Biden’s Made an Important Shift on Race

By Scott Bixby

Five years ago, Biden spoke about minority communities and police meeting in the middle, but now says it’s on all Americans to stop “perpetuating these cycles of violence.”

By Michael Tomasky

He is so morally unfit to be president. If he were president of a bank, he’d have been fired ages ago. School principal—fired. Partner of a law firm—fired.

By Eleanor Clift

When Trump told her he was running for president and wanted her to be his “bridge” to the Christian right, she introduced him to 30 or 40 pastors at a time.

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By Scott Bixby

“We shouldn’t be spending hard-earned taxpayer dollars on illegal immigrants at a time when 35 million Americans are out of work,” said Sen. Tom Cotton in a release about his bill.

By David R. Lurie

Beneath his outrageous and vile rhetoric and chaotic and lazy style of governance lies an even more disturbing set of policies.

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What the last few weeks, and the last three days, have made clear is that police reform is useless, most certainly as a policy and probably even as a thought exercise.

The president routinely endorses and encourages police brutality, vilifies non-violent protesters of color, and spits out racist views.

He couldn’t lead us in mourning; Joe Biden did that. And the Minneapolis killing is just an excuse to incite violence. When will it end?

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 LIGHTS OUT

Presidential mansion turned off its lights late Sunday night, as fires blazed nearby and police fought off demonstrators.

 I CAN’T BREATHE

The chokeholds have left people unconscious 44 times, according to new analysis.

 GROW, BABY, GROW

Not all grow lights are made for illicit plants. This one help keep my favorite foliage alive, even in the dead of winter.

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