President Joe Biden is slated to give a national address at the White House on Thursday evening observing the one-year anniversary of the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Legacy of Trump will not be forgotten.
Finally, a Presidential speech I can listen to. It’s okay too if it puts me to sleep. My sleep is so much better these days.
Rumors are flying that the Democrats are…happy 
Great. This is part of the messaging that everyone wants around the American Rescue Plan. In particular, repeating over and over and over again the the GQP didn’t do anything for you because you are not their target audience: the rich.
Take a bow, Joe. I have to say, I am very happy over what the Dems have accomplished so far. Keep it coming.
I am doing my part. I am making weekly phone calls to Sinema’s office letting her know I did not vote for her to obstruct the Democratic agenda. I hope a lot of Dems in AZ start doing this - we need to pressure her and Manchin constantly to do the right thing.
Imagine a speech with ideas and words that are based in real world ideas instead of lies and fear mongering. I will applaud along with the rest of the world.
Perhaps they should message this part:
They’ve tucked a trio of little-noticed tax hikes on the wealthy and big corporations into their coronavirus relief package that together are worth $60 billion.
One takes away deductions for publicly traded companies that pay top employees more than $1 million. Another provision cracks down on how multinational corporations do their taxes. A third targets how owners of unincorporated businesses account for their losses.
They’re nickles and dimes but they almost pay for the pension bailout.
I can’t wait for the T**** Twitterstorm to follow.
My COVID relief bill is the biggest of all time, it probably set a record.
Did you see the size of the crowd at my inauguration? And during the middle of a pandemic!
There were many fine people on both sides of the Capitol Insurrection.
There are many caravans massing on our southern border. Big caravans. Beautiful caravans. The biggest and beautifulest caravans like no one has ever seen before.
We are going to build a big, beautiful bridge on our northern border. And you know who’s going to pay for it? We are. And Canada may pitch in.
We are vaccinating more people than any administration ever in all of history. No one has ever seen it before.
Please buy some Biden steaks, Biden wine, come stay at one of my Biden resortss, they’re the best.
Don’t donate to the DNC, send all your money to BidenLegalDefenseFund.org
Yes I am.
I don’t expect Biden to aggressively hammer home that point because it’s not his style and because he still wants (and probably needs) to maintain a veneer of bipartisanship. But I do expect he’ll make that point clear. I also hope he’ll take advantage of the national platform to talk up the urgent need for voting rights. Not because it’s good for Democrats, but because it’s essential for a healthy, functioning democracy.
I agree it won’t be in the speech and other people are generally attack dogs on this. Biden may directly get involved at some point but it should be part of the messaging. Especially in response to idiots like Wicker and Collins who want to pretend they helped and the GQP hacks that say it costs too much.
My Senator Portman is still just saying it cost too much and should have been bipartisan. So keep hammering home that the GQP was against $1400 checks, unemployment aid, child tax credits, small business aid, etc. for the lower and middle class while they blithely passed a $1.9 tax cut boondoggle for the rich.
And if anyone thinks the pension bailout should have included legislative reforms, tell them that the Democrats stand ready to pass those reforms whenever the GQP is ready.
Why wait until Friday? Do a little signing ceremony during the address when you’ll really have an audience. You don’t have to go crass with it like the former guy would. But it’s a Big F’ing deal! Show out a little.
He must be really blocked up by now.
I spent 4 years avoiding hearing a single spoken sentence from Trump (I can read, there was no reason for me to ever listen to his voice). It’s nice to actually have a President I want to listen to live (or recorded) again.
It’s good and bad that the people who will benefit most from the relief bill elected the people who voted against it.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/median-household-income-by-state
ETA: is it really so difficult to make COLA adjustments to these checks? $1400 in CA is not the same as $1400 in Bumfuck, AR
I’m ok with that. BF, AR probably has the greater need. Same for Detroit and West Virginia
If they turn around and give it to Trump’s Save America PAC though?
That’s their right.
You’d deny the full amount to Georgia and Mississippi’s rural, poor black communities. That fine with you? An ok price to pay for shafting someone in AR?