With Trump winning his second term, it is worth noting that there was no absolutely accountability by the Democratic Party when he won in 2016. Losing an election to so dangerous and corrupt a figure as Donald Trump should cause a political party to do some major inward reflection on their own failures of policy and political strategy. Instead, all the Democrats who bore responsibility for the 2016 failure—starting with Hillary Clinton—found a way to blame anyone else but them.
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A Party of Prigs and Pontificators Suffers a Humiliating Defeat
There was also the larger error of anointing Harris without political competition — an insult to the democratic process that handed the nomination to a candidate who, as some of us warned at the time, was exceptionally weak. That, in turn, came about because Democrats failed to take Biden’s obvious mental decline seriously until June’s debate debacle (and then allowed him to cling to the nomination for a few weeks more), making it difficult to hold even a truncated mini-primary.
VIDEO: President Biden falls down at Air Force academy graduation
President Joe Biden tripped and fell down after addressing graduating cadets at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado on June 1, 2023.
He was helped up by an Air Force officer as well as two members of his U.S. Secret Service detail. As he got back on his feet, Biden pointed to the place on stage where he lost his balance. “He’s fine,” tweeted Ben LaBolt, the White House communications director. “There was a sandbag on stage while he was shaking hands.
Biden calls devastated Mississippi town Rolling Fork ‚Rolling Stone‘
President Biden accidentally referred to the town of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, as „Rolling Stone“ on Friday, in the wake of tornadoes that have devastated parts of the Mississippi Delta.
Rolling Fork was hit by an EF4 tornado last Saturday. The devastating whirlwinds killed at least 25 people in the region at the time, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
CNN Poll: 75% of Democratic voters want someone other than Biden in 2024
The poll comes as Biden‘s approval ratings remain low and most Americans are discontented with the state of the country and the economy. Inflation remains high and a new report released Tuesday showed consumer confidence slipped for the third straight month.
Umfrage zu Kandidatur : Mehrheit der Demokraten-Wähler gegen Biden
Die Präsidentschaftswahlen in den USA rücken näher. Laut einer Umfrage des Senders CNN wollen 75 Prozent der Demokraten-Wähler einen anderen Kandidaten als Präsident Joe Biden.
‚They [Democrats] want me to run“ in 2024, Joe Biden claims. ‚Look at the polls.‘ Only 26% of Democrat voters support Biden‘s 2024 run. – NYT poll 7/11/22
Trudeau says this is an emergency more grave than 9/11.
FDNY: 2,000 Firefighters on Medical Leave in Apparent Protest of Vaccine Mandate
The FDNY said its vaccination rate for firefighters has climbed to 75% as of around 5 p.m. on Sunday. The overall vaccination rate for the department is 80%.
More than 1,000 FDNY members have applied for religious exemptions and will be able to continue on the job with weekly COVID testing in place as their respective Equal Employment Opportunity offices review the claims, a spokesperson told News 4 Friday.
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LAFD‘s staff shortage during fire season causing firefighters to worry
The Los Angeles City Council voted to enact a city-wide vaccination mandate, requiring all city workers to be vaccinated or file medical or religious exemptions by December 18. The deadline was extended to December 18 after a plan was approved by City Council Tuesday.
According to Escobar, 74% of LAFD members are vaccinated, including him, but if it does not change to 100% by the December 18 deadline, the department could lose 800 to 900 firefighters. He said though he is vaccinated, he believes it is morally and ethically wrong to base employment on vaccinations.
Union Members Booed Mayor Lori Lightfoot at an annual fundraiser.
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he entire crowd booed Mayor Lori Lightfoot at an annual fundraiser.
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot drowned out by boos at union fundraise
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was drowned out by boos during a union fundraiser over the weekend.
The Democratic mayor got an unwelcome reception at an annual fundraiser Sunday for Plumbers Union Local 130, the first union that endorsed her 2019 runoff election, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Chicago Firefighters’ Union Says City’s COVID Vaccine Mandate Has 28 Firefighters, Paramedics Sitting Out, And It Could Mean Staffing Shortages And Safety Concerns
As CBS 2’s Marie Saavedra reported, there has been a lot of attention on the fight by the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police over the city’s vaccine mandate. But the city is facing another lawsuit – brought by firefighters and workers with the Chicago Department of Water Management.
As vaccination mandate looms, New York prepares for shortage of firefighters, police
Leaders of unions representing firefighters and police officers have said the city could put more than one-third of their members on unpaid leave when enforcement of the vaccine mandate takes effect on Monday.
U.S., NATO and EU to blame China for cyberattack on Microsoft Exchange servers
A new joint effort by NATO members, the European Union, Australia, New Zealand and Japan will call out and confront the threat posed by Chinese state-sponsored cyberattacks.
The nations will share intelligence on cyberthreats and collaborate on network defenses and security, said a senior Biden administration official.
The group will publicly blame China‘s Ministry of State Security for a massive cyberattack on Microsoft Exchange email servers earlier this year.
Biden on COVID Disinformation: ‘They‘re Killing People‘
The President said sources of COVID disinformation like Facebook are “killing people” as the virus continues to spread more between unvaccinated people.
„This is my son, Beau Biden, who a lot of you helped elect to the Senate in Delaware.“ #JoeBiden confuses his dead son with his granddaughter, then confuses her with her sister. Bonus L: #BeauBiden was never a Senator
WATCH: Joe Biden mixes up his granddaughters
Joe Biden just said 200 million people could die from the coronavirus by the time he finishes his speech. That’s almost two-thirds of the United States’ population.
Joe Biden: „If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black“
An aide for the former vice president attempted to wrap the interview after the question.
„Thank you so much,“ the aide said. „That‘s really our time. I apologize.“
„You can‘t do that to black media,“ Charlamagne responded.
„I do that to white media and black media, because my wife has to go on at 6 o‘clock,“ Biden said. „Uh oh, I‘m in trouble.“