LEFTIST IMMATURITY GETS EVEN YOUNGER – AT 11:55 P.M. ET:  There is division on the left, leading to a grand excuse to avoid China's miserable human-rights record.  At least there is creativity in the lying.   From Politico: 

A political fight is brewing among wings of the Democratic Party over Beijing’s help in curbing climate change versus curbing its human rights abuses.

As a new Cold War takes shape between the U.S. and China, progressives fear the result will be a dramatically warming planet.

Over 40 progressive groups will send a letter to President Joe Biden and lawmakers on Thursday urging them to prioritize cooperation with China on climate change and curb its confrontational approach over issues like Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong and forced detention of Uyghur Muslims.

It's the latest salvo in the months-long drama between progressive Democrats who say cooperation on climate change should take precedence over competition with China, and moderates who think the administration can do both things at once. As the Biden administration solidifies its China strategy, and as anti-China legislation moves through Congress, this intra-Democratic tussle could define the U.S.-China relationship for years to come.

The progressive organizations, including the Sunrise Movement and the Union of Concerned Scientists, “call on the Biden administration and all members of Congress to eschew the dominant antagonistic approach to U.S.-China relations and instead prioritize multilateralism, diplomacy, and cooperation with China to address the existential threat that is the climate crisis,” their letter reads. “Nothing less than the future of our planet depends on ending the new Cold War between the United States and China.”

They've been trying to sell this line for years.  So, tell me, when is the end of the world?  I want to watch.

“To combat the climate crisis and build a global economy that works for everyday working people — in the U.S. and China alike — we must shift from competition to cooperation,” the groups continued.

Challenging China’s regional human rights abuses and aggressions is central to Biden’s foreign policy, while the struggle between American-style democracy and Chinese-style authoritarianism serves as his presidency’s animating idea. “It is clear, absolutely clear ... that this is a battle between the utility of democracies in the 21st century and autocracies,” Biden told reporters in April.
The standoff has led to frosty relations between the world’s most powerful countries with no signs of thawing any time soon.

Progressives say Biden must quickly reverse the trend or risk failing on another of his priorities: ending climate change. “His entire climate change agenda could be at risk if his anti-China campaign continues and grows,” said Erik Sperling, the executive director of Just Foreign Policy, one of the groups that signed on to the letter.

COMMENT:  Well, I'll be.  The left has debates.  And in making a choice between human rights in China and fighting "climate change," climate change wins.  It's so, it's so, now.  It's so woke.  This debate is being watched closely in Beijing, and probably laughed at.  But, far from seeing Biden as a tough competitor, the Chinese probably see him as an impaired president incapable of leading his party into a strong competition, and certainly incapable of leading the free world.

I fear a miscalculation.  Miscalculations cost lives. 

July 8, 2021