Category: Politics

Blowback on The Atlantic (Piece): Claims Fit a ‘Pattern of Behavior’
The new report published by The Atlantic that Donald Trump's denigrated US military veterans has brought out full denials and reprisals from Trump and his administration. But the reporting behind the piece has been defended in equally strong terms.

MSNBC’s Joy Reid: Trump’s ‘Radicalizing’ His Supporters in the Same Way Muslims Are
Donald Trump's radicalizing some of his most fervent supporters in violence in a similar way that experts see some Muslim terrorists are radicalized, according to MSNBC host Joy Reid.

Biden Adviser: Trump ‘Has Fanned the Flames, and Incited Violence in this Country’
In the midst of a nation facing a climbing number of deaths from COVID-19 and clamoring for racial justice and police reform, Donald Trump is inciting violence as part of his attempt at re-election, according to a senior adviser to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

Martin Luther King III: ‘We Must Be a Living Movement Not a Monument’
As thousands gathered in Washington DC Friday to commemorate Dr Martin Luther King Jr's 1963 March on Washington, King's namesake urged those in attendance not to dwell in the past but to work for justice in the present.

How To Lose an Election in About 5 Minutes
She may have spoken for a few short minutes, but who could have guessed that Abby Johnson could have done so much political damage in so short a time?

Biden on Trump Attacking His Mental Fitness: ‘Mr. President, Watch Me’
After enduring an ongoing campaign to twist his stutter into evidence of "cognitive decline," Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has challenged Donald Trump.

N.M. Gov.: As President, Biden Will Rejoin the International Climate Agreement
If elected president this fall, Democrat Joe Biden will rejoin the Paris Accords for climate, New Mexico Gov Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) said during her address to the Democratic National Convention.

Chuck Schumer: A Democratic Senate Will Make Health Care Affordable and Combat Climate Change
In the midst of a week in which Democrats are setting their sights on winning back the White House this November, the Senate's top Democrat offered a reminder of what could be possible if they were also to capture the Senate majority as well.

Al Gore: By Tampering with the Postal Service, Trump Is ‘Putting His Knee on the Neck of American Democracy’
Former vice president Al Gore likened Donald Trump's botched attempts to wreck the US Postal Service so as to try to thwart mail-in balloting to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis Minn., police custody.


