding offshore oil and gas regulation changes. * * * Boies Penrose comes to my mind occasionally, and not only because the idea of a 6-foot-4, 300-pound politician being thrown by a horse is irresistible, but also because the intra-party turmoil he stoked serves as a reminder that there is really little new in politics. The Tea Party rebellion against the Republican establishment a decade ago; the takeover of the GOP by Donald Trump nearly three years ago; the current insurrection within Democratic Party ranks by mouthy millennials and “Democratic Socialists” — such unnerving upheavals come with the territory. A two-party system may seem stifling to unaffiliated voters and political independents like me, but it would be ever so much more suffocating if the two parties weren’t always evolving, sometimes in multiple directions simultaneously. For establishment types, the Trump phenomenon seems like the end of the world. It isn’t. Most likely, it isn’t even the end of the Grand Old Party. Occasionally, such convulsions do portend a seismic historical shift and even the creation of a replacement party. But that’s all right, too. I don’t miss the Whigs, do you? How about the Know-Nothings? Will Democrats ever get over losing Pennsylvania in 2016? Or, heaven forfend, will it happen again in 2020? The answer is maybe. Then, again, have you noticed how Barry Goldwater’s Arizona is trending Democratic? Republicans dominated Pennsylvania politics from the time of the Civil War to the arrival of Franklin Roosevelt, yet for nearly that entire time the GOP was at war with itself: reformers vs. bosses; the Pittsburgh machine vs. the Philadelphia machine; pro-business interests vs. progressives. Which brings me back to Boies Penrose. An unlikely political boss, he was born in 1860 to a well-connected Main Line family, graduated second in his class at Harvard, and became a Philadelphia lawyer. But appearances, then as now, could be deceiving. As the New York Times noted in its Jan. 1, 1922, obituary of the man: “Although his size made him somewhat ponderous in appearance, Senator Penrose was very quick-witted and was not slow physically.” The same Times obit noted that Penrose cheerfully waded into every one of the many bitter factional squabbles that took place in Pennsylvania’s Republican politics. The biggest of these fights was the one he picked with Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. Teddy Roosevelt was enormously popular in Pennsylvania, however, and Penrose eventually lost control of the state’s delegation at that summer’s Republican convention. The intra-party split between President Taft and TR delivered the White House to Democrat Woodrow Wilson (perhaps a cautionary tale to Sen. Bernie Sanders and his legion of “Bernie Bros”), and Roosevelt also bested Penrose by carrying Pennsylvania that year on the Progressive Party ticket. Boies Penrose remained in the Senate, however, where he was known for opposing Prohibition and supporting tariffs — like our current president on the latter issue. Penrose took ill in 1920, but vowed to attend the Republican convention in Chicago “if it kills me.” He recovered later — although not in time to make the convention — but his warning was prescient. 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Kemberlee Kaye: “You can do away with titles, but someone will always be first and someone will always be last, that much is inescapable.”
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From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
FIRST READ: The 2020 Democratic field is now set (we think)
The first significant Democrat to announce a 2020 presidential bid was former Maryland Congressman John Delaney, who threw his hat into the ring back in July 2017.
The last (???) is current New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who released this video this morning: “As president, I will take on the wealthy; I will take on the big corporations; I will not rest until this government serves working people.”
And it sets a field – at least for now – of 20 major candidates, including a former vice president, senators, governors, current and ex-congressmen, and big- and small-city mayors.
(Stacey Abrams has said she’s thinking about a 2020 race, but hasn’t made any moves suggesting she might jump in anytime soon.)
The field also includes entrepreneur Andrew Yang (who has no prior experience in elected office), author Marianne Williamson (ditto) and Miramar, Fla. Mayor Wayne Messam (who raised just $43,000 in the first quarter).
All of these folks will be vying to be among the 20 who qualify to make the first debate next month – which means it’s very possible that a sitting member of Congress, or a governor or even the mayor of America’s largest city gets left off that first debate stage.
(To qualify for the debate, the Democratic National Committee says candidates must register at least 1 percent in three recognized polls and/or raise money from at least 65,000 donors, with polling and fundraisers tiebreakers mixed in.)
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As for de Blasio,
he can certainly tout his QUALIFICATIONS, given that being New York City mayor is arguably the second-hardest job in American politics.
But what’s TOUGH is being the current mayor of New York running for president with the brutal NYC press corps following you around.
Can you imagine the
coverage if there’s a subway or commuter problem back home – and he’s
out in Des Moines, Iowa or Manchester, N.H.?
That’s a problem that, say, Pete Buttigieg doesn’t have to worry about as much back in South Bend, Ind.
Oh, and the debate cutoff date to qualify in the polls and with the number of donors is June 12 – which is 27 days away.
Trump v. Bolton on Iran
The Washington Post says President Trump and National Security Adviser John Bolton (and others) are in a different place when it comes to Iran.
“Trump grew angry last week and over the weekend about what he sees as warlike planning that is getting ahead of his own thinking, said a senior administration official with knowledge of conversations Trump had regarding national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,” the paper writes.
But remember, Trump’s first national security adviser – Michael Flynn – had tough rhetoric towards Iran – in the administration’s first few days.
And a combustible situation with Iran is a direct consequence of the president ripping up the Iran nuclear deal – and failing to replace it with anything.
Beg your pardon
Another day, another Trump pardon for a friend and/or ally.
“President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned former newspaper mogul Conrad Black, who was convicted in 2007 on charges that he swindled shareholders in his media empire out of $6 million, the White House announced,” per NBC’s Phil Helsel and wire reports.
In its statement announcing the pardon, the White House “called Black ‘an entrepreneur and scholar’ who has ‘made tremendous contributions to business, as well as to political and historical thought.’”
But: “The White House statement did not mention that Black wrote what was described as a flattering biography of Trump published in 2018, titled ‘Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other.’”
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2020 VISION: Bullock gets his first Iowa endorsement
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who announced his 2020 bid earlier this week, picked up an endorsement from Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller.
Bullock campaigns today in the Hawkeye State.
On the campaign trail today: In addition to Bullock’s stop in Iowa, Kamala Harris travels to Nevada… Kirsten Gillibrand visits Atlanta, where she discusses Georgia’s abortion ban… Pete Buttigieg attends a City Club of Chicago luncheon… And Jay Inslee, in DC, rolls out his clean jobs policy.
TWEET OF THE DAY: All we are is dust in the wind
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is … 14 percent.
14 percent.
That’s the share of Americans who say that abortion should be illegal in ALL cases, according to a poll last year from PRRI.
The small share illustrates that Alabama’s new near-ban on abortions falls outside the mainstream, even within groups that generally support restrictions on abortion.
Among Republicans, it’s 20 percent who say abortion should be illegal in all cases. And among white evangelicals, it’s 28 percent.
The same poll from PRRI found that a combined 59 percent of Americans say that abortion should be legal in all (24 percent) or most (35 percent) cases.
THE LID: More on the abortion issue
Don’t miss the pod from yesterday, when we did a deep dive into public opinion polling around the issue of abortion.
ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss
Some U.S. allies dispute that the threat from Iran has actually been increasing.
Here’s all the details on the new immigration plan coming from the White House.
POLITICO looks at how Trump often turns to social media guru Dan Scavino for validation.
Stacey Abrams penned an op-ed about voter suppression in the New York Times.
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- Dennis Prager vs CNN panel on abortion
- Exodus 20:8 – ‘the sabbath day’
- Democrats signed secret ‘memos of understanding’ documenting how they’ll take down the President
- We can have only one President at a time
- NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio becomes 14,573rd Democratic candidate for president
- Executive order targeting Huawei is the right move at the right time
- Gun control: Is it really about the children?
- AOC flat-out lies about Alabama abortion bill and her flock buys into it without question
- Is Beto’s campaign toast?
- Luke 5:31-32 – ‘sinners to repentance’
| Dennis Prager vs CNN panel on abortion Posted: 16 May 2019 04:47 AM PDT The left, as represented by the hardcore leftists on CNN, have to rely on the demonstrably false notion that a fetus is part of the mother and therefore something that falls within their capacity to decide whether or not he or she should be killed. The right, as represented by Rick Santorum and Dennis Prager […] The post Dennis Prager vs CNN panel on abortion appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Exodus 20:8 – ‘the sabbath day’ Posted: 16 May 2019 04:34 AM PDT Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. – Exodus 20:8 (KJV) This is something that should not require a reminder since it happens every seven days, but the Lord knew it would become a challenge for His people. It did, and today the holy sabbath is not honored by the majority of people. Even […] The post Exodus 20:8 – ‘the sabbath day’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Democrats signed secret ‘memos of understanding’ documenting how they’ll take down the President Posted: 16 May 2019 04:14 AM PDT Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) went on with Lou Dobbs yesterday to detail what he calls a systematic attempt to coordinate between House committees so they can take down President Trump. He has called for the public release of these “memorandums of understanding” between committee leaders like Maxine Waters and Adam Schiff. “When you put it […] The post Democrats signed secret ‘memos of understanding’ documenting how they’ll take down the President appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| We can have only one President at a time Posted: 15 May 2019 09:30 PM PDT I always hate having to say “I told you so!” You know why? Because it means that something happened that I didn’t want to happen but was unable to prevent from happening. FOCUSING ON WHAT IS RATHER THAN WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN BUT NEVER WILL BE The President of the United States is also Commander-in-Chief […] The post We can have only one President at a time appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio becomes 14,573rd Democratic candidate for president Posted: 15 May 2019 08:40 PM PDT Okay, so there aren’t actually over 14,000 Democratic candidates for President, but it certainly seems like it. A new Democrat pops up seemingly every few days. This time, it appears New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is going to throw his hat into the ring on Thursday. And the excitement level among Democrats is […] The post NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio becomes 14,573rd Democratic candidate for president appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Executive order targeting Huawei is the right move at the right time Posted: 15 May 2019 05:36 PM PDT American technology companies, particularly those in the telecommunications industry, have been fools for far too long. While China as actively and aggressively sought to not only steal our technology but subvert it by inserting their own untrustworthy components into our systems, many American companies have turned a blind eye to the threats they pose to […] The post Executive order targeting Huawei is the right move at the right time appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Gun control: Is it really about the children? Posted: 15 May 2019 05:02 PM PDT The unhinged rhetoric has been going strong for a long time, but it’s about to get much, much worse. We’re in the beginning of the Democratic presidential nomination process, which means gun control rhetoric is about to get elevated a few dozen notches. The folks over at Blue Collar Logic take on the topic by […] The post Gun control: Is it really about the children? appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| AOC flat-out lies about Alabama abortion bill and her flock buys into it without question Posted: 15 May 2019 04:16 PM PDT The Alabama abortion bill that just passed in the state Senate is heading to the desk of Governor Kay Ivey. Most are expecting the pro-life Republican to sign it. When she does, Alabama will have the strongest abortion laws in the country until it’s shot down in courts. It will eventually reach the Supreme Court […] The post AOC flat-out lies about Alabama abortion bill and her flock buys into it without question appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Is Beto’s campaign toast? Posted: 15 May 2019 03:09 PM PDT Yes. As The Resurgent‘s Erick Erickson said, “Avocado toast.” Avocado toast. — Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) May 15, 2019 His candidacy held so much promise before he made it official. Even though he lost his last election, he received over a million more votes than the last Democrat to take on Senator Ted Cruz in the […] The post Is Beto’s campaign toast? appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Luke 5:31-32 – ‘sinners to repentance’ Posted: 15 May 2019 08:03 AM PDT 31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. 32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Luke 5:31-32 (KJV) This was such an important statement by Yeshua for us all to understand. The ancient Jewish leaders didn’t get it […] The post Luke 5:31-32 – ‘sinners to repentance’ appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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