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Knowing when to call it quits takes courage and confidence - 3 case studies

After President Joe Biden’s disastrous performance at the June 27, 2024, debate, many Democrats have raced to ring the alarm bell, proclaiming that it’s time for him to step aside, time to let someone else take the reins in hopes of defeating Donald Trump in November.

The Conversation

Why Joe Biden refuses to step aside

Presidents and other politicians used to resign or retire for the good of the country. What's changed?

Salon

American media heavyweights tell president: it’s time to quit

Pressure mounts as the New York Times and some of Biden’s strongest backers join the call

The Guardian - UK

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What happens now to replace Biden as Democratic presidential nominee?

Here’s what you need to know about the process for replacing Biden and what happens with his delegates at the Democratic convention, starting 19 August

The Guardian - US

Joe Biden bombed during the debate. But who will ask him to step down?

Jill Biden has firmly resisted calls in the past to do so, but others in the president’s inner circle also have his ear

The Guardian - US

Dems in "panic" mode over Biden debate

It remains unlikely, but some Democrats are openly wondering if they can replace Biden at the August convention

Salon

The national debt is over $34 trillion. It’s time to tell the truth about the U.S. government’s finances

The U.S. government will pay close to $900 billion this year just in interest payments on the national debt.

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5 reasons Supreme Court ethics questions are more common now than in the past

In recent years, all nine sitting justices on the U.S. Supreme Court have been the subject of reports calling their ethics into question.

The Conversation

Trump ally: Life better under Jim Crow

"Check yourself before you wreck yourself," Democrat Hakeem Jeffries said of Byron Donalds' "ignorant" claim

Salon

Britain's Tories headed for a soaking

U.K.'s hapless prime minister calls a "snap election" he's sure to lose, while the Trump-style right bides its time

Salon

A battle between appearance and reality

Trump is an expert at selling an appearance and Biden can’t sell reality

Salon

What happens if a US presidential candidate dies?

Joe Biden and Donald Trump are the two oldest candidates in US history. If either needs to be replaced, what next?

The Guardian - US

Columbia crisis: Liberalism chokes again

Columbia's president capitulated to the right-wing witch hunt — and only made things worse. Maybe that's a lesson?

Salon

As a Palestinian American, I can’t vote for Joe Biden any more. And I am not alone

The president’s moral failure in Gaza has taken on historic proportions, like Lyndon Johnson’s in Vietnam before him

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Joe Lieberman obituary

Centrist senator from Connecticut who sought to become vice-president alongside Al Gore and went on to support No Labels

Salon

Falling for the MLK & Malcolm X fantasy

Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. were geniuses. Yet again National Geographic's anthology fails to show that

Salon

MAGA is right (sort of)

Just not the way they believe

The Independent UK

Your autograph, Mr. Caro? Ahead of 50th anniversary, 'Power Broker' author feels like a movie star

Robert Caro is still busy working on the presumed last volume of his series on Lyndon Johnson

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The Californication of the country’s housing market

Record homelessness, sky-high rents, and homes affordable only to millionaires: A case study in how local control and a shifting national economy created today’s perverse housing market.

Al Jazeera

Henry Kissinger: Nobel Prize-winning ‘warmonger’ has died at age 100

An ‘enigmatic realist’ who fled Nazi Germany, Kissinger is remembered for ending the US war in Vietnam, opening China.

The Guardian - UK

Henry Kissinger obituary

US secretary of state with peerless diplomatic skills, tireless energy and a ruthless desire to protect his country’s interests

The Conversation

A brief history of the US-Israel 'special relationship' shows how connections have shifted since long before the 1948 founding of the Jewish state

In his first remarks after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel, President Joe Biden affirmed the United States offered “rock solid and unwavering” support to Israel, “just as we have (done) from the moment the United States became the first nation to recognize Israel, 11 minutes after its…

The Independent UK

Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails

‘The next time, I’m not waiting,’ former president said on 2024 campaign trail

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30 People Share The Most Hard-To-Believe Facts That Are Actually True

Not everything that sounds right is true. And far from everything that sounds fake is false. Reality is—quite often—stranger than fiction.

The Independent UK

Why JFK’s assassination remains a mystery

Fascination with unanswered questions over the fourth presidential assassination persists, writes Graeme Massie

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