Biden barely beats Trump on saving democracy in 2024: CBS poll
President Biden has a narrow lead over former President Trump in a new poll asking whether democracy and the rule of law would be protected if either of the leading candidates were elected to the White House. New CBS News/YouGov poll Thirty-four percent of voters believe that democracy and the rule of law in the […]
Islamist and ‘Far-Right’ Extremists Trying Destroy Democracy
Chancellor Rishi Sunak said in an impromptu speech in Downing Street on Friday night, following left-wing populist George Galloway’s victory in the Rochdale by-election, that Islamists and “far-right” extremists “were “We are trying to tear it apart,” he warned. From Number 10’s footprints, Mr Sunak said there had been an “alarming increase” in extremist activity […]
Vindman: Trump has ‘every intention’ to undo American democracy if reelected
Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman suggested Friday that President Trump has “every intention” of destroying American democracy if re-elected, but doubts the former president will launch a revenge campaign in his second term. Amid growing concerns about whether “There may be only one vote left that really matters,” Vindman said. Said He said this […]
Mehdi Hasan: Biden risks ‘future of American democracy’ for Netanyahu and ‘fascists in Israel’
Progressive commentator Mehdi Hassan slammed President Biden for not doing more to end Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza, saying the president could end the war with a phone call. I insisted that I could. “Joe Biden has the power to pick up the phone and end this war. He can call the Israeli prime minister […]
Virginia election official discourages mailing ballots due to delivery failures: ‘Fundamental threat to our democracy’
Virginia election officials do not recommend that voters: Mailing your ballot Due to recent delivery problems, WRIC It was reported on Monday. Richmond City Registrar Keith Ballmer warned that many residents have reported that the U.S. Postal Service has recently been unable to deliver some important documents. “The reports we are receiving of delayed, misplaced, […]
SCOTUS Bush v. Gore Decision ‘Was the Day Democracy Died’
Joy Behar told her co-hosts on ABC’s “The View” Thursday that “democracy is dead” with the 2000 Supreme Court decision. Bush vs. Gore This decision resolved the 2000 Florida presidential election recount dispute between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg mentioned the Supreme Court’s announcement that it had agreed to hear oral […]
Time to deep-six the Democrats’ brand of ‘democracy’
Democrats warn almost daily that democracy will end if Donald Trump is re-elected in 2024. But, strictly speaking, do we live in a country established by the constitution as a “democracy”? The story goes that when Benjamin Franklin returned from the Constitutional Convention in 1787, a woman greeted him and asked him outright: Republic or […]
Hunter Claims Not Doing Crack Is a ‘Fight for the Future of Democracy’
Hunter Biden’s lack of crack is a “fight for the future of our democracy,” the president’s son told Axios on Monday, referring to former President Donald Trump’s re-election bid. Hunter’s attempt to somehow tie the fate of the nation to a legal obligation to abstain from drug use fits his long-standing victimhood narrative. Hunter pleaded […]
‘Freaks, Weirdos’ of GOP Are ‘in the Trump Death Cult for American Democracy’
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Tuesday on “Morning Joe” that Republicans who support former President Donald Trump have fallen into a “death cult of American democracy.” Scarborough said, “These are attacks on America. These are not just attacks on Joe Biden. These are attacks on America, and in December 2015 Donald Trump appeared on our […]
To save our democracy, corporations must put people over shareholder profits
Today, our country faces difficult challenges that threaten our democratic way of life. Fortunately, by addressing two of these issues, we can provide our citizens with a better standard of living. One problem is the difficulty of maintaining our independence and democracy against an authoritarian China that is rapidly industrializing and using ruthless tactics to […]