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DEMS DONE WITH JOE… NYT: Should Biden Run in 2024? Democratic Whispers of ‘No’ Start to Rise. Interviews with nearly 50 Democratic officials, from county leaders to members of Congress, as well as with disappointed voters who backed Mr. Biden in 2020, reveal a party alarmed about Republicans’ rising strength and extraordinarily pessimistic about an immediate path forward. “To say our country was on the right track would flagrantly depart from reality,” said Steve Simeonidis, a Democratic National Committee member from Miami. Mr. Biden, he said, “should announce his intent not to seek re-election in ’24 right after the midterms.” […] “The presidency is a monstrously taxing job and the stark reality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of a second term, and that would be a major issue,” said David Axelrod, the chief strategist for Barack Obama’s two winning presidential campaigns. […] Ann Hart, a Democratic Party co-chairwoman in Iowa’s Allamakee County, … [Read more...] about Editor Daily Rundown: Leftists Seek To ‘Blockade’ Supreme Court

Twenty-two years is a long time to fight a court battle, but nine baht is nine baht, right? A lawyer in India believes so and has fought for justice against Indian Railways for more than two decades because he was overcharged by 20 Indian rupees, the equivalent of almost 9 baht, 21 pence, or 25 American cents. The lawyer who is now 66 years old, bought a train ticket in 1999 in Uttar Pradesh to travel from Mathura station to Moradabad, a 70-rupees (31-baht) ride. But he was charged 90 rupees and despite his protests, he was not refunded. The man went to the local consumer court and filed a complaint seeking justice against North East Railways Service, a division of Indian Railways. The resolution didn’t come quickly, but the man dug in his heels, and over the past 22 years, he attended 100 hearings in the case. Years were lost in the fight against Indian Railways, but the sacrifice was worthwhile for justice, according to the man. “You can’t put a price on the energy and time … [Read more...] about Man fights Indian Railways for 22 years for justice (and 9 baht)

BREAKING THIS AM… RECORD INFLATION NUMBERS… BEN CASSELMAN, NYT: U.S. consumer prices rose 1% in May and were up 8.6% from a year earlier, faster than April’s 8.3% pace. The reacceleration in headline inflation was driven by another big jump in gas prices. […] The 8.6% increase in consumer prices over the past year is the fastest pace of inflation since December 1981. NEVER MIND THAT… PELOSIPALOOZA BEGINS!! … DEMOCRATS RELY ON HEARING FOR DONATIONS… ‘THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF IT IS … FUNDRAISING’ … AXIOS: Democrats’ Jan. 6 fundraising spree Democrats are leaning on this week’s Jan. 6 committee hearings and the broader investigation into the Capitol attack to juice small-dollar donor enthusiasm, records show. […] Thursday’s hearing has set off debate in Washington about whether the probe will move votes for Democrats in November. The more apparent upside, though, is a boost to the the party’s grassroots fundraising program. […] “The primary purpose of it is … [Read more...] about Editor Daily Rundown: Inflation Hits New Record In Biden’s America

ANOTHER INFLATION EXPLOSION… CNBC: Inflation rose 9.1% in June, even more than expected, as price pressures intensify Shoppers paid sharply higher prices for a variety of goods in June as inflation kept its hold on a slowing U.S. economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. The consumer price index, a broad measure of everyday goods and services, soared 9.1% from a year ago, above the 8.8% Dow Jones estimate. That marked another month of the fastest pace for inflation going back to December 1981. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core CPI increased 5.9%, compared to the 5.7% estimate. On a monthly basis, headline CPI rose 1.3% and core CPI was up 0.7%, compared to respective estimates of 1.1% and 0.5%. Taken together, the numbers seemed to counter the narrative that inflation may be peaking, as the gains were based across a variety of categories. WHITE HOUSE REACTION: DON’T BELIEVE YOUR EYES… ADMIN WILL KEEP SELLING OFF OUR … [Read more...] about Editors Daily Rundown: Another Inflation Explosion

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin As a site of struggle itself, Montgomery, AL makes a perfect host for “A Site of Struggle: American Art against Anti-Black Violence,” an exhibition examining how art has been used to protest, process, mourn and memorialize racially motivated attacks against African Americans. Rosa Parks struggled in Montgomery. So did Martin Luther King Jr. And John Lewis . And tens of thousands more whose names aren’t known to history. Through works of art and ephemera, “A Site of Struggle” explores how art history can help inform the understanding of racial violence’s deep roots in America. Conceived in 2016, the exhibition spans more than 100 years, with art created from the anti-lynching campaigns of the 1890s to the founding of Black Lives Matter in 2013. Visitors find legendary Black artists born in the early 1900s– Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012), Norman Lewis (1909-1979) and Hale Woodruff (1900-1980)–expressing the same … [Read more...] about A Site Of Struggle: Montgomery, AL

Salman Rushdie (File image) The attack on Salman Rushdie in western New York state Friday prompted renewed interest in previous attacks on people connected to his 1988 novel, “The Satanic Verses,” including its Japanese translator, who was killed in 1991. The translator, Hitoshi Igarashi, was stabbed to death at age 44 that July at Tsukuba University, northeast of Tokyo, where he had been teaching comparative Islamic culture for five years. No arrests were ever made, and the crime remains unsolved. Rushdie said at the time that news of Igarashi’s death had left him feeling “extremely distressed.” Rushdie, 75, underwent hours of surgery after being stabbed and was put on a ventilator Friday evening, but by Saturday he had started to talk, according to his agent, Andrew Wylie. Igarashi had translated “The Satanic Verses” for a Japanese edition that was published after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then the supreme leader of Iran, had ordered Muslims to kill the Indian-born … [Read more...] about Rushdie attack recalls 1991 killing of his Japanese translator