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| Happy Friday from Washington, where House Republicans hope to block what they say is Democrats’ bid to make sexual orientation and gender identity more important than religious freedom or women’s safety and privacy. Rachel del Guidice has the GOP take, while Natassia Grover offers a mom’s personal view. President Trump outlines a way forward in reforming the nation’s broken immigration system. We’ve got the news from Fred Lucas and commentary from Mike Gonzalez. Plus: Jarrett Stepman on diversity madness on campus and Daniel Davis on foreign policy that honors America’s founding. Enjoy your weekend. |
| Commentary Trump Takes a Promising First Step to Resolving Our Balkanization Crisis When Trump opened his remarks by saying, “Out of many people, from many places, we have forged a nation under God,” he was not “breaking norms,” but returning the country to the norm that has existed for centuries. More Commentary Men Already Enter the Women’s Locker Room at My Local Pool. Now Congress Could Make It Worse. When I expressed my dismay about the bathroom policy, the pool director asked me point-blank: “How much privacy do you need?” More News Trump Rolls Out Merit-Based Plan to Transform Immigration System “We discriminate against genius,” says Trump, whose plan would increase the portion of legal immigrants arriving for job-related reasons from 12% to 57%. More Commentary ‘Unplanned’ Is Driving Abortion Workers Out of the Industry One woman said, “I … heard everyone gasping and I thought to myself, ‘Oh my gosh, this really isn’t normal, what I’m doing every day. … I’ve been trained to believe that it is, but it’s not,’” says Abby Johnson. More News Equality Act Would Impose Sexual Orthodoxy, GOP Leaders Warn The Equality Act “ultimately chips away at our religious freedoms, would jeopardize Title IX sports programs, and puts our children at risk by eliminating parental consent in life-altering medical procedures,” says House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. More Analysis Pompeo: ‘America First’ Foreign Policy Is What the Founders Envisioned The particularity and uniqueness of America mean that it cannot be replicated elsewhere—at least not easily, and certainly not by U.S. coercion. The best we can do is protect the rare jewel that we have in America with a foreign policy that is muscular but not adventurist. More Commentary New SAT ‘Adversity Score’ Turns the Idea of Meritocracy Into a Sham The adversity score system makes sense for diversity-obsessed colleges, but it hardly ensures that our schools will admit and graduate the best and brightest among us. More Commentary Susan Collins, Not Pelosi, Is the True Profile in Courage Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, was subjected to threats of sexual assault and even death ahead of the Senate’s vote in October on the nomination of federal Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. More | ||
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POLITICO PLAYBOOK
2 mysteries of the Trump White House
By ANNA PALMER, JAKE SHERMAN and DANIEL LIPPMAN
05/17/2019 05:58 AM EDT
DRIVING THE DAY
TWO WHITE HOUSE MYSTERIES …
MYSTERY NO. 1: THERE WAS A LOT OF GRIPING ON CAPITOL HILL that when the president announced his immigration plan, Republicans did not have any paper whatsoever to explain what he was proposing. Months of work by JARED KUSHNER, and there was no fact sheet to accompany the much-ballyhooed announcement.
JUST AFTER 8 P.M., the White House sent out fact sheets to Capitol Hill chiefs of staff — bullet points and a PowerPoint-y thing seen here for the first time — which attempt to explain the outlines of what the president is proposing on immigration. It will be interesting to see how many members issue letters or statements of support for the plan now that there’s an explanation of it. BTW: The White House explicitly asked some members’ offices for letters of support.
Here’s Senate Majority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL with a strikingly non-committal statement on the Jared Plan (h/t WaPo’s Seung Min Kim): “We are a nation of immigrants and we must preserve that rich part of who we are. But we are a nation of laws. There is a crisis at our southern border and I hope Democrats get serious soon about working with us to secure our borders and restore the rule of law to our nation, which includes reforming out-of-date legal authorities. I look forward to reviewing the president’s proposal.”
NOT SPOTTED: Anything resembling support from McConnell, the only Republican with any power on Capitol Hill.
AN HONEST QUESTION: Why put something like this out if you’re going to have next to no support — even from your own party? Why not save yourself the embarrassment? Even if this is a campaign play, Democrats will be able to say, “Republicans didn’t even support that plan!”
— “COOL RECEPTION”: NYT’s Annie Karni: “Trump’s Immigration Plan Gets a Rose Garden Rollout and a Cool Reception”… WaPo: “Trump’s plan to overhaul legal immigration draws cool reception”
MYSTERY NO. 2: ANY GOP TAKERS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING? We keep hearing that Republicans might go to President DONALD TRUMP’S White House infrastructure meeting next week with House Speaker NANCY PELOSI and Senate Minority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER. So far, no GOP’er has committed. If Republicans go, it’s likely to be less productive — to the extent it’s going to be productive at all. But what’s it say if Republicans want nothing to do with this process — especially if they’ll be necessary to get something done?
SWING AND A MISS — IRISH TIMES’ SUZANNE LYNCH: “Donald Trump trip to Ireland in doubt amid venue disagreement”: “The Trump administration had been considering a visit to Ireland between the president’s trips to Britain and France in June. But disagreement has emerged over protocol issues.
“While the Taoiseach’s preference is to meet Mr. Trump in Co Clare, Irish officials are reluctant to meet the U.S. president in his golf course in Doonbeg. Instead, the Government has pressed for a meeting in another location, preferably Dromoland Castle, located 50km away.
“One White House source told The Irish Times on Thursday that the president was now favouring a visit to Scotland rather than Ireland during his European trip. But sources in Dublin on Thursday said they believed the Irish visit would still go ahead. … The unique nature of a potential visit – a U.S. president visiting his own private property in Ireland – has thrown up complex issues around protocol, and whether it constitutes a private or official visit.” Irish Times
BUCKLE UP … WSJ: “Global Stocks Dip as Trade Hopes Falter,” by Will Horner: “Global stocks skidded on Friday, ending a recent rally after comments from Chinese officials suggested an uncertain course ahead for trade talks with the U.S.
“In Europe, the pan-continental Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.4% in the opening minutes, putting it on course to cap a three-session run of gains. London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.1%, less than its counterparts in Frankfurt and Paris, as stocks were supported by a weaker British pound, which has fallen against the dollar all week amid growing Brexit uncertainty. The British currency and the country’s blue-chip index often move in opposite directions.
“Chinese indexes led Asian markets lower, with the Shanghai Composite falling 1.9% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng falling 1.1%. Japan’s Nikkei bucked the trend with a rise of 0.9%. On Wall Street, futures pointed to opening drops for both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 0.3%. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% Thursday, while the Dow climbed 0.8% as robust earnings helped offset economic growth concerns.” WSJ
Good Friday morning. Here’s one thing in Washington that’s working right now: THE NATIONALS are winners of two in a row for the first time in a month. They’ll play the Cubs this weekend in a three-game set beginning tonight at 7:05 p.m.
CUBS FAN MANU RAJU, for CNN: “Administration’s uneven handling of Iran intelligence leaves some in Congress fuming”
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INSIDE THE IRAN DEBATE … “Trump Tells Pentagon Chief He Does Not Want War With Iran,” by NYT’s Mark Landler, Maggie Haberman and Eric Schmitt: “President Trump has sought to put the brakes on a brewing confrontation with Iran in recent days, telling the acting defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan, that he does not want to go to war with Iran, administration officials said, while his senior diplomats began searching for ways to defuse the tensions.
“Mr. Trump’s statement, during a Wednesday morning meeting in the Situation Room, sent a message to his hawkish aides that he does not want the intensifying American pressure campaign against the Iranians to explode into open conflict.”
— BOLTON IN TROUBLE? — “Mr. Bolton, several of the officials said, has quietly voiced frustration with the president, viewing him as unwilling to push for changes in a region that he has long seen as a quagmire. … Mr. Bolton’s independence has rankled the acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, and has even prompted rumors that his job might be in jeopardy — something the White House denies.
“But Mr. Trump has poked fun at Mr. Bolton’s reputation for hawkishness, joking in meetings with him. ‘If it was up to John, we’d be in four wars now,’ one of the senior officials recalled Mr. Trump as saying.” NYT
— COLLATERAL DAMAGE … ELIANA JOHNSON: “Trump administration pressure on Iran strains Bolton-Pompeo relationship”
THE LATEST ON DISASTER AID — SARAH FERRIS and JOHN BRESNAHAN: “Dems agree to billions in humanitarian aid for southern border”: “Democratic leaders have agreed to fund a portion of the White House’s emergency funding request to address the surge of migrants at the southern border, according to multiple sources.
“Top Democrats indicated to Republicans late Thursday afternoon that they are willing to include some of the White House’s $4.5 billion proposal — specifically for humanitarian assistance — in a long-stalled disaster relief package. Democrats are willing to devote more money to the Office of Refugee and Resettlement, which has been in charge of thousands of unaccompanied minors who have crossed the border this year.
“But they rejected the White House’s more contentious requests, such as more money for detention beds or the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.” POLITICO
THE INVESTIGATIONS … “Judge orders public release of what Michael Flynn said in call to Russian ambassador,” by WaPo’s Carol Leonnig and Roz Helderman: “A federal judge on Thursday ordered that prosecutors make public a transcript of a phone call that former national security adviser Michael Flynn tried hard to hide with a lie: his conversation with a Russian ambassador in late 2016.
“U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan in Washington ordered the government also to provide a public transcript of a November 2017 voice mail involving Flynn. In that sensitive call, President Trump’s attorney left a message for Flynn’s attorney reminding him of the president’s fondness for Flynn at a time when Flynn was considering cooperating with federal investigators.
“The transcripts, which the judge ordered be posted on a court website by May 31, would reveal conversations at the center of two major avenues of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. So far they have been disclosed to the public only in fragments in court filings and the Mueller report.” WaPo
2020 WATCH — SANDERS SINKING … FOX NEWS POLL: Biden 35% (+4), Sanders 17 (-6), Warren 9 (+5), Buttigieg 6 (+5), Harris 5 (-3). Fox News
THE JUICE …
— DAVID PLANNER is leaving the House Financial Services Committee, where he was director of coalitions and member services, for the White House leg affairs team. He’ll be special assistant to the president for legislative affairs. Planner was Rep. Steve Scalise’s body man and worked on the floor for Scalise (R-La.), the House minority whip. He started his career on the Hill for former Speaker John Boehner.
TRUMP’S FRIDAY — The president will leave Trump Tower at 9:10 a.m. en route to Washington. He will arrive at the White House at 11:15 a.m. via the South Lawn. Trump will leave the White House at 1:30 p.m. en route to the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. He will deliver remarks at the National Association of Realtors legislative meeting and trade expo at 2 p.m. Afterward, he will return to the White House.
PLAYBOOK READS
FROM 30,000 FEET … NYT’s GLENN THRUSH and NICK FANDOS: “Frustrated House Democrats Pin Their Hopes on Mueller”: “They had a plan: dramatize the special counsel’s damning but dense report on national television in their committees, animating his prose with vivid testimony from witnesses who would discuss Mr. Mueller’s findings on Russia’s election interference and Mr. Trump’s possible obstruction of justice. But so far Mr. Trump and his allies have successfully parried every one of their moves.” NYT
— TO WIT: “Mueller Testimony to Congress Stalled by Executive-Privilege Claim,” by WSJ’s Sadie Gurman, Dustin Volz and Aruna Viswanatha: “The House Judiciary Committee and Mr. Mueller’s team have been in negotiations for days about the contours of the special counsel’s eagerly-awaited testimony about his 448-page report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and episodes in which President Trump allegedly sought to influence the investigation. …
“Legal questions on how Mr. Trump’s assertion of executive privilege would affect Mr. Mueller’s testimony are central to the continuing negotiations, said the people familiar with the matter. The privilege claim could prevent him from discussing details involving Mr. Trump and his advisers beyond what is in the redacted report, the people added. The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel is weighing the questions and is expected to provide guidance, officials said.” WSJ
HMM … KYLE CHENEY: “Prosecutors: Person ‘connected to’ Congress tried to influence Flynn’s cooperation with Mueller”
SORRY, RUDY! — “Ukraine Prosecutor Says No Evidence of Wrongdoing by Bidens,” by Bloomberg’s Daryna Krasnolutska, Kateryna Choursina and Stephanie Baker: “Ukraine’s prosecutor general said in an interview that he had no evidence of wrongdoing by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden or his son, despite a swirl of allegations by President Donald Trump’s lawyer.
“The controversy stems from diplomatic actions by Biden while his son, Hunter Biden, sat on the board of Burisma Group, one of the country’s biggest private gas companies. As vice president, Biden pursued an anti-corruption policy in Ukraine in 2016 that included a call for the resignation of the country’s top prosecutor who had previously investigated Burisma.” Bloomberg
THE ARCHITECT IN CHIEF … “Trump wants his border barrier to be painted black with spikes. He has other ideas, too,” by WaPo’s Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey: “The barrier that President Trump wants to build along the Mexico border will be a steel bollard fence, not a concrete wall as he long promised, and the president is fine with that. He has a few other things he would like to change, though.
“The bollards, or ‘slats,’ as he prefers to call them, should be painted ‘flat black,’ a dark hue that would absorb heat in the summer, making the metal too hot for climbers to scale, Trump has recently told White House aides, Homeland Security officials and military engineers.
“And the tips of the bollards should be pointed, not round, the president insists, describing in graphic terms the potential injuries that border crossers might receive. Trump has said the wall’s current blueprints include too many gates — placed at periodic intervals to allow vehicles and people through — and he wants the openings to be smaller.” WaPo
HARD TIMES FOR TRUMP INC. … CNN’S ANNA BAHNEY and MAEGAN VAZQUEZ: “President Donald Trump reported income of at least $434 million in 2018, according to his annual financial disclosure released Thursday by the White House. That includes $40.8 million in revenue from his Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. … [H]is Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida generated $22.7 million, a slight drop from the $25.1 million he disclosed for 2017. Overall, Trump’s income appears to have gone down from last year, when he reported making at least $450 million.” CNN … The disclosure
SO MUCH FOR THAT … AP: “Arrests at Venezuelan Embassy might signal end of standoff”
WHAT BRIAN KEMP IS READING — “Abrams settles IRS debt as she preps for another run for office,” by the AJC’s Greg Bluestein: “The Democrat said through a spokesman Thursday that she retired the roughly $54,000 she owed to the IRS, as well as other credit card and student loan debt she reported during last year’s election run.”
VALLEY TALK … FACEBOOK’S RECRUITING WOES: “More than half a dozen recruiters who left Facebook in recent months told CNBC that the tech company experienced a significant decrease in job offer acceptance rates after the March 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a data firm improperly accessed the data of 87 million Facebook users and used it to target ads for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.” CNBC
MEDIAWATCH — CHELSEA MANNING has been sent back to prison after defying a grand jury subpoena. Per ABC: “Manning’s latest confinement will persist until she complies with the subpoena or until the grand jury expires, U.S. Judge Anthony Trenga said in court on Thursday. Unlike her first confinement, after 30 days, Manning will be subject to a daily fine of $500. After 60 days, Manning will face a fine of $1,000 per day.”
— TV TODAY: Fox News airs its interview withA.G. BILL BARR, who sat down with “America’s Newsroom” anchor Bill Hemmer in El Salvador. Fox has already put out some quotes, including Barr saying this about his inquiry into the origins of the Russia probe: “[S]ome of the explanations I’ve gotten don’t hang together.” Fox News
PLAYBOOKERS
SPOTTED: Speaker Nancy Pelosi leaving Acqua Al 2 on Thursday evening. Pic
SUNDAY SO FAR …
- FOX “Fox News Sunday”: Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) … Panel: Ben Domenech, Julie Pace, Katie Pavlich and Mo Elleithee. Power Player: Robert Caro (live from Claremont, N.H. ahead of a town hall with Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 7 p.m.)
- CNN “State of the Union”: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) … Montana Gov. Steve Bullock … Panel: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Rick Santorum, Bakari Sellers and Mia Love
- CBS “Face the Nation”: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) … Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). Political panel: Peter Baker, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Jamelle Bouie and Ed Wong
- ABC “This Week”: David Petraeus. Panel: Jonathan Karl, Chris Christie, Heidi Heitkamp and Yvette Simpson
- NBC “Meet the Press”: Panel: Rich Lowry, Janet Napolitano, Heidi Przybyla and Eugene Robinson
- CNN CNN’s “Inside Politics”: Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Martin, Seung Min Kim and Jeff Zeleny
TRANSITIONS — Jim Nicholson has been elected vice-chair of the Board of Visitors at West Point. … Eric Fingerhut, a former congressman from Ohio, will be the president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America. He most recently was president and CEO of Hillel International. The Forward …
… Dawn Sweeney is retiring at the end of the year from the National Restaurant Association, where she has been president and CEO. … Yochi Dreazen, most recently a VP at Marathon Strategies and a former senior editor at Vox and a WSJ alum, is joining the Raben Group as a principal in its communications practice.
2020 … Max Steele is joining Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s (D-Minn.) presidential campaign as director of rapid response. He most recently led Sen. Bob Casey’s (D-Pa.) communications team during his 2018 reelection.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD — OBAMA ALUMNI: Liz Bourgeois, a communications director at Facebook and an alum of Instagram and the DNC, and Michael Bourgeois, who is starting as a director at SoFi later this month and is an Obama CEA alum, welcomed Margaret “Margot” Octavia Bourgeois. Instapic
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Polish President Andrzej Duda turned 47 … (was Wednesday): Billy Brawner of Brawner Communications (hat tip: wife Greta)
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Michael Shear, WH correspondent for the NYT whose book “Border Wars: Inside Trump’s Assault on Immigration” with Julie Hirschfeld Davis comes out in October, is 51. How he got his start in journalism: “I began my journalism career in room C-53 at Homestead High School, around the corner from Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, as news editor for The Epitaph. My first story, covering a school board hearing, got me an ‘F’ and was never published because I decided to testify at the hearing and then quoted myself.” Playbook Plus Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell … Jim Lyons … Mike Smith, DCCC national finance director … Rick Wiley … Kathleen Sullivan … Olivia Petersen, global corporate comms director at Whole Foods and an NBC alum (h/t Neil Grace) … POLITICO’s Maura Kelly, Robin Turner, Mike Farrell, Brittany Desch and Thao Sparling … Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is 48 … former Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) is 78 … BP America’s Wynn Radford is 4-0 (h/ts wife Julie and Sarah Huckabee Sanders) … Margarita Diaz … MacKenzie Smith … Cheryl Bruner (h/t Jon Haber) … Sarah Sonies … Camille Joseph … Chuck Raasch, Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch … Jenna Lowenstein … writer Rebecca Nelson … Megan Heckerman … Jeremy Lin … former Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) is 74 … Jeet Guram, senior advisor to CMS Administrator Verma (h/t Ninio Fetalvo) … Andy Post, comms director for DOT …
… Reid Epstein, who is beginning soon at the NYT … Peter Wallsten, WaPo’s senior politics editor … RNC’s Adi Sathi … Randy Schriver, assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, is 52 … SKDK alum Rachel Palermo … Eric Sapirstein … Paul Blank … Blake Zeff … Akela Lacy … Jordan Dunn … Phillip Stutts, CEO of Go BIG Media, is 45 … Derrick Robinson … Kristin Hedger … Jim Kiley is 42 (h/t Talley Sergent) … Shannon Buckingham, VP for comms at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities … Robert Petito is 28 … Deirdre Murphy Ramsey of Precision Strategies (h/t Jeff Solnet) … Martin McGuinness is 48 … Derek Flowers … Robin and Abigail Pogrebin … Kirk Oberfeld … Ralph Neas is 73 … Tim Del Monico … Leslie Ridle (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) … Jim Nantz is 6-0 … Craig Ferguson is 57 (h/ts AP)
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Friday, May 17, 2019 Abortion Ban in Alabama “Alabama’s governor signed a bill on Wednesday to ban nearly all abortions in the state, even in cases of rape and incest.” Reuters Last week, Georgia banned abortion after a ‘fetal heartbeat’ is detected at around six weeks. The Flip Side From the Left The left worries about the consequences if the Supreme Court overturns abortion rights. “Showing just how far to the right the anti-abortion movement has pushed the ‘center’ of the abortion debate, it was the bill’s rape and incest exceptions, since removed, that dominated the conversation in the Alabama Senate. It seemed forgone that the state would ban abortions for a vast majority of the women there. Lawmakers supporting abortion rights were left arguing to preserve the rape and incest exceptions.” Editorial Board, New York Times “Many recent bills ban abortion after 6 weeks – before most women are even aware they are pregnant — and Alabama’s law constitutes an outright ban at any stage. But women will always seek out a way to end an unwanted pregnancy — the question is whether they can do so safely. In countries with extreme laws like those passed in Georgia, Ohio and now Alabama, women suffer and die. Georgia, for example, has the highest maternal mortality rate in the nation and you can expect those numbers to increase under a law that creates criminal suspicion around every miscarriage.” Jon O’Brien, The Hill One Alabama Doctor reflects on a recent case: “She was 22 weeks pregnant and had a condition called preeclampsia, which is when high blood pressure puts the health of the mother and baby at risk and can result in death. The only option in that situation was to immediately deliver. The patient understood the high stakes and instead decided to end her pregnancy. But it took time (which we did not have) to convince the hospital and other physicians that this was the correct course of action because of the already hostile climate for abortion… “I fear what could happen to women in this situation if the [new] law and its criminal penalties go into effect. Physicians will hesitate in how to care for complex health situations… doctors like me will leave Alabama rather than stay and practice substandard medicine… Alabamans deserve better. We all do.” Yashica Robinson, CNN “Across the nation as a whole, just 17 percent of Americans say [Roe v. Wade] should be overturned entirely, and this reality is reflected at the state level: In 2008, voters in the solidly-Republican state of South Dakota overwhelmingly rejected a statewide ban on abortion — and repeated the feat two years later, even after exceptions for incest and rape were added to the proposed law. In 2011, Mississippi voters rejected a similar referendum by an even larger margin. Back in my home state of Kansas, the state Supreme Court last month ruled — shockingly — that the state constitution protects the right to an abortion.” Joel Mathis, The Week Counterpoint: “Depending on how you ask about abortion rights, Americans are either overwhelmingly in favor of them or they are split down the middle… A Pew Research Center poll from late last year found that 58% of Americans say abortion should be always or mostly legal, compared with 37% who say it should be always or mostly illegal. This mostly lines up with 2018 Gallup polling that discovered that 60% of Americans think first trimester abortions should generally be legal… [At the same time] when Gallup asked Americans about whether a first trimester abortion should be allowed for ‘any reason,’ support dropped from 60% to 45%… How the question is phrased definitely matters.” Harry Enten, CNN Some note that “both the Alabama and Georgia measures rely on the concept of ‘natural law’— unchanging moral principles that have supposedly existed since before the Constitution — to support the idea that a fetus is a person. But these kinds of arguments don’t have a record of judicial success. Natural law-based arguments for fetal personhood were pursued by anti-abortion scholars and jurists for much of the 1960s and 1970s to little avail… neither judges nor many other conservative lawyers, it seems, felt fully comfortable with recognizing rights not detailed in the text or history of the Constitution… Roe is likely to be reversed. But asking the court for too much too soon has backfired before, and it could well again.” Mary Ziegler, New York Times Others point out that “the supreme court has taken a relatively lax attitude toward respecting long-standing precedents, including overturning a 40-year-old precedent just this week. And if anti-abortion activists fail this time, they can always try again. If Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is 86, decides to step down or if Trump wins a second term, all bets are off. The only thing that’s certain is that the future of Roe is uncertain at best.” B Jessie Hill, The Guardian From the Right The right supports the goals behind the law, but worries that it may be counterproductive. “Federal courts, following existing Supreme Court precedent, will certainly strike down the laws in Georgia and Alabama. But the Supreme Court should not continue to hold that state laws regulating abortion are unconstitutional, for the two simple reasons identified by Justice Scalia in his Casey dissent: (1) the Constitution says nothing about protecting a right to abortion and (2) American society had long permitted states to ban or otherwise regulate it… “[However] the abolitionist zeal on display in Alabama in particular runs the risk of making the ultimate extinction of abortion less likely… Nationwide, more than 75 percent of Americans think abortion should be legal early in pregnancy when the pregnancy was the result of rape. Public opinion cannot be ignored in a democratic republic, and it would be a grave error to insist that no lives should be saved until all lives can be saved.” The Editors, National Review “The Alabama bill creates a situation that allows pro-abortion advocates to concentrate their pushback on the approximately 0.5 percent of procedures [involving rape and incest] rather than the 99.5 percent. In turn, pro-lifers, now accused of protecting slack-jawed incestuous child rapists, are impelled to make the most challenging arguments about the rarest cases rather than make the most convincing arguments about the most common [elective] ones… While incrementalism might not come naturally to conservatives, especially in this era, it’s worth remembering that, in the end, the way to win the fight is to convince Americans that abortion is morally repugnant.” David Harsanyi, The Federalist “Why would a red state pass a maximalist abortion bill, knowing how leery John Roberts has proved himself to be of overturning paradigm-shifting liberal initiatives? He had the votes to blow up ObamaCare in 2012 and he switched sides, seemingly fearing that a party-line vote in the Supreme Court would wreck what’s left of the Court’s institutional legitimacy as a neutral arbiter that stands above politics. Overturning Roe would be several orders of magnitude more earthshaking than overturning ObamaCare would have been… John Roberts is not going to risk the legacy of ‘The Roberts Court’ to save a bill like that. It’s ludicrous that any legislator in Alabama thinks he might.” Allahpundit, Hot Air “Grandstanding, such as the Alabama bill that would forbid rape victims from obtaining abortions at any point but its own authors admit will never go into effect, greatly harms the pro-life movement’s chances of succeeding. Instead pro-life proponents ought to make two good faith concessions to demonstrate that the pro-life cause isn’t about the control of women’s bodies, but rather solely about the protection of the unborn… “First is contraception deregulation. This includes making hormonal birth control available over the counter or directly from a pharmacist… Next, pro-life proponents should… divert [federal funding] from facilities providing abortions and double it to other Title X non-abortion-providing Title X facilities. Enacted under President Nixon, Title X is a family planning program. It provides services such as Pap smears and HPV vaccines that can prevent cancer, plus STI testing that can prevent infertility, HIV testing that can prevent death, and birth control that can, obviously, prevent pregnancy.” Tiana Lowe, Washington Examiner “A healthy pro-life community will step up and move beyond restrictions on abortion towards greater social and community support for mothers with nowhere to turn… Pro-lifers must be willing to fight for adoption reform across the states… We must also work to improve the social safety net to help women… We need to make it easier for mothers to get care they need. We need to make it easier for them to collect from deadbeat dads. Frankly, we also need to make it easier for deadbeat dads to find jobs to help pay for support.” Erick Erickson, The Resurgent “Alabamans believe by a 58% to 37% margin that abortion should be illegal in most or all cases, according to a 2014 Pew poll. That obviously isn’t just men. The most recent nationwide poll found majority support among both men and women for bills barring abortion after the baby’s heartbeat is detectable, with no statistically significant difference between the sexes’ views. The bill was drafted and introduced by Rep. Terri Collins, a female lawmaker. It was signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey, a woman. It mirrors the policy preferences of most Alabama women.” Editorial Board, Washington Examiner A libertarian’s take “No legal case has done more than Roe to define how the left sees the Supreme Court: not as a somewhat boring final arbiter of words recorded in law books, but as the oracle that tells us what rights the Constitution ought to guarantee… That view of constitutional interpretation works precisely as long as you happen to agree with the judicial interpreters. When the other side of the political spectrum gets wise and starts stocking the courts with judges who share their opinions — Catastrophe! Ruination! Citizens United!… “Which makes this a good time for the left to step back and ask whether it was ever a good idea to urge such sweeping powers on unelected judges. 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Good morning, Here is all the news conservatives need to know to start their day. At 4pm ET, you can catch me on radio to bring you up to speed on developments throughout the day. You can listen live here. The Pro-Life Push to End Abortion is a Reaction to Democrats Supporting Infanticide Every action has an equal and opposite reaction and this pro-life push is the reaction to Democrats’ radicalism. And we should be asking ourselves what is more radical — restricting or ending a procedure that takes the life of a human being or letting a human being be born and then killing her? Had the Democrats not rushed out with their aggressive and radical pro-infanticide position, you would not now be seeing Republicans rushing to create sanctuary states for babies. The post The Pro-Life Push to End Abortion is a Reaction to Democrats Supporting Infanticide appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » No Room for Honesty Listen to various abortion activists and Hollywood faded stars and you might be under the impression that Georgia, Alabama, and other states have just passed laws that could give women the death penalty for having abortions. In fact, some news outlets have run stories that these states would arrest women for having abortions. Sadly, at […] The post No Room for Honesty appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Might Be Time for Employers to Reevaluate the Worth of a Degree Nobody asked me, but here goes. I spent 15 years in Human Resources managing the processes for full life cycle talent management. I had significant influence over who was hired into the organizations I worked for. Also who got promoted, mentored, trained and exposure to senior leaders. Due to physical limitations, I had to exit […] The post Might Be Time for Employers to Reevaluate the Worth of a Degree appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Beto Wants to be the Worst Reality Star of All Time Confession time: I don’t understand the appeal of Robert Francis Beto O’Rourke. He comes across as vapid to me – an empty suit. I mean, even if I agreed with him on policy, there’s nothing about him skateboarding or jumping up on a bar counter that strikes me as worth giving him a second look. […] The post Beto Wants to be the Worst Reality Star of All Time appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Bill de Blasio Grilled in First Interview: Three-Quarters of New Yorkers ‘Say You Shouldn’t Run’ The post Bill de Blasio Grilled in First Interview: Three-Quarters of New Yorkers ‘Say You Shouldn’t Run’ appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Stacey Abrams Teases Potential 2020 Run The post Stacey Abrams Teases Potential 2020 Run appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » What Happens If Roe Is Overturned? There are two options. This article is brought to you by the comment section. While some of our readers wonder why The Resurgent is so singularly focused on abortion right now, I figured it’s worth addressing some points about Roe v. Wade being overturned. First, in defense of our site, to say that we are […] The post What Happens If Roe Is Overturned? appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » The Public Roast of Bill de Blasio Protestors were less than complimentary outside of Bill de Blasio’s announced run for President. A chant began saying “You Can’t Run The City, You Can’t Run The Country”. The post The Public Roast of Bill de Blasio appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Kirsten Gillibrand: Damsel in Debate Distress Who will rescue the flaxen haired maiden from New York? If you’ve been paying any attention to the growing field of democratic candidates for the 2020 presidential election, you will have noticed that the first two debates can only host twenty candidates. The field is currently at twenty-four. In order to keep some people off […] The post Kirsten Gillibrand: Damsel in Debate Distress appeared first on The Resurgent. Read in browser » Here’s How the House Grizzly Bear Hearing Went Down Yesterday afternoon, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife heard arguments in favor of and against H.R. 2532, or the Tribal Heritage and Grizzly Bear Protection Act. As I wrote earlier this week, the bill boasts serious implications for wildlife conservation and stakeholder relations as it relates to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem […] The post Here’s How the House Grizzly Bear Hearing Went Down 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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Read on » Steele Identified Russian Dossier Sources, Notes Reveal By Chuck Ross – Christopher Steele told a State Department official that a former Russian spy chief and a top Kremlin adviser were involved in an operation to collect compromising information on Donald Trump. The State Department official’s notes also indicate that Steele claimed that the Russians, Vyacheslav Trubnikov and Vladislav Surkov, were “sources” for … Steele Identified Russian Dossier Sources, Notes Reveal 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 » DHS Volunteer Force to Assist Del Rio Border Patrol during Ongoing Crisis By R. Mitchell – DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents across Del Rio Sector are receiving assistance from fellow government employees within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to deal with a massive increase in family unit apprehensions. “Family unit apprehensions in this sector are up over 754 percent compared to the … DHS Volunteer Force to Assist Del Rio Border Patrol during Ongoing Crisis is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Trump Strips California Of $930 Million In High-Speed Rail Funding By Michael Bastasch – The Trump administration will terminate its agreement with California to fund the state’s struggling high-speed rail project, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) said Thursday. In a letter to state officials, Administrator Ronald Batory said FRA would deobligate the $928.6 million set aside for the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) under … Trump Strips California Of $930 Million In High-Speed Rail Funding 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 » Forget Alabama, These Abortion Cases Are In Front Of The Supreme Court Right Now By Kevin Daley – Alabama’s far-reaching abortion restrictions have set off fervid speculation about the future of Roe v. Wade, but two abortion cases are already pending before the Supreme Court. One case involves Indiana laws which require women to have ultrasounds 18 hours before termination, impose rules on the disposal of fetal remains, … Forget Alabama, These Abortion Cases Are In Front Of The Supreme Court Right Now 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 » DOD Official: Widening Military-Civilian Gap Impacts Ability to Sustain Force By Jim Garamone – The Defense Department wants to bridge the widening military-civilian gap, the Pentagon’s top personnel official told the National Commission on Military, National and Public Service. In prepared remarks, Anthony M. Kurta — performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness — said DOD’s ability to sustain … DOD Official: Widening Military-Civilian Gap Impacts Ability to Sustain Force 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 » Nancy Pelosi Claims Democrats Have Always Acknowledged The Border Crisis By Jason Hopkins – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested that the Democratic Party has “never not” called the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border a crisis. “Well, let me just say this. We have never not said that there was a crisis — there is a humanitarian crisis at the border, and some of it … Nancy Pelosi Claims Democrats Have Always Acknowledged The Border Crisis is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » Trump 2020 Advisory Board Member Censored On Facebook — And She Says It’s No Algorithm Fluke By Mary Margaret Olohan – Facebook blocked Trump 2020 campaign advisory board member Jenna Ellis Rives from sharing a screenshot of a tweet by citing “hate speech,” but Rives believes this is a part of a deliberate attempt to censor conservative commentary until it is no longer timely. Rives took a screenshot of a tweet … Trump 2020 Advisory Board Member Censored On Facebook — And She Says It’s No Algorithm Fluke 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 » “Censory” Overload: You Criticize CAIR or Sharia, You May Be Censored By Amalia White – Top social media platforms, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have amped up their censoring policies and continue to ban people they deem “dangerous.” Silicon Valley’s tirade on banning Conservatives and right-wing activists has many everyday conservative Americans asking, “When will I be next?” Laura Loomer, Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, James Woods, … “Censory” Overload: You Criticize CAIR or Sharia, You May Be Censored 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 » Media Matters Shared Employees With Left-Wing Nonprofit Hammering Trump With Lawsuits By Andrew Kerr – Media Matters has since 2015, shared its employees with a government watchdog group behind dozens of lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s administration, according to the financial documents of both groups. The left-wing media watchdog began sharing “employees, office space and other related expenses” with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in … Media Matters Shared Employees With Left-Wing Nonprofit Hammering Trump With Lawsuits 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 » 10 Most Popular U.S. Summer Destinations By R. Mitchell – Orlando and Las Vegas top a newly released report on the most popular Summer destinations in the United States for 2019. TripAdvisor®, the world’s largest travel site, today announced its 2019 Summer Vacation Value Report, highlighting the 10 most popular U.S. destinations for this summer, based on hotel booking interest … 10 Most Popular U.S. Summer Destinations 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 » Is Facial Recognition Technology Capable Of Identifying Suspects? Here’s What Tech Experts Say By Chris White – San Francisco prohibited city police from using facial recognition technology to identify suspects, and now experts warn that the fledgling big tech tool might not be ready for prime time. Critics believe such technologies carry a huge risk as they are heavily guarded and the companies that deploy them tend … Is Facial Recognition Technology Capable Of Identifying Suspects? Here’s What Tech Experts Say is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » My, Ain’t the Media Pimps Changing? By Amanda Alverez – We all know the main-stream media (MSM) hasn’t been a popular place on our TV’s and news resources in a very long time. Their rotting ratings prove this fact. So, what’s changing lately with the political pimps? Are they awakening to the reality their Political Whore ratings are rotting, too? … My, Ain’t the Media Pimps Changing? 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 » Creepy Foreign Affairs – A.F. Branco Cartoon By A.F. Branco – Some feel that money could be influencing Biden’s light-hearted attitude toward relations with China when he alluded that they are no threat. Political Cartoon by A.F. Branco ©2019. See more Branco toons HERE Creepy Foreign Affairs – A.F. Branco Cartoon is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » The Swamp-Worm Turns By Dave King – Since the vindication of Donald Trump by Robert Mueller, with the end of the Mueller collusion investigation, the leftist press and the cable channels have been bragging about the new House investigations that Democrats will use to replace the Mueller probe and keep the Trump administration on the ropes. But … The Swamp-Worm Turns 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 » McCarthy Talks 2020: ‘Biden Is The Jeb Bush Of This Election Cycle’ By Mary Margaret Olohan – update 5/16/19 – 11:29 a.m. : This post was modified to include additional quotes. WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said former Vice President Joe Biden is the “Jeb Bush of this election cycle” Thursday, adding that he also has “too much to apologize for.” The California Republican spoke … McCarthy Talks 2020: ‘Biden Is The Jeb Bush Of This Election Cycle’ is original content from Conservative Daily News – Where Americans go for news, current events and commentary they can trust – Conservative News Website for U.S. News, Political Cartoons and more. Read on » President Trump to Hold MAGA Rally in Pennsylvania Monday By R. Mitchell – President Donald Trump will hold a Make America Great Again rally in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, Monday evening. The president is ramping up the rally schedule as momentum builds for the 2020 election. The rally will be held at the Energy Aviation Hangar. Doors will open at 4:00 p.m. EDT and the … President Trump to Hold MAGA Rally in Pennsylvania Monday 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 » Watch Live: President Trump Unveils Immigration Plan By R. Mitchell – President Donald Trump will announce on Thursday the details of his comprehensive immigration plan. The president will use a Rose Garden address to highlight the details of his plan which reportedly include modifications to the visa system so that more highly-skilled immigrants are let while limiting chain-migration. Administration officials said … Watch Live: President Trump Unveils Immigration Plan 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 » ‘Never Trump’ Republican Called For Russian Sanctions, Now He’s Lobbying Against Them By Chuck Ross – A top “Never Trump” Republican strategist who has called for “sanctions on steroids” against the Russian government has registered as a lobbyist for a Russia-owned nuclear energy firm that is seeking to relax sanctions. 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Ocasio-Cortez grills CEO of pharma company making billions on government-patented HIV drug
Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day faced scathing questions at a House hearing Thursday, with Democrats demanding answers on how the drug manufacturer could charge $1,700 a month for an HIV prevention drug discovered through taxpayer-funded research. Read More…
Grassley, Wyden want to end uncertainty over temporary tax breaks
Senate Finance Chairman Charles E. Grassley announced the creation of five task forces charged with delving into what to do about 42 myriad tax breaks that continually get turned on and off by Congress, ranging from an incentive to sell cleaner-burning biodiesel fuel for trucks to a deduction for mortgage insurance premiums. Read More…
Republican players are low, but camaraderie is high ahead of Congressional Softball Game
The official list of players in this year’s Congressional Women’s Softball Game is OUT! (to be read in an umpire’s voice) and we have just over a month before members of Congress and the D.C. press corps face each other on the field again. Read More…
Trump’s latest immigration plan came with no Democratic outreach
President Donald Trump unveiled his latest immigration overhaul plan Thursday, but given its lack of outreach to Democrats, it likely will go little further than the Rose Garden setting where it first saw light. Read More…
Pelosi: To woo Trump, border aid will likely be attached to disaster bill
An emerging multibillion-dollar disaster aid package will likely include humanitarian assistance to address the surge of migrants across the southern border, an element that could garner the Trump administration’s support. Read More…
Complaint says Rep. TJ Cox’s disclosures misled voters. He says it’s a GOP attack
A group of constituents from California’s 21st District are asking the Office of Congressional Ethics to review allegations that Rep. TJ Cox intentionally misled voters about his personal finances by failing to list certain business interests on his personal financial disclosure. Read More…
Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix recalls her ‘most terrifying days’
Allyson Felix, the most decorated female track and field star in American history, was on Capitol Hill on Thursday — not to discuss the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, or preach about fitness, or boast about her gold medals, but to speak to the rising maternal mortality rate in the U.S. Read More…
Judiciary Democrats may ask full House to formally approve their investigation into Trump
Some Judiciary Committee Democrats, concerned about the Trump administration escalating its stonewalling into their investigation of potential obstruction of justice and abuses of power by the president and his associates, want the full House to approve their probe. Read More…
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Harvard Students Reject Law Professor for Defending Harvey Weinstein This past weekend, Harvard University announced they would not allow their law professor Ronald S. Sullivan to continue in his role as dean of Winthrop House. This decision came after urging from student groups to remove Sullivan in light of his work defending Harvey Weinstein. The protesting law students claimed that Sullivan’s mere presence on campus made them feel “unsafe.” Soon-to-be lawyers rejecting a mentor and teacher for providing legal defense to a client is a disturbing vision of the future. Kaveh Shahrooz made an apt comparison to John Adams, a Harvard graduate, defending British captain Thomas Preston ahead of the American Revolution. From Shahrooz at Quillette: “The story of Adams fighting to ensure that even his enemy’s rights were protected has special resonance for lawyers and law students, because it portrays the noble side of a profession that often is shown in a less than heroic manner. More broadly, the story reflects America’s larger, evolving national project of creating a democratic society in which popular passions would be tempered by the rule of law. Central to that project are due process and the right of all accused persons to zealous legal representation. It is ironic that these foundational principles should be forgotten by a place such as Harvard, from which Adams himself graduated in 1755. Sullivan was the first African American to serve as faculty dean of a Harvard undergraduate house. He’s also a former president of the Black Law Students Association at Harvard Law School, a winner of HLS’ award for Outstanding Teaching, and the director of the school’s Criminal Justice Institute. Like other famous criminal lawyers, he often takes on notorious clients, including that of ex-NFL football star player Aaron Hernandez, who was convicted of murder in 2015. Any educated person knows that bad people often need good lawyers.” From Melinda Henneberger at USA Today: “When I’m on the side of defending Harvey Weinstein, we are on all-new ground. Yet I am, in the sense that I don’t think Harvard should have fired a faculty dean for providing legal counsel to this loathsome person. Law professor Ronald S. Sullivan has lost his position at Winthrop House, where undergrads didn’t want to live and eat with, much less be mentored by, someone representing a world-class predator in court. (On Monday, Sullivan announced that he’s leaving Weinstein’s defense team anyway, because an upcoming trial would conflict with his class schedule — but he’s still available for advice and consultation.) Yes, his former client has been credibly accused of serious crimes against generations of Hollywood actresses. The damage this one man has inflicted must make him a role model for psychopaths the world over. But in our country, serial killers and terrorists and rapists, too, are entitled to the kind of defense that in theory separates us from, say, the Philippines, where Rodrigo Duterte has drug dealers murdered. Or from Saudi Arabia, where criticism is answered with assassination. In Hungary, you can be fired for dissenting views; in American academia, that’s not supposed to happen. Sullivan no more supports rape by representing Weinstein than Leslie Abramson, Mother of two, supported patricide by representing the Menendez brothers. He’s the same person as when he represented Michael Brown’s relatives in their lawsuit against Ferguson, Missouri. And as when he’s gotten thousands of wrongfully incarcerated people set free. Even in our most glancing interactions, online and in real life, we shun and self-segregate and want to be protected from those who are in our view in the wrong. Not only on existential issues, either.” Weekend Reading Four groups of traditional Democrat supporters that should walk away. (From Helen Raleigh for Fox News) The gravity of Josh Hawley’s culture war against Big Tech. (From Emily Jashinsky for The Federalist) Belgian doctors say parents who raise their children vegan should be prosecuted.(By James Crisp for The Telegraph) Pro-lifers have momentum, but they need to move gradually. (From Ramesh Ponnuru for Bloomberg) No one likes you, Bill De Blasio. (From Madeline Osburn at The Federalist) Friday Entertainment Center Elton John biopic “Rocket Man” receives standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival. Film star Taron Egerton moved to tears. (The Wrap) A look inside the new TWA Hotel at JFK airport. (The New York Times) Here’s why everyone’s mad about Kylie Jenner’s new walnut scrub.(Mashable) “Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn opens up about his Disney firing. (AV Club) Chris Rock to reboot “Saw” franchise with Lionsgate & Twisted Pictures. (Deadline) TV Upfronts 2019 guide: the fall schedules, trailers, and take-aways. (The Hollywood Reporter) Britney Spears may never work again, according to her longtime manager. (Deadline) “Deadwood: The Movie” creator David Milch brings the buried into the light. (IndieWire) BRIGHT is brought to you by The Federalist. |
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William Jacobson: “SPREAD THE WORD — looks like our Gibson’s Bakery trial coverage is picking up steam.”
Kemberlee Kaye: “Democrats really stepped in it
when they forsook “safe, legal, and rare” in exchange for a nationwide
push to codify infanticide up to and after birth. Despite the media’s
attempts to sweep the issue under the rug, the damage is done and as a
result, the backlash is coming from the heartland’s state houses who are
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Mary Chastain: “NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, a man detested by those in the city, announced his candidacy in the Democratic primary.
His talking points contain the same old buzzwords the left loves to
use: Evil Corporations! Greedy Wealthy! Orange Man Bad! 76% of those in
New York City didn’t even want him to run. He has spent most of this
year traveling to key states instead of tending to the city.”
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complete with “Sanctuary State” policies, why can’t Alabama completely
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Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray May 17, 2019 Trump’s Plan To Reform Legal Immigration Is Long Overdue By John Daniel Davidson Shifting immigration away from family reunification and toward skills-based employment is something the United States should have done long ago. Full article Panic Over War With Iran Is An Info Operation To Preserve The Iran Deal By Jonathan S. Tobin Obama’s media echo chamber is hyping Iran’s bluster about U.S. sanctions. But their insistence that the only options are appeasement or war offers a false choice. Full article Jordan Peterson Isn’t Anti-Christian, He’s A Noble Pagan By Esther O’Reilly The Jordan Peterson phenomenon cannot be easily dismissed, nor the man easily labeled. Christians quick to recognize what he is not should make an effort to understand what he is. Full article A Supreme Court Biography That Should Be Held In Contempt By Tony Daniel CNN legal analyst Joan Biskupic’s biography of Chief Justice John Roberts, ‘The Chief,’ is so preoccupied with disagreeing with the man that it doesn’t provide much insight into Roberts’s life and rulings. Full article College Board To Juke SAT Test Scores To Reflect Student ‘Privilege’ By Joy Pullmann ‘If I am going to make room for more of the [poor and minority] students we want to admit and I have a finite number of spaces, then someone has to suffer and that will be privileged kids on the bubble.’ Full article What We Know So Far About The Justice Department’s Spygate Scandal Investigations By Margot Cleveland When Barr testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he provided many clues to the wide-ranging scope of malfeasance the Department of Justice is now investigating. Full article With A Love Story, ‘Cold War’ Beautifully Depicts The Personal Costs Of Communism By Inez Feltscher Stepman and Jerzy Feltscher Every so often, a film shows the depth of communism’s personal costs in a poignant and beautiful way. So it is with ‘Cold War,’ a masterpiece from Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski, nominated for three Academy Awards. Full article Mom Reveals How Her Lefty Political Tribe Breeds Affection For The Alt-Right By Hans Fiene Tell kids they’re white supremacists for questioning leftism and they’ll become desensitized—so desensitized that they’ll listen to the Nazi sales pitch. Full article ‘Wine Country’ Is Just Terrible, And The Inside Jokes Might Be Why By Emily Jashinsky ‘Wine Country’ is outright cringe-inducing from start to finish, save for a merciful flash of comedy every 20 minutes or so. Not even a bottle of cab can dull the pain. Full article The Strange Tale Of How Mark Zuckerberg Bought Cory Booker’s Loyalty By Kyle Sammin School reforms parachuted in from Silicon Valley failed to make much difference for kids. They did make Zuckerberg a lifelong friend and gave Booker the platform to win himself a Senate seat. Full article Honoring America’s Soldiers Means Never Deploying Them Unless Necessary By Randall Larsen The lessons we can learn from Black Hawk Down and the Battle of Mogadishu remain relevant today as we contemplate intervention in Venezuela. Full article Needless Government Meddling Is Making An Amazing New Cancer Treatment Harder To Get By Ashley Herzog Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy might be the cancer cure patients have been waiting for—if only the government would get out of the way. Full article No One Likes You, Bill De Blasio By Madeline Osburn Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign slogan is “Working People First.” And yet, he is consistently mocked for blunders and disingenuous attempts to relate to the working class. Full article Abortion Advocates Are Losing. Don’t Give Them A Lifeline By David Harsanyi Alabama’s new abortion ban might be morally and philosophically defensible, but it is politically counterproductive. Full article BILL DE BLASIO MAKES 23 David Marcus endorses Bill De Blasio for President. http://vlt.tc/3n52 “I want Bill de Blasio to win the 2020 presidential election. It may sound strange that a conservative pundit at a conservative outlet would hold such a position, but hear me out. America, New York City needs you. As he announces his candidacy today, I wholeheartedly endorse Bill de Blasio for president of United States, because if he wins then he can’t be mayor of New York City anymore. Not for nothing, that’s kind of my bottom-line issue at the moment. 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 |
MEET THE PRESS
From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
FIRST READ: Dems won big in 2018. So where’s the beef?
House Democrats have been in control of the House of Representatives for five months now,
and they don’t have much to show for it.
That message is the thrust of a Tom Steyer-backed
TV ad that’s airing in Iowa and New Hampshire, as well as on national cable.
“You told us to wait for the Mueller investigation. And when he showed obstruction of justice … nothing happened,” the ad goes.
“When this president took money from foreign governments and blocked the release of his tax returns … nothing happened.”
“Now you tell us to wait for the next election? Really??”
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
The lack of deliverables for House Democrats goes beyond oversight and the Mueller report.
HR1
– the campaign finance and ethics bill that they passed in March? Not going anywhere in the Senate.
President Trump’s
immigration rollout from yesterday? It almost pretended Dems don’t control the House.
And Attorney General William Barr’s
joke to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday? “”Madam Speaker, did you bring your handcuffs?”
To be sure,
Democrats in control of the House allowed them to roll over Trump
during the government shutdown (remember that?). It enabled Michael
Cohen’s testimony back in February?
And it’s doubtful that Robert Mueller testifying would even be a
possibility if the GOP remained in charge of the House.
Still, the voices in the Steyer ad
aren’t the only ones questioning how House Democrats have used their powers, especially after the release of the Mueller report.
“[Trump’s] defying you. He’s laughing at you. And he’s getting away with it.”
Running interference?
A new court filing by Robert Mueller’s team reveals that former National Security Adviser
Michael Flynn told investigators that figures linked to the
Trump administration and Congress reached out to him to interfere in the
Russia probe,
per NBC News.
From
the court papers: “The defendant informed the government of
multiple instances, both before and after his guilty plea, where either
he or his attorneys received communications from persons connected to
the Administration or Congress that could’ve affected
both his willingness to cooperate and the completeness of that
cooperation.”
2020 VISION: Not that there’s anything wrong with that
In an interview with Fox News yesterday, Trump pretty much pulled a
Jerry Seinfeld in talking about Pete Buttigieg’s gay marriage.
“President
Trump said ‘some people’ may have a problem with Democratic
presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg’s marriage to his husband,
Chasten, but he thinks ‘it’s absolutely fine,’ ‘great’ and
“good,’”
the Washington Post writes.
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
On the campaign trail today: Pete
Buttigieg, Steve Bullock and Bill de Blasio all campaign in Iowa…
Bernie Sanders holds rallies in North Carolina…. And Julian Castro
stumps in California.
On the campaign trail Saturday: Joe Biden holds a rally
in Philadelphia… Buttigieg and Bullock remain in the Hawkeye State –
and Michael Bennet joins them… Jay Inslee, Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth
Warren hit New Hampshire… And Bernie Sanders
visits South Carolina and Georgia.
On the campaign trail Sunday: Warren, Klobuchar and
Seth Moulton are in New Hampshire… Sanders has a rally in Alabama… And
Buttigieg makes an appearance in a Fox News townhall.
DATA DOWNLOAD: And the number of the day is … $434 million
$434 million.
That’s the
total revenue (at least) that President Trump saw last year,
according to a financial disclosure report made public yesterday.
The figure
includes a drop of about $3 million in revenue from his Mar-a-Lago
resort compared with 2017, but an increase of about $1.4 million from
his Doral property and a slight bump in income
from his hotel in D.C.
TWEET OF THE DAY: Strictly business
THE LID: Location, location, location
Don’t miss the pod from yesterday, when we looked at whether voters are paying attention to candidates’ home state electoral records.
ICYMI: News clips you shouldn’t miss
Some
experts are wary that Trump’s plan for a civics test as a requirement for new immigrants could backfire.
The Iran tensions are straining the relationship between John Bolton and Mike Pompeo,
POLITICO reports.
The voter registration database of a small Trump-backing county in the Florida panhandle
was breached by Russian hackers.
And the president
has some very specific asks for the border wall’s design.
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| Bill de Blasio campaign launch sputters. Even his YouTube channel has under 100 subscribers. Posted: 17 May 2019 04:06 AM PDT It’s been about 24 hours since New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio launched his presidential campaign, and it’s off to a strange start. First, the excitement level has been hovering somewhere south of none. Then, he was clowned in his own city by Late Show host Stephen Colbert. Not to be outdone, Jimmy Kimmel joined […] The post Bill de Blasio campaign launch sputters. Even his YouTube channel has under 100 subscribers. appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Is technology making it feel like time is speeding up? Posted: 17 May 2019 03:41 AM PDT Some of the things they put out at Truthstream Media are extremely compelling. Then there are times when their videos are a bit blah. This is one of those times, but don’t be discouraged. There’s actually some pretty interesting information to glean from all of this. Time does seem to be getting faster, or at […] The post Is technology making it feel like time is speeding up? appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Conservatives cannot be afraid to press the culture war Posted: 17 May 2019 03:11 AM PDT There are many reasons Conservatives have been reticent to press the culture war. Many of them were acted upon by Mitt Romney only for those conventions to be blown away by Trump winning in 2016. The Republican Party hates running on culture issues instead wanting only to use issues like abortion as shiny objects for […] The post Conservatives cannot be afraid to press the culture war appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| If life begins at conception, there is no justification for pro-life relativism Posted: 16 May 2019 10:13 PM PDT The last couple of days have been very challenging within the conservative community on social media. There seems to be as many debates between conservatives and Christians over whether or not the Alabama abortion bill went too far as there are between conservatives and progressives about the abortion issue in general. There are few simple […] The post If life begins at conception, there is no justification for pro-life relativism appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Demystifying the AR-15 Posted: 16 May 2019 06:57 PM PDT Beloved by many, despised by many others, the AR-15 is the most controversial firearm in America. The gun’s notoriety primarily stems from its use in some of the deadliest mass shootings in United States history, including Parkland, Sandy Hook, and Las Vegas. Critics suggest that it is a military-grade killing machine that is too powerful […] The post Demystifying the AR-15 appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| William Lane Craig: The most compelling argument for God’s existence Posted: 16 May 2019 06:49 PM PDT Theologian William Lane Craig joined Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro to discuss God. Quite a topic, wouldn’t you say? There were really two different questions and answered brought into the brief conversation. Why should people believe God exists and what compels people the most to believe in Him? To the first part of the question, Craig points […] The post William Lane Craig: The most compelling argument for God’s existence appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Missed signals can lead to tragedy! Posted: 16 May 2019 06:34 PM PDT Major Nidal Malik Hasan was a U.S. Army psychiatrist who gave PowerPoint presentations opposing American war efforts in Middle East. On November 5, 2009 he went on a shooting rampage of his fellow soldiers killing 13 adults and one pre-born baby at Fort Hood, Texas. Warning signs had been ignored. Edward Snowden was a contractor […] The post Missed signals can lead to tragedy! appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| California Senate Republican Leader Grove responds to fate of the doomed high-speed rail Posted: 16 May 2019 05:02 PM PDT SACRAMENTO – Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) issued the following statement after the United States Department of Transportation released a letter today to the California High-Speed Rail Authority announcing that it will terminate nearly $1 billion in funding for the boondoggle project. On Wednesday, the online media website California Globe posted an op-ed written […] The post California Senate Republican Leader Grove responds to fate of the doomed high-speed rail appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Iranian Quds force leader Qassem Suleimani called on proxies to prepare for war Posted: 16 May 2019 04:52 PM PDT The United States started ramping up our military presence in the Persian Gulf and across the Middle East around the end of last month. Now, we may know one of the factors that led to this decision: A call by a top Iranian official for the various militia groups under their control to “prepare for […] The post Iranian Quds force leader Qassem Suleimani called on proxies to prepare for war appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
| Here are 8 stubborn facts on gun violence in America from the Heritage Foundation Posted: 16 May 2019 04:25 PM PDT These are 8 facts that eviscerate the usual Leftist mendacity on the common sense human right of self-defense. The Heritage Foundation recently produced a well-sourced list of 8 facts on gun violence that will serve to demolish the usual lies promulgated by the Liberty grabber Left in trying to deprive the people of their basic […] The post Here are 8 stubborn facts on gun violence in America from the Heritage Foundation appeared first on Conservative Christian News. |
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05/17/2019 Share: Carl Cannon’s Morning Note Turmoil Over Iran; Motor-Voter Woes; Quote of the Week By Carl M. Cannon on May 17, 2019 09:06 am Good morning, it’s May 17, 2019, a Friday, the day of the week when I unearth a quotation intended to provide inspiration for the weekend. Today’s centers on a U.S. Army general who spent much of his career in the saddle. His name was George R. Crook. Born in Ohio in 1828, he graduated near the bottom of his class at West Point, and was commissioned at forts in California and Oregon where he spent the 1850s. In that untamed territory, Crook found himself fighting Indians — and sometimes protecting them — while becoming something of a frontiersman. Often eschewing uniforms for his preferred buckskins, he nurtured the growth of a rather spectacular beard and earned a reputation as an exacting and physically brave commanding officer. Crook was nearly killed in one engagement by an arrow that pierced his arm. In 1861, the Army recalled most of its field officers to the East after the Civil War broke out. By then a Union colonel, Crook saw action at Second Manassas, Antietam, and Chickamauga — and nearly drowned while crossing a stream in western Virginia. He was taken prisoner by Confederates in the waning months of the war, but was exchanged in time to participate in the Appomattox campaign. In 1867 he was sent back to the Pacific region as a lieutenant colonel, where his subsequent success put him in the middle of the action all over the West. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman considered Crook such an effective Indian fighter that he gave him the toughest assignments; these ranged from fighting Sitting Bull in the Dakotas to luring the famed Apache Geronimo to give up his raiding ways along the Arizona border with Mexico. I’ll have a brief word on these engagements in a moment, along with the quote of the week. 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: * * * Trump Administration’s Mixed Signals on Iran Fuel Turmoil. Susan Crabtree explores the frustration on view this week as State Department officials squabbled with each other, and lawmakers. California’s Botched Motor-Voter Rollout Hovers Over 2020. Susan also examines election-integrity issues that plagued the voter-registration system in 2018 and remain unresolved. Health Care Voters May Surprise Us. In a further analysis of RCP’s health care poll, Deb Gordon describes the four distinct health care consumer types that emerged from the survey results and how they are distinct from political/ideological subsets. Fact-Checkers Give Stacey Abrams a Pass on Victory Claim. Mark Hemingway asks why the major fact-checking organizations have failed to examine the losing candidate’s insistence she defeated Gov. Brian Kemp in November. The Hard Politics of U.S.-China Trade Talks. Charles Lipson weighs in on the dynamics of bargaining with the Chinese. Five Facts: Trump’s Tariffs on Chinese Goods. In RealClearPolicy, No Labels has this primer on the president’s policy. The Rise of Artificial Freedom. Charmaine Yoest assails Google’s censorship of the Claremont Institute and other examples of tech companies muzzling conservatives. The Voracious Energy Appetite of Artificial Intelligence. RealClearEnergy has Part 5 of Mark P. Mills’ power series. Reference Pricing Will Stifle Innovation. In RealClearHealth, Alex Hendrie finds fault with a proposal that would tie the cost of all medicines to the median prices charged in five countries — Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan. 10 Railroads That Made America Great. Brandon Christensen compiled this list in RealClearHistory. * * * After surrendering to Gen. Crook in 1883, Geronimo wearied of domesticated life, and on this date in 1885 he slipped back with some of his band into the vast escarpments of the Southwest for one last extended escapade of cross-border raiding. Crook had treated the Apache leader not as a murderer, which is how whites tended to view him, but as a prisoner of war who’d been fighting to defend his own land and his own people. In other words, as a person with rights. But as Geronimo resumed his depredations in the Southwest, those higher up in the chain of command grew impatient — including new President Grover Cleveland, who expressed the hope that Geronimo would be hanged. The upshot was that Army Chief of Staff Sherman and Gen. Phil Sheridan — Crook’s ranking officers in the West, as they had been in the Civil War — relieved Crook of his command. He was replaced with Gen. Nelson A. Miles, a longtime Crook rival in the Army, and a less sympathetic and sentimental officer. Yet, even Miles couldn’t help but be impressed when he came face to face with the famed Apache warrior after Geronimo surrendered for the last time in 1886. “He was one of the brightest, most resolute, determined looking men I have ever encountered,” Miles wrote in his memoir. “He had the clearest, sharpest dark eyes I think I have ever seen, unless it was that of Gen. Sherman,” Miles wrote. “Every movement indicated power, energy and determination. In everything he did, he had a purpose.” The same could be said of George Crook, who until he drew his last breath never stopped trying to get the U.S. government to treat Apaches humanely. Upon hearing of Crook’s death in 1890, Red Cloud, the famed Sioux chief remarked, “He, at least, never lied to us.” It sounds like faint praise, doesn’t it? Yet at that time, sad to say, this was quite a testament when coming from a red man talking about a white man. And that is today’s quote of the week. Carl M. Cannon Washington Bureau chief, RealClearPolitics @CarlCannon (Twitter) ccannon@realclearpolitics.com |
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