Today's top stories in US news, politics, government, and world affairs:
Democrats are currently in the beginning stages of what’s politically known as an “autopsy” of 2024, which is a report commissioned by the losing political party in a campaign. And while candidates for DNC Chair are making their pitch to party activists across the country, there is widespread disagreement on the issue which experts believe hurt Democrats most in 2024, which is our party’s messaging to voters on issues. There have been really smart takes, including from Jim Kessler of Third Way, and Liam Kerr & Lauren Harper of The Welcome PAC, 2 groups that support moderate Democrats in swing districts across the country, with a focus on “winning the middle”. And they just came out with a new report which contrasts the Republican and Democratic Messaging strategies in 2024, which I explain in this episode.
The Wall Street Journal published an article which details how President Joe Biden, though he has more than a month left until he leaves office, seems to be voluntarily ceding the spotlight to President-Elect Donald Trump. The Journal continues that while Trump is already dictating trade and immigration policy and has moved rapidly to remake the U.S. government, Biden and his staff at the White House have mostly just stood aside. Critics like Washington Governor Jay Inslee believe Democrats' silence has bypassed their chances to make the case against many of Trump’s cabinet nominations. And progressive groups like Justice Democrats have called Biden “one of the lamest of lame ducks we’ve seen with a Democratic administration”.
2024 will be remembered for many things, but one of the most striking revelations from the last 12 months has been the categorical uselessness of organizations constituting the “international community”. In what was the quintessential example of the blatant hypocrisy of these groups, take the example of Bashar al-Assad, who was overthrown by his own people in Syria last week. Assad is one of the most barbaric dictators of the century, a ruthless killer and tyrant who murdered more than half a million people, and caused six million others to become refugees. Moreover, upwards of 100,000 people are said to have been disappeared into Syria's prisons during the 14 years of civil war. Yet Assad was able to travel freely between Syria and Russia without the specter of his apprehension because the ICC, or the International Criminal Court, has not brought Assad up on charges or issued an arrest warrant despite all of these blatant human rights violations. But if the democratically elected Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, chose to travel abroad to other free democracies like Canada? He would face arrest because the ICC issued an arrest warrant for him.
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