It is like the scene in The Wizard of Oz where Dorothy, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow are fretting about the dangers of “lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” when the actual dangers they will face include, instead, a witch, flowers, and monkeys. Media have been promoting fear of a series of infections in America over the last couple years — measles, hantavirus, Ebola, and, most recently, cyclospora — though these diseases are far from the most significant threats to Americans’ health.
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It’s over. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) just doesn’t understand that. Her antisemitism schtick no longer packs the same punch. People see through it now.
In his February 24 State of the Union Speech, United States President Donald Trump claimed gas prices in America were much lower than they actually were. This was part of Trump’s effort to claim credit for an asserted vastly improved economy. Several days later, the war against Iran, which Trump started along with the Israel government, resulted in gas prices shooting up further.
Many of the often talked about potential Republican candidates to succeed Donald Trump in the presidency are supporters of Trump’s war against Iran. This includes two people at the top of many lists who are among the Trump administration’s most vocal Iran War advocates — Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Bill Moyers is properly being described as “legendary” in reporting on his death this week. The long-time journalist excelled at discussing ideas in a thoughtful manner. And, as an interviewer Moyers regularly welcomed elaboration from people, even when he disagreed with them. Education was a steady product of his many broadcasts.
Interviewed Sunday by Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation at CBS, United States House of Representatives members Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) argued that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority in ordering this weekend’s US military attack on Iran. The US Congress, they declared. should take action to prevent more use of the US military against Iran.
Kamala Harris, notorious for avoiding anything but the friendliest interviews during her truncated presidential campaign, found herself in a pickle in her Wednesday interview with Bret Baier at Fox News. Baier was asking questions Harris did not want to answer and then following up on them in response to Harris’s evasive replies. What to do? Harris decided to employ, among other strategies, one that brings to mind a scene from the movie Forrest Gump.
Last week, Julian Assange of WikiLeaks returned to Australia a free man. This followed years of confinement under harsh conditions in a British prison with the threat hanging over him of extradition to the United States to be prosecuted for publishing previously secret information regarding US government actions around the world.
An effort is being undertaken in America to broaden the definition of antisemitism from its commonly understood meaning to include criticism of the government of Israel. The absurdity of this effort is demonstrated by the fact that there are many Jewish people in America and around the world who criticize the Israel government in regard to its war efforts and a variety of other actions.
This weekend, delegates at the Libertarian Party national convention will be selecting a presidential nominee. For the 1988 election, the party’s nominee was Ron Paul, who had previously served several terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from Texas.