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How Did Immigration Politics Get So Toxic?

Changing migration patterns, outdated policy tools, and growing presidential power made it inevitable.

Reason

How long will the destruction of Lebanon continue? This is madness.

Netanyahu’s allegation that Iran controls all of Lebanon is a ploy to stoke another disastrous sectarian civil war there

The Guardian - US

Den of Spies: Craig Unger on Reagan, treason and the first October surprise

House of Trump, House of Putin author sees dark parallels between 2024 and a 1980 election beset by foreign intrigue

The Guardian - US

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It took nearly 90 minutes, but Tim Walz made clear exactly why Donald Trump chose JD Vance

ANALYSIS: There may not have been a knockout blow in the vice presidential debate, but Vance’s answer to the last question couldn’t have been more revealing, writes Andrew Feinberg

The Independent UK

All the presidents Jimmy Carter’s life has overlapped with as he turns 100

The first president Jimmy Carter was alive for, William Taft, signed New Mexico into Statehood in 1912

The Independent UK

‘Morally indefensible’ – but George W Bush will not come out against Trump

While Dick Cheney has endorsed Harris, there have been no comments from other senior Republicans from Bush’s era

The Guardian - US

Starting with a handshake, presidential debate between Harris and Trump then turns fierce, and pointed

As the two presidential candidates entered the debate stage, Kamala Harris strode across it and offered her hand to Donald Trump to shake, setting a confident tone that didn’t flag throughout the debate.

The Conversation

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George Bush Won't Make Formal Election Endorsement, Office Says

Neither Bush nor his wife Laura Bush plans to publicly share who they will vote for.

International Business Times

Vice President Kamala Harris' White House Campaign Challenges

Explore the challenges and dynamics of vice presidents running for the presidency, with a focus on Kamala Harris's unique circumstances and partnership wit...

Top News

All politicians change their minds – and have been flip-flopping on positions for hundreds of years

People change their opinions. As my husband says, “I always reserve the right to get smarter,” paraphrasing Konrad Adenauer, the former chancellor of Germany.

The Conversation

Presidents Don't Create Jobs, No Matter What Bill Clinton Said

Dynamic economies operate independently of the political party of whoever was elected most recently.

Reason

The Art of Power review – Pelosi takes swipe at Trump

The former speaker’s illuminating second memoir details how she won an outsized place in Trump’s brain. Can she help beat him back again?

The Guardian - US

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 17, 1988

8/17/1988: Republican party nominates George H.W. Bush for President. He would appoint David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.

The Independent UK

Wally Amos, 88, of cookie fame, died at home in Hawaii. He lost Famous Amos but found other success

The creator of the Famous Amos cookie empire has died

Salon

Experts alarmed at Trump's loyalist plot

Trump plans to pack administration with loyalists after career officials stymied some first-term plans

The Guardian - US

This one weird trick might win Democrats the election

Republicans are freaking out that their grotesque policies and bizarre politicians are now being called weird by Democrats

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Salon

Playing the Harris race card backfires

The attempts to disqualify the vice president reek of desperation

The Conversation

Voters become more polarized when presidential candidates take positions on issues in K-12 education

When Vice President Kamala Harris paid a visit to Florida in July 2023, she lambasted a state-approved Black history lesson that claimed “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”

The Guardian - UK

Last Tango in Washington: how sad, sidelined Joe Biden may yet have the last laugh

Far from being a lame duck, the president can use his time in office to champion US democracy and tackle unfinished business abroad

The Guardian - UK

Joe Biden has been a foreign policy president, but Kamala Harris is no novice

US president’s contacts list is unmatched since George HW Bush’s, but his VP has been slowly building her portfolio

Reason

Biden's Final Flip-Flop

The president's decision to drop out after insisting he never would continued a pattern established by a long career of politically convenient reversals.

Top News

Trump's VP Pick Looms Large After Assassination Attempt

Former President Trump faces pressure to select a vice president after an assassination attempt at the RNC. Explore the importance of this decision and its...

The Conversation

Biden isn’t the first to struggle to pop the presidential bubble that divides him from the public

President Joe Biden’s at-times incoherent debate performance against Donald Trump in June has prompted growing pressure from donors, some Democratic politicians and voters for Biden to withdraw from the race.

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