How Kamala Harris Sees the World

[Splinter]( Aug 02, 2024 [How Kamala Harris Sees the World]( [How Kamala Harris Sees the World]( The question for Harris will be where she seeks to rebalance or break with past policies, both ideologically and tactically – and what that might mean for U.S. foreign policy and America’s standing in the world. [America\'s Tradition of White Supremacy Fuels Trump\'s Attacks on Kamala Harris]( [America's Tradition of White Supremacy Fuels Trump's Attacks on Kamala Harris]( Capitalism and liberalism promised to break the hold of theological and feudal domination, but what Enlightenment figures like our Founding Fathers actually delivered was a new system that hid oppression and discrimination behind the veil of “impartial forces.” [Who Is In Charge of the Planet\'s Temperature?]( [Who Is In Charge of the Planet's Temperature?]( That's the problem with a global catastrophe: it is coming for all of us, but only a few will end up with their hands on the wheel. [Elizabeth Warren Calls for Immediate Interest Rate Cuts as Job Growth Falls Off a Cliff]( [Elizabeth Warren Calls for Immediate Interest Rate Cuts as Job Growth Falls Off a Cliff]( The supposed vibecession was a common talking point among people who falsely claimed we were in a hyper-bullish economy, and now in order to keep this talking point going, they must find a way to counter the reality presented by actual recessionary indicators. [Trump Spoke With a Group of Black Journalists and It Went Even Worse Than You Think]( [Trump Spoke With a Group of Black Journalists and It Went Even Worse Than You Think]( Only time will tell if this disaster has any real staying power, but I would bet a healthy sum that Trump will be talking about anything but this shitshow a week from now. [The Crisis in Sudan, Explained by an Expert]( [The Crisis in Sudan, Explained by an Expert]( "Right now, I wouldn't classify what's going on in Sudan as a civil war, because there's not as much of engagement of ordinary people. It's a war on civilians. It's a counter-revolutionary war." [The New Dust Bowl Is Upon Us]( [The New Dust Bowl Is Upon Us]( A study published on Wednesday in Science Advances analyzed the unprecedented drought across multiple years that plagued the plains states in 2022 and 2023, and found that Kansas wheat output fell by a remarkable 37 percent compared to that 1981-2020 period — a decline the authors wrote was "reminiscent of the Dust Bowl Years in the 1930s." [Even Fox News Isn’t So Sure About JD Vance]( [Even Fox News Isn’t So Sure About JD Vance]( When I first saw this introduction to former Congressman and current Fox News anchor Trey Gowdy’s interview with Donald Trump’s Vice-Presidential nominee JD Vance, I literally could not believe what I was hearing. All my years spent in politics has led me to a default stance where I see the Fox News branding and my brain prepares itself to be inundated with the most racist, naïve bullshit imaginable. [View this email in your browser]( Copyright © 2024 Splinter/Paste Media (7525 Colbert Drive, Suite 106, Reno NV 89511) [unsubscribe](