Harris may be worse than both Biden and Trump
As Vice-President she’s been effectively powerless and mostly off stage, but her worrying record shows she’s never really moved out of the undergraduate activist phase.
As Vice-President she’s been effectively powerless and mostly off stage, but her worrying record shows she’s never really moved out of the undergraduate activist phase.
By stepping down from the presidential race, Joe Biden has finally done the right thing by America. But Democrats must now pick a replacement in a panic, throwing politics into flux.
Patriotic country and western music, ear patches, costumes and USA chants. Trumpism has officially overthrown the Republican Party.
Don’t get me wrong. Vance is a formidable guy and the author of a truly brilliant memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. But while he marginally amplifies Trump’s message to his base, Vance doesn’t do a lot of the things a candidate normally wants a running mate to do.
America has suffered grievous, seemingly irreparable internal division throughout its history. But ultimately the great American friendliness will prevail.
There is a giant, devastating and black irony at the heart of the attempt on the former president’s life. Liberal America has become wildly more extreme.
Astoundingly stubborn and nursing many personal grievances, the President has three powerful forces still campaigning hard for him to remain.
In a first for any US administration, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell has told The Australian that China is actively seeking to establish a military base in the South Pacific.
Will Biden jump? Will he be pushed? Or will he just fall asleep? He has been a poor president, producing inflation, a disastrous failure on the southern border and a mixed foreign policy record at best.
Getting to interview this man was challenging. He hated ‘gringo’ journalists and had vowed he’d never talk to one again. All of my peers warned me he goes crazy if you ask him about the death squads. But I had to try.
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