The notion that Texas is a “red state” is incorrect.
.......... Latinos and African Americans are now the majority of the state’s population, and the popular perception of Texas as a place filled primarily with Stetson-wearing white men is fundamentally anachronistic. When you think Texas, you should now think of Selena, Beyoncé, and Megan Thee Stallion. Those Texas-born and raised cultural icons came from the communities that increasingly define the state. ........... four years ago when Beto first ran statewide and came within 214,921 votes of winning ....... Nearly 300,000 people of color in Texas turn 18 every year ........ By the time ballots are cast in November 2022, 1.2 million more young Texans of color will be eligible to vote than was the case four years ago. .......... In 2018, 5.4 million people of color didn’t vote. What we learned in Georgia is that victory depends on massive turnout, and massive turnout requires strong organizational infrastructure working to find and mobilize every possible supporter. ........... He drove to all 254 counties in the state in 2017 and ’18, and was probably the only candidate to do so. ......... If 2021 has proved anything, it’s that mobilizing voters of color in the South and Southwest is the progressive revolution we needChina and Russia pledge to step up efforts to build independent trade network to reduce reliance on US-led financial system Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin agree to accelerate attempts to create a system that cannot be influenced by ‘third parties’ ....... The two leaders also want to increase the number of deals settled in their own currencies as sanctions threaten to limit US dollar transactions .......... China and Russia have pledged to speed up their efforts to set up an independent trade network to reduce their reliance on the US-led international financial system.
India, Russia have more than weapons to celebrate after Putin’s state visit Despite India’s steady drift into the US orbit, Russia remains a vital relationship for New Delhi as it seeks arms sales and strategic balance ....... Agreements on trade, investment and security cooperation in addition to arms deals show the relationship still has room for growth ...... the first “two-plus-two” dialogue involving the defence and foreign ministers of the two states. ......... India has sought to diversify its sources of weapons acquisitions in the past two decades. To that end, it has purchased a range of military equipment from the United States and France. ......... the two sides completed another weapons deal involving the manufacture of 600,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles for the Indian Army. ......... many in Delhi fear the US cannot always be counted on to provide India with high technology military hardware without preconditions. Moscow, on the other hand, has few such qualms and stands ready to transfer almost any military equipment India seeks – for a price. .......... they remain loath to wholly dispense with what they deem to be a tried-and-true strategic relationship with Russia, the principal successor state to the Soviet Union. All four factors, in tandem, ensure Delhi continues to hold a candle for Moscow. ........... it ensures Russia has a reliable and substantial market for its weapons industries. This is far from a trivial consideration because unlike during the Cold War, when the arms transfer relationship was based upon barter or rupee-rouble transactions, today it is based on hard currency sales. .......... Putin is also keen on reassuring his Indian counterpart, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that the Indo-Russian relationship is not about to atrophy despite Russia’s growing closeness to China, India’s principal long-term adversary. .... the two sides agreed to boost annual trade to US$30 billion by 2025, signed some 28 investment pacts and agreed they could not allow Afghanistan to once again emerge as a safe haven for terrorists.
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