Thursday, April 25, 2024

A good news storyline: Trump repudiated, Biden steady but insufficient. Enter systemic reformers.

Biden is no FDR. To expect systemic reform from Biden is naive but to envision him as a stepping stone is good progressive strategy.

Rex Tillerson backs aggressive policy in disputed South China Sea as Exxon, Russia eye...

Will Tillerson see the world through “oil-coated glasses”?

We must know the truth

This is the worst scandal involving the White House and a foreign power since Iran-Contra. Demand the facts.

Jeff Sessions sets back the clock

How low can he go? And how far back can this Attorney General take us?
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Bernie Sanders on how to block Trump from stealing election & preserve American democracy

Trump recently ramped up his efforts to discredit the election results by suggesting he will refuse to concede if he loses.

Peace is a good thing, whoever manages to achieve it

When two leaders, each with the ability to destroy the world, agree to get along, that's a good thing. Period.

Exposing the giants: The global power elite

If we cannot persuade the global power elite to respond sensibly to that predicament, or nonviolently compel it to do so, humanity’s time on Earth is indeed limited.

Republicans currently in the driver’s seat but Democrats are sitting in the catbird seat

Why are Republicans relentlessly following this negative, destructive agenda?

The Trouble in Xinjiang: What Can We Learn from the Chinese “War on Terror”?

It is an oft noted irony of the late 20th and early 21st centuries that, as the world becomes more globalized in the economic sense, the struggles of smaller nationalities for autonomy or outright separation from larger states has become more pronounced.

‘Once you engage in political violence, it becomes easier to do it again’ –...

I think it’s really important for federal authorities to show their ability to tackle this. When it comes down to it, the government must show that it can protect American democracy, through force if necessary.