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From ‘peace process’ to ‘annexation’ — the changing role of the conflict in Israel’s political discourse – CNN

Sunday, April 07, 2019

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Ocasio-Cortez responds to Trump over ‘bartender’ comment; lashes out at Amazon – Fox News

Sunday, April 07, 2019

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during the National Action Network Convention in New York, Friday, April 5, 2019. (Associated Press) U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., called President Trump’s recent barb about her being a “young bartender” a compliment and lashed out at Amazon while speaking with constituents Saturday. “There’s nothing wrong with being a bartender,” Ocasio-Cortez said at a joint event in the New York City borough of Queens alongside New…

From ‘peace process’ to ‘annexation’ — the changing role of the conflict in Israel’s political discourse – CNN

Sunday, April 07, 2019

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Brexit: furious Tories will try to oust May if UK fights Euro elections – The Guardian

Sunday, April 07, 2019

Theresa May’s mutinous MPs are warning her that they will move to oust her within weeks if the UK is forced to take part in European elections next month and extend its EU membership beyond the end of June. Tory MPs are increasingly angry at the prospect of voters being asked to go to the polls to elect MEPs three years after the Brexit referendum, in an election they fear…

Trump tax returns: Lawyer calls Democrats’ demands “a gross abuse of power” – Vox.com

Sunday, April 07, 2019

For more than four years, President Donald Trump has refused to release his federal income tax returns. Friday, his attorney said the president plans to continue doing so, despite pressure from House Democrats to make the returns public. In a letter to the Treasury Department, Trump’s attorney William Consovoy called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to reject a request from the House Ways and Means Committee to release the…

Conservatives’ takeover of Supreme Court stalled by John Roberts-Brett Kavanaugh bromance – USA TODAY

Sunday, April 07, 2019

CLOSE The Supreme Court heard arguments about whether a 40-foot-tall cross that memorializes veterans from World War 1 and stands on public land in Maryland is constitutional. (Feb. 27) AP WASHINGTON – The conservative takeover of the Supreme Court that was anticipated following President Donald Trump’s two selections has been stalled by a budding bromance between the senior and junior justices. Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s newest member, Brett…

Pushing for Tighter Borders, President Asks Jews for Support – The New York Times

Sunday, April 07, 2019

“Special thanks to Representative Omar of Minnesota,” Mr. Trump said, expressing gratitude to other attendees, including Sheldon G. Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate and prominent Republican donor, and his wife, Miriam. “Oh, I forgot, she doesn’t like Israel. I’m so sorry.” (Ms. Omar herself was recently the target of death threats. This week, federal agents arrested a New York resident, Patrick W. Carlineo Jr., after he reportedly called her office,…

Aviation world faces moment of reckoning after 737 MAX crashes – CNN

Sunday, April 07, 2019

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Reuniting thousands of migrant families will take up to 2 years, government lawyers say – NBCNews.com

Sunday, April 07, 2019

WASHINGTON — Lawyers representing the Trump administration told the federal judge overseeing the reunification of separated migrant families that it will take one to two years to identify potentially thousands of children. U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw in California ordered last month that children separated before the administration’s “zero tolerance” policy went into effect should be identified. A migrant mother walks with her two daughters on their way to…

One truthful Democrat emerges to call out party’s ‘delusions’ – New York Post

Sunday, April 07, 2019

Bob Kerrey, the former Nebraska senator and governor, was always one of my favorite politicians in part because his politics weren’t perfectly polished. Among other free-wheeling moments, he called fellow Democrat Bill Clinton an “uncommonly good liar” and said a requirement for becoming president is that you must “want it more than life itself.” Kerrey moved on to academia and now to an investment bank, but hasn’t lost the willingness…

CAIR warns of increasing Islamophobia after New York arrests – Fox News

Sunday, April 07, 2019

FILE – In this Nov. 15, 2018 file photo, Rep.-elect IIhan Omar, D-Minn., center, listens during member-elect orientations on Capitol Hill in Washington. A western New York man has been charged with threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Omar of Minnesota. Federal prosecutors announced Friday, April 5, 2019, that Patrick Carlineo Jr. was arrested after placing a threatening call to Omar’s office in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) NEW…

White House Report Card: Slogging through immigration, buoyed by jobs – Washington Examiner

Sunday, April 07, 2019

This week’s White House Report Card finds President Trump continuing to be frustrated by immigration policy and stunted on replacing Obamacare, highlights in conservative analyst Jed Babbin’s poor grade. But as Democratic pollster John Zogby notes, the economy is still making jobs and the president is remaking the federal judiciary. Jed BabbinGrade D President Trump had a very rough political week beginning with his threat to close the Mexican border…

Trump belittles Democrats, says asylum seekers look like they’re ‘fighting for the UFC’ – CNN

Sunday, April 07, 2019

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Obama warns progressive lawmakers to avoid a ‘circular firing squad’ ahead of 2020 election – AOL

Sunday, April 07, 2019

Former President Barack Obama issued a warning to Democratic lawmakers to avoid a “circular firing squad” within the party that would devoid policy progress, particularly ahead of the 2020 presidential election.  Speaking in Berlin during an Obama Foundation town hall, the former commander-in-chief said he worried about progressive lawmakers falling victim to “rigidity” within Washington.  “One of the things I do worry about sometimes among progressives in the United States,…

Trump Says He Hasn’t Read Mueller Report but Knows it Fully Clears Him – Slate

Sunday, April 07, 2019

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Netanyahu says he will annex West Bank settlements if re-elected – CBS News

Sunday, April 07, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Saturday to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank if re-elected, a dramatic policy shift apparently aimed at rallying his nationalist base in the final stretch of the tight race. Israel will go to the polls Tuesday, and Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party is in a tight race with the new center-right Blue and White alliance, BBC News reported. On Israeli television, Netanyahu said “yes…

Trump’s threat to close the border was just a trap for Democrats – Washington Examiner

Saturday, April 06, 2019

President Trump had been vocally considering shutting down the southern border until he scaled back slightly on Thursday, giving Mexico one year to decide whether or not they’ll comply with his demands. His White House team probably talked him back from the ledge, since it seems he’s the only one in his own administration willing to take such a drastic step. Indeed, senior staffers and Department of Homeland Security officials…

Trump’s threat to close the border was just a trap for Democrats – Washington Examiner

Saturday, April 06, 2019

President Trump had been vocally considering shutting down the southern border until he scaled back slightly on Thursday, giving Mexico one year to decide whether or not they’ll comply with his demands. His White House team probably talked him back from the ledge, since it seems he’s the only one in his own administration willing to take such a drastic step. Indeed, senior staffers and Department of Homeland Security officials…

Trump’s threat to close the border was just a trap for Democrats – Washington Examiner

Saturday, April 06, 2019

President Trump had been vocally considering shutting down the southern border until he scaled back slightly on Thursday, giving Mexico one year to decide whether or not they’ll comply with his demands. His White House team probably talked him back from the ledge, since it seems he’s the only one in his own administration willing to take such a drastic step. Indeed, senior staffers and Department of Homeland Security officials…

Obama town hall Europe: avoid a “circular firing squad” over ideological purity – Vox.com

Saturday, April 06, 2019

Former president Barack Obama touched on growing divisions within his own party, warning against pushes for ideological purity that can result in a “circular firing squad” in a town hall organized by The Obama Foundation in Berlin on Saturday. While taking audience questions about the frustration that comes with lack of change, Obama expressed concern about a lack of compromise in Washington, and said he specifically worries progressive politicians could…