The Morning Dispatch: The Infrastructure Tightrope

Plus: Biden condemns communism as protests in Cuba continue.

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Happy Friday! On this date in 1790, President George Washington signed the Residence Act into law, establishing the nation’s capital along the Potomac River. 

Alexander Hamilton never should’ve made that compromise with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. It gets way too muggy here in the summer.

Quick Hits: Today’s Top Stories

  • The Senate voted unanimously on Wednesday to pass a bill banning the import of products from China’s Xinjiang region due to the ongoing genocide taking place there against Uyghur Muslims. “Once this bill passes the House and is signed by the President, the United States will have more tools to prevent products made with forced labor from entering our nation’s supply chains,” said Sen. Marco Rubio.

  • The Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department on Thursday began disbursing the new advance Child Tax Credit payments established by the American Rescue Plan, sending money—mostly through direct deposit—to tens of millions of families with children under 17 years old.

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    Julie from Texas

    I'm not a DeSantis fan, but his call to do everything we reasonably can to facilitate communications among Cuban people sounds like a great idea. The communist regime often suppresses opposition in part by suppressing the internet and other ways for protestors to coordinate and others to convey support.

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    Angie

    I don't know what we should do about Cuba, but, what Biden said was a good thing
    I don't think military invention is a good idea, and certainly not yet
    I will say that I think they are discouraging from coming by sea is because it is very dangerous and they don't want a lot of them dying...

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    David Chen

    Open the doors to refugees, send back Ted Cruz.

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    Jen

    Greg Gutfeld and a guest he had on his show said it wouldn’t be the worst thing if the country tried secession. He said try it for two years - red and blue. My question is how would we separate? It’s not like there’s some neat line you can draw and say this is liberal America and this is the rest of America. So you’d have a bunch of non-contiguous States that form liberal America? And then what about the people in those States who aren’t liberal? Just because a State is blue on a map doesn’t mean everyone who lives there is liberal or votes Democrat. Do those people move to a red State? I’d really love to know how this splitting the country into red and blue would work in practice.
    https://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-greg-gutfeld-and-lisa-boothe-promote-u-s-secession-would-it-be-the-worst-thing/

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      Richard Maxton

      I can't say about Lisa Boothe, but Gutfeld was obviously joking (as he usually is).

      As to the actual "split" - it's a dumb thing I'm not gonna waste time on thinking about.

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        Jen

        I’m not so sure he wasn’t half serious.

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          Richard Maxton

          I couldn't see the video since the link you posted didn't have a working link (in either Chrome or Edge), but I read the transcript and it certainly read like his sarcastic/funny spots more than his serious ones.

          Plus, have you seen the numbers on this? It's SO dumb. On the coasts it's the Left that's more interested in it; in the South it's more Right, in the heartland it's mixed.

          Politically, we're all over the place on this one.

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            Jen

            Exactly why it’s a dumb idea. But even people who think they’re bright or sophisticated can have dumb ideas. 🙂

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    Justin Stapley

    The Democratic Party is torpedoing the bipartisan infrastructure deal. For once, Congress worked, but no, they want everything.

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      Billy.Faires

      It does make me wonder whether they want the money or if generating the conflict is the actual point.

      If a charity charged with feeding the hungry asks for $2,000 but only gets $500, they take that $500 and feed as many as they can. They don't refuse the money and walk out because it's not the $2,000 they asked for... not if they actually care about actually feeding the hungry.

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        Justin Stapley

        I can't help but wonder if they really think an overwhelming majority of Americans are behind them and that they just need to press enough buttons until they can get rid of the filibuster and get whatever they want. But then again, I think a lot of the last five years has been assuming grand designs in cynical demagogues who aren't thinking beyond the present moment and the populist demands of that moment that give them power and influence.

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  6. C. A. Meyer

    These comments are as good as late night TV.

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  7. Richard Fulmer

    I love this line from Trump's rant: "I often act counter to people's advice who I don't respect."

    The most powerful man in the United States "often" made decisions - including, presumably, decisions that impacted the nation and the world - out of spite. What could possibly go wrong?

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      Bada Bing

      He's like a dumber version of Archie Bunker.

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        Cornelius O’Brien

        Except this version of the ignorant Queens native was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple.

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    Murrayprof

    Why does anyone think US troops in Cuba would be supported by the Cuban people? Disgust with the current regime doesn't automatically translate into support for another US puppet regime. I predict a bloody overthrow, followed by violent reprisals again regime supporters, then a series of unstable gvts, rinse and repeat, all while every innertube and airmatress in the country beung lashed together to float people to the Keys making the Muriel boatlift look like a Trump boat parade...

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      MarqueG68

      I think authoritarian regimes are on solid footing these days. They're backing each other up, collaborating on more tools of oppression. The CCP, the ayatollah, and Putin all like having a friendly outpost on our doorstep. They'll be using every subversive assist they can come up with to help put down any insurrection.

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        Murrayprof

        Does your concern about that lead you to support a US invasion/overthrow of the current regime? I'd call it the CCP but that's too confusing. CCPlite?

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          MarqueG68

          Well, kinda-sorta, but not really. I agree with you that invasion probably wouldn't work. Boisterous belligerent talk can, however, be helpful in many ways. It might cause the regime's friends to become more hesitant. More importantly, it could serve to strengthen the resolve of the anti-regime protesters to know the US sees what they're doing, and approves.

          Hmm. So what should we call them? The Castroists? The Castrati?

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  9. Steve

    I do find it curious that the Biden administration is not welcoming refugees from Cuba with open arms. Is it because they believe that Cubans would not be democratic voters?

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  10. Richard Fulmer

    At the very least, we should welcome Cuban refugees with open arms.

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      Sgrantsm

      Because . . . ?

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      1. Richard Fulmer

        They appreciate freedom.

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          Sgrantsm

          And other asylum seekers and those fleeing violence and corruption in Central America don't?

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          1. Richard Fulmer

            I didn't say that; my remark was confined to Cubans. Cubans, having lived under an authoritarian dictatorship for 60 years, are probably better able to appreciate freedom than are people like us who take it for granted.

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