memeorandum: Democrats Start to Worry (Steven Hayward/Power Line)

3:05 PM ET, July 14, 2019

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Trump Tells Freshman Congresswomen to ‘Go Back’ to the Countries They Came From — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday weighed in on the friction between a group of four freshman Democratic congresswomen and Speaker Nancy Pelosi: He suggested that the congresswomen — none of whom are white …

Discussion: Townhall, Mother Jones, Breitbart and POLITICUSUSA

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

Fox & Friends Laugh it up Over Trump Telling AOC Squad to Leave U.S. — The Fox & Friends crew were very amused by President Donald Trump's suggestion that the four congresswomen in the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez squad should leave the United States and return to the countries from which they came …

Discussion: Breitbart, Financial Times and Washington Times

Mike Allen / Axios:

Exclusive poll: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defining Democrats among crucial 2020 swing voters — Top Democrats are circulating a poll showing that one of the House's most progressive members — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — has become a definitional face for the party with a crucial group of swing voters.

Discussion: Townhall and Breitbart

Washington Post:

Trump tells four liberal congresswomen to ‘go back’ to their countries, prompting Pelosi to defend them — President Trump said Sunday that four minority, liberal congresswomen who have been critical of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) should “go back and help fix the totally broken …

Discussion: Politico, Outside the Beltway, Vanity Fair, Washington Free Beacon, Breitbart, Media Matters for America and The Daily Beast

Wall Street Journal:

Trump Tells Group of Democrats, Who Are Minorities, to ‘Go Back’ to Fix Problems — Democrats call Twitter messages racist as the president weighs in on intraparty tensions — WASHINGTON—President Trump said on Twitter Sunday that a group of liberal lawmakers currently at odds …

Discussion: Fox News

David Cohen / Politico:

Trump tells Dem congresswomen: Go back where you came from — President Donald Trump, jumping into the middle of a feud among House Democrats, called out progressive congresswomen in xenophobic terms on Sunday, saying, “Why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”

Discussion: NBC News, HuffPost, IJR and Slate

Devan Cole / CNN:
Trump tweets racist attacks at progressive Democratic congresswomen

Discussion: Mother Jones, The Hill, Mediaite and Deadline

Kat Tenbarge / Business Insider:
Trump tells progressive freshman congresswomen to ‘go back’ to ‘broken and crime infested’ countries

Discussion: Mother Jones, Axios and New York Post

Michael Goodwin / New York Post: Democrats and Republicans agree — Donald Trump will be re-elected

Mark Murray / NBC News:

Trump trails Biden, Warren and Sanders in new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll — Joe Biden holds largest lead against Trump due to better performance among Independents and suburban voters. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump trails the top Democratic contenders in hypothetical matchups …

Discussion: BostonGlobe.com and The Atlantic

BBC:

New leak claims Trump scrapped Iran nuclear deal ‘to spite Obama’ — Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite Barack Obama, according to a leaked memo written by the UK's former ambassador to the US. — Sir Kim Darroch described the move as an act of “diplomatic vandalism”, according to the Mail on Sunday.

Discussion: Bloomberg

James Ludden / Bloomberg:
Trump Nixed Iran Deal for ‘Personality Reasons,’ Mail Says

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Daily Mail:
Britain's Ambassador to Washington Sir Kim Darroch claimed that Donald Trump abandoned …

Discussion: Mother Jones, The Times & The Sunday Times, Breitbart, Al Jazeera, The Week, CNN and Axios

Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:

Epstein scandal explodes in Israel as ties to former prime minister under scrutiny — Jeffrey Epstein's arrest is reverberating in Israel, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing Likud party are calling for a criminal probe into former prime minister Ehud Barak's personal …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
Deflecting blame, Acosta pointed finger at others. Why they may have some explaining to do

Discussion: Washington Post and USA Today

Mary Hudetz / globalnews.ca:

Jeffrey Epstein's ranch in New Mexico linked to sex trafficking, abuse investigation — WATCH ABOVE: At the time this video was posted, Epstein's New Mexico ranch not named in latest indictment despite older court records alleging abuse at compound. — At the centre of Jeffrey Epstein's secluded …

Steven Hayward / Power Line:

Democrats Start to Worry — What's this? Trouble in Democratland? Several reliably liberal media mouthpieces are noting the growing hold of identity politics extremism in the Democratic Party, and are sounding the alarm. — Let's start with Maureen Dowd of the New York Times …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Week and Instapundit

New York Times:

Power Restored to Manhattan's West Side After Major Blackout — A power failure plunged a stretch of the West Side of Manhattan into darkness on Saturday night, trapping people in subway cars and elevators for a time, leaving drivers to fend for themselves at intersections with no traffic signals …

Discussion: Politico, twitchy.com, Outside the Beltway and Slate

NBC New York:
Midtown Blackout Knocks Out Power to More Than 45K: ConEd

Discussion: Vox, The Guardian, CBS New York, New York Daily News, Washington Post, Politico, Variety, Gizmodo, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Breitbart

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Republicans ready to dive off a cliff on Obamacare — Republicans have no real plan to establish a new health care system if the courts strike down the Affordable Care Act before the 2020 election. But plenty of them are rooting for its demise anyway — even if it means plunging the GOP …

Discussion: The Week

Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:

Netroots Nation was the day Elizabeth Warren became president of the American left — She had them at “hello.” — No, seriously. After applauding performatively for anti-Trump red meat tossed out by New York Sen. Kirsten Gillbrand ("We all have a responsibility to fight as hard …

Discussion: The Guardian

Jackie Wattles / CNN:

Fallout over offensive Buttigieg article: Magazine's owner apologizes but a sponsor cuts ties — New York (CNN Business)The League of Conservation Voters is cutting ties with an upcoming forum on climate change after its co-host for the event, The New Republic, published an “offensive” …

Discussion: Slate, Front Page Magazine and Gizmodo, more at Mediagazer »

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

Pete Buttigieg's Life in the Closet — And why it took him until he was 33 to come out. — The closet that Pete Buttigieg built for himself in the late 1990s and 2000s was a lot like the ones that other gay men of his age and ambition hid inside. He dated women, deepened his voice …

Discussion: Breitbart and New Republic

Rachel Frazin / The Hill:

Inslee says he'll ask soccer player Megan Rapinoe to be secretary of state — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) said Saturday that if he is elected president, he will ask soccer player Megan Rapinoe to be his secretary of state. — He said at the progressive Netroots Nation conference …

Discussion: twitchy.com, Patterico's Pontifications and The Daily Caller

Marianna Brady / BBC:
Megan Rapinoe: Can a pink-haired lesbian be an American hero?

Discussion: The Guardian

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Attacker on Tacoma ICE Detention Center identified as “anarchist and antifascist” — Willem Van Spronsen attacked the center with incendiary devices before being shot dead. In an earlier 2018 protest outside the facility, Van Spronsen “was accused of lunging at a police officer's neck …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Daily Beast, PJ Media Home, RedState, New York Times and Front Page Magazine