Do We Need Our Country Anymore?

I really like Florida -- but I would never move there because of the harm inflicted by the DeSantis administration. Turns out more people are agreeing with me. Then we have things like this, via Popular Information: Training materials produced by the Florida Department of Education direct middle and high school teachers to indoctrinate students in the tenets of Christian nationalism, a right-wing effort to merge Christian and American identities.

Via HuffPost, a reporter asked Joe Biden if he planned to serve the full four-year term if he wins back the White House. The exchange occurred at Philadelphia International Airport on Wednesday soon after Biden had arrived on Air Force One for campaign events. "President Biden, will you be serving your full four-year term or handing over power to Vice President Harris?" the reporter yelled on the tarmac. "Are you okay?

This is a bit of a weird one. Georgia's 11th congressional district is quite red, with Trump winning by 15 points in 2020. Longshot candidates run in those districts because no one else wants to. In this case, though, Katy Stamper took it upon herself, for whatever reasons, to run in the Democratic primary where she ended up winning.

When it comes to Trump, piling on is a civic duty. We cannot afford to allow him even the slightest chance of retaking power. He needs to be overwhelmed. Simon Rosenberg— the veteran political analyst who famously predicted that the Red Wave of 2020 would be the Republican debacle it turned out to be — is urging a practical, grassroots approach to the problem.

USA Today: “As a New York jury heads into a second day of deliberations on Thursday over the hush money-related charges against Trump, the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns are preparing post-verdict strategy plans amid uncertainty over how pivotal voters might react to a guilty verdict or a hung jury.” “Trump has said he is eager to make up for lost time in terms of campaign events and fundraising and has frequently betrayed concern that a guilty verdict could hurt him with undecided voters, who polling shows could back Biden if the Manhattan jury does find the former president guilty.” ABC News: Biden has maintained muted approach toward Trump trial, as jurors deliberate.

“South Africa’s ruling party looks set to fall well short of obtaining a parliamentary majority for the first time since it came to power at the end of apartheid three decades ago, a model developed by a state research agency shows,” Bloomberg reports.