“Stunning&staggering" oogst van een dag nieuws in The Guardian
House kills attempt to impeach Trump for 'disgracing' presidency.
In artikel staat onder meer:
Some Democratic strategists think impeaching Trump could galvanize Republicans and increase his chances of re-election.
Pelosi, aware that her majority in the House is less than a year old, has counseled a slower approach, in which investigations of the president by various subcommittees could produce grounds for impeachment.
Trump rally crowd chants 'send her back' after president attacks Ilhan Omar
Chant follows Trump’s racist tweets targeting Omar and three other Democratic
congresswomen of color
'Despicable': Democrats condemn Trump over rally's Ilhan Omar chant
Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren denounced the president after rally erupted into chants of ‘send her back.
UK politicians send message of solidarity to US congresswomen
Jeremy Corbyn and Sadiq Khan among those condemning Donald Trump’s ‘blatant racism’
'His only tool is racism': why Trump's bigoted tirade could be a vote winner (David Smith)
The president seems to regard divisive, nativist rhetoric as his best chance of staying in the White House. Analysts say he may be right
Inside Trump's DC hotel, where allies and lobbyists flock to peddle their interests (Peter Stone)
Fossil fuel interests, pro-gun groups, foreign delegations and all manner of allies visit the Trump International Hotel to cozy up to the administration, say watchdogs
Brexit:
Boris Johnson's no-deal Brexit threat risks being ignored by the EU
Michel Barnier says the UK will ‘have to face the consequences’ of crashing out
Boris Johnson’s suggestion he could use the threat of no deal to win an improved Brexit deal for the UK risks falling on deaf ears in Brussels, the EU’s top negotiator has suggested.
MPs pass amendment seeking to thwart (bemoeilijken van) no-deal Brexit prorogation
Amendment is passed by 41 votes in potentially crucial Commons decision
Boris Johnson's support for EU revealed in Leon Brittan letter
No 10 frontrunner wrote ‘pro-European letter’ to Tory peer’s widow a year before campaigning for leave
Tot slot nog twee artikelen over nr. 45, met link en voorproefje:
- column van Jonathan Freedland, omdat hij, zoals vaker, de spijker op zijn kop slaat
- column van Michael H. Fuchs.
Democrats are right to condemn Trump’s racism, but they risk walking into his trap
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/17/democrats-trump-race-baiting-votes?CMP=share_btn_link
Trump is banking on his race-baiting winning him votes. Democrats will have to navigate a tricky course to stop him.
The conundrum for Democrats is similar to the one they face over impeachment. Their moral duty is clearly to hold the president to account for his violations of the constitution. But the political cost will be high, and the effort will almost certainly be futile. That much was demonstrated again last night. Remember, Trump can only be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of the senate, which will require Republicans to turn on him. Only four of them did so in the House resolution. The grim truth is that, no matter how racist his behaviour, no matter how much he abuses his power, Republicans belong to Trump now. He owns them.
The result is that Democrats face a choice between doing what is morally right and what is politically smart. When you’re dealing with an amoral bigot in the White House, those two things are not always the same.
Trump is on an Orwellian mission to redefine human rights
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/18/trump-pompeo-human-rights-un-orwellian-mission-redefine?CMP=share_btn_link
It has long been abundantly clear that Donald Trump has no respect for human rights. Now, the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, wants to build a new intellectual framework to justify the administration’s rollback of human rights protections.
That is the only way to understand Pompeo’s new Commission on Unalienable Rights.
In his novel about a fictional totalitarian regime, 1984, George Orwell memorably wrote that one of the regime’s mottos is: “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” The Trump administration is doing its best to make this kind of gaslighting a reality in America. Don’t be surprised if one of the conclusions of this new commission is “human rights is repression”.