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For Democrats, ‘freedom’ is just another word for mandate
While speakers at the Democratic National Convention tried to portray presidential nominee Kamala Harris as some type of cross between Perry Mason, Jack McCoy and Mother Teresa, the overriding theme at the convention and until the election is freedom. But don’t be fooled. Democratic strategists made it very clear months ago that they shifted to the freedom theme as a marketing strategy because it sells well.
As the Wall Street Journal’s Molly Ball reported last December, abort...
Colorado governor pushes back on reports Harris changed policy positions
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) on Sunday pushed back on criticism that Vice President Harris has changed her stance on several policy issues and is not doing enough interviews to explain the changes, arguing that she will be a president "for all the American people."
"The truth of the matter is, yes, she's come to the middle. She's pragmatic, she's a tough leader, she's the leader we need for the future," Polis said on "Fox News Sunday." "So again, while she may have in the pas...
Democrats brace for GOP attacks on Harris
Democrats are leery about the prospect of Vice President Harris putting out anything close to a fleshed-out agenda, believing they must make the 2024 election about the former president — not the current vice president.
Instead, they’re hoping Harris will run a largely atmospheric campaign — one with limited policy substance — to make the race more of a referendum on former President Trump than on her administration's record.
One Democratic senator who attended the D...
[Correspondence] The Taiwan health-care system: approaching a crisis point?
Taiwan is one of the few countries where citizens enjoy universal health care, which is managed by the Taiwan National Healthcare Insurance (NHI) system. The NHI system, established in March, 1995 by the Taiwan Government, has provided high-quality health care with low insurance premiums. The average monthly insurance premium the typical Taiwanese citizen pays is NT$1377, which is approximately US$42.1 Such a low health-care expense ensures equitable access for all 23 million Taiwanese citizens.
Trump’s spectacle is no match for Harris’s substance
This election isn’t just another political match — it’s a reckoning.
For years, Donald Trump has masqueraded as the champion of the working class, a man of the people with a golden touch for business and so-called "common-sense" solutions.
But let’s be real: The Trump campaign is a fraud. His faux populism is nothing more than a cynical con, wrapped in flag-waving theatrics and reality TV spectacle. While he posed for photo ops and riled up his b...
Fox News host, Newsom spar over Harris’s policy
Fox News anchor Bret Baier and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) argued over Vice President Harris’s policy stance ahead of her big night at the Democratic National Convention (DNC).
Speaking from Chicago, Baier pressed Newsom on Harris backing away from taking strong stances on some policy issues she held during her previous presidential campaign.
Other Republicans have begun attacking Harris for similar reasons, including former GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
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Updated COVID vaccines get FDA green light
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Presidential candidates hesitate to single out the poor for extra help
In her major economic speech last Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris declared that “building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency, because I strongly believe when the middle class is strong, America is strong.” Her approach follows in the footsteps of her Democratic predecessors -- Presidents Clinton, Obama and Biden all embraced versions of a middle-out approach to build the American economy.
But in a Pew poll conducted earlier this year, 9 out of 10...
Despite Trump’s Accusations, Democrats Have Largely Avoided Medicare for All
The policy has played little role at the Democratic National Convention. Republicans continue to suggest Vice President Kamala Harris would pursue it as president.