Thread: President Joe Biden

Originally Posted by elche

What a stark difference between Biden and the menace as Biden prepares to take office.

Biden's already in gear meanwhile Trump's golfing and being a professional greviancer on Twitter.

He basically isn't even governing at this point. I saw somewhere earlier there have been no security briefings since Oct.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

I saw somewhere earlier there have been no security

As in contrast of:

Will Hunter Biden accept a Secret Service detail again? Joe's troubled son dropped protection when his dad was VP - after his financial ties to Burisma were revealed (Picture)

Hunter Biden was on Sunday weighing up whether to accept protection from the Secret Service after his father became president-elect of the United States.

Hunter, 50, lives in Los Angeles with his South African-born wife Melissa, 34, and their seven-month-old son.

In the case of the president’s immediate family, the agency is required by law to provide round-the-clock security unless it is told not to.

Few have declined Secret Service protection, although for an adult with an independent life it can be a challenge.

Hunter was provided with a Secret Service detail when his father entered the White House from 2009, but stopped the protection in July 2014, shortly after Time magazine published an article highlighting his financial ties to Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural gas conglomerate.

A report by the Senate Homeland Security Committee released in September indicates the younger Biden took 411 domestic and international flights upon which the federal government provided security between June 2009 and July 2014.

Secret Service flight logs show that Hunter Biden traveled to at least 29 foreign countries, including one trip to Russia and five visits to China, respectively.

All of Donald Trump's children have accepted Secret Service protection - although Donald Trump Jr, 42, briefly rejected it.

In September 2017 Trump Jr, an avid camper and hunter, was reported to have said he no longer wanted their protection as he was seeking more privacy than he could expect with a contingent of agents accompanying him everywhere.

Less than a month later, he took it again for unspecified reasons, and with the Secret Service refusing to confirm any details.

When his father was in the White House, Hunter Biden received protection for some of the time - including when he tested positive for cocaine.

Agents are not supposed to stop their charges from wrongdoing, but inevitably buying drugs with agents on hand is challenging.

Will Hunter Biden accept a Secret Service detail again? Joe's troubled son dropped protection when his dad was VP - after his financial ties to Burisma were revealed (Picture) - Hide Out Now

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

He basically isn't even governing at this point.

What's new?

How do mostly atheist teakdoor members feel about that?

Is he religious ?

Or is it facade ?

Anyway:

Religious people shouldn't be allowed to hold office or vote


Now chew on that one

Probably better than having a satanist.

Originally Posted by Edmond

Probably better than having a satanist.

Like the Skull and Bones fellas ?

Been there a couple of times

what is the MILF ?

Originally Posted by baldrick

what is the MILF ?

What is your favorite Bible verse?

“We walk by faith and not by sight,” from the Second Letter to the Corinthians. It’s a reminder that God will see us through to the other side of whatever challenge we’re facing so long as we do the work and hold onto our faith. Like many people of faith, I have private conversations with God where I usually ask for the strength and protection to make good decisions and do the right thing.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Biden's already in gear meanwhile Trump's golfing and being a professional greviancer on Twitter.

He basically isn't even governing at this point. I saw somewhere earlier there have been no security briefings since Oct.

To be fair when I decided to leave my last job I basically did nothing for the last few weeks.

^ Did you receive a wage bonus?

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

^ Did you receive a wage bonus?

I stole a lot of stationary if that counts.

How Joe Biden plans to use executive powers to fight climate change

Campaign press secretary Jamal Brown told us that Biden has come up with at least 10 executive actions to pursue off the bat:

• Requiring aggressive methane pollution limits for new oil and gas operations.
• Using the federal government procurement system — which spends $500 billion every year — to drive toward 100 percent clean energy and zero-emissions vehicles.
• Ensuring that all US government installations, buildings, and facilities are more efficient and climate-ready, harnessing the purchasing power and supply chains to drive innovation.
• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation — the fastest growing source of US climate pollution — by preserving and implementing the existing Clean Air Act, and developing rigorous new fuel economy standards aimed at ensuring 100 percent of new light- and medium-duty vehicles will be electrified and annual improvements are made for heavy-duty vehicles.
• Doubling down on the liquid fuels of the future, which make agriculture a key part of the solution to climate change. Advanced biofuels, made with materials like switchgrass and algae, can create jobs and new solutions to reduce emissions in planes, oceangoing vessels, and more.
• Saving consumers money and reducing emissions through new, aggressive appliance and building efficiency standards.
• Committing that every federal infrastructure investment should reduce climate pollution, and require any federal permitting decision to consider the effects of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
• Requiring public companies to disclose climate risks and the greenhouse gas emissions in their operations and supply chains.
• Protecting biodiversity, slowing extinction rates and helping leverage natural climate solutions by conserving 30 percent of America’s lands and waters by 2030.
• Protecting America’s natural treasures by permanently protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other areas impacted by President Trump’s attacks on federal lands and waters, establishing national parks and monuments that reflect America’s natural heritage, banning new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters, modifying royalties to account for climate costs, and establishing targeted programs to enhance reforestation and develop renewables on federal lands and waters, with the goal of doubling offshore wind by 2030.

These actions are only a slice of how Biden plans to address climate change, and there may be more. There are also more contentious executive actions Biden could potentially take, like revoking authorization for the Keystone XL pipeline or denying oil and liquefied natural gas export licenses.: Joe Biden and climate change: 10 executive actions President-elect Biden is planning - Vox

Originally Posted by armstrong

I'll pick you up a personality while I'm there.

Originally Posted by S Landreth

How Joe Biden plans to use executive powers to fight climate change

With the oil price in the shitter and the demand curve likely to flatten going forward, you have to wonder whether or not the cost of drilling will make it a pointless exercise sooner rather than later.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

you have to wonder whether or not the cost of drilling will make it a pointless exercise sooner rather than later.

We can only hope.

How Fox News personalities previously talked about election results
~ 2 minutes

They're fucked off because they know Biden is going to tax them.

President Biden has named a White House Chief of Staff and immigration news…….

• Biden announces Ron Klain will be White House chief of staff

Joe Biden has named longtime aide Ron Klain as his White House chief of staff, the transition team announced late Wednesday. Klain is the first White House official the president-elect has announced since winning last week’s election.

A veteran Democratic operative, Klain first worked for Biden in the late 1980s when Biden was a senator from Delaware and later served as Vice President Biden’s chief of staff.

Klain had long been considered a frontrunner for the position given his history with Biden and experience dealing with both a public health crisis and an economic recession. But there were still murmurings of dissent given Klain’s decision to help Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2016 while Biden was still contemplating running. That angered people among a team of longtime Biden aides who prize loyalty.

After the 2016 election, however, Biden adviser Steve Ricchetti arranged a lunch between Klain and Biden to clear the air. Since then, Klain has been back in Biden’s orbit and has helped on general political strategy since before Biden’s campaign launch in the Spring of 2019. In August, Klain took leave from his political consulting firm to be an unpaid senior adviser to Biden’s campaign.: Biden announces Ron Klain will be White House chief of staff - POLITICO

• Biden Will Move Quickly To Dismantle Some Of Trump’s Signature Immigration Initiatives

The Biden administration plans to restore protection for people brought to the U.S. illegally as minors and stop using Pentagon funds to build a border wall. Biden unveiled a detailed, highly ambitious plan on immigration, but it will take time to undo many actions taken by Trump.

BIG, EARLY MOVES

Biden has said he will move quickly to undo some of Trump’s signature immigration initiatives. The border wall? The roughly 400 miles (644 kilometers) built so far won’t come down but the new administration won’t keep building it or taking money from the Pentagon to fund it over the objections of Congress.

The incoming administration plans to reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which currently shields from deportation about 650,000 people who came to the country when they were young. He plans to overturn the travel ban on people visiting the United States from 13 countries, many of them Muslim-majority.: Biden Will Move Quickly To Dismantle Trump’s Immigration Initiatives

Here are the world leaders who congratulated Joe Biden

Justin Trudeau
Boris Johnson
Emmanuel Macron
Angela Merkel
Micheál Martin
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Scott Morrison
Moon Jae-in
Yoshihide Suga
Pope Francis

Here are the world leaders who congratulated Joe Biden - CNNPolitics - Pope Francis Becomes Latest World Leader To Congratulate Joe Biden

Originally Posted by S Landreth

A while ago while watching the news and I overheard Biden thanking some supporters,…….. “see you at the inauguration”. I thought Biden might hold a small private (invitation only) indoor event because of Covid.

Sent a note to my daughter asking if she wanted to attend. She was thrilled.

I will try to post some pictures.

Update.

Just received a call from my congressman’s office about my request for tickets (up close). She told me they don’t have any tickets yet and are not sure IF it is going to be held because of Covid.

Originally Posted by S Landreth

Update.

Just received a call from my congressman’s office about my request for tickets (up close). She told me they don’t have any tickets yet and are not sure IF it is going to be held because of Covid.

And because he hasn't officially won yet.
It ain't over till the electoral college sings.

Originally Posted by S Landreth

Update.

Just received a call from my congressman’s office about my request for tickets (up close). She told me they don’t have any tickets yet and are not sure IF it is going to be held because of Covid.

As I said earlier. Even a baldy orange loser size crowd would spread the bug, especially if trumpanzees turn up.