Kamala Harris was asked at her recent Philadelphia Town Hall what she would say to people who are planning to vote third party or not at all because of her stance on Gaza. She responded with sympathy for all the death and suffering in Gaza, but with no hint that she might shift from her… Continue reading Harris has just days to change her tune on Gaza – or risk losing the election
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Vance dances with the truth
Photo: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons October 3, 2024: J. D. Vance had the upper hand for most of the Vice Presidential debate last night. He was smooth and practiced, a consummate politician who has an answer for everything, whether or not it relates… Continue reading Vance dances with the truth
Trump on course to win election if not court case
Donald J. Trump is facing the possibility of up to four years in prison if convicted of 34 felony counts in the hush money trial currently underway in a New York courtroom. He has already lost two civil court cases, one for defamation and rape and another for defrauding the state of New York out… Continue reading Trump on course to win election if not court case
Making our votes count in the 2024 election
We are in all likelihood heading for a general election this year in which the two leading candidates are the same as they were four years ago: Donald Trump and Joseph Biden. Donald Trump faces 34 criminal charges for falsifying business records in New York. He faces 40 criminal charges for concealing, withholding and lying… Continue reading Making our votes count in the 2024 election
Ceasefire in Gaza!
Joe Biden continues to resist calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as does Dean Phillips, who is running against him in the Democratic primaries. The only candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination that supports the call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza is Marianne Williamson. Williamson has admitted her sympathies originally sided with the… Continue reading Ceasefire in Gaza!
Marianne Williamson signs nuclear abolition pledge
January 21, 2024: US Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson today took time out of her busy schedule ahead of Tuesday’s presidential primary election in New Hampshire to sign a pledge to abolish nuclear weapons. The pledge states that, “if elected President, I will sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW, or Nuclear… Continue reading Marianne Williamson signs nuclear abolition pledge
Why Every Vote Still Matters
Trump is going to lose this election. But unless he loses BIG, we are in for a bumpy ride over the next several weeks. We can avoid all that if every single person who can vote, and hasn’t already, does vote on November 3rd. Wear a mask, socially distance, and VOTE! With just a week… Continue reading Why Every Vote Still Matters
One week to go…no time to let up!
Never has there been more at stake than at this election. Four more years of Donald Trump in the White House and Mitch McConnell running the Senate will be disastrous for this country and for the whole planet. We have climate deniers and fossil fuel investors handling our climate crisis. We have science deniers and… Continue reading One week to go…no time to let up!
The Youth Vote Will Decide This Election
In 2016, Hillary Clinton got nearly 3 million more votes nationwide than Donald Trump. But Trump won the electoral college vote by narrowly winning in just three states: Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. In Michigan, Trump beat Clinton by just 10,704 votes, thus capturing all 16 of Michigan’s electoral college votes. More than 500,000 young people… Continue reading The Youth Vote Will Decide This Election
I don’t love Joe Biden…
but I’m voting for him anyway Why? Because voting for President is not a love-fest. It’s not like choosing what to watch on Netflix. It’s not even like voting whether or not to legalize marijuana in your state. Sometimes we get to use our vote as if we were at a beauty contest: we cast… Continue reading I don’t love Joe Biden…