OF ALL THE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS in the TRUMP era, this one is up there.
FIRST, here’s your primer, by way of MAGGIE HABERMAN, HELENE COOPER and DAVE PHILLIPS on A1 of the NYT at the moment: “The secretary of the Navy and the admiral who leads the SEALs have threatened to resign or be fired if plans to expel a commando from the elite unit in a warfare crimes case are halted by President Trump, administration officials stated Saturday.
“The high-level pushback to Mr. Trump’s unambiguous assertion on Twitter this past week that the commando, Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, should stay within the unit was an extraordinary improvement in what was already a unprecedented case, one with few precedents within the historical past of presidential relations with the American army.
“The Navy secretary, Richard V. Spencer, later denied that he had threatened to resign but stated disciplinary plans towards Chief Gallagher would proceed because he did not contemplate Mr. Trump’s statement on Twitter to be a proper order. Mr. Spencer added that the president, as commander in chief, had the authority to intervene and that it might cease ‘the method.’” NYT
THEN, THIS MORNING, THE PRESIDENT tweeted this: “Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher might be on @foxandfriends this morning at 7:30 A.M. Haven't any worry, all will finish nicely for everybody!”
GALLAGHER used that appearance to accuse the secretary of the Navy of “meddling” in his case, which he threatened to expose subsequent week.
WSJ: “Trump to Allow Internal Review of Navy SEAL Case,” by Gordon Lubold and Nancy Youssef: “Mr. Trump is permitting the Navy to convene a peer-review board to find out whether or not Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher will stay in the elite unit, army officers stated. The Navy obtained word late Friday, officers stated, that Mr. Trump would permit it to proceed to adjudicate the matter. The board would be the Navy’s remaining say on the fate of Chief Gallagher, who was cleared of more critical warfare crimes that took place in Iraq but discovered guilty of dishonoring his service by posing for a picture with a lifeless militant.”
NEW YORK GOP REP. LEE ZELDIN -- a fight vet -- to JAKE TAPPER on CNN’S “STATE OF THE UNION”: “The -- the president of the USA is the commander in chief. It isn't straightforward to earn that trident to grow to be a Navy SEAL or an Military Ranger or Inexperienced Beret, a Marine, and so on so forth. Lots of individuals have taken -- it is great pain, nice sacrifice to give you the option to realize that sort of expertise, that fight expertise, in addition to those training badges.
“And for President Trump, or whether it's a past president or a future president, because the commander in chief, it is their prerogative, in the event that they need to defend someone like -- like this, who has actually gone via rather a lot to earn those forms of awards, if he or she needs to weigh in as commander in chief, that is their prerogative.”
SNEAK PEEK … THE PRESIDENT’S WEEK … Monday: PRESIDENT TRUMP could have lunch with the vice chairman, and meet with the prime minister of Bulgaria. Tuesday: THE PRESIDENT will have lunch with the secretary of State, and take part within the presentation of the nationwide Thanksgiving Turkey. He'll go to Dawn, Fla., for a political rally.
THE PRESIDENT might be in Palm Seashore for the Thanksgiving holiday, and can take part in a teleconference on Thursday with members of the army.
MIKE BLOOMBERG has announced he’s getting within the presidential race. Announcement video
-- NYT’S ALEX BURNS: “At 77, Mr. Bloomberg is one among the oldest candidates in the race, and like Mr. Biden and Mr. Sanders he would develop into the oldest individual ever to imagine the presidency if elected. Mr. Bloomberg can also be, with Mr. Sanders, one of two major candidates for the nomination who're Jewish, and both can be the primary Jewish president if elected.
“Ought to Mr. Bloomberg grow to be the Democratic nominee, it would set up a common election between two party-switching moguls from New York Metropolis, although Mr. Bloomberg’s fortune is bigger than Mr. Trump’s many occasions over.” NYT
TEXAS TRIBUNE’S EVAN SMITH with an excellent query: @evanasmith: “If he doesn’t take contributions and there’s a contribution threshold for debates per the @DNC, how does @MikeBloomberg make the debates?”
RUTH BADER GINSBURG was hospitalized with “chills and a fever.” POLITICO
Good Sunday morning.
THE PRESIDENT ate at his lodge last night time. WaPo’s TOLUSE OLORUNNIPA spotted “POTUS and FLOTUS, along with Barron Trump and Viktor and Amalija Knavs” at the lodge.
-- NANCY COOK: “Forget the Oval. The real Trump action is in the residence.”
PETER BAKER ties it collectively on A1, with this Information Evaluation: “A Cut up Choice From Congress Will Depart Voters With Ultimate Say on Trump”: “Every one is enjoying their assigned position in a drama where the ending appears recognized prematurely as the Home of Representatives heads toward a possible party-line vote to impeach the president, followed by a Senate trial that will not convict him.
“But when the result of the showdown on Capitol Hill at the moment appears foreordained, the last word verdict still just isn't. In contrast to Presidents Richard M. Nixon or Invoice Clinton, Mr. Trump faces an election after his impeachment battle, which means that the voters will function the courtroom of appeals rendering their own last judgment on whether or not he has dedicated high crimes and misdemeanors.” NYT
WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE SHOULD BE READING … REPUBLICANS keep on with TRUMP, by way of WaPo’s Phil Rucker …
… AND WAPO’S DAN BALZ: “A snapshot from Wisconsin highlights Democrats’ challenges on impeachment”: “The [impeachment] testimony was damaging to the president. Yet the Wisconsin survey confirmed modest but nonetheless perceptible shifts in the path favoring Trump, on the query of whether he must be impeached and in addition in head-to-head matchups towards leading Democratic presidential candidates. …
“The Marquette ballot found 40 % of registered voters favoring impeachment of Trump and his removing from workplace, compared with 44 % in October. At the similar time, 53 % oppose impeachment and removing, in contrast with 51 % the earlier month.” WaPo … The Marquette poll
FOX NEWS’ MARIA BARTIROMO asked REP. DEVIN NUNES (R-Calif.) if he was in Vienna with Viktor Shokin, the corrupt former Ukranian prosecutor, to get dust on JOE BIDEN, as CNN has reported:
-- NUNES: “I really need to answer all of these questions and I promise you I absolutely will come again on the show and reply these questions. But because there's legal activity here, we’re working with the appropriate regulation enforcement businesses, we're going to file all this -- everybody’s going to know the truth, everyone is going to know all the information however I assume you possibly can understand that I can’t compete by making an attempt to debate this out with the public media when 90 % of the media are completely corrupt. And because that is felony in nature and because it's so dangerous, so slanderous, we’ve acquired all of the details on our aspect and we are going to file in federal courtroom as a result of I'm not going to sit right here and attempt to compete towards the media that I've no probability of profitable this. I'll win in courtroom they usually’ll have a chance to cooperate they usually’ll have to point out how they work with someone who has been indicted which is likely conspiring to impede justice.”
BIG YEAR-END NEWS … CAITLIN EMMA: “Agreement reached on spending bill allocations”: “Prime appropriators in Congress have reached a deal on spending ranges for a dozen payments that fund the day-to-day operations of the federal authorities, two people conversant in the negotiations stated as we speak.
“The settlement on the toplines for the bills is essential as a result of it means Congress can move ahead with work on spending for fiscal 2020 and keep away from a potential authorities shutdown in 4 weeks.”
SUNDAY BEST …
-- JAKE TAPPER requested HOUSE INTEL CHAIRMAN ADAM SCHIFF (D-Calif.) about waiting for extra testimony from individuals like MICK MULVANEY on CNN’S “STATE OF THE UNION”: “Yes, we’d love to have these witnesses are available. But we’re not prepared to simply permit them to wait us out, to stall this continuing when the information are already overwhelming. … We do want to think about that if we permit this obstruction to succeed -- we permit them to draw us out endlessly within the courts -- then it does make the impeachment clause a non entity. It means Congress will ceaselessly be incapable of doing any oversight. Why ought to any future president answer a congressional subpoena?”
-- CHUCK TODD asked SCHIFF about having the whistleblower testify on NBC’S “MEET THE PRESS”: “We had a deep interest in having the whistleblower testify till two issues occurred. One, we have been capable of prove the whole lot in the whistleblower grievance with witnesses that had firsthand info, and second, the president and his allies successfully put that whistleblower's life in peril. The president stated the whistleblower and others ought to be handled as a traitor or a spy and we ought to make use of the penalty we used to use for traitors and spies, and that's the demise penalty. So, this is the factor, Chuck, we do not want the whistleblower's secondhand proof anymore. It would only serve to endanger this individual and to gratify the president's want for retribution, and that isn't a ok purpose to usher in the whistleblower.”
-- REP. ERIC SWALWELL (D-CALIF.) to CHRIS WALLACE on “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” concerning the “urgency” of the impeachment probe: “Most importantly the president invoked an upcoming election. And voters, you already know, in just some months are going to be voting in the upcoming caucuses. And so there’s an urgency to ensure the election and the poll box, you recognize, have integrity. And if he’s asking a overseas government to intrude in an election, you realize, we are, you recognize, on the clock to ensure that that election is protected.”
WICHITA EAGLE FRONT PAGE: “Democrats sense that inquiry politically wounded Pompeo,” by Bryan Lowry and Michael Wilner … Front page PDF
THE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE notes on its entrance page that REP. CONOR LAMB (D-Pa.) continues to be neutral on impeachment
DEPT. OF NOT SO GOOD FOR THE PRESIDENT … WSJ: U.S. Companies Pull Again on Funding: Capital spending by S&P 500 corporations grew less than 1% within the third quarter, and would have fallen without Apple and Amazon,” by Theo Francis and Thomas Gryta: “Most of the largest U.S. corporations are moderating their spending on gear and different capital funding, as an uncertain business surroundings prompts some to postpone or shelve in any other case promising tasks. That would pose a unbroken drag on economic progress.
“The pullback began as commerce tensions escalated last fall, leaving corporations not sure about their provide chains, pricing and income. It has continued amid signs of slowing international progress and growing shopper considerations concerning the future. Household names like Harley-Davidson Inc., AT&T Inc. and Goal Corp. are joining small companies in placing the brakes on funding.
“Some corporations have warned it might continue into subsequent yr, when the presidential and congressional election is expected so as to add even more uncertainty to business decision-making.” WSJ
PALM BEACH POST FRONT PAGE: “Mar-a-Lago, an oasis of support, fundraising: President is predicted to arrive Tuesday for Thanksgiving and every week later for GOP gathering”
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION FRONT PAGE: “Trade war whipsaws state wood commerce: Business fights layoffs, worries for future as exports to China crash” AJC story
WHAT JOHN CORNYN IS READING … DALLAS MORNING NEWS: “Texas Democrats fear Senate area too weak to beat Republican incumbent John Cornyn,” by Gromer Jeffers Jr.: “After Beto O’Rourke got here close to beating Ted Cruz of their thrilling 2018 Senate contest, Texas Democrats hoped they might use that momentum to oust John Cornyn in 2020.
However lower than four months from the March main, the Democratic race for Senate is a sleepy affair, with the main candidates struggling to seek out traction with voters, spark power in the social gathering’s base and supply a formidable various to Cornyn.
“4 of the highest five candidates obtained into the race late by right now’s requirements, and a few of them still haven’t built out their area and fundraising operations. Their social media presence, a must in trendy campaigns, shouldn't be big-league high quality. Voters aren’t taking note of the race.” DMN … Front page PDF
2020 WATCH …
-- PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: “Older black voters in South Carolina love Joe Biden. Their youngsters are another story.”: “Whereas older black voters back him, youthful ones are more uncertain. Many elected Democrats within the state have yet to endorse, an indication to some political operatives that they’re still not sure whether or not Biden has what it takes.
“‘Look, no one’s passing the plate during an altar call as a result of Joe Biden simply gave a speech,’ [State Sen. Marlon] Kimpson stated. ‘But you already know what? Individuals are exhausted and I assume that plays in favor of someone who has expertise, who’s deliberate, methodical, and protected.’” Philly Inquirer … A1 PDF
THE PRESIDENT’S SUNDAY … Nothing on the schedule.
BONUS GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman (@dlippman), filing from Del Mar, Calif.:
-- “Greta Thunberg: How one teenager turned the voice of the planet,” by Amelia Tait in Wired UK: “When adults wouldn’t pay attention, Greta Thunberg began to strike. Now tens of millions of faculty youngsters around the globe comply with her. Thunberg’s era is our greatest probability of saving the world.” Wired
-- “The Creator of the Shitty Media Men Listing Isn’t Completed,” by Nona Willis Aronowitz in Vice: “Moira Donegan might have been recognized solely as the lady who made the doc that introduced #MeToo to media. As an alternative, her life has been shaped by the consciousness-raising the record got here out of.” Vice
-- “The Grocery Store The place Produce Meets Politics,” by The New Yorker’s Alexandra Schwartz: “The legendary Park Slope Food Co-op carries sustainable meals, low prices, and New Yorkers’ opinions in bulk.” New Yorker
-- “The designers and the don: How two interior decorators took the fall for the Cali Cartel,” by USA At present’s Gus Garcia-Roberts: “Federal prosecutors ... [alleged] that by agreeing to embellish roughly two dozen of [Cali Cartel leader José Santacruz Londoño’s] properties – together with a ‘postmodern hacienda’ and an apocalypse-ready compound as the kingpin’s pursuers closed in on him – the designers had reworked his American cocaine income into objects of worth in Colombia.” USA Today (h/t Longform.org)
-- “The Mister Rogers No One Saw,” by Jeanne Marie Laskas within the NYT Journal: “Fred Rogers wasn’t just a sensible educator and a profoundly moral individual. He was an uncompromising artist.” NYT Magazine
-- “How NBA government Jeff David stole $13 million from the Sacramento Kings,” by ESPN’s Kevin Arnovitz – per Longform.org’s description: “How a Sacramento Kings government stole greater than $13 million from the workforce—and virtually acquired away with it.” ESPN
-- “Lengthy Island Divided,” by Newsday’s Ann Choi, Keith Herbert, Olivia Winslow and Arthur Browne: “25 undercover testers educated. 93 real estate brokers examined. 240 hours of conferences secretly recorded. 5,763 house listings analyzed. A three-year Newsday investigation uncovered widespread proof of unequal remedy by real property brokers on Lengthy Island: 19% of the time towards Asians. 39% of the time towards Hispanics. 49% of the time towards blacks.” Newsday
-- “How Pure Wine Turned a Symbol of Virtuous Consumption,” by Rachel Monroe within the New Yorker: “The mainstreaming of pure wines has brought niche winemakers capital and movie star, in addition to questions on their personalities and politics.” New Yorker
-- “The 50 Greatest Nonfiction Books of the Previous 25 Years,” by Slate’s Dan Kois and Laura Miller: “Slate’s books workforce selects the definitive works of reporting, memoir, and argument of the past quarter-century.” Slate (h/t TheBrowser.com)
-- “How The Kremlin’s Assassins Sowed Terror Via The Streets Of London While British Authorities Scrambled To Cease Them,” by BuzzFeed’s Heidi Blake in an excerpt of her new ebook “From Russia with Blood: The Kremlin’s Ruthless Assassination Program and Vladimir Putin’s Secret Warfare on the West”: “Putin’s enemy Boris Berezovsky knew the Kremlin was making an attempt to kill him in London, however to the frustration of British authorities, he refused to lie low — or to cease trafficking teenage sex staff into the country on his personal aircraft.” BuzzFeed ... $20.81 on Amazon
-- “Ghost ships, crop circles, and smooth gold: A GPS thriller in Shanghai,” by Mark Harris in Know-how Evaluation: “These ships could possibly be unwilling check subjects for a classy digital warfare system, or collateral injury in a battle between environmental criminals and the Chinese language state that has already claimed dozens of ships and lives. But one factor is for sure: there's an invisible electronic warfare over the future of navigation in Shanghai, and GPS is dropping.” Technology Review (h/t TheBrowser.com)
-- “The Invention of Thanksgiving,” by Philip Deloria in The New Yorker: “Massacres, myths, and the making of the good November vacation.” New Yorker
Ship tips to Eli Okun and Garrett Ross at politicoplaybook@politico.com.
SPOTTED at a party for Neal Katyal and Sam Koppelman’s new ebook, “Impeach: The Case Towards Donald Trump,” ($13.49 on Amazon) hosted by George Conway, Retired Gen, Mike Hayden, Eric Holder, Rob Reiner and Nicolle Wallace at Juleanna Glover’s residence: Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, Josh Lederman, Shane Harris, Ruth Marcus, Natasha Bertrand, Dana Milbank, Kristen Holmes, Lois Romano, Stephanie Cutter, Marcus Brauchli, Naomi Nix, Alan Davidson, Julia Ioffe, Jane Mayer, Adam Kushner, Wajahat Ali, Nicole Elkon and Neal Wolin, Melissa Moss and Jonathan Silver, Geoffrey Kabaservice, Jamie Kirchick, Norm Ornstein, Katie Benner, Steve Chaggaris, Nihal Krishan, Adam Green and Bill Bishop.
WEEKEND WEDDINGS … “Paige Esterkin, Jonathan Bronitsky,” by way of NYT: “Mrs. Bronitsky, 29, is the senior adviser for policy improvement and research at United States Department of Housing and City Improvement in Washington. ... Dr. Bronitsky, 35, is the chief speechwriter to William P. Barr, the United States lawyer basic, and the groom is a senior adviser on the Department of Justice. ... His articles on politics and historical past have appeared in numerous publications together with National Evaluation, National Affairs, Trendy Age and the Weekly Commonplace.” With a pic, NYT
-- “Alexandra Lane, Fielder Valone,” by way of NYT: “The bride, 28, is a regional finance director at the [DSCC] in Washington. She graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. ... The groom, who is 31 ... is a historian of..
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