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    The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at its all-time high today, so I'd like to congratulate Joe Biden for building the greatest economy the world has ever seen.

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I hope the "Biden Recovery" becomes a thing because it's right and secondly because it will piss off Trump and his cultists.
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Thank you President Biden for calling out the anti-Asian American sentiments. It’s nice to hear him recognize that. 

18 minutes ago, Orale said:
1 hour ago, Js1 said:
 

I hope the "Biden Recovery" becomes a thing because it's right and secondly because it will piss off Trump and his cultists.

Dems need to hammer this.

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It’s just one incident—but I feel strongly about this, especially when it hit close to home. One of my cousins a VA doc in LA. She was leaving the hospital one day last summer and some random dude walking past her, spit on her and told her to go back to where she came from.  

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1 minute ago, YChang said:

It’s just one incident—but I feel strongly about this, especially when it hit close to home. One of my cousins a VA doc in LA. She was leaving the hospital one day last summer and some random dude walking past her, spit on her and told her to go back to where she came from.  

That's one incident too many.

5 hours ago, bad_teammate said:

1) Not sure how these would keep him "accountable"
2) They're not doing news conferences because Biden is ancient and sundowning and absolutely could not hold it together during an intense, long press conference

Having lived through that hell, and noting the time of day and hearing Biden speak, you are mistaken.

Dude is President-ing the shit out of this speech. Actual leadership. 

“If it fails, I will acknowledge it”.... DAMN. Wow... something so simple is so powerful  to me in this moment. 

I haven't watched an address in years.

Glad I caught some of it.

Just now, NAVY said:

Dude is President-ing the shit out of this speech. Actual leadership. 

 

Biden is doing as well as one can expect with the pandemic response. He’s going to run for re-election too. 

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well/good

Nothing feeble or sun downing about him. Fuck anyone who thinks otherwise. 

and I ask you again...who is president now?

oh fuck Joe is.

ah thats good stuff

so my adult step-daughter in PA is about as non-political as you can get...as in, she gets pissed off when ANYthing related to politics ruins her viewing of the Kardashians or Grey's Anatomy...

having said that, she lost her grandmother (my husband's ex-MIL) in January to covid, caught it and was dead in 4 days, none of them got to even see her and say goodbye. 

she just shared this and made me cry: "I’m not a big political person, went to watch my shows tonight and got interrupted for the president addressing the nation, the beginning of his speech hit real close to home . Losing my grandma to this pandemic rocked me to my core. The loss people are going thru with their loved ones and not being able to be by their sides is beyond heartbreaking to me. I was blessed to be able to be given the chance to say goodbye to her. Grieving everyday!"

fucking EMPATHY in our leaders means something. it means a lot

I remember way back in 8th grade American history of how the presidency made a man grow into the position. We now know this is not always the case. 

This time around though I think it applies. Uncle Joe has done more in 50 days than I ever thought possible.

5 hours ago, Bama Chick said:

I wonder if there’s a appeal process of sorts? I’m now single

Sup

6 hours ago, Bama Chick said:

I wonder if there’s a appeal process of sorts? I’m now single and will qualify but all the tax records they’re using are from when I was married and filing jointly and we made too much money with my ex’s income.

That is a good question for a tax guy. In my case, for the first check, I didn't qualify based on the information they had from my 2018 taxes because my income included a house I sold. So I was told to quickly file my 2019 taxes so they could see that I qualified, and it took a bit longer but I got that check. Maybe the same sort of thing applies to you? Maybe you can file your 2020 taxes as single and you will get the check.

28 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

I remember way back in 8th grade American history of how the presidency made a man grow into the position. We now know this is not always the case. 

This time around though I think it applies. Uncle Joe has done more in 50 days than I ever thought possible.

To be honest, I am not surprised at all.  He is competent and experienced.  Something we had a chance to elect with Hillary.   Don't let Bush/Trump or the republicans convince us that the government is as incompetent as they run it.  

Trump’s incompetence was impressive 

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47 minutes ago, Nivek said:

To be honest, I am not surprised at all.  He is competent and experienced.  Something we had a chance to elect with Hillary.   Don't let Bush/Trump or the republicans convince us that the government is as incompetent as they run it.  

 

43 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Trump’s incompetence was impressive 

It's a cold drink of water when you're parched.

It was a long four years. W was bad. But, nothing like that orange buffoon. I didn't start voting for Democrats last year. I have no illusions that they are paragons of virtue. These are human beings with all the foibles, failings, and faults that implies.

But, they are interested in something besides filling their own bellies. The common good is in vogue again. Substance over style. Quietly competent DS Plod to quote Frost is having a time. 

Uncle Joe has work to do. The press is going to have to ask Psaki. Go harass the non-existent GOP pressers. Go ask Cruz, Hawley et al.

In sum. Deal with it. The man is kinda busy. This ain't bout you. Well, it is. Because you scribes must also get the needle. But, drag the man out here? 

Yeah, he's busy working.

It's refreshing.

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3 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

That's one incident too many.

Agree. The social condemnation has to be swift, hard and heavy.

8 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Fuck it, I have completely checked out of work here.

You checked in?

People are happy about the Biden bucks coming their way about the time of tax refund. Stimmy stimmy stimmy, y'all.

 

2 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

That's 476 pages more than dotard ever put forth in his entire term.

474.5, to  be accurate.

20 hours ago, mchookem said:

EMPATHY in our leaders means something. it means a lot

Treating human beings with respect and dignity shows a great deal about who someone is. He said he would be the president of all Americans and he has stuck to that. His ability to show empathy is probably the best trait he has as a person and leader. Also it is his ability to identify so readily with tragedy that is endearing to people. Our society needs much more empathy and positivity and less misplaced anger and outrage. 

33 minutes ago, burntorangebongos said:

People are happy about the Biden bucks coming their way about the time of tax refund. Stimmy stimmy stimmy, y'all.

Yup. Read that in ODB's voice.

 

Gotdamn, IRS is working fast. The stimmy hit my bank account already today.

 

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I think that is why they moved up his signing and speech so they can send the money out pronto....some kind of deadline. 

I don’t qualify but ...

 

Fake scandal version 12, because I guess “press conferences” didn’t work

Remember when Trump kept going golfing in Virginia and to Florida and holding massive rallies during the height of the pandemic?  The media doesn’t remember either.

 

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20 hours ago, elfenix said:

474.5, to  be accurate.

Oh yeah, didn't he have like a one pager with bullet points and also a title page or something?  Like some half assed project from an 8th grader.

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

Fake scandal version 12, because I guess “press conferences” didn’t work

Remember when Trump kept going golfing in Virginia and to Florida and holding massive rallies during the height of the pandemic?  The media doesn’t remember either.

 

That's fucking bad AP.

1 minute ago, Biff Tannen said:

That's fucking bad AP.

 

OH NO! HE'S SPENT 38% OF HIS WEEKENDS AWAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IN A STATE 90 MILES AWAY!

13 minutes ago, mdmost said:

OH NO! HE'S SPENT 38% OF HIS WEEKENDS AWAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IN A STATE 90 MILES AWAY!

This is a man who literally commuted every day from Delaware to Washington DC during his time in office.

The guy is getting 300 million Americans first-dosed by May. He can sleep wherever the hell he wants. 

1 hour ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

Hmmmmm, the choice between a president who is keenly aware of ratings and money versus a president who is keenly aware of the cost of human lives and doesn't give a rat's ass about ratings......sorry media, maybe you can try looking for wholesome news stories about all the good things people and animals do in the world. Believe it or not, those are click worthy!

The Biden recovery. Democrats have to own the hell out of this. 

This type of economic outlook + vaccines and schools re-opening + money in pockets = no 2010 style GOP wave 

32 minutes ago, Js1 said:

The Biden recovery. Democrats have to own the hell out of this. 

This type of economic outlook + vaccines and schools re-opening + money in pockets = no 2010 style GOP wave 

 

One can hope.  I for one am skeptical, because the social issues du jour of the day will be blasted nonstop combined with traditional Democratic turnout during midterms = uncertainty.

One advantage to now vs the 2010 midterms:  the Tea Party shit started up in mid-February 2009.  In 2021, Team R is so disorganized and functionally fucked they can't even mount a cogent response to $1.9 trillion, other than to vote no.  If the Democratic Party can get through this calendar year without some kind of astroturf movement  full of soundbites against them that is overwhelming the message they want to spread, then the future will look a little brighter for November 2022.

 

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