Jesse Jackson, Biden and Obama
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Biden used the election-year speech to draw a sharp contrast between his administration’s accomplishments and priorities—from the border to the economy to Gaza—and those of his Republican rival, former President Donald Trump.
It was one of the few policy proposals in Trump’s record-breaking, 108-minute State of the Union speech. It was also signed into law by his predecessor four years ago.
The spectacle of a president falsely assuring Americans that prosperity is flourishing while households quietly brace for the next grocery bill is hardly new. What is striking, however, is watching Donald Trump adopt an economic sales pitch that sounds uncannily like the one he once mocked from Joe Biden.
Three former U.S. presidents, Grammy-winning artists, clergy and elected officials are expected to attend a Chicago celebration of life on Friday for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. Crowds of attendees waited in long lines outside the church on the city’s South Side as television screens played excerpts of some of Jackson’s most