Evening Roundup, August 10
New birthright EO, Congressional succession plan, how is Trump making the Iran worse?, two ships, coffee, The Movement, and more
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We Can Thank Brett Kavanagh for Trump’s Latest Attacks on Birthright Citizenship
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result. President Donald Trump’s two new executive orders on birthright citizenship, which attempt to unlawfully deny citizenship to certain people born in the United States, probably fit in that category.
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Congress Needs a Succession Plan
Congress does not reflect the country it serves — a mismatch that poses a real risk for the nation’s economy, competitiveness and democratic stability. Though half of registered voters are under 55, roughly 80 percent of U.S. senators are 55 or older. By the midterms in November, 53 House members will be 75 or older. The problem is even starker among De…
Foreign Affairs
Trump Is Losing Control of the Widening Conflict
The Iran war is escalating after the ceasefire agreed in the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran crumbled in early July. The renewed hostilities have also dragged new state and non-state actors into the fight, widening the conflict significantly.
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Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America
Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America traces how the political and religious divisions of England’s Civil War became a powerful metaphor for abolitionism and slavery prior to the United States Civil War. Author David S. Reynolds, a distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New Y…
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