The timing couldn’t have been better. Democratic Party foreign-policy “expert” Joseph Nye, who served in the Carter, Clinton, and Obama administrations and who teaches at Harvard University, wrote an article in Project Syndicate extolling the virtues of post–Cold War engagement of China and praising the Biden administration’s competitive-engagement approach to China.
In the face of numerous Democrats wavering in their support of aiding Ukraine, Jamie Raskin of Maryland said, "Moscow right now is … a world center of antifeminist, antigay, anti-trans hatred, as well as the homeland of replacement theory for export."
A resurfaced tweet from 2015 recounts Wisconsin Senate candidate Mandela Barnes (D) as saying individuals supporting the belief of "God, country, and guns" is a "dangerous rhetoric" comparable to the group coordinating terrorist attacks in France a few days prior.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says that Democrats aren’t doing enough for Ukraine and vows that a GOP majority will send them even more taxpayer-funded aid after the upcoming midterm elections.
"For this reason, we urge you to pair the military and economic support the United States has provided to Ukraine with a proactive diplomatic push, redoubling efforts to seek a realistic framework for a ceasefire," the Democratic lawmakers’ letter read.
In another foretaste of potential future ‘carbon allowance’ limits, a major bank in Australia has introduced a new feature that links purchases to a customer’s carbon footprint and warns them when they are going over the average.
