Weekly Perspective

  Coop Scoop: Stay or Stand Down? Priority One Is Defeating Donald Trump THE COOP SCOOP JUL 1   June 30 By Marc Cooper Pressure continues to mount on Joe Biden to step aside from the Democratic nomination even though he seems, at least for the moment, to want to soldier on.  It’s an uphill quest as the latest national poll shows more than 70% of voters want Biden to leave the race and that’s a number hard to ignore. This story still needs a few more days to shake out. Here’s what I know for the moment.   It is logistically possible to make a switch.  It’s possible so long as Joe Biden voluntarily agrees to release his delegates so they can choose another candidate at the August party convention.  I also know there is enough time to conduct a serious alternative campaign.  In most advanced countries, national campaign are run in 6-8 weeks not in 12-18 months.   What I don’t know: a) is there enough funding for a different slate? B) Is it really necessary to make this switch? And c) who

Our team decided to embrace the theme of Brighter Days as we selected this for our "closing thought" for the quarter throughout all properties because of our firm belief that there are indeed brighter days ahead in spite of the raging war in Gaza, Ukraine, and the on-going economic and climate challenge. For that, better tomorrow!!!

Our team has been on the prowl this week as we  present the following courtesy of the National Press Club of Australia as Yanis Varoufakis spoke on the death of Capitalism and comments by John Harwood of Zeteo on the true realities in the aftermath of Donald Trump's indictment:  (Trump supporters push back against police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo by Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Editor’s Note: Zeteo contributor John Harwood, formerly of CNN and CNBC, is one of the most respected political journalists here in Washington D.C. He has interviewed every president from George H.W. Bush to Joe Biden and is now the author of Zeteo's  The Stakes  column, which is released every Wednesday. I wanted John to join the growing Zeteo team because, while I may not agree with him on every issue, he understands the singular threat posed by Donald Trump to our democracy – and his latest #mustread column, below, is on the dangerous threats of violence that th