Year: 2019
Biden: Get Rid of Trump and Republicans Will Change
“With Trump gone you’re going to begin to see things change. Because these folks know better. They know this isn’t what they’re supposed to be doing.”
— Joe Biden, quoted by the Daily Beast, on being able to work with Republicans.
Biden Leads Warren in Massachusetts
22%
A new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll in Massachusetts finds Joe Biden leading the Democratic presidential race with 22%, followed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 10%, Pete Buttigieg at 8% and Sen. Bernie Sanders at 6%. Just over 40% of voters said they were still undecided.
Klobuchar Ranks Self in ‘A’ Group
“They’re dividing it into the A group and the B group… I’m proud to be in the A group.”
— Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), quoted by the New York Times, on the two groups of 2020 candidates: those who consistently break 2 percent in polls and those who don’t.
Kushner’s Company Got $90 Million from Shadowy Offshore Firm
$90 million
“A real estate company part-owned by Jared Kushner has received $90m in foreign funding from an opaque offshore vehicle since he entered the White House as a senior adviser to his father-in-law Donald Trump,” the Guardian reports. “Investment has flowed from overseas to the company, Cadre, while Kushner works as an international envoy for the US… The money came through a vehicle run by Goldman Sachs in the Cayman Islands, a tax haven that guarantees corporate secrecy.”
Elaine Chao Directed $78 Million in Projects to Kentucky to Help Her Husband Get Re-Elected
$78 million
“The Transportation Department under Secretary Elaine Chao designated a special liaison to help with grant applications and other priorities from her husband Mitch McConnell’s state of Kentucky, paving the way for grants totaling at least $78 million for favored projects as McConnell prepared to campaign for reelection,” Politico reports.
Trump’s Latest Foreign Policy Play Hurts Cubans AND Americans
Of course, to maximize confusion, the policy was set to go into effect THE NEXT DAY — Wednesday, June 6.
The nugget of the press release was this quote attributed to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin:
“Cuba continues to play a destabilizing role in the Western Hemisphere, providing a communist foothold in the region and propping up U.S. adversaries in places like Venezuela and Nicaragua by fomenting instability, undermining the rule of law, and suppressing democratic processes,” said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. “This Administration has made a strategic decision to reverse the loosening of sanctions and other restrictions on the Cuban regime. These actions will help to keep U.S. dollars out of the hands of Cuban military, intelligence, and security services.”
Although it wasn’t spelled out in the press release, supporting documents made it abundantly clear that Trump was returning to those halcyon days of yore when only Americans with direct family ties in Cuba could legally travel there.
