Now in its final months, the Biden-Harris administration has a chance to cement its powerful legacy on the environment. Congress returns for its so-called lame duck session on November 12. The administration should pull out all the stops to work with Congress and use the powers of the presidency to get some more big things done.
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This is what nightmares are made of – between 1946 and 1958 the U.S. detonated 67 nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands, and the result is that the Marshallese people have lost their pristine environment and face health problems. Our environment is threatened here as well. Not only did the indigenous Chumash people lose their sacred land to Vandenberg Air Force Base, but also America’s Heartland presently has around 400 ICBMs stored in underground silos equipped with nuclear warheads that are ready to launch at a hair trigger’s notice. Named “MinuteMen III,” after Revolutionary War soldiers who could reload and shoot a gun in less than a minute, ICBMs not only put Americans at risk of accident, and turn North Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana into apocalyptic targets, but they put all life on earth in danger.
A Terrifying Choice Awaits Us
This racist pseudo-joke, uttered by Tony Hinchecliffe at the Trump rally at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27, has been virally shamed. It’s even been denounced by Team Trump itself. But I bring it back into the limelight for a moment for several eerily linked reasons.
As a body of nearly 10,000 men and women of color, and specifically those of African American and Latino descent, employed as criminal justice practitioners throughout the nation, the members and Board of Directors of the National Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers, Inc. (NABLEO) have, since their inception, consistently taken an active stance against discriminatory practices in law enforcement, and other instances of social injustice that bring both division and discredit to those in the communities we serve and protect.
The 2024 Presidential election demanded a call to arms greater than the Normandy invasion, which saved Democracy from Nazi Germany. Black voters numbering tens of millions will cast their ballots to save Democracy from Trump. Using Hitler’s tactics, Trump has destroyed America’s moral compass and corrupted its core institutions. Just as Hitler failed to recognize America’s strength and resolve, Trump’s racism has caused him to disrespect the power of Black voters. Black voters’ nuclear ballots have always defended America’s Democracy.
Citing Donald Trump’s well-documented history of misogyny and sexual abuse of women—including being adjudicated as a rapist—some of the country’s leading male figures working to prevent men’s violence against women have signed a statement supporting Kamala Harris for president.
Preachers, Professor and Pretenders
Worse, since 2016 Republican-led legislatures have gerrymandered their states, engaged in voter suppression, and have substantially changed election rules seeking partisan advantage. It is Republicans who have been cheating and subverting democracy, not Democrats.
Four years ago, I wrote a letter to family and friends asking them to vote for a return to decency, to vote for Joe Biden. Our leaders should represent what is best in us and conduct themselves in a way that reflects the values we teach our children. Donald Trump, a dishonest narcissist and philanderer never met that standard. This disqualified him from leading our nation. My concerns were justified when, on January 6th, he violated his solemn oath…to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”