Tipsheet: Dems say black voters deserve more from party

View in your browser     Dems: Black voters deserve more from party By Amie Parnes   Democrats say their party needs to “wake up” and stop ignoring major parts of their coalition, particularly black voters. The party, they say, must build off Doug Jones's win in the Alabama Senate race this week by working hard on issues of interest to minority voters — who have been the party’s most loyal backers. Read the full story here     Listen to the HillCast AM View: Capitol Hill vet goes behind GOP tax plan, and today's latest news By Alexis Simendinger   In today's AM View podcast, we go behind the GOP's conference package on taxes with Ken Kies, a veteran of Capitol Hill negotiations. Listen to The Hill's podcast here     The Memo: Omarosa’s exit is headache for White House By Niall Stanage Team Trump is bracing for negative revelations from Omarosa Manigault Newman after she resigned from the White House in disputed circumstances on Wednesday. Read the full story here     Obstacles emerge as GOP races to tax finish By Alexander Bolton, Naomi Jagoda and Scott Wong A revolt from two Republican senators concerned about the Child Tax Credit and the absence of two more Republican senators because of illness has injected fresh uncertainty into the GOP’s tax bill push. Read the full story here       Zinke reprimanded park head after climate tweets By Timothy Cama Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke brought the leader of a California park to his office last month to reprimand him for climate change-related tweets the park had sent via Twitter, two sources close to the situation say. Read the full story here     Welfare reform moving to center of Republican agenda By Nathaniel Weixel Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration are eyeing sweeping legislative and regulatory changes to the country’s welfare system next year.  Read the full story here     Tax bill doesn't have measure allowing churches to endorse candidates By Brandon Carter and Naomi Jagoda A proposal in the GOP tax bill allowing churches and charities to engage in partisan politics has been blocked by the Senate parliamentarian. Read the full story here     FCC votes to repeal net neutrality rules By Harper Neidig The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to repeal its landmark net neutrality protections, capping off a months-long campaign by the agency’s Republicans to deregulate the broadband industry. Read the full story here     House Democrat in Trump district endorses impeachment By Cristina Marcos One of the 12 House Democrats who represents a district won by President Trump in 2016 is now endorsing articles of impeachment. Previously, other Democrats who have endorsed impeachment of Trump have largely hailed from safe blue districts. Read the full story here     Lawmakers look to punt controversial surveillance law debate to 2018 By Katie Bo Williams Lawmakers struggling to meet a year-end deadline to renew a controversial but critical surveillance program are eyeing a short-term extension that would punt the issue to the new year. Read the full story here     Should Rex Tillerson really leave? By Gerald Hyman OPINION | Whatever Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s policy and managerial deficiencies, his critics should consider his likely replacement and urge him to stay and lend him appropriate support. Read the full story here     Tax reform team must do away with stealth rate hikes By Alan Viard OPINION | Both the House- and Senate-passed tax bill maintain many of the current tax code’s income-based phaseouts and even introduce a few new phaseouts. These income-based phaseouts violate basic principles of tax transparency by triggering hidden increases in taxpayers’ marginal tax rates. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Trump allies say Tillerson has ‘not learned his lesson’ and cannot continue in job for long By Josh Dawsey and Anne Gearan  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson seemed focused this week on rebooting his image as a beleaguered Cabinet member on the outs with his boss and his own employees — holding a rare town hall with employees, promising foreign trips into 2018 and saying he is “learning” to enjoy his job. Read the full story here     The New York Times: With billions at stake in tax debate, lobbyists played hardball By Kenneth P. Vogel and Jim Tankersley As the largest tax rewrite in decades powered through Congress, lobbyists found themselves sprinting to keep up and find ways to persuade, influence or cajole the small group of lawmakers empowered to tweak language in the final version of the joint Senate and House bill. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Mueller sought emails of Trump campaign data firm By Rebecca Ballhaus   Special Counsel Robert Mueller has requested that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that worked for President Donald Trump’s campaign, turn over documents as part of its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, according to people familiar with the matter. Read the full story here     Reuters: Republicans join push to lift secrecy around misconduct in Congress By Susan Cornwell and Caren Bohan   Prominent Republican senators on Thursday embraced a push to overhaul rules for addressing sexual harassment in the U.S. Congress, signing on to a bill that would protect victims and require lawmakers to pay for their own settlements. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: House Speaker Paul Ryan denies reports he may leave Congress By Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram House Speaker Paul Ryan is denying reports that he plans to leave Congress after the Republicans’ treasured tax bill is approved. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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DAILY DOSE: Darkness With Hope

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Print · Read Online Darkness With Hope By Tzvi Freeman There are dark jewels in this world that can be salvaged, purified and taken as precious bounty for the good. And there is darkness itself, the absence of light, that must only wait its time to expire. How can we tell between them? If the darkness fights back, there is hope. It means there is something there worth fighting for. Print Page   ·   Read Online   ·   Discuss   ·   Share on Facebook By Tzvi Freeman From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. Subscribe and get your dose daily. Or order Rabbi Freeman's book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here. This email was sent to: tweatsho.email004@blogger.com Change email address · Manage Subscriptions · Going on Vacation? · Unsubscribe Tip: To ensure that our emails continue to be delivered to your inbox, add subscriptions@chabad.org to your address book or "whitelist" it in any filters or anti-spam programs you may have. © Copyright Chabad.org, all rights reserved. Privacy Policy Chabad.org · Ask the Rabbi · Contact Us · Donate

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Overnight Defense: Haley offers evidence to prove Iran backing Yemeni rebels | General wants new probe into Somalia raid | US intercepts Russian jets over Syria

View in your browser     THE TOPLINE: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, on Thursday, presented what she described as "undeniable" evidence of Iranian weapons supplied to Yemeni rebels in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions. The evidence she provided included parts and debris from a short-range ballistic missile, an antitank guided missile, an unmanned aerial vehicle and exploding boat technology that have markings and features indicating origins in Iran. "As you know, we do not often declassify this type of military equipment recovered from these attacks, but today we are taking an extraordinary step of presenting it here in an open setting," she said, standing in front of one of the missiles in a hangar at the Defense Intelligence Agency headquarters at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling. "We did this for a single urgent purpose: Because the Iranian regime cannot be allow to engage in its lawless behavior any longer." U.S. officials have long accused Iran of supporting Houthi rebels in Yemen, which has been embroiled in civil war since 2015. The Hill's Rebecca Kheel has more here.   Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, meanwhile, is dismissing Haley's claim of evidence she says proves Iran is supporting Yemeni rebels. Zarif likened her presentation Thursday to former Secretary of State Colin Powell's claim in 2003 that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMD).  Read about that here.    GRAHAM: 30 PERCENT CHANCE TRUMP ATTACKS NORTH KOREA: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says there's a high probability that President Trump could attack North Korea if the country tests another missile. Graham told The Atlantic in an interview published Thursday he believes there is "a three in 10 chance we use the military option" if the country conducts another long-range ballistic missile test. He said the odds Trump attacks jump to "70 percent" if North Korea detonates another nuclear bomb. "I don't know how to say it any more direct: If nothing changes, Trump's gonna have to use the military option, because time is running out," said Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. The foreign policy hawk said it would be an "all-out war against the regime" in that case. Read the rest here.    GENERAL REQUESTS SECOND INVESTIGATION INTO SOMALIA RAID: The general in charge of U.S. Africa Command (Africom) has requested a second investigation into an August raid in Somalia after reports that U.S. soldiers killed 10 civilians, a spokeswoman confirmed Thursday. "Subsequent media reports alleged misconduct by U.S. personnel who participated in the operation," Africom spokewoman Robyn Mack said in a statement. "As a result, Marine Corps Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, commander, U.S. Africa Command, referred the matter to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service to ensure a full exploration of the facts given the gravity of the allegations." In November, the Daily Beast reported that U.S. special forces soldiers shot and killed 10 unarmed civilians, including at least one child, during an Aug. 25 operation in the southern Somali town of Bariire. The outlet cited interviews with survivors and a Somali army general. Hours after the publication of the Daily Beast report, Africom released a statement saying its own investigation had concluded that the only people killed were armed enemy combatants. Read more here.     US INTERCEPTS RUSSIAN FIGHTER JETS OVER SYRIA: U.S. fighter jets intercepted two Russian fighter jets on Thursday over Syria, according to multiple reports, signaling an escalation between Washington and Moscow over the war-torn nation.  Two U.S. F-22 jets reportedly fired warning flares after two Russian fighter jets flew east of the Euphrates River, which has been designated as a deconfliction line. The move is the latest in a series of incidents in which U.S. fighters have flown close to Russian warplanes over Syria.  Russian and U.S. military officials agreed last month to fly on opposite sides of a 45-mile portion of the Euphrates River in an effort to prevent collisions in the busy airspace.    U.S. commanders told The New York Times earlier this month, however, that the Russians have violated the agreement half a dozen times.  Read the rest here.   ON TAP FOR TOMORROW:  Former deputy assistant to President Trump Sebastian Gorka will speak at the Heritage Foundation on defeating terrorism in the age of Trump at 11 a.m. at 214 Massachusetts Ave, NE.    ICYMI:  -- The Hill: Coalition-backed forces in Syria kill 20 ISIS fighters who 'moved freely' through regime territory -- The Hill: Putin to US lawmakers: 'Are you normal?' -- The Hill: Putin: Trump's political opponents blocking efforts to improve relations with Russia -- The Hill: ISIS threatens attacks in US over Trump's Jerusalem decision -- The Hill: Opinion: America takes turn for the worse on cluster bombs     Please send tips and comments to Rebecca Kheel, rkheel@thehill.com, and Ellen Mitchell, emitchell@thehill.com. 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Overnight Tech: FCC votes to end net neutrality | Dem AGs to sue over decision | Disney to buy most of Fox in $52.4B deal

View in your browser     FCC ENDS NET NEUTRALITY RULES: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday voted to repeal its landmark net neutrality protections, capping off a months-long campaign by the agency's Republicans to deregulate the broadband industry. The FCC voted 3-2 along party lines to scrap its 2015 Open Internet Order as Democratic lawmakers and dozens of activists protested outside. In a dramatic moment, the meeting was abruptly evacuated in the middle of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's remarks ahead of the vote. Reporters and attendees were forced to exit the hearing room and leave their belongings as police brought in K-9 units to sweep the room. Attendees were allowed to re-enter the room within 15 minutes of the evacuation. The FCC declined to comment on the reasons for the evacuation. Democrats, consumer groups and tech companies have been rallying for months to try to stop the repeal plan, arguing that the rules are essential for preventing companies like Comcast and Verizon from abusing their powers as internet gatekeepers. "As a result of today's misguided action, our broadband providers will get extraordinary new power from this agency," said Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat on the commission who voted against the repeal. "They will have the power to block websites, throttle services and censor online content. They will have the right to discriminate and favor the internet traffic of those companies with whom they have pay-for-play arrangements and the right to consign all others to a slow and bumpy road," Rosenworcel said. Despite the outcry surrounding his repeal proposal, Pai was unwavering in his opposition to the 2015 rules. Since his time as a minority commissioner under the Obama administration, Pai has argued the FCC overstepped when it imposed the restrictions. "Following today's vote, Americans will still be able to access the websites they want to visit. They will still be able to enjoy the services they want to enjoy," Pai said during Thursday's open meeting. "There will still be cops on the beat guarding a free and open internet. This is the way things were prior to 2015, and this is the way they will be once again." Read more here.   Please send your tips, comments and net neutrality takes to Ali Breland (abreland@thehill.com) and Harper Neidig (hneidig@thehill.com) and follow us on Twitter: @alibreland and @hneidig. We're also on Signal and WhatsApp. Email or DM us for our numbers.   DEM ATTORNEYS GENERAL PROMISE LAWSUIT TO SAVE NET NEUTRALITY: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) announced Thursday that he is suing to block the end of net neutrality rules. Schneiderman's announcement came moments after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in favor of abolishing the rules. "The FCC just gave Big Telecom an early Christmas present, by giving internet service providers yet another way to put corporate profits over consumers," Schneiderman said in a statement. The New York attorney general had been a heavy critic of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's plan to roll back net neutrality, prior to the vote. He, along with other state attorneys general and members of Congress, had argued that the agency should delay its vote on scrapping net neutrality because of the millions of fake comments he found that were filed during the FCC's call for public feedback on the proposal. Read more here.   Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson also announced that he would sue to block the end of net neutrality rules. Ferguson positioned his suit as an attempt to thwart the Trump administration's moves to roll back regulations across the government. "We are the 5-0 against the Trump Administration because they often fail to follow the law when taking executive action," he said in a statement. Read more here.   FCC ROOM EVACUATED MID-HEARING: The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) hearing room was evacuated Thursday moments before the agency was to vote on repealing its net neutrality rules. "On advice of security, we need to take a recess," FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said. Reporters and attendees were abruptly told to evacuate the hearing room and leave their belongings as police brought in K-9 units to sweep the room. Attendees were allowed to re-enter the room within 15 minutes of the evacuation. The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service later released a statement saying that the FCC had received a bomb threat. Read more here.   TIM COOK, CHARLES KOCH PEN OP-ED FOR DREAMERS: Apple CEO Tim Cook and billionaire GOP donor Charles Koch are jointly pressing Congress to shore up permanent legal protections for young immigrants in the U.S. illegally. In an op-ed published by The Washington Post on Thursday, Cook and Koch argued that the U.S. "is at its best" when it embraces diversity, adding that Congress has a "moral imperative" to grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of "dreamers" -- immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children. "This is a political, economic and moral imperative. The sooner that Congress resolves this situation -- on a permanent basis -- the sooner dreamers can seize the opportunity to plan their lives and develop their talents," they wrote. Read more here.   REACTION... NETFLIX BLASTS NET NEUTRALITY REPEAL: Netflix on Thursday ripped the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decision to repeal net neutrality rules, calling it "misguided." "This is the beginning of a longer legal battle. Netflix stands w/ innovators, large & small, to oppose this misguided FCC order," the company tweeted shortly after the FCC voted on the measure. Read more here.   ... AS DOES FACEBOOK'S SHERYL SANDBERG: Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg hammered the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over its decision to roll back net neutrality rules on Thursday. In a statement, Sandberg called on Congress to pursue legislation enshrining such rules as law. "Today's decision from the Federal Communications Commission to end net neutrality is disappointing and harmful," Sandberg said. Read more here.   DISNEY REACHES DEAL TO BUY MOST OF FOX: The Walt Disney Co. on Thursday announced plans to acquire most of 21st Century Fox's assets for $52.4 billion, a deal that does not include Fox News, Fox Business Network, Fox Sports 1 or 2, the Big Ten Network or the Fox broadcasting network and stations.   The buyout will include Fox channels including FX and Nat Geo, among others. Fox's film and entertainment franchises, which include "The Simpsons," "X-Men," and "Avatar," will be owned by Disney. "The acquisition of this stellar collection of businesses from 21st Century Fox reflects the increasing consumer demand for a rich diversity of entertainment experiences that are more compelling, accessible and convenient than ever before," said Disney CEO Bob Iger. "We're honored and grateful that Rupert Murdoch has entrusted us with the future of businesses he spent a lifetime building, and we're excited about this extraordinary opportunity to significantly increase our portfolio of well-loved franchises and branded content to greatly enhance our growing direct-to-consumer offerings," he continued. Read more here.   FACEBOOK CHANGES NEWS FEED TO BOOST VIDEOS: Facebook said on Thursday that it would be tweaking its algorithms to feature some videos more prominently in its News Feed, as it attempts to compete more directly with other video streaming platforms. The firm explained that videos from pages that people intentionally seek out will now be prioritized to appear higher in a user's news feed. Facebook will also prioritize showing other videos from the same pages that users deliberately navigate to. "As we've said, watching video on Facebook has the power to drive conversations, and News Feed remains a place people discover and watch videos," the company explained in a post announcing the tweaks. "Engaging videos that not only bring people together, but drive repeat viewership and engagement, will do well in News Feed." Read more here.   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: The Hill: FCC chair dances with Pizzagate proponent in video promoting net neutrality repeal Bloomberg: Blankfein and Dorsey meet TechCrunch: Snapchat launches augmented reality developer platform Lens Studio Axios: Venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar resigns from firm over sexual harassment allegations         Did a friend forward you this email? 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