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Dean Phillips, the Democrat Who Says Biden Can’t Win
22Dec By adminNo Comments
Business

Dean Phillips, the Democrat Who Says Biden Can’t Win

New YorkJoe Biden is asking voters to let him field the nuclear football until he’s 86, which is an obvious political vulnerability. Yet many Democrats fear that acknowledging this in a voice louder than a library whisper would help Donald Trump and damage their inevitable 2024 nominee. Rep. Dean Phillips has no qualms about weakening Mr. Biden. “He’s going to lose anyway,” the Minnesota Democrat says. “I don’t see any way for Biden to beat Trump in any circumstance whatsoever.” The people truly undermining Mr. Biden are the ones “propagating this delusion that he can be the next president.”Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Cher Says Getting Older ‘Pisses’ Her Off
30Nov By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Cher Says Getting Older ‘Pisses’ Her Off

Cher has revealed the age she’d go back to if she could “turn back time,” and it’s probably not what you were expecting. In a new interview with the “Today” show, the pop star got candid about the realities of aging while discussing the 25th anniversary of her 1998 hit song, “Believe.”As other celebrities embrace their advancing years, Cher, who is known for pushing the age-normative boundaries on fashion and even her romantic relationships, had a hilarious response to reaching another milestone.“How amazing is it that ‘Believe’ is 25 years old?” “Today’s” Harry Smith asked the Grammy winner, to which she jokingly fired back, “It’s not that amazing, OK?” Cher, 77, added: “Pisses me — It pisses the fuck out of me .… It just is, like, what is this?!”“So you and age, you’re not friends?” Smi...
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How Bidenomics May Cost Biden the Youth Vote
12Nov By adminNo Comments
World

How Bidenomics May Cost Biden the Youth Vote

Nov. 12, 2023 12:50 pm ETPresident Biden turns 81 on Nov. 20, and polls show that Democrats are increasingly worried about his mental and physical decline. But the incumbent has another age problem: Donald Trump is running on par with him among young voters.Mr. Biden won the youth vote by double digits in 2020, while seniors swung for Mr. Trump. Recent polls, however, show that seniors are now the only age group that favors Mr. Biden in a rematch. It isn’t difficult to explain the reversal. Bidenomics has exacted a massive wealth transfer from young people to seniors.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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A Five-Alarm Biden Re-Election Fire
5Nov By adminNo Comments
World

A Five-Alarm Biden Re-Election Fire

Public-opinion polls are a snapshot in time, and results can change quickly in politics as events intrude. But the polls have been sending Democrats and President Biden the same election warning for months, so perhaps they’ll eventually start listening. The latest Siena College-New York Times poll of six battleground states, released on the weekend, is a five-alarm fire for Democrats a year before the election. It shows Mr. Biden losing to Donald Trump in five of six states on which the 2024 election is likely to hang. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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How to Avoid a Presidential Succession Nightmare
28Oct By adminNo Comments
Health

How to Avoid a Presidential Succession Nightmare

The ousting of Kevin McCarthy as speaker threw the House into turmoil for weeks, and the situation would have been more chaotic if it weren’t for a little-known rule adopted 20 years ago that put Rep. Patrick McHenry in the chair temporarily. That rule is inadequate, however, as it limits the speaker pro tempore to mostly ceremonial functions. The rule reflects a broader problem of poor succession planning in the U.S. government that extends to the White House. The current system for ensuring continuity in the U.S. presidency has gaping holes that could create political instability in a national emergency. Solving these problems doesn’t require a constitutional amendment; Congress can do it with new legislation.Under the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, if the U.S. president and vice ...
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