Column FEBRUARY 08, 2024 (democracynow.org) By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Israel’s bombardment of Gaza continues, as Palestinians trapped there share videos of their own annihilation in real time. The estimated death toll in Gaza since Israel’s military assault began on October 7th has exceeded 28,000, including 11,500 children, with… Continue reading
A demonstrator holds a sign that says “Biden’s reelection strategy: WWIII” while marching from the U.S. Embassy to the Israeli Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal on January 14, 2024. (Photo: Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images) “You need to listen,” said the head of one group that revoked a primary endorsement. “Because… Continue reading
He has to dig himself out of three holes if he has any chance to beat Donald Trump. BY HAROLD MEYERSON JANUARY 22, 2024 (prospect.org) BEN MCKEOWN/AP PHOTO President Joe Biden speaks at an event at Abbots Creek Community Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, January 18, 2024. History has not been… Continue reading
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather in front of the White House during the “March on Washington for Gaza” in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2024. Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has killed at least 23,708 people, mostly women and children, according to the latest health ministry figures. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty… Continue reading
Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and then-former Vice President Joe Biden speak during a break at the Democratic presidential primary debate at the Charleston Gaillard Center on February 25, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) “The challenge we face is to be able to… Continue reading
Trump and Biden each believes that he alone can fix it. One will wreck it; the other could. Judith Levine January 7 2024, 12:21 p.m. (TheIntercept.com) IT SHOULD GO without saying that anyone who thinks he can be president of the United States has a massive ego. With Trump, it’s obvious…. Continue reading
People wave a Cuban flag as they march through the streets of Miami on July 11, 2022. Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images In a rebuke to Obama’s effort to normalize relations with Cuba, Biden is sticking with Trump’s policy, even as a Cuban migrant crisis racks the border. Ryan Grim… Continue reading
Joe Biden has been an excellent president, but is also, I fear, the candidate least able to defeat Donald Trump. Other Democrats need to enter the race. BY HAROLD MEYERSON DECEMBER 11, 2023 (prospect.org) YURI GRIPAS/ABACA/SIPA USA VIA AP IMAGES President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House Tribal Nations… Continue reading
By Ryan Grim December 16, 2023 (theintercept.com) If there was any issue that dominated more air time during the Trump administration than immigration, I don’t remember what it was. From The Wall, to the Muslim ban, to the kids in cages, there was universal recognition within the Democratic coalition that Trump’s… Continue reading
