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Wishlist for new administration and Congress

This is, of course, an incomplete list (in no particular order) and represents what immediately comes to my mind.

  • Rejoin the Paris Climate Accords.
  • Reinstate the Iran nuclear agreement; it’s not a panacea, but it’s better than nothing.
  • Repair and strengthen relationships with our longstanding allies.
  • Strengthen voting rights and crack down on voter suppression.
  • Bring order and organization to the chaotic Covid-19 vaccination program.
  • Enlarge the Covid-19 relief bill to include aid for state and local governments, and reinstate and extend $600 weekly enhanced unemployment benefits.
  • Base federal Covid-19 responses and policies on competent medical and scientific advice.
  • A national infrastructure program with particular attention to the electrical grid and rural broadband.
  • Require telecom companies to use the best available technology to block spam, scam, and robocalls.
  • Use every available legal tool to dismantle private armed militias.
  • Support the Black Lives Matter agenda.
  • Statehood for the District of Columbia.
  • Give inspector generals more independence and job protection.
  • Restore Obama’s national monuments.
  • Block ANWR drilling and the Pebble Mine.
  • Reinstate ESA listings and other environmental protections.
  • Repair the State Department and intelligence agencies.
  • No major defense cuts.
  • Roll back, or let expire, some of the Trump tax cuts.
  • Pass immigration reform.
  • Some type of student loan forgiveness.
  • Capitol gun ban (except law enforcement).

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