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This is the way to do it James Fallows, former presidential speechwriter, writes a speech for Joe Biden: Address to the Nation President Joe Biden July 2024 My fellow Americans: I’d like to talk with you tonight about the faith that connects nearly all of us who share the blessing of calling ourselves Americans. That is a faith in the country’s past and a belief in its future. And a willingness, in the here and now, to do what we can—to fulfill our duty—to make our country stronger, prouder, fairer, greater. More open to opportunity. More equal under the law. More faithful to the values to which so many generations of Americans have pledged “our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor,” as our founders put it nearly 250 years ago in the Declaration of Independence.
Q: Is Project 2025 ideological lunacy? Trump VP contender Marco Rubio: No. I think it’s center-right Q: Is Project 2025 ideological lunacy? Trump VP contender Marco Rubio: No. I think it’s center-right (Trump’s Project 2025 wants to ban abortion nationwide, restrict IVF access, defund education, round up immigrants in mass detention camps, put guns in classrooms, and go after… pic.twitter.com/kUyupdYtwA — Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) July 7, 2024 It’s good to know what’s considered “center right” these days: By the way: The three top guys on the Project 2025 website are all former Trump admin staffers:Paul Dans (chief of staff at Trump OPM) Spencer Chretien (special assistant to Trump) Troup Hemenway (Trump OPP) Of the folks assigned to write or co-write policy chapters, most are Trump admin veterans.
I am glad to see Velshi and a few others in the media looking at the big picture. I wish there was more of it.
Trump “is somebody who is trying to destroy our country” Democrats need to look themselves in the mirror when former Republicans from the Lincoln Project are standing behind Joe Biden more steadfastly than they are. We need to look beyond the players to the broader stakes in this election and make clear to voters what they are. “I will take an old man with a cold over a narcissitic sociopath with a dictator kink any day,” said Ryan Wiggins, the group’s chief of staff. “We have got the Democratic nominee’s back because Trump cannot be president of this country ever again.” “Our answer is to go out and find the bad guys and punch them in the face,” insists Rick Wilson. “You can never take your foot off the gas in attacking Donald Trump.” When you’ve cut your opponent over the eye, work the eye! “Only one of the two main presidential candidates poses an existential threat to democracy,” said MSNBC’s Ali Velshi Saturday. So take a deep breath and hold that thought.
Taniel at Bolts with a short primer on today’s runoff in France. France is holding its parliamentary elections today. Clear stakes: Will far-right end up governing France? And if it fails, what possible coalition will end up governing given fragmentation? You can follow me for results starting at 2pm ET; but a quick context 🧵: Let’s start with: In France, president runs the show… as long as their party controls the Assembly. If presidential party loses that control, the president has few domestic powers—no veto, for instance. This isn’t a US-style split government. That’s why stakes today so high. Macron called these just 4 weeks ago. Decision shocked his own allies. He already lost his gamble: His bloc is sure to lose seats & its tentative control on Assembly.
Fascists always understand the power of the really big show.
(Or maybe a bot…) It’s just impossible for these people to believe that their fetid ideas are not what people want. I get that they don’t care but they can’t win democratically. I worry about what comes nest once they get that through their heads. Let’s hope the center left of the US has enough sense to do the same. I wish I was more sure that they do.
After decades of lobbying and advocacy by Canadian trade unions, the federal Parliament unanimously passed legislation to ban the use of replacement workers (or ‘scabs’) during strikes and lockouts in federally regulated industries (covering about 1 million workers in industries like including finance, interprovincial transportation, and telecommunications). The legislation will take effect in June, 2025. It was supported by all [...]
It’s interesting to see the likes of David Frum recognize the imbalance in the media after all these years. People who read this blog have seen this for about three decades now. A thread: “Donald Trump tried to overthrow an election by violence.” That’s old news, we already reported that. “As president, Donald Trump directed tens of millions of tax dollars to his own pockets.” Old news. “Russian intelligence helped elect Trump by illegal means. Trump welcomed the help.” Russia, Russia. “He was proven in court to have raped a woman.” Civil proceeding, not criminal – and sexual assault, not rape. Besides … old news. (cont’d) “Two dozen other women say Trump attacked them. There’s literally a recording of him boasting about it!” Old news, we litigated all that in 2016. “There’s new news just unsealed about Trump and Jeffrey Epstein!” Salacious gossip, beneath our editorial standards. (cont’d) “You don’t have to focus on the sex stuff.