The Biden Presidency

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Originally Posted by Fitzcarraldo

It's baffling how little credit Biden has gotten for his accomplishments. First and foremost, he saved us from a second Trump term and full fascism. I realize he was far from a dream candidate for anyone, but he saved us from a second Trump term and full fascism. Second, he got an infrastructure bill passed! That is one of the most significant domestic political achievements in decades. He may not be exciting, but he's getting shit done, he's rebuilt our alliances (at least while he's in office), and he's taken steps to help the lower and middle classes and women. It's pathetic how these days people won't support someone in office who isn't constantly causing drama. I'm thrilled not to be cringing every day at the actions of the president.

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Completely agree 1000% with your post.

Dark Brandon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDZ1H4ABmiU

President Joe Biden Zingers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRIPyGVNWws

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Originally Posted by Fitzcarraldo

It's baffling how little credit Biden has gotten for his accomplishments. First and foremost, he saved us from a second Trump term and full fascism. I realize he was far from a dream candidate for anyone, but he saved us from a second Trump term and full fascism. Second, he got an infrastructure bill passed! That is one of the most significant domestic political achievements in decades. He may not be exciting, but he's getting shit done, he's rebuilt our alliances (at least while he's in office), and he's taken steps to help the lower and middle classes and women. It's pathetic how these days people won't support someone in office who isn't constantly causing drama. I'm thrilled not to be cringing every day at the actions of the president.

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Lmaoooooo DrUmPF iS a FaScIst.

Fucking brainlet take right there, but that'll happen when you're flailing for reasons as to why this absolute abortion of a term is a successful presidency.

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Originally Posted by dirkmcgee

Lmaoooooo DrUmPF iS a FaScIst.

Fucking brainlet take right there, but that'll happen when you're flailing for reasons as to why this absolute abortion of a term is a successful presidency.

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He hasn't told people to inject themselves with bleach, defended neo-nazis in Charlottesville, called covid a flu, asked the Georgia secretary of state to find votes for him, had dinner with a Neonazi named Nick Fuentes who used a baking cookies analogy to explain why he thinks the Holocaust couldn't have happened. His supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6th included a man wearing a Camp Auschwitz shirt and someone waving a Confederate flag in our capitol (which is a painful and sad image that reminds us of the stupidity and bigotry he evoked). They also included a whole list of people who were part of the alt-right who have supported him since Charlottesville.

You should tell all of your Republican friends that you're attracted to transsexual women. I would support you if you wanted to speak about this at the next cpac conference. You can tell them that your anti-trans stance is really born of your passionate, sincere, and deeply felt feminism (and that just because you masturbate to images of transsexuals doesn't mean you think they should be allowed to endorse products). I'm sure some of the people who were saying stuff like "feminism is cancer" will be really receptive to your arguments. Maybe you can ask them to like some of your posts since nobody else seems to do it.

I also noticed you disliked a post saying that 4% inflation is not like the hyperinflation of 1920s Germany. You do like Nazi comparisons apparently, just not ones that object to the racism of Nazis.

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Originally Posted by broncofan

He hasn't told people to inject themselves with bleach, defended neo-nazis in Charlottesville, called covid a flu, asked the Georgia secretary of state to find votes for him, had dinner with a Neonazi named Nick Fuentes who used a baking cookies analogy to explain why he thinks the Holocaust couldn't have happened. His supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6th included a man wearing a Camp Auschwitz shirt and someone waving a Confederate flag in our capitol (which is a painful and sad image that reminds us of the stupidity and bigotry he evoked). They also included a whole list of people who were part of the alt-right who have supported him since Charlottesville.

You should tell all of your Republican friends that you're attracted to transsexual women. I would support you if you wanted to speak about this at the next cpac conference. You can tell them that your anti-trans stance is really born of your passionate, sincere, and deeply felt feminism (and that just because you masturbate to images of transsexuals doesn't mean you think they should be allowed to endorse products). I'm sure some of the people who were saying stuff like "feminism is cancer" will be really receptive to your arguments. Maybe you can ask them to like some of your posts since nobody else seems to do it.

I also noticed you disliked a post saying that 4% inflation is not like the hyperinflation of 1920s Germany. You do like Nazi comparisons apparently, just not ones that object to the racism of Nazis.

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Literal fake news abound.

Never told people to inject themselves with bleach.

Never "defended Neo-Nazis" in Virginia.

Never encouraged anyone to "storm the capitol" (remember though, it's ok if State houses are stormed, or the senate building, at the actual behest of democrats).

The irony of your thinly veiled accusations of hypocrisy as you do nothing but project! No doubt you've referred to the likes of Blair White as a "traitor."

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Originally Posted by dirkmcgee

The irony of your thinly veiled accusations of hypocrisy as you do nothing but project! No doubt you've referred to the likes of Blair White as a "traitor."

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I don't know who she is. That you're bringing up a person I've never mentioned to accuse me of having a particular opinion about them just makes you look stupid. But please find me a post where I've mentioned "Blair White" or called her or anyone else a "traitor" for their political views.

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Originally Posted by dirkmcgee

Never encouraged anyone to "storm the capitol" (remember though, it's ok if State houses are stormed, or the senate building, at the actual behest of democrats).

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Where did I say it was okay if Democrats do it. Donald Trump did not concede an election he lost. He made frivolous and inconsistent accusations about voter fraud in Michigan and Pennsylvania. He called Raffensperger, the GA secretary of state, and asked him to find votes for him. He filed dozens of lawsuits, all of which were frivolous, and continued to insist that he really won the election even though there is no reality based theory on which he could make a good faith claim he did. If you don't see this as a catalyst for the actions of people who entered the capitol to try to hang Mike Pence and overturn the election, you're either willfully stupid or just stupid. What were they there for? They were there because they had been told by him that a grave injustice had taken place. None had. He continues to say the election was stolen from him. He has no theory on which to base this. Even while the votes were being counted he was demanding the counting be stopped and the election be called for him. Again, you can pretend otherwise, but I watched this human embodiment of corruption in action on twitter until his account was suspended.

Second: he asked a doctor on air whether injecting one's self with bleach could cure covid. This is one of the most idiotic things I've ever heard a person say. While he is so much of an egomaniac that he could not let medical experts talk about covid without his intervention, he could avoid sounding like someone who eats lead paint as a hobby. He also asked if sunlight entered into the body could cure covid. It probably won't surpise you that some Americans (his supporters) tried bleach as a treatment for covid. But I'm sure since he was just asking questions, ones that nobody with a brain would ask, it's okay. He also accused various universities of fabricating results about the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine as a covid treatment because they found it was ineffective and at one point he accused doctors of lying about covid deaths (ostensibly to make him look bad). You think that's fine maybe.

Third: the proud boys, Christopher Cantwell, and the entire alt-right thought Trump was the closest they've come to seeing their views mainstreamed. They were all at Charlottesville yelling "Jews will not replace us", yelling homophobic slurs, and also yelling fascist slogans. I can find you the interviews. Trump said he was sure there were good people on both sides. The problem is that one side was ideologically committed to hating every minority group in this country.

Finally, I never insist anyone of any particular background have particular views. There are some viewpoints I disagree with but I think they're wrong no matter who holds them. As a general matter one cannot defend something bigoted and then immunize the bigotry by finding one individual of the targeted group to offer a defense. If, for instance, a person says something antisemitic, like "Jews control every institution in the world" it doesn't become less so if you find one Jewish person to defend the statement. This should be obvious. If I then say, the statement is still antisemitic and that person is wrong, I am not calling the person who defended it a traitor. As an analogy all of this is lost on you I'm sure.

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Originally Posted by filghy2

That's probably why Nick hasn't been back in over a year. The failure of the inevitable Republican triumph would be too embarassing, even for him. He made equally bold predictions in the past about Trump's inevitably triumphant presidency, but as least he had the pandemic as some kind of excuse.

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Nick was going to Germany the last time he posted and complaining about vaccine side effects (mandatory vaccination to enter). Maybe he went to Germany and found it's a much more liberal place with much better healthcare than the United States. In his head he doesn't admit that but it could be why he's stayed and is working his way towards citizenship. If so, he might not be here until October 2025 to weigh in on the German federal election as a supporter of the SPD.

Trump said neo Nazis were “very fine people”. (spoiler alert: they are literally neo Nazis.) Some of Trump’s “very fine people” were people flying Nazi flags during the march (lots of pics online) and “very fine people” marched along side them and were fine with it. If I was at a march or a rally and someone was flying a Nazi flag, I would make them leave the march or I would leave the march. I would not march together with Nazis… “very fine people” would actually reject that shit, they do not tolerate hate groups.

Trump told people to walk down to the capitol building, and that people should “fight like hell” because otherwise “you’re not going to have a country left” if they don’t. The Proud Boys were just convicted at a trial, sentencing is later. But one of their defenses was that they were following the orders of Trump. They lost their case but if you don’t agree that Trump encouraged the attack on the capitol building, then you disagree with the people who actually attacked the capitol. Besides the Proud Boys, lots of defendants have argued this in court… that they were just doing what Trump told them to do.

This is not “fake news” - people are entitled to their opinions but they are not entitled to their own facts.

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Originally Posted by dirkmcgee

Literal fake news abound.

Never told people to inject themselves with bleach.

Never "defended Neo-Nazis" in Virginia.

Never encouraged anyone to "storm the capitol" (remember though, it's ok if State houses are stormed, or the senate building, at the actual behest of democrats).

The irony of your thinly veiled accusations of hypocrisy as you do nothing but project! No doubt you've referred to the likes of Blair White as a "traitor."

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Biden accuser Tara Reade defects to Russia:
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-accuser...195716504.html

Biden was cool in my book right up to the point where he thought he could judge and determine my Blackness....
Not cool anymore......

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Originally Posted by MrFanti

Biden was cool in my book right up to the point where he thought he could judge and determine my Blackness....
Not cool anymore......

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I never thought he was cool. But I like how he hasn't staged any coups or even sucked up to dictators. Good luck with the Republicans and your Blackness, though.

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Originally Posted by MrFanti

Biden was cool in my book right up to the point where he thought he could judge and determine my Blackness....
Not cool anymore......

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Dude, that was 3 years ago, let it go already and I say that as someone who has never been fond of anyone deciding who/what is or isn't Black.

President Joe Biden adding more jobs,and boosting the economy. Nice to have a president and administration working for the american people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh0grctzjfg

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Originally Posted by broncofan

Nick was going to Germany the last time he posted and complaining about vaccine side effects (mandatory vaccination to enter). Maybe he went to Germany and found it's a much more liberal place with much better healthcare than the United States. In his head he doesn't admit that but it could be why he's stayed and is working his way towards citizenship. If so, he might not be here until October 2025 to weigh in on the German federal election as a supporter of the SPD.

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I think he's probably gone off to some other forum to find new liberals to debate and tell himself he always wins because he refuses to accept any inconvenient facts.

Or maybe he invested all his retirement savings in Trump's social media company and can no longer afford internet. You may remember that one of his bold predictions was that Truth Social would be a great success.

Or maybe he just grew tired of being the turbo business owner from St George Utah and wanted to create a new online persona.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ited-back.html

Dunno why he's getting heat for this. he's not responsible for her actions.

Doesn't DC have laws against public indecency? so then arrest her. simple. if it were a cis woman, would there be as much uproar? hardly.

https://twitter.com/therosemontoya/s...585235971?s=20

it's legal? i stand corrected.

Who better to assess the Presidency of Joe Biden than Liz Truss. Who? Yes, the Prime Minister so bad they got rid of her before she trashed what is left of the UK. As she publishes her book -all Prime Ministers and Presidents publish books to justify their tenure, no matter how short, Truss lashes out at Biden revealing her predictable policy positions based on an ideology that in practice has Destruction with a Capital X marked on its forehead. Thus

"“There is no doubt in my mind that what Biden is doing is damaging the United States economy by pursuing huge subsidies, huge spending, raising taxes and now trying to impose this on the rest of the world through the OECD Minimum Tax Agreement,” Ms Truss said.“It’s not good enough for Biden just to have a socialist economic policy in the US, he also wants to export that socialist economic policy to Europe and to the United Kingdom,” she added."
Liz Truss attacks Joe Biden and Greta Thunberg as ‘left-wing orthodoxy’ (yahoo.com)

It is hard to believe someone who grew up in the UK has no grasp of what Socialism is, let alone what it might be. These days, aping Trump, the word is recruited as a scare word for those who think it must be evil and wicked.

Now consider what would happen to American agriculture without those billions of dollars of subsidies. The tax-payer funded loans Trump used to construct his buildings with the assistance of Cosa Nostra. Imagine the US without Medicare, Medicaid, 'Obama Care'- well, without the Department of Education, the Environmental Protection Agency, the FBI, and you crawl close to the bonfire, void of vanity.

There is a reason why even Capitalist Governments subsidize agriculture, industry and social services, and Truss knows this, she just doesn't like it.

And failed to demonstrate that libertarian alternatives work better.

Socialism? Where is Biden's re-distribution of the wealth of America to the people who make it? Has a single US company been taken into public ownership? Do all schoolchildren in State Schools have free meals? Do college students have free education as we used to have in the UK?

Answers should be addressed to: The Right Honourable Elizabeth Truss MP, House of Commons, London SW1.

Don't expect a reply. Or a a signed copy of her book.

"The paradox of Biden’s poll numbers among Democrats is that there is no complaint about how he runs the government.The further paradox is that there is no movement to supplant Biden. There is no faction of the party that seeks to remove him. There is no group within the Congress that seeks to topple him. There is no credible person running against him or contemplating a campaign against him. There is no king across the sea. There is no Bonnie Prince Charlie ready to invade. There are no pretenders to the throne. There is none of that. The poll numbers as a party matter are hollow."
Democrats need to realize that there is no alternative to Biden – and buck up (yahoo.com)

A fair article, with one significant flaw- if he drops dead of a heart attack on Thanksgiving weekend, what happens next?

It's bizarre. Everyone complains that he's too old and they don't want to see him run again, but no one is stepping up. He's actually achieved some impressive things (infrastructure bill, CHIPS Act, and silly named "Inflation Reduction Act"), but doesn't even get credit from his own party.

Swing voters won't vote for an Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders. No one from the more moderate part of the party seems interested. California governor Gavin Newsom is Biden's biggest cheerleader, but doesn't admit to contemplating a run before 2028.

The 'no alternative' argument is a bit circular because if Biden was put out of action by a health issue alternatives would emerge. I think the main reason they haven't is that nobody wants to risk being seen as the person who split the party and helped Trump to win again.

Every time a sitting President has faced a serious challenge in recent decades their party has lost the subsequent election. To be fair, however, they only faced a serious challenge because they were already in political difficulties so we can't be sure of the counterfactual.
https://www.vox.com/2023/9/12/238682...hallenge-polls

It's puzzling that Biden's approval rating has fallen so low (currently 38%) when objective measures suggest that things have been improving. Violent crime seems to have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels. Inflation has fallen to just over 3% without a recession (ie the elusive soft landing seems close to being achieved).

Some people say that prices haven't come down, but that never happened in previous episodes either. That didn't stop Reagan from receiving the credit in the 1980s, even though there was a severe recession early in his Presidency.

One thing that's been highlighted in many discussions is that there's a wide gap between peoples' assessments of their own circumstances and their views on how the country is doing, which doesn't seem to make sense in aggregate. According to the poll shown below, 56% of Americans surveyed thought 2023 was a bad or terrible year for the country, but only 27% said is was bad or terrible for them personally. Not surprisingly, the gap is largest for Republicans, but it's also large for Independents.

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Right-wing media and increased partisanship are obviously part of the story, but that doesn't explain the Independents. Maybe it's to do with the way mainstream media reports things; eg emphasising gloom and doom stories because they generate more clicks?

There was Trump's sarcastic praise of Jimmy Carter the other day, saying he was a great President but only when compared to Biden. The basic position taken by Trump and his media mates, is that no evidence is required to dismiss the Biden Presidency as a 'disaster' or 'the worst in American history' etc etc. If you keep saying it then people might believe it, though I have also read that Biden is being encouraged to go on the attack more, particularly as this is an election year.

Yes, on several policy issues, Biden is doing well. But I suspect he and his team yearn for an end to Israel's demolition of Gaza, though what happens when the guns and bombs fall silent is still unknown, the fate of 2 million people yet to be decided; while the idiocy of the Houthi in Yemen may not last as their resources are not as strong as the ones Hamas built up over the last 20 odd years- but they can cause chaos in the Red Sea with attacks that threaten to have the same impact on shipping that Egypt's closure of the Suez Canal had in 1956 and 1967. More important for Yemen is that in such a divided and lawless country there does not appear to be a sufficiently well organized alternative to the Houthi, though it would not surprise me if the 'South' with Aden as its capital secedes again as it did in 1969. It also suggests Saudi Arabia will not be bringing its futile war there to an end, its lukewarm 'rapprochement' with Iran now looking colder and colder.

A turning point in Ukraine's favour doesn't seem to be happening there, so on the foreign policy front, Biden is besieged by negative stories in the media, and wars he cannot control. though the idea none of this would have happened had Trump been President is risible.

I watched the State of the Union speech live, and thought it was a good performance for 'Smokin' Joe' Biden, given some feared he would forget the name of his wife, introduce Sweden's Prime Minister as the PM from Finland, and just stop talking for a few seconds while trying to remember where he is. It was noticeable that the Republican Speaker rarely stood up, was an object lesson in facial expressions, mostly negative, but gelled with the stark divisions in the Congress that merely consolidate how badly ruptured the American polity has become.

Will it help Joe's ratings? I think so, but maybe not as much as his supporters would like.

I did also watch some of Senator Kai Britt's response, which has occasioned much mocker. Sitting in a kitchen with all that heavy breathing was almost comical, until you realise she is a Senator, not a reject from Loose Women (UK version of The View). It must have been bad when her own party is in dismay over it. But then they are also in dismay with Trump, they just won't admit it.

‘What the Hell Am I Watching’: Republicans Torch Their Own SOTU Rebuttal (yahoo.com)

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Originally Posted by Stavros

I watched the State of the Union speech live, and thought it was a good performance for 'Smokin' Joe' Biden, given some feared he would forget the name of his wife, introduce Sweden's Prime Minister as the PM from Finland, and just stop talking for a few seconds while trying to remember where he is. It was noticeable that the Republican Speaker rarely stood up, was an object lesson in facial expressions, mostly negative, but gelled with the stark divisions in the Congress that merely consolidate how badly ruptured the American polity has become.

Will it help Joe's ratings? I think so, but maybe not as much as his supporters would like.

I did also watch some of Senator Kai Britt's response, which has occasioned much mocker. Sitting in a kitchen with all that heavy breathing was almost comical, until you realise she is a Senator, not a reject from Loose Women (UK version of The View). It must have been bad when her own party is in dismay over it. But then they are also in dismay with Trump, they just won't admit it.

‘What the Hell Am I Watching’: Republicans Torch Their Own SOTU Rebuttal (yahoo.com)

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I also watched the State Of The Union address last night,and thought that President Joe Biden did a phenomenal job of delivering the speech,and how he handled the immature heckling from the MAGA Caucus,and that childish stunt by Marjorie-Qanon Trollette-Taylor Greene,and all of them kept falling into his traps,because they know he's telling the truth about them. And the Speaker In Name Only MAGA Mike Johnson looked very uncomfortable,and didn't want to be there. Alabama Senator Kai Britt's response the SOTU was overscripted and fell completely flat. No they sure don't.

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Originally Posted by Stavros

I did also watch some of Senator Kai Britt's response, which has occasioned much mocker. Sitting in a kitchen with all that heavy breathing was almost comical, until you realise she is a Senator, not a reject from Loose Women (UK version of The View). It must have been bad when her own party is in dismay over it. But then they are also in dismay with Trump, they just won't admit it.

‘What the Hell Am I Watching’: Republicans Torch Their Own SOTU Rebuttal (yahoo.com)

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The claim now is that Senator Britt is a liar -who'd a thunk it? Isn't it now de rigeur for the Party of Trump?

Journalist says Katie Britt’s story about child sex abuse ‘out-and-out lie’ | Republicans | The Guardian

I'm still waiting for Liberals to stay true to their word about supporting us POC and stepping down from their various positions in favor of POC...
I.E., "Walk your talk"....

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Originally Posted by Stavros

The claim now is that Senator Britt is a liar -who'd a thunk it? Isn't it now de rigeur for the Party of Trump?

Journalist says Katie Britt’s story about child sex abuse ‘out-and-out lie’ | Republicans | The Guardian

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Yes it is. Everything Katie Britt said the Republican Rebuttal was a lie.

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Originally Posted by MrFanti

I'm still waiting for Liberals to stay true to their word about supporting us POC and stepping down from their various positions in favor of POC...
I.E., "Walk your talk"....

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I think a bit more detail might help me understand your post/complaint.

Double post, sorry

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Originally Posted by MrFanti

I'm still waiting for Liberals to stay true to their word about supporting us POC and stepping down from their various positions in favor of POC...
I.E., "Walk your talk"....

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I am not aware of any previous promises from liberals to step down from their positions in favor of POC. I’m not saying that this hasn’t occurred, just that I havent heard about this. Are these elected positions? Appointed positions? How would this even work? When someone resigns, they generally are not in charge of naming their replacement. What is an example of a situation where this might be able to happen? Link?

However, we could talk about what has Biden done so far… some things that help ‘everyone’, but in some cases, particularly boost the black community:

Dramatically lowered the price of insulin - should be kicking in around now. I believe blacks in the US are disproportionately affected by diabetes, statistically.

Student loan debt relief, which disproportionately affects minorities. Student debt is a racial justice issue because wealth is generational (a vast amount of wealth is inherited, and blacks were obviously set back in this regard, historically). When Dad can’t pay for your college, you take out loans.

Appointment of the first black woman to the Supreme Court. Representation matters.

The lowest black unemployment rate on record. Black wealth up 60% compared to pre-Covid stats. There are a ton of economic accomplishments at the link, probable none of them are exclusive to blacks, none of them have the word black in their title, but nonetheless many these policies disproportionately affect blacks in a positive way:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-...the-country-2/

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Originally Posted by MrFanti

I'm still waiting for Liberals to stay true to their word about supporting us POC and stepping down from their various positions in favor of POC...
I.E., "Walk your talk"....

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Some facts for you.

25% of the current Congress identifies as non-white, compared to 41% of the population. It is mainly Hispanics who are under-represented: Blacks have about the same share as in the general population.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-re...nic-diversity/

80% of the non-white representatives are Democrats and 20% Republican. So about 40% of Democrat reps are non-white, close to their share of the population, but only 10% of Republicans.

Do you still want to tell us the problem is liberals not practising what they preach?

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I am not aware of any previous promises from liberals to step down from their positions in favor of POC. I’m not saying that this hasn’t occurred, just that I havent heard about this. Are these elected positions? Appointed positions? How would this even work? When someone resigns, they generally are not in charge of naming their replacement. What is an example of a situation where this might be able to happen? Link?

However, we could talk about what has Biden done so far… some things that help ‘everyone’, but in some cases, particularly boost the black community:

Dramatically lowered the price of insulin - should be kicking in around now. I believe blacks in the US are disproportionately affected by diabetes, statistically.

Student loan debt relief, which disproportionately affects minorities. Student debt is a racial justice issue because wealth is generational (a vast amount of wealth is inherited, and blacks were obviously set back in this regard, historically). When Dad can’t pay for your college, you take out loans.

Appointment of the first black woman to the Supreme Court. Representation matters.

The lowest black unemployment rate on record. Black wealth up 60% compared to pre-Covid stats. There are a ton of economic accomplishments at the link, probable none of them are exclusive to blacks, none of them have the word black in their title, but nonetheless many these policies disproportionately affect blacks in a positive way:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-...the-country-2/

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Looks like my prior response to this was removed.
Oh well, your point is taken.....

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Originally Posted by MrFanti

Looks like my prior response to this was removed.
Oh well, your point is taken.....

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You may be aware that a technical problem erased posts within the last two weeks, so I believe the post you refer to was one of the casualties of that incident.

Is it the case that the Media in the US is so obsessed with Trump, that it is failing to report on the evident successes of the Biden Presidency?

"One of the things these [poll] numbers suggest is that the journalists are not getting the truth across to citizens on some key points (or if they are, that truth is being ignored).The poll respondents claim that one of their big concerns is the economy. If that’s the case, they should be happy with Biden. Among the factors: low inflation, significant growth and low unemployment. Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate economist, wrote recently: “The economic news in 2023 was almost miraculously good.” (Even the cost of a classic Thanksgiving dinner, he notes, was down 4.5% last year.)
If the economy is that strong and that important to voters – and if Biden can take at least some of the credit – why isn’t it coming across? That’s something for the Biden campaign, primarily; but it’s also something for media people since journalists are supposed to be communicating information so that citizens can vote with knowledge. That should be a higher priority than generating profits, ratings and clicks, but one eventually despairs that it ever will be."
Polls show Trump winning key swing states. That’s partly a failure of the press | Margaret Sullivan | The Guardian

I think they ignore him because of the lack of drama. It's a public disservice, though. People think the economy is worse off than it is.

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Is it the case that the Media in the US is so obsessed with Trump, that it is failing to report on the evident successes of the Biden Presidency?

"One of the things these [poll] numbers suggest is that the journalists are not getting the truth across to citizens on some key points (or if they are, that truth is being ignored).The poll respondents claim that one of their big concerns is the economy. If that’s the case, they should be happy with Biden. Among the factors: low inflation, significant growth and low unemployment. Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate economist, wrote recently: “The economic news in 2023 was almost miraculously good.” (Even the cost of a classic Thanksgiving dinner, he notes, was down 4.5% last year.)
If the economy is that strong and that important to voters – and if Biden can take at least some of the credit – why isn’t it coming across? That’s something for the Biden campaign, primarily; but it’s also something for media people since journalists are supposed to be communicating information so that citizens can vote with knowledge. That should be a higher priority than generating profits, ratings and clicks, but one eventually despairs that it ever will be."
Polls show Trump winning key swing states. That’s partly a failure of the press | Margaret Sullivan | The Guardian

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The News Media in the US is failing to report on the successes of Biden Presidency,because they're too busy being distracted by Donald Trump and his drama,which is a disservice to the public.

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Originally Posted by Fitzcarraldo

I think they ignore him because of the lack of drama. It's a public disservice, though. People think the economy is worse off than it is.

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And those same people forgot the economy was worse under Donald Trump.