Source: Common Dreams
by Harvey J Kaye

“The time has come. The crisis intensifies, and the struggle is being joined. Abraham Lincoln’s warning of 1862 (‘We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of Earth’) speaks ever more directly to us. But keep listening. Lincoln did not merely issue a warning to his fellow citizens. Believing they already essentially knew what he was to say, he reminded them of who they were and made it perfectly clear to them what they had to do to overcome the crisis and prevail against the enemy they confronted. He told them that winning the war and sustaining the Union required not simply defeating the Confederacy, but also making America’s revolutionary promise all the more real for all the more Americans. He told them that to truly secure the United States they had to end slavery.” (04/24/25)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/take-hold-of-radical-u-s-history

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“Can there be ‘pandemic justice?’ On June 11th of last year, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic of the House of Representatives interviewed former Governor of the State of New York, Andrew M. Cuomo, in pursuance of getting to the bottom of the disaster that was COVID in New York and beyond. Cuomo had counsel; the interrogation was transcribed. The focus? The governor’s disastrous decision to send coronavirus patients back to his state’s nursing homes, where they quickly spread the new disease to its most vulnerable targets.” (04/24/25)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/04/24/a-cuomo-indictment/

Source: The Bulwark
by Mona Charen

“The Trump administration marries insane ideas to gross, bullying tactics. But even when this administration stumbles upon an idea that is not deranged, illegal, or immoral, it has the capacity to do great harm. I’m thinking of the apparent plans to encourage marriage and motherhood. The administration is reportedly considering proposals to award mothers $5,000 ‘baby bonuses,’ to reserve 30 percent of Fulbright scholarships to parents, to reduce the costs of IVF (not clear how), and to fund programs to educate women about ovulation cycles (I kid you not). … The Trump crowd’s approach to fertility is not the joy of parenthood or the warmth of close families. It’s more like the ‘Great Replacement’ theory made flesh. Give them credit for honesty, I guess. They don’t really claim to be speaking up for family values.” (04/24/25)

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-trump-administration-family-policy-birth-rate-elon-musk-replacement-fertility-children-babies

Source: Antiwar.com
by Ted Snider

“‘There are two ways Iran can be handled,’ U.S. President Donald Trump has said, ‘militarily, or you make a deal.’ National Security Adviser Mike Waltz advocated for the military solution; Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Vice President JD Vance advocated for diplomacy. Trump has opted for diplomacy. But all options are still on the table, and if the diplomatic path fails, Trump says ‘the other will solve the problem.’ But there are several reasons why all options should not be on the table and why bombing Iran to prevent it from acquiring a nuclear bomb would be absurd. Here are seven of them.” (04/24/25)

https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2025/04/23/seven-reasons-why-its-absurd-to-bomb-iran/

Source: The Bulwark
by Tom Malinowski

“Action items for Democrats in Congress.” (04/24/25)

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/make-it-painful-to-collaborate-with-trump-democrats-congress-bills-action-items-avengers-initiative