Morning Jolt: Could the Left Chuck Chuck?

Making the click-through worthwhile this morning: Wondering if Chuck Schumer is the Democrats' leader in the Senate for the long haul, a new initiative from the Koch network aiming to reduce criminal recidivism, some tough questions about corruption in American life before and during the Trump presidency, and some great news from Davos, Switzerland.

Will Chuck Schumer Offer Funding for the Wall Again or Not?

One of the more surprising headlines in the final days before the short-lived government shutdown was that Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and the Democrats appeared ready to make a concession and begin funding a wall on the southern border.

The administration has asked Congress for $18 billion to build the wall; Mr. Cornyn said that in negotiations with the White House before the shutdown, Mr. Schumer had offered the president $25 billion. A spokesman for Mr. Schumer declined to comment but did not dispute the figure.

But Mr. Schumer said he rescinded the offer because Mr. ...

January 24 2018

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Could the Left Chuck Chuck? Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile this morning: Wondering if Chuck Schumer is the Democrats' leader in the Senate for the long haul, a new initiative from the Koch network aiming to reduce criminal recidivism, some tough questions about corruption in American life before and during the Trump presidency, and some great news from Davos, Switzerland. Will Chuck Schumer Offer Funding for the Wall Again or Not? One of the more surprising headlines in the final days before the short-lived government shutdown was that Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and the Democrats appeared ready to make a concession and begin funding a wall on the southern border. The administration has asked Congress for $18 billion to build the wall; Mr. Cornyn said that in negotiations with the White House before the shutdown, Mr. Schumer had offered the president $25 billion. A spokesman for Mr. Schumer declined to comment but did not dispute the figure. But Mr. Schumer said he rescinded the offer because Mr. ... READ MORE The Final Year Reveals the Obama Administration's Naïvety and Arrogance Kyle Smith In a moment of woeful irony in the Obama-administration documentary The Final Year, U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power travels to Cameroon to offer photo-op comfort to families terrorized by Boko... Trump's Midterm Known Unknowns Victor Davis Hanson Trump's Midterm Known Unknowns ADVERTISEMENT Does the Left Lose because It's Too Civil? David French The shutdown is over, and the consensus is emerging. The Democrats lost. They capitulated after getting little more than carefully worded promises from Mitch McConnell. The progressive blame... Clinton–Obama Emails: The Key to Understanding Why Hillary Wasn't Indicted Andrew C. McCarthy From the first, these columns have argued that the whitewash of the Hillary Clinton–emails caper was President Barack Obama's call — not the FBI's, and not the Justice Department's. (See, e.g.,... Can the Trump Economy Trump Trump? Joel Kotkin Editor's Note: The following piece originally appeared in City Journal. It is reprinted here with permission. President Trump's critics find it hard to give him credit for anything,... The Power of Domestic Adoption Malka Groden September 30, 2017, was Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, and instead of sitting in a synagogue, my husband and I and our infant son found ourselves in a small hospital in the... ADVERTISEMENT Northern Armageddon: The Battle of the Plains of Abraham and the Making of the American Revolution D. Peter MacLeod "Definitive . . . superb in its combination of individual perspective and strategic narrative . . . This book tells us – brilliantly – both how the battle was fought, and what it meant." - Eliot A. Cohen, author of Conquered into Liberty: Two Centuries of Battles Along the Great Warpath that Made the American Way of War LEARN MORE SAG Awards Red Carpet, 2018 Blessing of the Animals ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.