Israel is about to launch a ground invasion into the Gaza Strip with the war aim of toppling the Hamas government and installing a compliant puppet regime. Recent history suggests the long-term outcome of this strategy goes not give much cause for optimism.
Republican Civil War within the House of Representatives grinds on as a majority vote goes to representative Steve Scalise. Even though his rival, Jim Jordan said that he would vote for Scalise, the House Freedom Caucus seems likely to hold out, possibly forcing more painful floor votes.
For the first time in American history, a Speaker of the House of Representatives has been removed by a vote by his colleagues. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida and 7 far-right allies teamed with Democrats to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California as Speaker, throwing Congress into chaos.
Without a Speaker of the House, Republicans aren’t able to advance their agenda. Is that necessarily a terrible thing?
At first, it seems like a good idea for President Biden to speak up in favor of democracy. But then you think about his own behavior. He is in a proxy war in favor of a country, that jails opponents and cancels elections. His party sues to keep rival political parties off the ballot. He refuses to debate challengers. He insists on running, even though most members of his own party don’t want him to. Democracy begins at home, Joe.
In a history-making act of performativeness, President Joe Biden appeared at a UAW picket line. But he didn’t picket or offer meaningful government support.
Democrats make a strong argument that Donald Trump has authoritarian tendencies and might even want to replace our democratic republic with a dictatorship. They say that he is corrupt and dangerous. They argue that nothing is more important than to defeat him and prevent him from ever becoming president again. If all that is true, why are they insisting on renominating Joe Biden? He has stubbornly low approval ratings to the point that even most Democrats don’t want him to run again. Could it be that they don’t really want to win?
A New York judge ruled that Donald Trump’s company lied about the size and value of his real estate holdings in order to obtain loans fraudulently.
Elon Musk’s neurotech is recruiting patients willing to undergo invasive brain surgery. They’ll get a brain implant that allows people with paralysis to communicate by moving cursors and typing with their minds. Strange times…
28% of Americans, a record high, tell the Pew Research poll that they are disgusted by both major political parties. It’s not hard to imagine why; the system is distracted by impeachment and other inside the Beltway issues while bread and butter problems that affect ordinary people get ignored by the political class.
