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Worldwide, 2024 Elections Promise a Whirlwind
28Dec By adminNo Comments
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Worldwide, 2024 Elections Promise a Whirlwind

Dec. 28, 2023 12:49 pm ETIt’s (almost) election year, baby! Every year is important in its way, and most elections matter to someone. Even so, 2024 promises to be unusually electorally exciting due to the sheer amount of voting across the democratic world—and over what issues.What seems likely to be an awful U.S. presidential election in November is only part of the story. Hyperventilation about Donald Trump’s supposedly authoritarian instincts and well-founded concerns over Biden family corruption will motivate the major parties’ bases. But don’t lose sight of the global significance of this contest, given the security and economic threats and challenges confronting the winner. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 ...
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Dean Phillips, the Democrat Who Says Biden Can’t Win
22Dec By adminNo Comments
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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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Liz Cheney: Checks and Balances Won’t Stop Trump
13Dec By adminNo Comments
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Liz Cheney: Checks and Balances Won’t Stop Trump

As we approach the 2024 primaries, some Republicans have begun arguing that the checks and balances constructed by the framers of our Constitution make our republic invulnerable to whatever illegal or unconstitutional acts Donald Trump might attempt in a second term. The framers explicitly warned us that the checks and balances are only as effective as the people responsible for carrying them out. Those who try to dismiss the risk of a second Trump term do our country a grave disservice. By design, a president’s awesome executive power must be checked by both Congress and the courts. Since Jan. 6, 2021, we have learned that our current Congress won’t play this role. Republican senators such as Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz and J.D. Vance have shown that they won’t step forward to check Mr. Trump’...
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Are Americans in the Mood for More Trump?
5Dec By adminNo Comments
World

Are Americans in the Mood for More Trump?

William A. Galston writes the weekly Politics & Ideas column in the Wall Street Journal. He holds the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in the Brookings Institution’s Governance Studies Program, where he serves as a senior fellow. Before joining Brookings in January 2006, he was Saul Stern Professor and Acting Dean at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, director of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, founding director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), and executive director of the National Commission on Civic Renewal. A participant in six presidential campaigns, he served from 1993 to 1995 as Deputy Assistant to President Clinton for Domestic Policy.Mr. Galston is the author of 10 books and more than 100 articles in t...
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The Distrustful Generation – WSJ
29Nov By adminNo Comments
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The Distrustful Generation – WSJ

Editor’s note: In this Future View, students discuss declining trust in American governmental and political institutions. Next week we’ll ask, “Nearly half of Americans 18 to 29 favor socialism. Why does this generation seem so divided from older generations? Has social media played a large role? Academic institutions? Or is Gen Z less divided from older generations than we think?” Students should click here to submit opinions of fewer than 250 words before Dec. 5. The best responses will be published that night.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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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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