Biden’s missing second term plans, get real on Houthi threat and other commentary
Middle East Watch: Making the Houthi Threat a Reality
“The need for cheaper ways to defend against Houthi attacks on warships is real,” it warned. Dov Zakheim of The Hill“Iran has long supported the Houthis,” but “what is little more than a collection of tribal rebels has held the world’s largest superpower back for almost a year with no end in sight.” “US and UK aircraft have responded to multiple attacks with airstrikes on Houthi facilities,” but “their capabilities remain sufficient to disrupt any shipping transiting the Red Sea.” The US has already spent $1 billion in May to counter the Houthis. “It’s time for the US military to consider ‘acquiring a maritime version of Iron Dome’ and ‘narrow the huge cost gap that currently exists between the threat looming and the defense system.”
Crime News: Philadelphia Resurrection
For a decade, Philadelphia had been known for “violent crime, open-air drug markets and irresponsible leadership,” but the new mayor and police chief “decided they’d had enough.” City Journal’s Thomas Hogan is furiousNew Mayor Sherrell Parker and Police Chief Kevin Bethel “immediately cracked down on the gangs of illegal ATV and dirt bike riders who were terrorizing entire neighborhoods,” “cleared out a massive squatter encampment” in Kensington (the “epicenter of the city’s failed crime policies” where drug dealers “operated with impunity”), and “assigned all 75 rookie officers who graduated from the Philadelphia Police Academy to patrol Kensington to disrupt the open-air drug dealing and rampant drug use that fueled violence.” “Crime rates are falling,” but it’s unclear whether progressive District Attorney Larry Krasner will support the plan.
Liberals: No plan for Biden’s second term in sight
“President Biden needs to communicate clearly to voters what he wants to accomplish during his next four years in office.” Liberal Patriot John Halpin argues: But the “official Biden campaign website” says “absolutely nothing about his own plan for a second term, and also nothing about the economy, inflation, or immigration, which are the most important issues to voters in every poll.” “It’s an empty campaign.” “By contrast,” Donald Trump’s website offers “a range of ideas” that “may not appeal to all voters, but certainly to some when the incumbent president has nothing to offer.” “So far in the 2024 campaign, Trump has a plan, Biden doesn’t.”
Cultural critic: “inhumane” attack on Alits
Left-wing activist Lauren Windsor posed as a conservative Christian in an attempt to “provoke and seduce” Justice Samuel Alito and his wife, Martha Ann, into saying “stupid things” that she would later spread. The Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan frowns.“Mrs. Alito” did “make a brave statement,” but, as The Washington Post noted, her husband “seemed like someone trying to gently shake off a political obsession.” The Alitos “did nothing wrong,” but there’s something rather dehumanizing about Windsor’s tactic of treating them as “a means to an end.” “It’s degrading to them that the content she created was disseminated by honest, adult journalists.” Her actions recall Stalinism, where “neighbors spied on neighbors.” And “what do you get out of that?” Attention. “You’re always the one who gets that kind of attention.”
Conservatives: No web welfare!
“The impossible happened. The welfare program ended,” he said with a laugh. Dominique Pino of National Reviewspecifically, a COVID-era “up to $30 per month in benefits to eligible households for broadband internet service.” And the “fear mongering” that the repeal of the Affordable Connectivity Program would “lead to millions of people losing access to the internet” has been proven false. Fortunately, “there is nothing Congress has to do to not fund this program.” But the debate over the ACP “gets in the way of other telecommunications policy in Congress,” and “there are plenty of other pandemic-era policies the federal government needs to roll back.” As such, “Congress should leave the ACP unfunded and move on to other, more urgent policy priorities.”
Biden’s missing second term plans, get real on Houthi threat and other commentary
Middle East Watch: Making the Houthi Threat a Reality
“The need for cheaper ways to defend against Houthi attacks on warships is real,” it warned. Dov Zakheim of The Hill“Iran has long supported the Houthis,” but “what is little more than a collection of tribal rebels has held the world’s largest superpower back for almost a year with no end in sight.” “US and UK aircraft have responded to multiple attacks with airstrikes on Houthi facilities,” but “their capabilities remain sufficient to disrupt any shipping transiting the Red Sea.” The US has already spent $1 billion in May to counter the Houthis. “It’s time for the US military to consider ‘acquiring a maritime version of Iron Dome’ and ‘narrow the huge cost gap that currently exists between the threat looming and the defense system.”
Crime News: Philadelphia Resurrection
For a decade, Philadelphia had been known for “violent crime, open-air drug markets and irresponsible leadership,” but the new mayor and police chief “decided they’d had enough.” City Journal’s Thomas Hogan is furiousNew Mayor Sherrell Parker and Police Chief Kevin Bethel “immediately cracked down on the gangs of illegal ATV and dirt bike riders who were terrorizing entire neighborhoods,” “cleared out a massive squatter encampment” in Kensington (the “epicenter of the city’s failed crime policies” where drug dealers “operated with impunity”), and “assigned all 75 rookie officers who graduated from the Philadelphia Police Academy to patrol Kensington to disrupt the open-air drug dealing and rampant drug use that fueled violence.” “Crime rates are falling,” but it’s unclear whether progressive District Attorney Larry Krasner will support the plan.
Liberals: No plan for Biden’s second term in sight
“President Biden needs to communicate clearly to voters what he wants to accomplish during his next four years in office.” Liberal Patriot John Halpin argues: But the “official Biden campaign website” says “absolutely nothing about his own plan for a second term, and also nothing about the economy, inflation, or immigration, which are the most important issues to voters in every poll.” “It’s an empty campaign.” “By contrast,” Donald Trump’s website offers “a range of ideas” that “may not appeal to all voters, but certainly to some when the incumbent president has nothing to offer.” “So far in the 2024 campaign, Trump has a plan, Biden doesn’t.”
Cultural critic: “inhumane” attack on Alits
Left-wing activist Lauren Windsor posed as a conservative Christian in an attempt to “provoke and seduce” Justice Samuel Alito and his wife, Martha Ann, into saying “stupid things” that she would later spread. The Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan frowns.“Mrs. Alito” did “make a brave statement,” but, as The Washington Post noted, her husband “seemed like someone trying to gently shake off a political obsession.” The Alitos “did nothing wrong,” but there’s something rather dehumanizing about Windsor’s tactic of treating them as “a means to an end.” “It’s degrading to them that the content she created was disseminated by honest, adult journalists.” Her actions recall Stalinism, where “neighbors spied on neighbors.” And “what do you get out of that?” Attention. “You’re always the one who gets that kind of attention.”
Conservatives: No web welfare!
“The impossible happened. The welfare program ended,” he said with a laugh. Dominique Pino of National Reviewspecifically, a COVID-era “up to $30 per month in benefits to eligible households for broadband internet service.” And the “fear mongering” that the repeal of the Affordable Connectivity Program would “lead to millions of people losing access to the internet” has been proven false. Fortunately, “there is nothing Congress has to do to not fund this program.” But the debate over the ACP “gets in the way of other telecommunications policy in Congress,” and “there are plenty of other pandemic-era policies the federal government needs to roll back.” As such, “Congress should leave the ACP unfunded and move on to other, more urgent policy priorities.”
— Edited by The Post Editorial Board
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