Barack Obama: Still a Racial Incendiary
Former President Barack Obama recently gave a speech in which he attacked the critics of “identity politics.” At the June Copenhagen Democracy Summit Obama said: “I have little sympathy for reactionaries who cynically condemn identity politics or cancel culture when really all they’re doing is trying to preserve existing privilege or excuse entrenched injustice, or […]
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Right-Wing Model Legislation Would Criminalize Sharing Information on Abortion
In the days leading up toThe overturning Roe v. Wade The National Right to Life Committee the nation’s largest anti-abortion organization, released model legislation that would ban abortion and criminalize “aiding or abetting an illegal abortion.” The model legislation would impact anyone in the state who runs a website “that encourages or facilitates efforts to […]
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For Biden, Polls Are Probably Worse Than They Seem
According to a New York Times/Siena College survey, President Joe Biden’s job approval rating is at 33%. This makes him one of the most unpopular first-term presidents in American history. Sixty-four% of Democrats want another candidate in 2024’s presidential race. According to my knowledge, no modern president has experienced greater dissatisfaction from his own party […]
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Deportation Guidelines Back in Limbo After Two Opposing Court Rulings
The 6th Circuit Federal Appeals Court ruled on July 5 That the Biden administration could enforce guidelines to pause deportations unless individuals had committed acts of terrorism, espionage, or “egregious threats to public safety” in a lawsuit brought on by Arizona, Ohio, and Montana. The conservative sister court of the 5th Circuit was notified the […]
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Resign, Joe
It is difficult to express how terrible President Joe Biden does his job. Comparisons to Jimmy Carter are pervasive, but trite—and too flattering to Carter. Perhaps a more apt (and dark) analogy, given how civic strife has reached a fever pitch, is to James Buchanan, historians’ typical consensus pick for worst president ever. Indeed, to […]
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January 6 Committee Subpoenas Secret Service in Search for Deleted Texts
The congressional committee investigating The attack on the United States Capitol, January 6, 2021, subpoenaed U.S. Secret Service Friday night as the panel attempts recovery of text messages that were deleted soon after oversight officials requested them. “The committee is absolutely determined to get to the bottom of this and to find all of the […]
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House Democrats Push GOP to Take a Position on Military-Style Assault Rifles
House Democrats are lining up behind a bill to ban the manufacture and sale of certain military-style semiautomatic assault weapons in an effort to keep guns such as AR-15s out of the hands of potential mass shooters — and force Republicans to take a position on the issue ahead of the midterms. Jerrold Ndler, Chairman […]
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Palestinians Face Forced Expulsions as Biden Pledges Allegiance to Israel
President Joe Biden’s much-heralded visit to Jerusalem has confirmed that the United States remains Israel’s enabler-in-chief. To maintain Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territory, President Biden pledged to continue providing $3.8 billion in military aid annually to Israel (more than any other country). Pledging to “stand with the Jewish and democratic State of Israel,” Biden […]
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AOC Calls for Congress to Strip Supreme Court of Its Ability to Rule on Abortion
As stories of the vast amounts of suffering caused by abortion bans are piling up, a group of House Democrats is calling on congressional leaders to support a push to strip the Supreme Court of its ability to rule on abortion — as well as marriage equality, sex and contraception — altogether. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez […]
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After 18 Months of Biden, Have We Hit Bottom Yet?
Next week will be one and a quarter years since Joe Biden assumed the presidency on Jan. 20, 2021. On July 20, every American should look within and ask: “Am I better off than I was 18 months ago?” To Biden’s credit, the unemployment rate has fallen from 6.4% when he took office to 3.6% […]
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