Week in Review: The Dangers of a Trump-Vance Ticket

 

Saturday, July 20, 2024 ■ The Week in Review ACLU Warns Trump Win Would Herald 'New Era of Mass Incarceration' The rights group put out a memo detailing how a second Trump administration would "exacerbate inequalities" in the criminal justice system, "harm communities," and "infringe upon our rights and humanity." By Edward Carver • Jul 19, 2024 New AFL-CIO Guide Shows How Trump Agenda Would Be 'Catastrophic' for Workers "A second Trump term would put everything we've fought for—good jobs, fair wages, healthcare, retirement security, worker safety—on the chopping block," said AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler. By Brett Wilkins • Jul 19, 2024 Grassroots Latinx Group Says Local Organizing Is Key to Stopping Trump Agenda "We can't endorse Biden or the Democratic Party, but we understand the threat that a Trump administration poses to our communities," said the director of Mijente. By Julia Conley • Jul 18, 2024 Oil Giant Ran 1977 Article Linking Climate Change to 'Widespread Starvation' "Pestilence, starvation, drought. To know one's product may bring that about, and bury the evidence, is unspeakable,” an expert said. By Edward Carver • Jul 18, 2024 'Scathing' Report Exposes Broken Promises of Cori Bush's Primary Challenger "Wesley Bell promised long overdue reforms in St. Louis County, but—like his predecessor, Bob McCulloch—he's continued to punish primarily poor and working people," said the Working Families Party national director. By Jessica Corbett • Jul 17, 2024 65% of Democratic Voters Want Biden to Step Aside: Poll A majority of respondents said they want both Biden and Trump to quit the race, and were not confident in the mental fitness of either candidate. By Brett Wilkins • Jul 17, 2024 Biden Belatedly Embraces Supreme Court Reforms as Right-Wing Justices Wreak Havoc The president is reportedly planning to endorse term limits for Supreme Court justices—but not adding seats to the bench. By Jake Johnson • Jul 17, 2024 Trump's Pick of Vance Shows GOP 'Will Stop at Nothing to Ban All Abortion' in US "A Trump-Vance administration will be the most dangerous administration for abortion and reproductive freedom in this country’s history." By Julia Conley • Jul 16, 2024 With Media Enamored by US Presidential Race, Israeli Massacres in Gaza Get Even Deadlier "We must not lose sight of what is happening in Gaza, where an unprecedented humanitarian crisis continues to get even worse," said U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. By Jake Johnson • Jul 16, 2024 Climate Movement Sounds Alarm on Trump Picking 'Big Oil Sellout' JD Vance for VP "JD Vance will sell out to the highest bidder, whether that's Trump or the fossil fuel industry," said one Sunrise Movement campaigner. "That makes him dangerous." By Brett Wilkins • Jul 15, 2024 VIEW ALL NEWS JOIN THE MOVEMENT As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover the issues the corporate media never will. Your contribution supports this bold media model—free, independent, and dedicated to reporting the facts every day. Stand with us in the fight for economic equality, social justice, human rights, and a more sustainable future. JOIN WITH US TODAY ■ Opinion The 2024 Election and the End of the American Century It would be hard to get a more striking sense of just how deeply the century has aged than by watching two elderly men once again running for president in an American world that distinctly seems on the downhill slope. By Tom Engelhardt • Jul 18, 2024 Unity at the RNC Looks a Lot Like Jonestown We should be worried about the far right’s Project 2025, but we should be horrified by what we’re seeing right now in 2024, right here in the all-American city of Milwaukee. By Will Bunch • Jul 18, 2024 The Republican Party Is the Anti-Worker Party. Full Stop. Why didn’t Teamster president Sean O’Brien use his allotted speaking time to ask the Republicans to adopt the pro-union initiatives that Democrats support and that Republican members of Congress have opposed? By Robert Reich • Jul 17, 2024 Assassination Attempt Does Not Change Fact That Trump Is a Threat to Democracy What the grotesque shooting should not be allowed to do is shut down legitimate and necessary criticism of the Republican Party's nominee and what he represents. By Julie Hollar • Jul 17, 2024 'Violence Has No Place in American Life.' Except, Like, Everywhere You Look A few thoughts on how the assassination attempt on Trump unleashed an orgy of Democratic platitudes. By Phil Wilson • Jul 16, 2024 Republicans' Feigned Outrage Must Not Be Allowed To Buoy Trump "The danger of Trump and of Trumpism is more real today than it was 24 hours ago." By Jeffrey C. Isaac • Jul 14, 2024 VIEW ALL OPINION Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams · PO Box 443 · Portland, ME 04112-0443 · USA Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax-deductible. EIN: 20-3368194