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'The [U.S.] Justice Department on Thursday informed House Republicans that President Joe Biden has formally asserted executive privilege over the audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur, a move that DOJ says effectively shields Attorney General Merrick Garland from any criminal exposure as the Republican lawmakers move toward trying to hold him in contempt of Congress."

ABC News reports the Justice Department has already released a full transcript of the interview. The White House believes the audio would be used for "partisan political purposes."

https://flip.it/GThbUj

#Biden #ExecutivePrivilege #USPolitics #Elections #News


Biden asserts executive privilege over audio of interview with special counsel Hur

The DOJ says it shields Attorney General Garland from contempt of Congress.
Alexander Mallin (ABC News)
#News #Biden #elections #uspolitics #executiveprivilege

Biden's tariffs on Chinese imports are understandable politically. Sadly, they pit workers against middle-class consumers and against the planet.

There's a better way to accomplish just the same goals — and it aligns politics, industrial policy, and climate coals:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/opinion/biden-china-trade-electric-vehicles-solar-panels-tariffs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sE0.wQre.PyIMZMxD5LNk&smid=url-share

#climate #EVs #tariffs #economics #USpolitics

#climate #economics #evs #uspolitics #tariffs

Poverty researcher Sherri Lawson Clark has been asking Americans for 25 years if they are poor.

Nobody ever replies ‘Yes, I’m poor’.

But there are tens of millions of Americans who the government defines as ‘poor’. Clark takes a look at how that’s measured and how the poverty rate has changed in the Trump and Biden administrations.
https://theconversation.com/why-some-people-receiving-federal-benefits-dont-consider-themselves-poor-even-though-poverty-rates-have-increased-since-the-covid-19-pandemic-224227
#News #Society #Poverty #USPolitics


Why some people receiving federal benefits don’t consider themselves poor − even though poverty rates have increased since the COVID-19 pandemic

Eliminating poverty has not been a major campaign issue during the 2024 presidential campaign.
The Conversation
#society #News #poverty #uspolitics

BREAKING: 🔥 🔥

“What is the point of having power," she says, "if you will not use it to stop crimes against humanity?”
Jewish Presidential appointee Lily Greenberg Call resigned in protest at its refusal to stop arming Israel. It's an astonishing letter.
Update: a few minutes after tweeting this, her X account was suspended 🤨

#USPolitics #GazaGenocide #StopArmingIsrael

Alt-texters please note that pages 2 and 3 have a huge amount of citations and footnotes, which I have not included.

Dear Secretary Haaland I joined the Biden administration because I believe in fighting for a better America, for a future where Americans can thrive: one with economic prosperity, a healthy planet, and equal rights for all people. I have dedicated my career to candidates who I believed would further this vision. I worked for Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign in 2019, and then moved to Arizona to work for President Biden's campaign in 2020. I was thrilled to join the Department of Interior because I was inspired by your principled track record of championing progressive causes, in addition to your role as an Indigenous woman leading a Department that historically harmed Indigenous communities, and the potential that it has for reparations, reconciliation and healing. However, I can no longer in good conscience continue to represent this adminitratio amidst President Biden's disastrous continued support for Israel's genocide in Gaza. I am an American Jew. My family escaped antisemitic persecution in Europe and found refuge in America. They changed their names at Ellis Island and worked as farmers, peddlers, and salespeople. My grandparents could not go to college. Two generations later, I have the honour of working as an appointee for the President of the United States. The weight of this position is not lost on me. This is the story of many people in my community: a story of survival, upward mobility, and fulfillment of the American Dream. 1
And yet, I have asked myself many times over the last eight months: what is the point in having power if you do not use it to stop crimes against humanity? My whole life has been spent in Jewish community in the US and Israel. I have spent time in Israel/Palestine, and I learned Hebrew and Arabic both formally through school and connection through community. I have family and friends who are Israeli, Palestinian - and have loved ones who have served in the IDF. People in my community have lost loved ones during Hamas' attack on October 7th, beloveds killed, displaced, and taen as hostages. I am terrified by rising antisemitism around the world. And yet I am certain that the answer to this is not to collectively punish millions of innocent Palestinians through displacement, famine and ethnic cleansing. Israel's ongoing offensive against Palestinians does not keep Jewish people safe - in Israel or in the US. What I have learned from my Jewish tradition is that every life is precious. That we are obligated to stand up for those facing violence and oppression, and to question authority in the face of injustice. As of writing this, Israel has killed over 35,000 people in Gaza, including 15,000 children. The Israeli military has bombed medical infrastructure, beseiged a hospital, left mass graves behind, destroyed every university in Gaza, targeted journalists and aid workers, and committed many, many inexcusable atrocities. These are all violations of international law.
none of which would be possible without American weapons, and none of which have been condemned by President Biden. The President has the power to call for a lasting ceasefire, to stop sending weapons to Israel, and to condition aid. The United States has used nearly no leverage throughout the last eight months to hold Israel accountable, quite the opposite, we have enabled and legitimised Israel's actions with vetoes of UN resolutions designed to hold Israel accountable. President Biden has the blood of innocent people on his hands. The US has long enabled Israeli war crimes and the status quo of apartheid and occupation. That status quo does not keep Israelis safe, nor Jews around the world. It certainly does not protect Palestinians, who have the right to freedom, safety, self-determination and dignit, just as much as Jewish people do, and every person does. Any system that requires the subjugation of one group over another is not only unjust, but unsafe. Jewish safety cannot - and will not - come at the expense of Palestinian freedom. Making Jews the face of the American war machine makes us less safe. What seems like a lack of awareness in the Administration leadership of how critical this issue is to the American public is devastating to both communities, and politically disastrous. 3
Today, May 15th, is Nakba Day, which recognises the destruction of Palestinian society and homeland in 1948 and the displacement of the majority of Palestinian people for the formation of today's modern Israel. Nakba and Shoah, the Hebrew word for Holocaust, mean the same thing: catastrophe. I reject the premise that one people's salvation must come at another's destruction. I am committed to creating a world where this does not happen - and this cannot be done from within the Biden Administration. My choice to leave is not a reflection of this office or Department. I have felt supported by many individuals here, but I do not feel supported by the policies and actions of this Administration. I have the utmost respect for my colleagues at the Department who have given so much of themselves to doing the good work of preserving our public lands and strengthening Indian Country, and the many public servants across the federal government. I urge you all to take a stand for Palestinian lives. All of our futures depend on this. Respectfully Lily Greenberg Call
#uspolitics #gazagenocide #stoparmingisrael

Term limits are based on the idiocy of populism.

#uspolitics #uspol

#uspol #uspolitics

Many Americans believe Congress could be fixed with a simple solution: Throw the bums out with term limits.

But that creates more problems than it solves, says political scientists.

For one, members in their legally mandated final term in office enjoy a kind of "senioritis" -- and experience apathy toward being productive in their final year, because they don't have to face the voters again at the ballot box.

https://theconversation.com/term-limits-arent-the-answer-229090
#uspolitics #election2024

Term limits aren’t the answer

Very few Americans believe Congress is doing a good job. Some of them have a simple solution: Throw the bums out and institute term limits. But that creates more problems than it solves.
The Conversation
#uspolitics #election2024

Are US campus protests antisemitic? Jewish students weigh in | Panel https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/15/campus-protest-jewish-student #Palestinianterritories #UScampusprotests #Israel-Gazawar #USuniversities #Antisemitism #USpolitics #Protest #Israel #USnews

Are US campus protests antisemitic? Jewish students weigh in

We asked Jewish students at US universities what they think about pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Our panel responds
Maya Ilany (The Guardian)
#protest #israel #antisemitism #uspolitics #usnews #palestinianterritories #uscampusprotests #usuniversities

It is truly maddening to read articles and hear interviews in which the interviewer lets someone, who really doesn't know what's going on, spout off unchallenged.

No, the president does not control inflation and, no, inflation is not over 10%, and no, the Trump tax cuts did not help the economy.

These things end up spreading Fox news nonsense again, and again, and again.

#USPolitics

#uspolitics

I wonder how well YouTube sharing goes on this platform.

#USPolitics

https://youtu.be/Q9t27bcodHY?si=djrxUtfxPkn3bazn


Partisan Post-Game (Episode 2)

Republican and Democrat coaches take questions from the press.Watch Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCXFCoe2sbc-----Written by Andrew Heaton, Aust...
YouTube
#uspolitics

Third-party campaigns can inject new ideas and force major parties to incorporate a wider array of interests.

The minor-party campaigns of Ross Perot in 1992 and Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan in 2000 are remarkable examples where their campaign increased overall voter turnout.

But lawmakers from the Democratic and Republican parties make the rules – and those rules make it very hard for third parties.

https://theconversation.com/third-parties-will-affect-the-2024-campaigns-but-election-laws-written-by-democrats-and-republicans-will-prevent-them-from-winning-226877
#Election #Election2024 #USPolitics


Third parties will affect the 2024 campaigns, but election laws written by Democrats and Republicans will prevent them from winning

The Democrats and Republicans try to keep them off the ballot. But third-party campaigns can inject new ideas and force major parties to incorporate a wider array of interests.
The Conversation
#election #uspolitics #election2024

TRUMP CRIME FAMILY

Trump trial turns to sex, bank accounts and power: Highlights from the third week of testimony
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump

https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-hush-money-stormy-daniels-c69d54c51e2fccbbc0b19e2220222b0e

What happened in Week 3 of Trump's hush money trial

The alleged sexual encounter at the center of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial got a graphic airing in court this past week as porn actor Stormy Daniels shared her account before a rapt jury.
ERIC TUCKER (AP News)
#News #politics #press #Trump #GOP #uspol #uspolitics #aurefreepress #headline

Legal expert: Next witness Michael Cohen may be the "only person" who can connect Trump to scheme
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/10/legal-expert-next-witness-michael-cohen-may-be-the-only-person-can-connect-to-scheme/

Legal expert: Next witness Michael Cohen may be the "only person" who can connect Trump to scheme

“We have not yet gotten a direct connection between Trump and these documents,” law professor says.
Salon.com
#News #politics #press #Trump #GOP #uspol #uspolitics #aurefreepress #headline

Currently set to expire in 2025, "... the CBO is back with a new estimate of what it would cost to keep trump’s tax cut in place over the next decade... more than double the original cost... a whopping $4.6 trillion...

... the bill produced only a small fraction of the promised benefits. Far from generating revenue, as Republicans promised, corporate tax revenue dropped by $100 to $150 billion per year..."
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/9/2239757/-The-real-cost-of-Trump-s-2017-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-Double-the-estimate v @dailykos
More: https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/the-2017-trump-tax-law-was-skewed-to-the-rich-expensive-and-failed-to-deliver
#TCJA #USpolitics


The real cost of Trump's 2017 tax cuts for the rich? Double the estimate

There is really only one signature legislative “achievement” from Donald Trump’s time in the White House: The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. He did other things while in office—bungling the pandemic, wrecking relationships with allies, insulting...
Daily Kos
#uspolitics #tcja @Daily Kos

TRUMP IS AN ORANGE POS!

Donald Trump on Friday said he would undo a new Biden administration policy that will offer protections for transgender students under the Title IX federal civil rights law—his latest promise to restrict LGBTQ rights if elected to a second term.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Breaking #BreakingNews

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/05/10/trump-promises-rollback-on-trans-rights-heres-what-hes-said/?sh=6b6e0457dae0

Trump Promises Rollback On Trans Rights: Here's What He's Said

Trump said he would undo a new Biden administration rule expanding Title IX to prohibit discrimination of transgender students on “day one.”
Sara Dorn (Forbes)
#News #politics #press #Trump #GOP #breaking #uspol #republicans #uspolitics #BreakingNews #maga #aurefreepress #headline

Donald Trump has threatened to not defend some NATO countries if Russia attacks them. But the US also benefits from the power that #NATO gives it, as well as the stability it brings to Europe.

3 things to know about #NATO:
https://theconversation.com/why-the-united-states-needs-nato-3-things-to-know-223417
#News #USpolitics


Why the United States needs NATO – 3 things to know

Donald Trump has threatened to not defend some NATO countries if Russia attacks them. But the US also benefits from the power that NATO gives it, as well as the stability it helped create in Europe.
The Conversation
#News #NATO #uspolitics

Immigrants are not stealing jobs, or mooching off of the government.

Immigrants tend to work in fields with the most unmet demand for workers, and are more likely to have jobs than US-born Americans

https://theconversation.com/immigrants-do-work-that-might-not-otherwise-get-done-bolstering-the-us-economy-222580
#immigration #USpolitics #economics


Immigrants do work that might not otherwise get done – bolstering the US economy

Despite widespread fears about immigrants being a burden, even those arriving as asylum applicants are more likely to work than the US-born population.
The Conversation
#immigration #economics #uspolitics

Trump promised US oil bosses to scrap climate laws for $1bn donation: report https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/trump-oil-ceo-donation #DonaldTrump #Commodities #Environment #Fossilfuels #USpolitics #JoeBiden #Energy #USnews #Oil #Oil

Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn – report

Trump promised to 20 executives at Mar-a-Lago dinner to increase oil drilling and reverse pollution rules among other pitches
Ed Pilkington (The Guardian)
#Environment #energy #donaldtrump #fossilfuels #uspolitics #joebiden #oil #usnews #commodities

“[If we cannot invade #Rafah] how exactly are we supposed to achieve our goals?”

You don’t.

Damn, isn’t life disappointing?

Turns out if murdering children is a means to your end, you just can’t fucking do it. Wild.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/09/israel-gaza-live-updates-biden-warns-us-will-halt-more-weapons-shipments-to-israel-if-major-rafah-offensive-launched

#Israel #Hamas #Gaza #uspol #politics #uspolitics #Biden


Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli officials criticise ‘very disappointing’ threat from Joe Biden to stop arms supplies

Gilad Erdan says move by Joe Biden stems from political pressure after campus protests and with US election coming soon
Helen Livingstone (The Guardian)
#politics #Biden #israel #uspol #uspolitics #Gaza #hamas #rafah

Speaker Mike Johnson survived an attempt to oust him by nutjob Marjorie Taylor Greene.
The way I see it, Democrats propped him up this time in return for letting aid to Ukraine come to a vote and pass in the House of Representatives.
Saving Ukraine is easily worth having Johnson as a figurehead speaker for a few more months.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/05/08/congress/johnsons-future-murky-00156932

#USHouseOfRepresentatives #SpeakerMikeJohnson #InvasionOfUkraine #StandWithUkraine #UkraineAidNow #USPolitics #СлаваУкраїні #путинхуйло

#StandWithUkraine #uspolitics #ushouseofrepresentatives #speakermikejohnson #InvasionOfUkraine #ukraineaidnow #славаукраїні #путинхуйло

If voting didn't matter, why would the GOP be working so hard to prevent (some groups of) people from doing it?

Voting is powerful. Consider wisely if it is worth throwing that power away just because you don't fully agree with the candidates available.

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/georgia-just-made-it-a-lot-easier-to-challenge-elections-and-a-lot-harder-to-vote-in-them/

#Politics #USPolitics


Georgia just made it a lot easier to challenge elections — and a lot harder to vote in them

A trio of new laws have been signed by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp including one bill that allows anyone to issue as many challenges as they like to a voter's eligibility and more.
Law & Crime
#politics #uspolitics

Oh goodie
Trump’s classified documents (read: treasonous charges) trial has been canceled indefinitely.
Who knew that was an option?
Can *all* accused people just cancel their trials?
#askingforafriend #gaza #genocide #genocidejoe

#cronyism #corruption #bias #TwoTieredLegalSystem #uspoli #uspolitics #trump

https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-classified-documents-judge-cannon-6f910c3cbe8d91e493ab5fb13019d45f


Judge in Trump's classified documents case indefinitely postpones trial

The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely. The order from U.S.
ERIC TUCKER (AP News)
#Trump #corruption #uspolitics #bias #genocide #uspoli #Gaza #cronyism #genocidejoe #AskingForAFriend #twotieredlegalsystem

BREAKING NEWS 🚨

The House has resoundingly killed Marjorie Taylor Greene's attempt to oust Speaker Johnson.

A majority of both Republicans and Democrats voted to table her motion to vacate.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews

#News #politics #press #GOP #breaking #uspol #uspolitics #BreakingNews #aurefreepress #headline

BREAKING NEWS 🚨

MAGA Moscow Marjorie Taylor Greene has started her effort to remove Speaker Johnson.

Watch live from the House floor...
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews

https://youtube.com/live/M3s09Sj1zHE?si=_Yt6h9Q1JauGo80h


WATCH LIVE: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene moves to force vote to remove Speaker Johnson

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#News #politics #press #GOP #breaking #uspol #uspolitics #BreakingNews #aurefreepress #headline

The difference between #Project2025 and #Trump’s usual #authoritarian ravings is that Project 2025 isn’t an empty threat, it’s a concrete plan that will roll back your rights and put the government in your life.

#WeHaveBeenWarned

#ScorchedEarth #dictator #lessfree #lessfair #lessAmerican #TotalControl #retributio n #uspoli #uspolitics #govote #democracy

https://youtu.be/WFUtB-h0MSM?si=XeC3YioMoIspKilV


2025

The difference between Project 2025 and Trump’s usual authoritarian ravings is that Project 2025 isn’t an empty threat, it’s a concrete plan that will roll b...
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#Trump #democracy #authoritarian #uspolitics #uspoli #project2025 #dictator #GoVote #wehavebeenwarned #scorchedearth #lessfree #lessfair #lessamerican #totalcontrol #retributio

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/07/1197964461/hazard-maps-climate-change-home-ownership Interesting battle in #uspolitics over whether #disaster prevention is acceptable as #climate dangers and the #housing #shortage worsen. Should we just wish it away and see what happens? #mapping #insurance #zoning #realestate
#climate #disaster #housing #uspolitics #shortage #mapping #realestate #insurance #zoning

REPUBLICAN CLOWN SHOW

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) huddled Monday for almost two hours with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — a marathon meeting suggesting the pair is seeking a deal to defuse tensions and preclude floor action on the Georgia firebrand’s resolution to boot Johnson from power.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4647490-greene-johnson-ouster-vote-off-ramp/

#News #politics #press #GOP #uspol #uspolitics #aurefreepress #headline

Donald Trump falsifying business records during an election to cover up his porn-star payoff reminds us ...

... that the American economy has added over 15 million jobs under Joe Biden, and unemployment has been below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years.

#Economy #USPol #USPolitics

#economy #uspol #uspolitics

TRUMP THE KINK CLOWN!

Stormy Daniels 'spanked' pajama-clad Donald Trump with Forbes magazine in secret hotel rendezvous

Daniels described her infamous alleged encounter with the future president in 2006 during court proceedings Tuesday
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump #MAGA #BreakingNews #Breaking

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/stormy-daniels-spanked-pajama-clad-474609


Stormy Daniels 'spanked' pajama-clad Trump with Forbes magazine she tells court

The Mirror US
#News #politics #press #Trump #GOP #breaking #uspol #uspolitics #BreakingNews #maga #aurefreepress #headline

Trump's family refuse to support him by showing up at his six week trial.

Son Eric Trump made a one-day appearance.

“With Donald, everything is transactional,” said biographer David Cay Johnston.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/06/trump-trial-new-york-melania-family-00156189

#News #politics #press #Trump #GOP #uspol #uspolitics #aurefreepress #headline

"In the tented camps and crowded streets of Rafah, the pro-Palestine campus protests in the US have been followed closely.

“We hear a lot of news about students’ demonstrations in American universities … When I saw that, I was very happy that there are still those who stand beside us and in support of us,” said Nevin Abu Shahma, 39, who fled to Rafah from northern Gaza early in the war"

#Israel #Gaza #Rafah #USPolitics #CampusProtests

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/05/i-was-happy-they-still-stand-beside-us-palestinians-in-rafah-on-us-campus-protests


‘I was happy they still stand beside us’: Palestinians in Rafah on US campus protests

Word of the demonstrations that have spread across the west has cheered some in Gaza’s southernmost city
Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
#israel #uspolitics #Gaza #rafah #campusprotests

Trump Must NOT Be Elected!

Trump says he’d disband the pandemic preparedness office—again
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #government #Trump

https://thebulletin.org/2024/05/trump-says-hed-disband-the-pandemic-preparedness-office-again/


Trump says he’d disband the pandemic preparedness office—again

Donald Trump claimed he would disband the White House office charged with preventing and responding to pandemics. It's not the first time.
Erik English (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
#News #politics #press #Trump #Government #GOP #uspol #uspolitics #aurefreepress #headline

Student encampments have the potential to strengthen US democracy | Jan-Werner Müller https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/04/university-encampment-democracy #UScampusprotests #USuniversities #Israel-Gazawar #USpolitics #Protest #USnews

Student encampments have the potential to strengthen US democracy

Instead of defending the right to protest, many centrists are delegitimizing students, despite the value of what they’re doing
Jan-Werner Müller (The Guardian)
#protest #israel #uspolitics #usnews #uscampusprotests #usuniversities

"Oh My God. What Have We Done!?"

- Stormy Daniels ex-lawyer texted after seeing Trump win 2016 election
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/02/oh-my-god-stormy-daniels-lawyer-texted-what-have-we-done-after-seeing-win/


"Oh my god": Stormy Daniels lawyer texted "what have we done?" after seeing Trump win election

Keith Davidson realized "our activities may have in some way assisted the presidential campaign" of Trump
Salon.com
#News #politics #press #Trump #GOP #uspol #uspolitics #aurefreepress #headline

Truth Social is valued at $9B, yet its daily users have dropped to 113,000!

Truth Social’s average number of daily active US users on iOS and Android dropped by 19% year over year in April to about 113,000, according to data shared exclusively with CNN from Similarweb, a data intelligence company.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/03/media/truth-social-stock-trump-djt/index.html

#News #politics #press #Trump #GOP #uspol #uspolitics #aurefreepress #headline

Something to remember as we all prepare for #Election2024:

In the United States today, it can feel like conservatives and liberals are living in different realities. To build bridges, make the case about how issues affect us personally, not just how they play into our political arguments.

More, and the research behind this:
https://theconversation.com/making-it-personal-considering-an-issues-relevance-to-your-own-life-could-help-reduce-political-polarization-222831
#USPolitics


Making it personal: Considering an issue’s relevance to your own life could help reduce political polarization

Changing the ‘psychological distance’ someone feels toward an issue can shift their attitudes in ways that might help people on opposite sides of an issue see more eye to eye.
The Conversation
#uspolitics #election2024

RACIST In The White House

Donald Trump telegraphed a dramatic shift to America's approach to civil rights if he wins a second term as president, vowing to focus on "anti-white" racism, not on racism against people of color.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/05/01/donald-trump-anti-white-racism-dei/73528246007/

DEI destroyer? Trump vows to crush 'anti-white' racism if he wins 2024 election

"I think there is a definite anti-white feeling in this country and that can’t be allowed," former president Donald Trump said in an interview.
, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
#News #politics #press #Trump #GOP #uspol #uspolitics #aurefreepress #headline

🚨 🚨 🚨
WEEK 31: Statement from the Palestine Solidarity Encampment at UCLA. Campus police looked on and filmed, but DID NOT intervene.
Posted twice to incorporate full alt-text

"The University would rather see us dead than divest"

#FreePalestine #USPolitics #UCLA

Palestine Solidarity Encampment Press Release April 30th, 2024 The life-threatening assault we face tonight is nothing less than a horrifying, despicable act of terror. For over seven hours, zionist aggressors hurled gas canisters, sprayed pepper spray, and threw fireworks and bricks into our encampment. The broke our barriers repeatedly, clearly in an attempt to kill our community. Campus safety left within minutes, external security the university hired for "backup" watched, filmed, and laughed on the side as the immediate dangers inflicted upon us escalated. Law enforcement simply stood at the edge of the lawn and refused to budge as we screamed for their help. The only means of protection we had was each other. WE KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE. Despite the dangers, we refused to engage, standing by the principle sof our encampment - self defence. For all the school's pretense of student safety, we have experienced an unprecedented amount of violence and hatred while they stood by. The university's hypocrisy all too apparent, as signs of this escalation were reported, documented and indicated early on. The zionist attacks, their use of *chemical weaponry*, their hatred, their destruction, are but a microcosm of the genocide in Gaza. The university would *rather see us dead than divest.* cont'd
Media portrayal of neutrality and both sides only obfuscates the truth. We have no pepper spray, no gas canisters, no fireworks and no aggression. All we had was our community to hold our wooden barriers. What more can we do? We ask yet again - no *we demand* that the university end this sham. The sham of pretending that the school is neutral - it has chosen genocide before and *it chooses genocide again.* *Call on UCLA, protect your fellow students, and call for what we need - a divestment from systems of death that profit of indiscriminate bombing and call to end the genocide in Gaza and the occupation of Palestine. In solidarity, The besieged UCLA Palestine Solidarity Encampment *denotes bold text
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