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Planet roasters PR machine

lundi 25 janvier 2021 à 01:00

A distributed campaign to defeat the planet roasters' PR machine.

Recurring direct payments

lundi 25 janvier 2021 à 01:00

*Ilhan Omar Calls on Biden to Back Recurring Direct Payments.*

This would amount to a basic income for all American households except those earning over a certain comfortable level.

Peace deals

lundi 25 janvier 2021 à 01:00

If the US resumes the non-nuclear deal with Iran, it ought to be able to reach a peace deal with the Houthis in Yemen.

I see no reason why the US should insist on a unified Yemen. A few decades ago, North Yemen and South Yemen were separate countries (though West and East Yemen would have described them more accurately.) If the Yemenis disagree too much to accept one single government, the rest of the world need not make them fight until they do.

Pressure

lundi 25 janvier 2021 à 01:00

The corrupter pressured the high officials of the Department of Justice to attack Georgia's election results, but they refused.

The corrupter also bullied the US attorney in Atlanta into resigning, hoping his temporary replacement would help bully Georgia officials.

The corrupter reveled in showing contempt for ethics rules. These rules were meant to impose accountability on officials who would be embarrassed to have found to have violated them. When the president spits on them, there is no way to enforce them short of impeachment. We need a way.

Executive orders

lundi 25 janvier 2021 à 01:00

Government by executive order is not the way things ought to work. It happens in the US because Congress is unable to function.

This does not mean that Biden's executive orders are bad. I have not read about each and every one of them, but the ones I have read about are vitally necessary.

To get a functioning Congress we need to have fair elections, not rigged by voter suppression and gerrymandering. Then Congress would pass the crucial legislation that most Americans want, such as a national medical system (aka Medicare for All), the Green New Deal, increased rights for workers, and abortion rights.