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17 States Sue to Block Rule on Foreign Students

July 13, 2020 at 11:33 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Seventeen states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Monday, seeking to block a new rule that would revoke the visas of foreign students who take classes entirely online in the fall,” the New York Times reports.

“The rule, issued a week ago, would upend months of careful planning by colleges and universities, the lawsuit says, and could force many students to return to their home countries during the pandemic, where their ability to study would be severely compromised.”

Bonus Quote of the Day

July 13, 2020 at 11:27 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The stakes are very high this election, but you know why I know we’re going to win? Because people remember how good their lives were back in February.”

— Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), speaking at the virtual North Carolina Republican convention.

Trump Leads In Missouri

July 13, 2020 at 11:10 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Saint Louis University/YouGov poll in Missouri finds Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in the presidential race by seven points, 50% to 43%.

Trump won Missouri by nearly 19 percentage points in 2016.


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A Roadmap to Reaching Latinos

July 13, 2020 at 11:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Chuck Rocha, a former senior adviser to Bernie Sanders’ failed presidential bid, “has a forthcoming book detailing the campaign’s strategy to win over Latino voters — and his own excruciating decision to turn down an offer to run the campaign,” Politico reports.

Writes Rocha: “I wrote this so there would be a road map for any politician or political organization to know how to reach out to our community and prove once and for all that if you invest in our community we will vote. I never, ever wanted to hear Latinos don’t vote again after reading this book.”

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A New Swing State on the Map

July 13, 2020 at 10:20 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The consensus electoral map now shows Texas as a Toss Up.

Next Relief Bill Must Deal with Coronavirus

July 13, 2020 at 10:17 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Mick Mulvaney: “If lawmakers still see the need to run the presses, they need to realize that the current economic crisis is public-health driven. As such, using ordinary fiscal tools might not be particularly efficacious. Put another way, the fact that people aren’t going on vacation probably has more to do with fear of getting sick than it does with their economic condition. Giving people a check, or some financial incentive to travel, won’t solve their problem. Make people feel safe to go back on an airplane or cruise ship, and they will of their own accord.”

“Any stimulus should be directed at the root cause of our recession: dealing with Covid. I know it isn’t popular to talk about in some Republican circles, but we still have a testing problem in this country.”

Bullock Leads In Montana Senate Race

July 13, 2020 at 10:03 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Public Policy Polling survey in Montana finds Steve Bullock (D) leading Sen. Steve Daines (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 46% to 44%.

Bullock is the most popular politician in the state with a 50% to 38% approval.

In the presidential race, Donald Trump leads Joe Biden, 51% to 42%.

Quote of the Day

July 13, 2020 at 9:55 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Silent Majority will reign!”

— President Trump, on Twitter.

Trump Hires 1500 Field Staffers

July 13, 2020 at 9:51 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The RNC and President Trump’s campaign say they have now hired 1,500 field staffers, aiming to convert their financial advantage over Democrats into votes in November,” the AP reports.

“Trump Victory, the joint field effort of the two organizations, announced Monday the hiring of an additional 300 staffers set to hit 20 target states by Wednesday in the largest field operation ever mounted by a Republican.”

Corruption In Plain Sight

July 13, 2020 at 9:22 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

David Frum says we have witnessed the “most conspicuous scandal in American history.”

“Although crucial details remain concealed, the core narrative has been visible from the start. An American private citizen worked with foreign spies to damage one presidential candidate and help the other. That president accepted the help. When caught, the private citizen lied. When the private citizen was punished, the president commuted his sentence.”

Mueller Prosecutor Will Break Silence on Russia Probe

July 13, 2020 at 9:10 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Andrew Weissmann, an attorney who played a leading role under Robert Mueller in the investigation of Russian election interference, will release a book in September about the special counsel’s near two-year examination of links between Donald Trump and Moscow, The Guardian reports.

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Don Jr.’s Misplaced Apostrophe

July 13, 2020 at 9:06 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The cover for Donald Trump Jr.’s forthcoming self-published book, Liberal Privilege, misplaces an apostrophe in the book’s subtitle, The Guardian reports.

No Hoax

July 13, 2020 at 9:01 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

First Read has the “indisputable” facts on the Russia investigation:

  1. Trump and his campaign asked for Russia’s help in the 2016 presidential race.
  2. Trump and his campaign got that help — in a contest decided by fewer than 80,000 votes in three states.
  3. Roger Stone lied about his contacts with Russian intelligence and WikiLeaks.
  4. The president commuted Stone’s prison sentence, despite White House aides disagreeing with the move.
  5. And Stone admitted his objective was protecting Trump.

“Yes, some of the liberal theories about Russia investigation never came to pass (Michael Cohen didn’t travel to Prague; that ‘pee tape’ appears to be fantasy).”

“And, yes, Mueller concluded that his investigation didn’t establish ‘that that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.’ (Though note he said ‘Russian government’ and not intermediaries like WikiLeaks.)”

“But what did happen was a bigger scandal — involving a foreign adversary — than we can remember for any recent administration or major presidential campaign.”

Biden Leads In Swing Nebraska District

July 13, 2020 at 8:25 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Greenberg Quinlin Rosner (D) poll in Nebraska’s second congressional district finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in the presidential race, 51% to 44%.

In the congressional race, challenger Kara Eastman (D) just beats out Rep. Don Bacon (R) 50% to 49%.

Trump Shares Claim Doctors Are Lying About Coronavirus

July 13, 2020 at 8:18 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump retweeted a claim by game show host Chuck Woolery that the CDC, the media, the Democratic party, and “most” doctors are “lying” about the coronavirus.

Polish President Wins Re-Election

July 13, 2020 at 7:38 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Polish President Andrzej Duda, a social conservative aligned with the nationalist Law and Justice party, appears to have narrowly beat center-left Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski in Sunday’s election, Reuters reports.

Protesters with Caribou Heart Interrupted Event

July 13, 2020 at 7:33 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Protesters carrying a banner and a caribou heart interrupted a event in Anchorage that launched Sen. Dan Sullivan’s (R-AK) campaign for re-election to the U.S. Senate, the Anchorage Daily News reports.

Roger Stone Will Campaign for Trump

July 13, 2020 at 7:24 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Roger Stone told Axios that he plans to write and speak for President Trump’s re-election now that Stone “won’t die in a squalid hellhole of corona-19 virus.”

Said Stone: “First, I’m going to write a book about this entire ordeal to, once and for all, put to bed the myth of Russian collusion.”

He added: “It’ll be a very tough fight. He’s got three obstacles: voter fraud… internet censorship, which I have just recently experienced myself; and, of course, the constant falsehoods being pushed by the corporate-owned mainstream media. Those all make it a difficult race. But he is a great campaigner. He’s a great communicator.”

Barbara McQuade: Why Trump commuted Stone’s sentence instead of pardoning him.

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