I am sorry that you and your coworkers are suffering. THAT is exactly when a 'talking point' about the GOP's long-term denial of 'global warming' is most effective. By November, these record heatwaves will already be a vague memory to most American voters.

Top news story from June 22, 2020

Trump 'furious' about 'underwhelming' crowd at Tulsa rally

(subtext - he didn't give a damn that people might die of COVID or 95 degree heat, only that he didn't get a big crowd for his rally.)

I think Biden needs to really hammer this point home and is second in importance only to making an effective case for Democratic economic policy (I would refrain from using the term Bidenomics) and against the Republican cult of economic failure.

Hopefully, his debate prep has been successful in finding an effective way to talk about ALL that the Republican playbook entails, going far beyond the usual abortion rights debate and into the realm of women having the freedom to control what happens to their own bodies without any interference from the legislative or judicial branches of government. After all, isn't that how a Republic is supposed to work!?

The only way to look competent is to focus on the issues and all that he has accomplished and all that he intends to get done in his second term. Which is a good opportunity to spend every available moment on making the case for why united government is essential and that voters should consider giving Biden a Democratic house and senate.

Any time Biden spends on calling Trump a convicted felon or highlighting Trump's lack of character will not only be precious time wasted but may cost him a close election.

Will there ever be a single 'talking point' about the climate crisis? This week, more than half of America's population was suffering from extreme heat...

INDEED! North of the border, too, in fact.

I work inside a very old building with notoriously faulty A/C and it's usually pretty stifling in the summer and cold in the winter. But, most of us have learned to withstand it, with fans running everywhere, even if many of our poor customers haven't.

But, this year, for the first time and before summer even arrived, the iconic Canadian department store, within which the company I work for rents space, has had to close down all this week as temperatures inside have exceeded 27C ... by A LOT and all the entrance doors couldn't even be opened to allow for some airflow because the humidex readings outside are off the usual charts!

Consequently, quite a large number of staff are on a paid, unscheduled vacation! It has been unbearable for management staff who have had to be in the building for just a few hours each day to prepare for possible re-openings that haven't happened yet. If the ancient A/C system doesn't get fixed we may be closed all summer which is forecast to be hot, humid and long. Ahem.

So, yeah, I'd like to see some repetitive 'talking points', too ... on how we have passed the era of global warming and entered a new era of "global boiling"!

...which seems to me the perfect opportunity to highlight both Biden's impressive legislative and executive accomplishments -and- the GOP obsession with climate-destroying petroleum.

I'm not sure I'd agree with you a hundred percent on THAT assertion, though ...

Biden may have passed some superficially impressive legislation but he is leading the way on fossil fuel development - at record levels, both at home and, indeed, globally. He's done more for new fossil fuel development than that other guy who occupied the White House just before him!!!

Don't the long ago 'agreed upon' Paris Accords seem like a ridiculously quaint set of unattainable ideals that the world has largely sleep-walked through to an essentially unmitigated dawning climate apocalypse!?

No, Biden can't even talk about how he is the leader - at home or abroad - in fighting climate change.

Which makes it all the more important for him - not to mention the rest of humanity - to wrestle the economic mantle away from Republicans during the upcoming debates and beyond, no? ;)

The controversy erupted over the billboard's message, which reads: "No to dictators, no to Trump," accompanied by images of Castro and Trump, reported the EFE news agency.'
https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/283915

Hundreds of records could be tied or broken this week. Multiple all-time June high temperature records could fall as the heat rises to levels normally seen only on the hottest July days. Parts of the Midwest to the Northeast could endure the longest heat wave they’ve seen in decades, the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center said.

Scientists have warned that heat waves will become increasingly severe as the climate crisis intensifies.'
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/17/weather/heat-wave-east-us-climate-monday/index.html

I just noticed ... we ARE keeping track of the FTP columns. We're now at edition number 756!!

Any reason why this isn't stated up front and right under the FTP headline like it used to be? I've missed it not being there, you know. :-)

Why is that?

The economy SHOULD be a Democratic strong suit. No wonder voters think Republicans are better at it. :(

In fact, I hope there are no questions on foreign policy at all. Which is the last thing I would have thought that I'd ever tap out in a comments section, especially during a Biden presidency. :(

is that true? is THIS for example not in accordance with the law?