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Young & Braun in the era himself as someone who As a reckless president takes policy seriously. That’s why Trump’s poten- breaks precedent, what’s tial impeachment repre- sents such a big risk – and at stake in ? opportunity – for him. By MARK SCHOEFF JR. Like most sena- and BRIAN A. HOWEY tors who could become WASHINGTON – In late Sep- the jury for a trial that tember, most Republican senators were would determine whether dodging reporters asking about the whis- Trump is removed from tleblower report alleging that President office, Young has been asked Ukrainian President circumspect about Trump’s Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former actions that have catalyzed vice president and Democratic presiden- the House impeachment tial candidate and his son. inquiry. But the Wall Street Journal briefly A rough transcript caught up with Sen. in a of the July 25 Trump-Zel- Capitol hallway. ensky conversation put out Young told the WSJ reporter he by the White House shows hadn’t read the report but would later in that Trump asked Zelensky the day. “It’s not because it’s unserious or I’m an unseri- for “a favor,” which was to probe the Bidens in relation to ous legislator,” Young said in a Sept. 27 article. corruption in Ukraine. In remarks to reporters after the Over the course of his tenure in the House and his transcript was released, Trump confirmed he would like first two-plus years in the Senate, Young has established Continued on page 3

Aberrant behavior Merriam-Webster: Aberrant (n) 1: a group, individual, or structure that is not normal or typical: an aberrant group, individual, or structure; 2: a person whose behav- ior departs substantially from the standard. Synonyms: (Adjective) aberrated, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, “Obviously marijuana is ille- exceeding, exceptional, extraor- dinaire, extraordinary, freak, gal in the State of Indiana. It is odd, peculiar .... today and it was when this By BRIAN A. HOWEY decision by a county prosecutor NASHVILLE, Ind. – On July 27, 2016, Republican presi- was made. I have some concerns dential nominee Donald Trump about the message it sends.’’ made his infamous “Russia, if you’re listening ...” appeal for - Gov. Holcomb, reacting to HPI dirt on Hillary Clinton. It com- on marijuana charging by menced a two-year jigsaw puzzle type investigation that Prosecutor Ryan Mears. Page 2 became President Trump’s nightmare. heartening turn of events is aberrant It all seemed to end last July behavior from someone who should 24, when Special Counsel Robert be and act like the most powerful Mueller testified before Congress that human on earth. As this column was he could not indict Trump for obstruc- being drafted, President Trump said tion of justice because of a Depart- on Thursday, “China should start an Howey Politics Indiana ment of Justice rule that a sitting investigation into the Bidens.” WWWHowey Media, LLC president can’t be charged. Mueller President Trump has sug- 405 Massachusetts Ave., distinctly said, “The President was not gested that if he were to be removed Suite 300 , IN exculpated for the acts that he alleg- from office via impeachment and con- edly committed.” viction, the result would be a second 46204 July 25 should have been American “civil war.” www.howeypolitics.com a new day, a new era for President The president of the United Trump, the proverbial sigh of relief. States suggested the chairman of the Brian A. Howey, Publisher The House could impeach, but there House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mark Schoeff Jr., Washington was no way the 55-seat Adam Schiff, conducting Senate Republican major- the impeachment inquiry, Mary Lou Howey, Editor ity would convict. is guilty of “treason.” Susan E. 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The ons under the Nunn-Lugar Coopera- spies and treason, we used to handle Howey’s cell: 317.506.0883 tive Threat Reduction Program, went it a little differently than we do now.” Washington: 202.256.5822 through a revolution in 2014, then President Trump does not Business Office: 317.602.3620 saw Russian President Putin annex understand the concept of a federal the Crimea before launching a low- “whistleblower,” long a silent hero of © 2019, Howey Politics grade war on the eastern part of the Capitol Hill Republicans looking for country that has since claimed 13,000 internal allies to root out waste, fraud Indiana. All rights reserved. lives. This summer, President Trump and corruption. Trump tweeted during Photocopying, Internet forward- inexplicably held up close to $400 a rage-filled Tuesday, “I want to meet ing, faxing or reproducing in million in U.S. military aid from this not only my accuser. Was this person any form, whole or part, is a new president, pulled Vice President SPYING on the U.S. President? Big violation of federal law without Pence away from attending Zelensky’s Consequences!” inauguration last May, and then subtly On Tuesday, President Trump permission from the publisher. put the screws on him on July 25. tweeted, “As I learn more and more This prompted the urgent each day, I am coming to the conclu- Jack E. Howey whistleblower complaint from the sion that what is taking place is not editor emeritus Office of National Intelligence (then an impeachment, it is a COUP.” He 1926-2019 headed by ) in early August. suggested the same thing at the NRA Now we have a whole new scandal. convention in Indianapolis last spring This is not a news media concoction; about the Mueller probe. it is entirely Trump’s making. If the A coup d’etat is generally de- Mueller probe was a complex and fined as a sudden, violent overthrow opaque jigsaw puzzle, the Trump/ of a government or a seizure of power Zelensky call is a four-piece Romper by a military. The reality is that our Room version, there for all to see. Founding Fathers placed in the U.S. The early yield of this dis- Constitution provisions for impeach- Page 3 ment as a non-violent method for removing a leader nuclear weapons into hurricanes. Trump asked, “Why don’t determined to have politically committed “high crimes and we nuke them? Why can’t we do that?” Axios reported misdemeanors.” from a source present: “You could hear a gnat fart in that In a press event with the president of Finland on meeting. People were astonished.” Wednesday, Trump insisted that Rep. Schiff couldn’t carry Since this post was written last Thursday, Presi- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s “blankstrap,” which we dent Trump abruptly announced a withdrawal of U.S. figure meant “jockstrap.” forces from Syria without consulting the Pentagon. He did Whew. this based on a phone call with autocratic Turkish Presi- According to a report in , dent Erdogan, betraying our Kurdish allies. Why would a our president threatened to close down the U.S./Mexican U.S. ally trust us? border last March on the following day. If you’ve got an Many Americans voted for Donald Trump in 2016 auto supply or agro export company in your town, ask the to, essentially, burn the house down. He is now torching president or CEO if abruptly shutting down the Mexican constitutional institutions and vital alliances. border would be a good thing. If I’m a Hoosier Republican, I’ve got to be In that same report, the president of the United thinking a “President Pence” – assuming he’s not impli- States privately talked about fortifying a border wall with a cated in the scandal – heading the national ticket in 2020 water-filled moat, “stocked with snakes or alligators.” might be a more stable course than the aberrations we are Donald Trump, the president of the United States, witnessing on a daily basis, and are likely to get worse as suggested earlier this year that the U.S. military drop the walls close in. v

there’s little chance Braun will break from Trump and vote Young & Trump, from page 1 to convict him. Besides, Braun isn’t up again until 2024, Ukraine to investigate the Bidens and said China should as when impeachment will be far in the past, regardless of its well. outcome. HPI has been seeking comment from Young and For Young, the political calculations are much his Hoosier GOP Senate colleague . Leaving more intricate, and the stakes are much higher. aside impeachment, we’ve asked them whether it’s appro- First, Young is the chairman of the National priate for a president to encourage foreign leaders to get Republican Senatorial Committee for the 2020 cycle. The involved in a U.S. election. GOP has 23 seats up for re-election, compared to 13 for Young’s office finally responded with a statement Democrats. Although the GOP policy positions will largely on Monday. be set by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., “One thing is clear, the far-left has been desperate where Young comes down on impeachment may also reso- to get rid of President Trump since Day One,” Young said. nate with GOP candidates, especially the vulnerable ones. “That much has not changed. I take all of my responsibili- As NRSC leader, Young is primarily a fundraiser ties very seriously and will continue to evaluate the facts – and has been doing well with that portfolio. The NRSC as we get them, but my primary focus will remain on the under Young has raised $42.7 million and has $11.7 million work Hoosiers elected me to do, including passing USMCA on hand, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. [the U.S.-Canada-Mexico Trade Agreement], reining in The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has health care costs, taking care of veterans, keeping Ameri- raised $37.7 million and has $16.2 million on hand. cans safe and secure and continuing to grow our econo- Standing should-to-shoulder with Trump against my.” impeachment could boost NRSC fundraising. Feel the squish. What happened to the Marine But supporting Trump presents reputational risks senator? for Young. It was a comfort-food statement. Young put him- He once described himself in an HPI interview as a self in a bland safe zone, keeping impeachment at arm’s “policy entrepreneur.” He very much wants to live up to the length and not answering the yes/no question of whether standards of a serious legislator. Trump’s request of Ukraine – and now China – is right or Young, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations wrong. Braun’s office didn’t respond to a request for com- Committee, has staked out positions independent of Trump ment. on foreign policy. He has advocated holding Saudi Arabia The impeachment stakes are much higher for Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for the murder Young than Braun, who owes his seat in large part to last- of journalist Jamal Kashoggi. He also has led the effort to minute campaigning Trump did for him in the last few days end U.S. support for the Saudi Arabia’s participation in the of the 2018 campaign. He asserts he shares with Trump a civil war in Yemen. political outsider aura. Can Young now look the other way on a ques- Between political favors and political kinship, tion that is fundamental to U.S. foreign policy like Trump’s Page 4 abrupt withdrawal from Syria without consulting the The Trump behavior Pentagon? Does the president have the latitude to involve The subpoenas are flying in Washington. Presi- foreign countries in the U.S. election? Is it right for him to dent Trump has issued the triple dog impeachment dare, withhold military aid, as he reportedly did with Ukraine, after publicly goading Ukraine and China – China! – to unless they meet his demands for investigations into politi- supply dirt on his American political opponents in what ap- cal opponents? pears to be a violation of FEC rules and laws. Like many Republicans who are members of a There are more Trump administration whistle- party that has been taken over by Trump, Young has had blowers about to emerge at DNI and the IRS, flagging to acquiesce to a president who levies tariffs to the point his behavior, and, perhaps, that of Vice President Pence. of slowing global economic growth and running up the Trump is being called out by Fox News’ Shep Smith, Chris federal deficit to historic highs. Wallace and Judge Napolitano over what they describe as But Young, who is up for reelection in 2022, “impeachable” offenses. might be able to put himself into a position to rebuild the Last Thursday, Trump said at the White House, party after Trump leaves, depending on how he handles “China should start an investigation into the Bidens.” impeachment. Perhaps he’ll do fine with the politically Trump said he hadn’t directly asked Chinese President Xi expedient vote on conviction. Maybe he will take a more Jinping to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter but thoughtful approach. said it’s “certainly something we could start thinking about. I have a lot of options on China, but if they don’t do what Profile in courage? we want, we have tremendous, tremendous power.” Chris Sautter, a Hoosier Democratic political con- His standing on impeachment in the polls, once sultant who occasionally writes for HPI, said that Trump’s a liberal fantasy, is now in historically shaky territory. At popularity in Indiana takes the pressure off Young. the start of his impeachment inquiry in October 1998, “He’s hardly a profile in courage, as few of them President found 45% approved of impeach- are,” Sautter said. “I don’t see what he has to gain by separating himself from Trump. Unless you’re in a swing state, a swing district or a Democratic district, there’s no advantage to taking on Trump. That’s all the more reason for Todd Young. It’s his job to protect Republican seats.” Pete Seat, an Indiana GOP consul- tant, insists politics will not dominate Young’s thinking on impeachment. “Todd Young is a thoughtful, analytical guy,” Seat said. “He has demon- ment and 53% disapproved. When impeachment against strated a proclivity for doing what he believes is right. His President Richard Nixon began in October 1973, just 38% perspective is that it would be inappropriate to rush to approved. With Trump, there’s an inversion, with a Wash- judgment without having all the evidence and all the facts ington Post-Schar School poll today revealing a surprising about [Trump’s] calls in question.” 58% support the impeachment inquiry and 38% oppose, Waiting to pass judgment also protects Young while 49% back impeachment. from going out on a limb for Trump that Trump then cuts Cass Sunstein, the legal scholar who formerly off. No GOP senator can know what consequences Trump’s taught at Notre Dame, wrote, “Impeachment: A Citizen’s next Tweet will bring. Guide,” that traces the roots of this constitutional act, and observes of the current predicament, “The constitutional Different for Young & Braun background also helps explain the game-changing impact The impeachment situation is different for Young of President Trump’s conversation with Ukrainian President and Braun than it is for the other 53 GOP senators. If Volodymyr Zelensky. The facts are still emerging, but it is Trump is evicted from office through a Senate conviction, reasonable to worry that the president may have abused the outcome is a Hoosier president with the elevation of his authority in two different ways. First, he appears to Vice President . Of course, that assumes Pence have pressed the leader of a foreign country to investigate is not implicated in the scandal – an assumption that is a political rival – and thus to interfere with the democratic becoming less certain. process in the United States. As Young mentions whenever he can, he is a for- “Second,” Sunstein writes, “he appears to have mer Marine. He now faces the biggest political challenge of pressed that leader to commence a criminal investigation his career in deciding how to respond to the latest behav- of two American citizens, and thus to intrude on civil lib- ior by Trump that would surely violate the Marine code. erty (assuming, as it appears, that the investigation would have been baseless). In the coming weeks, the House of Page 5

Representatives will have to get clear on exactly what hap- clearly believes he is above it.” pened here, and also on whether other potential grounds Paul Brandus, writing for MarketWatch, adds: for impeachment warrant serious consideration under the “Trump spent most of his life as the CEO of a privately held legal standard.” company. For the bulk of his career, Trump has preferred to Judge Napolitano observed in a Fox News column, run things in private. This means no public accountability, “The criminal behavior to which Trump has admitted is no quarterly 10-Qs or annual 10-Ks to file with the feds. much more grave than anything alleged or unearthed by Immersed in this transparency-free zone for half a century, Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and much of what Mueller he has always believed that he wasn’t required to answer revealed was impeachable.” Napolitano said that Trump’s to anybody. And until announcing his candidacy in 2015, he request for a “favor” after Zelensky spoke of his need was right.” for anti-tank missiles was a “clear unmistakable infer- Brandus continues: “And yet Trump still has not ence” that approved military aid “would be held up until learned – much less respected – the essential fact that he the favor was delivered. The favor he sought was dirt on has been, for three years now, a public servant. Be it city Biden. Now he has attempted in one phone call to bring councilman, or mayor, or all the way up to the Oval Office, the Ukrainian government into the 2020 election! Does public servants are answerable to the public. But 50 years he understand the laws he has sworn to uphold? It was of doing whatever you want and not having to explain any to remedy just such reckless, constitutionally destructive of it is apparently hard to shake.” behavior that impeachment was intended.” So the Rule of Law is a scornful topic for This past weekend, congressional Trump, but once a cultural pillar for Republicans Republicans like Rep. Jim Jordan and Sen. like Young, Braun and Pence. They are now all in Ron Johnson played off Trump’s request for for a tortuous ride as cultural and philosophical China to investigate the Bidens as a “joke,” principle is flanked by this really bizarre political with great irony that Joaquin Phoenix’s cult of personality they’ve jumped in bed with. “The Joker” became a box office smash in The Republican base — at least part of it, the very seen sequence Young and Braun with many Hoosier Republicans we know ex- evaded questions. pressing vivid fear and disgust off the record — Braun told the Terre Haute Tribune-Star Monday, appears to be loyal to Trump, even if it means a 1974-style “I look at the context of anything. President Trump got electoral disaster. elected in November 2016 because he was a different kind Pence has fully bought in to Trump, even as the of individual. We all knew with that package, you are go- Bossman repeatedly ponders his veep’s loyalty. Speaking ing to have somebody that isn’t going to tiptoe around like in Scottsdale, AZ, on Thursday, Pence said, “The American a typical politician, and thank goodness, because I don’t people have the right to know if the vice president of the think things were working in a way that would work in the United States or his family profited from his position as vice long run. Part of his style, and we have seen it since he president during the last administration. That’s about look- has been there, is he will push the envelope. I think the ing backwards and understanding what really happened.” key thing, in my opinion, is since November 2016, when This week, Pence has lunch with Trump today, you look at the subtext, there has been a calculated effort then barnstorms the congressional districts of Democrats to disrupt the disruptor.” in Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan and Virginia, making his case against Trump’s impeachment. Why Trump acts blatantly As for the Trump and Pence conversations with Two national commentators seem to capture why President Zelensky, Pence said that the topic broached was President Trump is acting so brazenly. Andrew Sullivan on “corruption,” explaining, “Those were the topics that we writes in New York Magazine: “Why would a president say discussed. And that was all we discussed. The simple truth such things? And in public? Trump’s pathological narcis- is, that those are the same issues that the president raised sism overrides reality on a minute-by-minute basis, and with President Zelensky during that call.” that because of this, the very idea of the rule of law, which Braun told the Tribune-Star that if the House votes makes no distinction between the really stable geniuses on impeachment and it moves to the Senate, “it will be and everybody else, is impossible for Trump to under- heard quickly in the Senate and I think if there is nothing stand. It’s designed as a neutral check on any individual’s further to what we have seen, especially with some details” desire to do whatever he wants, and a ‘neutral check’ is, involving whistleblowers “to maybe set the stage for this … quite simply, beyond Trump’s comprehension. this backfires on the people who are so eager to run this “Looking at his long and abysmal business career, through the gauntlet.” the rule of law was always, always an object of scorn, something only suckers cared about and lawyers were paid Epilogue to circumvent,” Sullivan explained. “For Trump, the law is As author Kurt Vonnegut might sum it up, so it something to break, avoid or pay off. And as president, he goes in the Trump era. Anything can happen. Anything. v Page 6

more helpful to Indiana companies who are already based abroad and seek new growth opporunities there as well. Holcomb optimistic And we’re meeting people in cultural exchange programs. Our universities have gateway programs all over about Asia trade pacts the world. Notre Dame University is in charge of survey- ing the surface of the Taj Mahal to make sure the wear By BRIAN A. HOWEY and tear erosion doesn’t occur. We’ve got 10,000 Asians INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. returned students in Indiana right now. We have partnerships with from a series of four trade missions to Asian nations over various organizations and businesses and we’re growing the past month to South Korea, Japan, China and India those partnerships. We’ve tripled our direct foreign invest- on Sunday, where he witnessed the ment in Indiana just since 2016. We are growing inside out first NBA game in Mumbai involving and growing outside in. When you think about the way the the Indiana Pacers. world is shaping up, it used to be that 80% of the world’s HPI asked Gov. Holcomb population lived in G7 counties in 1980. Now those G7s about the on-going trade war with represent less than 50% population. The world, from a China and what he was picking up population perspective, is tilting toward Asia. It represents on the ground while there. about 60% of the global population, so when you think a Here is our conversation that took place mid-Mon- country like India and a country like China, you’re talking day afternoon: about 2.7 billion people. HPI: Certainly the trade war is a hot issue, but I I jokingly referenced to Prime Minister Modi in have to ask what they call a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder India that everything in Indiana that starts with millions in Beijing or Mumbai? ends up billions in India, and everything in Indiana that Holcomb: (Laughs) No. 4. starts with billions can be translated to trillions in India. HPI: You visited these countries with international It’s a different scale and we both face relevant challenges trade a prime topic. What do Hoosier farmers and manu- and opportunties. Our purpose is to find out our mutual facturers need to know as the U.S./Chinese trade talks goals and work together to solve, not just problems, but shift into high gear this month? also scale up growth and opportunity Holcomb: Everywhere I for each other. That comes in various went in those four countries, our forms, like the Indiana Pacers playing hosts were overly appreciative basketball in Mumbai. We’re there to that we came. Our partners real- underscore during this time of glo- ize, just like we do, that trade is balization and technological advance- not one-way. It’s a two-way street, ments unlike the world has ever seen particularly when you’re looking to before, the scale and pace of change. address mutual needs, but explore Of course there’s going to be some mutual opportunities with each turbulance from a trade perspective other. Rule No. 1, like in life, is as well. People who have been around show up. Anything less than that for 5,000 years like in these countries can be perceived as lazy, or worse, I’ve visited, they understand that this, too, will pass and late. That is just not who we are. Obviously our Hoosier we will get to a better place when we are all looking at hospitality was matched at every stop I made. I just can’t these new, modernized trade deals. tell you how productive those meetings were at this exact HPI: You were on the ground in China. The trade moment in history. It will not be forgotten that we were talks begin this month ... there and expressed our continued appreciation for all the Holcomb: This week. investment made in our state. HPI: Are people optimistic that we’ll be able to We have 38 countries who have invested in In- forge a deal to get Hoosier soybeans back into Chinese diana, representing just over a thousand foreign-owned markets? companies. They employ just under 200,000 Hoosiers. Holcomb: What I’m hearing is that everyone I just state the obvious that we have very deep roots in wants to get a deal done. Everyone wants to make sure our communities from businesses who have sought to the deal is done right, and so there is some, of course, locate here in the heartland. When we go, we’re there to some pain associated to make sure we get this right. Obvi- say thank you, first and foremost, in person. Secondly, ously, just like the USMCA, the new NAFTA, so to speak, we’re there to export contextual growth, both in their that was a long time in the making, going back to the country and in ours. So when Cummins is doing well in 1990s. A lot has changed since NAFTA was first put into Tunay India, Cummins is doing well in Columbus, Indiana. place. And needed to be. Same is true with our deals in When Eli Lilly is dong well in China, Eli Lilly is doing well Asia. The good news is there is optimism, not just opt- in Indiana. So we’re also there to say we want to be even mism, but patience, to get it right. I experienced this in In- Page 7 dia and China. With Japan, today could be a very good day in terms of progress being made with China. These things will ultimately be resolved, but we need to make sure we’re all operating on the same playing field, that are rules based, and we’re both aiming for free and fair trade. HPI: There are trade pacts in motion with both Japan and South Korea. What are you hearing on those? Holcomb: We just have an enormous upside in potential with the Pacific. These are economies that are uber competitive on the ... optimism about the Japanese trade deal which I hope technological front and obviously for a state like Indiana we learn some news later today. We heard from the Chi- where we’re ranked as the No. 1 manufacturing state in nese foreign minister who said he had high hopes the next the country per capita, we are looking forward to partner- round would produce a positive outcome. He emphasized ing with companies we already have, like Honda, Toyota, a huge opportunity, China and America working together. Subaru and this long supply chain that follows behind it to He stressed that America will still be the world leader for the tune of thousands of jobs all over the state. This is a the foreseeable future and understands that we would like huge potential for our world class universities to work on wider access to Chinese markets while all making sure we research and development projects with these companies adhere to the deal and rules. There were a lot of positive and these governments. It’s also a huge potential for us statements from Chinese and Indian government leaders at to tap into those markets, which are just becoming more the highest levels, the people who are making the decision, consumer-driven with each year that passes. I expect just like (Robert) Lighthizer and President Trump are here good things to come after being on the ground. We heard in America. Page 8

HPI: We have more than 200 Japanese com- Infosys, which came out of India.That’s 1.3 billion Indians panies here in Indiana. Are we expecting in the coming right now and it will certainly be more tomorrow. It’s a generation to see that kind of investment from Chinese huge, huge potential for explosive growth in Indiana. and Indian corporations? HPI: Are we going see the Pacer fan base go Holcomb: When you do the math, you would from five million to 50 million? think that is a target rich environment for growth. Think Holcomb: After I met with Prime Minsiter Modi, about this: Infosys had a zero presence in the State of he tweeted out about our conversation and our passion Indiana not too long ago. Infosys is on the flight path to for sports ... to 250.5 million followers. hire 3,000 Hoosiers in our capital city. There are already HPI: Wow. 600 hires right now. Of those 600 hires, they have at- Holcomb: The game I was able to take in was in tracted about 60% from outside Indiana’s borders. They an arena that was jammed packed with school kids.The are, in part, the reason why from around America we are gymnasium was filled with screaming NBA fanatics. The an in-migration state. It’s just a simple fact that our birth owner of the Sacramento Kings is of Indian descent and it rate and death rate aren’t what they used to be. So what was an environment that every Hoosier would have loved is the strategy to grow? Certainly one of ours is attracting to have seen. They were expressing not just interest, but people to attend one of our colleges and universities and energy from the tip-off until the last buzzer beater to send then deciding to stay here. It’s a great state to live, work it into overtime. There are a lot more Pacer fans in India and play. We want to attract people to come and work tonight. v here. That’s exactly what happened with companies ... like

the direction of your community and your country. More to the point, you’re trying to change things. The joy of politics As Teddy Roosevelt said in a famous 1910 speech, “It is By LEE HAMILTON not the critic who counts; not the man who points out BLOOMINGTON – You’re probably chuckling al- how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds ready. Seriously? “The joy of politics”? could have done them better. The credit belongs to the That was pretty much the reaction I got the man who is actually in the arena… [Whose] place shall other day when, in the middle of a conversation about never be with those cold and timid souls who neither how confrontational, adversarial, and downright unpleas- know victory nor defeat.” ant politics has become of late, I The satisfactions of engaging in politics do suggested that it could be both fun not just come when things are easy or running smoothly. and a source of satisfaction. Yes, They’re most acute, in fact, when circumstances are dif- of course there are always irrita- ficult, when being involved can make a difference, and tions and inconveniences. And the when working through fraught times yields progress on often mean-spirited tone of today’s the other side. contentious politics is well beyond It’s true that progress is often incremental; it rare- anything I encountered when I was ly comes all at once. The pleasures come from knowing in office. that you’re doing your best to solve or mitigate problems But none of this erases the sat- and fighting for what you think is right. You’re participat- isfactions that also come with the ing in the great experiment of democracy in America, territory. They start with the people and are part of a long line of Americans trying to answer you can meet in the political arena: Able, ambitious, artic- Lincoln’s question at Gettysburg of whether this nation “so ulate, often at the top of their game. They may be friends conceived and so dedicated can long endure.” or foes, but the foes aren’t usually permanent; sometimes Oliver Wendell Holmes once said that one “may they become friends, as the debate moves along to other live greatly in the law.” It’s true for politics, too, despite its issues and you find yourself sharing common ground. In difficulties. It challenges you to develop your talents, to fact, you’re never lonely in politics, because nothing can hone skills – listening, articulating your thoughts, negotiat- be accomplished alone. There’s huge satisfaction in the ing with able adversaries and partners, building consen- teamwork, in rolling up your sleeves with a likeminded sus, compromising in the name of moving forward – that group of people focused on a common goal. are vital in all walks of life. At its best, politics stretches Politics is also what allows you to hold govern- you and makes you live better. ment to account, call out its misdeeds and failures, and I have to confess that when I suggested to some highlight its successes. You find that you have a voice in of my colleagues that I planned to write about the joy of the public debate. It’s hard, maybe impossible, to measure politics, they thought I was joking. Many people don’t like your own impact. But there’s a true thrill in the battle – the political process, and they don’t want to engage in it. win, lose, or draw. You’re participating in the success and There’s something about it that turns them off. v Page 9

I recognize that it’s not an endeavor that fits bet: That you’ll have times that make you wonder why you everyone’s makeup or desires. But I’d also ask you this: If bothered, but you’ll also find plenty of moments that bring you’re serious about being a citizen in a democracy, how you satisfaction, and even joy. can you avoid engaging in it in the manner and to the extent of your choosing? In the end, politics is just how Lee Hamilton is a Senior Advisor for the Indiana we Americans do our best to help our neighborhoods, our University Center on Representative Government; towns and cities, our states, and our country become even a Distinguished Scholar of the IU Hamilton Lugar better places to live. And if you do get involved, here’s my School of Global and International Studies.

of outdoor recreation activities. Biking and hiking, bird- watching, and photographing animal and topographical Forests serve Indiana features are very popular activities. Increased forested areas offer new opportunities for Hoosier communities to today and tomorrow develop existing and new businesses for residents and visi- tors alike. By MORTON MARCUS 5. Outdoor recreation is prescribed by the medi- INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s public forests are cal community as a means toward a healthier lifestyle. primarily south of I-70, yet our population and industry are Increasingly Hoosiers are learning the value of outdoor located primarily north of that interstate. Preserving exist- recreation as a preventive and remedial aspect of health ing public forests while developing care. Part of this recognition is due to longer life spans and new forested areas throughout the costs of health care for chronic illnesses like diabetes. the state would correct this imbal- 6. Our state forests and urban tree canopy offer ance. opportunities for citizens of all ages to understand the At the same time, en- natural and economic history of Indiana. Whether through hancing the urban forest cano- formal education or informal conversation with forest pies, the linear street forests in docents, we can learn about glaciers that formed our land, our cities and towns, needs to be rivers and lakes. encouraged. These are long-term components of Indiana’s essential infrastructure that offer significant benefits on at least six levels: 1. Forests are silent work- ers cleaning the air of harmful substances while providing oxygen. They also are habitat for innumerable plants and animals. Trees stabilize ground water levels, reduce land erosion, and protect properties from flooding. The benefits of forests are local and world- wide. In cities, they not only improve the air we breathe and provide shade to reduce air-conditioning expenses, but they raise property values as a desired amenity. Moreover, we can learn how forests contributed 2. Indiana has an undesirable image as a place to building our farms, our towns, and our cities. We can lacking natural attractions of mountains and a seacoast. appreciate how our industries developed from forest Forests can provide a place rich in opportunities for products, continue to support employment, and how today healthy, stimulating outdoor recreation, exploration, and Hoosier products are valued both at home and throughout education. Tourism and corporate investments are deter- the world. mined by the image we project. Forests, in both rural and urban areas, in great 3. Hoosier businesses want to attract and retain tracts of rugged land, across broad sweeps of formerly young, well-educated workers. Many of these work- agricultural prairie, or lining urban streets, can become In- ers seek communities offering good housing values as diana’s image, a magnet for migration, a reason for being enhanced by trees. They also want diverse, convenient back home in Indiana. v outdoor recreational opportunities. An evolution of forestry management to more contemporary standards, de-em- Mr. Marcus is an economist. Reach him at mortonj- phasizing timber-cutting, along with development of urban [email protected]. Follow his views and those of and new rural areas, will serve these desires. John Guy on “Who gets what?” wherever podcasts 4. Forests provide many opportunities for a variety are available or atmortonjohn.libsyn.com v Page 10

Abernathy to run Braun suspends 5th CD West Point graduate and businessman, Col. (ret.) Kent Abernathy, announced his 5th CD candidacy on Monday. “West Point instilled in campaign as GOP me the principles I have carried with me throughout my life – duty, field expected to expand honor, country,” said Abernathy. “We need leaders in Washington By BRIAN A. HOWEY willing to make the tough decisions INDIANAPOLIS — Republican an- to defend the constitution, to pay nounced Monday he was suspending his 5th CD campaign down our debt, to honor our vet- due to health reasons, injecting a new wave of volatility erans, and to support our military.” just as the field is about to expand. Abernathy describes himself as an Braun’s announcement came just days after Zions- “outsider” having spent his career ville Dr. Chuck Dietzen entered the in the military and business. “Now race, while Col. Kent Abernathy more than ever we need principled and Beth Henderson are poised leaders in Washington to break the to enter. Another potential candi- stranglehold career politicians have on the system,” said date, former state senator Mike Abernathy. “I’ve spent my entire career in service and in Delph, is expected to enter after business where we get things done and come home - I’ll the November municipal elections. do just that as your next Congressman.” Micah Beckwith, State Treasurer and Danny Niederberger have already filed FEC paperwork and have formed campaigns. Dietzen announces Braun was expected to be a potential frontunner A Kokomo native has announced he is running with his ability to self-fund, as he did in his 2018 race for for the U.S. Congress seat currently occupied by outgoing the 4th CD. But Braun said Monday, “During an annual Rep. . Republican Dr. Chuck Dietzen, who check-up with my doctor grew up in Kokomo and now lives in Zionsville, an- in September, an is- nounced Thursday that he would seek Indiana’s 5th sue was identified that CD seat after Brooks revealed in June she would not requires me to step away seek a fifth term (Myers, Kokomo Tribune). “I want from campaigning for 5th to serve the community that has given me extraor- District for the next few dinary opportunities to make a difference in the lives months. I am both frus- of people here and all over the world,” said Dietzen trated and disappointed in a media release announcing his campaign. He to have to suspend my added: “Some important and far-reaching issues will campaign at this critical be decided in Washington in the near future. I want juncture. Now more than to make sure we make healthcare work for patients, ever, we need to send in- and socialized medicine does not work. I want to en- dividuals to Washington sure our families and communities thrive – to do that who have the capability, we must protect our constitutional freedoms. Diet- the experience and the zen recently retired from his role as director of child willingness to address opediatric rehabilitation medicine at Riley Hospital for the problems we face.” Children at Indiana University Health, according to Braun’s decision to suspend his campaign injects the release. Dietzen, a member of the Howard County Hall uncertainty. It is unclear if he will reactivate. But losing of Legends, is the founder of and a volunteer for Timmy two or three months heading into a crowded and con- Global Health. The organization is described by his cam- tested primary will pose a signifcant hurdle. Braun was ex- paign as “an Indianapolis based nonprofit that has worked pected to compete for the so-called “moderate” Repubican to expand healthcare access in developing countries.” He is vote, with Beckwith, Delph and Dietzen actively courting also a co-founder of iSalur Healthcare, an electronic medi- the social conservatives. cal records system. State Sen. John Ruckelshaus, who pondered a 5th CD run but then decided to seek reelection, told HPI Mon- Black caucus hosts Thornton day that Braun’s decision won’t change his plans. “I wish The Indiana General Assembly Black Caucus is the best for Steve,” Ruckelshaus said. “I’m still committed hosting a luncheon with 5th CD Democrat candidate Dee to the state of Indiana and my reelection. We’re sticking to Thornton at noon today at the Indiana Firefighters Union our guns.” Local 416, 748 Massachusetts Ave., Indianapolis. Page 11

Governor new voters into the race. Henry has been running a TV ad campaign since August and we still give him a narrow Melton prepares to enter with McCormick edge. In Muncie, Republican Dan Ridenour has a shot at State Sen. Eddie Melton will announce his entry shifting that city hall in his race against Terry Whitt Bailey, into the Democratic Indiana gubernatorial race at 5:30 who could become the city’s first African-American mayor. p.m. tonight (CT) at the Gary Public Library. He will be But there are more FBI investigations underway in Muncie, joined by “special guest” Supt. Jennifer McCormick, a a dynamic that has plagued Mayor Dennis Tyler’s adminis- Republican. He will appear at events in Indianapolis on tration, giving Ridenour a chance for that party switch. Wednesday. He We continue to see Terre Haute Mayor Duke Ben- joins the race nett as a nominal favorite while Evansville Mayor Lloyd that includes Dr. Winnecke and South Bend Democrat James Mueller are Woody Myers and heavy favorites. businessman Josh In Indianapolis, Mayor remains a Owens seeking heavy favorite for a second term. He began running his to challenge Gov. first 60-second ad of the cycle titled “Mothers Against Vio- Eric Holcomb. lence” and featuring Donita Royal, who lost a son to gun Melton told the violence. It began airing two weeks after six people were NWI Times’ Dan shot downtown on a Saturday night. “What I love about Carden, “Most Mayor Hogsett – he’s a man of faith,” Royal says. “And my folks feel that state government is not paying them any spirit connects with that.” attention, is not focused on the issues that matter to them The Indy Chamber’s Business Advocacy Committee the most. We have to prioritize these issues. These have (BAC) endorsed Hogsett. “Our city’s economy is stronger to be issues that are at the top of our agenda as a state.” when more of our citizens are able to contribute to it,” said “You still have individuals spending years in prison, Indy Chamber President and CEO Michael Huber. “Mayor that are nonviolent offenders, that are doing 10 to 20 Hogsett is committed to this ideal of inclusive growth, years for having a few ounces of marijuana on them,” restructuring local economic incentives to upgrade our said Melton, who favors marijuana legalization paired with job market and launching initiatives like ‘Indy Achieves’ to criminal justice reforms. upskill our workforce, while supporting improved transit to As for whether a Melton-led Democratic ticket connect people and employers.” might include McCormick, whose elected office is being replaced in 2021 by a governor-appointed secretary of Muncie: Hupfer pitches for Ridenour education, he only would say: “All options are on the table Indiana Republican Chairman Kyle Hupfer was in ... I’m not ruling anything out.” McCormick has made simi- Muncie this week making a pitch for Republican mayoral lar comments. nominee Dan Ridenour, who faces Democrat Terry Whitt Bailey. “Muncie is a great city – home to a world-class Mayors university, great local businesses, and fantastic people. But it’s also an excellent ex- Mayoral race homestretch ample of what happens We’re a month out from mayoral elections and at when you let Democrats this point, we do not detect a significant change wave as run your government,” we’ve seen in past cycles that ousted more than a dozen Hupfer said. “In case mayors. There is little polling data available, so our assess- you haven’t been follow- ments are based on past history, who’s advertising and ing, the FBI has been how the various candidates and campaigns are acting. investigating Muncie for City halls most likely to see a party change include years, and this summer, New Albany, where Republican Mark Seabrook is chal- they searched Muncie lenging Mayor Jeff Gahan; the open seat in Kokomo, with City Hall and ended up handing down two indictments. It’s Republican Howard County Commissioner Tyler Moore a betrayal of the public trust, but sadly, Muncie’s problems facing Democrat Abbie Smith; and another open seat in under Democrats only begin there. This week a state audit Elkhart where former Republican mayor Dave Miller is fac- broke news that city accounts are overdrawn by more than ing Democrat Rod Roberson after Republican Mayor Tim $250,000. It’s fiscal mismanagement, and it’s irrespon- Neese decided not to seek a second term. sible.” Another race we are closely watching is Fort Wayne, where Mayor is seeking to fend off the Indianapolis: Hogsett’s big ad advantage energetic Republican challenger Tim Smith, who tells HPI Mayor Joe Hogsett continues a huge TV advan- that his campaign metrics have brought more than 4,000 tage, spending more than $2 million, compared to less Page 12 than $90,000 for Republican Jim Merritt’s campaign. Democrat candidate and City Council member Karrum Merritt’s TV ad where he said that car thieves and grifters Nasser said he views the mayor’s job as one of customer benefitted from the incumbent ran less than two weeks. service and that he is open to borrowing successful strate- Hogstt has two TV ads in rotation. gies from neighboring communities and tapping into the talent graduating from local universities and colleges to Terre Haute: Trio debates help implement them. “People need to trust their govern- It was standing room only at the Vigo County ment. Often times we hear that something is too com- Public Library on Tuesday as three candidates for Terre plicated or that it’s how we’ve always done it. I think the Haute mayor outlined their positions on a host of topics. citizens deserve to have a better answer than that when it But as a baseline from which to start, the candidates were comes to some of the challenges in our community.” asked to define what they see as the role of mayor and the office’s most important function in city governance Fort Wayne: Crawford’s wife in Henry ad (Modesitt, Terre Haute Tribune-Star). Republican candidate The wife of Republican Fort Wayne City Council- and incumbent mayor Duke Bennett said, as he has main- man John Crawford has been featured in an advertisement tained across numerous forums in the past month, that a supporting Dem- mayor’s number one priority is ensuring the safety of the ocratic Mayor city. “Public safety is number one. No matter what any- Tom Henry’s body says, that is the most important thing that we can reelection deliver to keep people safe and respond when they have campaign. The an urgent need,” Bennett said. campaign video, Independent candidate Pat Goodwin said the role which aired on of mayor is being the face of the city and ensuring that TV and was everything undertaken with taxpayer money is something posted to the Henry campaign Facebook page, is titled that will benefit the city and its residents in the long run. “Republicans for Mayor Tom Henry” and features two Page 13

Republicans and an independent. One of the Republicans morale has tanked because police believe O’Neill, who is Marcia Crawford (Gong, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette). has since quit, has been prejudged without due process. In the video, Crawford states that she is supporting Henry “I don’t believe in systemic racism. I believe there are “because he works for all parties, making sure the neigh- bad actors in every single profession, whether it’s police borhoods are thriving, businesses are investing and our officers, teachers, lawyers, but to blanketly call an entire young people are staying in Fort Wayne, living, working force racist based on the action of a few, I believe, is and raising their families here.” Henry is running against irresponsible and frankly a lie.” Mueller said racism can Republican Tim Smith in the Nov. 5 general election. The be more nuanced and “is not always explicit, not always other two featured in the video are Ryan Neumeister and necessarily explicitly hateful. It comes about in implicit independent John Dortch, who said Henry is “positive and ways. You’re less likely to get a bank loan approved… you has a real plan for moving our city forward.” John Crawford go to the doctor and they’re less likely to take your pain said his wife’s appearance in the ad was her choice. “You seriously because you’re a certain race.” don’t tell modern women what to do. They tell you what they are going to do,” he said in an interview Tuesday. “I Zody calls on Holcomb to denounce gave her no direction one way or another; it was her deci- Greencastle council candidate sion.” Chairman John Zody demanded Gov. Eric Holcomb and the Indiana Republi- Henry, Smith spar over education can Party call on GOP Greencastle city council candidate Republican mayoral candidate Tim Smith pledged Haywood Ware to apologize for racist, transphobic and Monday morning to send more public money to area public Islamophobic and private schools and teachers (Rodriguez, Fort Wayne messages. Zody Journal Gazette). During a news conference at Republican believed Holcomb headquarters in Fort Wayne, Smith laid out a six-point needs to set an platform containing his positions to aid education – while example as the chastising Democratic Mayor Tom Henry for inaction. “The leader of the In- mayor has said he has no role in education. I fundamen- diana Republican tally disagree,” Smith said. Smith acknowledged later that, Party and call on “constitutionally speaking,” Henry’s statement is correct. Ware to terminate Henry, in a statement, reiterated the point. “I do question his campaign whether my opponent is running for mayor or the Indiana immediately. General Assembly as Fort Wayne’s mayor has no direct au- “It’s time for Eric thority over public schools,” the statement says. “Knowing Holcomb to stand my legal limitations as Fort Wayne’s Mayor, I will continue by his words and denounce Republicans who threaten In- to pave sidewalks to schools like we just completed at diana’s reputation as a welcoming place,” said Zody. “We St. Joseph Elementary; continue to staff our schools with should hold politicians to the highest standard. There’s no Fort Wayne Police Officers like we have done through- place for Ware’s hateful speech on the city council in Gre- out my tenure; continue the Mayor’s Youth Engagement encastle. Eric Holcomb needs to lead by calling on Ware Council which introduces young people to government; to apologize and resign.” and, continue to foster those valued partnerships with our educational friends from the FWCS Career Academy to our General Assembly universities, our vocational schools to organized labor.” HD45: Primary opponent for Borders South Bend: Mueller debates Haas Jeff Gormong, 52, announced he will challenge If you think politicians are all the same, you Rep. Bruce Borders in the Republican primary (Modesitt, haven’t seen Democrat James Mueller and Republican Terre Haute Tribune-Star). Gormong, a farmer in southern Sean Haas debate. Although they’re both 37, wore gray Vigo County, said his decision to run is not an indictment suits with white shirts and ties, and grew up on the city’s of the job he thinks Borders has done. “This is something east side, attending St. Anthony de Padua Catholic grade I’m passionate about and think I can do well,” Gormong school together, they contrasted sharply Tuesday night said. “I talked to Mr. Borders before making this an- at Indiana University South Bend’s Wiekamp Hall in their nouncement to let him know I’d be running and that I’m only debate before the Nov. 5 South Bend mayoral election not upset with him but just wanted to give this a shot. I (Parrott, ). Haas criticized Mayor Pete think it’s time for some change.” Gormong, manager of Buttigieg, under whom Mueller served as chief of staff and Gormong Family Farms, has served on the Indiana Farm executive director of community investment, for saying Bureau state board of directors since 2008. v after a shooting that, “All police work and all of American life takes place in the shadow of racism…” Haas said officer Page 14

exists by the grace of a single vote on the United States Supreme Court, I know why political decisions matter. Why Buttigieg seeks to politics matters. It matters because the decisions they make in those big white buildings reach into our neighbor- make racial inroads hoods, our offices, our homes and our marriages.” Buttigieg’s presidential prospects, well-funded to By BRIAN A. HOWEY the tune of $51 million (more than frontrunner Joe Biden) INDIANAPOLIS — Mayor ’s presi- are contingent on making inroads with black voters. He dential campaign has a race problem. Wintrop Poll and Fox was presented a major challenge and negative national News polls out of South Carolina this past week revealed press coverage in June when a police action shooting took zero percent African-American support, and it hasn’t been the life of Eric Logan, who he mentioned twice on Friday much better in a number of other night. Mayor Buttigieg responded to that tragedy with civic surveys, where his total support transparency, a couple of emotional town hall meetings has sagged into single digits. and marches, while reaching out to Revs. Al Sharpton and Thus, that he found himself in Jesse Jackson. front of the Indianapolis NAACP When HPI asked Indianapolis Council President Friday in his home state where Vop Osili if Buttigieg had made inroads with a previously he is devoid of conspicuous black skeptical audience, Osili paused briefly, then said, “He has support was an opportunity. more support tonight than he did last night.” By the time he finished Conventional wisdom is a keynote address and a Q&A that this gay Democratic can- session where he called for a didate faces a historic obstacle “21st Century Voters Rights Act,” with black evangelical church- he had earned two standing es. The irony there is that the ovations. He spent much of the percentage of gay African- pre-speech dinner going table Americans is in sync with the to table, pressing the flesh. rest of the population, so this is Through it all, his calls to action a political perception. Buttigieg and compelling observations attempted to take it on Friday seemed to resonate. It came in night in a city facing record ho- a state where African-American micide rates. He did so as well members of Congress, the as before the National Urban General Assembly and the South League in Detroit earlier this Bend Council have been silent in summer that earned very little their support for this 37-year-old media coverage, along with mayor. events in South Carolina where “I have seen the possibilities — and the limita- 60% of the primary vote will be African-American. tions — of what can be done in a diverse community while At an August event in the African-American Chi- our nation continues to accept the unacceptable,” Buttigieg cago neighborhood of Bronzeville, he found an audience said during his keynote. “I also come at this from a per- mostly white and Millennial. “Find the people who don’t spective shaped by my own story and my own search for look like most of you in this room and let them know they belonging. I have not had the experience of being more have the chance, not just to support this campaign, but to likely to be pulled over while driving, or less likely to be shape it,” Buttigieg told them. called back for a job interview, or less likely to be believed “When I launched this campaign, I understood on when describing symptoms at a hospital, simply because some level that confronting the urgency of this moment of the color of my skin. But part of what motivates me to meant reckoning with race in America,” Buttigieg said. “But stand up for those who are different from me, is the fact it is one thing to understand this in theory, or from the that people different from me helped bring me some of perspective of one city. It’s another to get the education the most important rights in my life. that comes with the travels you undertake as a presiden- “No two experiences of discrimination are alike,” tial candidate. All of American life takes place under these the South Bend mayor continued. “But I know something shadows, not as a distant historical artifact but as a burn- of the war that breaks out in the heart of a young person ing present reality which hurts everyone and everything who realizes that a basic fact about him means he is more it touches. And if we do not tackle the problem of racial likely to be feared, hated, subject to random violence, and inequity in our lifetime, I have become convinced that it discriminated against. I know something of the amazing will wreck the American project in my lifetime.” power of activism and advocacy, solidarity and alliance, Buttigieg added, “It is not enough to treat this as to deliver equal rights. And as someone whose marriage some specialty issue, something to talk about with minor- Page 15 ity voters and then ignore elsewhere on the campaign n Bring transparency to drug pricing by requiring trail. Which is why you will see me talking about the need pharmaceutical companies under a public plan or Medicare to confront systemic racism not only at the NAACP dinner, to report prices, discounts, rebates and free goods, and but at the union hall, and with the American Legion, and in costs of manufacturing drugs to the federal government. front of majority white audiences wherever we go. n Institute a $0 co-pay for high-quality generic “I want it said of my candidacy and my presidency medicines for low-income people on Medicare, Medicaid, not only that we strengthened Black America, but that we and Pete’s Medicare for All Who Want It plan. helped all of America understand why this nation is not n Reduce median annual out-of-pocket drug what we think it is until equality is real,” he said. spending for middle-class Americans on Medicare Part D living with cancer by at least $5,100 and by at least $2,000 Buttigieg unveils prescription drug plan for those living with certain immune disorders, such as Buttigieg released his ‘Affordable Medicine for All’ rheumatoid arthritis or multiple sclerosis. plan that will protect Americans from the rising cost of pre- n Help end the opioid epidemic by dramatically scription drugs by compelling pharmaceutical companies to reducing the cost of naloxone, a drug used to reverse price responsibly and work for—not against—the American opioid overdoses, and other medicines used to treat sub- people. “Time and time again, Washington has proven that stance abuse. it’s either uninterested in or incapable of addressing this problem. Instead of siding with Americans, politicians have Buttigieg opens up new campaign HQ stood with Big Pharma, as they did when Congress barred A large crowd gathered last Thursday outside of the federal government from negotiating with pharmaceu- the new ‘Pete For America’ campaign office to show their tical companies on drug prices for seniors,” said Buttigieg. support (Indiana Public Media). Buttigieg said there are “It’s time for a new era of leadership in Washington who several reasons he opened the office, like preparation for will finally make drugs affordable and take on pharmaceu- the Indiana primary in May. “It is very likely the nomina- tical companies.” Currently, Americans spend more than tion contest will still be pretty intense and undecided when $1,200 on prescription drugs per person per year. That’s the primary happens here in Indiana so it’s never too soon more than double what the British, Norwegians, and Ital- to be organizing right here.” Buttigieg also said South Bend ians pay per person. In the first six months of 2019, phar- is the heart of his campaign and he wanted to grow his lo- maceutical companies increased prices for 3,400 drugs, cal presence. The Buttigieg campaign hired Arielle Brandy and for those drugs, the average increase was 10.5%, five as its Indiana state director. times the rate of inflation. And more than 40 drugs had price hikes greater than 100%. Hupfer calls on Buttigieg to address crime Buttigieg’s Affordable Medicine for All plan will Ahead of Mayor Buttigieg’s stop in South Bend ensure that Americans can access affordable, quality pre- Thursday night to open a new presidential campaign scription drugs with policies that: office, Chairman Kyle Hupfer n Cut out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for released a statement calling on Buttigieg to stick around seniors on Medicare by at least 50% by the end of Pete’s South Bend a little longer and to address the city’s rising first term, including an out-of-pocket cap on prescription crime. “As homicides and aggravated assaults continue to drug costs of $200 per month. rise in South Bend, the city needs a leader,” said Hupfer. n Cap out-of-pocket spending on prescription “And sadly right now, it’s clear that Mayor Pete Buttigieg drugs under $250 per month for everyone choosing public is dodging the responsibilities of being that leader. The coverage under Pete’s Medicare for All Who Want It plan. people of South Bend care about the safety of their own n Allow the federal government to negotiate neighborhoods – not baseless impeachment inquiries, and drug prices with pharmaceutical companies to make drugs certainly not Buttigieg’s latest celebrity endorsement.” v more affordable for every- one. n Hold pharmaceu- tical companies accountable for price gouging by exercis- ing ‘eminent domain’ to take patents away from “worst of- fenders” that refuse to lower prices for essential drugs n Rein in outra- geous drug price increases by penalizing pharmaceutical companies that raise prices by more than inflation Page 16

cause of his loyalty to the president. And he could extend appeal to those traditional Republicans now turned off by Democrats, be careful Trump’s conduct and departure from conservative values on spending and deficits. what you wish for There’s a Washington guessing game about how many Republican senators would vote in an impeachment By JACK COLWELL trial to convict Trump if there were a secret ballot. Prob- SOUTH BEND – Note to Democrats: Be careful ably a lot. Many would prefer Pence. But there will be no what you wish for. It just might come true, with unpleas- secret vote. So, most Republican senators would face po- ant consequences. Like President Mike Pence. litical demise in voting against Trump if his popularity with Many Democrats wish that President Trump would Republican constituents remains high. go. Quickly. Before the 2020 election. Through impeach- While many Republicans in Congress wish secretly ment. that Pence rather than Trump would be their 2020 presi- Well, it appears likely now dential nominee, perhaps they also should be careful what that the Democratic-controlled they wish for. House will vote to impeach Pence now has been pulled into the impeach- Trump. But that only sends ment investigation of whether Trump withheld military aid impeachment charges to the to Ukraine in an effort to force the Ukrainian president Republican-controlled Senate, to seek dirt on Joe Biden and his son. Pence conferred where chances that the presi- face-to-face with Ukrainian President Zelensky about the dent would be convicted and military aid, and one of Pence’s top advisors was in on the removed from office range famous July 25 call involving Trump and Zelensky. from highly unlikely to none at Trump himself pulled Pence into the situation by all. suggesting that details of Pence’s phone calls and con- Still, some Democrats versations with Zelensky should be released. They were hold out hope - wishing “perfect,” Trump said. He has an unusual definition of that fervently - that Trump could be implicated so deeply in word. impeachable conduct and become so clearly Pence denies any knowledge of the effort to that Senate Republicans would join in a two-thirds vote to encourage the foreign nation to seek negative information remove him from the White House. about Biden. If the unexpected happened, if that Democratic If that sounds to Trump like a disagreement with wish came true, Vice President Mike Pence would become his contention that there is a lot of negative stuff that president. needs to be found in Ukraine, Pence could be in trouble There could be unpleasant consequences for with his boss. Democrats in President Pence rather than an impeach- Could Pence even be dropped from the 2020 ment-weakened President Trump as the 2020 Republican ticket? Sure. Trump doesn’t hesitate to throw anybody nominee. Or maybe not. We’ll look at that possibility, too. under the bus if he grows dissatisfied with the vehemence First, however, consider a Magazine sce- of unquestioning support. nario suggesting that Pence, as “a low-key Midwesterner,” Trump likes a down-in-the-gutter fighter, like a might be able to “restore calm and soothe an exhausted Rudy Giuliani. That’s not Pence’s style. Trump might wish electorate” and form a strong diversity ticket with former for someone more eye- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley gouging than Pence. as running mate. In this strange political Pence now doesn’t environment, it’s hard to have high approval ratings. He figure what ticket either is seen as sort of a potted plant, party should be wishing there to decorate the Oval Of- for. So many unforeseen fice but never to disagree with and possibly unpleasant anything. But if he moved to the consequences lurk in any presidency in a crisis, handling scenario. v it calmly rather than with bom- bast, wouldn’t Pence be tougher Colwell has covered for Democrats to defeat than Indiana politics over five a wounded, impeached and decades for the South unhinged President Trump? Bend Tribune. Pence would inherit much of the Trump base be- Page 17

and slights of a troubled childhood. He loves what he does currently, and is very good at it. But something is gnawing A super PAC forms away at him on the inside. America is slipping away, one election at a time. for conservatives That’s great motivation. But Micah has the other, parallel prerequisite: He will not be changed by Wash- By CURT SMITH ington when he begins serving. He will believe the same ZIONSVILLE — For years I have watched great things, champion the same things, and worship the same candidates with conservative credentials and wonderful God, even as a member of Congress with the status that backgrounds go down in defeat, losing to more moderate confers. He is rooted, grounded and humble. but better funded challengers. Now that I have passed an But he will need help to have a fighting chance. important professional milestone, I hope to help level that That’s because his likely major opponents have served in playing field by forming and guiding a new superPAC we office or can self-fund their campaigns. One opponent, are calling the Hoosier Heart- Steve Braun, can spend millions to try and win the seat, land Fund. though he announced on Monday he was suspending The formal steps to reg- his campaign for health reason. We know this because ister the fund with the Federal that’s what he did in 2018 in a different congressional Election Commission are being district, only to see it backfire and help elect then-State taken today, and we will soon Rep. James Baird as now U.S. Rep. Baird. That’s because announce others affiliating with Braun’s SuperPAC attacked Baird in a foolish way. Braun’s this initiative. campaign was suspended but not ended on Monday due My campaign background to an unspecified health issue. is mostly in federal races, where Another opponent, Kelly Mitchell, is the sitting I have served as campaign state treasurer, and will have strong party support, which manager, senior staff or the is very important in the May 7, 2020, GOP primary in this general consultant for nine win- largely Republican district. Other candidates and likely ning races for Mike Pence, Dan candidates have considerable strengths, from compelling Coats (four times), , (primary stories to deep pockets, to proven voting records. only) and , M.D. (two times). Those experi- But Micah is that fresh breeze, young but wise ences taught me great candidates with solid, Hoosier- beyond his years. Smart and articulate, but quick to listen aligned conservative positions can win. But they need and learn from others. Earnest and sincere but not a bore. money to magnify their message so it goes out far and For the issues I care about the most to prevail wide. – ending abortion, preserving religious liberty and favor- Accordingly, the first focus of the Hoosier Heart- ing the traditional family as the building block of a healthy land Fund is to boost the chances of winning for Micah and prosperous society – my generation must identify and Beckwith, a millennial musician whose career has focused assist winsome leaders from the emerging generation to on youth development through the gift of music.Yes, he’s carry forth. The Hoosier Heartland Fund intends to do just also a small businessman, pastor, performer, father and that for Micah Beckwith in this Indiana GOP primary next husband. But most importantly he’s a patriot. May. I hope and pray my win streak remains intact, albeit He’s also a lot of fun to be around, exuding en- in a very different role. v ergy and excitement while showing a keen sense of humor about himself. My only regret in forming this independent Curt Smith is chairman of the Indiana Family Insti- expenditure committee (the law book name for this effort) tute and the principal at Wordsmith Policy, LLC. is that I won’t get to hang out with Micah anymore. Well, at least not until he wins the general election in November 2020. Federal rules require the fund’s efforts to be strictly separated from Micah and his campaign committee. See you in a year-plus, friend. He is one of at least five declared candidates run- ning for the open Indiana Congressional District 5 seat due to the retirement of Susan Brooks. My view is that Micah is what conservatism needs for a winsome future, and not just because of his relative youth. He is an outsider. He has never run for office, and he doesn’t need to win this race to get a good job – some will debate whether serving in Congress is a good job – nor to fulfill a neurotic need to vanquish the indignities Page 18

Council on Foreign Relations last year and bragged about Trump supporters quick it. In that speech, Biden recalled telling Ukrainian leaders they’d have to get rid of that corrupt prosecutor if to jump on Biden, but they wanted the billion-dollar loan guarantee the United States had promised. That prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, what about POTUS kin? is now a key witness in the case being put together by By KELLY HAWES Giuliani. CNHI Shokin insists Biden wanted to shut down an ANDERSON — It would be awkward, I suppose, investigation of the natural gas company Burisma Hold- if ’s business dealings were to emerge as a ings to protect Hunter, who was then a member of that major issue in next year’s presidential campaign. company’s board of directors. Of course, that won’t keep the president’s defend- Bullough told the real cor- ers from promoting it. ruption was in Shokin’s own office, where top officials had Take U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan. CNN’s Jake Tapper been caught with stashes of diamonds and hundreds of was trying to interview Jordan about the president’s now thousands of dollars in cash. infamous telephone conversa- Both Bidens insist they haven’t talked much tion with Ukrainian President about the younger Biden’s business dealings. The elder Volodymyr Zelenky, but Jordan Biden has said much of what he knows he learned from was far more interested in talk- the news media. ing about the Bidens. Hunter Biden told the New Yorker he had apolo- “The vice president’s son gized to his father for the turmoil he had caused, not gets paid $50,000 a month and only with his business dealings but with his struggles with gets hired by a company in an substance abuse and other issues. industry he has no experience “He says, ‘I’m the one who’s sorry,’ and we have in, and, oh, that’s fine?” Jordan an ongoing debate about who should be more sorry,” the said. “Try taking that message younger Biden said. Bullough suggests the elder Biden to the American people.” should have taken a different approach. Jordan, the ranking Re- “Why didn’t Joe Biden tell Hunter: ‘Come off it. publican on the House Over- What the hell do you think you’re doing?’” he told the sight Committee, had a lot to say about the Bidens. At the Washington Post. same time, he’s had very little to say about the business Though there is no evidence of criminal behavior, interests of the president’s offspring around the world. Bullough said, the better course might have been to avoid Forbes recently reported the president’s sons, even a hint of impropriety. Donald Jr. and Eric Trump, had sold more than $100 million “Should Joe Biden have prevented his son from of the family’s real estate since the president took office. A essentially trading off the Biden name?” he asked. “Maybe $3.2 million deal in the Domini- can Republic, it said, repre- sented “the clearest violation of their father’s pledge to do no new foreign deals while in office.” During in appearance to promote a Trump project in Indonesia last year, Donald Jr. insisted the family business had turned down lots of deals it could have pursued. “We could have kept doing deals,” he said. “The media is never going to give us credit.” he should have.” Oliver Bullough, a British journalist who sits on Of course, if we really want to discourage such the advisory board of an anti-corruption organization in behavior, we might want to pass a law making it illegal. Ukraine, says Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani’s assertions Do you suppose the president would sign it? v about Joe Biden are “just nonsense.” The former vice president’s role in ousting a Ukrai- Kelly Hawes is a columnist for CNHI News Indiana. nian prosecutor is no secret. Heck, he stood in front of the He can be reached at kelly.hawes@indianamedia- group.com. Find him on Twitter @Kelly_Hawes. Page 19 but what can and should we do? My study recommends that we do three broad How to fix Indiana’s remedies, or else we will be in the midst of another major healthcare cost crisis in fewer than five years. hospital monopolies First, we have to level the playing field between for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals. The biggest issue is eliminat- By MICHAEL HICKS ing barriers to market competition. We need to end the MUNCIE – Last week’s column on Indiana’s hospital Certificate of Need legislation, outlaw non-compete clauses monopolies generated ten times the emails of any other in practitioner contracts, prevent hospitals from limiting column I’ve penned over the last decade. Hoosier taxpayers admitting privileges to favored physicians, and force hospi- are interested in understanding who caused this problem tals to publish transparent pricing data. and how we can fix it. I commend Second, we need to tax not-for-profit hospitals the thousands of readers who vis- like their for-profit competitors. We should all recognize ited our website to read the study. that these shocking profits come from just three groups What you learned is that my study who pay healthcare expenses. These are Indiana’s state is just one of several recent re- and local governments (including schools), Hoosier busi- ports alerting Indiana to monopoly nesses and Hoosier families. Without equal tax liabilities, problems in hospitals. Moreover, we will see no real competition. As a side benefit, this ex- you know that my study combined tra tax can fully pay for the Medicaid expansion that these data from several different sources not-for-profit hospitals lobbied for so eagerly. including the IRS, Department of Finally, we are going to have to separate owner- Commerce, Center for Medicaid ship control of the accrued profits from these hospital and Medicare Services and the boards. The reason is that the mere existence of these Rand Corporation, the nation’s most immense war chests represents a classic barrier to com- respected think tank. petition. For example, Fort Wayne has perhaps the high- Awareness of this issue is important because Indi- est healthcare prices of any American city. Normally, this ana’s not-for-profit hospital industry surely earned a billion would invite hospitals to compete in that market. dollars in interest on their accumulated profits last year, However, Parkview hospital can remain solvent through their hedge fund and money market investments. without charging patients a single dollar for several years. That kind of money should attract thorough scrutiny of my That fact alone would rightfully scare off any for-profit work. I welcome more research in this issue, especially a hospitals. This is a textbook source of monopoly protection deeper analysis of the IRS financial data, which provide a that explains why residents of the greater Fort Wayne area truthful look at not-for-profit hospital profits. Still, no matter pay such high healthcare prices. what spin you hear, my study came to the correct conclu- I am not sure where these profits could go, sions. We have a serious hospital monopoly problem in but I have heard some intriguing ideas. Maybe they should need of immediate attention. fund a large, statewide investment fund. This is an idea This invites the question of who we should blame. I especially like. Perhaps we could end the endless whin- If you are looking to pin the fault on the legislature, I must ing by hospitals about a nursing shortage by asking that disappoint you. It appears that this problem really grew in they permanently endow every nursing school in the state. the wake of the Great Recession and healthcare reform. That would cost only most of last year’s interest on their Even the strongest supporters of the investments. In addition, I expect we will have a few trial (ACA or Obamacare), anticipated significant disruptions in attorneys help move these funds back to consumers. healthcare markets. Many states added tools for hospitals These three steps are not some sweeping new to survive the transition. States also allowed much more government intrusion into free markets. On the contrary, aggressive hospital mergers than federal merger guidelines they simply level the playing field, removing the gov- allowed. Indiana was ground zero for these problems. ernment-created advantage not-for-profit hospitals have By 2012 or 2013, it was clear the ACA was not as so successfully exploited. One strategy the industry will disruptive as expected, but it left not-for-profit hospitals in employ to avoid these changes is to claim that healthcare Indiana awakened to a host of new tools to prevent compe- finance is so complex that no study single can really be tition. They used these tools skillfully, amassing huge profits informative. Nonsense. You do not need to be an indus- before almost anyone noticed. The industry kept a tight lid try insider or accountant to understand the behavior we on their windfall profits, spending part of them to convince observe in Indiana’s hospital industry. Any history of the legislators that we needed less, not more competition in Gilded Age would provide a rough outline of their current healthcare markets. This diversion and lack of transparency business practices. v has meant few of us figured out there was a crisis brewing. This is not some failure of a market economy. Instead, an Hicks, PhD, is the director of the Center for Busi- accumulation of small favors by government created this ness and Economic Research at Ball State. hospital monopoly problem. Of course, now we need to act, Page 20

David Frum, The Atlantic: In the throes of Water- failing Irish golf course to extorting an invaded country to gate, Vice President Spiro Agnew was caught up in an un- fabricate political dirt to help Trump’s reelection. v related corruption scandal. He pleaded guilty and resigned his office on October 10, 1973. To that point, Agnew had Charles Sykes, Politico: It was a cri de cœur served as a useful insurance policy for Richard Nixon, in from , the lament of the sycophant the manner of the joke Charles II is sometimes reputed scorned. President Donald Trump’s decision to abandon to have made to his even more unpopular brother when our Kurdish allies in Syria by leaving them undefended the latter warned him against plots. “Never fear James; against a Turkish invasion was, Graham tweeted, “a disas- they will not kill me to make thee king.” Agnew’s replace- ter” and a “nightmare.” As Monday morning wore on, he ment—former House Minority Leader Gerald Ford—faced expanded his indictment. Betraying the Kurds would force an agonizing personal dilemma. Republicans were them to align with the Assad regime and and monitoring him suspiciously for any sign of disloy- would ensure the comeback of ISIS. It would be, alty to Nixon, any tendency to hasten impeach- he tweeted, “a stain on America’s honor,” and ment forward to enter the presidency himself. a virtual surrender to the terrorists. Graham’s Democrats monitored him suspiciously, too. Scan- disappointment was palpable, but understandable, dals had already consumed two Nixon attorneys given all that he has given up to avoid this mo- general and many other high officials. Could Ford keep ment. For the past several years, Graham has transformed clean? Ford’s solution: He got out of town. Republicans himself from one of Trump’s fiercest critics, into one of his were facing a tough election in November 1974, so Ford most reflexive defenders. Even by the cynical and shape- volunteered as their headliner of choice, their fundraiser in shifting standards of Washington, Graham’s metamorpho- chief. As the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library notes, dur- sis has been a thing of wonder. The senator once known ing the 10 months of his vice presidency “Ford represented as John McCain’s best friend in the Senate, transformed the administration by making over 200 formal speeches himself into Trump’s shinebox, willing to ingratiate himself and traveling approximately 110,000 miles.” with rationalizations and praise even as Trump became Ford’s travels might have been controversial. increasingly erratic. At first, it was a mere curiosity. During In this moment of national crisis, a new vice president the 2016 campaign, Graham had called Trump a “nutjob” acting as such an eager partisan for a damaged party? and a loser.” He predicted that if the GOP nominated him, But criticism was held back by the knowledge, shared by “we will get destroyed … and we will deserve it.” Democrats and Republicans alike, that America was go- In moments of candor, Graham tried to explain ing to need Ford. The country was going to need him to the deal he thought he was making. When Mark Leibovich be clean, and the surest way to protect him was to keep asked him earlier this year what had happened to him, him far from Washington. Ford’s intact reputation enabled Graham explained: “Well, OK, from my point of view, if Congress and the country to turn the page definitively in you know anything about me, it’d be odd not to do this,” August 1974. Nixon’s most tainted appointees had been he said. I asked what “this” was. “ ‘This,’ ” Graham said, forced from office before him. When Nixon resigned at “is to try to be relevant.” Politics, he explained, was the last, the government could reset and begin a new era. art of what works and what brings desired outcomes. “I’ve Donald Trump may not know much of this history, got an opportunity up here working with the president but he intuits its lessons. From the beginning, he has ap- to get some really good outcomes for the country,” he peared determined to implicate as many members of his told me. Like many others in his party, staying “relevant” administration as possible in his scandal — Vice President was central to their political calculations. Capitulating to Mike Pence heading the list. At a press conference at Trump meant that Graham would become a rock star in the United Nations on September 25, Trump delivered a the increasingly Trumpist party and virtually assured of warning message. “The word is, they’re going to ask for reelection in South Carolina next year. He would also have the first phone conversation. You can have it any time you the president’s ear. And this was at the heart of Graham’s need it. And also Mike Pence’s conversations, which were, Bargain. Graham told himself: by staying close to Trump, I think, one or two of them. They were perfect. They were he could influence him and prevent horribly bad decisions. all perfect.” Indeed, Pence seems to have been involved up What did it matter if he had to endure temporary embar- to the eyeballs in the Ukraine plot. His team’s messaging— rassments, abase himself on cable television, or even Yes, he pressed the Ukrainians to investigate corruption, become a political punchline, if he could stop Trump from but he never appreciated that Trump’s true purpose was impulsive decisions regarding Russia or ? Or to pursue the Bidens—fails the laugh test. Pence’s taint Syria? The world saw Graham as a craven, cringing Uriah presents a political problem for him, but raises a much Heep. Graham saw himself as someone who could save graver question for the country. If the Senate ever could the world, or at least the Kurds. And then came Trump’s muster the integrity to remove Trump from office, there decision. This is the thing about Faustian bargains. The would be no Ford to put in his place, only a vice president price is high and the rewards turn out to be illusory. They who participated in Trump’s dirty schemes, from staying end badly. v at a remote resort to direct government funds to Trump’s Page 21

could be kind of like getting a beer that Trump — after a call with Turkey’s Holcomb concerned (South Bend Tribune). After voting 11 president — had decided to pull U.S. months ago not to allow recreational troops from the “immediate area” into about Marion Co. marijuana businesses, City Council which Turkish troops are expected to Monday night reversed course by a advance. marijuana stance vote of 6 to 1. Residents and medical INDIANAPOLIS — Concerned marijuana business owners in atten- Braun backs about the “message it sends,” Gov. dance at the special meeting gave Eric Holcomb told Howey Politics the council cheers and a big round of Syrian pullout Indiana on Monday that he is think- applause. TERRE HAUTE — U.S. Sen. ing through Marion County Prosecutor Mike Braun, R-Jasper, said “we are Ryan Mear’s decision to stop charg- Judge orders Trump making the right move” to withdraw ing marijuana possession offenders. American troops in parts of the Middle “I am concerned and will be think- taxes to D.A. East (Greninger, Terre Haute Tribune- ing through this,” Holcomb told HPI. NEW YORK — A federal judge Star). In a shift of U.S. military policy, “Obviously marijuana is illegal in the on Monday rejected a bold argument the Trump administration yesterday State of Indiana. It is today and it was from President Trump that announced a full troop withdraw from when this decision by a sitting presidents are immune northern Syria, possibly allowing a county prosecutor when from criminal investigations, military operation by Turkey again this decision was made. allowing the Manhattan district Kurdish forces, which had battled to I have some concerns attorney’s office to move for- uproot ISIS. Turkey has sought to end about the message it ward with a subpoena seeking American support of Kurdish fighters, sends, understanding, eight years of the president’s considering them a terrorist insur- of course, it’s within personal and corporate tax returns gency. However, Kurdish fighters have the authority of a county prosecutor, (New York Times). The ruling issued been a reliable U.S. partner in battling whatever county they come from, to by Judge Victor Marrero of Manhattan the Islamic State in northern Syria. decide on the level of punishment. federal court does not mean that the “I am going to be in the camp that I But I have concern when you publicly president’s tax returns will be turned think we need to be less engaged to make a blanket statement that you’re over immediately. Mr. Trump’s lawyers the extent than we have been in the no longer going to. I need to learn quickly appealed the decision, and the past,” Braun said in a stop Monday what he’s going to do in terms of appeals court agreed to temporarily in Terre Haute at the Tribune-Star. addressing folks who break the law.” block the order. The judge’s deci- “When President Trump said, ‘Hey, our Asked if Holcomb would address what sion came a little more than a month allies shoulder more of the burden,’ is essentially becoming a dual policy, after the Manhattan district attorney help pay for stuff, help be responsible. with cases being dismissed in India- subpoenaed Mr. Trump’s accounting It doesn’t mean we don’t do things napolis, but not the rest of the state, firm, Mazars USA, for his personal and smartly and we don’t lead. I think we Holcomb said, “It very well might be corporate returns dating to 2011. can do both of them,” Braun said. part of our agenda moving forward in a sense we’re never going to take our foot off the gas to address addiction in No U.S. greenlight Bingham to merge the state of Indiana. That will certainly for Kurds slaughter with Dentons take shape and form later this year. Another huge concern is vaping and WASHINGTON — The White INDIANAPOLIS — Bingham marijuana finding its way into middle House insisted on a telephone briefing Greenebaum Doll (BGD) announced school kids lungs. I want to make sure for reporters last night that President today that the firm is combining with all of these pieces, from a legislative Trump did not offer Turkey a “green Dentons, the world’s largest law firm perspective, fit together appropriate- light” to slaughter U.S.-backed Kurd- (Howey Politics Indiana). “This is an ly.” ish forces in Northern Syria, and that incredible opportunity to connect our the U.S. would not bear responsibil- clients to a national and global plat- Niles Council OKs ity for any ISIS resurgence in the form, with partners we trust to pro- area, Axios World editor Dave Lawler vide the best possible service to our marijuana sales reports. A senior administration official clients in a variety of practice areas NILES, Mich. — Someday said Trump will withdraw the 50-100 and markets,” said Toby McClamroch, soon — maybe not much more than special forces currently operating near Managing Partner of BGD. “We are a year after cannabis was legalized in the Turkey-Syria border, but is not excited to join the Dentons platform.” Michigan — getting marijuana in town pulling out of Syria entirely. Confusion followed the sudden announcement