KAMALA HARRIS GIVES FIRST SPEECH AS THE V.P. CHOICE OF JOE BIDEN.

'America is crying out for leadership': Harris gives first speech as VP candidate: https://aol.it/2XYMr90 via

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Trump’s Latest Briefing Was an Avalanche of Dishonesty. ESQUIRE.

It's Still News When the President Wages a 40-Minute Assault on Reality During a briefing Monday night, the president lied about mail-in ballots in Virginia, about Russian interference in the coming election, about foreign countries messing with mail-in ballots, about mail-in voting in New York, about whether the novel coronavirus spread in China, about tariffs, about how testing creates cases (again), about the stockpile of ventilators he inherited, about how the Obama administration "spied" on him. The chance to spout the last one was served up by a good friend from OAN, the network for people who think Fox News is insufficiently loyal to the president (a group which sometimes includes the president), who began her query—which she called an "opinion" question—by essentially asking the president whether it was difficult to be so victimized by very nasty people. This kind of Dear Leader vaudeville has become commonplace in the American republic. But the real peach arrived in a discussion of pre-existing conditions. Politics Editor Jack Holmes unpacks Trumps’ avalanche of dishonesty. Read More

AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION. Calls for Proposals: The AAPT-APA Teaching Hub at the 2021 Pacific Division meeting.

Dear DAVID, The APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy (CTP) and the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) invite proposals for Teaching Hub sessions at the 2021 Pacific Division meeting in Portland, OR, March 31–April 4. Note: Currently, all three APA divisions are planning to hold in-person meetings in 2021. At the same time, we are also considering alternative formats, such as virtual meetings, as contingencies in the case that our usual meeting format becomes impossible. Though external forces like the ongoing pandemic affect and inform our plans, your participation is the most critical input for planning any meeting. If you are considering submitting a proposal, we encourage you to do so. The AAPT-APA Teaching Hub is a series of interactive workshops and conversations designed specifically for philosophers and created to celebrate teaching within the context of the APA divisional meetings. Jointly organized by the CTP and the AAPT, the Teaching Hub aims to offer a range of high-quality and inclusive development opportunities that address the teaching of philosophy at all levels, pre-college through graduate school. Please consider submitting a proposal for one of more of the following sessions at the 2021 Pacific Division meeting by September 1: Improving Teaching Philosophy Online This session will focus on successful practices to improve online courses and make them meaningful for students with proven efficacy. Top Five Thoughts on Teaching Philosophy This session will bring together later-career philosophers to present a brief “Top Five” list, followed by a Q&A period. The complete calls for proposals are available on the APA website. Teaching Hub Poster Sessions Each Teaching Hub includes a poster session and reception featuring both independent work by undergraduate students and innovative work in the teaching of philosophy by faculty and graduate students. If you have something of your own to share with your colleagues—a new teaching technique, course proposal, assessment strategy, in-class activity, or SoTL research finding—please consider submitting an abstract to one of the Teaching Hub poster sessions by August 15. Please also encourage undergraduates who have completed independent work in philosophy this past academic year and undergraduates who are working on summer research projects in philosophy currently to submit an abstract to one of the Teaching Hub poster sessions by November 15. For general information about the AAPT-APA Teaching Hub, please visit the AAPT website and the CTP webpage. For specific information about the Teaching Hub at the 2021 Pacific Division meeting in Portland, OR, please contact Cecilea Mun (cecileamun@icloud.com). We look forward to receiving your proposals. All the best, David W. Concepción Chair, APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy P.S. Please note that all APA meeting participants are required to register for each meeting they attend.

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DONALD TRUMP: ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF HOW DESTROYING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION IS THE REAL GOAL OF TRUMPIAN POLITICS.

Trump says he plans on making insurers cover pre-existing conditions — a protection which already exists under Obamacare.

During a press conference on Friday, President Trump said he planned on issuing an executive order to make insurance companies cover Americans with pre-existing health conditions. Many political journalists and commentators were quick to point out those protections already exist in law under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). In a bid to scrap Obamacare, the Trump administration is currently challenging the law in the Supreme Court- Twitter News.

Obamacare already makes insurers cover Americans with pre-existing conditions

"Insurance companies were prohibited from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions under the Affordable Care Act passed under former President Barack Obama, known as Obamacare, which the Trump administration has tried to scrap." — Bloomberg

The Trump administration has joined a lawsuit to dismantle Obamacare. "The Affordable Care Act already requires insurers to cover pre-existing conditions. The Trump administration is currently arguing in a case before the Supreme Court to strike down that very law — including its pre-existing condition protections." — AXIOS

DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING TO DISMANTLE THE ACA, WHICH ALREADY COVERS PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, SO HE CAN THEN ISSUE AN ORDER TO REINSTATE COVERAGE THAT HIS "REGIME" HAS CALLED UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

SO IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO TRUMP:

- IF IT IS PASSED BY CONGRESS, 
IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

- HOWEVER, IF TRUMP ISSUES AN 

EXECUTIVE ORDER, IT IS LEGAL.

WHY NOT JUST END THE PRETENSE DONALD,

AND CALL YOURSELF DICTATOR-FOR-LIFE?