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Ross Perot’s Remarkable Legacy

July 11, 2019 at 7:39 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Major Garrett: “I covered Perot’s first bid for the presidency in 1992. It was the first presidential campaign I covered. And what I saw was this: Perot unleashed one of the most impressive grassroots movement in modern American politics. He didn’t win the presidency, but that’s really beside the point. And whether he took a higher percentage of votes from Clinton or Bush is, in the grand scheme of things, similarly irrelevant.”

“What does matter is that Perot, against odds almost unfathomable now, qualified on ballots in all 50 states as an independent candidate.”

“It wasn’t Perot who did this. Volunteers did. They did so without a party and without a declared candidate.”

Trump Expected to Order Citizenship Question

July 11, 2019 at 7:33 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump “is expected to announce an executive action on getting the citizenship question added to the census,” NBC News reports.

“The news conference comes as two federal judges refused to let the Department of Justice withdraw lawyers from a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s plans to put the citizenship question on the 2020 census form.”

Trump’s July 4th Event Cost $5 Million

July 11, 2019 at 7:28 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump’s Fourth of July celebration last week cost the federal government and Washington, D.C., $5.35 million, according to an Interior Department letter released exclusively to ABC News.


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Prosecutor Says ‘Secret Negotiations’ Tanked Epstein Case

July 11, 2019 at 7:26 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Palm Beach State Attorney Barry Krischer has accused Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta of attempting to “rewrite history” by suggesting state prosecutors went easy on Jeffrey Epstein when he got a cushy plea deal more than a decade ago, the Daily Beast reports.

Krischer said the labor secretary’s “recollection of the matter is completely wrong.” The 53-page indictment against Epstein was abandoned, Krischer said, after “secret negotiations between Mr. Epstein’s lawyers and Mr. Acosta.”

Pelosi Not Impressed With Trump Aides

July 11, 2019 at 6:50 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “Pelosi has also shown little regard for Trump’s top deputies. She has been unsparing in her public criticisms of Mulvaney. At one point during a budget negotiation in May, Pelosi snubbed acting budget director Russell Vought when he spoke up to reiterate a point. Turning to Vought, Pelosi asked, ‘What was your name again, dear?’”

Jeffrey Epstein Had Many Contacts for Trump

July 11, 2019 at 6:44 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “Epstein listed 14 phone numbers for Trump; his wife, Melania; his longtime personal assistant, Norma Foerderer; his houseman; and his security officer. Other Trumps in the book … include the president’s ex-wife Ivana; and their daughter, Ivanka.”

Acosta Saves His Job… For Now

July 11, 2019 at 6:41 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “Trump aides, who watched the news conference on TVs around the White House, were relieved by Acosta’s measured, lawyerly performance and were surprised that he spent nearly an hour answering questions.”

Democrats Prepare for Mueller Hearings

July 11, 2019 at 6:39 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“House Democrats are diving into a week of intense preparations ahead of Robert Mueller’s testimony to ensure they maximize their limited time with the former special counsel, amid new fears that the high-profile appearance may lack the impact they are seeking to firmly shift public opinion against President Donald Trump,” CNN reports.

“But Mueller’s time before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees will be limited, with each panel currently expected to have roughly two hours back-to-back with the former special counsel — split equally between Democrats and Republicans. Lawmakers are beginning to raise alarms they won’t have enough time to press Mueller, who has already warned he would not go beyond the findings in his report.”

U.S. Prepares Mass Immigrant Arrests

July 11, 2019 at 6:31 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “Nationwide raids to arrest thousands of members of undocumented families have been scheduled to begin Sunday, according to two current and one former homeland security officials, moving forward with a rapidly changing operation, the final details of which remain in flux. The operation, backed by President Trump, had been postponed, partly because of resistance among officials at his own immigration agency.”

“The raids, which will be conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over multiple days, will include ‘collateral’ deportations, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the preliminary stage of the operation. In those deportations, the authorities might detain immigrants who happened to be on the scene, even though they were not targets of the raids.

Congress Hasn’t Been Briefed on Cyberattack Rules

July 11, 2019 at 6:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Wall Street Journal: “The Trump administration hasn’t allowed members of Congress to read a classified directive President Trump issued almost a year ago outlining new rules for the military’s use of cyber weapons, despite repeated requests, according to lawmakers and others familiar with the matter.”

Mnuchin Urges Action on Debt Ceiling

July 11, 2019 at 6:20 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is urging Congress to raise the debt ceiling before splitting for summer break, warning Wednesday that there may be a ‘need’ to do that before the August recess amid stalled negotiations on a broader budget deal,” Politico reports.

Amy McGrath Backtracks on Kavanaugh

July 10, 2019 at 10:20 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Hours after saying she would have voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Kentucky Senate candidate Amy McGrath changed her stance,” USA Today reports.

“McGrath, a Democrat hoping to unseat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2020, wrote on Twitter that after ‘further understanding’ of Kavanaugh’s record, she would not have voted to confirm him.”

Bonus Quote of the Day

July 10, 2019 at 8:59 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I have no regrets about anything. Regrets is not what I do.”

— Speaker Nancy Pelosi, quoted by the Washington Post, targeting the four liberal House freshman known as “the Squad.”

Officer Accuses General of Sexual Misconduct

July 10, 2019 at 8:55 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A senior military officer has accused the Air Force general tapped to be the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of sexual misconduct, potentially jeopardizing his nomination,” the AP reports.

“The officer told The Associated Press that Gen. John Hyten subjected her to a series of unwanted sexual advances by kissing, hugging and rubbing up against her in 2017 while she was one of his aides. She said that he tried to derail her military career after she rebuffed him.”

Acosta Defends Role in Brokering Epstein Plea Deal

July 10, 2019 at 4:09 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta “publicly defended his role in overseeing the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein for sex crimes committed in Florida over a decade ago, bucking a growing chorus of Democratic calls for his resignation,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Acosta said he faced a tough choice between accepting a plea deal that was not as tough as he wished it would be and going to trial with witnesses who were scared to testify in what he described as ‘a roll of the dice’ that might not result in a conviction and prison term.”

Aaron Blake: The big question Acosta did not answer.

‘It Could Have Been Any of Us’

July 10, 2019 at 4:08 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Ask members of the Washington diplomatic corps about the cables that Sir Kim Darroch, the British ambassador who resigned Wednesday, wrote to London describing the dysfunction and chaos of the Trump administration, and their response is uniform: We wrote the same stuff,” the New York Times reports.

As one ambassador, who is still serving and therefore spoke on the condition of anonymity, said: “It could have been any of us.”

Analyst Resigns After White House Blocked Testimony

July 10, 2019 at 2:52 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A State Department intelligence analyst has resigned in protest after the White House blocked portions of his written testimony to a congressional panel to exclude data and evidence on climate change and its threat to national security,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The analyst, Rod Schoonover, prepared a written report citing peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and intelligence reports which conclude that climate change could have wide-ranging national security impacts by contributing to increased humanitarian crises, competition for resources and risk of political instability.”

Alabama Mayor Calls for ‘Killing Out’ Socialists and Gays

July 10, 2019 at 1:24 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Two leaders of an Alabama city have resigned after their mayor posted a comment on Facebook about ‘killing out’ socialists, ‘baby killers’ and gay and transgender people,” the Montgomery Advertiser reports.

“But mayor Mark Chambers refused to step down and told residents of Carbon Hill he plans to run for re-election.”

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