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The Patriot Post Digest 5-6-2019
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The Patriot Post® · Mid-Day Digest
May 6, 2019
https://patriotpost.us/digests/62820-mid-day-digest
THE FOUNDATION
“Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest. But even our Commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand: neither seeking nor granting exclusive favours or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying by gentle means the streams of Commerce, but forcing nothing; establishing with Powers so disposed; in order to give trade a stable course.” —George Washington (1796)
https://patriotpost.us/fqd/62819-founders-quote-daily
IN TODAY’S EDITION
Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods are short-term pain, long-term gain.1
The media’s phony arbiters of truth blow it yet again.2
Daily Features: More Analysis3, Columnists4, Headlines5, Opinion in Brief6, Short Cuts7, Memes8, and Cartoons9.
IN BRIEF
Tariff Strategy: A Long-Needed Corrective Measure10
On Sunday, President Donald Trump threw a wrench into the ongoing trade negotiations with China when he announced his plan to go ahead with $200 billion more in tariffs levied against Chinese imports. Trump briefly explained his decision, writing, “The Trade Deal with China continues, but too slowly, as they attempt to renegotiate. No!”
Chinese officials are reportedly considering pulling out of trade talks that were scheduled to resume in Washington on Wednesday. “China shouldn’t negotiate with a gun pointed to its head,” an individual familiar with the Chinese position stated. However, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow had a different take, arguing, “The president is, I think, issuing a warning here. … [He’s] saying, ‘Guess what? The tariffs will remain’ if China does not agree to trade negotiations.”
As we have previously written, Trump is stepping up to the plate to deal with China’s unfair trade policies, which have threatened and harmed American workers’ jobs and wages. Trump is acting to correct a problem that should have been dealt with 20 or 30 years ago, though politicians on both sides of the aisle failed to do so because of the immediate economic pain it will inflict. Like a cavity in a tooth, however, ignoring it has only made the problem worse.
But there’s another important aspect of Trump’s tariff threat that must not go unnoticed. Over the weekend, North Korea test-launched11 several short-range missiles, a clear provocation and an apparent backwards step for Trump’s efforts to get Kim Jong-un to give up his nuclear weapons. Trump’s tariff threat is a message to Beijing: Rein in your puppet12, Kim. The president won’t be manipulated into allowing China to continue getting away with its abusive trade practices, nor will he give up on his negotiations with North Korea.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/62815-tariff-strategy-a-long-needed-corrective-measure
Poynter Pulls List of ‘Unreliable’ News Sites Over Its Unreliability13
The Poynter Institute, an outfit that bills itself as a nonprofit journalism organization, created a list of what it identified as “unreliable” news sites, only to pull it a short time later following an outcry. The list of 515 websites included a broad spectrum of mostly right-leaning news outfits — everything from mainstream center-right news to extreme-right conspiracy-theory sites. Conservative news sites such as the Washington Examiner, The Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Signal, and your humble staff here at The Patriot Post were included in this list of “unreliable news websites” and labeled as “biased” or worse. The great irony is that Poynter, a journalism outfit claiming to combat the peddling of fake news, was itself peddling fake news.
While Leftmedia outlets regularly malign conservative news sites as “unreliable” and biased, what caught everyone’s attention was the stated aim of the Poynter list. Barbara Allen, Poynter’s managing editor, explained that the reasons for creating the “unreliable” list were “to provide a useful tool for readers to gauge the legitimacy of the information they were consuming” and to serve as a “blacklist” resource to advertisers for sites to avoid.
The Washington Examiner was quick to report on the story, observing, “The really curious thing here is not that a pro-journalism group’s blacklist would include right-leaning newsrooms, but that such an organization would produce a blacklist at all. There is something discordant about a group whose mission is to champion ‘freedom of expression, civil dialogue and compelling journalism’ simultaneously being in the business of blacklisting real (albeit opinionated) news organizations are ‘unreliable.’”
After removing the dubious list from its site, Allen posted14 a letter apologizing “for the confusion and agitation” and pledged to hold Poynter to a higher standard. With the group of leftist “fact checkers” that Poynter gathered to produce this initial slanderous list, call us skeptical of the “reliability” of any future lists. How about applying the novel idea of simply reporting the news and letting the American people decide for themselves what they think and whom they will trust? Facebook, take note15.
As Mark Alexander concludes, “These emerging self-appointed media-rating organizations, promoting themselves as the guardians and arbiters of truth, pose a perilous hazard to free speech, the foundation for discernment of the truth. The hypocritical irony is that their ‘rating’ of news bias is irrevocably shaped by their own bias. Consequently, the media blacklists created by these ‘truth arbiters’ pose a greater threat to freedom of speech and the truth16 than the ‘fake news’ they claim they are trying to eradicate.”
https://patriotpost.us/articles/62795-poynter-pulls-list-of-unreliable-news-sites-over-its-unreliability
ON OUR WEBSITE TODAY
Featured Analysis: Why Prescription Drug Prices Are Soaring17 — Perverse incentives drive higher prices, and millions of Americans are fed up.
GOP Needs to Be More Than ‘Not Democrats’18 — Enter a Republican budget plan that prioritizes the constitutional functions of the government.
Democrats Cope by Attacking Barr19 — They call him a liar and plan to vote on holding him in contempt. Clearly, they’re desperate.
Grassroots Perspective: Trapped in Failing Schools20 — Passing the ESA for Tennessee is our one opportunity to rectify the issues with our education system.
Video: Facebook Purges ‘Dangerous Individuals’21 — “They’re also saying you’re too dumb to hear it. … Facebook doesn’t trust you.”
Video: Affirmative Action Hurts Minorities22 — Freedom Toons explains a simple truth about race preferences in America.
TOP NEWS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
IRAN SABER-RATTLING ELICITS RESPONSE: “The United States is deploying an aircraft carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Middle East on short notice in response to ‘clear indications’ Iran and Iranian proxies were planning an attack on U.S. forces in the region, a U.S. official said. Late Sunday night, the White House made a surprise announcement that the USS Abraham Lincoln and a bomber task force were being deployed in response to unspecified ‘troubling and escalatory indications and warnings.’” (ABC News24)
BORDER CHIEF GEARS UP FOR SECOND TENURE: “President Donald Trump announced Sunday that former Obama-era border chief Mark Morgan will lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, filling an important role in the Trump administration as it seeks to curb immigration at the Southern border and tighten border security. … Morgan has publicly supported Trump’s border wall, and has been critical of Congress’ progress on the issues of immigration and border security. A former FBI agent, Morgan led Border Patrol during the final months of the Obama administration.” (ABC News25)
TRUMP’S APPROVAL RATING ON PAR WITH OBAMA’S: “A new Gallup poll shows Donald Trump’s presidential job-approval rating hitting a new high of 46 percent. The survey was conducted from April 17 to April 30, almost entirely following the public release of the Mueller report on April 18. … On one hand, polling below 50 percent still isn’t a good place to be for an incumbent, especially given the strong economy, and the president currently trails Joe Biden by 7 points and Bernie Sanders by 3 points in the RealClearPolitics average of polls. On the other hand, Barack Obama’s job-approval rating was 44 percent in Gallup polling at the same point in his presidency (April 2011), and he still managed to find a way to win re-election in 2012.” (National Review26) |
