All Things Biden: Is It Over Yet?

[JimC]

So much of American politics seems to be about conflicts between state and federal authorities, with conservative forces clinging grimly to the ghosts of a horse and buggy era...

[Hermit]

Clearly it took a president from the Democratic Party to get something done.

The infrastructure project is decades overdue. The fact that it will likely be implemented is good news. The likelihood that it will mean privatisation by stealth, not so much.

I agree with your analysis. I've never been thrilled by the Democratic Party and their lip service (occasionally) to a progressive agenda while carrying on with business as usual--toadying for corporate interests. Their policies generally manage to avoid being as overtly detestable as those of the Republicans, which isn't a high bar.

With few exceptions the Democrats have been neoliberals for yonks. Just look at how the workers have fared for the past half century. You can barely tell the difference between how they fared under Democrat compared to Republican administrations.



Even after the Heritage Foundation is through with massaging the data the gap between productivity and compensation is palpable, and continues to widen.



In the runup to the 2016 election Hillary Clinton cosied up to Wall Street, telling the financial sector that she is going to leave it to regulate itself because bankers know so much better how to do it than government. Joe Biden went one better in 2020 when he announced that he sees no problem with billionaires, and that they'll notice next to no difference under his presidency. The Democrats kneecapped Bernie Sanders twice, and the squad lacks the weight of numbers to steer the Titanic to the left. Not that the so called left wing of the Democrats is particularly left wing in historic and geographic terms anyway.

[L'Emmerdeur]

So much of American politics seems to be about conflicts between state and federal authorities, with conservative forces clinging grimly to the ghosts of a horse and buggy era...

Those ghosts are part of the political landscape of the US. They may be enabling a minority authoritarian party to hold on to an out-sized level of power, but the US is irrevocably tied to its written constitution.

[Tero]

Article title: he's phoning it in

But Democrats have a narrow window to pass legislation. In August, state lawmakers will begin the once-per-decade process of redrawing US House and other state legislative districts, a procedure Republicans are poised to use to wipe out Democrats’ majority in the US House. The For the People Act would curb excessive manipulation of district lines for partisan gain, and if it isn’t in place by August, Republicans would be free to freely gerrymander districts.

“The Republicans, they’re putting everything to stop it. I need that to be matched with the same kind of passion and commitment and to be vocal,” said LaTosha Brown, the other co-founder of Black Voters Matter. “I have not seen the kind of response that makes me believe they’re seeing this as a do-or-die moment for American democracy.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... ing-rights

[Tero]

How long till McConnell pulls completely out?

[Tero]

Suburban voters (especially white suburban voters) swung toward Biden
Suburban voters appear to have been a major factor helping Biden win. While Pew found Trump winning the suburbs by 2 points in 2016, Biden won them by 11 points in 2020, a 13-point overall swing. Considering that the suburbs accounted for just over half of all voters, it was a big demographic win for Biden.
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/30/10117816 ... on-in-2020

[Tero]

Voters in red states appalled at Biden. Not clear at what. Critical race theory? Vaccinations?
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/05/politics ... index.html

[laklak]

They're all dog faced pony soldiers.

[rainbow]

They're all dog faced pony soldiers.

[Tero]

"Hunter Biden laptop" reveals that Joe Biden got thousands from Ukraine!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... bills.html
the 3 Billion the duo got from China still totally hidden in Guernsey.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey

[Sean Hayden]

[Tero]

Biden to fix stuff...power... that we will need through Climate Change. Mocks Johsnon.

“Just so you know, there’s no such thing,” Biden added to laughs from the audience.

Johnson, according to CNN's KFILE, said at a Republican luncheon earlier this summer, “I think climate change is — as Lord Monckton said — bullshit.”

"By the way, it is," Johnson reportedly added.

Lord Christopher Monckton is a British climate change denier and conservative political pundit.

“But those weather events cost this state roughly $50 billion in damages,” Biden added in his remarks, referring to the Illinois extreme weather events.

“We’re going to upgrade the electric grid to make it more resilient to extreme weather and other threats. There’s a lot more the agreement’s going to do to encourage that physical infrastructure lays the foundation for a strong and durable and sustainable competitive economy,” he added.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administra ... ls-remarks

[Sean Hayden]

Why is infrastructure considered controversial spending in the first place? If it's corruption you're worried about fine. But to just oppose spending like this, because well, it's spending, wth, --don't you like nice things?

[Tero]

You never know. Sneaky Democrats might use the infrastructure money to stop global warming or to help black people vote.

[JimC]

And infrastructure means big government! It should all be built purely by the corporations!


(paid for, through the nose, by said big government...)