American Politics or American Business: US House of Representative to vote on foreign aid. At stake
US House of Representative to vote on the 61 bln dollars military aid for struggling and fighting Ukraine in a separated vote among the 95 bln. legislative packages of the other foreign aid.
Ukrainian Army is outnumbered and out armed versus the army of the Russian Federation. Putin's military arsenal seems unlimited and has grown significantly since the end of the Cold War.
Speaker Johnson finally realized, regardless to the radical Republican opposition that doing right things is what is expected of elected politicians.
Johnson spoke in this regard:
Opinion: Atlantic Council:
Millions of Ukrainians watched with mixed emotions over the weekend as a coalition of countries came together to protect Israeli airspace from Iranian bombardment. Ukraine’s reaction was hardly surprising. After all, this impressive display of international air defense efficiency was exactly what the Ukrainians themselves have been pleading for ever since Russia’s full-scale invasion of their country began in February 2022.
In the aftermath of the operation to defend Israel, Western officials moved quickly to reject any direct comparisons with Ukraine. “Different conflicts, different airspace, different threat picture,” commented US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron was even more explicit, stating that the use of British jets to shoot down Russian drones in Ukraine would lead to a “dangerous escalation” in the war.
For Ukrainian audiences, Cameron’s anti-escalation argument was all too familiar. For the past two years, Ukraine’s Western partners have sought to strike a delicate balance between aiding the country’s self-defense and avoiding anything that could lead to a wider European war. This overriding fear of escalation has shaped the Western response to Russia’s invasion, and has been masterfully exploited by Putin to restrict military support for Ukraine.
Our Opinion: The Ukrainians inevitably see the double-standards. The fear of escalation had been prevailing in the West. Advices not to target the Russian oil refineries and military objects in the Russian territory are in stark contrast with unlimited Russian air strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and civilian target. Israel is not a member of NATO, but foreign military bases in the Middle East activated and employed air defense to down the Iranian drones and rockets flying over foreign air space.
Two wars, to approaches and a clear geopolitical reason: no escalation needed with the nuclear military Power controlled by the dictatorial regime.
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biden -trump-hariss: from the debate to the address from the oval office and the new nomination
Chronology or countdown:
July 24, 2024: President Biden, address from the Oval Office: "He passes the torch"
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“By surrendering the power that he once hoped to keep,” writes David Frum, “Biden condemned by contrast the predecessor who clung to the power he’d lost”
In his address to explain why he was relinquishing power, the president marked himself as a modern Cincinnatus—and his Republican rival as a new Catiline.
From the Atlantic:
The Trump campaign was engineered in every way to beat Joe Biden. Now it must be completely reinvented, Tim Alberta writes.
Alberta spent months talking with Trump’s campaign managers, Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles, who said they were readying contingency plans and studying the weaknesses of would-be alternatives, beginning with Vice President Kamala Harris—should Biden drop out of the race. “By the time of the debate, however, they believed that Democrats’ window had all but closed. Even in the immediate aftermath—as Democratic officials openly called for Biden to quit—Wiles and LaCivita were betting on the status quo,” Alberta writes. “They know that from the moment they partnered with Trump, everything they intended for this campaign—the messaging, the advertising, the microtargeting, the ground game, the mail pieces, the digital engagement, the social-media maneuvers—was designed to defeat Joe Biden. Even the selection of Ohio’s Senator J. D. Vance as Trump’s running mate, campaign officials acknowledged, was something of a luxury meant to run up margins with the base in a blowout rather than persuade swing voters in a nail-biter.”
At 59, Harris, should she become the nominee, will have no trouble keeping up with Trump on the campaign trail or the debate stage, Alberta writes. “At the very least, Trump’s lieutenants realize, Harris’s promotion will provide a desperately needed jolt to Democrats nationwide in the form of fundraising, volunteerism, and enthusiasm.”
“The mentality of this Trump campaign, LaCivita once told me, is to spend every day on offense. The team wants to shape the pace and substance of every news cycle and force Democrats to react, ensuring that key battles are fought on the GOP’s chosen terrain,” Alberta continues at the link in our bio. “It worked so well that Biden was ruined before his party’s convention. Now the Trump operation is vowing to destroy Harris—if, in fact, she becomes the nominee—in much the same way. And yet, for a campaign that went to bed Saturday believing that it would dictate the terms of the election every day until November 5, Sunday brought an unfamiliar feeling of powerlessness.”
July 20, 2024
President Joe Biden says he’s ready to return to the campaign trail next week, even as a growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers called for him to step aside.
July 20, 2024
The Atlantic:
“Trumpian populism is an expression of political and cultural allegiance, rather than an actual program of government helping workers improve their relative standard of living,” David A. Graham writes.
“Trump and his new running mate are adept at presenting one set of elites as a scapegoat to the non-wealthy—and using that to aid a different clique of elites.”
On July 20, 2024 The New York Times wrote:
News Analysis: The seeds of President Biden’s reaction to his party’s crisis of confidence in him were planted years ago. Biden is still bitter about feeling pushed out of the 2016 race by Democratic elites in favor of Hillary Clinton, according to people close to him.
July 19, 2024, Bloomberg Politics:
Nearly every major figure in modern Democratic politics, save Biden, has signaled the president should rethink his determination to stay in the race.
July 18, 2024, The New York Time:
President Biden is appearing to accept the idea that he may not be able to win in November and may have to drop out of the race, according to people close to him. One person warned that Biden had not yet made up his mind.
July 18, 2024, The Atlantic:
“As Donald Trump prepares to accept his third consecutive Republican presidential nomination tonight,” writes Ronald Brownstein, “Democrats remain trapped in a stalemate that could ease his return to the White House”
July 18, 2024, Bloomberg Politics:
While Donald Trump was getting ready to address a mostly unified Republican Party tonight, Biden’s inner circle was trying to hold back a collapse of Democratic support.
July 18, 2024, Reuters:
A federal appeals court blocked President Joe Biden's administration from continuing to implement a new student debt relief plan designed to lower monthly payments for millions of Americans.
July 18, 2024, Reuters:
Exclusive: US President Joe Biden is working toward a decision on whether to stay in the presidential race that is good for the country, Senator John Hickenlooper told @Reuters, while stopping short of saying he should step aside
July 17, 2024, The New York Times:
J.D. Vance accepts Republican nomination for Vice President
In other words, Vance started building official cult of Trump
July 17, 2024, AP, Bloomberg Politics:
President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of his speech to UnidosUS conference.
Biden’s struggles played out against scenes from the GOP convention.
July 17, 2024, Bloomberg Politics:
California Representative Adam Schiff, the front-runner in the the state’s US Senate race, called Wednesday for Joe Biden to quit the presidential race.
July 17, 2024, Bloomberg Politics:
To stabilize his reelection bid, President Joe Biden has veered to the left, looking to bolster progressive support by floating proposals to erase medical debt, cap rent increases and impose sweeping restraints on the Supreme Court.
July 16, 2024, The New York Times:
Breaking News: The DNC aims to push President Biden toward the nomination next week, even as Democrats remain split over his candidacy.
July 15, 2024, AP:
President Biden briefly speaks about Vance nomination for VP:
"He is a clone of Trump on the issues"
July 14, 2024, The Atlantic, Mr. Leibovic writes:
"It is now obvious that Biden has in no way internalized the disaster toward which he is defiantly ambling—or, more to the point, toward which he is leading his party and his country," Leibovic was wrong, it was he who failed to internalize and analyze
July 14, 2024, Foreign Policy:
The free press should consider it an obligation to refocus with energy and persistence on existential questions regarding Trump’s reelection, not solely on Biden’s age, columnist Howard W. French writes.
July 13, 2024, The New York Times:
President Biden condemned the shooting incident at Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. "We cannot allow for this to be happening," Biden said. "We cannot be like this. We cannot condone this.”
July 13, 2024, Reuters:
Gunfire erupted at a Donald Trump rally, sparking panic in the crowd and spattering the Republican presidential candidate with blood, before he emerged and defiantly pumped his fist in the air before being ushered to a waiting car
July 11, 2024, Foreign Policy:
Biden’s long-term approach in Ukraine requires greater coordination between arms of government in the United States—otherwise progress could be undone with a change in power, Eric Ciaramella writes.
