Bloggåret 2016 och vad som väntar 2017

2016 övergår strax till 2017 och i sedvanlig ordning gör jag en tillbakablick- sammanfattning av året som gått, och berättar sedan lite om vad som väntar för Amerikanska nyhetsanalyser under det år vi strax träder in i.

Donald Trump tog sig hela vägen till Vita Huset:

För en blogg som heter Amerikanska nyhetsanalyser var givetvis presidentvalet den största händelsen 2016. Året när Donald Trump, en excentrisk affärsman från New York lyckades ta sig hela vägen fram till Vita Huset.

När året- och primärvalen började var det emellertid inte Trump som stod högst i kurs. De stora förväntningarna var ställda på Jeb Bush - lillebror och son till USA:s två tidigare republikanska presidenter.

Han blev emellertid, tillsammans med alla andra republikanska primärvalskandidater, utmanövrerad av Donald Trump vars stil ingen etablerad politiker riktigt kunde greppa eller kontra.

På demokraternas sida blev Hillary Clinton starkt utmanad av vänsterkandidaten Bernie Sanders, en fajt hon överlevde med nöd och näppe. Men när hösten väl kom så visade det sig att det ändå var outsider-kandidaten som kammade hem spelet. Donald Trump besegrade Hillary Clinton och kommer inom några veckor att ta över efter Obama och bli USA:s fyrtiofemte president.

Vi på Amerikanska nyhetsanalyser har bloggat om detta hela året och följt presidentvalet i hela 115 valavsnitt med början redan i december 2014 (att jämföras med Sveriges radios USA-valpodd med 55 avsnitt med början i februari 2016).

BREXIT - en verklighet:

Därtill fattade Storbritanniens folk det historiska beslutet att rösta för att lämna den Europeiska Unionen - Brexit blev en verklighet. Ett resultatet vi hoppats på- och ett ämne vi poddat om ända sedan 2012.

Andra händelser:

Trump och Brexit var för Amerikanska nyhetsanalysers del de två stora händelserna. Men givetvis hände andra saker 2016. USA:s vice-president Joe Biden besökte Sverige; Påve Franciskus besökte Sverige; och Kubas diktator Fidel Castro dog. Bara för att nämna några händelser.

Amerikanska nyhetsanalyser trappade även upp poddverksamheten och under året producerades 145 poddavsnitt, vilket innebär ungefär ett avsnitt var tredje dag.

Amerikanska nyhetsanalyser inför 2017:

Under 2017 kommer Amerikanska nyhetsanalyser att fortsätta. Men under lite andra former. Fokus kommer att skifta från att på bloggen ha följt- och rapporterat om amerikansk dagspolitik dagligen i nio års tid, kommer mer energi att läggas på historia

En uppföljning på min podcastserie Västvärldens möte med militant islam kommer under året. Likaså kommer en serie om alla USA:s presidenter att påbörjas.

Fokus kommer också att riktas lite mer mot Europa där många viktiga händelser väntar under 2017 i kampen för ett friare Europa som skakat av sig EU-byråkratins kedjor.

I mars hålls parlamentsval i Nederländerna där Frihetspartiet med EU- och islamkritiske Geert Wilders som ledare verkar ha goda chanser. Även i Frankrike hålls val - presidentval där EU- och islamkritiske Marine Le Pen tycks ha goda chanser. Viktiga val för hela Europa som vi på Amerikanska nyhetsanalyser kommer att följa med stort intresse.

Därtill firar EU 60 år. Något som kommer att sporra och slipa vår EU- och överstatlighetskritik ytterligare. Amerikanska nyhetsanalyser fortsätter således om än under lite andra former än vad ni är vana vid. Men vi kommer förstås grundläggande att fortsätta vara precis dem vi är och förhoppningsvis fortsätta vara bloggen och podden som lyckas i mediabevakning på områden där svensk media misslyckas.

Och med denna korta årssammanfattning och blick in mot nästa år önskar jag er alla - och er trogna läsare och följare i synnerhet - ett riktigt gott nytt år! Vi hörs igen 2017!

/ Ronie Berggren

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Podd 289: Obama och Trump om FN:s Israel-kritiska resolution

Podd 289. Den 23 december röstade FN:s säkerhetsråd igenom resolution 2334 som fördömer israelisk bosättningar på områden övertagna i sexdagarskriget 1967.

Resolutionen kunde godkännas eftersom Obama-administrationen lade ner USA:s veto, och på så vis övergav USA sin praxis om att skydda Israel mot kritiska FN-resolutioner.

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Barack och Michelle Obama önskar God jul:



Transkribering:

THE PRESIDENT: Merry Christmas everybody! One of the best parts of the holiday season is spending time with the special people in your life. And for me, that means getting some help from my best friend for our annual Christmas Weekly Address. THE FIRST LADY: Given how our first Christmas Weekly Address went, I realized that Barack needed all the help he could get.

[PAUSE]

THE FIRST LADY: Celebrating the holidays in the White House over these past eight years has been a true privilege. We’ve been able to welcome over half a million guests… our outstanding pastry chefs have baked 200,000 holiday cookies… and Barack has treated the American people to countless dad jokes.

THE PRESIDENT: Although a few got a…Frosty reception.

THE FIRST LADY: This year’s White House holiday theme is “The Gift of the Holidays,” and our decorations reflect some of our greatest gifts as a nation: from our incredible military families, to the life-changing impact of a great education.

THE PRESIDENT: And the greatest gift that Michelle and I have received over the last eight years has been the honor of serving as your President and First Lady. Together, we fought our way back from the worst recession in 80 years, and got unemployment to a nine-year low. We secured health insurance for another twenty million Americans, and new protections for folks who already had insurance. We made America more respected around the world, took on the mantle of leadership in the fight to protect this planet for our kids, and much, much more.

By so many measures, our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was when we first got here. And I’m hopeful we’ll build on the progress we’ve made in the years to come.

Tomorrow, for the final time as the First Family, we will join our fellow Christians around the world to rejoice in the birth of our Savior. And as we retell His story from that Holy Night, we’ll also remember His eternal message, one of boundless love, compassion and hope.

THE FIRST LADY: The idea that we are our brother’s keeper and our sister’s keeper. That we should treat others as we would want to be treated. And that we care for the sick… feed the hungry… and welcome the stranger… no matter where they come from, or how they practice their faith.

THE PRESIDENT: Those are values that help guide not just my family’s Christian faith, but that of Jewish Americans, and Muslim Americans; nonbelievers and Americans of all backgrounds. And no one better embodies that spirit of service than the men and women who wear our country’s uniform and their families.

THE FIRST LADY: As always, many of our troops are far from home this time of year, and their families are serving and sacrificing right along with them. Their courage and dedication allow the rest of us to enjoy this season. That’s why we’ve tried to serve them as well as they’ve served this country. Go to JoiningForces.gov to see how you can honor and support the service members, veterans and military families in your community – not just during the holidays, but all year round.

THE PRESIDENT: So as we look forward to the New Year, let’s resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share. And on behalf of the all the Obamas – Michelle, Malia, Sasha, Bo, and that troublemaker Sunny – Merry Christmas, everybody.

THE FIRST LADY: And we wish you and your family a happy and healthy 2017… thanks, and God bless

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Transkribering:

Hi, everybody. If you’ve ever played a game of basketball in a gym, or entered a contest in school, or started a small business in your hometown, you know that competition is a good thing. It pushes us to do our best. And you know that a fight is fair only when everybody has a chance to win, when the playing field is level for everybody, and the rules are clear and consistent.

That’s important to our consumers, our workers, our employers, and our farmers. You deserve a fair shake, even though there might be much bigger players in the market. Without a truly competitive marketplace, those big companies can raise costs, or slack off on offering good service, or keep their workers’ wages too low. And in an era when large corporations often merge to form even larger ones, our leaders have an even greater responsibility to look out for us as consumers.

To keep America’s economy growing and America’s businesses thriving, we need to protect the principle of fair competition. That’s not, by the way, a Democratic idea or a Republican idea – it’s an American idea, because it’s the best way to make sure the best ideas rise to the top.

My administration has done a lot to keep the marketplace fair. We defended a free, open, and accessible internet that doesn’t let service providers pick winners and losers. We cracked down on conflicts of interest by making sure professionals who give you retirement advice do so in your best interest, not in theirs. And in the last few months, we’ve made even more progress.

This week, my Department of Agriculture took major steps to protect farmers from unfair treatment by bigger processors. These rules will help swine, beef cattle, and especially poultry growers who have fewer choices in where they sell their products.

This month, the FDA started taking steps to make hearing aids more affordable for more than the nearly 30 million Americans suffering from the frustration of hearing loss. We think people with moderate hearing loss should be able to buy a hearing aid over the counter as easily as you can buy reading glasses at your local pharmacy.

This year we also addressed two other problems that keep workers and wages down: the overuse of non-compete agreements that hurt workers in the job market, and the unfair practices of companies that collude to set wages below the market rate. And we backed new steps, including a law I just signed to fight robot scalpers that artificially drive up ticket prices, and a rule that requires airlines to reimburse your baggage fees if your bags don’t make it to your destination when you do.

Finally, it’s this principle of competition that’s at the very heart of our health reform. In fact, it’s the reason we call it the Affordable Care Act; it makes insurance companies compete for your business, which is helping millions afford the care that helps them get and stay healthy. By the way, it’s open enrollment season right now. You can still sign up on HealthCare.gov until January 31st and get covered for 2017.

Our free-market economy only works when there’s competition. And competition only works when rules are in place to keep it fair and open and honest. Whether you’re building the next big thing or just want to be treated right as a customer, that’s good for you and good for the country.

Thanks everybody, and have a great weekend

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Transkribering:

Hi, everybody. It’s the most wonderful time of the year -- and not just because it’s the holiday season, but because it’s also open enrollment season over at HealthCare.gov.

That was a dad joke, I know. But this weekend, I hope you’ll take a moment to do something really important for yourself and your family: make sure you’ll have health insurance for 2017.

If you’re not covered yet, now is the time to sign up. Go to HealthCare.gov and shop for the plan that’s right for you. Like most Americans who get coverage through HealthCare.gov, there’s a good chance you’ll find a plan that costs less than $75 a month. And while the enrollment period lasts until the end of January, as long as you sign up by this Thursday, December 15, you’ll be covered starting January 1.

Now, this doesn’t apply to the roughly 250 million Americans who already get insurance through the workplace, or thanks to Medicare or Medicaid. But here’s what does. Every American with insurance is covered by the strongest set of consumer protections in history – a true Patients’ Bill of Rights. You now have free preventive care, like mammograms and contraception. There are no more annual or lifetime limits on the essential care you receive. Women can’t get charged more just for being a woman. Young people can stay on a parent’s plan until they turn 26, and seniors get discounts on their prescriptions. Every American can rest free from the fear that one illness or accident will derail your dreams -- because discrimination against preexisting conditions is now illegal. And since 2010, we’ve seen the slowest health care price growth in 50 years.

Whether or not you get insurance through the Affordable Care Act, that’s the health care system as we now know it. Because our goal wasn’t just to make sure more people have coverage -- it was to make sure more people have better coverage. That’s why we want to build on the progress we’ve made -- and I’ve put forth a number of ideas for how to improve the Affordable Care Act. Now Republicans in Congress want to repeal the whole thing and start from scratch -- but trying to undo some of it could undo all of it. All those consumer protections -- whether you get your health insurance from Obamacare, or Medicare, or Medicaid, or on the job – could go right out the window. So any partisan talk you hear about repealing or replacing it should be judged by whether they keep all those improvements that benefit you and your family right now.

One new study shows that if Congress repeals Obamacare as they’ve proposed, nearly 30 million Americans would lose their coverage. Four in five of them would come from working families. More than nine million Americans who would receive tax credits to keep insurance affordable would no longer receive that help. That is unacceptable.

We can work together to make the system even better -- and one of the best ways to do that is make sure that you’re in it. So remember: Sign up on HealthCare.gov by this Thursday, and your health insurance will be there for you when you wake up on January 1. Thanks everybody, and have a good weekend.

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Obama - videovecka 409: Pass the 21st Century Cures Act

Obama manar Kongressen att godkänna 21st Century Cures Act för att bekämpa cancer, Ahlzeimers etc.



Transkribering:

Hi, everybody. On the first day of my administration, I promised to restore science to its rightful place. I told you we would unleash American innovation and technology to tackle the health challenges of our time. Over the last eight years, we’ve delivered on that promise in many ways, both big and small -- including, of course, providing health coverage to 20 million more Americans, and making health care more affordable for all Americans.

Right now we have the chance to put our best minds to work one more time -- and in a big way. There’s a bill in Congress that could help unlock cures Alzheimer’s, end cancer as we know it, and help people seeking treatment for opioid addiction finally get the help they need. It’s called the 21st Century Cures Act. It’s an opportunity to save lives, and an opportunity we just can’t miss.

This bill would do a lot of good things at once. Let me tell you about five of them:

First, it will make real investments this year to combat the heroin and prescription drug epidemic that’s plaguing so many of our communities. Drug overdoses now take more lives every year than traffic accidents, and deaths from opioid overdoses have nearly quadrupled since 1999. Under Obamacare, health plans in the Marketplace have to include coverage for treatment, but there’s more we need to do. For nearly a year, I’ve been calling for this investment so hundreds of thousands of Americans can get the treatment they need, and I’m glad Congress is finally getting it done.

The second thing the Cures Act does is make a significant investment in Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot. In my State of the Union Address this year, I set a goal of making America the country that ends cancer once and for all -- and I put the Vice President in charge of Mission Control. This bill will allow us to invest in promising new therapies, in new ways to detect and prevent cancer, and to develop more vaccines for cancer just as we have them for measles or mumps. Joe’s done an incredible job -- this bill is a chance for Congress to do its part, too.

Third, we’ll be giving researchers the resources they need to help identify ways to treat, cure, and prevent all kinds of brain disorders. Alzheimer’s. Epilepsy. Traumatic Brain Injury. And it also supports the Precision Medicine Initiative, an effort we started to bring doctors and data together to develop treatments and health care that one day can be tailored specifically to you. That can lead to some big breakthroughs.

Fourth, the Cures Act includes bipartisan mental health reforms, including important programs for suicide prevention.

And fifth, we’re making sure the FDA incorporates patients’ voices -- your voices -- into the decisions they make as they develop drugs.

So that’s what the 21st Century Cures Act is all about. Like all good legislation, it reflects compromise. This week, the House passed it overwhelmingly, and in bipartisan fashion. The Senate will vote in the next few days, and I hope they’ll do the same. I’ll sign it as soon as it reaches my desk, because like a lot of you, I’ve lost people I love to cancer. I hear every day from Americans whose loved ones are suffering from addiction and other debilitating diseases. And I believe we should seize every chance we have to find cures as soon as possible. When it’s your family, hope can’t come soon enough.

Thanks, everybody, and have a great weekend

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