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One would hope, but when Joe's policies to please his corporate donors need to be passed, it will be easier for him to "reach across the aisle" and gain Republican votes than it would to get progressive ones. He's abandoned the left before he's even been sworn in.Quote:
Originally Posted by panama hat
You're not wrong there. The US isn't a place to push a socially progressive agenda, despite this being the most necessary change.
An update on Biden’s cabinet…….
- In Historic Move, Biden To Pick Native American Rep. Haaland As Interior Secretary
In a historic first, President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Rep. Deb Haaland to lead the Department of the Interior, a source familiar with the decision told NPR's Franco Ordońez.
If confirmed by the Senate, Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, would be the country's first Native American Cabinet secretary. Fittingly, she'd do so as head of the agency responsible for not only managing the nation's public lands but also honoring its treaties with the Indigenous people from whom those lands were taken.
"She understands at a very real level — at a generational level, in her case going back 30 generations — what it is to care for American lands," says Aaron Weiss, deputy director of the Center for Western Priorities.: Biden To Pick Deb Haaland As 1st Native American Cabinet Secretary : NPR
Biden introduces Buttigieg as transportation chief in 'historic' U.S. cabinet - Japan Today
- Biden Introduces Pete Buttigieg As Nominee For Transportation Secretary
- What the loser is leaving the new administration with because of its inaction…….
Coronavirus Update: Maps And Charts For U.S. Cases And Deaths : Shots - Health News : NPR
- Nearly 8 million Americans fell into poverty since June
Nearly 8 million Americans have fallen into poverty since June due to a combination of rising coronavirus cases and dwindling federal support, according to a study released Wednesday by economists at the University of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame.
The national poverty rate rose by 2.4 percentage points from 9.3 percent in June to 11.7 percent in November, putting 7.8 million people below the poverty line, according to the paper from Notre Dame’s James X. Sullivan, Chicago’s Bruce D. Meyer, and Jeehoon Han of Zhejiang University.: Nearly 8 million Americans fell into poverty since June: study | TheHill
- U.S. retail sales decline further as Covid, lack of additional fiscal stimulus weigh
U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in November, likely weighed down by raging new Covid-19 infections and decreasing household income, adding to growing signs of a slowdown in the economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession.
Retail sales dropped 1.1% last month, with receipts declining almost across the board. Data for October was revised down to show sales slipping 0.1% instead of rising 0.3% as previously reported, adding a sting to the report. October’s dip was the first since April, when stringent measures to control the first wave of coronavirus cases crippled the economy.
The plunge in sales last month was led by motor vehicles, with receipts at auto dealerships tumbling 1.7% after being unchanged in October. Receipts at clothing stores plummeted 6.8%. Consumers also cut back on eating and drinking out. Sales at restaurants and bars dropped 4.0%.
Sales at electronics and appliance stores fell 3.5% and receipts at furniture stores declined 1.1%. There were also decreases in sales at sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book stores. But receipts at food and beverage stores rose as did those at building material stores.
Online and mail-order retail sales rose a modest 0.2%.
Recovery slowing
The United States is struggling with a fresh outbreak of Covid-19 infections, with the death toll from the respiratory illness rising above 300,000 on Monday, according to a Reuters tally of official data. Many state and local governments have imposed new restrictions on businesses, while some consumers are avoiding shopping malls, restaurants and bars.: U.S. retail sales November 2020
- Weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise, hit highest level since early September
The number of first-time unemployment-benefits filers totaled 885,000 in the week ending Dec. 12, the most since the week of Sept. 5. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected initial claims to fall to 808,000.
Initial claims for the previous week were revised higher by 9,000 to 862,000.
In all, 20.6 million Americans were receiving some kind of unemployment benefits through Nov. 28, the report said.: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/17/week...ss-claims.html
19,553,964 unemployed americans (I’m missing 1 million some place or my link might be more up to date): https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2...claims_17.html
34 days and counting……
- Just for fun.....
Construction continues on Joe Biden’s inaugural platform
What a brilliant choice . . . utterly brilliant.Quote:
Originally Posted by S Landreth
Unfortunately his government have to deal with the poisoned chalice they've received from the orange fuckwit.
Black *and* an environmentalist.
The GOP fucktards will probably do everything they can to block this nomination.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/17/p...epa/index.htmlQuote:
President-elect Joe Biden is poised to nominate Michael Regan of North Carolina to run the Environmental Protection Agency, two people familiar with the matter tell CNN.
Regan, who runs the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, is set to be introduced on Saturday with other members of Biden's climate team.
If confirmed by the US Senate, Regan would be the second African American to lead the EPA. Lisa Jackson was the first to head the agency, during the Obama administration.
I hope Biden has the balls to follow Trump's lead and appoint 'acting' cabinet heads and use executive orders whenever necessary.
Over a month old now Cujo.
Biden plans immediate flurry of executive orders to reverse Trump policies
https://www.business-humanrights.org/my/%E1%80%9E%E1%80%90%E1%80%84/biden-plans-immediate-flurry-of-executive-orders-to-reverse-trump-policies/
^^^^^
What a pleasure to soon have an adult in the White house , that speaks in complete coherent sentences and has empathy for others.
Do not mind the dubious connections and businesses, do not mind the past and future wars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai
Important for the population is that he speaks "coherent" sentences (OK, sometimes not so much coherent, but nobody's perfect).
And that he's proud on his son who is the
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‘smartest man I know’
DAD'S DEFENSE
Joe Biden brands Hunter tax probe ‘foul play’ and praises son as ‘smartest man I know’ on The Late Show
18 Dec 2020
Joe Biden brands Hunter tax probe '''foul play''' and praises son as '''smartest man I know''' on The Late Show
Prove any of that as being illegal or even realistic, fuckwit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Klondyke
Yes that is one of many prerequisites, that indicated Sequitur mental acuity ,Quote:
Originally Posted by Klondyke
- Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Announce Key Climate and Energy Team Nominees and Appointees (20:46)
Deb Haaland, Secretary of Interior nominee
Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy nominee
Michael Regan, EPA Administrator nominee
Brenda Mallory, chair of White House Council on Environmental Quality nominee
Gina McCarthy, National Climate Adviser appointee
Ali Zaidi, Deputy National Climate Adviser appointee
Key lines from unveiling of Biden's climate team - CNNPolitics
- Just for fun.
Twitter is publicly declaring Joe Biden the winner of the US election — on Trump’s own tweets
:) : Twitter is publicly declaring Joe Biden the winner of the US election — on Trump’s own tweets - The Verge
Roughly 720 hours and counting……
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden gets dose of COVID-19 vaccine
- Kamala Harris - There are only 15 days left to get out the vote for the Georgia runoffs. That’s why I’m in Columbus, GA for a drive-in rally with @ReverendWarnock and Jon @Ossoff.
Let’s flip the Senate blue.: https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/sta...76599479750656
- Biden Cabinet tracker: Biden Cabinet tracker: Which positions have and haven'''t been filled - Axios
- Meanwhile the wartime president has lost the war: Trump labels himself ‘a wartime president’ combating coronavirus - POLITICO
To date, 325,654 reported US Covid related deaths
US deaths by date reported.
words fail me.Quote:
Originally Posted by S Landreth
After four years of the trump crime family in power, the dystopian world that they and their stooges live in is incomprehensible. Over the next 30 days, things will only get worse, not better.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRealKW
it is shockingQuote:
Originally Posted by TheRealKW
Anyone else see Kamala’s odds increasing for the 47th president? Or trump’s 3rd run diminishing?
Pardons Granted by President Donald Trump
Only the best………
Subscribing to false United States individual income tax returns for 2010-2014 tax years (five counts); failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts for calendar years 2011-2014; bank fraud/Lender B/$3.4 million loan; bank fraud/Lender C/$1 million loan, Conspiracy against the United States; conspiracy to obstruct justice (witness tampering), Obstruction of proceeding; false statements (five counts); witness tampering, Fraud and false statements (16 counts); retaliating against witness, victim; statements or entries generally, Willfully attempting to evade personal income tax (three counts), Wire fraud, Mail fraud (three counts), Conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States; causing false records; causing false campaign contribution reports; false statements scheme, Conspiracy to commit tax evasion, Voluntary manslaughter, aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done (six counts); attempt to commit voluntary manslaughter, aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done (11 counts); using and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence and aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done, Health care fraud,……………on and fvckin’ on
Biden Cabinet tracker: Biden Cabinet tracker: Which positions have and haven'''t been filled - Axios
Remarks by President-elect Joe Biden (Dec. 22nd) start 0:25
Joe Biden - No matter how you’re celebrating this year, Champ and Major wish you a Merry Christmas.: https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1342138967865479169
A bit long but there might be help coming from both sides……
- In pursuing historic climate change agenda, Biden may find surprising ally
President-elect Joe Biden has made no secret that tackling climate change will be one of his top priorities. But to enact his platform to reduce global warming he may find an unexpected ally: Republicans.
Biden campaigned on the most ambitious climate agenda in history: one that included plans for pioneering green energy and infrastructure projects and proposals to address environmental racism. Large chunks of his "Build Back Better" economic agenda are explicitly tied to climate-related policies.
Biden has said he will re-enter the U.S. in the Paris climate accord on his first day in office and will prioritize undoing dozens of environmental regulatory rollbacks put into place by President Donald Trump — all via execution action.
But what comes after that will be the hard part: trying to implement his climate agenda through legislation.
And that's where he may find a partnership with Republicans on Capitol Hill.
While some in the GOP remain in steadfast denial that human-caused climate change even exists, dozens of Republican lawmakers have acknowledged that the time has come to address the crisis and have put forward policies that have gained some degree of bipartisan traction.
None, however, have approached the level of reform Biden has proposed. As a result, his administration will have to deftly maneuver balancing the major progressive climate actions he's promised with his desire to reach bipartisan solutions and promote political unity — something he's also promised.
Interviews with lawmakers from both parties and climate advocacy organizations on both ends of the political spectrum suggest the appetite in both parties for climate change policy is robust, making the topic a likely, even if unexpected, area for bipartisan cooperation under the new president.
Opportunities for compromise
Biden has promised to rejoin the Paris climate agreement, to sign executive orders that limit oil and gas drilling on public lands and in public waters, increase gas mileage standards for vehicles and block the construction of specific fossil-fuel pipelines. He can do all of that through executive action.
Biden has also promised to pursue a 100 percent clean electricity standard by 2035 (a proposal that could mean the shuttering or total renovation of all coal-fired and gas-fired power plants in the U.S.) and has called for getting the U.S. to net-zero emissions by 2050, at the latest. He's also proposed a $2 trillion investment in renewable energy projects, with 40 percent of the funds benefiting communities of color that have been harmed by pollutants. He might not find a ton of Republican support on those ideas.
Biden has made it clear, especially through his personnel choices, that he sees the topic as one that merits an all-of-government approach that uses Cabinet agencies like the Transportation and Interior departments to help build new green infrastructure and incentivize developing green energy sources, as well as taking the State Department with corralling other international powers to similarly focus on climate policy and carbon emissions.
And it's in these areas — especially as it pertains to the investment in and development of green energy sources, green technologies and green infrastructure — where he could end up finding common ground.
Groups on both sides are ready for it.
"Yes, there will be obstruction from some Republicans, but I really do believe there will still be so many chances for bipartisanship on combating climate change," said Michael Brune, the Sierra Club's executive director.
Brune pointed to clean energy standards, accelerating the development of new energy technologies, growing American jobs in the green sector and saving consumers money on their energy bills as solid areas for consensus.
Conservative environmental groups have struck the same tone, even praising some of Biden’s more ambitious proposals.
Robinson, of the conservative American Conservation Coalition, said "incentives are really lining up both politically and economically," making significant investment in green technologies and infrastructure more possible than ever before.
Much more: In pursuing historic climate change agenda, Biden may find surprising ally
I'm not familiar with this term but it sounds fucking stupid.Quote:
proposals to address environmental racism
" proposals to address environmental racism" being quoted out of context ,it's impossible to tell.Quote:
Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
Environmental racism - WikipediaQuote:
Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
(I didn't read much of it, but the term seems to be a way to take legitimate environmental and geopolitical concerns and make them sound like a load of woolly pinko arsewipe.)
The context is climate change, if that helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai
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Originally Posted by S Landreth
if they can get covid in the US under control by the end of 2021 and have the economy back on its feet by 2023, then she's got a very good chance.
he won't run again.Quote:
Originally Posted by S Landreth
he's going to play it up for the next 3.5 years, but he's not going to run because he's afraid to lose.
it could be argued that entering the race in 2016 and drawing to an inside straight is the worst thing that could have happened to him.
If he even makes it that far. Hate consumes old boomer souls. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by raycarey