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#2642611 26-Jan-2021 20:43

kingdragonfly: Amazing how American conservatives hate the "Buy American" initiative.

It's not the initiative, it's the fact that it's coming from Democrats. If Biden came out with a cure for cancer, Republicans would object to it.

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#2644154 29-Jan-2021 15:09

The Washington Post - Hostility between congressional Republicans and Democrats reaches new lows amid growing fears of violence

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Open hostility broke out among Republicans and Democrats in Congress on Thursday amid growing fears of physical violence and looming domestic terrorism threats from supporters of former president Donald Trump, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leveling an extraordinary allegation that dangers lurk among the membership itself.

“The enemy is within the House of Representatives, a threat that members are concerned about, in addition to what is happening outside,” Pelosi (D-Calif.) said at a Thursday morning news conference.

But even as she and others sounded the alarm, Republicans continued to deepen their ties to the former president, who has been impeached for his role in inciting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Hours after Pelosi’s remarks, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) met with Trump in Florida.

In a statement, the pair vowed to work together to take back the House. ...

Some Democrats are expressing fears that Republican lawmakers - who in some cases have tried bringing weapons onto the House floor - cannot be trusted.

Some have bought bulletproof vests and are seeking other protections.

And Democratic leaders are putting maximum pressure on the Republican leadership to denounce freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who once endorsed violence against members of Congress.

One Democrat advanced a resolution to expel her from Congress. ...

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#2644160 29-Jan-2021 15:19

It's amazing what the Biden administration has set right so far. It's a way to go to see how some of that pans down into the areas of work for his nominees, but gosh how sane compared with the previous.

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#2644311 30-Jan-2021 09:11

@kingdragonfly I have been moving some of your replies to the Trump thread - or the QAnon thread because they clearly are not related or impacted by Joe Biden being the President as they are not his fault.

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#2645320 1-Feb-2021 15:26

Biden plans global democracy summit.

Russia and China have publicly stated the US has no right to lecture on democracy.

Written by Biden a year ago.

Foreign Affairs: Why America Must Lead Again

Rescuing U.S. Foreign Policy After Trump

By nearly every measure, the credibility and influence of the United States in the world have diminished since President Barack Obama and I left office on January 20, 2017. President Donald Trump has belittled, undermined, and in some cases abandoned U.S. allies and partners. He has turned on our own intelligence professionals, diplomats, and troops. He has emboldened our adversaries and squandered our leverage to contend with national security challenges from North Korea to Iran, from Syria to Afghanistan to Venezuela, with practically nothing to show for it. He has launched ill-advised trade wars, against the United States’ friends and foes alike, that are hurting the American middle class. He has abdicated American leadership in mobilizing collective action to meet new threats, especially those unique to this century. Most profoundly, he has turned away from the democratic values that give strength to our nation and unify us as a people.

Meanwhile, the global challenges facing the United States—from climate change and mass migration to technological disruption and infectious diseases—have grown more complex and more urgent, while the rapid advance of authoritarianism, nationalism, and illiberalism has undermined our ability to collectively meet them. Democracies—paralyzed by hyperpartisanship, hobbled by corruption, weighed down by extreme inequality—are having a harder time delivering for their people. Trust in democratic institutions is down. Fear of the Other is up. And the international system that the United States so carefully constructed is coming apart at the seams. Trump and demagogues around the world are leaning into these forces for their own personal and political gain.
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#2645325 1-Feb-2021 15:34

Also from the same website. Sorry behind a paywall.

Foreign Affairs: A Democracy Summit Is Not What the Doctor Ordered

America, Heal Thyself

President-elect Joe Biden has announced that he intends to hold a “Summit for Democracy” in his first year in office. His emphasis on the United States’ democratic allies and partners is a welcome change from President Donald Trump’s bromances with autocrats. On its face, the summit’s agenda—to “strengthen our democratic institutions, honestly confront the challenge of nations that are backsliding, and forge a common agenda to address threats to our common values”—seems straightforward enough. Former National Security Council staffer Alexander Vindman even wrote in these pages, “The idea of a democracy summit is not new, but the need for one has never been greater.”
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#2646319 3-Feb-2021 09:30

Trumpers are complete idiots. They deserve nothing. They are nothing.

"They stormed the Capitol to overturn the results of an election they didn't vote in"

They were there to "Stop the Steal" and to keep the President they revered in office, yet records show that some of the rioters who stormed the US Capitol did not vote in the very election they were protesting.

One was Donovan Crowl, an ex-Marine who charged toward a Capitol entrance in paramilitary garb on January 6 as the Pro-Trump crowd chanted "who's our President?"

Federal authorities later identified Crowl, 50, as a member of a self-styled militia organization in his home state of Ohio and affiliated with the extremist group the Oath Keepers. His mother told CNN that he previously told her "they were going to overtake the government if they...tried to take Trump's presidency from him." She said he had become increasingly angry during the Obama administration and that she was aware of his support for former President Donald Trump.

Despite these apparent pro-Trump views, a county election official in Ohio told CNN that he registered in 2013 but "never voted nor responded to any of our confirmation notices to keep him registered," so he was removed from the voter rolls at the end of 2020 and the state said he was not registered in Ohio. A county clerk in Illinois, where Crowl was once registered, also confirmed he was not an active voter anywhere in the state.

Many involved in the insurrection professed to be motivated by patriotism, falsely declaring that Trump was the rightful winner of the election. Yet at least eight of the people who are now facing criminal charges for their involvement in the events at the Capitol did not vote in the November 2020 presidential election, according to an analysis of voting records from the states where protestors were arrested and those states where public records show they have lived. They came from states around the country and ranged in age from 21 to 65.

To determine who voted in November, CNN obtained voting records for more than 80 of the initial arrestees. Most voted in the presidential election, and while many were registered Republicans, a handful were registered as Democrats in those jurisdictions that provided party information -- though who someone votes for is not publicly disclosed. Public access to voter history records varies by state, and CNN was unable to view the records of some of those charged.

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#2646324 3-Feb-2021 09:39

Why bother voting if you are going to stage a coup anyway? These people don't care about democracy. They care about being the ones in charge.

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#2646421 3-Feb-2021 13:00

Biden and Harris tired of Senators dragging their fett on COVID relief.

West Virginia upset that Vice President Harris went on a local TV station, which upset the Senator.

He's a democrat, but also the most conservative democrat.

The Hill: West Virginia Senator Manchin 'couldn't believe' seeing Vice President Harris's West Virginia TV interview

...Harris had given the interview to push for the White House's coronavirus relief proposal.

“To your point, in West Virginia, 1 in 7 families is describing their household as being hungry, 1 in 6 can’t pay their rent, and 1 in 4 small businesses are closing permanently or have already closed, so it’s a big issue in West Virginia and across the country,” Harris told WSAZ. “That’s why the president and I are offering the American Rescue Plan.”
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#2646447 3-Feb-2021 13:48

@sideface moved your post to Trump thread as it's certainly not a Biden "feature".

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#2646860 4-Feb-2021 10:26

Tiny steps - but important ...

The Washington Post - Schumer, McConnell reach agreement on organizing resolution for Senate, putting Democrats in control of committees

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After weeks of negotiations, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have come to terms on how to run a 50-50 Senate.

Democrats hold the tiebreaking vote with Vice President Harris.

“I am happy to report this morning that the leadership of both parties have finalized the organizing resolution for the Senate. We will pass the organizing resolution promptly today,” Schumer said in remarks on the Senate floor.

The organizing resolution puts Democrats in control of the committees, enabling them to move ahead on Biden’s agenda and nominees, most notably his Cabinet and his judicial choices. ...

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#2646869 4-Feb-2021 10:45

I watched the White House daily briefing yesterday. It went something like this.

Press Secretary makes statements in a calm, lucid and intelligent manner.

Press Secretary asks for questions.

Members of the press ask questions in a calm, lucid and intelligent manner.

Press Secretary answers questions in a calm, lucid and intelligent manner.

This Administration is setting a dangerous example. No name calling, no meandering towards the end of a sentence, no repetition, no walking out half way through. Where is it all going to end?

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#2646883 4-Feb-2021 10:49

kingdragonfly: Biden plans global democracy summit.

Russia and China have publicly stated the US has no right to lecture on democracy.

How can they complain about something they don't have and never had an expertise for?

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#2647141 4-Feb-2021 15:31

Personally I believe NZ should run it, but that's not going to happen.

Yes I know we're not perfect either.

Just don't mention the Forest & Bird’s "Bird of the year" election fraud.

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#2648559 6-Feb-2021 09:44

The New York Times - House gives final approval to budget plan including Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus, over unified Republican opposition.

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The House gave final approval on Friday to a budget blueprint that included President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, advancing it over unanimous Republican opposition as Democrats pressed forward with plans to begin drafting the aid package next week and speed it through the House by the end of the month. ...

After a 15-hour voting session that stretched overnight, Vice President Kamala Harris cast her first tiebreaking vote to push the measure through the Senate by a vote of 51 to 50 at about 5:30 a.m.

In the marathon session - known as a vote-a-rama and for which more than 800 amendments were drafted - Senate Democrats had maneuvered through a series of politically tricky amendments that Republicans sought to attach to their budget plan.

They also endorsed a number of ideas that could drive negotiations on Mr. Biden’s stimulus measure, embracing a proposal to exclude high earners from direct payments of up to $1,400 - an idea that the president and leading Democrats have already said they are open to - and the creation of a new form of child allowance for low- and middle-income families.

Senators also agreed to bar any increase in the federal minimum wage, a centerpiece of Mr. Biden’s plan, during the pandemic.

Despite the amendments, the process left Mr. Biden’s plan largely intact as Democrats moved forward. ...

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