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Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
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"Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are a threat to the very soul of this country". -President Joe Biden
The Biden administration this week is expected to announce the first 10 prescription drugs the federal government will negotiate under a new federal law that aims to reduce the cost of Medicare's most expensive medicines.
For the first time, the federal government is allowed to negotiate drug prices for older Americans because of the Inflation Reduction Act, the sweeping climate and health legislation passed by Congress last year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must publish the list of 10 drugs by Friday, but administration officials have signaled the announcement could come earlier in the week. --Ken Alltucker; USA Today; Medicare's priciest drugs may get cheaper as feds start negotiations. Big Pharma objects. 8.27.23
For the first time, the federal government is allowed to negotiate drug prices for older Americans because of the Inflation Reduction Act, the sweeping climate and health legislation passed by Congress last year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must publish the list of 10 drugs by Friday, but administration officials have signaled the announcement could come earlier in the week. --Ken Alltucker; USA Today; Medicare's priciest drugs may get cheaper as feds start negotiations. Big Pharma objects. 8.27.23
With one day before the Nov. 8 election, both Democratic and Republican leaders portrayed confidence and optimism heading into the home stretch.
President Joe Biden will stick close to home on Monday, campaigning in Maryland for gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore. Former President Donald Trump returns to Ohio to rally support around Republican Senate candidate JD Vance. Both were out over the weekend, along with former President Bill Clinton, spending time on on both coasts to rally their party faithful and try to persuade any remaining undecided voters to come to their side of the aisle. --USA Today: Election 2022 live updates: Justice Department sending monitors to battleground states 11.7.22
President Joe Biden will stick close to home on Monday, campaigning in Maryland for gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore. Former President Donald Trump returns to Ohio to rally support around Republican Senate candidate JD Vance. Both were out over the weekend, along with former President Bill Clinton, spending time on on both coasts to rally their party faithful and try to persuade any remaining undecided voters to come to their side of the aisle. --USA Today: Election 2022 live updates: Justice Department sending monitors to battleground states 11.7.22
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"Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit."
-President Joe Biden; 10.6.22
"We must remain unified today and tomorrow and the day after ... it will not be easy. There will be cost, but it's a price we have to pay because the darkness that drives autocracy is only no match for the flame of liberty that lights the souls of free people everywhere......In the perennial struggle for democracy and freedom, Ukraine and its people are on the front lines, fighting to save their nation and their brave resistance is part of a larger fight for essential democratic principles that unite all free people." -- President Joe Biden 3.26.22
May 15, 2020:
They say that if you live long enough, you’ll get to experience nearly everything, and so it has been for Joe Biden, who has lived to see history’s first Zoom presidential campaign. Unfortunately for him, it’s his. Nobody looks good on Zoom—or FaceTime or Skype or any of the other online simulacra of human interaction that the lockdown has forced upon us. It diminishes all the distractions and intangibles that give life texture and zest, that make life seem rather pleasanter than it is. Did anyone fully understand just how unfunny late-night talk-show hosts are—take your pick; I pick Stephen Colbert—until the pandemic forced them online and deprived them of the Pavlovian and highly implausible laughter of their studio audiences? So too with political campaigns.
--Andrew Ferguson; The Atlantic; Biden’s Virtual Campaign Is a Disaster
They say that if you live long enough, you’ll get to experience nearly everything, and so it has been for Joe Biden, who has lived to see history’s first Zoom presidential campaign. Unfortunately for him, it’s his. Nobody looks good on Zoom—or FaceTime or Skype or any of the other online simulacra of human interaction that the lockdown has forced upon us. It diminishes all the distractions and intangibles that give life texture and zest, that make life seem rather pleasanter than it is. Did anyone fully understand just how unfunny late-night talk-show hosts are—take your pick; I pick Stephen Colbert—until the pandemic forced them online and deprived them of the Pavlovian and highly implausible laughter of their studio audiences? So too with political campaigns.
--Andrew Ferguson; The Atlantic; Biden’s Virtual Campaign Is a Disaster
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May 21, 2023: BBC: US debt ceiling: Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy seek to break impasse
President Joe Biden and top Republican Kevin McCarthy have spoken on the phone, in a change of tone in stalled talks on lifting the US debt ceiling. Mr Biden told reporters the call "went well" and the two would talk again on Monday, as he arrived back at the White House from the G7 summit in Japan. The two sides remain at odds over budget cuts demanded by the Republicans as a condition for raising the ceiling. May 5, 2023: The Highlands Current: Lawler Has First Challenger
Meanwhile, Axios reported on Tuesday (May 2) that President Joe Biden plans to nominate Maloney as ambassador to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris. If approved by the U.S. Senate, he would succeed former Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, who will be nominated to be ambassador to Italy. April 23, 2023: KARK: Arkansas delegation share support for House debt limit bill
According to the Associated Press, President Joe Biden said he was willing to negotiate with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, but not on the debt limit. “Happy to meet with McCarthy, but not on whether or not the debt limit gets extended,” Biden said. “That’s not negotiable.” May 5, 2023: NBC: Flush with cash, the IRS is offering a more accurate picture of when the U.S. will hit debt ceiling
The closer the nation gets to potential default, the more perilous the nation’s financial standing and the more accurate X-date forecasts become, economists say. President Joe Biden has invited the top four congressional leaders to the White House on Tuesday for talks — signaling the growing fears of a default. May 1, 2023: Reuters: US may default on June 1 without debt ceiling hike; Biden, McCarthy to meet
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday summoned the four top congressional leaders to the White House next week after the Treasury warned the government could run short of cash to pay its bills by June. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a letter to Congress that the agency will be unlikely to meet all U.S. government payment obligations "potentially as early as June 1" without action by Congress. April 18, 2023: WDSU: Republicans object to replacing Feinstein on Judiciary panel
Republicans blocked a Democratic request to temporarily replace California Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, leaving Democrats with few options for moving some of President Joe Biden's stalled judicial nominees. April 7, 2023: LGBTQ Nation: Tennessee House expels two Black male members but not the White female member
“Three kids and three officials gunned down in yet another mass shooting,” President Joe Biden (D) was moved to write on Twitter. “And what are GOP officials focused on? Punishing lawmakers who joined thousands of peaceful protesters calling for action. It’s shocking, undemocratic, and without precedent.” March 14, 2023: GIS Report: U.S. congressional infighting is more than meets the eye
This time, the debt limit is shaping up differently. Speaker McCarthy has already declared that the limit will be raised. While President Joe Biden has promised not to negotiate over it, many believe he will be incentivized to do so if he can take the issue off the table for the rest of his term Feb 25, 2023: NPR: In East Palestine, who 'shows up' isn't necessarily a sign of who's helping
As President Biden took what was by all accounts a daring trip to Ukraine as Russia's war on the country was heading toward its one-year anniversary, Republicans were criticizing Biden for going there instead of East Palestine. 
2.23.21 Feb 23, 2021: Fortune Reports that People are criticizing Joe Biden for going to Ukraine instead of Ohio. It took 4 months of complex logistics to plan the trip to Ukraine. In Ohio, Gov. DeWine was offered all of the resources of the Federal Government and he declined claiming all was under control. Feb 21, 2023: Vox: Why isn’t Joe Biden getting credit for the economic recovery?
The short answer is, of course, inflation. Prices are still much higher at this point than they were two years ago, and news about expensive eggs and expensive housing are likely still putting a damper on our collective sense of an improving economy. The White House and its allies face an economic and political conundrum: though inflation is still high, almost every major economic indicator shows that the economy is healthier than when Biden took office, but the general mood among Americans is still sour. “The bad news of the economy (rising inflation, declining real incomes) has outweighed the good news (mostly consistent growth in GDP, low unemployment),” John Sides, a political scientist at Vanderbilt University, said. “Negative economic news is both more prevalent in news coverage and is also more salient to consumers, relative to positive economic news. So even in an economy with mixed signals, the bad news wins out.” Feb 7, 2023: Yahoo News: Republican response to Biden State of the Union speech speeds decline of civility in politics
The response from many Republican lawmakers to President Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday marked a new low for civility in politics in the United States. Interrupted multiple times by jeering, boos and accusations of lying by GOP members, Biden gamely endured the taunts, at times seeming to revel in the prospect of egging on his political opponents, calling them out over threats to refuse to raise the debt ceiling and other contentious issues. |
January 5, 1971: Biden became a Member of the New Castle County Council from the 4th district.
December 18, 1972: Joe Bidens wife, Neila, and his daughter, Naomi, was killed in a car accident along rural Valley Road in Hockessin, Delaware
January 3, 1973: Joe Biden begins his first term as a United States Senator from Delaware
June 9, 1987: Biden formally declared his candidacy for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination.
September 23, 1987: Biden withdrew his candidacy, saying it had been overrun by "the exaggerated shadow" of his past mistakes. January 3, 2008: Biden placed fifth in the Iowa caucuses, garnering slightly less than one percent of the state delegates. He withdrew from the race that evening.
August 22, 2008: Barack Obama announced that Biden would be his running mate. August 27, 2008: Biden was officially nominated for vice president by voice vote at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. October 2, 2008: Biden participated in the vice-presidential debate with Sarah Palin at Washington University in St. Louis. November 4, 2008: Obama and Biden were elected with 53% of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes to McCain–Palin's 173. “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black" -Joe Biden 5.22.20
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Jan 18, 2023; Maine Wire: Biden Document Flap Gives Dems Convenient Excuse to Toss Him Overboard for 2024
At a time when more than a third of Americans are telling the Pew Research Foundation it’s a bad sign than more than 50 percent of young people today are living with their parents, one might think President Joe Biden was pretty lucky to have been reportedly raking in almost $50,000 a month from his son Hunter to live on the family estate in Delaware.
But in Washington whenever a special counsel is appointed to investigate you, chances are “lucky” isn’t the first word that springs to tongue.
At a time when more than a third of Americans are telling the Pew Research Foundation it’s a bad sign than more than 50 percent of young people today are living with their parents, one might think President Joe Biden was pretty lucky to have been reportedly raking in almost $50,000 a month from his son Hunter to live on the family estate in Delaware.
But in Washington whenever a special counsel is appointed to investigate you, chances are “lucky” isn’t the first word that springs to tongue.
Jan 9, 2023: Axios: Classified docs from Biden's VP days found in private office
President Biden's special counsel confirmed Monday that classified documents from his time as vice president were discovered in a private office space and turned over to the National Archives in November.
President Biden's special counsel confirmed Monday that classified documents from his time as vice president were discovered in a private office space and turned over to the National Archives in November.
Dec 29, 2022: SpectrumNews1: Biden signs $1.7 trillion bill funding government operations
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through the end of the federal budget year in September 2023, and provide tens of billions of dollars in new aid to Ukraine for its fight against the Russian military.
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through the end of the federal budget year in September 2023, and provide tens of billions of dollars in new aid to Ukraine for its fight against the Russian military.
Dec 23, 2022: CNN: Bidens read to children at National Children’s Hospital ahead of Christmas weekend
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden met with patients at National Children’s Hospital in Washington on Friday, carrying on a longstanding tradition during the holiday season.
The first couple, sporting cloth masks, met with pediatric patients, their families and hospital staff, greeting leadership and emergency department workers. Dr. Biden read Ezra Jack Keats’ “The Snowy Day” before the Bidens visited with children and their families in the cardiac intensive care unit.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden met with patients at National Children’s Hospital in Washington on Friday, carrying on a longstanding tradition during the holiday season.
The first couple, sporting cloth masks, met with pediatric patients, their families and hospital staff, greeting leadership and emergency department workers. Dr. Biden read Ezra Jack Keats’ “The Snowy Day” before the Bidens visited with children and their families in the cardiac intensive care unit.
Dec 15, 2022: USA Today: These charts show how Trump's 2024 bid is losing steam
Donald Trump is in a slump.
Support for the former president's 2024 presidential bid has declined as he faces significant midterm losses and courtroom setbacks, an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll found.
Among all voters, Trump has fallen further behind President Joe Biden in a hypothetical rematch. Meanwhile, Republicans are leaning in to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a possible 2024 presidential candidate and Trump opponent.
Donald Trump is in a slump.
Support for the former president's 2024 presidential bid has declined as he faces significant midterm losses and courtroom setbacks, an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll found.
Among all voters, Trump has fallen further behind President Joe Biden in a hypothetical rematch. Meanwhile, Republicans are leaning in to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a possible 2024 presidential candidate and Trump opponent.
Dec 12, 2022: Newsweek: Gavin Newsom Visits Border After Biden Said He Had 'More Important' Issues
Conservatives calling on President Joe Biden to assess the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border for months have largely been left wanting, with the administration maintaining there are "more important" issues facing the country in a gaggle with reporters last week.
Conservatives calling on President Joe Biden to assess the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border for months have largely been left wanting, with the administration maintaining there are "more important" issues facing the country in a gaggle with reporters last week.
Some Republicans have signaled that they hope their probes will lead to impeachments — namely of President Joe Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. While in the minority the past two years, House Republicans introduced 14 impeachment resolutions, more than three times the number Democrats did in the first two years of Donald Trump’s presidency.
However, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the favorite to become the next House speaker, has tried to tamp down on such talk. He has said impeachment should not be used as a political weapon, although he’s left the door open for it “if anyone ever rises to that occasion.”
Spectrum News NY1: Now in charge of House, Republicans expected to investigate Hunter Biden, Afghanistan withdrawal, more 11.16.22
However, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the favorite to become the next House speaker, has tried to tamp down on such talk. He has said impeachment should not be used as a political weapon, although he’s left the door open for it “if anyone ever rises to that occasion.”
Spectrum News NY1: Now in charge of House, Republicans expected to investigate Hunter Biden, Afghanistan withdrawal, more 11.16.22
ABC30: President Joe Biden calls 'emergency' meeting after missile hits Poland
President Joe Biden called an “emergency” meeting of G7 and NATO leaders in Indonesia Wednesday morning for consultations after NATO-ally Poland said a “Russian-made” missile killed two people in the eastern part of its country near the Ukraine border. 11.15.22
President Joe Biden called an “emergency” meeting of G7 and NATO leaders in Indonesia Wednesday morning for consultations after NATO-ally Poland said a “Russian-made” missile killed two people in the eastern part of its country near the Ukraine border. 11.15.22
Texas Climate News: TCN Digest: Reading some of the tea leaves left by mid-term voters Republican victories in Texas mean explicit, state-level climate action seems sure to be a continuing nonstarter. But the failure of a “red wave” to materialize nationally means Biden’s legislative achievements appear secure. 11.11.22
New York Times: Why OPEC Is Cutting Oil Production (and Why There’s Not Much the U.S. Can Do About It) Washington is furious at Saudi Arabia: Members of Congress are demanding to freeze all cooperation, halt arms sales for a year and remove American troops and missile systems from the kingdom. President Biden warned of “consequences.” 10.24.22
Axios: President Biden reveals his intentions for the 2024 race 10.22.22
Reuters: Biden, campaigning for Oregon's Kotek, warns about Trump's impact on states
U.S. President Joe Biden warned that former President Donald Trump's hold on the Republican Party would spill into state government on Saturday during an event to boost Democrat Tina Kotek in Oregon's tight race for governor. 10.15.22
U.S. President Joe Biden warned that former President Donald Trump's hold on the Republican Party would spill into state government on Saturday during an event to boost Democrat Tina Kotek in Oregon's tight race for governor. 10.15.22
The Guardian: Inconvenience fee: how Biden is taking on companies’ sneaky charges
They are one of the banes of modern life: “junk fees”. And they are paid for a vast list of things from terminating cellphone contracts early, to checking baggage on an airplane and getting an overdraft on a bank account. What’s worse, is many of these fees are hard to find, or hidden until it’s time to pay, and they impact poor people the most.10.9.22
They are one of the banes of modern life: “junk fees”. And they are paid for a vast list of things from terminating cellphone contracts early, to checking baggage on an airplane and getting an overdraft on a bank account. What’s worse, is many of these fees are hard to find, or hidden until it’s time to pay, and they impact poor people the most.10.9.22
Feb 25, 2022: Myaklamiss: Biden taps Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court nominee
President Joe Biden announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to replace outgoing Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Friday.
Jackson is the first Black woman selected to serve on the nation’s highest court.
President Joe Biden announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to replace outgoing Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Friday.
Jackson is the first Black woman selected to serve on the nation’s highest court.
Feb 12, 2022: LA Times: U.S. orders evacuation of most embassy personnel in Ukraine as Biden and Putin talk
The U.S. government on Saturday ordered the evacuation of most of its embassy personnel and all American citizens from Ukraine as President Biden spoke by phone with Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid dire signs that a Russian invasion could be imminent
The U.S. government on Saturday ordered the evacuation of most of its embassy personnel and all American citizens from Ukraine as President Biden spoke by phone with Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid dire signs that a Russian invasion could be imminent
Feb 8, 2022: Washington Post: Biden to highlight decision of Australian vehicle charging company to build plant in Tenn.
President Biden plans Tuesday to highlight the decision of an Australian electric vehicle charging company to build its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Tennessee as he holds a White House event focused on manufacturing and energy costs.
President Biden plans Tuesday to highlight the decision of an Australian electric vehicle charging company to build its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Tennessee as he holds a White House event focused on manufacturing and energy costs.
Jan 14, 2022: Hollywood Reporter: President Joe Biden Selects Star Jones to Lead Heritage Board
The former cohost of ABC's 'The View' will be the chair of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.
The former cohost of ABC's 'The View' will be the chair of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.
Dec 30, 2021: Nashville Pride: Over 800 faith leaders demand Biden, Senate pass Voting Rights Bill
Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, and more than 800 faith leaders from various religions are demanding that President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats immediately push through voting rights legislation.
Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, and more than 800 faith leaders from various religions are demanding that President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats immediately push through voting rights legislation.
Dec 29, 2021: HuffPost: The Biden Administration Is Treating the Pandemic Like A Personal Problem
Biden's pandemic response is not as bad as Trump's. But it still leaves a lot to be desired.
Biden's pandemic response is not as bad as Trump's. But it still leaves a lot to be desired.
Dec 29, 2021: New York Post: Biden and Putin to speak Thursday after Russian leader asks for chat ahead of Geneva talks
President Biden will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone Thursday to discuss “a range of topics” ahead of diplomatic talks in Geneva next month, the White House announced Wednesday.
The call comes amid high tensions over the presence of up to 175,000 Russian troops and heavy military equipment on Ukraine’s border, which has spurred fears that Russia intends to invade its western neighbor.
President Biden will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone Thursday to discuss “a range of topics” ahead of diplomatic talks in Geneva next month, the White House announced Wednesday.
The call comes amid high tensions over the presence of up to 175,000 Russian troops and heavy military equipment on Ukraine’s border, which has spurred fears that Russia intends to invade its western neighbor.
Dec 20, 2021: Washington Post: New Biden rule reducing climate emissions from cars and SUVs reverses major Trump rollback
The Environmental Protection Agency regulation finalized Monday marks the president’s single biggest step to fight global warming. But Congress has stymied his most ambitious electric vehicle plans.
The Environmental Protection Agency regulation finalized Monday marks the president’s single biggest step to fight global warming. But Congress has stymied his most ambitious electric vehicle plans.
Dec 16, 2021: World: Biden to boost power grid for electric cars
The White House hopes that multiplying the number of charging ports will encourage Americans to drive electric
The White House hopes that multiplying the number of charging ports will encourage Americans to drive electric
Dec 8, 2021: Gazette-Virginian: Commend infrastructure bill
I commend President Joe Biden for the infrastructure bill that will help to improve and fix the bridges and the roads in the USA. Also, it will help to get broadband in the rural area of this country.
I commend President Joe Biden for the infrastructure bill that will help to improve and fix the bridges and the roads in the USA. Also, it will help to get broadband in the rural area of this country.
Dec 5, 2021: Newsweek: Bob Dole Tributes Pour in After Former GOP Senator Dies at 98
President Joe Biden wrote: "Bob Dole was a man to be admired by Americans. He had an unerring sense of integrity and honor. May God bless him, and may our nation draw upon his legacy of decency, dignity, good humor, and patriotism for all time."
President Joe Biden wrote: "Bob Dole was a man to be admired by Americans. He had an unerring sense of integrity and honor. May God bless him, and may our nation draw upon his legacy of decency, dignity, good humor, and patriotism for all time."
Nov 30, 2021: Newsweek: Enemies Foreign and Domestic'? Threats the Daily Intelligence Briefs Left Out
"From my experience with then-Vice President Biden, he was an avid reader and in general a voracious consumer of intelligence," Obama's last director of national intelligence, retired Gen. James Clapper, said on CNN. "I'm sure he will be especially so as president."
Trump, on the other hand, often skipped getting the PDB and hardly ever scrutinized the written report, instead relying on live oral briefings, videos and extensive graphics prepared for his consumption.
"From my experience with then-Vice President Biden, he was an avid reader and in general a voracious consumer of intelligence," Obama's last director of national intelligence, retired Gen. James Clapper, said on CNN. "I'm sure he will be especially so as president."
Trump, on the other hand, often skipped getting the PDB and hardly ever scrutinized the written report, instead relying on live oral briefings, videos and extensive graphics prepared for his consumption.
Nov 23, 2021: New Canaan Advertiser: Biden’s release of oil reserves won’t help CT’s rising gas prices, experts say
A move Tuesday by President Joe Biden to release 50 million barrels of oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve is more symbolic than it is a practical effort to reduce rapidly escalating gas prices in the United States, according to Connecticut economists, scholars and fuel industry experts.
A move Tuesday by President Joe Biden to release 50 million barrels of oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve is more symbolic than it is a practical effort to reduce rapidly escalating gas prices in the United States, according to Connecticut economists, scholars and fuel industry experts.
Oct 10, 2021: UK Today News: Weaponised supply chains
Much has been written about the US trade representative Katherine Tai’s speech from last week resetting the frame on US-China trade relations. But I’m not sure that it’s been given the proper due as a key turning point in the development of a post-neoliberal narrative. Just like President Joe Biden’s recent executive orders around competition policy, the speech represented a really new message about who the US economy is meant to serve. For the past half century, it’s been consumers, but this White House wants to focus on a different C-word: citizens.
Much has been written about the US trade representative Katherine Tai’s speech from last week resetting the frame on US-China trade relations. But I’m not sure that it’s been given the proper due as a key turning point in the development of a post-neoliberal narrative. Just like President Joe Biden’s recent executive orders around competition policy, the speech represented a really new message about who the US economy is meant to serve. For the past half century, it’s been consumers, but this White House wants to focus on a different C-word: citizens.
Sept 27, 2021: Texas News Today: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admits 1 in 5 migrants to US have an ‘illness’
President Joe Biden ‘promised’ last week that ‘those people will pay,’ when talking about his border enforcement agents who were pictured on horseback.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admits 1 in 5 migrants to US have an ‘illness’ Source link DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admits 1 in 5 migrants to US have an ‘illness’
President Joe Biden ‘promised’ last week that ‘those people will pay,’ when talking about his border enforcement agents who were pictured on horseback.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admits 1 in 5 migrants to US have an ‘illness’ Source link DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admits 1 in 5 migrants to US have an ‘illness’
Sept 23, 2021: Breitbart: Senator Cruz Slams AOC, Dems over Border Crisis: ‘Go See the Biden Cages’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) ripped Democrats over the border crisis and told them to go see the children in “Biden cages” in a speech in the Senate on September 22.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) ripped Democrats over the border crisis and told them to go see the children in “Biden cages” in a speech in the Senate on September 22.
Sept 22, 2021: NDTV: US To Donate 500 Million More Covid Vaccines To Other Countries: Biden
At a UNGA summit, US President Joe Biden challenged world leaders to vaccinate 70 per cent of each country against COVID-19 by September 2022.
At a UNGA summit, US President Joe Biden challenged world leaders to vaccinate 70 per cent of each country against COVID-19 by September 2022.
Sept 21, 2021: Wonkette: Fox News Idiot Wishes Biden Didn't Constantly Ride Bike Like Old Sad Frail Dead Bike Riding Person
We always have to wonder just how brainwashed his sycophantic followers really are these days, how far they're really willing to follow him, which cliffs they're willing to hurl their bodies off of to prove their allegiance. But we do know that one of the many, many Fox News idiots, Rachel Campos-Duffy, was reporting on President Joe and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden taking a bike ride in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, this weekend, and decided to lob some zingers in the president's direction. You know, because he was exercising. Like an old person. Exercising. What a senior citizen. On a bike. Like an old dead person.
We always have to wonder just how brainwashed his sycophantic followers really are these days, how far they're really willing to follow him, which cliffs they're willing to hurl their bodies off of to prove their allegiance. But we do know that one of the many, many Fox News idiots, Rachel Campos-Duffy, was reporting on President Joe and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden taking a bike ride in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, this weekend, and decided to lob some zingers in the president's direction. You know, because he was exercising. Like an old person. Exercising. What a senior citizen. On a bike. Like an old dead person.
Sept 16, 2021: Global Herald: Archbishop of Canterbury: Church of England to go net-zero by 2030
Sky News published this video item, entitled “Archbishop of Canterbury: Church of England to go net-zero by 2030” – below is their description.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has got rid of his diesel car and reduced his meat consumption. He says these are some of the small steps he has taken in support of climate action, but ‘it can’t be up to the individual.’
Sky News published this video item, entitled “Archbishop of Canterbury: Church of England to go net-zero by 2030” – below is their description.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has got rid of his diesel car and reduced his meat consumption. He says these are some of the small steps he has taken in support of climate action, but ‘it can’t be up to the individual.’
Sept 2, 2021: Baptist News Global: Clergy, social workers, counselors fear they could be targeted by new Texas abortion law, which Supreme Court lets stand for now
“Leftists are FURIOUS over the Texas Heartbeat Act,” the group’s website proclaimed. “The life-saving law took effect September 1 and will remain in force unless the U.S. Supreme Court blocks the policy. High-ranking officials, including Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris, took to Twitter to blast our work to protect babies.”
“Leftists are FURIOUS over the Texas Heartbeat Act,” the group’s website proclaimed. “The life-saving law took effect September 1 and will remain in force unless the U.S. Supreme Court blocks the policy. High-ranking officials, including Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris, took to Twitter to blast our work to protect babies.”
Aug 25, 2021: Daily Wire: Kamala Harris Defends Biden’s Withdrawal: ‘It’s The Right Decision.’ She Gets Slammed: ‘Aren’t You All Proud? Slow Clap.’
On Wednesday morning, as the Biden administration was in the middle of the maelstrom caused by its disastrous retreat from Afghanistan, Vice President Kamala Harris decided it was a propitious moment to defend her boss, tweeting, “Joe Biden made a commitment to the American people when he ran for president that he would bring America’s military involvement in Afghanistan to an end. It’s the right decision.”
On Wednesday morning, as the Biden administration was in the middle of the maelstrom caused by its disastrous retreat from Afghanistan, Vice President Kamala Harris decided it was a propitious moment to defend her boss, tweeting, “Joe Biden made a commitment to the American people when he ran for president that he would bring America’s military involvement in Afghanistan to an end. It’s the right decision.”
Aug 24, 2021: CNN: With cases in Florida surging, DeSantis and Biden square off over coronavirus response
President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have found their chosen rhetorical rivals in the fight against the coronavirus: each other. And neither seems eager to back down anytime soon.
President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have found their chosen rhetorical rivals in the fight against the coronavirus: each other. And neither seems eager to back down anytime soon.
Aug 24, 2021: CNN: 90-day review into origins of Covid ends, but public may have to wait on unclassified report
It has now been 90 days since President Joe Biden ordered the intelligence community to investigate the origins of Covid-19, but the public may have to wait a few more days to view an unclassified version of that report.
It has now been 90 days since President Joe Biden ordered the intelligence community to investigate the origins of Covid-19, but the public may have to wait a few more days to view an unclassified version of that report.
Aug 23, 2021: Shepherd Express: The Exit Wounds of War
It’s true the administration and U.S. intelligence agencies seriously underestimated how rapidly the Taliban would achieve victory over the Afghanistan government. Biden admitted he was surprised how quickly Afghans laid down their arms and their president fled the country. He took personal responsibility for that. “I made the decision. The buck stops with me.” The consensus of advisors and intelligence was the U.S. would have nearly until the end of the year to get Americans and their Afghan allies out of the country.
It’s true the administration and U.S. intelligence agencies seriously underestimated how rapidly the Taliban would achieve victory over the Afghanistan government. Biden admitted he was surprised how quickly Afghans laid down their arms and their president fled the country. He took personal responsibility for that. “I made the decision. The buck stops with me.” The consensus of advisors and intelligence was the U.S. would have nearly until the end of the year to get Americans and their Afghan allies out of the country.
Aug 18, 2021: Christianity Daily: Franklin Graham Blasts Biden Administration For ‘Tragic’ Afghanistan Failure, Says ‘Our Enemies Are Laughing At Us’
Samaritan's Purse President Franklin Graham blasted President Joe Biden's Administration for the "tragic" Afghanistan failure and pointed out that "our enemies are laughing at us."
Samaritan's Purse President Franklin Graham blasted President Joe Biden's Administration for the "tragic" Afghanistan failure and pointed out that "our enemies are laughing at us."
Aug 17, 2021: ACLJ: ACLJ Takes on the IRS AGAIN With FOIA Request To Unearth the Biden IRS Targeting of Christians
We may have a new Administration, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has fallen right back into their same old bad habits that we exposed under President Barack Obama. We’re now seeing the same kind of behavior we fought against years ago rising again with a vengeance; and this time, it’s coming for conservatives AND CHRISTIANS. Perhaps it shouldn’t be so surprising as President Biden was a powerful component of the corrupt Obama-Biden Administration. As the song goes: “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”
We may have a new Administration, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has fallen right back into their same old bad habits that we exposed under President Barack Obama. We’re now seeing the same kind of behavior we fought against years ago rising again with a vengeance; and this time, it’s coming for conservatives AND CHRISTIANS. Perhaps it shouldn’t be so surprising as President Biden was a powerful component of the corrupt Obama-Biden Administration. As the song goes: “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”
Aug 17, 2021: Christianity Today: Christian Refugee Advocates Criticize Biden’s Botched Evacuation of Afghan Allies from the Taliban
World Relief joins five fellow refugee resettlement groups in lamenting the “devastating” impact of problems with the State Department’s Special Immigrant Visa process.
World Relief joins five fellow refugee resettlement groups in lamenting the “devastating” impact of problems with the State Department’s Special Immigrant Visa process.
July 12, 2021: World Vision: Biden voices support for Cuban protesters
U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States stands with the protesters who “are demanding their freedom from an authoritarian regime.”
U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States stands with the protesters who “are demanding their freedom from an authoritarian regime.”
July 11, 2021: Christian Post: Biden won’t send US troops to Haiti despite interim leader’s request
The Biden administration has declined the request of Haiti’s Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph for U.S. troops as the impoverished nation struggles in the social and political aftermath of the assassination of President Jouvenal Moïse.
The Biden administration has declined the request of Haiti’s Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph for U.S. troops as the impoverished nation struggles in the social and political aftermath of the assassination of President Jouvenal Moïse.
July 10, 2021: Palestine Chronicle: Biden Wants Israel to Cease Palestinian Home Demolition
The administration of US President Joe Biden has said that it will ‘prioritize’ halting Israel’s policy of punitive home demolitions in what appeared to be its first confrontation with the new government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
The administration of US President Joe Biden has said that it will ‘prioritize’ halting Israel’s policy of punitive home demolitions in what appeared to be its first confrontation with the new government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
July 9, 2021: Baptist Global News: Love him or hate him, but at least Joe Biden has returned us to a ‘normal’ presidency; can it last?
It has been a wonderful relief to many of us to encounter the sheer normality of the Biden presidency, which is now six months old. This is a president who proposes actual policies to address obvious public needs, negotiates with both parties in Congress about the details, and uses social media only in the carefully bland promotional way that most chief executives do.
It has been a wonderful relief to many of us to encounter the sheer normality of the Biden presidency, which is now six months old. This is a president who proposes actual policies to address obvious public needs, negotiates with both parties in Congress about the details, and uses social media only in the carefully bland promotional way that most chief executives do.
Feb 10, 2021: ABC Religion & Ethics: “Faith sees best in the dark”: Joe Biden, Søren Kierkegaard, and the education of suffering
And how might, how could such Job like suffering be beneficial? Calamities like these often crush a believer’s reliance on a so-called “higher-power”. For President Biden, however, suffering helped turn him to God — to Him whose burden is light. A quietly but intensely devout man, the newly inaugurated President has confessed that after the December 1972 car crash that claimed the lives of his first wife, Neilia, and his baby daughter, Amy, he was tempted to look for a noose and cross bar. Instead, Biden kept the sacred trust that, no matter what, the life God gave us is good. Rather than a propositional belief, perhaps something closer to a personal trust is the penetralia of faith.
And how might, how could such Job like suffering be beneficial? Calamities like these often crush a believer’s reliance on a so-called “higher-power”. For President Biden, however, suffering helped turn him to God — to Him whose burden is light. A quietly but intensely devout man, the newly inaugurated President has confessed that after the December 1972 car crash that claimed the lives of his first wife, Neilia, and his baby daughter, Amy, he was tempted to look for a noose and cross bar. Instead, Biden kept the sacred trust that, no matter what, the life God gave us is good. Rather than a propositional belief, perhaps something closer to a personal trust is the penetralia of faith.
Oct 11, 2020: ABC News: Biden 'wants to debate Donald Trump again': National campaign co-chair
"I know that Joe Biden wants to debate Donald Trump again. And Americans saw the disaster that Donald Trump had in the first debate. But I will tell you that we will do what we did from the beginning of this campaign and the pandemic. We will listen to the American experts and scientists -- so here it's the Cleveland Clinic -- and they have set up the protocols," Richmond told ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl on Sunday.
"I know that Joe Biden wants to debate Donald Trump again. And Americans saw the disaster that Donald Trump had in the first debate. But I will tell you that we will do what we did from the beginning of this campaign and the pandemic. We will listen to the American experts and scientists -- so here it's the Cleveland Clinic -- and they have set up the protocols," Richmond told ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl on Sunday.
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September 18, 2022: Reuters reported that "Joe Biden said U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, his most explicit statement on the issue, drawing an angry response from China that said it sent the wrong signal to those seeking an independent Taiwan."
2020
Sept 1, 2020: NBC: Trump claims without evidence that Biden controlled by people in 'the dark shadows'
President Donald Trump alleged in an interview that a group of people from "the dark shadows" are controlling Joe Biden.
In an extensive on-camera interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Monday night, Trump was asked who is pulling Biden's strings.
President Donald Trump alleged in an interview that a group of people from "the dark shadows" are controlling Joe Biden.
In an extensive on-camera interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Monday night, Trump was asked who is pulling Biden's strings.
Aug 27, 2020: Religious News Service: More than 350 faith leaders to back Biden for president, including many first-time endorsers
Other endorsers — most of whom organizers said are acting as individuals and not on behalf of their affiliated organizations — include a number of liberal-leaning voices, such as the Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber, an author and Lutheran pastor; David Gushee, an author and Christian ethicist; David Beckmann, president emeritus of the Christian organization Bread for the World; Diana Butler Bass, author and historian of religion; Rabbi Jack Moline, head of Interfaith Alliance; Ron Sider, founder of Evangelicals for Social Action; the Rev. Jacqui Lewis, pastor at Middle Collegiate Church in New York City; Rabbi Sharon Brous, head of IKAR Jewish community in California; Valarie Kaur, Sikh activist and head of the Revolutionary Love Project; Anju Bhargava, former member of Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and board member of the Hindu American Seva Communities; Imam Talib Shareef of Masjid Muhammad, also known as “The Nation’s Mosque”; Greg M. Epstein, Humanist chaplain at Harvard and MIT; and Brian McLaren, Christian author and activist.
Other endorsers — most of whom organizers said are acting as individuals and not on behalf of their affiliated organizations — include a number of liberal-leaning voices, such as the Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber, an author and Lutheran pastor; David Gushee, an author and Christian ethicist; David Beckmann, president emeritus of the Christian organization Bread for the World; Diana Butler Bass, author and historian of religion; Rabbi Jack Moline, head of Interfaith Alliance; Ron Sider, founder of Evangelicals for Social Action; the Rev. Jacqui Lewis, pastor at Middle Collegiate Church in New York City; Rabbi Sharon Brous, head of IKAR Jewish community in California; Valarie Kaur, Sikh activist and head of the Revolutionary Love Project; Anju Bhargava, former member of Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and board member of the Hindu American Seva Communities; Imam Talib Shareef of Masjid Muhammad, also known as “The Nation’s Mosque”; Greg M. Epstein, Humanist chaplain at Harvard and MIT; and Brian McLaren, Christian author and activist.
Aug 26, 2020: Rep. James Gailliard stumps for Biden in new campaign commercial. Rep. James Gailliard, D-Nash, is featured in an ad which premiered on Biden’s YouTube channel and then aired on television. The ad focused on Gailliard’s role as pastor of Word Tabernacle Church and doesn’t mention his state office. The 30-second video shows Gailliard’s large empty church, which is in the old Home Depot building, and scenes of empty streets in downtown Rocky Mount.
Aug 21, 2020: Life News: Biden Pledges to Restore Nation’s “Soul,” But He’s Fine With Abortion Destroying 62 Million Souls
During his acceptance speech Thursday night at the Democrat Party convention, Joe Biden pledged to restore the nation’s “soul” if elected president. But he’s perfectly fine with abortion destroying 62 million souls since the infamous Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.
During his acceptance speech Thursday night at the Democrat Party convention, Joe Biden pledged to restore the nation’s “soul” if elected president. But he’s perfectly fine with abortion destroying 62 million souls since the infamous Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.
Aug 14, 2020: Gallup: Religious Identity and the 2020 Presidential Election
Protestants are the largest religious group in America, representing about 46% of American adults, although that's significantly smaller than in previous decades. (Protestants have been replaced mainly by the growing group of Americans who say they have no religion, the "Nones," to which I will return below.)
Given the nesting issue described above, Protestants are much too large and variegated to analyze meaningfully for political purposes as a single group, so I find it useful to divide them into four segments: White Evangelical Protestants, White Mainline Protestants, Black Protestants and Hispanic Protestants.
The size of the White Evangelical Protestants segment in the U.S. varies depending on how evangelicals are defined (different researchers and organizations do it different ways), but I think the range of 15% to 16% is a good estimate. In Gallup's 2020 data, 15% of Americans are White, Protestant and attend church very frequently (my working definition of evangelical). A 2019 Pew Research report estimated White evangelicals were 16% of the U.S. adult population. (The exit polls in 2016 reported that 26% of all voters met their definition of being White Christians and self-identified as evangelical or born again, but that group included Catholics, Mormons and others, not just Protestants.)
Regardless of their exact size, White evangelicals constitute one of the most pro-Trump religious segments in America. Exit polls in 2016 reported that 80% of White evangelical Christians voted for Trump; Gallup data show that 74% of White, highly religious Protestants now approve of the job Trump is doing (a good surrogate for intention to vote for Trump); and a recent Pew Research report estimated that 82% of White evangelicals would vote for Trump over Biden.
White Mainline Protestants are also defined differently by different researchers, but essentially they are White Protestants who identify with Protestant denominations not usually classified as evangelical -- including Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Lutherans and others. In lieu of Protestant denomination data, grouping together White Protestants who are less religious can serve as an effective surrogate for the Mainline category. Either way, this group constitutes about 12% to 18% of the population, and skews toward Trump. Gallup estimates that Trump approval among White non-evangelical Protestants is about 60%, and Pew estimates that 61% of their defined group of White Mainline Protestants would vote for Trump.
Black Protestants, about 8% of the U.S. adult population, are politically the exact opposite of White Evangelical Protestants. Gallup data for 2020 show that Trump job disapproval (a strong indicator of likelihood to vote for Biden) among Black Protestants is 84%, and 88% of Black Protestants say they will vote for Biden in Pew's research. (Exit poll data show that 89% of all Black voters backed Hillary Clinton over Trump in 2016.
Protestants are the largest religious group in America, representing about 46% of American adults, although that's significantly smaller than in previous decades. (Protestants have been replaced mainly by the growing group of Americans who say they have no religion, the "Nones," to which I will return below.)
Given the nesting issue described above, Protestants are much too large and variegated to analyze meaningfully for political purposes as a single group, so I find it useful to divide them into four segments: White Evangelical Protestants, White Mainline Protestants, Black Protestants and Hispanic Protestants.
The size of the White Evangelical Protestants segment in the U.S. varies depending on how evangelicals are defined (different researchers and organizations do it different ways), but I think the range of 15% to 16% is a good estimate. In Gallup's 2020 data, 15% of Americans are White, Protestant and attend church very frequently (my working definition of evangelical). A 2019 Pew Research report estimated White evangelicals were 16% of the U.S. adult population. (The exit polls in 2016 reported that 26% of all voters met their definition of being White Christians and self-identified as evangelical or born again, but that group included Catholics, Mormons and others, not just Protestants.)
Regardless of their exact size, White evangelicals constitute one of the most pro-Trump religious segments in America. Exit polls in 2016 reported that 80% of White evangelical Christians voted for Trump; Gallup data show that 74% of White, highly religious Protestants now approve of the job Trump is doing (a good surrogate for intention to vote for Trump); and a recent Pew Research report estimated that 82% of White evangelicals would vote for Trump over Biden.
White Mainline Protestants are also defined differently by different researchers, but essentially they are White Protestants who identify with Protestant denominations not usually classified as evangelical -- including Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Lutherans and others. In lieu of Protestant denomination data, grouping together White Protestants who are less religious can serve as an effective surrogate for the Mainline category. Either way, this group constitutes about 12% to 18% of the population, and skews toward Trump. Gallup estimates that Trump approval among White non-evangelical Protestants is about 60%, and Pew estimates that 61% of their defined group of White Mainline Protestants would vote for Trump.
Black Protestants, about 8% of the U.S. adult population, are politically the exact opposite of White Evangelical Protestants. Gallup data for 2020 show that Trump job disapproval (a strong indicator of likelihood to vote for Biden) among Black Protestants is 84%, and 88% of Black Protestants say they will vote for Biden in Pew's research. (Exit poll data show that 89% of all Black voters backed Hillary Clinton over Trump in 2016.
May 20, 2020: Doug Wilson: Biden! Remember Biden? He is the champion who arose from the ashes and slew the Bernie. And not content with that, he immediately turned around and slew the #MeToo movement. Talk about an effective politician! An allegation of sexual assault was levied against him, and presto, all the #MeToo advocates sold out faster than toilet paper in a New Jersey CostCo. And he accomplished these great feats while at the same time proving himself incapable of completing a coherent, you know, the thing. As the Air Mattress Spins Around You Can See Lots of Things
October 6, 2022: Biden pardoned all Americans convicted of small amounts of marijuana possession under federal law.
August 9, 2022: Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law. The act provides billions of dollars in new funding to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States, to compete economically with China.
July 28, 2022: The Biden administration announced it would fill four wide gaps on the Mexico–United States border in Arizona near Yuma, an area with some of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings.
June 25, 2022: Biden signed Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
July 21, 2022: Biden tested positive for COVID-19 with reportedly mild symptoms
June 25, 2022: Biden signed Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
July 21, 2022: Biden tested positive for COVID-19 with reportedly mild symptoms
Feb 23, 2021: Fortune Reports that People are criticizing Joe Biden for going to Ukraine instead of Ohio. It took 4 months of complex logistics to plan the trip to Ukraine. In Ohio, Gov. DeWine was offered all of the resources of the Federal Government and he declined claiming all was under control.
pre-2020
June 17, 1977: Biden and Jill Tracy Jacobs were married at the United Nations chapel in New York.
August 27, 1966: Joe Biden married Neilia Hunter at a Catholic church in Skaneateles, New York
November 20, 1942: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
