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Kyiv Stands: President Joe Biden makes surprise visit to Ukraine in defiant display of Western solidarity

Posted by Reporter | Feb 22, 2023

President Joe Biden swept unannounced into Ukraine on February 20 to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called “a brutal and unjust war” days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion. “One year later, Kyiv stands,” Biden declared after meeting Zelenskyy at Mariinsky Palace. Jabbing his finger for emphasis on his podium, against a backdrop of three flags from each country, he continued: “And Ukraine stands. Democracy stands. The Americans stand with you, and the world stands with you.” Biden spent more than five hours in...

Biden’s rebuff to Putin: I am here in Kyiv and you are not

Posted by Heather Cox Richardson | Feb 22, 2023

We awoke on February 20 to news that President Joe Biden was in Kyiv, Ukraine, where he pledged “our unwavering and unflagging commitment to Ukraine’s democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.” Air raid sirens blared as Biden and Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky walked through the streets during the U.S. president’s five-hour stay. As National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters, Biden’s visit was the first time a U.S. president has visited “the capital of a country at war where the United States military does not control the critical infrastructure” … in other words, an active war zone. Biden traveled in...

A Day at Biden’s White House: The invite, representation, and ongoing progress of Building A Better Wisconsin

Posted by Darryl Morin | Feb 19, 2023

As National President of Forward Latino headquartered in Franklin, Wisconsin, I received an invitation to attend an event at the White House. The day was called “Communities in Action: Building A Better Wisconsin.” The invitation stated that the day would include remarks and discussions with Senior Biden-Harris Administration officials on pressing issues in Wisconsin. The only request beyond that of our attendance was to be prepared to share priorities in our community and comments on how the policies put and place and legislation signed into law by this president have impacted Wisconsin. Upon arriving at the White House security...

Why President Biden should follow President Truman’s courage and revive a Berlin-style Airlift for Ukraine

Posted by Thom Hartmann | Jan 25, 2023

This is not the first time Russia has tried freezing and starving people to death to get them to submit. They have done it at least twice before, once successfully in 1932 and once unsuccessfully in 1949. Although I would not be born for another two years, I “remember” the Berlin Airlift of 1948/1949. It was part of the story of my growing up: my mother’s first fiancée was killed fighting the Germans and my father volunteered for the war as soon as he got out of high school, returning from Japan, I believe, in 1948. My parents felt so...

House Republicans launch long-promised political witch-hunt on Biden family

Posted by Reporter | Jan 12, 2023

House Republicans on January 11 opened their long-promised investigation into President Joe Biden and his family, wielding the power of their new majority to demand information from the Treasury Department and former Twitter executives as they laid the groundwork for public hearings. The Republican-led committee sent a series of letters requesting financial information from the Treasury Department about financial transactions by members of the Biden family that were flagged as suspicious activity. Those reports are routine, with larger financial transactions automatically flagged to the government, and are not evidence on their own of misconduct. Lawmakers also requested testimony from...

Republicans stoke racism and anti-immigration fears as President Joe Biden inspects border with Mexico

Posted by Reporter | Jan 9, 2023

President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the Mexico-U.S. border and inspected a busy port of entry on January 8 during his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration as Republicans falsely blame him for an inflated number of migrants crossing into the country. At his first stop, the president observed as border officers in El Paso demonstrated how they search vehicles for drugs, money and other contraband. Next, he traveled to a dusty street with abandoned buildings and walked along a metal border fence that...