DAGR Weekly Reader W3-OCT
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” ~ Edmund Burke, courtesy of Bill Kristol at The Bulwark.
For Trump, A Lifetime of Scandals Heads Toward a Moment of Judgment
NY Times Peter Baker summarizes Trump’s business and political scandals, penalties for only some of which have been partly postponed by appeals, in this long Sunday read. It’s a 24-page print-out without the embedded links for further details. Perfect for lining a long corridor in a school, museum or gov’t building. Gift link, no paywall.
America’s Judicial Divisions
Every major policy issue is now also a courtroom battle, decided in increasingly partisan settings. And there’s no end in sight. A look at how federal courts are appointed and selected to bring precedent-setting suits. Oct 15, The American Prospect, by Hassan Ali Kanu
Unworthy of Reliance: The Flawed Supplemental Background Investigation
Into Sexual-Assault Allegations Against Justice Brett Kavanaugh
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. Chairman, Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, October 2024. 32 pages, pdf.
The Coming Financial Hurricane
How Hurricane Milton and other climate chaos could trigger the next economic crisis. Viewed from governmental and financial sides, it’s clear we’ve been ignoring the risks at our collective peril. The Lever, Oct 16
Billionaires are not going to save us
It’s time to see that projects of survival and solidarity among those struggling the most are our only true hope for a future that will otherwise be ever more perilous. Nation of Change, Oct 18, by Liz Theoharis, theologian, anti-poverty activist; Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary, and co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign.
Turning Around the Hudson Valley
Democrats performed badly north of New York City in critical House races. Can they do better this year? by Toby Jaffe, The American Prospect, Oct 23
Long read: The Christians Preaching the Case for Kamala
Meet Vote Common Good, Faith Forward, Christian Democrats of America, Faithful America … and more. Rolling Stone digs into the evangelical groups out campaigning for Harris-Walz, to save the country (and the faith) from the hate and intolerance of the other candidate.