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After the election of Barack Obama as president, “this is probably the second most important electoral moment in Black political history — the ability of Black Georgians to affect the political process to turn the party domination and rule in the state to their preferred party,” said James Lance Taylor, a professor and director of the African American Studies program at the University of San Francisco. “Kamala is a tipping point. Georgia is a tipping point.” … [Read more...] about Kamala Harris’ inauguration offers counterpoint to insurrection

‘It’s not preordained which way we’ll go’ Two weeks after images of a violent mob — including white supremacists — storming into the Capitol were seared into Americans’ minds, Capitol Hill will feature a very different image: the swearing-in of Kamala Harris, first Black woman and woman of color to become vice president. … [Read more...] about Bay Briefing: ‘Kamala is a tipping point’

Trump made a strong case that “it’s in everyone’s interest to seek a future where all nations can be sovereign, prosperous and secure.” Trump articulated that the United States does not expect “diverse countries to share the same cultures, traditions, or even systems of government.” Yet it is reasonable to “expect all nations to uphold these two core sovereign duties: to respect the interests of their own people and the rights of every other sovereign nation." … [Read more...] about Corey Lewandowski: With UN speech, we have the ‘Trump Doctrine’ in Trump’s own words

The Biden administration must now find a recovery path out of the wreckage of four decades of Reagan radicalism and the politics it created. Reagan got us stuck on the ideas that "government is the problem," cuts in federal tax cuts are necessary, environmental regulations are problematic and major national problems can be left to the states and cities. These ideas, alas, are wrong, even though they are widely believed and were politically convenient for those who disliked the federal government's policies to end racial segregation. … [Read more...] about Joe Biden’s Ronald Reagan problem

According to a criminal complaint first obtained by The Washington Post, prosecutors allege Caldwell helped organize a group of at least eight people, who were seen “aggressively approaching an entrance to the Capitol.” The group was seen wearing military-style gear and helmets as they moved “in an organized and practiced fashion and force[d] their way to the ground of the crowd gathered around a door to the U.S. Capitol.” … [Read more...] about ‘I Am Such an Instigator’: Oath Keeper Leader Charged With Conspiracy in Capitol Riots