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GEORGIAN PROTESTS TRY TO REVERSE RUSSIAN PIVOT

The Caucasus nation’s ‘existential choice’ between Russia and the West.

By Mary Trimble, Grayson Logue and Peter Gattuso
May 6, 2024May 6, 2024
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Happy Monday! It’s literally our job to stay up-to-date on the news, so maybe
that’s why Declan kept sending us play-by-play updates of the ongoing rap battle
between Drake and Kendrick Lamar over the weekend.

Editor’s Note: My note was intended more as a public service announcement—don’t
get on Kendrick’s bad side.


QUICK HITS: TODAY’S TOP STORIES

 * Israeli government officials on Sunday raided the offices and seized the
   equipment of the Qatari news outlet Al Jazeera, hours after the government
   ordered the outlet closed on the grounds that it posed a national security
   threat. “It’s time to remove the Hamas mouthpiece from our country,” Israeli
   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.
 * The Canadian government on Friday charged three Indian men for their alleged
   involvement in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, an Indian-born Sikh
   nationalist whose murder last year Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
   suggested was orchestrated by “agents of the government of India.” The CBC
   reported that the three men were members of an Indian criminal gang and that
   police were actively investigating their connection to three other murders in
   Canada, among which one victim was an 11-year-old boy. Canadian investigators
   said they are looking into possible connections between the three men and the
   Indian government.
 * The Justice Department unsealed an indictment on Friday alleging that
   Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife accepted nearly $600,000
   in bribes from oil companies owned by the Azerbaijani government and the
   Mexican bank, Banco Azteca. In the 54-page, 14-count indictment, federal
   prosecutors say Cuellar attempted to influence policy to strip funding to
   Armenia–a rival neighbor to Azerbaijan—and sought to change federal money
   laundering laws. Cuellar and his wife pleaded not guilty in court on Friday
   and were released on a $100,000 bond.
 * Politico reported Saturday that the Biden administration has approved $60
   million in military aid to Haiti to help the effort to quell gang violence
   that has recently crippled the island nation. The assistance reportedly
   includes small arms and armored vehicles sent to the Haitian National Police
   and other countries supporting Haiti. Kenyan security forces are expected to
   deploy to the Caribbean country by the end of this month. 
 * U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Friday that it paused construction of a
   floating pier off of Gaza for the delivery of humanitarian aid, citing
   “unsafe conditions” caused by stormy weather. The pier will be further
   assembled in Israel’s Port of Ashdod until it is safe to install in Gaza.
   “Once in place, the temporary pier in Gaza will allow for the delivery of
   additional humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in need,” CENTCOM said.
   As many as 1,000 U.S. troops are involved in building the pier, which
   officials had hoped would be completed by the end of last week. The project
   came under mortar fire by terrorists late last month. 
 * Virginia state police on Saturday arrested at least 25 anti-Israel protesters
   who had set up an encampment at the University of Virginia (UVA). University
   administrators called in the state police after what UVA President Jim Ryan
   called protesters’ “repeated and intentional refusal to comply” with
   university policy and “physical confrontation and attempted assault” of
   university police. As part of the ongoing protests across the country,
   demonstrators disrupted the University of Michigan’s graduation, and some
   students walked out of their own Indiana University graduation to join the
   protests on Saturday. Police have arrested or detained some 2,300 people on
   more than 40 campuses since April 18.
 * Republican National Committee (RNC) chief counsel Charlie Spies resigned last
   week after less than two months in the position. A spokeswoman for the RNC
   said that Spies’ departure stemmed from “potential time commitment
   conflicts.” However, NBC News reported on Saturday the longtime Republican
   election lawyer—who formerly worked with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former
   Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and has criticized election fraud conspiracies—was
   “pushed out” of the position he accepted in early March to head the RNC’s
   legal team.
 * Mystik Dan—led by trainer Ken McPeek and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr.—won the
   Kentucky Derby on Saturday, narrowly edging out Sierra Leone and Forever
   Young in the first three-horse photo-finish ending since 1947.


PROTESTS ROCK GEORGIA

Demonstrators hold European and Georgian flags during a rally in Tbilisi,
Georgia, on May 3, 2024, against the parliament's reintroduced "Foreign Agent
Bill." (Photo by Nicolo Vincenzo Malvestuto/Getty Images)

The last time we wrote about protests in Georgia—the country, not the state, in
case there’s any confusion—we explained how Georgians turned police sirens into
the soundtrack for a street rave. Just as they did last year, Georgia’s ruling
party, Georgian Dream (GD), this spring advanced a Russian-style security law
designed to squash civil society organizations, sparking renewed demonstrations
over the last month with tens of thousands of Georgians taking to the streets,
and yes, continuing their dancing. 

Protesters and opposition groups say GD is continuing to pivot away from the
European Union (EU) and America and toward Russia and a more authoritarian
system of government. As GD leaders become more vocally hostile to the U.S. and
turn to repressive laws to help maintain their power, Georgians are calling for
the West to impose sanctions on government leaders before elections this fall.

The Georgian Parliament, controlled by GD, voted last month to advance
legislation that would require any organization that receives 20 percent of its
funding from abroad to register as a foreign agent, effectively allowing the
government to gut independent media and government watchdog groups. The law
closely resembles a 2012 Russian foreign agents law that provided the pretext
for a government crackdown on civic organizations. “If passed, a foreign agents
law would …

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WORTH YOUR TIME

 * Who’s funding the ongoing anti-Israel protests across college campuses? A
   report by Politico paints a politically complicated picture. “President Joe
   Biden has been dogged for months by pro-Palestinian protesters calling him
   ‘Genocide Joe’—but some of the groups behind the demonstrations receive
   financial backing from philanthropists pushing hard for his reelection …
   include some of the biggest names in Democratic circles: Soros, Rockefeller
   and Pritzker,” Shia Kapos reported. “Two of the organizers supporting the
   protests at Columbia University and on other campuses are Jewish Voice for
   Peace and IfNotNow. Both are supported by the Tides Foundation, which is
   seeded by Democratic megadonor George Soros and was previously supported by
   the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. … Another notable Democratic donor
   whose philanthropy has helped fund the protest movement is David Rockefeller
   Jr., who sits on the board of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. In 2022, the
   fund gave $300,000 to the Tides Foundation; according to nonprofit tax forms,
   Tides has given nearly $500,000 over the past five years to Jewish Voice for
   Peace, which explicitly describes itself as anti-Zionist. … The trail of
   donations shows a series of blurred lines when it comes to liberal causes and
   Democratic politics. Often those missions are aligned, but they also
   sometimes have different and—particularly when it comes to Gaza—conflicting
   agendas and tactics.”
 * There’s been a rash of congressional retirements from the 118th Congress, and
   a handful of those heading for the door are ready to talk about it. Twelve
   members of Congress leaving office gave video exit interviews to the New York
   Times, discussing topics ranging from “corruption, money, perks,
   frustrations, [and] solutions” in our nation’s capital. “When I became a
   member of Congress, I was conscious of the fact that I was joining an
   organization that, according to recent polling, is less popular than head
   lice, colonoscopies, and the rock band Nickelback,” said Democratic Rep.
   Derek Kilmer of Washington. Asked to describe today’s Congress in one word,
   former Republican Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado replied: “dysfunctional.”


PRESENTED WITHOUT COMMENT

New York Times: At Donor Retreat, Trump Calls Biden Administration the ‘Gestapo’


ALSO PRESENTED WITHOUT COMMENT

National Review: MIT Scraps Diversity Statements in Faculty-Hiring Process after
Discovering ‘They Don’t Work’


ALSO ALSO PRESENTED WITHOUT COMMENT 

Politico EU: [Russian President] Vladimir Putin Cut Out the Heart of a Deer and
Gave It to [Then-Italian Prime Minister] Silvio Berlusconi


IN THE ZEITGEIST 

It’s apparently a big year for movies about photojournalists named “Lee.”




TOEING THE COMPANY LINE

 * In the newsletters: The Dispatch Politics crew covered Biden’s handling of
   the campus protests, Nick suggested () the demonstrations are elite students’
   attempt to atone for their undeniable privilege, Jonah dove back into some
   Kristi Noem and Ron DeSantis punditry, and Chris crunched () the numbers to
   understand how the electorate is different now than it was in 2020.
 * On the podcasts: Jonah ruminated on Robert Kagan’s criticisms of conservatism
   on this weekend’s episode of The Remnant. Today, CBS News correspondent
   Robert Costa joins Jamie on the Dispatch Podcast to discuss what a second
   Trump administration could look like. 
 * On the site over the weekend: Michael Lucchese reflected on the American
   Revolution as displayed in Apple TV+’s Franklin, Tim Rice critiqued Lyndsey
   Stonebridge’s portrayal of Hannah Arendt in her new book, and Scott Salvato
   penned an ode to the Catholic-Jewish neighborhood on Long Island in which he
   grew up.

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About Mary Trimble

Mary Trimble is the editor of The Morning Dispatch and is based in Washington,
D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, she interned at The Dispatch, in the
political archives at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po),
and at Voice of America, where she produced content for their French-language
service to Africa. When not helping write The Morning Dispatch, she is probably
watching classic movies, going on weekend road trips, or enjoying live music
with friends.
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About Grayson Logue

Grayson Logue is the deputy editor of The Morning Dispatch and is based in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he worked in
political risk consulting, helping advise Fortune 50 companies. He was also an
assistant editor at Providence Magazine and is a graduate student at the
University of Edinburgh, pursuing a Master’s degree in history. When Grayson is
not helping write The Morning Dispatch, he is probably working hard to reduce
the number of balls he loses on the golf course.
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Peter Gattuso is a reporter for The Morning Dispatch, based in Washington, D.C.
Prior to joining the company in 2024, he interned at The Dispatch, National
Review, the Cato Institute, and the Competitive Enterprise Institute. When Peter
is not helping write TMD, he is probably watching baseball, listening to music
on vinyl records, or discussing the Jones Act.
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