a teachers union attack on donald trump <u+2019>s pick for education secretary <u+201c>is reason to cheer,<u+201d> writes our columnist jason riley . in selecting betsy devos, <u+201c>mr. trump clearly has tapped a fighter, and education reformers are thrilled,<u+201d> adds mr. riley . <u+201c>ms. devos embraces school choice writ large, and states interested in expanding educational options for low-income families will proceed knowing that washington has their back.<u+201d> ...mr. trump has picked another effective reformer in house budget chairman tom price, as we discussed in a tuesday podcast . click here to receive this daily opinion summary via email. another trump nominee, sen. jeff sessions, is being smeared as a racist. but quin hillyer tells the story of sen. sessions<u+2019> introduction of the drug sentencing reform act in 2001. <u+201c>the law at the time punished crack cocaine 100 times more harshly than powdered cocaine. mr. sessions specifically argued that this created unfair racial disparities , since crack was the drug of poor inner cities, while powder was favored by white wall streeters. such compassion for black addicts is far from a hallmark of someone motivated by racial animus,<u+201d> writes mr. hillyer . how long can the trump rally last? bob doll, the equity strategist for nuveen, tells our holman w. jenkins, jr. that the market will be up only as long as <u+201c>growth donald trump<u+201d> is seen triumphing over <u+201c> protectionist donald trump .<u+201d> today is election day in the house as nancy pelosi seeks to remain minority leader despite a challenge from ohio<u+2019>s rep. tim ryan. a journal editorial notes that while donald trump lost the nationwide popular vote, house republicans won three million more votes than democrats this year. <u+201c>mr. ryan wants democrats to refocus on economics rather than whose lives matter, but his voting record isn<u+2019>t much different than mrs. pelosi<u+2019>s,<u+201d> adds the editorial board . he voted for cap-and-trade and obamacare. wisconsin gov. scott walker<u+2019>s 2011 reform of public union laws <u+201c>has transformed the state<u+2019>s politics,<u+201d> notes a separate editorial . <u+201c>by 2015 union members made up some 8.3% of workers in wisconsin, down from 14.2% before mr. walker<u+2019>s reforms. the badger state has some 187,000 fewer union members than in 2005, and the milwaukee teachers<u+2019> education association has lost some 30% of its members .<u+201d> how can the u.s. pressure the chinese government to respect human rights? jared genser suggests a good start : house speaker paul ryan should <u+201c>bring to the floor for a vote a bill adopted unanimously in the senate to rename the street in front of the chinese embassy for liu xiaobo, china<u+2019>s jailed nobel peace prize laureate.<u+201d> a journal editorial says that china should also be encouraged to conduct vital diplomacy on the korean peninsula, where an <u+201c>erratic, nuclear-armed north still covets prosperous south korea, which is enduring a presidential impeachment crisis even as the u.s. is in a political transition.<u+201d> the editorial board writes that the u.s. <u+201c>needs to convey to china that any attempt to exploit the current moment would mean the end of the regime in the north and unification to the chinese border. beijing needs to convey that message to its clients in pyongyang.<u+201d> how to counter an expansionist russia under vladimir putin ? the journal<u+2019>s william galston writes that mr. trump<u+2019>s <u+201c>secretary of state and secretary of defense, as soon as they are confirmed, should go to europe as a team to reassure anxious allies that we will not abandon them .<u+201d>
election day for nancy pelosi - wsj
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