*** OFFICIAL *** Joe Biden Presidency Thread

[dwai]

The filibuster is important because it prevents the bare majority from cramming extreme legislation through.

It also can be used (and has been) on both sides, so it's not unfair.

Thankfully Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema aren't going along with this BS to kill it.

Sinema totally has the look of some awful SJW leftist chick (plus she's bisexual, which makes it seem even more likely), yet in reality she's very centrist. I actually have gained respect for her and her unwillingness to be browbeaten by her Democratic colleagues into going along with the extreme BS du jour.

Except when it was inconvenient for the Republicans, so they half-killed it to stop the Democrats from using it.

Elections have consequences. If you don't like the Democrats' legislation, win the next election.

I hate to say it but this is kinda right

[mickeycrimm]

The elimination of the 60 votes the end a filibuster would be the end of this country.

Why?

More so than cultists trying to violently overthrow the government because their guy lost?

The filibuster isn't in the Constitution and has been evolving ever since it came about. It used to require 2/3rds to stop until the 1950s, now it only requires 3/5ths. Whoever was doing the filibustering used to have to actually stand in the Senate chamber and talk until they collapsed, now all they have to do is say "I'm filibustering" then they can go smoke a bowl and laugh about how they blocked yet another piece of legislation.

The Republicans turned it into a tool to put the Senate on complete lockdown and the government can't function that way. When it suits them to get rid of it they will, and already have in part. And it's not only the filibuster. In the past 2-3 decades the Republicans have taken a blowtorch to every rule or tradition that got in their way. Fuck em.

It was Harry Reid, Democrat, that first used the nuclear option for executive branch nominations and federal judge appointments. What was surprising was the Dems fucked off appointing the judges because they thought Hillary was a lock. Enter Donald Trump and about 240 federal judge appointments. How do you like that federal judge that just shoved immigration back up Joe Biden's ass. You can thank Harry Reid for that.

[Walter Sobchak]

Why?

More so than cultists trying to violently overthrow the government because their guy lost?

The filibuster isn't in the Constitution and has been evolving ever since it came about. It used to require 2/3rds to stop until the 1950s, now it only requires 3/5ths. Whoever was doing the filibustering used to have to actually stand in the Senate chamber and talk until they collapsed, now all they have to do is say "I'm filibustering" then they can go smoke a bowl and laugh about how they blocked yet another piece of legislation.

The Republicans turned it into a tool to put the Senate on complete lockdown and the government can't function that way. When it suits them to get rid of it they will, and already have in part. And it's not only the filibuster. In the past 2-3 decades the Republicans have taken a blowtorch to every rule or tradition that got in their way. Fuck em.

It was Harry Reid, Democrat, that first used the nuclear option for executive branch nominations and federal judge appointments. What was surprising was the Dems fucked off appointing the judges because they thought Hillary was a lock. Enter Donald Trump and about 240 federal judge appointments. How do you like that federal judge that just shoved immigration back up Joe Biden's ass. You can thank Harry Reid for that.

I'm aware of the history. Hilarious that the Republicans think they can completely paralyze the federal government and there won't be consequences. They forced it just like they'll force the final end of the filibuster.

[Dan Druff]

For those of you who think the Biden Administration is going to be all about centrism and cooperation.... behold!

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/26/bide...r&par=sharebar

The actions are the latest in a sweeping first-week flex of presidential powers. Here’s what Biden signed Tuesday afternoon, according to a preview provided by senior administration officials:

- An executive order directing Biden’s attorney general to not renew DOJ contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities;

- A presidential memorandum directing the Department of Housing and Urban Development to examine the effects of the Trump administration’s regulatory actions that “undermined fair housing policies and laws.” Based on that analysis, the memo also directs HUD to take steps to fully implement the requirements of the Fair Housing Act.

- An executive order pushing federal agencies to regularly and meaningfully engage with Tribal governments;

- An executive memorandum directing the Health and Human Services Department and Biden’s Covid health equity task force to consider issuing best practices for advancing “cultural competency” and sensitivity toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as part of its Covid response efforts. The memo also directs the DOJ to partner with those communities to prevent hate crimes and harassment against them.

- Six days earlier, he signed an executive order that established his administration’s social-justice focus and revoked some of his predecessor’s policies. Specifically, the Jan. 20 action canceled Trump’s order limiting federal contractors’ ability to hold workplace diversity and inclusion trainings, which was signed in September.

Let's go over these one by one.

The first order "to not renew DOJ contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities" is actually good. Private prisons are a disaster and need to be abolished. It's not because they're "racist" or any other BS identity politicking reason from the left, but more because they are inefficient, corrupt, and often victimize both prisoners and their families. Good job there, Biden, even if you don't understand why it's good.

Unfortunately, the rest is a bunch of shit.

The one about HUD seems just performative. It doesn't even name any particular unfair housing policies to fix -- only that the Trump changes need to be "examined" so they can call them racist somehow and do a "fix" to appear racially sensitive. Dumb.

"An executive order pushing federal agencies to regularly and meaningfully engage with Tribal governments" sounds like a good thing, but isn't. In reality, this order is about "respecting sovereignty of Tribal governments", which is horrendous policy. We should be doing the opposite. The so-called "sovereignty" allows Tribal governments to establish kangaroo courts where outsiders have none of their usual rights and protections -- which is exactly what allows the complete abuse and cheating of patrons at Indian casinos, among other things. Additionally, this prevents the federal government from stepping in to help in situations where rich tribe elders exploit their own people. Native sovereignty has been a disaster. But of course, "respecting sovereignty" sounds like the woke thing to do, so.....

The next one is more "racial equity" crap when it comes to fighting COVID. Rather than simply pushing policy backed by the science -- something Democrats have long promised to do post-Trump, they are instead justifying deviating from the science for "racial equity" reasons. Note that this is NOT an effort to make sure that certain minority groups have equal access to the vaccine and to COVID care. That I completely support. This is the nonsense "equity" thing rearing its ugly head again -- the same bullshit which led the CDC to recommend young, healthy essential workers to be vaccinated at the same time as very elderly people.

The January 20 order to "cancel Trump’s order limiting federal contractors’ ability to hold workplace diversity and inclusion trainings" again sounds like a good thing if you don't understand it. In reality, this is horrible. Certain woke federal agencies were requiring PUBLIC EMPLOYEES to take nonsense courses which preached extreme theories that America was a systemically racist place. These employees were required to repeat back these "teachings" if they were to keep their jobs. This was not an open discussion or seminar. This was not racial sensitivity training, or training on how to get along with minority employees. This was a course which was required, and everyone had to state agreement with these extreme leftist theories in order to "pass". Trump put an end to this for federal employees and federal contractors, stating that political brainwashing had no place in federal work. This was 100% correct, and Biden just undid it!



GUYZ HE'Z A TOTALLY CENTRIST DUDE AND WON'T LET DA HARD LEFT RUN HIM OVER!!!!!111

[Walter Sobchak]

For those of you who think the Biden Administration is going to be all about centrism and cooperation.... behold!

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/26/bide...r&par=sharebar

The actions are the latest in a sweeping first-week flex of presidential powers. Here’s what Biden signed Tuesday afternoon, according to a preview provided by senior administration officials:

- An executive order directing Biden’s attorney general to not renew DOJ contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities;

- A presidential memorandum directing the Department of Housing and Urban Development to examine the effects of the Trump administration’s regulatory actions that “undermined fair housing policies and laws.” Based on that analysis, the memo also directs HUD to take steps to fully implement the requirements of the Fair Housing Act.

- An executive order pushing federal agencies to regularly and meaningfully engage with Tribal governments;

- An executive memorandum directing the Health and Human Services Department and Biden’s Covid health equity task force to consider issuing best practices for advancing “cultural competency” and sensitivity toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as part of its Covid response efforts. The memo also directs the DOJ to partner with those communities to prevent hate crimes and harassment against them.

- Six days earlier, he signed an executive order that established his administration’s social-justice focus and revoked some of his predecessor’s policies. Specifically, the Jan. 20 action canceled Trump’s order limiting federal contractors’ ability to hold workplace diversity and inclusion trainings, which was signed in September.

Let's go over these one by one.

The first order "to not renew DOJ contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities" is actually good. Private prisons are a disaster and need to be abolished. It's not because they're "racist" or any other BS identity politicking reason from the left, but more because they are inefficient, corrupt, and often victimize both prisoners and their families. Good job there, Biden, even if you don't understand why it's good.

Unfortunately, the rest is a bunch of shit.

The one about HUD seems just performative. It doesn't even name any particular unfair housing policies to fix -- only that the Trump changes need to be "examined" so they can call them racist somehow and do a "fix" to appear racially sensitive. Dumb.

"An executive order pushing federal agencies to regularly and meaningfully engage with Tribal governments" sounds like a good thing, but isn't. In reality, this order is about "respecting sovereignty of Tribal governments", which is horrendous policy. We should be doing the opposite. The so-called "sovereignty" allows Tribal governments to establish kangaroo courts where outsiders have none of their usual rights and protections -- which is exactly what allows the complete abuse and cheating of patrons at Indian casinos, among other things. Additionally, this prevents the federal government from stepping in to help in situations where rich tribe elders exploit their own people. Native sovereignty has been a disaster. But of course, "respecting sovereignty" sounds like the woke thing to do, so.....

The next one is more "racial equity" crap when it comes to fighting COVID. Rather than simply pushing policy backed by the science -- something Democrats have long promised to do post-Trump, they are instead justifying deviating from the science for "racial equity" reasons. Note that this is NOT an effort to make sure that certain minority groups have equal access to the vaccine and to COVID care. That I completely support. This is the nonsense "equity" thing rearing its ugly head again -- the same bullshit which led the CDC to recommend young, healthy essential workers to be vaccinated at the same time as very elderly people.

The January 20 order to "cancel Trump’s order limiting federal contractors’ ability to hold workplace diversity and inclusion trainings" again sounds like a good thing if you don't understand it. In reality, this is horrible. Certain woke federal agencies were requiring PUBLIC EMPLOYEES to take nonsense courses which preached extreme theories that America was a systemically racist place. These employees were required to repeat back these "teachings" if they were to keep their jobs. This was not an open discussion or seminar. This was not racial sensitivity training, or training on how to get along with minority employees. This was a course which was required, and everyone had to state agreement with these extreme leftist theories in order to "pass". Trump put an end to this for federal employees and federal contractors, stating that political brainwashing had no place in federal work. This was 100% correct, and Biden just undid it!



GUYZ HE'Z A TOTALLY CENTRIST DUDE AND WON'T LET DA HARD LEFT RUN HIM OVER!!!!!111

So that's 5, by my count?

Good, good, good, good and good.

[Dan Druff]

How is Biden doing so far?

Good question, but I'll have to circle back with you.

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[adamantium]

How is Biden doing so far?

Good question, but I'll have to circle back with you.

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You voted for a fucking lunatic mad man and feel good about it, circle back to that.

[Cerveza Fria]

How is Biden doing so far?

Good question, but I'll have to circle back with you.

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Sounds like one big Circle Jerk

[duped_samaritan]

This was 100% correct, and Biden just undid it![/b]

I disagree.

[mulva]

i knew biden was going to kill the economy. but what what i didn't know that he was going to do it at a record pace.

has dopey made 1 good decision that would possibly help any american thus far?.

i still lol @ his climate stuff. he's gonna wreck everything for no measurable difference. you dumb fucks do realize that oil is never going away. you're just going to pay more for it in everything made of it that you buy. not to mention at the pumps.

i'm pretty sure things will get bad soon enough and the peeps that voted for biden will notice that it's hurting them more than helping them.

you also better diversify your portfolio and turn your cash into tangible items that hold value.

[Walter Sobchak]

i knew biden was going to kill the economy. but what what i didn't know that he was going to do it at a record pace.

has dopey made 1 good decision that would possibly help any american thus far?.

i still lol @ his climate stuff. he's gonna wreck everything for no measurable difference. you dumb fucks do realize that oil is never going away. you're just going to pay more for it in everything made of it that you buy. not to mention at the pumps.

i'm pretty sure things will get bad soon enough and the peeps that voted for biden will notice that it's hurting them more than helping them.

you also better diversify your portfolio and turn your cash into tangible items that hold value.

Oil will go away, but not completely and not for a few decades at least.

Diversification is always good. I disagree with "turn your cash into tangible items that hold value." It is almost impossible to beat an index fund doing this and only dumb luck if you do.

[dwai]

[duped_samaritan]

i still lol @ his climate stuff. he's gonna wreck everything for no measurable difference. you dumb fucks do realize that oil is never going away. you're just going to pay more for it in everything made of it that you buy. not to mention at the pumps.

But what if the scientists are right?

[mickeycrimm]

Get ready for it, boys and girls. Federal tax hikes are on the way. And not just for the 400K and up crowd. Biden and Harris lied to you about no tax hikes on the middle class. Rumors have already been circulated to get you ready for it. China Joe just keeps delivering issues for republicans to run on in 2022 and 2024.

[garrett]

i knew biden was going to kill the economy. but what what i didn't know that he was going to do it at a record pace.

has dopey made 1 good decision that would possibly help any american thus far?.

i still lol @ his climate stuff. he's gonna wreck everything for no measurable difference. you dumb fucks do realize that oil is never going away. you're just going to pay more for it in everything made of it that you buy. not to mention at the pumps.

i'm pretty sure things will get bad soon enough and the peeps that voted for biden will notice that it's hurting them more than helping them.

you also better diversify your portfolio and turn your cash into tangible items that hold value.

yeah this is also why i'm certain the shift will start to happen from gasoline to Electric powered vehicles. Society's going to be plug your car in Electric soon, it's obvious and common sense. LoL thinking we are heading in a direction of as dependent on Gasoline, haha we aren't. Once Tesla, and heck some even not quite yet competitive ones, make a 25k-30k actually decent range car. I think people are going to be running to get into an Electric car, its coming im telling you. Who the fuck actually, likes, laying for fkn gasoline absolutely no one. its obvious the Electric Vehicle curve is coming imo, just when =)

[duped_samaritan]

Get ready for it, boys and girls. Federal tax hikes are on the way. And not just for the 400K and up crowd. Biden and Harris lied to you about no tax hikes on the middle class. Rumors have already been circulated to get you ready for it. China Joe just keeps delivering issues for republicans to run on in 2022 and 2024.

They've been on the way since the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The first tax hike was set for right after the election, 2021 and then 3 more in 2023, 2025 and 2027.

This year people making 10k-30k/year will feel the most pain. By 2027 everyone making 75k or less will be at a higher tax rate than they are today. From a bill passed in a republican House and Senate, signed by Trump.

[mickeycrimm]

Get ready for it, boys and girls. Federal tax hikes are on the way. And not just for the 400K and up crowd. Biden and Harris lied to you about no tax hikes on the middle class. Rumors have already been circulated to get you ready for it. China Joe just keeps delivering issues for republicans to run on in 2022 and 2024.

They've been on the way since the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The first tax hike was set for right after the election, 2021 and then 3 more in 2023, 2025 and 2027.

This year people making 10k-30k/year will feel the most pain. By 2027 everyone making 75k or less will be at a higher tax rate than they are today. From a bill passed in a republican House and Senate, signed by Trump.

Trump was poised to kill those tax hikes.

[mickeycrimm]

I think it was a Town Hall with George Stephanopoulas back in September, 2019, that Joe Biden gave a big explanation of the sins of governing by executive order and swore he wouldn't do it. So now we have 25 executive orders by him in less than ten days. That is by far unprecedented.

Everyday amongst the libtards Trump was called a liar. They hammered the "Trump is a liar" theme to death. Now here we have Joe Biden obviously told one of the biggest whoppers thats ever been told to get elected. This one lie might have pulled in enough votes for him to win. So he lays down 10 executive orders on his first day. This is ironclad evidence that he willfully lied through his nose to the American people knowing full well he would break that promise on his first day in office.

BIDEN IS A PIECE OF SHIT LIAR!!!! HE FUCKING LIES!!!! HE'S A LYING FUCKFACE!!!!

[Walter Sobchak]

They've been on the way since the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The first tax hike was set for right after the election, 2021 and then 3 more in 2023, 2025 and 2027.

This year people making 10k-30k/year will feel the most pain. By 2027 everyone making 75k or less will be at a higher tax rate than they are today. From a bill passed in a republican House and Senate, signed by Trump.

Trump was poised to kill those tax hikes.

Trump signed them into law you idiot.

[Walter Sobchak]

I think it was a Town Hall with George Stephanopoulas back in September, 2019, that Joe Biden gave a big explanation of the sins of governing by executive order and swore he wouldn't do it. So now we have 25 executive orders by him in less than ten days. That is by far unprecedented.

Everyday amongst the libtards Trump was called a liar. They hammered the "Trump is a liar" theme to death. Now here we have Joe Biden obviously told one of the biggest whoppers thats ever been told to get elected. This one lie might have pulled in enough votes for him to win. So he lays down 10 executive orders on his first day. This is ironclad evidence that he willfully lied through his nose to the American people knowing full well he would break that promise on his first day in office.

BIDEN IS A PIECE OF SHIT LIAR!!!! HE FUCKING LIES!!!! HE'S A LYING FUCKFACE!!!!

You also said that if he were elected America would be the last to get the vaccine because Biden would give it all to China. Yet America has one of the world's highest number of doses administered per capita while China is stuck with a second-rate ineffective garbage vaccine they produced themselves.

Yet another lie from mickeydimm aka duped_by_Trump