Yes, a coup. Call it what it was. Ignore what the part of your mind that has been subconsciously conditioned to American exceptionalism says. Ignore the brainwashing that associates the words "America" and "democracy" and the idea of "rule of law". Reject all that programming we've all been subjected too since we first watched television that tells us this kind of thing "just doesn't happen here". It does, and it is.
A critical look at Biden's first Executive Orders set against the backdrop of Operation Peaceful Transition in Washington, DC.
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On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed more than a dozen Executive Orders including orders for the US to rejoin the World Health Organization, rejoin the Paris Accord, and a commitment to racial equity training in critical race theory, and a federal mask mandate. And much, much more.
In her powerful Washington Post OpEd-- Working People Delivered Biden His Victory; Now He Needs To Deliver For Them-- early this morning, former Ohio state Senator Nina Turner noted that is was Black, brown and white families making under $100,000, along with the vast majority of
All of these actions are unconstitutional, because they are within the jurisdiction of Congress, not the President. However, the government will argue - and the courts will uphold - the idea that the Constitution is suspended in times of national emergency, which is in the power of the President to declare.
As we mentioned yesterday, Jeff Stein and Sean Sullivan of the Washington Post revealed a document from Bernie headquarters that shows the new frontrunner-- in both the Democratic primary and the general election-- "is considering dozen
On Monday, American Prospect editor David Dayen conjured up his magazine's readers the idea of the next administration using presidential power for good in The Day One Agenda.
