POTUS 46.10: A New Hope

[bronconick]

I don't want him anywhere near this administration.

As long as an ambassador doesn't piss off their host country, I don't care who they are or what they do. It's a position that became useless with telecommunications and is almost always a sop to some donor or something equally meh.

 

[burd]

Turn them off. Stop spreading their derp.

Remember: these guys are a virus of hatred and stupidity. They use you as a host to spread themselves. Just inoculate yourself. Disappear the right. Unexist it.

We Dems are like shyt-eating dogs. We can't resist sniffing out and consuming right wing excrement.

 

[rufus]

So whatever happened to that Chinese army staging in Canada, anyway?

They hanging out with the caravans from Mexico?

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Yeah, I can't see Rahm doing any damage as an ambassador except maybe to the biz class wine cart on flights to/from DC and Tokyo.

 

[Kepler]

I assume he will be embroiled in a financial scandal within 18 months. He's a crook.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Today Biden unveils a 100 day review of the US supply chain on various necessary items.

feels good to have leadership again.

 

[Swansong]

I still am not sure Joe would have ran. He seemed to be of the belief Beau was supposed to President.

Agreed. Plus Hillary had cleared the decks so thoroughly to avoid being Obama'd again that there was virtually no chance another legit contender would have run.

 

[St. Clown]

Today Biden unveils a 100 day review of the US supply chain on various necessary items.

feels good to have leadership again.

But I thought America was made Great again already! Why would he think it could ever be improved?

 

[Handyman]

So whatever happened to that Chinese army staging in Canada, anyway?

They hanging out with the caravans from Mexico?

They saw the riot at the Capitol and realized they don't need to lift a finger to destroy us?

 

[LynahFan]

They saw the riot at the Capitol and realized they don't need to lift a finger to destroy us?

Maybe that *was* the PLA? Oooh - a theory not even RonJon came up with yet!

 

[Handyman]

Who Knew Big Business Loved Socialism So Much

More than 150 senior executives from some of the largest American companies across several major industries have lined up behind President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, according to a letter obtained by CNN.

The group of executives includes the top executives representing some of the powerful business interests in the US, ranging from bank and investment firms like Goldman Sachs and Blackstone, to technology companies like Google, Intel and IBM, to hospitality companies like Loews Hotels & Co. and airlines including American and United Airlines. Top executives from real estate, insurance and utility firms also signed on to the letter.

The weight of the businesses getting behind the proposal provides a boost to Democrats as the House moves towards a final vote on the package later this week, with the Senate slated to follow suit shortly after. Among those signed onto the letter are bold faced names including David Solomon, chairman and chief executive officer at Goldman Sachs; Stephen Schwartzman, the chairman and CEO of Blackstone; Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google; John Zimmer, the co-founder and president of Lyft; Brian Roberts, the chairman and CEO of Comcast and John Stankey the CEO of AT&T.

edit: https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/1364623137804066825

66% of Americans in a new The Economist/YouGov poll said they support Biden's economic/covid-19 relief plan. 25% said they oppose it. According to data from
@cwarshaw, this makes Biden's bill the most popular key legislative/executive action since the min wage hike of 2007

 

[psych]

A minimum wage hike is popular? You don’t say...;-)

 

[Kepler]

America recovers its moral standing, slowly.

(Secret: I actually liked the architecture edict. We need more Parthenons.)

 

[aparch]

A minimum wage hike is popular? You don’t say...;-)

Not according to every GOP congressman interviewed on CNBC this week....

 

[unofan]

America recovers its moral standing, slowly.

(Secret: I actually liked the architecture edict. We need more Parthenons.)

Having worked in brutalist government buildings for most of my career, I agree wholeheartedly. They're ugly as fark, and defenders of it on any grounds other than cost should be ashamed of themselves.

 

[Handyman]

A minimum wage hike is popular? You don’t say...;-)

It usually isn't because people above the minimum wage tend to look down on it. Plus it isnt just that the minimum wage is popular but that people don't have an issue with it as part of the COVID plan.

(I know you were being snarky for funsies but I just wanted to say that)

 

[aparch]

Holy sh**. Biden, in more words than this summary, just told Amazon to knock it the fu** off and stop interfering with the ability for employees to form a union.

 

[Kepler]

Holy sh**. Biden, in more words than this summary, just told Amazon to knock it the fu** off and stop interfering with the ability for employees to form a union.

Is the NLRB still hamstrung?

Last I heard the Nazis were holding it sub-quorum because they're Nazis.

 

[aparch]

Is the NLRB still hamstrung?

Last I heard the Nazis were holding it sub-quorum because they're Nazis.

I don't know for sure. I haven't heard anything about that.

 

[Kepler]

Part 2:

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 	 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]End the Justice Department’s use of private prisons[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/26/executive-order-on-reforming-our-incarceration-system-to-eliminate-the-use-of-privately-operated-criminal-detention-facilities/"]Executive order[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Jan. 26[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Directs HUD to address discriminatory housing practices[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/26/memorandum-on-redressing-our-nations-and-the-federal-governments-history-of-discriminatory-housing-practices-and-policies/"]Memorandum[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Jan. 26[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Combat racism against Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/26/memorandum-condemning-and-combating-racism-xenophobia-and-intolerance-against-asian-americans-and-pacific-islanders-in-the-united-states/"]Memorandum[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Jan. 26[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Directs agencies to engage in consultations with tribal governments[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/26/memorandum-on-tribal-consultation-and-strengthening-nation-to-nation-relationships/"]Memorandum[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Jan. 26[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Pause new oil and gas leasing on U.S. lands/waters, elevate climate change as national-security, foreign-policy priority[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/27/executive-order-on-tackling-the-climate-crisis-at-home-and-abroad/"]Executive order[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Jan. 27[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Re-establish President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/27/executive-order-on-presidents-council-of-advisors-on-science-and-technology/"]Executive order[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Jan. 27[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Directs agencies to make decisions on best available science, evidence[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/27/memorandum-on-restoring-trust-in-government-through-scientific-integrity-and-evidence-based-policymaking/"]Memorandum[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Jan. 27[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Reopen Obamacare marketplaces, lower recent barriers to joining Medicaid[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/28/executive-order-on-strengthening-medicaid-and-the-affordable-care-act/"]Executive order[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Jan. 28[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Lift certain restrictions on abortion funding[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/28/memorandum-on-protecting-womens-health-at-home-and-abroad/"]Memorandum[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Jan. 28[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Keep aluminum tariffs on U.A.E., scrapping Trump administration’s exemption[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/01/a-proclamation-on-adjusting-imports-of-aluminum-into-the-united-states/"]Proclamation[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Feb. 1[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Begin ending “Remain in Mexico” program, “restore” U.S. asylum system[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/02/executive-order-on-creating-a-comprehensive-regional-framework-to-address-the-causes-of-migration-to-manage-migration-throughout-north-and-central-america-and-to-provide-safe-and-orderly-processing/"]Executive order[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Feb. 2[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Start roll back of “public charge rule” (which imposes a wealth test on would-be immigrants), review other recent barriers to legal immigration[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/02/executive-order-on-restoring-faith-in-our-legal-immigration-systems-and-strengthening-integration-and-inclusion-efforts-for-new-americans/"]Executive order[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Feb. 2[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Create task force to reunite migrant families separated at the border[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/02/executive-order-on-the-establishment-of-interagency-task-force-on-the-reunification-of-families/"]Executive order[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Feb. 2[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Retroactively reimburse states fully for FEMA-eligible costs tied to COVID[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/02/memorandum-on-maximizing-assistance-from-the-federal-emergency-management-agency/"]Memorandum[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Feb. 2[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Rebuild U.S. refugee resettlement program[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/04/executive-order-on-rebuilding-and-enhancing-programs-to-resettle-refugees-and-planning-for-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-migration/"]Executive order[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Feb. 4[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Expand protection of LGBTQ people around the world[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/04/memorandum-on-advancing-the-human-rights-of-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-queer-and-intersex-persons-around-the-world/"]Memorandum[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Feb. 4[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Prevent Myanmar military from accessing property[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/11/executive-order-on-blocking-property-with-respect-to-the-situation-in-burma/"]Executive order[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Feb. 11[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Reestablish the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to help address the needs of low-income people[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/14/executive-order-on-the-establishment-of-the-white-house-office-of-faith-based-and-neighborhood-partnerships/"]Executive order[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Feb. 14[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Rescind a Trump order creating industry-led apprenticeship programs[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/17/executive-order-on-the-revocation-of-executive-order-13801/"]Executive order[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Feb. 17[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Review supply chains for semiconductors and other ‘critical goods’[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/24/executive-order-on-americas-supply-chains/"]Executive order[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Feb. 24[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Revoke Trump proclamations that aimed to suspend the entry of immigrants during the coronavirus crisis[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/24/a-proclamation-on-revoking-proclamation-10014/"]Proclamation[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Feb. 24[/TD]
 		[/TR]
 		[TR="class: cke_show_border"]
 			[TD="align: left"]Revokes a range of Trump orders, such as one targeting “anarchist” cities[/TD]
 			[TD="align: left"][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/24/executive-order-on-the-revocation-of-certain-presidential-actions/"]Executive order[/URL][/TD]
 			[TD="align: right"]Feb. 24[/TD]
 		[/TR]
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