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Sorry, Pete Buttigieg, but Democrats also abuse religious language – Washington Examiner

Friday, June 28, 2019

According to Pete Buttigieg, the Republican Party has no right to use religious language. During the second Democratic primary debate on Thursday night, the presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana mayor said Republicans’ rhetoric on immigration has cost them the right to invoke God. “The Republican Party likes to cloak itself in the language of religion. Now, our party doesn’t talk about that as much, largely for a very good…

Democrats pledging freebies to illegal immigrants is prescription for Trump victory – Washington Examiner

Friday, June 28, 2019

All ten Democratic presidential candidates on stage tonight just gave a huge gift to President Trump by saying they would have government — meaning taxpayers — finance healthcare for illegal immigrants in this country. One need not be an anti-immigrant hard-liner to resent having illegal immigrants come here to gain free stuff, rather than work for it. If there is any stance sure to turn off working-class Americans, the ones…

Conservatives blast Roberts as turncoat – POLITICO

Friday, June 28, 2019

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ stance on citizenship in the 2020 census has frustrated many on the right. | Mark Humphrey/AP Photo legal In 5-4 decisions on federal rules and citizenship question, chief justice joins court liberals and frustrates the right. By JOSH GERSTEIN 06/27/2019 08:54 PM EDT Chief Justice John Roberts just keeps on breaking conservatives’ hearts. On two consecutive days this week, Roberts sided with the court’s…

Debate recap: Which Democratic candidate came out on top? (opinion) – CNN

Friday, June 28, 2019

The Democratic debates seemed set up to be a disaster: Too many people on stage with too much to discuss. Instead, Wednesday night was a moment of hope in the midst of a deep political depression. Regardless of your political views, the first debate, featuring 10 candidates, was reassuring and even inspiring. All 10 people on stage were (for the most part) cogent, competent, serious, and passionate. It’s a shame…

What is gerrymandering and why is it problematic? – The Washington Post

Friday, June 28, 2019

David Niven, a professor of political science at the University of Cincinnati, holds a map showing a gerrymandered district in Ohio. (John Minchillo/AP) Christopher Ingraham June 27 at 12:54 PM Note: This is an update to a story that was originally published in 2015. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the federal courts have no rule to play in adjudicating questions of partisan gerrymandering, essentially letting individual states decide…

Late-night comedians mock Beto O’Rourke for Spanish debate answer: Like ’embarrassing dad at a Mexican restaurant’ – Fox News

Friday, June 28, 2019

Video Fox News Flash top headlines for June 27 Fox News Flash top headlines for June 27 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com Late-night hosts poked fun at 2020 presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke for his use of Spanish during Wednesday’s Democratic primary debate, even comparing him to an “embarrassing dad at a Mexican restaurant.” O’Rourke, who was a darling of the liberal media early in the process, spoke at length…

House approves bipartisan border funding bill, after Pelosi reverses course under GOP pressure – Fox News

Friday, June 28, 2019

Video Pelosi reportedly facing revolt from progressive Democrats over border funding bill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly had a tense meeting with Democrats who feel the emergency border funding bill does not do enough to address the humanitarian crisis. A coalition of moderate Democrats and Republicans approved crucial border funding legislation late Thursday in the House, sending the $4.6 billion bill to President Trump’s desk for his expected signature — after Speaker Nancy Pelosi backed down from…

Trade with China didn’t change China, it changed us – Washington Examiner

Friday, June 28, 2019

Ever since Congress extended permanent normal trade relations to China nearly 20 years ago, pro-China pundits have argued that increased trade and engagement with Beijing would cause the communist regime to open up and embrace Democratic values. But China’s behavior hasn’t changed at all. To the contrary, Beijing has become more authoritarian and more adversarial. In fact, doing business with China has changed us more than it’s changed them. The…

Trump wants to delay census after Supreme Court ruling on citizenship question – CBS News

Thursday, June 27, 2019

President Trump says he has asked government lawyers if they can delay the 2020 census, after the Supreme Court ruled Thursday morning that the Trump administration cannot use it to ask census takers if they are citizens of the U.S.  The Supreme Court ruled that the proposed citizenship question won’t be added because the explanation for doing so is insufficient. “[W]e cannot ignore the disconnect between the decision made and…

Rep. Daniel Webster: Democrats’ bill does nothing to address the humanitarian crisis on our border – Washington Examiner

Thursday, June 27, 2019

There is a humanitarian crisis at our border. A record number of individuals are crossing our border, overwhelming entry points and causing a massive backlog in processing and courtroom hearings. That includes 56,278 unaccompanied minors so far in fiscal 2019, up 74% year over year. As of early June, the Department of Health and Human Services had more than 13,200 minors in custody. Yet, for months, Democrats have refused to…

More than 15 million viewers tuned into the first Democratic debate of the 2020 race – CNN

Thursday, June 27, 2019

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Rex Tillerson Says He Was Cut Out of Decisions by Kushner and Bannon – The New York Times

Thursday, June 27, 2019

“So at that point I just urged all the parties to be calm, let’s de-escalate this thing, don’t escalate, because that’s obviously the most dangerous situation at the moment is somebody decides they’re going to dial this thing up,” he added. Mr. Tillerson was also asked why no note-taker was present for a July 2017 meeting between Mr. Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Hamburg, Germany. The…

Twitter Adds Warning Label For Offensive Political Tweets – NPR

Thursday, June 27, 2019

A sample of the new warning notices that Twitter users will see before clicking to see tweets by government officials and political figures that violate Twitter’s rules. Twitter Twitter is creating a warning label to flag and suppress political tweets that break the platform’s rules on acceptable speech. It’s a bold step for the company, which has come under sharp criticism for its handling of tweets by major political figures…

Here’s why political gerrymandering matters to average voters – cleveland.com

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Acting in secret, emails and testimony show, Ohio Republicans designed the current congressional map in 2011 with a specific purpose in mind – to all-but-guarantee results of each election by creating 12 safe Republican districts and four for the Democrats. This was done by packing as many Democrats as possible into as few districts as possible. Bob Bennett, former Ohio Republican Party chairman, told The Plain Dealer ahead of 2001…

Winners and losers from the 1st 2020 Democratic debate – CNN

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Democrats get feisty in final stages of first debate of 2020 campaign Democrats tried to speak Spanish at the debate. How’d they do? Your top questions about every Democratic presidential candidate, answered

China wants a ‘balanced’ trade deal at summit, but the US isn’t interested – CNBC

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Supreme Court effectively blocks census citizenship question for… The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a setback to the Trump administration’s plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, effectively blocking the addition of… Politicsread more

The elephant in the room looks a lot like Joe Biden – Washington Examiner

Thursday, June 27, 2019

The first Democratic presidential debate featured random monologues in Spanish, a testy debate between Tulsi Gabbard and Tim Ryan, and almost no mention of the candidate polling better than everyone else in the Democratic field: Joe Biden. The challengers were reticent to mention the front-runner (why didn’t the moderators bring him up?) instead choosing to make an affirmative case for their own agenda and Trump #resistance bona fides. But Biden…

Opinion: Which Democratic candidate came out on top? – CNN

Thursday, June 27, 2019

The Democratic debates seemed set up to be a disaster: Too many people on stage with too much to discuss. Instead, Wednesday night was a moment of hope in the midst of a deep political depression. Regardless of your political views, the first debate, featuring 10 candidates, was reassuring and even inspiring. All 10 people on stage were (for the most part) cogent, competent, serious, and passionate. It’s a shame…

Beto O’Rourke’s unnecessary Spanish monologue is offensive pandering at its worst – Washington Examiner

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Beto O’Rourke was asked a straightforward question by MSNBC host Savannah Guthrie during the Democratic debate about what top marginal tax rate he would support. Naturally, O’Rourke ignored it entirely. In his usual pretentious and hand-wavy style, the former Texas congressman sidestepped the question, instead launching into a long monologue about wealth inequality and an “economy that is rigged for corporations and the very wealthy.” Yet he knew he couldn’t…

China’s Xi to present Trump with terms for settling trade deal: WSJ – CNBC

Thursday, June 27, 2019

This unusual trend is providing key support for US stocks, Citi… The stock market is shrinking for several key reasons, but there’s a way for investors to maneuver it, says Citi Research strategist Robert Buckland. Trading Nationread more