Saturday, July 27, 2024

Memes of the Times

Sunday (7/21/24) Was Earth’s Hottest Day on Record – Olivia Rosane (Common Dreams, July 24, 2024).

UPDATES:
Monday Breaks the Record for the Hottest Day Ever on Earth – Sibi Arasu and Seth Borenstein (AP News, July 24, 2024).

Fossil Fuel Industry Propaganda Blamed as Record Heat Scorches Planet – Jessica Corbett (Common Dreams, August 8, 2024).



Trump-Style Ear Bandages Are New Trend at Republican National Convention – Reuters (July 18, 2024).


Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling and Project 2025 Pave Way for Trump’s Fascist State – Marjorie Cohn (TruthOut, July 18, 2024).

“It’ll Be Fixed!”: Trump Tells Supporters No Need to Vote in the Future – Edward Carver (Common Dreams, July 27, 2024).



Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race and Endorses Harris Who Vows to “Earn and Win” Party Nomination – Will Weissert and Aamer Madhani (AP News, July 22, 2024).

Looking Back, the Democratic Party Rigged the Primary Process for Biden – Dennis Kucinich (The Kucinich Report, July 23, 2024).

Biden’s Slow Exit Reveals the Flaws in the Democratic Party’s Culture – Norman Solomon (TomDispatch via Common Dreams, July 24, 2024).

Harris Campaign Enjoys Record-Breaking First Week – Joan McCarter (Daily Kos, July 26, 2024).



It’s Been Easy to Forget How Bad Kamala Harris Is – Elizabeth Nolan Brown (Reason, July 21, 2024).

Kamala Harris’ Record Will Haunt Her in NovemberRising (July 23, 2024).

Kamala Harris and the Maddening Siren of U.S. Electoral Politics – Paul Street (CounterPunch, July 26, 2024).



Want to Really Defend Democracy? Don’t Anoint Kamala – Open the Convention – Cenk Uygur (Newsweek, July 22, 2024).


Progressive Democratic Candidate Marianne Williamson Calls for Open Convention – Jackson Walker (Local 12, July 21, 2024).

DNC Sabotage: The Silencing of Marianne Williamson and the Fight for a Fair Democratic Process – ElleBeah LB (ElleBeah’s Substack, July 21, 2024).



JD Vance, Kamala Harris, and the Illusion of Inclusion – Peter Bloom (Common Dreams, July 27, 2024).


Sorry, JD Vance, But Being a “Childless Cat Lady” Is Actually Not a Bad Thing – Arwa Mahdawi (The Guardian, July 20, 2024).

Single, Childless Women Push Back Against Vance Claims They Don’t Care About America – Sarah D. Wire, Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, and Phillip M. Bailey (USA Today, July 27, 2024).



“Guilty of Genocide”: Rep. Rashida Tlaib Protests Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress – Brett Wilkins (Common Dreams, July 24, 2024).


Why Israel Should Be Banned From the Paris Olympics – Sophia Brooks (Common Dreams, April 9, 2024).


Jesus Is Woke. And That’s Good News – Adam Ericksen (Pastor Adam, March 21, 2024).

Here’s What Happened to the Republican War on “Woke” – Jonah Goldberg (The Fulcrum, May 10, 2024).



See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
John Cusack: Quote of the Day – July 26, 2024
Something to Think About – July 25, 2024
A Day of Shame at the U.S. Capitol
Phyllis Bennis: “We Can Never Give Up Hope”
Nina Turner: Quote of the Day – July 24, 2024
Marianne Williamson: “‘Vote Blue No Matter Who’ Is Not Enough to Win in November”
On This Momentous Day in U.S. Politics, a Visit to the Prayer Tree
Something to Think About – June 28, 2024
Yes, Just Imagine
Progressive Perspectives on the Crisis in U.S. Electoral Politics
Kyle Kulinski: Quote of the Day – May 23, 2024
Judith Butler on the Ongoing Student Protests Against the Gaza Genocide
Naomi Klein’s Powerful Words on Israel’s and the West’s Ongoing Gaza Genocide
Outrage and Despair
“This Is a Genocidal Project”
“A Genocide Has Been Normalized”
Voices of Reason and Compassion on the Crisis in Israel and Gaza
More Voices of Reason and Compassion on the Crisis in Israel and Gaza
Josh Paul: Quote of the Day – March 28, 2024
Phyllis Bennis: Quote of the Day – March 28, 2024
Michael Fakhri: Quote of the Day – February 27, 2024
Sabrina Salvati: Quote of the Day – January 2, 2024

See also:
Memes of the Times – May 21, 2020
Signs of the Times – April 25, 2017
At the Minnesota Capitol, Signs of the Times (May 16, 2011)


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