""America is not a fairy tale. For 250 years, it's been a constant push and pull, an existential struggle between peril and possibility," Biden said Sunday after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Edward M. Kennedy Institute. Former President Joe Biden called these "dark days" as he urged Americans to stay optimistic and not to check out in response to what he says are attacks on free speech and tests on the limits of executive power by President Donald Trump. "Since its founding, America served as a beacon for the most powerful idea ever in government in the history of the world," Biden said. "The idea is stronger than any army. We're more powerful than any dictator.""
""Friends, I can't sugar coat any of this. These are dark days" Biden said before predicting the country would "find our true compass again" and "emerge as we always have - stronger, wiser and more resilient, more just, so long as we keep the faith.""
""The late night hosts continue to shine a light on free speech knowing their careers are on the line," he said."
America has undergone a 250-year push and pull described as an existential struggle between peril and possibility. The nation depends on a presidency with limited power, a functioning Congress and an autonomous judiciary. Current conditions are characterized as dark days marked by attacks on free speech and tests of executive power, including use of funding lapses to extend control. Many individuals and institutions are resisting, including federal employees who resign in protest, universities, comedians, and late-night hosts who continue to spotlight free speech. The country is predicted to find its compass again and emerge stronger, wiser, more resilient and more just if civic faith is maintained.
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