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☆ Many Democrats Are Worried Trump Will Beat Biden. This One Isn’t.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Adam Nagourney | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Simon Rosenberg was right about the congressional elections of 2022. All the conventional wisdom — the polls, the punditry, the fretting by fellow Democrats — revolved around the expectation of a big red wave and a Democratic wipeout. Democrats would surprise everyone, he said again and again: There would be no red wave. This time, he is predicting that President Biden will defeat Donald J. Trump in November. He even has a Substack newsletter offering insights and daily reassurance to his worried readers — “Hopium Chronicles,” the name taken from what the pollster Nate Silver suggested he was ingesting back in 2022.

Persons: Simon Rosenberg, —, Rosenberg, Michael Dukakis, Biden, Donald J, Trump, David Plouffe, Barack Obama, — “, Nate Silver Organizations: Democratic

☆ John Kerry to step down as US climate envoy
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —US climate envoy John Kerry plans to step down from his post by this spring, a source close to Kerry confirmed to CNN. Kerry is leaving the position after three years at the helm of US climate diplomacy under the Biden administration. Kerry specifically prioritized restarting international climate talks between the US and China, and was key in negotiating the November Sunnylands agreement, a wide-ranging climate agreement between the two countries before COP28. And in 2019, Kerry co-founded a bipartisan initiative of world leaders and celebrities to combat the climate crisis called World War Zero. In 2009, when Biden became vice president, Kerry took over his role as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Persons: John Kerry, Kerry, Biden, Axios, Joe Biden, Michael Dukakis, George W, Bush, Barack Obama Organizations: CNN, Economic, Munich, Conference, Democratic, Biden, White, Senate, Gov, Senate Foreign Relations, Navy, Silver Star, Star Locations: Dubai, Kerry, China, Paris, Massachusetts, Vietnam

☆ Why Does New Hampshire Go First?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( David Leonhardt | More About David Leonhardt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

New England biasNew Hampshire’s critics often point out the many ways it does not look like the rest of America. I have covered the New Hampshire primary, and I too found it charming. The clearest pattern is that New Hampshire prefers Democrats from nearby, regardless of their ideology or national appeal. The closest thing to a substantive counterargument from New Hampshire officials is that their state is a swing state, unlike South Carolina, which is solidly Republican. In a very close national election, New Hampshire might even determine the Electoral College result.

Persons: Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Clinton, “, Bernie Sanders, John Kerry, Paul Tsongas, Michael Dukakis, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Marianne Williamson, ” Ray Buckley Organizations: New, Democratic, New Hampshire, Biden, New Hampshire Democratic Party Locations: England, America, New, Greece, United States, Hampshire, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, South Carolina

Florida lawmakers sent DeSantis a bill that would let him stay governor while running for president. "I don't think we have seen a six-month stretch that has ever been this productive in the history of our state," DeSantis said at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee on Friday. Should DeSantis be successful in a presidential run, he would follow in the footsteps of Democrat Bill Clinton and Republican George W. Bush. Ron DeSantis speaks during an election night watch party at the Convention Center in Tampa, Florida, on November 8, 2022. During a press conference in Panama City, Florida, on Thursday, DeSantis continued to play coy about his intentions.

☆ A former personal assistant to an Oscar-winning actress says the job comes with plenty of perks — but you have to set boundaries
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Bonnie Low-Kramen was the personal assistant to the actor Olympia Dukakis for 25 years. She shared with Insider how she made the leap into PA work, what it's like to work for a celebrity day-to-day, and how she pivoted into entrepreneurship. Good timing got her a role working alongside a starLow-Kramen with Olympia Dukakis and Dukakis' husband, the actor Louis Zorich. Prescription and dry-cleaning pickups are a constant request, Low-Kramen said, and it can cause unexpected issues. Today, Low-Kramen said, a starting salary for a celebrity PA on call 24/7 can typically hit the low six figures.

This standoff will shift the terrain only by inches, even if it does help change which party has technical control of Congress. As for resolving the larger argument, that’s still a decision that the country makes during presidential elections, not midterms. For Republicans, a populist questionNeither party is currently prepared for the coming 2024 fight because both have unresolved internal issues that the midterm results may put into sharper focus. But the fact of the matter is, they are losing on the crime issue — not by a little, but a lot. But just because the fight is public and ugly, doesn’t mean it isn’t necessary and eventually helpful ahead of 2024.

☆ Actrița Olympia Dukakis, premiată cu Oscar pentru rolul din "Moonstruck", a murit la 89 de ani
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-02 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Actriţa americană premiată cu Oscar Olympia Dukakis, veterană a teatrului care a cunoscut faima după ce a interpretat roluri memorabile în filme din anii 80, precum "Moonstruck" şi "Steel Magnolias", a încetat din viaţă la vârsta de 89 de ani, informează Agerpres. Dukakis, care a jucat de asemenea în "Look Who's Talking" şi "Mr. Holland's Opus", a decedat în locuinţa sa din oraşul New York. "Iubita mea soră, Olympia Dukakis, a murit în această dimineaţă în oraşul New York", a scris fratele ei, Apollo, care a confirmat decesul actriţei pe pagina de Facebook. Greek America Foundation, organizaţie pe care actriţa a susţinut-o multă vreme, a oferit cei 30.000 de dolari necesari pentru acest demers, notează DPA. Născută în Lowell, Massachusetts, Statele Unite, la 20 iunie 1931, Dukakis a fost fiica unor imigranţi din sudul Greciei.

Persons: Olympia Dukakis, Louis, Cher, Norman Jewison, Dukakis, Împreună, actriţa Organizations: Olympia, Agerpres, Apollo, Facebook, BAFTA, America Foundation Locations: New York, Olympia, Hollywood, Lowell, Massachusetts, Statele Unite, Greciei, New England

☆ Marius Stan, 06 noiembrie 2020
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-06 | by ( ) moldova.europalibera.org time to read: +6 min

Știm, de altfel, și despre Mike Pence că este un admirator înfocat al „strategiei Lee Atwater”. Dreapta americană a avut întotdeauna nevoie de dușmani, chiar și atunci când a trebuit să-i inventeze. Aceasta a fost logica puterii și confortului, înarmată cu filosofia „după noi, potopul”. Unii dintre ei știu cu siguranță că marile numere se mișcă inexorabil în defavoarea lor și, într-un viitor nu prea îndepărtat, îi vor îngropa. A venit probabil timpul, la nivel local (al lor) și planetar (al nostru), să reexaminăm democrația americană și perspectivele ei.

Persons: Ronald Reagan, George H . W . Bush, republicanul Lee, Sally, Donald Trump, Lee ., Mike, Lee, David Remnick, Lee Atwater, Michael Dukakis, George W . Bush, Al Gore, Bush, Joe Biden, evidenți, McCarthy, Dostoievski Organizations: Life, Curtea Supremă, Albă, Uniunii Locations: american, republicanul, New Yorker, democrat, Massachusetts, Statelor Unite, Statele Unite, Paris, Watergate, Iran, Contra, Uniunii Sovietice

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