THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS PUTTING OUT A FULL RESPONSE TO THE HAWAIIAN TRAGEDY. As a result of the declaration of a state of emergency, FEMA, The Red Cross, the Small Business Administration, the Department of Agriculture, SNAP benefits, Health and Human Services, Medicaid, Medicare, the US Army Core of Engineers, the US Forest Service, the Federal Highway Administration and the US Department of Defense are all there and fully employed. Biden visited Maui in person this week.
INTERNATIONALLY, AMERICA IS STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIANCES AROUND THE GLOBE. Just this week, Biden and Harris met with forums in East Asia, the Indo-Pacific, and the G-20 (19 countries and the European Union) with renewed commitments to work on security policies, as well as mutually beneficial economic and climate concerns. This included normalizing targeted trading categories with China, using diplomacy combined with protective competition.
BIDEN IS RETOOLING STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS, still fighting Republicans to fulfill his campaign promise. The Saving on a Valuable Education plan (SAVE) is critical for low and middle-income borrowers. Politifact. The White House briefing.
BIDEN IS GOING AFTER JUNK FEES, those hefty add-ons to hospital stays, hotel rooms, airline seats, and phone bills. AP News
POLITICAL GOOD NEWS
2024 HOPE IS COMING WITH GEN Z. They turn out to vote and there are 32 million more of them than in 2016. In the same eight years, as many as 20 million older voters have died. Gen Z is paying attention, and cares about policy over politics. The Washington Post
EVEN YOUNG REPUBLICANS WANT THEIR LEADERS TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. As disheartening as the recent Presidential Debate was on climate, “Drill, frack, burn coal,” and “Climate change is a hoax,” everyone echoing Trump, Young Republicans see the urgency of climate action and are gaining power. Heatmap
TEXAS UPHOLDS A LAW PROTECTING VOTING RIGHTS. US Department of Justice
VOTERS AREN’T FALLING FOR TRUMP’S VICTIMIZATION CLAIMS. Latest polling from Politico.
ON THE TRUMP INDICTMENTS
BRIAN KEMP SUPPORTS FANI WILLIS as Georgia Republicans target her. The New York Times
POLITICAL OPPOSITES AGREE IT’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR TRUMP TO BE PRESIDENT. Laurence Tribe And Michael Luttig, respected constitutional scholars, support a Federalist Society paper saying it’s unconstitutional for Trump to be president. The Atlantic. University of Pennsylvania Law Review Abstract.