Pete Buttigieg's father was a Marxist professor who lauded the Communist Manifesto

The father of Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg was a Marxist professor who spoke fondly of the Communist Manifesto and dedicated a significant portion of his academic career to the work of Italian Communist Party founder Antonio Gramsci, an associate of Vladimir Lenin.

Joseph Buttigieg, who died in January at the age of 71, immigrated to the U.S. in the 1970s from Malta and in 1980 joined the University of Notre Dame faculty, where he taught modern European literature and literary theory. He supported an updated version of Marxism that jettisoned some of Marx and Engel's more doctrinaire theories, though he was undoubtedly Marxist.

He was an adviser to Rethinking Marxism, an academic journal that published articles “that seek to discuss, elaborate, and/or extend Marxian theory,” and a member of the editorial collective of Boundary 2, a journal of postmodern theory, literature, and culture. He spoke at many Rethinking Marxism conferences and other gatherings of prominent Marxists.

In a 2000 paper for Rethinking Marxism critical of the approach of Human Rights Watch, Buttigieg, along with two other authors, refers to "the Marxist project to which we subscribe."

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pete-buttigiegs-father-was-a-marxist-professor-who-lauded-the-communist-manifesto?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_04/02/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

‘In Florida More Ex-Felons Register as Republicans than Democrats’

Highlight Clip – Jared Kushner with Laura Ingraham a few hours ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS6fPr9fAwQ

Jared Kushner: One statistic that I found very pleasing is that, in Florida they passed a law that former felons can now vote. We’ve had more ex-felons register as Republicans than Democrats and I think they see the reforms…

Laura Ingraham: Woah, woah… You’ve had more ex-felons register as Republicans than Democrats?

Jared Kushner: That’s the data that I’ve seen. I think that will surprise a lot of people.

Are LASD gangs terrorizing communities? L.A. County has no idea. It better find out

A Times story last July reported on allegations that secret cliques of violent, tattooed sheriff’s deputies continue to operate in stations around Los Angeles County and that one may have played a role in a fatal shooting in 2016. County leaders reacted with alarm, and appropriately so, because it had been generally thought that these sorts of dangerous deputy gangs had been stamped out following a series of reforms several years earlier. It was necessary to find out if they had returned, or if indeed they had never left. Then-Sheriff Jim McDonnell promised a study and he was immediately joined by county lawyers, the inspector general and the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission in a task force to get to the bottom of the issue. We expected to be learning their preliminary findings just about now.

So it was startling to hear what the Board of Supervisors and the commission had to say about the status of the inquiry in recent days. Had it been completed? No. Was it in progress? Kind of, but not really. What had happened to it? No one was quite sure. The task force had agreed at some point to hire a consultant to do the real work, and they had spent some weeks interviewing candidates but then stopped. They were somehow slowed by the 2018 sheriff election — although just why that would be the case is unclear. New Sheriff Alex Villanueva, in office since December, said no one had informed him about the process or asked him to participate.

Meanwhile, a brawl last September at the East Los Angeles Sheriff’s station involving a group of deputies that called themselves the Banditos resulted in the hospitalization of some younger members of the department, as reported by WitnessLA.com. Injured deputies filed legal claims against the county last month.

So much for the quaint notion that violent deputy cliques no longer exist.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-sheriff-deputy-tattoos-20190330-story.html

DHS breaks up group of intelligence analysts focused on domestic terror

The Department of Homeland Security has reportedly disbanded a unit of analysts within the agency's Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) department focused on combating homegrown extremism.

The Daily Beast reported Tuesday that a team of analysts focused on domestic terrorism were reassigned to different teams within I&A, while DHS officials maintained to the news outlet that the officials would remain focused on homegrown extremism while working at different positions.

"I&A has invested heavily in interagency relationships to enhance analysis on Homeland threats, including domestic terrorism, where I&A lacks access to relevant case data and information held by other federal agencies," David Glawe, the head of Intelligence and Analysis, told The Daily Beast.

“The same people are working on the issues,” a State Department official added. “We just restructured things to be more responsive to the I&A customers within DHS and in local communities while reducing overlap with what the FBI does. We actually believe we are far more effective now.”

Local law enforcement officials told the news outlet, however, that communications from I&A have reduced in number over the past year as DHS appears to be shifting priorities away from dealing with domestic terror threats.

“It’s changed with the new administration. It doesn’t seem to be as robust, as active, as important—it is important, I’m sure, but it’s not a priority," Sgt. Mike Abdeen of the Los Angeles County sheriffs told the news outlet.

"It doesn’t seem like engagement, outreach, and prevention are seen as a priority as we used to see in the past," he added. "There were roundtable meetings in the past, there was more activity, more training, more seminars. Now it seems like it’s gone away.”

DHS officials did not immediately return a request for comment from The Hill addressing Abdeen's concerns.

John Cohen, I&A's former lead officer, told The Daily Beast that he doesn't believe any reduction in the threat of homegrown terror has occurred that would warrant a change in the agency's resources.

“While I cannot speak to what is going on at DHS I&A today, the analysis provided by I&A personnel on domestic extremism was essential during my tenure at DHS,” Cohen told the news outlet. “Based on the current threat environment, I believe those same efforts are essential today.”

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/436882-dhs-breaks-up-group-of-intelligence-analysts-focused-on-domestic

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Buttigieg becomes first winner in fundraising primary

Democratic presidential hopefuls are facing a critical test of their momentum and viability in the first-quarter fundraising deadline.

Some, such as Pete Buttigieg, are passing with flying colors. The South Bend, Ind., mayor reported raising an impressive $7 million in the two months since he began exploring the White House race.

The figure is a significant one for a candidate who has only really seen his national profile soar in the wake of a CNN town hall event last month. In the 24 hours after his appearance at that event, Buttigieg’s team said he raised more than $600,000.

Other candidates are on track to surpass Buttigieg’s first-quarter haul, though they have not yet released fundraising estimates.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/436806-buttigieg-becomes-first-winner-in-fundraising-primary

Sanders hauls in eye-popping $18.2M in first quarter

Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign raised $18.2 million in the first quarter of 2019, his advisers said Tuesday, a massive sum that is likely to put the progressive firebrand among the top fundraisers of the early 2020 primary season.

Sanders, who announced his second bid for the White House in February, has already proven to be an adept fundraiser, raising nearly $6 million in the first 24 hours after launching his campaign. By the end of his first week on the trail, he had raised $10 million.

Sanders's campaign manager, Faiz Shakir said the senator's first quarter fundraising total was powered by roughly 900,000 individual donations with an average contribution size of $20, a number that Sanders is likely to highlight given an increasing focus on grassroots giving in Democratic politics. Shakir said 525,000 individuals gave to the campaign.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/436884-sanders-campaign-says-it-raised-182-million-in-first-quarter-of-2019