The 46th POTUS - Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

[elliseamos]

So much centrist winning.

I know, right?!

[BurtReynolds]

Gotta love the spin here:

See? You can bomb people and have a heart at the same time! What a humanitarian!

[elliseamos]

Gotta love the spin here:

See? You can bomb people and have a heart at the same time! What a humanitarian!

Operation human shield in 5, 4, 3...

[verb_to_trust]

I think it's pretty suss how Biden bombed a bunch of shit and a few days later the media is reporting he heroically diverted a MOAB headed for a bunch of five year olds. How dumb do they think we are?

[E.H. Ruddock]

*inserts trump gif*

[elliseamos]

So he's Reagan now:

"In leaning too hard into white identity politics—and perhaps being too focused on what he thought Reagan Democrats wanted—Trump accelerated the rise of a new voting bloc that is, in many ways, the mirror image of the Reagan Democrats.

Call them the Biden Republicans."

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/ ... erg-473330

[Bi_3]

So he's Reagan now:

"In leaning too hard into white identity politics—and perhaps being too focused on what he thought Reagan Democrats wanted—Trump accelerated the rise of a new voting bloc that is, in many ways, the mirror image of the Reagan Democrats.

Call them the Biden Republicans."

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/ ... erg-473330

The possibility of the GOP becoming Bidenesque should be celebrated

[elliseamos]

So he's Reagan now:

"In leaning too hard into white identity politics—and perhaps being too focused on what he thought Reagan Democrats wanted—Trump accelerated the rise of a new voting bloc that is, in many ways, the mirror image of the Reagan Democrats.

Call them the Biden Republicans."

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/ ... erg-473330

The possibility of the GOP becoming Bidenesque should be celebrated

Those 49 senate votes make me think we've got a long way to go.

[elliseamos]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-polic ... -politics/

SEISMIC!

[McParadigm]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/03/07/stimulus-politics/

SEISMIC!

It might be the most concentrated direction of resources towards the poor and middle class that post-Reagan America has produced (though I’m open to being wrong).

- Makes student loan forgiveness tax free (watch this space).

- Covers 100% of COBRA health insurance costs through September for people paid off during the pandemic.

- Reduces ACA premiums, primarily for lower incomes. For an individual making $19,300 a year, the premium drops from nearly $400 to zero.

- Increases the child tax credit to $3,000, up from $2,000.

- Extends the existing $300 weekly unemployment benefit from the December bill, due to expire in March, through Sept. 6.

- Extends Medicaid eligibility for qualifying pregnant women from 60 days post partum to one year (!!).

- $8.5 billion in funds for the Provider Relief Program to assist rural health care providers (!!).

- Provides a tax break on up to $10,000 in unemployment benefits.

- Half a billion for programs providing overnight shelter, meals, etc.

- Expands the Employee Retention Tax Credit for start-up companies and other businesses hit by the pandemic.

- $1.25 billion aimed at summer enrichment programs and $39 billion aimed at child care costs and supporting struggling facilities.

[McParadigm]

The Democrat strategy book is clear: you chicken out and roll back your own proposals, you bumble your messaging until you appear to validate every criticism, and you sink your own polling. Then you pass a tepid, token bill, and promise to get it done for real in four years if people will just turn out and vote (this time we mean it).

I have to wonder if part of the reason that didn’t happen this time is that Republicans were too busy pooping their pants about Dr. Seuss to form and amplify a coherent opposition message.

[McParadigm]

Keeps the filibuster, but reduces its power (once you are unable to physically hold the floor, an up-or-down vote occurs) and makes using it hard work.

I didn’t have “Joe Manchin supports filibuster reform” on my bingo card, either.

[elliseamos]

It wasn't full-blown sarcasm.

It was more so intended to emphasize that "they did what they said they would."

[McParadigm]

I was piggy-backing on your post, not responding.

[elliseamos]

I was piggy-backing on your post, not responding.

Oh.

[McParadigm]

Keeps the filibuster, but reduces its power (once you are unable to physically hold the floor, an up-or-down vote occurs) and makes using it hard work.

This thing me try say

[elliseamos]

Just think of all the incremental, centrist progress we could expect if this actually happens!

[Bi_3]

Just think of all the incremental, centrist progress we could expect if this actually happens!

[elliseamos]

Do you own that as an NFT?

[lennytheweedwhacker]

this dude hasn't been impeached yet?