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Can Democrats bounce back from "Trump shock"?

09 Kasım 2024, Cumartesi

In 2020, Joe Biden won 81 million votes. On November 5, Kamala Harris's count stands around 70 million, according to the latest numbers, while Trump’s 2024 vote tally is about the same as his 2020 count. Trump and the Republicans clinched both the White House and both chambers of Congress. The most unsettling outcome for the Democrats was losing the seven critical swing states. They had been confident of winning the so-called “Blue Wall” states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Securing

Which America will win the election?

03 Kasım 2024, Pazar

On November 5, Americans will be voting not only for the President of the United States but also for the entire House of Representatives and a third of the Senate. Currently, Republicans hold a narrow majority in the House, while Democrats control the Senate with just two seats. It’s expected that Republicans will retain their slim majority in the House, while they also seem to have a slight edge in the Senate races. Democrats face the challenge of defending more seats compared to Republicans. Additionally,

Green light for "Medical Genocide"!

19 Ekim 2024, Cumartesi

While the U.S. continues to supply weapons to Israel at "panther speed," humanitarian aid to Gaza crawls forward at a "snail's pace." This is the Biden administration’s response to the "Palestinian genocide" unfolding before the world’s eyes. Israel isn't just killing people with U.S. bombs from the sky. They're also ensuring Palestinians die from hunger, thirst, and lack of medicine. On October 13, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin sent a letter to Israeli

Does a serial killer have a 'right to self-defense'?

12 Ekim 2024, Cumartesi

It’s said that when Josef Stalin became fixated on someone close to him, he’d turn them into a “problem,” and once he got rid of them, he’d remark, “now there’s no more problem.” Similarly, Americans believe that if there’s an issue, it’s tied to specific people. They think that once those individuals are removed, everything will return to normal. In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, Americans chose to ignore the fact that this approach only deepened the problems. Israel also believed that by eliminating

The New Normal

09 Ekim 2024, Çarşamba

Israel, showing no hesitation in severing its ties to human values, demonstrates to the world that it is not part of the "human family." By turning everything into weapons, bombs, and booby traps, Israel has opened the door to a very dangerous path: "a war of everyone against everything." Using phosphorus bombs, Israel has transformed devices like pagers, cell phones, and solar panels into deadly traps, resulting in injuries and deaths. Journalists in Lebanon have drawn attention to allegations

Does Biden want Kamala Harris to win?

06 Ekim 2024, Pazar

According to public opinion polls, 61% of Americans believe the Biden administration should not send weapons and ammunition to Israel, with 77% of Democratic voters sharing the same opinion. Support for Israel in American society is steadily declining. At the same time, there’s an emotional detachment from "Zionism" and Israel among young liberal Jews. The younger generation of American Jews is distancing themselves from the romanticized vision of Zionism. The biggest fear for Israel and the "Israel

U.S. Bypasses Its Own Laws to Arm Israel and Enable War Crimes

28 Eylül 2024, Cumartesi

The Biden administration has approved another $8.7 billion military aid package to Israel, as the war crimes in Gaza now extend to Lebanon. In doing so, the administration is ignoring U.S. laws meant to regulate such aid. Bypassing regulations that impose conditions on military assistance has led to the resignation of several officials from the U.S. State Department. This new aid package emboldens Netanyahu to escalate the war, using American bombs freely in Lebanon to continue the massacres. According

Is U.S. policy in Gaza the exception or the norm?

25 Eylül 2024, Çarşamba

On May 29, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an exclusive interview to the French newspaper *Le Figaro*. At one point, Putin made an interesting comment about how U.S. presidents handle foreign policy. Here's what he said: “I’ve spoken with three U.S. presidents so far. They come and go, but the policy stays the same. Do you know why? Because of the strong bureaucracy. When someone is elected, they may have some ideas. Then the men with the briefcases come along, well-dressed in dark suits

Evangelicals Are Divided Over Kamala Harris!

19 Eylül 2024, Perşembe

In my previous post, I mentioned that the “neocons” in the U.S. are likely to support Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Now, the “White Evangelical Christians,” a crucial voter base for Republicans, are also a target for the Democratic Party’s campaign strategists. In 2016, Donald Trump was viewed with suspicion by Evangelicals due to his lifestyle. Mike Pence, an Evangelical politician, competed against Trump in the primaries. After winning the primaries, Trump selected Pence as

Ominous Alliances...

15 Eylül 2024, Pazar

With about fifty days remaining until the U.S. Presidential elections, both the Republican candidate Donald Trump and the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris are forming some interesting, albeit risky, alliances to win over the "undecided" voters. Some "Centrist Republicans," who are unhappy with Trump’s takeover and transformation of the Republican Party, are now considering supporting Kamala Harris. This group, which campaigned against Trump under the "NeverTrump" label during the 2020 elections