Week in Review: Biden Defiant as Calls to 'Pass the Torch' Mount

 

Saturday, July 6, 2024 ■ The Week in Review As New Campaign Implores Him to 'Pass the Torch,' Biden Rejects Calls to Drop Out "I don't think anybody's more qualified to be president or win this race than me," the incumbent declared in a televised interview. By Jake Johnson • Jul 6, 2024 From a Coup to Assassinations, Just How Much Immunity Does the US President Now Have? "If Trump, as commander-in-chief, ordered his troops to assassinate somebody or stage a coup, that would seem to fall within the absolute immunity provision of the court's decision," said one legal expert. By Jake Johnson • Jul 3, 2024 'The Land Theft Continues': Israel Announces Biggest West Bank Seizure in Over 30 Years The Israel-based activist group Peace Now says "2024 is by far the peak year for Israeli land seizure in the occupied West Bank." By Brett Wilkins • Jul 3, 2024 Former Officials Say US Has 'Undeniable Complicity' in Israeli Killing, Forced Starvation of Palestinians in Gaza "The administration’s policy in Gaza is a failure and a threat to U.S. national security," said 12 ex-officials who resigned from the Biden administration over its support for Israel's war on Gaza. By Edward Carver • Jul 3, 2024 Researchers Warn of Imminent 'Death Spiral' for Rapidly Melting Alaska Ice Field The Juneau ice field is melting at a rate of 50,000 gallons per second and is possibly heading "beyond a dynamic tipping point," a new study says. By Brett Wilkins • Jul 2, 2024 'Screaming the Quiet Part': Trump Advisers Say He's Ready to Embrace King-Like Powers The U.S. Supreme Court's immunity decision has reportedly emboldened the presumptive GOP nominee to pursue his far-right agenda and authoritarian aims "without fear of punishment or restraint." By Jake Johnson • Jul 2, 2024

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■ Opinion After Biden's ABC Interview, It's Time to Pull the Emergency Cord It has become clear that only direct intervention by Democrats in Congress, propelled by grassroots pressure, can avert a Biden 2024 train wreck. By Norman Solomon, Jeff Cohen • Jul 6, 2024 Trump's Far-Right Army Is Threatening Bloodshed. Believe Them. We must not only resist, but prevail. If we do not, it will be nearly impossible to reverse the course that America’s right-wing billionaires have set us on. By Thom Hartmann • Jul 5, 2024 The Six Corporate-Owned US Supreme Court Justices Have Completed Their Assigned Mission The series of devastating rulings over the last week are the consequence of a corporate strategy launched 53 years ago. By Robert Reich • Jul 3, 2024 Confronting NATO’s War Summit in Washington Our fellow citizens and political leaders need to hear from us all about the dangers posed by this unaccountable, nuclear-armed war machine. By Medea Benjamin,Nicolas J.S. Davies • Jul 2, 2024 A Vicious Right-Wing Supreme Court Helps the Neoliberal Empire Strike Back "With fear for our democracy," said Justice Sonia Sotomayor, "I dissent." By Chuck Idelson • Jul 2, 2024

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COMMON DREAMS: Weekend Edition: "Now is the time for restraint and diplomacy"

 

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Sunday, April 14, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  UK Youth, Experts Occupy Coal-Sponsored Science Museum Gallery "Why on Earth are we allowing a destructive industry to sponsor an educational exhibition whilst simultaneously setting fire to young people's futures?" asked Chris Packham. By Jessica Corbett Calls for De-Escalation Mount as Israel Plans to 'Exact a Price From Iran' "Now is the time for restraint and diplomacy, not more unconditional support for military escalation," said one advocate. By Jessica Corbett MAJOR MEDIA DIMWITS? HOW DOES ANY SANE PERSON 'DEBATE' DEMENTIA DON WHO IS INCAPABLE OF COHERENT SPEECH? HAVE ANY OF THESE 'MAJOR MEDIA DIMWITS' listened to DEMENTIA DON's recent 'speeches' ' DEMENTIA DON is incoherent and irrational, makes up words and cognitive decline is apparent. Major Media Outlets Urge Biden, Trump to Commit to 2024 Debates "There is simply no substitute for the candidates debating with each other, and before the American people, their visions for the future of our nation." By Jessica Corbett Abortion Rights Supporters Rally in Florida Ahead of Ballot Measure Vote "There is no medical reason for abortion bans and there is no medical reason for the government to be forcing their way into our exam rooms," said one doctor. By Jessica Corbett Iran Launches Drone Attack Against Israel Over Consulate Bombing "Netanyahu will use it as the pretext for another provocation, because he's bent on starting this war," one writer predicted. By Jessica Corbett Google Slammed for 'Playing Games With California's Democracy' by Blocking News "This is an extraordinarily inappropriate time for Google to experiment with which voters might or might not see news about elected officials and candidates for office." By Jessica Corbett

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■ Opinion To Save US Democracy, Prioritize the Common Good The run-up to this year’s general election is the occasion to rekindle the democratic spirit and reassemble a majority to vote for candidates committed to the democratic commonwealth. By Robert Ivie The Neoliberal Bullies Have Controlled the World Long Enough We should seek to build societies in which aggression and dominance are not rewarded. By George Monbiot Can Climate Democracy Defeat the Oil Curse in Ecuador? As the country faces economic and security crises, the oil industry and its supporters in government are pushing to disregard the vote to indefinitely stop drilling in Yasuni National Park. By Mitch Anderson We Need an Alternative to Nuclear-Armed Nationalism If “war made the state and the state made war,” then the state, as currently perceived, at least by those besotted with military power, is the problem. By Robert C. Koehler

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