The line for passport control in Boston is long. Finally, we get to the window, but the taxation collector's computer is not happy and we request to go to the office for questioning, where many another travellers are already waiting. 1 female cries, any guy shows answers to questions from a border defender on his phone, but doesn't open his mouth. Another 1 has a broken face, taped with patches. “Everything is great” answers the first question. "And you don't look so great," the defender comments. A mouse runs through the room. Bure walls adorn posters with crossed-out old mobile phones with antenna. Doors keep opening, fresh guards come in, talking on the phone.
It's our turn. My husband tells of a vacation in Cuba that has been on the American list of terrorist sponsor countries since 2021. The conversation goes smoothly, they let us into the States. My brother, who came to choice us up, is waving to us. He knows the area we just left. He's been surviving in the United States for over 7 years and waiting for a green card. The application process can take up to 30 years.
The air in Boston is warm and humid. Smells like gasoline. "This is like Latin America," says my husband erstwhile we put our luggage in the car. "This is NOT Latin America" – responds the driver of the neighboring car, somewhat offended.
– Have you heard the latest news? – my brother from behind the wheel asks.
Traffic is chaotic, the main tunnel closed for renovation, like all summer, and the police are closing further roads. large sheriffs with large hats are driving us on a different path. Google Maps is going crazy.
What news?
– Biden gave up! He tweeted it. Then in a separate message, he anointed Kamala Harris. He most likely forgot to mention it in the first.
My brother's laughing, and it's a relief to hear that.
He says he sat on the train a fewer hours earlier and listened to the same podcast The regular about the election run as I did. The passenger next door started shaking his arm, so he took off his headphones. – Biden withdrew – the passenger informed him with a mixture of shock and joy.
We enter Providence, the capital of Rhode Island, which gained its wealth through slave trade and slave labor. This is where my brother lives with his African-American wife Erika. Only 4 years ago, the state of Rhode Island removed the Providence Plants from its name. The urban improvement of the 1950s and 1960s, including the expansion of the road on which we are located, swept the African-American districts from the ground.
Salsa on the full regulator and flags of Puerto Rico along the river greet us as we slide off the highway. – Unlike in Latin America – my husband says.
There's a hug at home, then the conversation goes to politics. Kamala? We haven't heard much about her in years, she's been invisible, says Erika. – Biden entrusted her with an ungrateful or impossible task to solve migration policy. She evidently didn't do it. But well, Kamala is progressive about abortion, on the issue of the criminal system, not the worst in terms of climate or economical issues, but without a greater knowing of abroad policy.
Who will be Kamali's number two? – we wonder erstwhile going out to dinner. At this point, according to the fresh York Times, Pennsylvania politician Josh Shapiro seems strategically most likely. Of all 7 delicate states, Pennsylvania has the most electorate voices, and Shapiro is very popular there. But Shapiro, who has judaic roots, is besides very pro-Israeli, more than many others in his party, which could cost him support from among others the arabian number in the delicate state of Michigan.
And yet this Minnesota politician Tim Walz becomes a candidate for Vice president Kamala. That's another relief. On 7 August, she first speaks with her. He uses the word "common". He talks about the request to rise taxes for the richest, to build schools, and about the welfare state.
Republicans immediately wage war on him, calling him a socialist. He doesn't seem tense about it. In an election video he made for Kamala, he says: “Do not be afraid of progressive ideas. At individual level, being a socialist is being a good neighbor."
What about abroad policy, about which Kamala “has no greater idea”? Progressive Democrats hope that her presidency would bring a tightening of the line towards Israel. On Friday, August 9, the U.S. MFA released $3.5 billion for a weapon that would kill Palestinians. So Biden does not intend to press Netanyahu to respect global humanitarian law in Gaza. Meanwhile, the latest The fresh York Times investigation of 13 August shows that Israel has further stiffened its position in the final circular of the ceasefire negotiations and added 5 additional conditions.
Many Democrats besides fear that the current anti-Chinese sentiments in Washington may lead to armed conflict with Beijing. They hope that there will be fresh people behind Kamala's presidency who can change the course.
By Politico Harris will have many seats to fill in abroad policy, and left-wing Democrats are already renovating their CV and preparing to take off.
We're going for coffee. Peter and Erika in tandem, I followed them on a borrowed wheel. There are plenty of bike paths in Providence. And there's quite a few smiling people on them. Most residents vote for Democrats. I don't see any electoral posters in the neighborhood. There are any rainbow flags.
Only 1 neighbour has Trump stickers on their car. He usually doesn't respond erstwhile Erika tells him "good morning".
Well, I guess Tim Walz is right about his definition of a good neighbor.
It's time to go home to Europe. immense portions of fries, burgers, ice cream and popcorn with butter on our hands. But we're politically lighter.
