The planet’s race to hell in a handbasket

Unless polls, pundits and precedents are wildly wrong, Democrats will crash and burn in this week’s US midterm elections. Given the problems he inherited, Joe Biden’s presidency was always likely to end in tears. Expected Republican gains on Tuesday herald a descent into bareknuckle political fisticuffs and legislative gridlock before the 2024 White House race.

Source: The ranting right is winning, from the US to Israel. The left must raise its game | Simon Tisdall | The Guardian