Democracy is very fragile. Be careful with it! Stray but a little and democracy shall fail.
Here are 15 things that put democracy itself in jeopardy every day:
The Top 15 Gravest Threats To Democracy
Tag: Republicans
Voices: J. D. Vance wouldn’t know what to say to a real Appalachian like me. Ohio deserves better
I sometimes joke that J.D. Vance is my evil twin. Born a year and a half before me, Vance and I are both the grandchildren of Appalachian out-migrants. He is the first in his family to obtain a university degree, and so am I. He grew up about 30 miles from where I grew up in the decaying Rust Belt cities between Dayton and Cincinnati. Jackson, from where his grandmother hailed and from whence J.D. claims his Appalachian identity, is 45 miles from my grandmother’s home town — and where I spent much of my childhood and graduated high school — in Hyden.
Voices: J. D. Vance wouldn’t know what to say to a real Appalachian like me. Ohio deserves better
Related:
J.D. Vance’s First Attempt to Renew Ohio Crumbled Quickly
Video via More Perfect Union
Ukraine Peace Talks: Pathetic U-Turn by 30 Dems & Curious Case of Jeffrey Sachs
Thirty Progressive House Democrats Urge Biden to Negotiate With Russia
In a letter to the president, the lawmakers call for the US to push for a diplomatic settlement to the war in Ukraine
Thirty Progressive House Democrats Urge Biden to Negotiate With Russia
DIRTY BOMB, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE DAM OF THE KAKHOVKA – THE DANGEROUS GAMES OF THE UKRAINE
For several days the threat of the use of a dirty bomb or the destruction of the Kakhovka dam by Ukraine has caused an extremely dangerous rise in tension. By dint of letting Kyiv do whatever it wants, even the worst war crimes and terrorist acts, the West encourages Ukraine to continue playing with fire, at the risk of causing a disaster that would go beyond the country’s borders.
DIRTY BOMB, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE DAM OF THE KAKHOVKA – THE DANGEROUS GAMES OF THE UKRAINE (Original in French)
Lawmakers Looking to Pass $50 Billion in New Ukraine Aid Before Next Congress
Lawmakers Looking to Pass $50 Billion in New Ukraine Aid Before Next Congress
NBC News reported Thursday that the bipartisan idea under consideration would be to pass a bill for Ukraine aid that could cover an entire year during the lame-duck period. The bill is expected to be worth roughly $50 billion, which would bring total US spending on the war to over $115 billion.
Tulsi Gabbard CALLED OUT by Kim Iversen For Supporting PRO WAR Republicans
Oct 17, 2022 – Zac & Gavin react to Tulsi Gabbard getting called out on Twitter by Kim Iversen (formerly of The Hill’s Rising).
Tulsi Gabbard CALLED OUT by Kim Iversen For Supporting PRO WAR Republicans – The Vanguard
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Trump Advisor: Bolduc’s Ukraine Comments ‘Disqualified’ Him for U.S. Senate
Bolduc, who lost a GOP Senate primary in 2020, has been taking a steady stream of incoming fire over wild speculation he made during a Fox News TV appearance last weekend. His comments about how the CIA or military could “get in there on the ground” in Ukraine, using “special operations troops” and “indirect fires and direct capabilities” to attack Russian targets were viewed as so inflammatory, he was called out on the air by the network’s Pentagon correspondent.
Peter Thiel’s midterm bet: the billionaire seeking to disrupt America’s democracy
Re-energized this election cycle, the tech entrepreneur joins other mega-donors apparently out to undercut the political system
Peter Thiel’s midterm bet: the billionaire seeking to disrupt America’s democracy
Related:
The Right’s Would-Be Kingmaker (archived, as it’s behind a paywall)
Anti-Globalist?! He invests in businesses, worldwide!? I doubt that it would be possible without globalization! 🤷🏼♀️
The New York Times Discovers Biden’s A Liar
By Tim Graham
The New York Times is signaling that they’re not wild about Joe Biden running for president again. Suddenly, they announced his statements are routinely un-factual. He’s a habitual liar. Why is this discovery emerging now?
The online headline of their October 11 story was: “Biden, Storyteller in Chief, Spins Yarns That Often Unravel: President Biden has been unable to break himself of the habit of embellishing narratives to weave a political identity.”
The New York Times Discovers Biden’s A Liar
H/T: Calculus of Decay
Republicans Plan Debt Crisis to Force Cuts to Medicare, Social Security
The November elections will likely give Republicans control of the House of Representatives as a platform from which to oppose the Democratic-controlled White House. And one thing Republicans will do with this power, in all probability, will be to try to provoke a crisis in order to extort Democrats into accepting spending cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
Republicans Plan Debt Crisis to Force Cuts to Medicare, Social Security
How family friendly!? Just throw Granny to the street! /s
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