^ Where does he find this drivel? Is Alex Jones still posting?
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Biden’s plea at dinner with governors: ‘We can get big things done if we do it together’
President Biden told governors from across the country on Saturday that “we can get big things done” by working together across the aisle.
Biden gave remarks during a dinner at the National Governors Association winter meeting at the White House, emphasizing that members of the two parties are not going to always agree but can still work together to help their constituents.
“I’d like to make a toast to remembering who in God’s name we are. We’re the United States of America,” Biden said. “We can get big things done if we do it together.”
He said governors need to be able to “get things done” quickly — like fixing potholes and addressing crime, and can’t say “we’re going to debate it for six months.” Biden added that he wanted to ensure he had many former governors and mayors serving in his administration, because they need to take decisive action.
Members of Biden’s current Cabinet, such as Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, all formerly served as governors.
Biden pointed to the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that he signed into law in 2021 as an example of what bipartisan efforts can accomplish.
He said he will try to get “a little bit less partisan” and hopes others will too.
“I said I wanted to be president for everybody. Not just blue states or red states,” Biden said.
“I know we’re not going to always agree. I think you’re going to agree — we’re going to agree more than you pretend, but I don’t blame you if you don’t say we agree. But, look … I think that when we work together, we’re able to get things done,” he later added.
County leaders in D.C.
The National Association of Counties is a non-governmental organization that represents more than 2,300 counties and provides legislative, research, public relations and technical assistance to those members.
The organization is wrapping up a five-day conference of workshops and briefings on federal policy that affects local government such as broadband, the upcoming farm bill, workforce development, public lands, immigration and veterans affairs, among other issues.
Similar to his State of the Union address last week, Biden touched upon his administration’s efforts to combat the fentanyl crisis and the need to allocate more funding for personnel at the border to intercept the drugs, and he mentioned how officials have seized more than 23,000 pounds of fentanyl.
He also pointed to lower gas and fuel costs, and said his administration will continue to lower inflation. The Federal Reserve has hiked interest rates in order to slow inflation.
The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday released January’s consumer price index, which measures a broad basket of common goods and services, and reported that inflation rose 0.05%, with rising costs of shelter, gas and fuel prices. The CPI was up 6.4% from the same period in 2022.
“In contrast, the fruits and vegetables index fell 0.5 percent over the month with the fresh vegetables index declining 2.3 percent,” according to the CPI. “The index for dairy and related products was unchanged in January.”
Biden also took a swipe at Republicans, saying that some wanted to cut and sunset popular social safety net programs such as Social Security and Medicare.
“You may have seen a spirited debate in my State of the Union address,” he said to attendees, adding that he felt like he was “back on a playground.”
“When I call (Republicans) out on this, the State of the Union, it sounded as though they agreed right then and there to take those cuts off the table,” he said. “I sure hope so.”
Republicans have adamantly stated that they have no plans to make cuts to those programs, but the White House cites a proposal by Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida to sunset federal programs after five years unless Congress authorizes them.
Biden also acknowledged that he shares concerns with counties about the debt ceiling issue in Congress and how that can affect their budgets. At issue is how a divided Congress will deal with the nation’s borrowing ceiling, known as the debt limit. Congress has until the summer to address it.
'We have created 12 million jobs,' Biden tells county leaders gathered in Washington
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Biden confirmed judicial nominees now outpaces Trump, Obama
The Senate confirmed President Biden’s 100th federal judicial nominee on Tuesday, outpacing his two most recent predecessors.
Biden and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) have led a speedy push to confirm diverse, liberal nominees in the closely divided Senate after Republicans notched several momentous legal victories enabled by their conservative judicial picks, including decisions on abortion and guns.
Biden’s pace of judicial confirmations outruns the number of judges confirmed under former Presidents Trump and Obama at this point in their administrations. Senate Republicans confirmed Trump’s 100th nominee in May 2019, outpacing the Obama administration but taking about two-and-a-half months longer than Biden.
“Today, because of the work done by this majority, our federal judiciary is far more balanced, far more diverse, far more experienced than the one we had just two years ago, and it’s something every American can be proud of,” Schumer said on the Senate floor on Tuesday.
Senate Democrats reached the milestone of 100 confirmed Article III judges by confirming Gina Méndez-Miró to the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Biden has now secured confirmations for 30 appeals court judges and 69 district court judges. He has also successfully nominated one associate justice — Ketanji Brown Jackson — to the Supreme Court.
I'm quite Disturbed by the Sounds of Silence emanating from President Biden Magoo and the Border Czar Harris! 5 Missiles fired from US Aircraft over US/North America...
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This nothing message from the Presidency speaks volumes to all Americans!
Biden signs bill forcing the federal Bureau of Prisons to fix outdated cameras
President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday a bill requiring the federal Bureau of Prisons to overhaul outdated security systems and fix broken surveillance cameras after rampant staff sexual abuse, inmate escapes and high-profile deaths.
The bipartisan Prison Camera Reform Act, which passed the Senate last year and the House on Dec. 14, requires the Bureau of Prisons to evaluate and enhance security camera, radio and public address systems at its 122 facilities.
The agency must submit a report to Congress within three months detailing deficiencies and a plan to make needed upgrades. Those upgrades are required within three years and the bureau must submit annual progress reports to lawmakers.
“Broken prison camera systems are enabling corruption, misconduct and abuse,” said the legislation’s sponsor, Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga. “That’s why I brought Republicans and Democrats together to pass my Prison Camera Reform Act, which is now law.”
The Bureau of Prisons said in a statement that it “appreciates the work and support of Senator Ossoff and other members of Congress, as well as the President of the United States.”
Failing and inadequate security cameras have allowed inmates to escape from federal prisons and hampered investigations. They’ve been an issue in inmate deaths, including that of financier Jeffrey Epstein at a federal jail in New York City in 2019.
Well we know how her campaign is going to go if she ever gets the nomination:
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Nikki Haley on Wednesday during her presidential campaign launch called for mandatory "mental capacity tests" for politicians older than 75, a clear reference to President Joe Biden and her former boss, Donald Trump.
"In the America I see, the permanent politician will finally retire," the former South Carolina governor said during her campaign announcement event in Charleston. "We'll have term limits for Congress and mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old."
Biden terminates Architect of the Capitol over alleged abuse of authority
The Biden administration on Monday "terminated" the Architect of the Capitol, the White House confirmed.
The big picture: An inspector general report last year accused Brett Blanton, who was appointed by former President Trump, of abusing his authority.
- The report from the Office of the Inspector General found that Blanton had "administrative, ethical and policy violations."
Driving the news: Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) praised the Biden administration for terminating Blanton.
- "After being given the opportunity to respond to numerous allegations of legal, ethical, and administrative violations, and failing to directly respond, the President has removed Mr. Brett Blanton from his position – a decision I firmly stand behind," Morelle said in a statement.
- A White House official confirmed the decision, telling Axios: “[A]fter doing our due diligence, the Architect of Capitol was terminated at the president's direction.”
The backdrop: The report found that Blanton serially misused government-issued vehicles for personal trips, and falsely identified himself as a law enforcement officer.
- Blanton did himself few favors with his testimony to the House Administration Committee last week in which he admitted to being absent from the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack.
- Committee members characterized his performance as evasive, and Morelle responded by calling for his resignation.
- Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wisc.), the chair of the panel, and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) joined Morelle in demanding Blanton’s ouster on Monday, making the calls bipartisan.
- McCarthy reissued the call for Blanton's firing, tweeting, "The Architect of the Capitol, Brett Blanton, no longer has my confidence to continue in his job. He should resign or President Biden should remove him immediately."
Zoom out: The Architect of the Capitol is responsible for the maintenance and preservation of the Capitol and its surrounding grounds, which includes the House and Senate office buildings.
- The Inspector General report accused Blanton of using his government-owned vehicle as his and his family's personal car and offering private tours of the Capitol in September 2020, when the building was closed due to COVID, among other abuses.
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And she's only just announced and we're in 2023.Quote:
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Means nothing at this stage.
Apart from some guaranteed comedy in the Republican debates.
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Good Lord . . . another sabang.Quote:
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As long as the Cheeto-in-chief, and Desanctimonious are in the picture, she doesn’t stand a chance.Quote:
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I agree, but as I said let's hope it makes for some good debate comedy.Quote:
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Has baldy orange cunto given her a nickname yet?
DeSantis is apparently "Meatball Ron".
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panama hat very original way to win people over to your argument, name call and red tag.
The instant a group of people are stigmatized and labeled for their beliefs the dehumanization process begins. Once the dehumanization label has taken root by a majority of the stigmatizing group, the subhuman mindset rationalization is the tripwire for the Joseph Goebbelslization treatment of this stigmatized group. Laws are selectably applied, the media selectably reports issues relating to the stigmatized group etc.
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I’m stocked up on popcorn, and beer.
I guess you haven’t arrived until Trump attacks you with a sophomoric nickname.
I’m so proud of my country.
Biden signs executive order to address racial inequity
President Biden signed a new executive order to address racial inequity on Thursday.
The Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government order is designed to address systemic barriers that hold communities of color back from prospering.
The order is Biden’s second racial equity executive order.
On his first day in office two years ago, Biden signed Executive Order 13985, which saw funding go to places like Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Indigenous tribes and new programs to help close racial disparities in job and housing opportunities. Biden also pardoned all federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana in October last year, which many said was a step toward racial equity.
Despite these successes, Biden said in a statement, “members of underserved communities — many of whom have endured generations of discrimination and disinvestment — still confront significant barriers to realizing the full promise of our great Nation, and the Federal Government has a responsibility to remove these barriers.”
Biden’s new order builds on Executive Order 13985 by establishing a new annual process requiring agencies to create an annual public Equity Action Plan.
These plans will assess barriers underserved communities face and offer solutions for access to policies and programs. There will also be leaders assigned to ensure agencies are in compliance with the equity mandate.
Addressing civil rights risks is also a major component of the new order.
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Biden names Fed’s Lael Brainard as next top economic aide
President Biden on Tuesday named Lael Brainard, a top official at the Federal Reserve, as the new director of the National Economic Council as part of a reshuffling of responsibilities on his economic team.
Brainard replaces Brian Deese, who has led the National Economic Council since the start of the Biden administration. Deese’s upcoming departure was announced earlier this month.
Brainard’s appointment was announced in conjunction with news that Jared Bernstein will lead the Council of Economic Advisers, a group he was already part of. The former head of that group, Cecilia Rouse, is set to return to her post at Princeton University this spring.
Biden also announced promotions for Bharat Ramamurti, Heather Boushey and Joelle Gamble to new roles on his economic advisory team.
“This team will be committed to implementing that strategy, while managing the transition of our historic economic recovery to steady and stable growth,” Biden said in a statement announcing the changes. “They will work tirelessly to ensure every American enjoys a fair return for their work and an equal chance to get ahead, and that our businesses can thrive and outcompete the rest of the world. Let’s finish the job.”
Brainard will be just the second woman to chair the National Economic Council since it was established in 1993. The first was Laura Tyson, who led the council from 1995-1996.
President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night came on the cusp of his expected reelection launch — and months removed from a better-than-expected midterm election for Democrats.
Yet Biden’s address featured little gloating or political chest thumping. The contrasts he drew with Republicans were mild compared to the things he said on the stump last fall. Bipartisanship and unity were the overt themes of the night.
But listen closely to Biden’s 73-minute speech, and there were hints that he’s gearing up for a year of difficult investigations and the rough and tumble politics of the coming campaign.
The McCarthy Greeting
What he said: I start tonight by congratulating the members of the 118th Congress and the new Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy. Mr. Speaker, I look forward to working together.
What he meant: This is going to be a long two years.
Me vs. Trump
What he said: Two years ago our economy was reeling. As I stand here tonight, we have created a record 12 million new jobs — more jobs created in two years than any president has ever created in four years. Two years ago, Covid had shut down our businesses, closed our schools, and robbed us of so much. Today, Covid no longer controls our lives. And two years ago, our democracy faced its greatest threat since the Civil War. Today, though bruised, our democracy remains unbowed and unbroken.
What he meant: You all remember 2020? Does anyone seriously want to go back to Trump?
Blame for inflation
What he said: Inflation has been a global problem because the pandemic disrupted our supply chains and Putin’s unfair and brutal war that disrupted energy as well as food supplies, blocking all that grain in Ukraine. But we’re better positioned than any country on Earth. We have more to do, but here at home, inflation is coming down.
What he meant: Why can’t more of you appreciate the strength of this economy?! Don’t you see all this job growth? Can’t you see that higher prices aren’t my fault?
Abortion politics
What he said: The vice president and I are doing everything we can to protect access to reproductive health care and safeguard patient privacy. But already, more than a dozen states are enforcing extreme abortion bans. Make no mistake; if Congress passes a national abortion ban, I will veto it.
What he meant: I know Congress isn’t going to send this bill to my desk. But please, Republicans, go ahead and take a shot.
The debt ceiling staring contest
What he said: In the last two years, my administration cut the deficit by more than $1.7 trillion — the largest deficit reduction in American history. Under the previous administration, America’s deficit went up four years in a row. Because of those record deficits, no president added more to the national debt in any four years than my predecessor. Nearly 25% of the entire national debt, a debt that took 200 years to accumulate, was added by that administration alone. How did Congress respond to all that debt? They lifted the debt ceiling three times without preconditions or crisis. They paid America’s bills to prevent economic disaster for our country. Tonight, I’m asking this Congress to follow suit.
What he meant: Y’all want to talk about spending? Let’s talk about spending.
Infrastructure hypocrisy
What he said: I sincerely thank my Republican friends who voted for the [bipartisan infrastructure] law. And to my Republican friends who voted against it but still ask to fund projects in their districts, don’t worry. I promised to be the president for all Americans. We’ll fund your projects. And I’ll see you at the ground-breaking.
What he meant: No way I was going to let you all get away with voting against this bill and then taking credit for the projects and new jobs in your districts.
A recalibration on policing
What he said: I know most cops are good. decent people. They risk their lives every time they put on that shield. But what happened to Tyre in Memphis happens too often. We have to do better.
What he meant: I’m taking the “tough on crime” thing down a notch.
- Biden: No evidence of "sudden increase" in unidentified objects in U.S. airspace
President Biden said Thursday that a series of unidentified objects the U.S. shot down this month do not appear to be related to the Chinese government's spy balloon program.
Driving the news: The flying objects "were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation, or research institutions," Biden said, citing the U.S. intelligence community's current assessment.
What he's saying: "We don't have any evidence that there has been a sudden increase in number of objects in the sky," Biden said Thursday, in his most extensive public remarks to date on the recent encroachments in U.S. airspace that have captured national attention.
- "We’re now just seeing more of them, partially because the steps we’ve taken to increase our radars," he added.
- Biden also said that he expects to speak with Chinese President Xi, but did not provide specific details on when that may happen.
- “I hope we can get to the bottom of this,” he said, adding: "I make no apologies for taking down that balloon."
Catch up quick: Biden's speech comes after a U.S. fighter aircraft downed a balloon sent by the Chinese government earlier this month off the coast of South Carolina.
- The balloon had the capability to collect communications, a State Department spokesperson said.
- China has flown similar surveillance balloons over more than 40 countries across five continents in the past, the spokesperson added.
- The U.S. intelligence community has had no indication so far that the three unidentified objects shot down over the weekend were tied to external espionage efforts, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said.
China has denied that the balloon was a surveillance airship and China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that its downing was an "obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice," AP reported.
- At least three additional unidentified objects have been spotted over U.S. and Canadian airspace since the initial discovery of the suspected surveillance balloon.
- The U.S. intelligence community has had no indication so far that the three unidentified objects shot down are tied to external espionage efforts, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said earlier this week.
The backdrop: China's foreign ministry after the discovery of the balloon accused the U.S. of sending high-altitude balloons "illegally" into Chinese airspace more than 10 times since the start of 2022.
- U.S. officials have denied the accusations. "Any claim that the U.S. government operates surveillance balloons over the PRC (People's Republic of China) is false," National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said.
Zoom out: U.S.-China relations have been especially strained over the last year due to tensions over tech competition, cybersecurity, China’s support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Taiwan, and China’s military build-up, Axios China author Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian writes.
What to watch: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is preparing to meet with this week with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, Axios' Hans Nichols reports.
- U.S. officials are expecting Blinken to use the potential meeting to de-escalate tension over the spy balloon.
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Did Joe Biden shoot down hobbyists $12 balloon with a $380,000 missile?
Story by Lewis Pennock For Dailymail.Com • 1h ago
https://teakdoor.com/blob:https://ma...d-64b682279c8bA mystery object shot down by U.S. fighter jets amid ongoing hysteria sparked by a Chinese spy balloon may have been a $12 inflatable launched by a hobby group in Illinois.
The Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade (NIBBB) reported one of its balloons 'missing in action' around the same location - and at the time time - a U.S. Air Force jet downed an unidentified object near Alaska using a $400,000 Sidewinder missile.
NIBBB said its 'K9YO' balloon last reported its location shortly before 1am GMT on Saturday, February 11 (8pm EST on February 10), near the coast of southwest Alaska.
Later on Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared an 'unidentified object' was downed over Canada's Yukon territory, several hundred miles from K9YO's last known location.
Modeling shared by NIBBB shows its balloon was headed in the direction of Yukon before it vanished - and opens up the possibility it was one of the suspicious objects down by the U.S. military.
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The hobby balloon's last known location over Alaska came several hours before a fighter jet downed an unknown object several hundred miles away over Canada. A map of the hobby balloon's predicted path indicates it was heading towards the site where the UFO was downed
The object shot down by a a U.S. Air Force F-22 fighter jet over Mayo, Yukon, was variously described by officials in Canada and the U.S. as a 'cylindrical', metallic balloon with a payload.
Balloons used by hobby groups like NIBBB often fit the same description. They are usually attached with a small, solar-powered payload that transmits location data back to listening posts on the ground. Typically, these payloads are no larger than a credit card.
NIBBB has not said its balloon was definitely the downed object, but an overview of the circumstantial evidence by Aviation Week leaves the possibility wide open.
Far from posing a military or surveillance threat, the 'pico balloons' launched by hobby groups like NIBBB often do little more than relay location data - or, in some cases, information about the weather.
They float around until they're damaged or brought down by bad weather. K9YO was airborne for 123 days and 18 hours before it stopped reporting its location.
In that time, it circumnavigated the globe six times.
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Members of the Northern Illinois Bolltlecap Balloon Brigade, whose balloon went missing near the area where an unidentified object was shot down by a fighter jet over Alaska© Provided by Daily Mail
It's been speculated the balloon used for K9YO was a $13.33, silver 32-inch mylar balloon - mainly used for parties and celebrations, but sometimes by hobbyists for high-altitude flights.
Other hobbyists are also speculating that pico balloons could account for some of the mystery objects spotted over the U.S. since a Chinese spy balloon was detected earlier this month.
Ron Meadows, the founder of Scientific Balloon Solutions (SBS), which makes balloons used by hobbyists, told Aviation Week: 'I tried contacting our military and the FBI—and just got the runaround—to try to enlighten them on what a lot of these things probably are. And they're going to look not too intelligent to be shooting them down.'
Tom Medlin, a host on the Amateur Radio Roundtable show, said the objects shot down were 'probably' pico balloons. He said he uses a $12 foil balloon for his flights - matching the 'metallic' description of the Yukon object - and these can endure long periods of time at high altitudes.
The balloon shot down over Yukon was at an altitude of about 40,000 feet, officials said. The last known altitude of NIBBB's balloon was 37,928 ft.
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The detection of a Chinese spy balloon over the U.S. led to several more 'unidentified' objects being shot down by fighter jets. It's now suspected at least one of these may have been a balloon which belonged to a hobby group in Illinois© Provided by Daily Mail
President Joe Biden on Thursday admitted the Yukon object and two other mysterious aerial objects destroyed by U.S. warplanes since the China balloon incident were not thought to be surveillance vehicles.
'We don't yet know exactly what these three objects were, but nothing nothing right now suggests they were related to China's spy balloon programme, or they were surveillance vehicles from other any other country,' he said.
'The intelligence community's current assessment is that these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions, studying weather, or conducting other scientific research.'
Biden came under intense criticism for allowing the balloon to fly all across the U.S. before giving the order to shoot it down once it was off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4.
On February 10, an unidentified object was downed over Alaska. The Yukon incident came a day later, then a third UDO was shot down over Lake Huron in the Midwest on February 12.
Military officials and the White House have also not categorically ruled out aliens could be behind the recent UFO incursions.
The White House has announced it is putting together a new UFO task force to study the potential security risks posed by new airborne objects detected in US airspace.
The new group, created on orders from national security adviser Jake Sullivan, will see experts from the Pentagon, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies come together to analyze unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) and determine whether they are a threat.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby on Monday said: 'Every element of the government will redouble their efforts to understand and mitigate these events,' adding the task force would examine the 'broader policy implications' related to the detection and analysis of UFOs over mainland US.
The announcement came just one day after a US air force F-16 fighter jet shot down a UFO over the Great Lakes - the third unidentified object to be downed in as many days.
The UFO narrative wasn't helped by Gen. Glen VanHerck, head of NORAD and US Northern Command, who wouldn't say aliens were off the table during a briefing Sunday night.
^If I were in charge of the DoD I would send a bill to those irresponsible “hobbyists” fvckers for letting their balloon get into commercial airspace.
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Biden declared "fit for duty" after annual physical exam
President Biden is "fit for duty," White House physician Kevin O'Connor wrote Thursday in a medical memo released hours after the president underwent his annual physical examination.
The big picture: Ahead of the 2024 election, much has been debated about the president's age. If elected, Biden would be in his mid-80s when he leaves the Oval Office.
Driving the news: The president remains a "healthy, vigorous, 80-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency," O'Connor wrote in the memo.
- What he's saying: Biden has no issues with his head, ears, eyes, nose and threat, according to O'Connor. He has no resting tremor, though he does have mildly decreased heat and cold sensations in both feet.
- His internal organs function as expected, but he experiences "occasional symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux, primarily having to clear his throat more often," which may also contribute to the occasional cough and sinus congestion.
- "One small lesion on the President's chest was excised today and sent for traditional biopsy," with results pending.
- His lungs and chest imaging remain "entirely normal," O'Connor said.
Don't forget: Biden tested positive for COVID-19 last year and experienced "a very occasional cough." After a five-day course of the treatment Paxlovid, he tested positive again for a "rebound" case.
- He has not experienced any residual symptoms that could be considered long COVID, O'Connor wrote in his memo.
Worth noting: Biden previously said in an interview with MSNBC that he hopes voters focus on his "energy level" and not his age if he decides to run for reelection in 2024.
The Biden administration on Wednesday is announcing new requirements for electric vehicle chargers that receive federal funds, including limiting funds to chargers that can serve electric vehicles regardless of brand.
This requirement is expected to push Tesla in particular away from chargers that only serve its own vehicles. White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu told reporters Tuesday that he expects Tesla to open a portion of its chargers, making at least 7,500 chargers available to all electric vehicles by the end of 2024.
Landrieu said the new stipulation is part of an effort to build a network of chargers that “will work for everyone, everywhere, no matter what type of car or state they’re in.”
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The upgrades will allow Tesla to qualify for federal dollars under the administration’s plans to build a national network of 500,000 chargers, and comes despite two years of on-and-off tension between CEO Elon Musk and President Joe Biden’s administration. Tesla’s pledge is among a growing list of private-sector commitments, hailed by the White House, that are aimed at putting 100,000 new public chargers on the nation’s roads.
Looks like Biden is going to make an appearance in Kyiv this morning, a couple of contacts in Ukraine are telling me. Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint and E3TF Boeing E-3G Sentry have been flying on the Ukrainian border all night and are presently still in the air as I have been watching them for hours. More to come when I have more.
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I'll be damned, Biden is in Kyiv.
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Could it have been that quick? Already photos?
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Maria Drutska - Thank you for your support!
It means a lot for us here in Ukraine!
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