Stacey Abrams has been the subject of numerous similarly fawning, cringeworthy puff pieces in the past few days. One article in the New York Times explains how Abrams is “making politics a little less fake.”
Simply put: America should be addressing these challenges with a “yes, and” attitude instead of “no, because” attitude.
Part 3 in a 3-part series on China looking at the spread of COVID-19 from Wuhan to the rest of the world. In Part 3 – how can we hold China accountable for lying about the virus? Newt’s guest is Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt.
Opposition to “tough on crime” policies, supporting an end to mass incarceration, and declaring the war on drugs should cease, all align with the Democratic Party’s views on criminal justice issues. However, Joe Biden has not only taken opposite stances on these issues, specifically the war on drugs, he authored pieces of their enactment.
A common argument in the US — especially among the political left and the isolationist-leaning right — is that Iran doesn’t really threaten America. Sure, the argument goes, Iran’s regime does nasty things to its own people and to others across the Middle East, but it poses no threat to the American homeland. Iran is merely a regional problem and should therefore be ranked much lower on the list of Washington’s strategic priorities.
When Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the $3 trillion bill she and her allies had written with no public participation, Republican input, or consultation with the US Senate or the White House, my first reaction was that it would be dead on arrival and the move made no sense.
