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 Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyThe time to hesitate is through. With Donald Trump out of the White House, an argument is brewing on the Never Trump right over how to proceed. Should we push for a new center-right party, maintain our principled independence as intellectually honest opinion leaders above the fray? Or should we throw in with the Biden wing of the Democratic Party?
This is a big decision and, possibly, a crossroads. One prominent voice teasing the Biden option is Bill Kristol, editor-at-large of the Bulwark website. He recently floated a short but provocative trial balloon in his column at the Bulwark: "Mightn't [anti-Trump conservatives] consider allying oneself with the Biden wing of the Democratic Party?"
In a follow-up piece that was published at the Bulwark on Monday, Kristol expounded on his suggestion, responded to some of the pushback his suggestion had elicited, and noted that he "wrote the piece to stimulate debate," and was happy to have accomplished that goal.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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 Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg defended his support of President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan on Monday, dismissing Republican complaints over Democratic pet projects and unrelated items included in the legislation.
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Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas spoke on Friday, February 26 with Salvadoran Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandra Hill Tinoco. Secretary Mayorkas thanked the Foreign Minister for El Salvador's partnership with the United States and Foreign Minister Hill underscored her great appreciation for President Biden's humane approach to immigration. During the conversation, Secretary Mayorkas and Foreign Minister Hill discussed the Biden-Harris Administration's approach to addressing irregular migration, as well as a shared desire to address its root causes and strengthen migration management. They collectively agreed on the need to counter false narratives about migration, work together to immediately reunite children who were separated from their families at the U.S. Southwest border, and other initiatives to protect vulnerable populations.
Keywords: Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Homeland Security, Immigration, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
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