US Election 2020 Thread

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

23 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Amen.

 

If only they knew that God isn't actually on their side. 

[s(k)aturation]

2 hours ago, DJLJ said:

To be fair, even if the UK has been severely divided over brexit etc over the last years, it is not close to the division in the US. 

 

Not after "Democracy Day".  It's all cool.

 

 

[Bjornebye]

[Anubis]

I kind of feel revulsion and sorrow at the same time. 
 

 

 

[Section_31]

Anyone seen that shit about Kellyanne Conway going apeshit at her kid? Unreal, grotesque bitch.

[Anubis]

Saw the video of Conway this morning. She tells her kid “you’re lucky I’m pro-life.” Which is a bit fucked. However I think more was made of some of them than was shown.

[Anubis]

 

 

 

 

 

[Mudface]

 

[Anubis]

 

 

[lifetime fan]

[Vincent Vega]

[Anubis]

 

 

 

 

I’m sure he’s relieved about that, Magayd45.

[Code]

Is this real life?

[Brownie]

There is an actual grown up in the press briefing room giving grown up updates about stuff.

 

it should be boring and shouldn’t really matter but it really does.

[Brownie]

Although she just went to say President Obama and quickly corrected herself haha.

[TheHowieLama]

22 minutes ago, Code said:

Is this real the life?

[cwoods]

Press Secretary giving a Press Briefing in a Briefing Room.

 

Normality is restored...

 

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

27 minutes ago, cwoods said:

Press Secretary giving a Press Briefing in a Briefing Room.

 

Normality is restored...

 

Who would have thought eh? Jen seems nice unlike that psychotic bitch Mcenany.

 

Hopefully Fauci and Birx will be back for the Covid briefings.

[s(k)aturation]

35 minutes ago, cwoods said:

Normality is restored...

 

USA going back to what it was.

Phew.

 

 

[Dr Arthur De Sabre]

2 hours ago, skaro said:

 

USA going back to what it was.

Phew.

 

 

Shit dude, you are dripping sarcasm all over the place!

 

To be fair to Uncle Joe, some of the news on what he plans to do in the next week or 2 do appear to be genuinely positive, the private prisons is a big one that I think ODB Clinton brought in.

 

from CNN Politics: 

President Joe Biden is finalizing 17 executive moves just hours after his inauguration Wednesday, moving faster and more aggressively to dismantle his predecessor's legacy than any other modern president.

Biden is signing a flurry of executive orders, memorandums and directives to agencies, his first steps to address the coronavirus pandemic and undo some of former President Donald Trump's signature policies.

"There's no time to start like today," Biden told reporters in the Oval Office as he began signing a stack of orders and memoranda. "I'm going to start by keeping the promises I made to the American people."

With the stroke of a pen, Biden has halted funding for the construction of Trump's border wall, reversed his travel ban targeting largely Muslim countries and embraced progressive policies on the environment and diversity that Trump spent four years blocking.

Biden also reversed several of Trump's attempts to withdraw from international agreements, beginning the process of rejoining the Paris climate accord and halting the United States' departure from the World Health Organization -- where Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious disease expert, will lead the US delegation.

His first action was to impose a mask mandate on federal property, a break in approach to dealing with the pandemic from Trump, who repeatedly downplayed the virus. Biden also installed a coronavirus response coordinator to oversee the White House's efforts to distribute vaccines and medical supplies.

Press secretary Jen Psaki and other top Biden officials had told reporters on the eve of his inauguration that the first-day actions are only part of what will be a series of moves to undo Trump policies and implement Biden's campaign promises in his first weeks in office.

He plans to follow Inauguration Day by centering each day of January on a specific theme, according to a draft of a calendar document sent to administration allies and viewed by CNN.

Thursday, Biden's first full day in office, will be focused on the coronavirus pandemic, and Friday will highlight Biden's push for economic relief -- including executive orders restoring federal employees' collective bargaining rights and directing agency action on safety net programs, including Medicaid and unemployment insurance.

The themes next week will be "Buy American," with a Monday executive order beefing up requirements for government purchases of goods and services from US companies; equity on Tuesday, coupled with a push to eliminate private prisons; climate on Wednesday with an executive order kicking off regulatory actions reestablishing the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and combating climate change; health care on Thursday, a day on which Biden will rescind the so-called Mexico City Policy blocking federal funding for non-governmental organizations that provide abortion services; and immigration on Friday, when Biden plans to sign executive orders focused on border processing and refugee policies and establish a family reunification task force.

February will focus on what's identified in the calendar document as "restoring America's place in the world."

[s(k)aturation]

27 minutes ago, Audrey Witherspoon said:

Shit dude, you are dripping sarcasm all over the place!

 

To be fair to Uncle Joe, some of the news on what he plans to do in the next week or 2 do appear to be genuinely positive, the private prisons is a big one that I think ODB Clinton brought in.

 

from CNN Politics: 

President Joe Biden is finalizing 17 executive moves just hours after his inauguration Wednesday, moving faster and more aggressively to dismantle his predecessor's legacy than any other modern president.

Biden is signing a flurry of executive orders, memorandums and directives to agencies, his first steps to address the coronavirus pandemic and undo some of former President Donald Trump's signature policies.

"There's no time to start like today," Biden told reporters in the Oval Office as he began signing a stack of orders and memoranda. "I'm going to start by keeping the promises I made to the American people."

With the stroke of a pen, Biden has halted funding for the construction of Trump's border wall, reversed his travel ban targeting largely Muslim countries and embraced progressive policies on the environment and diversity that Trump spent four years blocking.

Biden also reversed several of Trump's attempts to withdraw from international agreements, beginning the process of rejoining the Paris climate accord and halting the United States' departure from the World Health Organization -- where Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious disease expert, will lead the US delegation.

His first action was to impose a mask mandate on federal property, a break in approach to dealing with the pandemic from Trump, who repeatedly downplayed the virus. Biden also installed a coronavirus response coordinator to oversee the White House's efforts to distribute vaccines and medical supplies.

Press secretary Jen Psaki and other top Biden officials had told reporters on the eve of his inauguration that the first-day actions are only part of what will be a series of moves to undo Trump policies and implement Biden's campaign promises in his first weeks in office.

He plans to follow Inauguration Day by centering each day of January on a specific theme, according to a draft of a calendar document sent to administration allies and viewed by CNN.

Thursday, Biden's first full day in office, will be focused on the coronavirus pandemic, and Friday will highlight Biden's push for economic relief -- including executive orders restoring federal employees' collective bargaining rights and directing agency action on safety net programs, including Medicaid and unemployment insurance.

The themes next week will be "Buy American," with a Monday executive order beefing up requirements for government purchases of goods and services from US companies; equity on Tuesday, coupled with a push to eliminate private prisons; climate on Wednesday with an executive order kicking off regulatory actions reestablishing the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and combating climate change; health care on Thursday, a day on which Biden will rescind the so-called Mexico City Policy blocking federal funding for non-governmental organizations that provide abortion services; and immigration on Friday, when Biden plans to sign executive orders focused on border processing and refugee policies and establish a family reunification task force.

February will focus on what's identified in the calendar document as "restoring America's place in the world."

 

Mate,

I hope it's a new dawn.

I hope it's change for the better, not a return to normality.

The US needed changing, for the better.

Trump didn't do it.  No surprises there.

But it needed changing.

I really hope Biden can change it.

The "normality" of the US has not been anything to write home about.  For many, many, many years.

And until these career party politicians/powerbrokers that are now resuming the reins supply some genuine, sustained proof in the pudding, I reserve the right to be cynical and skeptical.

(And sarcasm is, after all, the lowest form of wit, so I never disappoint on that score!)

 

But yes, here's hoping.

 

 

 

 

[Dr Arthur De Sabre]

1 hour ago, skaro said:

 

Mate,

I hope it's a new dawn.

I hope it's change for the better, not a return to normality.

The US needed changing, for the better.

Trump didn't do it.  No surprises there.

But it needed changing.

I really hope Biden can change it.

The "normality" of the US has not been anything to write home about.  For many, many, many years.

And until these career party politicians/powerbrokers that are now resuming the reins supply some genuine, sustained proof in the pudding, I reserve the right to be cynical and skeptical.

(And sarcasm is, after all, the lowest form of wit, so I never disappoint on that score!)

 

But yes, here's hoping.

 

 

 

 

Deffo wait and see, but it’s a new hope - coincidentally the name of a mining company a mate used to work for, so seems apt

[s(k)aturation]

11 minutes ago, Audrey Witherspoon said:

Deffo wait and see, but it’s a new hope - coincidentally the name of a mining company a mate used to work for, so seems apt

 

Conversely, the name of the oldest tailor/mercer/fashion house in my home town of Hobart is "Bidencope's".

 

 

[Red Phoenix]

He's revoked the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, something that had dragged on for years. That's great.

 

Alberta premier calls Biden's XL cancellation a 'gut punch' for U.S.-Canada trade relationship

 

And no I don't have any issues being glad if/when he does good things and posting about them. I'm not full on crazy, I'd be happy if he completely proved me wrong.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Just watched his speech. Was great to hear someone that wasn't shitting out absolute nonsense about how they're the "best ever" in broken sentences that could have come from a 5 year old.