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Inside Joe Biden’s brawling efforts to reform Ukraine — which won him successes and enemies
The Washington Post by Matt Viser and Paul Sonne

The public humiliation of Poroshenko illustrated the unusually aggressive approach employed by Biden, the Obama administration’s chief Ukraine envoy, to bring the small but strategically important former Soviet republic closer to the West. It was an approach that yielded successes but also earned Biden and his aides a slew of enemies and detractors in Ukraine, and it may now have boomeranged to hurt his 2020 presidential campaign.

Trump bashed Obama for executive orders, but his own record is basically the same
Axios by Orion Rummler

President Trump has issued 130 executive orders in his presidency so far — largely keeping pace with President Obama, except for the 55 orders he unleashed in 2017. (George W. Bush sent 54 in his first year).

Trump appears to have learned what his predecessors discovered as well: It’s easier and often more satisfying to get things done through administrative action than to get Congress to go along, said Andrew Rudalevige, a professor at Bowdoin College who studies the history and effectiveness of presidential executive actions. (from Politico)

Tulsi Gabbard responds to Hillary Clinton: "She knows she can't control me"
CBS by Grace Segers

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who is running for the Democratic nomination, fired back Friday after Hillary Clinton suggested the Russians are "grooming" a candidate for a third-party run to disrupt the 2020 election. In an interview with CBSN on Friday night, Gabbard said Clinton "knows she can't control me."

Tulsi Gabbard calls Hillary Clinton “the queen of warmongers” in her latest clash with top Democrats. ( from VOX)

Amash: Clinton's attack on Gabbard will 'drive many people into the arms' of Trump
the Hiil by Jessica Campisi

“The thing we know for sure is that Hillary Clinton is a Donald Trump asset,” Amash, a vocal Trump critic, tweeted late Friday. “Hillary does — and did — drive many people into the arms of Donald Trump. Her attack on Tulsi does likewise.”

Pentagon sees few options for preventing new ISIS safe haven in Syria
Politico by WESLEY MORGAN

The United States’ abrupt withdrawal from northeastern Syria is forcing the Pentagon to accept a dangerous reality — the rebirth of an Islamic State sanctuary that could allow terrorists to launch attacks on the West.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to endorse Bernie Sanders at Queens rally
CBS by Grace Segers

Ocasio-Cortez is joining Sanders for a rally in Queens, New York, on Saturday afternoon where she plans to endorse him for president, CBS News has confirmed. The rally intends to showcase Sanders' robust return to campaigning after the 78-year-old suffered a heart attack earlier this month. It is also proof that Ocasio-Cortez believes Sanders' vision is the right one for the country.

House Democrats work on bill to condemn Trump decision to hold G-7 summit at Trump property
CBS by

House Democrats are working on a resolution to oppose the White House decision to hold the G-7 summit of world leaders at President Trump's Doral Florida golf resort. The measure being written by the House Rules Committee would reject President Trump's "practice of accepting foreign government Emoluments without obtaining Congress' affirmative consent, and for other purposes."

AG Barr expands mysterious review into origin of Russia investigation
NBC by Ken Dilanian, Julia Ainsley and Tom Winter

A review launched by Attorney General William Barr into the origins of the Russia investigation has expanded significantly amid concerns about whether the probe has any legal or factual basis, multiple current and former officials told NBC News.

Francis Rooney is the rare House Republican open to impeaching Trump
By Alex Rogers, CNN

Rep. Francis Rooney is one of the few Republicans in the House of Representatives who seems open to the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

英语政治和媒体词典 Dictionary of Politics & Media

Honest graft 诚实的贿赂

Honest graft 指充分利用担任公职时可能出现的赚钱机会。

该词最早出自于约州参议员乔治·华盛顿·普伦凯特George Washington Plunkitt（ November 17, 1842 – November 19, 1924)。他在职期间，利用公职带来的便利捞取了大量财富。

参议员普伦凯特位为自己的行为进行了辩解。他认为他的行为是“honest graft”（诚实的贿赂），即同时追求公共利益和个人利益，而他认为“dishonest graft”指只追求个人利益。例如，普伦凯特自己通过购买土地赚了很多钱，因为他知道土地是公共项目所必需的。他预先购买大量土地，然后以高价转售。

Plunkitt became wealthy by practicing what he called "honest graft" in politics. He was a cynically honest practitioner of what today is generally known as "machine politics," patronage-based and frank in its exercise of power for personal gain.

普伦凯特有一句载入史册的辩护词：I seen my opportunities and I took 'em.（我看到了我的机会，我接受了。）

Citations
But whether the subject is the Clinton Foundation’s influence-peddling or now the Biden family’s variation on that theme, Trump has always sold himself as the candidate of a more honest form of graft.
---The New York Time by Ross Douthat Sep 24, 2019

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“In theory,” Donald Trump told The New York Times on Tuesday, “I could run my business perfectly, and then run the country perfectly.”

That particular theory has a pedigree, and a specific name. It was popularized more than a century ago by George Washington Plunkitt, another flamboyant New York businessman and politician. He dubbed it “honest graft.”
---theatlantic.com by Yoni Appelbaum Nov 25, 2016