The Morning Dispatch: Boris Goes With Huawei

Plus, the White House releases its plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—with no buy-in from the Palestinians.

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Happy Wednesday! “I think you did a good job on her” is both the feedback on the Morning Dispatch we hope to hear from our editors when we wake up, and how President Trump praised Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday for berating NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly after she asked him a question about the State Department and Ukraine.

Quick Hits: Today’s Top Stories

  • The Department of Justice arrested and charged the chair of Harvard University’s chemistry department with making a fraudulent statement about his ties to China.

  • The deficit is projected to surpass $1 trillion in 2020, according to a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. 

  • President Trump’s impeachment defense team wrapped up its case on Tuesday. There will now be eight hours of questioning from senators both today and tomorrow, followed by a Friday vote on whether or not to call additional witnesses.

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    Earl King

    I would like to point out that the Navy Seal was acquitted of War Crimes by his peers and that irregularities of the trial were the reasons Trump Intervened. Being arrested and held in jail was unusual. The Prosecution wiretapped phone calls between him and his Lawyers...a big no no. Taking a photo of a deal Taliban? Com'on man....Please get your facts straight Dispatch.

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    Earl King

    1) Palestinians have never failed to grab defeat from victory. Israels first agreement to Two State Solution. They don't want a State they want Israel destroyed. 2) Brits are crazy. Didn't they learn during Soviet days about spying? 3) GOP has gotten tired of being told "you're killing women and children, you're throwing granny off the cliff." American public doesn't seem to care. Neither do Democrats. Along the lines of your tricycle needs three wheels without Democrats going along there will be nothing done about debt or deficit. 4) I am sick of Impeachment. We know there is zero evidence "investigations for money" was ever transmitted to Ukraine. ZERO. We know Trump had three reasons for Pause. 1) Burden sharing. 2) Corruption. Both from multiple House witnesses. 3) Hunter/Burisma investigation. I have ZERO doubt Trump fulminations about dirty Biden did pass his lips. I believe Sondland and Sen. Ron Johnson...Trump told them no Quid Pro Quo. Bolton does not need to testify...as we already know all this. Will it change minds? Will it Impeach Trump? Right now there are 4 Democrat Senators talking acquittal on these very poor and dangerous House Articles.

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    CynthiaW

    "Eddie Gallagher, the Navy SEAL ... posted a video on social media attacking his former Navy SEAL peers."

    What a sad and distressing story, made orders of magnitude worse by the involvement of the Tweeter President.

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      Earl King

      He was acquitted of War Crimes...you might remember that. The Prosecution tapped his and his Lawyers conversations...and breech of Law. This is why Trump intervened.

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        Jenny

        Still, what a jerk move.

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        CynthiaW

        I do not believe that posting a video on Youtube is appropriate regardless of the circumstances. Before anyone mentions his First Amendment right of free speech, that is not the issue. I said it was not appropriate, not that it isn't Constitutionally protected.

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          JohnF

          I think that's an excellent point, and one that frequently gets lost these days. Just because someone "can" do something doesn't mean that they "should."

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            CynthiaW

            Exactly, JohnF. "Is it legal?" is one question. "Is it right? Is it smart? Is it useful?" are a bunch of other questions.

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    Kevin Durant?

    “Negotiations between three parties magically become much simpler if you only need to appease two of them. Which of these pacts would make the most sense ignoring one of the participants?“
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    Budget negotiations between Republicans and Democrats where they ignore math

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    Barry Cope

    In Toeing the Company Line you write: "On the web today, Jonah explains all the reasons (and there are many) that an offense must rise to the level of criminal violation to be impeachable." Doesn't his article assert the opposite? That an offense does not need to rise to the level of criminal violation to be impeachable.

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      Steve Hayes

      Barry, You're correct. It's a screw up on our end. We're fixing the web version of TMD. Thanks for the heads-up.

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