Mornings on the Mall 10.29.18

Joe DiGenova, Trevor Matich, Stephen Moore, and Hans Von Spakovsky joined Mornings on the Mall on Monday


Mornings on the Mall

Monday October 29, 2018

Hosts: Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter


5am – A/B/C Synagogue Shooting Recap

  • For months, Robert D. Bowers had been spewing his anger in post after post on the web, calling immigrants “invaders,” distributing racist memes and asserting that Jews were the “enemy of white people.”
  • His online postings on Gab, a social network that bills itself as a champion of free speech, paint a picture of a white supremacist obsessed with far-right conspiracy theories about Jews, singling out a Jewish non-profit that provides aid to refugees as a target in a chilling message posted hours before his attack.
  • GQwriter Julia Ioffe straight up blamed Trump, saying he “makes this possible.” “And a word to my fellow American Jews: This president makes this possible. Here. Where you live. I hope the embassy move over there, where you don’t live was worth it,” Ioffe said

5am – D Caravan News:

  • President Trump is preparing to announce a sweeping border crackdown in a speech Tuesday, a week before the midterm elections, in which he is expected to invoke emergency powers to stop migrants from entering the United States and depict them as a grave national security threat, administration officials said Friday.
  • The Pentagon has approved President Trump’s request for additional military personnel to be deployed to the border as a caravan of people coming from Central America heads north
  • Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto made the generous offer on Friday, telling the caravan migrants they could apply for refugee status in his country provided they agreed to stay in the two southern states.

 

5am – E Celebs for Democrats

  • Actor Will Ferrell Goes Door-to-Door for Democratic GA Gubernatorial Candidate
  •  Lebron James wears Beto hat

 

6am – A/B/C Silicon Valley Nannies Are Phone Police for Kids

Child care contracts now demand that nannies hide phones, tablets, computers and TVs from their charges. (NY Times)

6am – D/E Trump praises young black conservatives: One of you will be president (NY Post) President Trump praised a group of young black conservatives for their courage and said he’s sure some are headed for the White House. “A lot of people are jealous of you,” Trump said Friday at the White House to the Young Black Leadership Summit. “And jealousy’s a very bad thing. It’s mean. It’s nasty. But people that are jealous, they never make it, you know? They’re jealous, they never make it.”

6am – F Johnny Depp reportedly booted from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise


7am – A INTERVIEW – JOE DIGENOVA – Legal Analyst & Fmr. U.S. Attorney to the District of Columbia

 7am – B Synagogue Shooting Recap

  • For months, Robert D. Bowers had been spewing his anger in post after post on the web, calling immigrants “invaders,” distributing racist memes and asserting that Jews were the “enemy of white people.”
  • His online postings on Gab, a social network that bills itself as a champion of free speech, paint a picture of a white supremacist obsessed with far-right conspiracy theories about Jews, singling out a Jewish non-profit that provides aid to refugees as a target in a chilling message posted hours before his attack.
  • GQwriter Julia Ioffe straight up blamed Trump, saying he “makes this possible.” “And a word to my fellow American Jews: This president makes this possible. Here. Where you live. I hope the embassy move over there, where you don’t live was worth it,” Ioffe said

 7am – C America’s most expensive house listed for $245M

 7am-D INTERVIEW – TREVOR MATICH – WMAL’s Redskins analyst

 7am – E Virginia paper backs Kaine over Trump ally Corey Stewart (The Hill) The Richmond Times-Dispatch on Saturday opted to endorse incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine (D) over his Republican challenger Corey Stewart in the Virginia Senate race. The Times-Dispatch’s editorial board, which has historically leaned conservative, said that Kaine “remains a voice of reason” in “a world gone nearly mad.” “He’s not always right but he is — except when running for vice president — almost always knowledgeable, persuasive, and respectful,” the editorial board wrote.  “He listens, a skill not mastered by all of his colleagues in the Senate,” it added.


8am – A INTERVIEW – STEPHEN MOORE  – Economist at The Heritage Foundation

8am – B/C Obama takes jab at Trump: ‘Nobody in my administration got indicted’

 8am – D/E INTERVIEW – HANS VON SPAKOVSKY – Senior Legal Fellow The Heritage Foundation

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