In a recent comment I laid out my -- more or less -- core statement on the presidential race. Here's what I said:

the public interest is currently served by a proliferation of candidates who are not Joe Biden and who are not Republicans.

Yesterday gjohnsit posted a preliminary discussion of the sanctions against Russia having failed. This is indeed true: they have. But it doesn't really stop there, as revealed in one of Simplicius the Thinker's most recent Substack posts. Here's a conclusion at the beginning of his essay:

I'd like to start with this review of a New York Times survey:

Today The Lever held an online show titled "Why is Joe Biden Running for Re-Election?" On it, David Sirota says: "I think when you have a contested primary it shows that that the party knows how to run a campaign." The reason the Democrats, and particularly Bernie Sanders, do not want a contested primary is because they know that Biden does not know how to run a campaign

Now, usually Breaking Points videos have too little information and spend too much time trying to entertain you with it. But this one seemed reasonable, only because they actually have a clip within the clip with a candidate offering you some:

As for Ro Khanna (D: Silicon Valley) himself, he also appeared on MSNBC:

No, they're not.

The latest polls out of Arizona, Florida, and North Carolina show Trump with a slight lead in those states.

Today, presidential candidate Joe Biden promised to spend $2 Trillion over 4 years to combat climate change, create middle- and working-class jobs, and even start to correct racial disparities.

On the one hand, I know mainstream Democrats promise the world and never follow through. I'd expect nothing less from Joe or Kamala (whoever ends up being the driving force behind the throne).