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POLITICS-After opposing another round of stimulus checks for months in the face of deteriorating economic conditions and widespread suffering, Republican congressional leaders have finally agreed to include direct payments in a coronavirus relief package that could be approved by the end of the week.
ELECTION EXPOSED---Following is an excerpt from the diary of outgoing President Donald Trump, apparently written in early December 2020. The excerpt has been edited for clarity, spelling, grammar, and context.
TRUMP’S UNKEPT PROMISES-Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie showed “a lack of genuine commitment” to addressing a high-profile sexual assault allegation in a VA hospital and focused instead on denigrating the veteran who made the complaint, according to an investigation by the department’s internal watchdog.
PERSPECTIVE--If you’re American, take a moment to congratulate yourself. You’ve just survived the tenure of the worst President in American history.
OTHER WORDS-As the semester ends, I fear many of my students will fail my class.
PERSPECTIVE--Our post-election hope couldn’t be more fragile.
OTHER WORDS--America certainly has an abundance of food, even though many Americans do not.
PERSPECTIVE--Firing by the defeated President of the federal cybersecurity director who stated the Nov. 3 election was “the most secure in American history” points to a pair of hard truths about this Presidency.
THE REAL REASON BIDEN WON-Americans who say their religion is “none” delivered the White House to the Biden-Harris Democratic ticket in the 2020 election.
POLITICS-There is no doubting at this point that the Republican Party as it was known, is no more.
OTHER WORDS-A few years ago, massive protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock changed the popular narrative about what climate activism looked like.
WORLD WATCH-Recently I had an opportunity to brief a group of European diplomats and journalists on a variety of conflicts, with a focus on the Middle East.
MY TURN--From a political perspective, Donald Trump's behavior is utterly nonsensical.
GUEST WORDS--Covid in America is so bad that more than 250,000 people are dead.
MY TURN--So here’s an odd, mostly overlooked scrap of recent news: Donald Trump wants to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq before he leaves office, and is expected to announce a drawdown of troops in both countries.
GUEST WORDS--For those of you who wanted to see Donald Trump skedaddled from the White House, this is the week you should be celebrating Thanksgiving giving thanks to Indigenous peoples for giving Biden the White House.
GUEST COMMENTARY-Ooof. The bonkers clown show keeps spiraling further out there.
VIEW FROM HERE--With President-elect Biden set to enter the White House next January, a question many people are asking is how best to use President Obama in the next administration?
POST ELECTION BLUES-No! No concede! Won’t! Won’t, won’t, won’t!
GUEST WORDS-Oppressive institutions routinely paint activists as “extremists.” This tells the public to fear change and helps those in power to maintain the status quo.
WORLD WATCH-While I cheer Biden’s victory in the presidential election, I lament the state of the union Trump is leaving behind.
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