Thread: President Joe Biden

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Looks like Biden plans on unfucking baldy orange loser's disastrous attacks on the JCPOA deal. Good.

What a waste of time spending so much effort on undoing the idiotic and harmful actions of Trump

His (fountain) pen gets hot, so many to sign - cleaning up the mess left over ...

All of President Biden’s key executive orders — in one chart
Published: Jan. 29, 2021 at 3:49 p.m. ET

New president also deploys memorandums, proclamations, other executive actions

As people and markets around the world adjust to having Joe Biden as U.S. president, a key factor is what the veteran Democratic politician aims to accomplish without having to work with Congress.

Biden is making use of executive orders that affect health care XLV, -0.84%, the energy sector XLE, -3.32%, prison stocks and other areas.

Below is a table showing orders that he signed on Jan. 20, his first day in office, as well as other executive actions that have followed or are expected.

Read:Oil and gas interests say drilling pause only hurts already struggling Americans

And see:Where are Biden’s clean-energy jobs and how much do they pay?

Key Biden executive actions
SUBJECT TYPE OF ACTION DATE
Re-engage with World Health Organization End withdrawal process Jan. 20
Create position of COVID-19 response coordinator Executive order Jan. 20
Rejoin Paris climate agreement Sign an "instrument" Jan. 20
Revoke permit for Keystone XL pipeline, pause energy leasing in ANWR Executive order Jan. 20
Ask agencies to extend eviction/foreclosure moratoriums Request Jan. 20
Ask Education Dept. to extend student-loan pause Request Jan. 20
Launch an initiative to advance racial equity, end "1776 Commission" Executive order Jan. 20
Revoke order that aims to exclude undocumented immigrants from census Executive order Jan. 20
Preserve/fortify DACA, which helps "Dreamers" Memorandum Jan. 20
Require masks/distancing on all federal property and by federal workers Executive order Jan. 20
Reverse travel ban targeting primarily Muslim countries Executive order Jan. 20
Stop construction of border wall Proclamation Jan. 20
Combat discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity Executive order Jan. 20
Require ethics pledge for executive-branch personnel Executive order Jan. 20
Modernize and improve regulatory review Memorandum Jan. 20
End "harsh and extreme immigration enforcement" Executive order Jan. 20
Extend protection from deportation for Liberians in U.S. Memorandum Jan. 20
Revoke certain executive orders concerning federal regulation Executive order Jan. 20
Freeze any new or pending regulations Memorandum Jan. 20
Fill supply shortfalls in fight vs. COVID-19 with Defense Production Act, other measures Executive order Jan. 21
Increase FEMA reimbursement to states for National Guard, PPE Memorandum Jan. 21
Establish “COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board,” expand testing Executive order Jan. 21
Bolster access to COVID-19 treatments and clinical care Executive order Jan. 21
Improve collection/analysis of COVID-related data Executive order Jan. 21
Mount vaccination campaign amid goals such as 100 million shots in 100 days Directives Jan. 21
Provide guidance on safely reopening schools Executive order Jan. 21
OSHA guidance for keeping workers safe from COVID-19 Executive order Jan. 21
Require face masks at airports, other modes of transportation Executive order Jan. 21
Establish a “COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force” Executive order Jan. 21
Support international response to COVID-19, “restore U.S. global leadership” Directive Jan. 21
Ask agencies to boost food aid, improve delivery of stimulus checks Executive order Jan. 22
Restore collective bargaining power for federal workers Executive order Jan. 22
Repeal ban on transgender people serving openly in U.S. military Executive order Jan. 25
Tighten ‘Buy American’ rules in government procurement Executive order Jan. 25
Reinstate coronavirus travel restrictions on Brazil, most of Europe Proclamation Jan. 25
End the Justice Department’s use of private prisons Executive order Jan. 26
Directs HUD to address discriminatory housing practices Memorandum Jan. 26
Combat racism against Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders Memorandum Jan. 26
Directs agencies to engage in consultations with tribal governments Memorandum Jan. 26
Pause new oil and gas leasing on U.S. lands/waters, elevate climate change as national-security, foreign-policy priority Executive order Jan. 27
Re-establish President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Executive order Jan. 27
Directs agencies to make decisions on best available science, evidence Memorandum Jan. 27
Reopen Obamacare marketplaces, lower recent barriers to joining Medicaid Executive order Jan. 28
Lift certain restrictions on abortion funding Memorandum Jan. 28
End “Remain in Mexico” program aimed at Central American asylum seekers TBD Feb. 2
Start roll back of “public charge rule,” which imposes a wealth test on would-be immigrants TBD Feb. 2
Create task force to reunite migrant families separated at the border TBD Feb. 2

FLASHBACK: BIDEN SAID ‘YOU CAN’T LEGISLATE BY EXECUTIVE ORDERS UNLESS YOU’RE A DICTATOR’

This video from the 15th October 2020 speaks for itself.

During a town hall broadcast by ABC News just over a fortnight before the election, Joe Biden was discussing his tax proposals when he declared that in order to see them implemented he would need votes and approval from Congress.

“I have this strange notion. We are a democracy,” Biden sardonically declared, pointing out that “Some of my Republican friends, and some of my Democratic friends occasionally say ‘well if you can’t get the votes, by executive order you’re going to do something'”.

“You can’t do it by executive order, unless you’re a dictator,” Biden declared, adding “We’re a democracy, we need consensus.”

FLASHBACK: Biden Said ‘You Can’t Legislate By Executive Orders Unless You’re A Dictator’

^ Ignorance on steroids. Signing a list of exec. orders is standard procedure in the first term of newly elected presidents particularly in the first quarter. Trump signed 220 of them. Where is your outrage, stooge?

Originally Posted by Klondyke

Stop construction of border wall Proclamation Jan. 20

Gotta love this one. Done on Day 1.

Originally Posted by elche

^ Ignorance on steroids. Signing a list of exec. orders is standard procedure in the first term of newly elected presidents particularly in the first quarter. Trump signed 220 of them. Where is your outrage, stooge?

Oh don't worry, it's Klondick, he hasn't got a fucking clue what he's on about.

Originally Posted by panama hat

on undoing the idiotic and harmful actions of Trump

except drumpf would be unable to point out Iran on a world map

the point being that there are a lot of people who inhabit or did inhabit the upper echelons of american decision making who wanted this to happen

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Oh don't worry, it's Klondick, he hasn't got a fucking clue what he's on about.

Hr can write . . . badly . . . but doesn't actually know what he's saying in his Russian/English translator

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by elche
^ Ignorance on steroids. Signing a list of exec. orders is standard procedure in the first term of newly elected presidents particularly in the first quarter. Trump signed 220 of them. Where is your outrage, stooge?

Oh don't worry, it's Klondick, he hasn't got a fucking clue what he's on about.

(But there are some others who've got a fucking clue, aren't they?)
(But we don't trust the MSM, do we?)


Ease Up on the Executive Actions, Joe

President Biden is right to not let his agenda be held hostage, but legislating through Congress is a better path.

By The Editorial Board

Jan. 27, 2021

President Biden is moving aggressively to turn the page on the Trump era.

A week into his presidency, Mr. Biden has issued a raft of executive orders and other actions. Already, he has committed to rejoining the Paris climate change agreement, ended the Muslim travel ban, canceled the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, rescinded funding for and halted construction on the wall at the southern border, reaffirmed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, mandated mask-wearing on federal grounds, moved to end the federal government’s reliance on private prisons, reversed the ban on transgender military service and called for agency assessments aimed at advancing racial equity — just to name a few. The coming days will bring more such action.

These moves are being met with cheers by Democrats and others eager to see the legacy of Donald Trump’s presidency dismantled posthaste. Republicans, meanwhile, are grumbling about presidential overreach and accusing Mr. Biden of betraying his pledge to seek unity.

In other words, things are going the same way they often do in Washington. “There’s a sort of tribalism when it comes to the use of executive orders,” observes John Hudak, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution. “When your party’s in the White House, it’s the greatest thing on earth. When your party’s out, it’s undemocratic. It’s basically Satan’s pen.”

But this is no way to make law. A polarized, narrowly divided Congress may offer Mr. Biden little choice but to employ executive actions or see his entire agenda held hostage. These directives, however, are a flawed substitute for legislation. They are intended to provide guidance to the government and need to work within the discretion granted the executive by existing law or the Constitution. They do not create new law — though executive orders carry the force of law — and they are not meant to serve as an end run around the will of Congress. By design, such actions are more limited in what they can achieve than legislation, and presidents who overreach invite intervention by the courts.

But legal limitations are not the only — or even perhaps the biggest — point of concern. Executive actions are far more ephemeral and easily discarded than legislation, which can set up a whipsaw effect, as each president scrambles to undo the work of his predecessor. Just as Mr. Trump set about reversing as many of President Barack Obama’s directives as possible, Mr. Biden is now working to reverse many of Mr. Trump’s reversals. With executive orders, there is always another presidential election just a few years off, threatening to upend everything.

This creates instability and uncertainty that can carry significant economic as well as human costs. Just consider how the Dreamers, immigrants illegally brought to the United States as minors, have had their lives disrupted in recent years. Mr. Obama established DACA to protect them from deportation. Upon taking office, Mr. Trump moved to end the program, setting off years of legal challenges and throwing these people’s lives into a nightmarish limbo. Mr. Biden now has moved to reaffirm the protections. The fragility of the Dreamers’ status has been laid bare. Presidents have wide latitude, both constitutionally and statutorily, to set immigration policy. But Dreamers deserve better than to be subject to the whims of whoever holds the White House. It is long past time for Congress to establish a clearer, more permanent path for them.

Executive actions can signal priorities — for instance, Mr. Biden’s push to promote racial equity or tackle climate change. Mr. Trump was good at the theatrical part of this, if not so much at providing actual guidance. His directives tended to be vague and sloppy — “bumper stickers rather than pamphlets,” as Mr. Hudak put it.

Undoing some of Mr. Trump’s excesses is necessary, but Mr. Biden’s legacy will depend on his ability to hammer out agreements with Congress. On the campaign trail, he often touted his skill at finding compromise, and his decades as a legislator, as reasons to elect him over Mr. Trump. The country faces significant challenges to recovering from the pandemic, from a global recession, from years of safety nets and institutions and trust being eroded. Now it is time for the new president to show the American people what permanent change for a better nation can look like.

Opinion | Ease Up on the Executive Actions, Joe - The New York Times

Originally Posted by panama hat

Hr can write . . . badly .

Hrrrrrr, where are you, please learn to write...

Originally Posted by Klondyke

But there are some others who've got a fucking clue, aren't they?

'there' . . . and yes. You're not one of them

White House’s Kate Bedingfield slams NY Times editorial on Biden’s executive orders
By Yaron Steinbuch January 28, 2021

White House communications director Kate Bedingfield on Thursday slammed the New York Times over its editorial calling for President Biden to “ease up” on executive actions.

“As the NYT ed board criticizes President Biden this am for taking swift executive action to reverse the most egregious actions of the Trump Admin, I can’t help but recall that during the primary they encouraged voters to consider what a president could accomplish through exec Action,” Bedingfield said in a tweet.

“So my question is which actions that the President took to reverse Donald Trump’s executive orders would they have liked to see him not pursue?” the comms chief continued.

“Of course we are also pursuing our agenda through legislation. It’s why we are working so hard to get the American Rescue Plan passed, for starters!” she added.

In its editorial, the Gray Lady noted that the president has issued a slew of executive orders, including committing to rejoin the Paris climate agreement, ending the travel ban from countries with heightened terror concerns, canceling the permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, halting construction of the border wall with Mexico and mandating mask-wearing on federal property.

“These moves are being met with cheers by Democrats and others eager to see the legacy of Donald Trump’s presidency dismantled posthaste,” the Times piece says.

“Republicans, meanwhile, are grumbling about presidential overreach and accusing Mr. Biden of betraying his pledge to seek unity.”

The Times continued: “But this is no way to make law. A polarized, narrowly divided Congress may offer Mr. Biden little choice but to employ executive actions or see his entire agenda held hostage.

“These directives, however, are a flawed substitute for legislation. They are intended to provide guidance to the government and need to work within the discretion granted the executive by existing law or the Constitution,” it continued.

“They do not create new law — though executive orders carry the force of law — and they are not meant to serve as an end run around the will of Congress.”

It added: “Undoing some of Mr. Trump’s excesses is necessary, but Mr. Biden’s legacy will depend on his ability to hammer out agreements with Congress.”

Bedingfield slams NY Times' editorial on Biden's executive orders

Originally Posted by baldrick

except drumpf would be unable to point out Iran on a world map

the point being that there are a lot of people who inhabit or did inhabit the upper echelons of american decision making who wanted this to happen

Maybe, but the reason baldy orange cunto did it was that Fox News had been slagging off Obama for it since he did it, claiming he had paid the Iranians $100Bn when in fact it was actually their money.

Baldy would have heard about this because he watches Fox News, and he knew it would go down well with the trumpanzees.

So he didn't actually need to know where Iran was, or even what the details of the deal were, just that the trumpanzees would see it as "pwning the libtards".

^ Not only that, she is also ok to listen to, the White House has got a real press secretary after four years of amateur ones.
This lady is professional!

Does she ever change her T shirt?

Originally Posted by sabang

Does she ever change her T shirt?

Not while live on air.

Originally Posted by sabang

Does she ever change her T shirt?

That shirt exposes her assets best. So that's why I posed 2 with that shirt . Some other outfits make her look average

Originally Posted by Backspin

So that's why I posed 2 with that shirt

That's you? Another Skidmark lie . . . is there no end to your making shit up?

Originally Posted by S Landreth

if their advice is needed.

Seeing as his advice will never be needed . . . good decision

Originally Posted by S Landreth

Just for fun.

. . . because he's not an abrasive man-child.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Seeing as his advice will never be needed . . . good decision

He could give only such stupid advice as to get out from Afgh., Iraq, Syria, you name it... (so, where else they would go? The MacDonalds and similar are lockdown and ...)

Originally Posted by Klondyke

He could give only such stupid advice

Which is still far more intelligent than yours . . . FOK

Originally Posted by Klondyke

He could give only such stupid advice as to get out from Afgh., Iraq, Syria

to pull out is easier said then done when you already are in.
Trump has nothing to teach there, his withdrawals were far from successes..

Originally Posted by Klondyke

He could give only such stupid advice as to get out from Afgh., Iraq, Syria, you name it... (so, where else they would go? The MacDonalds and similar are lockdown and ...)

Translation.......The snake oil salesman,the messiah to the brain dead, was a great president,
and Klondyke is sad that the imposter didn’t get another 4 years.