Sunday, May 19, 2024

Challenges for Joe Biden And Kamala Harris

“To overcome these challenges -- to restore the soul and to secure the future of America -- requires more than words. It requires that most elusive of things in a democracy: Unity.”

Demilitarizing our democracy

How the national security state has come to dominate a “Civilian” government...

Three things the U.S. must do to prevent future election violence

I’ve spent my entire career on peacebuilding after conflict. Here’s how we avoid becoming a failed state.

When you’re a cult, it’s Trump all the way (echoing ‘When you’re a Jet’)

Dedicated to Senate Retrumplicans covering up a direct WH call to insurrection.

While America was sleeping

Today, in the era of a 78-year-old president, a veritable Rip Van Biden, Americans and the rest of the world are, it seems, waking up in a new age.

‘Unseemly’ $1.1 trillion billionaire wealth gain during pandemic could fully fund Biden relief plan...

"This is why we need the fair-share taxes program Joe Biden ran on, won on, and is now ready to pursue."

To working stiff Trump supporters

Perhaps we need some of that now. That is not insurrection or revolution. Let us call it EVOLUTION.

US police more likely to use force against left-wing protesters

“Police are not just engaging more because [leftwing protesters] are more violent. They’re engaging more even with peaceful protesters.”

Rob Malley for Iran envoy: A test case for Biden’s commitment to diplomacy

Biden’s response to the far-right uproar against Malley will be a test of his fortitude in standing up to the hawks and charting a new course for U.S. policy in the Middle East.

CEO’s newfound concern for democracy is bunk

Joe Biden intends to raise corporate taxes, increase the minimum wage, break up Big Tech, and strengthen labor unions.