Biden to use State of the Union to stress ‘historic achievements’ and importance of ‘saving our democracy’
President Biden will use his third State of the Union address Thursday night to outline his administration’s “historic accomplishments” and emphasize the importance of “national unity” and “saving our democracy,” according to the White House. That’s what it means. The president is scheduled to deliver the State of the Union address Thursday at 9 p.m. […]
Messaging About Democracy Is for Those with ‘Privilege’ to Not Worry About Inflation
On CNN’s “The Source” broadcast on Monday, CNN senior political commentator and former Obama aide David Axelrod said he thinks President Joe Biden is doing a good job as president and that he is looking forward to 2024. He said he was concerned about democratic issues in elections. “People who don’t care how much they […]
Selma: Honoring the courage of democracy heroes
Every March, we commemorate the heroic acts of small-town Alabama people who decided to put themselves at risk to hold America accountable to the promise of democracy. 866-OUR-VOTE For the Lawyers’ Committee, convener of the Election Protection Coalition, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter assistance coalition that manages the Voter Assistance Hotline, this memorial holds a […]
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 […]