Aligning America Vincent Miller

A shift in power as Israel feels change, and a meeting of global democracy gets underway as the week kicks off.
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00:08 Netanyahu Farewell
Political student turned-rival Naftali Bennett to take his place as prime minister A “change” coalition brought together after inconclusive election in March Large scale coalition, spanning all of the political spectrum, used to bring him out of officeNetanyahu uses final speech to attack rival, and highlight Biden as an enemy Bennett uses his time to rebuttal, claiming he wants good relations with both US parties and will stand up to Iran Bennett also drives home claim to desire peace with Palestine  Netanyahu promises he will be back
06:54 G7 Summit to Criticize China 
Biden to openly condemn Chinese efforts towards ethnic unification in China, particularly in areas such as Hong Kong and Xinjiang G7 countries are primed to begin a new international investment group known as the B3W, or Build Back Better for the World, alluding to his presidential sloganThe project is designed to counter the Belt and Road initiative designed by China, which provides loans to tens of countries throughout South America, Africa, and the Balkans Efforts are highly praised, but unsure of how to proceed, taking shape much like the Paris climate accordsFinancial dedication is a major sore spot, serving as a difficult roadblock to meaningful progress

Republicans in a Democrat costume, eternal quagmire at the highest level, and everybody’s least polarizing president ensure this week is a special flavor of the same old, same old.
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00:10 For the People Act
Under fire from West Virginian Senator ManchinNoted centrist, Manchin has been called “Democratic Mitch McConnellSevere African American backlash, as the bill specifically defends their voter rights, and he opposes it for this reason 
04:23 Filibuster 
McConnell’s staunch support of the system, allows for a monitory to block senate billsBack in 2017, when Trump called for the filibuster to be removed as democrats stopped the Republican agenda, McConnell refused to budgeHe continues this strategy as a way to ensure monotony in the house Manchin supports the filibuster, ensuring a bipartisan and total support of the system which keeps politics from actualizing new policy 
07:26 Trump
Spook recently at the NC Republican convention as he reignites his political career Continues to propagate the lie, that the election was stolen from himContinues to claim he will soon be reinstated as presidentBelieves a lawsuit in Georgia and a recount in Arizona will likely put him back into office Remains the head of the Republican Party, while being largely ignored by the media

NYC Mayor Race
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00:09 NYC Mayor Race 
01:15 Upper Tier 
Eric Adams Andrew Yang Kathryn Garcia Scott Stringer (Sorta) 
01:43 Lower Tier 
Maya Wiley Dianne MoralesRay McGuire Paperboy Prince Shaun Donovan 
02:02 Dianne Morales Campaign
Union Busting accounts March for proper payImplosion of the left-most candidateProves against virtual signaling 

05:33 Scott Stringer 
Minor surge, even with viable sexual molestation charges brought forth Serves as a reminder that endorsements can mean nothing and everything

08:41 Eric Adams 
Currently under fire for apparently demanding an endorsement from Orthodox Jewish leaders, claiming “they owed him” Their endorsement went to Yang, his top rival.Hard on crime, stop and frisk, anti-drug stance 

12:27 Andrew Yang
Orthodox Jewish support Moderate coalition, challenging for top spot Could face serious trouble in second round onwards 

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00:20 Israel and Palestine Conflict (Only Story)
Conflict between the Israeli military and Hamas, a Palestinian national terrorist group The Iron Dome, IDF’s anti-ballistic missile system being tested consistently for the first timeDecades long conflict reignited, Israeli aggression highlighted The world is focused largely on the atrocities on both sides, in much larger quantities from the Israeli sideIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims there is no end in sight, his government becomes very popular with little internal opposition Israel destroyed an AP building in Gaza, drawing international ireIsraeli casualties at 10, Palestinian casualties at 197, 58 being children Qatar, Egypt, and the US have all attempted to broker a deal, non being successful 

A progressive move in the right direction and news that won’t make your week, let’s see how it all pans out.
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00:11 Biden Universal Preschool/college Plan
Biden Proposed free, high-quality preschool for all 3 and 4 year oldsPreschool noted as often being expensive, largely unavoidable child-rearing cost 1.8 trillion family plan, would add 2 years of free preschool and 2 years of free community college Bill also includes benefits to families with children through child tax credits, paid for by closing tax loopholes
08:39 Experts claims on herd immunity 
Covid-19 not likely to disappear anytime soon Reaching herd immunity nearly impossible with current vaccination ratesCovid to likely be a manageable yet deadly disease going forward for yearsRefusal to get vaccinated stemming from many groups, causing herd immunity standards to vary across the country Easing restrictions across the country also likely to lead to more international strains gaining hold, causing more delays in national safety 

With rising Covid-19 numbers across the world, spikes threaten the new norms of relaxed vaccination-induced bliss.
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00:10 AstaZeneca International Doses 
US to begin stockpiling doses of AtraZeneca vaccine The vaccines are not approved for US useImportantly, AstraZeneca vaccine already approved in India, the latest country to have a massive outbreak Intended to be sent worldwide amid clamoring for help US previously called into question amidst refusal to share patent for vaccines in circulation 
06:39 Gavin Newsom
Recall election is now all-but-guaranteed, as enough signatures have been gathered to force the vote 1,495,709 signature push the tally over the threshold according to Secretary of State Shirley WeberIntervention through the court system may block the elections initiative, but is unlikely at this time Polls show the majority of Californians oppose the effort, and this bodes well for Newsom’s effort to stay in place. 60/40 in favor of NewsomThe effort going through does show the weakness of a prominent national democrat, which could potentially open up new issues for democrats on a national scale 
12:24 India Outbreak 
Relaxed atmosphere regarding COVID-19General disregard for Covid-19 rules and regulations Dense population 350,000 cases as a new daily record Oxygen shortage and mass cremations 2-3 weeks from the peakSlow response from the government fueled a harsher climb in cases