We are living through Obama’s third term. Since 2008, Obama has been the Democrats’ savior. Obama cemented the Democrats’ coalition of color plus white progressives , bringing blacks, Hispanics, and suburbanites to Biden’s White House victory, accompanied by the media’s “Trump racism” drumbeat. Now, Biden is failing. Roll Call’s David Winston sums up : Americans have seen his management of the COVID-19 response falter, a disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, a continuing crisis at the border, rising inflation, a worrisome economy and a growing credibility problem. A British cabinet member told  the Times (U.K.) that the US failure to realize that Afghanistan was on the brink of collapse shows that America is “looking inward and is unwilling to do even a modest amount to maintain global order.” Biden emphasizing domestic over foreign matters is pure Obama, who the Spectator’s Matt Purple pointed out , surmounted Middle East chaos “by focusing on his domestic agenda.” Obama allowed ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Dress     Glenn Greenwald won a Pulitzer Prize for helping release to the world Edward Snowdon’s classified U.S. intelligence. He worked for the Guardian (U.K.), and other progressive publications. An excerpt from his just-published article “Masking of the Servant Class” , quoted at length here without further comment, is a highly readable indictment of our current rulers. The excerpt begins with the “birthday bash which former President Barack Obama threw for himself to commemorate his 60 years on the planet:”   Held at his sprawling $12 million weekend estate on Martha's Vineyard, Obama and 400 of his closest maskless friends spent hours in indoor tents dancing, chatting in close circles, and yelling in each other's ears over the live music. While custom-made masks engraved with Obama's renowned humility were provided to the guests (“44×60”) [44th President x 60th Birthday], only the servants were reported to have worn masks. Who can throw a ...