~46~ President Biden ~46~

[Seacoaster(1)]

From HCR:

“One day short of his first 100 days in the White House, on April 28, 2021, President Joe Biden spoke to a joint session of Congress, where he outlined an ambitious vision for the nation. In a time of rising autocrats who believed democracy was failing, he asked, could the United States demonstrate that democracy is still vital?

“Can our democracy deliver on its promise that all of us, created equal in the image of God, have a chance to lead lives of dignity, respect, and possibility? Can our democracy deliver…to the most pressing needs of our people? Can our democracy overcome the lies, anger, hate, and fears that have pulled us apart?”

America’s adversaries were betting that the U.S. was so full of anger and division that it could not. “But they are wrong,” Biden said. “You know it; I know it. But we have to prove them wrong.”

“We have to prove democracy still works—that our government still works and we can deliver for our people.”

In that speech, Biden outlined a plan to begin investing in the nation again as well as to rebuild the country’s neglected infrastructure. “Throughout our history,” he noted, “public investment and infrastructure has literally transformed America—our attitudes, as well as our opportunities.”

In the first two years of his administration, when Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress, lawmakers set out to do what Biden asked. They passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan to help restart the nation’s economy after the pandemic-induced crash; the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (better known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) to repair roads, bridges, and waterlines, extend broadband, and build infrastructure for electric vehicles; the roughly $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act to promote scientific research and manufacturing of semiconductors; and the Inflation Reduction Act, which sought to curb inflation by lowering prescription drug prices, promoting domestic renewable energy production, and investing in measures to combat climate change.

This was a dramatic shift from the previous 40 years of U.S. policy, when lawmakers maintained that slashing the government would stimulate economic growth, and pundits widely predicted that the Democrats’ policies would create a recession.

But in 2023, with the results of the investment in the United States falling into place, it is clear that those policies justified Biden’s faith in them. The U.S. economy is stronger than that of any other country in the Group of Seven (G7)—a political and economic forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, along with the European Union—with higher growth and faster drops in inflation than any other G7 country over the past three years.

Heather Long of the Washington Post said yesterday there was only one word for the U.S. economy in 2023, and that word is “miracle.”

Rather than cooling over the course of the year, growth accelerated to an astonishing 4.9% annualized rate in the third quarter of the year while inflation cooled from 6.4% to 3.1% and the economy added more than 2.5 million jobs. The S&P 500, which is a stock market index of 500 of the largest companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges, ended this year up 24%. The Nasdaq composite index, which focuses on technology stocks, gained more than 40%. Noah Berlatsky, writing for Public Notice yesterday, pointed out that new businesses are starting up at a near-record pace, and that holiday sales this year were up 3.1%.

Unemployment has remained below 4% for 22 months in a row for the first time since the late 1960s. That low unemployment has enabled labor to make significant gains, with unionized workers in the automobile industry, UPS, Hollywood, railroads, and service industries winning higher wages and other benefits. Real wages have risen faster than inflation, especially for those at the bottom of the economy, whose wages have risen by 4.5% after inflation between 2020 and 2023.

Meanwhile, perhaps as a reflection of better economic conditions in the wake of the pandemic, the nation has had a record drop in homicides and other categories of violent crime. The only crime that has risen in 2023 is vehicle theft.”

But sure, keep reading reports from “#endwokeness.”

[MDlaxfan76]

Bottomline: We need to improve on vehicle theft...

[Seacoaster(1)]

Bottomline: We need to improve on vehicle theft...

Maybe this is the foundation for an impeachment inquiry?

[MDlaxfan76]

Bottomline: We need to improve on vehicle theft...

Maybe this is the foundation for an impeachment inquiry?

[youthathletics]

What a great guy......Joe Biden sues the state of Texas: https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1742 ... 21415?s=20

[Seacoaster(1)]

What a great guy......Joe Biden sues the state of Texas: https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1742 ... 21415?s=20

Your tweet from Governor Abbott shows the face-sheet of the Complaint only. Weird right? Why not the whole complaint? Because then his readers would have to, you know, read about stuff, like the Constitution's exclusive commitment of the power to regulate immigration and international borders to the federal government?

The Constitution gives the federal government the authority to regulate immigration and manage the nation's international borders. Pursuant to this authority, Congress has established a comprehensive framework governing the entry of noncitizens into the United States and the removal of noncitizens from the country. The Texas "law," SB 4 -- another piece of the performance artistry that marks the outer limits of the abilities of GOP operatives and functionaries -- is pretty clearly preempted by federal law and violates the Constitution's Supremacy and Foreign Commerce Clauses.

Here is the whole 22 page complaint, which attaches a letter to Circus Performer Abbott from the DOJ:

https://www.justice.gov/media/1330861/dl?inline

Remember when you cared about the Constitution? Or were you all just talking smack?

[youthathletics]

What a great guy......Joe Biden sues the state of Texas: https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1742 ... 21415?s=20

Your tweet from Governor Abbott shows the face-sheet of the Complaint only. Weird right? Why not the whole complaint? Because then his readers would have to, you know, read about stuff, like the Constitution's exclusive commitment of the power to regulate immigration and international borders to the federal government?

The Constitution gives the federal government the authority to regulate immigration and manage the nation's international borders. Pursuant to this authority, Congress has established a comprehensive framework governing the entry of noncitizens into the United States and the removal of noncitizens from the country. The Texas "law," SB 4 -- another piece of the performance artistry that marks the outer limits of the abilities of GOP operatives and functionaries -- is pretty clearly preempted by federal law and violates the Constitution's Supremacy and Foreign Commerce Clauses.

Here is the whole 22 page complaint, which attaches a letter to Circus Performer Abbott from the DOJ:

https://www.justice.gov/media/1330861/dl?inline

Remember when you cared about the Constitution? Or were you all just talking smack?

I am not a lawyer, that's where you come in, that way you can pass prejudice on things prior to them happening in court and throw shade at those unfamiliar with this craft. The common man sees a legal case presented as the US vs Texas....if they wanted to say otherwise, why didn't they?

[Seacoaster(1)]

What a great guy......Joe Biden sues the state of Texas: https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1742 ... 21415?s=20

Your tweet from Governor Abbott shows the face-sheet of the Complaint only. Weird right? Why not the whole complaint? Because then his readers would have to, you know, read about stuff, like the Constitution's exclusive commitment of the power to regulate immigration and international borders to the federal government?

The Constitution gives the federal government the authority to regulate immigration and manage the nation's international borders. Pursuant to this authority, Congress has established a comprehensive framework governing the entry of noncitizens into the United States and the removal of noncitizens from the country. The Texas "law," SB 4 -- another piece of the performance artistry that marks the outer limits of the abilities of GOP operatives and functionaries -- is pretty clearly preempted by federal law and violates the Constitution's Supremacy and Foreign Commerce Clauses.

Here is the whole 22 page complaint, which attaches a letter to Circus Performer Abbott from the DOJ:

https://www.justice.gov/media/1330861/dl?inline

Remember when you cared about the Constitution? Or were you all just talking smack?

I am not a lawyer, that's where you come in, that way you can pass prejudice on things prior to them happening in court and throw shade at those unfamiliar with this craft. The common man sees a legal case presented as the US vs Texas....if they wanted to say otherwise, why didn't they?

You are a person who can read: that's where you come in. I am not passing prejudice onto anyone; I am trying to pass on the full story, which, in this instance, is that Abbott wanted this law passed so he could provoke the DOJ to bring the suit, which it has to if there is to be an fidelity to the Constitution. You fall on your knees and love to send along these inaccurate little statements (with the "what a great guy" baloney added by you). The algorithm has you wrapped up and jailed these days.

[MDlaxfan76]

What a great guy......Joe Biden sues the state of Texas: https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1742 ... 21415?s=20

Your tweet from Governor Abbott shows the face-sheet of the Complaint only. Weird right? Why not the whole complaint? Because then his readers would have to, you know, read about stuff, like the Constitution's exclusive commitment of the power to regulate immigration and international borders to the federal government?

The Constitution gives the federal government the authority to regulate immigration and manage the nation's international borders. Pursuant to this authority, Congress has established a comprehensive framework governing the entry of noncitizens into the United States and the removal of noncitizens from the country. The Texas "law," SB 4 -- another piece of the performance artistry that marks the outer limits of the abilities of GOP operatives and functionaries -- is pretty clearly preempted by federal law and violates the Constitution's Supremacy and Foreign Commerce Clauses.

Here is the whole 22 page complaint, which attaches a letter to Circus Performer Abbott from the DOJ:

https://www.justice.gov/media/1330861/dl?inline

Remember when you cared about the Constitution? Or were you all just talking smack?

I am not a lawyer, that's where you come in, that way you can pass prejudice on things prior to them happening in court and throw shade at those unfamiliar with this craft. The common man sees a legal case presented as the US vs Texas....if they wanted to say otherwise, why didn't they?

They did. In the complaint.

You are a citizen deciding to spread stuff, deciding to believe stuff you get told by someone else...it's your responsibility as a citizen to do better.

That's our role as citizens.

[youthathletics]

What a great guy......Joe Biden sues the state of Texas: https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1742 ... 21415?s=20

Your tweet from Governor Abbott shows the face-sheet of the Complaint only. Weird right? Why not the whole complaint? Because then his readers would have to, you know, read about stuff, like the Constitution's exclusive commitment of the power to regulate immigration and international borders to the federal government?

The Constitution gives the federal government the authority to regulate immigration and manage the nation's international borders. Pursuant to this authority, Congress has established a comprehensive framework governing the entry of noncitizens into the United States and the removal of noncitizens from the country. The Texas "law," SB 4 -- another piece of the performance artistry that marks the outer limits of the abilities of GOP operatives and functionaries -- is pretty clearly preempted by federal law and violates the Constitution's Supremacy and Foreign Commerce Clauses.

Here is the whole 22 page complaint, which attaches a letter to Circus Performer Abbott from the DOJ:

https://www.justice.gov/media/1330861/dl?inline

Remember when you cared about the Constitution? Or were you all just talking smack?

I am not a lawyer, that's where you come in, that way you can pass prejudice on things prior to them happening in court and throw shade at those unfamiliar with this craft. The common man sees a legal case presented as the US vs Texas....if they wanted to say otherwise, why didn't they?

You are a person who can read: that's where you come in. I am not passing prejudice onto anyone; I am trying to pass on the full story, which, in this instance, is that Abbott wanted this law passed so he could provoke the DOJ to bring the suit, which it has to if there is to be an fidelity to the Constitution. You fall on your knees and love to send along these inaccurate little statements (with the "what a great guy" baloney added by you). The algorithm has you wrapped up and jailed these days.

So following a sitting governor is now considered a negative, but only if its an R governor. Got it.

Are you saying the fact sheet is not factual? Biden admin is NOT sueing the state of Texas?

So, if Abbott wanted the feds to sue him, would that not imply that the state of Texas believes the feds are not doing something correctly? Which would mean your prejudice towards Abbott/TX, is clearly partisan?

[Seacoaster(1)]

What a great guy......Joe Biden sues the state of Texas: https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1742 ... 21415?s=20

Your tweet from Governor Abbott shows the face-sheet of the Complaint only. Weird right? Why not the whole complaint? Because then his readers would have to, you know, read about stuff, like the Constitution's exclusive commitment of the power to regulate immigration and international borders to the federal government?

The Constitution gives the federal government the authority to regulate immigration and manage the nation's international borders. Pursuant to this authority, Congress has established a comprehensive framework governing the entry of noncitizens into the United States and the removal of noncitizens from the country. The Texas "law," SB 4 -- another piece of the performance artistry that marks the outer limits of the abilities of GOP operatives and functionaries -- is pretty clearly preempted by federal law and violates the Constitution's Supremacy and Foreign Commerce Clauses.

Here is the whole 22 page complaint, which attaches a letter to Circus Performer Abbott from the DOJ:

https://www.justice.gov/media/1330861/dl?inline

Remember when you cared about the Constitution? Or were you all just talking smack?

I am not a lawyer, that's where you come in, that way you can pass prejudice on things prior to them happening in court and throw shade at those unfamiliar with this craft. The common man sees a legal case presented as the US vs Texas....if they wanted to say otherwise, why didn't they?

You are a person who can read: that's where you come in. I am not passing prejudice onto anyone; I am trying to pass on the full story, which, in this instance, is that Abbott wanted this law passed so he could provoke the DOJ to bring the suit, which it has to if there is to be an fidelity to the Constitution. You fall on your knees and love to send along these inaccurate little statements (with the "what a great guy" baloney added by you). The algorithm has you wrapped up and jailed these days.

So following a sitting governor is now considered a negative, but only if its an R governor. Got it.

Are you saying the fact sheet is not factual? Biden admin is NOT sueing the state of Texas?

So, if Abbott wanted the feds to sue him, would that not imply that the state of Texas believes the feds are not doing something correctly? Which would mean your prejudice towards Abbott/TX, is clearly partisan?

C'mon man. Following a sitting governor, R or D, is all fine. Getting the story you think is sufficient from a single tweet, without any background or context, and concluding "what a great guy" is just stupid, and unfair to your readers here -- many of whom are interested in the whole story, or at least more than you apparently needed to conclude that the Biden Administration is wrong here.

The story, fairly told, might include mention of the Constitution's commitment of these issues to the federal government, Texas's efforts to make the federal government do a better job; show that those efforts have been unsuccessful, and maybe explain why. But it appears to be enough for you to see the single page cover sheet of a complaint brought by DOJ against the State of Texas and a tweet from Governor Abbott, and conclude "Joe bad." This is toddler sh*t, and you know it. You really are better than this.

[NattyBohChamps04]

I know a lot of people who don't like Joe Biden also don't listen to his speeches and talks. They just listen to small clips on whatever media they consume. Which leads to comments like "Biden and Trump are the two worst presidential candidates in history."

If you haven't actually heard Joe speak in a few years, here's a great recent interview by Conan O'Brien. Mostaly apolitical, but it gives a good look into Joe's thoughts that I hadn't heard in a long time.

https://teamcoco.com/podcasts/conan-obr ... -joe-biden

[kramerica.inc]

It really is noteworthy when he speaks on his own.