MORNING MESSAGE
...China
is investing and will get the payoff ... All across the west the result of this
austerity ideology is poor job opportunity leading to social unrest, with
anti-immigrant feelings providing fertile ground for the rise of the fascist
right. In the U.S. we see the rise of Donald Trump as workers feel the strain
from years of trade deals outsourcing their jobs as austerity cuts government
services. The “Brexit” threat, with voters in England thinking of leaving the
European Union (EU) because they blame the EU for cuts in government services
and an influx of immigrants. Across Europe, there is the rise of right-wing
political parties, brought on by the same forces.
BURNING ISSUES: Taking ON ISIS
Phyllis
Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, says in this Burning
Issues video that in order to eliminate the threat of ISIS, the United
States has to support eliminating the conditions that have led people in Syria
and Iraq to conclude that ISIS is the lesser of two evils.
CLINTON TAKES ON TRUMPONOMICS
Clinton
to slam Trump on economics today. NYT: “Hillary Clinton plans to pummel
Donald J. Trump’s economic proposals on Tuesday, portraying Mr. Trump as an
uncaring and unscrupulous businessman whose reckless policies would lead to a
new financial crisis and a surge in unemployment … The economic argument is of
particular urgency for Mrs. Clinton: While voters tend to view her as better
prepared to be commander in chief than Mr. Trump, he has made inroads with
working-class voters who gravitate to his opposition to global trade deals and
to his vow to create jobs.”
W.
Post questions whether Clinton can close carried interest loophole by executive
action: “In an USA Today interview last week, presumptive Democratic
presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said if Congress didn’t act, as president
she would ask the Treasury Department to close the loophole … Changing the
policy through an executive order would likely be challenged in court … with
lawyers arguing that lawmakers had several opportunities to change the law if
they wanted.”
Social
Security cuts off the table, says WSJ: “For anything to be done, it will
take a big investment of political capital from the White House. And that won’t
happen with the next president, if the 2016 campaign is prologue. Mr. Trump is
committed to preserving the status quo. And Hillary Clinton is more likely to
expand Social Security than trim it.”
TRUMP CAMPAIGN COFFERS EMPTY
Trump
campaign nearly broke. W. Post: “Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump loaned
his campaign $2.2 million in May and collected $3.1 million in donations, ending
the month with less than $1.3 million in bank … Clinton continued to stockpile
money: she raised more than $28 million in May and started June with $42 million
in cash …”
Campaign
shrugs. The Hill: “‘There are no concerns. The money is pouring in for the
party,’ Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks told NBC News late Monday. ‘In fact, we
just returned from a tremendously successful swing through Texas, Nevada and
Arizona.’ … Trump himself took a similar tone in an interview Tuesday morning
with ‘Fox and Friends,’ saying he helped bring in ‘about $12 million’ for the
Republican Party in those states.”
TRUMP WOOS RELIGIOUS RIGHT
Trump
meets privately with social conservatives today. Time: “Former Arkansas
Governor Mike Huckabee will moderate a 90-minute main session … Organizers have
pre-selected questioners to ask him a total of between seven and 20 questions …
organizers negotiated the terms for the questions and who will ask them in
advance with the Trump campaign…”
More
from The Hill: “Trump has struggled to convince many leaders that he will be
a trusted advocate. [James] Dobson, [Bob] Vander Plaats and [Tony] Perkins all
supported Ted Cruz during the primaries and have yet to announce their support
for Trump in the general election.”
GOP BLOCKS GUN PROPOSALS
Gun
measures filibustered, but compromise still possible. Roll Call:
“…Republicans voted to impose a three-day waiting period and Democrats sought to
allow the government to ban such sales. The votes followed the quick rejection
of a pair of amendments that would have expanded background checks for people
buying guns … ‘What am I going to tell 49 grieving families?…What am I going to
tell the community of Orlando?’ Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson said. ‘Sadly
what I’m going to have to tell them is the NRA won again.’ … Sen. Susan Collins,
R-Maine, told reporters she hopes to unveil a bipartisan compromise on gun
control Tuesday…”
House
liberals push assault weapons ban. Politico: “The Congressional Progressive
Caucus, which includes 75 House Democrats, wants Ryan to postpone the seven-week
House recess that begins July 15 unless there is a vote on the measure. Minority
Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and other senior Democrats — while supportive
of the ban — have focused more on the ‘No fly, no buy’ gun provision, as well as
expanded background checks for gun sales.”
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