Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Tag: Joe Biden

The US presidential election might be closer than the polls suggest...

On the one hand, this year’s election seems to have historically low levels of undecided voters. But offsetting this is tremendous uncertainty about turnout and whose votes will be cast and counted.

The presidential election: “A 200-pound sack of concrete” vs. “the orange...

The entrenched system is heavily weighted -- always has been -- against the interests of working people, women, people of color, the poor and others deprived of power by structural inequities.

Despite poll showing aggressive climate action a winning issue, Biden boasts...

In response to Trump’s claims Biden would ban fracking, the Democratic presidential nominee assured a crowd in Pennsylvania that he will not do away with the practice.

A united front is the right strategy to defeat authoritarianism

With a second Trump term, all hope of progressive change is gone. With a Biden Presidency, with hard work and mass mobilization, there is at least a chance for a better and more progressive America.

Time to defeat Trump — without make-believe about Biden

“With another Trump presidency, the left would have few options and could face new levels of government repression.”

Triumph of the shills

It's beginning to seem like history is simultaneously repeating itself as both tragedy and farce.

Cornel West & Ben Jealous on the DNC and whether progressives...

“At this moment, with the decline and fall of the American empire, it looks as if the system is unable to generate enough energy to seriously reform itself. It remains sanitized, superficial."

If Joe Biden rejects his progressive base, Trump will win

He could pave the way for another Donald Trump victory in the “the most crucial election in human history.”

Sunrise Movement: Dems must address climate crisis as DNC drops pledge...

It is “disappointing to see” Democrats back away from the pledge, but adds that as long as social movements sustain pressure, “it will be a priority for the Biden administration, should they win in November.”

Young black voters may be the key to a Biden victory—if...

Surveys show that, rather than reflexively voting Democratic, young Black voters are pessimistic any Democrat can make a difference.

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DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure

On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.

Thanks, MAGA, for exposing six corrosive myths that plague America—if we survive!

So kudos to today’s rightwing bellicosity for making clear the U.S. unilaterally wields deadly, rapacious power, whether sensible or stupid or gratuitous.

Trump administration threatens media licenses and treason charges over Iran war coverage

Critics warn FCC pressure on broadcasters and presidential threats of treason charges represent a dangerous escalation against press freedom during an active military conflict.

The US bombs kids so Palmer Luckey can have nice things

Because for every bomb the U.S. and Israel drop, a bunch of men in cushy offices profit off all the death. 

Big oil knew it was wrecking Louisiana’s coast, records show

Now, parish lawsuits, including one in front of the Supreme Court, could make oil giants pay to restore the state’s vanishing marshes.