Did Texan authorities reject the hydro-electric power stations which Trump so generously offered them?
I don't know if you're serious about this, but given the lead time involved in hydroelectric construction, anything started during the Trump administration* most likely wouldn't be online yet.
Far from serious.
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Remember the whole 'kids in cages' thing that was in the spotlight before the election? Yeah, the kids are still in cages. In fact, the Biden team has now announced a second “overflow facility” for kids is being reopened in Homestead, Florida.
This, is course, is the very same facility that Kamala Harris visited in 2019 (along with a host of other Democratic candidates running for president); Harris said that Homestead was a “human rights abuse” being committed by our government and said should be shut down then.
I give credit to AOC for calling out Biden via Twitter over this move, but the silence from so many others on the Democratic side tells me the whole 'kids in cages' uproar was about scoring political points against Trump, not about actually solving the problem. But I'm sure "it’s different now", for reasons they'll happily explain once their done with their mimosas and Belgian waffles.
Remember the whole 'kids in cages' thing that was in the spotlight before the election? Yeah, the kids are still in cages. In fact, the Biden team has now announced a second “overflow facility” for kids is being reopened in Homestead, Florida.
I know there were news stories about horrific conditions in detention centers for kids (and the adult centers, too). I'm thinking that this mess isn't easy to solve--or even improve--6 weeks into a new administration. The pandemic might be an issue, too.
Things absolutely need to be made much better, and very soon. Also tracking down what kids go with what parents, because that got really messed up.
Remember the whole 'kids in cages' thing that was in the spotlight before the election? Yeah, the kids are still in cages. In fact, the Biden team has now announced a second “overflow facility” for kids is being reopened in Homestead, Florida.
This, is course, is the very same facility that Kamala Harris visited in 2019 (along with a host of other Democratic candidates running for president); Harris said that Homestead was a “human rights abuse” being committed by our government and said should be shut down then.
I give credit to AOC for calling out Biden via Twitter over this move, but the silence from so many others on the Democratic side tells me the whole 'kids in cages' uproar was about scoring political points against Trump, not about actually solving the problem. But I'm sure "it’s different now", for reasons they'll happily explain once their done with their mimosas and Belgian waffles.
This does feel somewhat disingenuous. Fixing this problem takes several steps. If Biden has done nothing, then that is grounds for criticism. Conversely if their conditions but not their location has changed dramatically, then this is nonsense.
What they should do, clearly, is just open the front door and let them go. With nobody there to pick them up, no home to go to. Just give the five year olds a bus ticket and a sack lunch. That's what @Powderkeg and associates seem to favor.
What they should do, clearly, is just open the front door and let them go. With nobody there to pick them up, no home to go to. Just give the five year olds a bus ticket and a sack lunch. That's what @Powderkeg and associates seem to favor.
An update of the status of the Biden cabinet. (Last update here.)
With the Garland (Justice), Haaland (Interior), and Becerra (Health & Human Services) hearings this week all Biden cabinet nominees have had a committee hearing by now.
Seven Biden appointees have been approved by the Senate: Austin (Defense), Yellen (Treasury), Blinken (State), Buttigieg (Transportation), Mayorkas (Homeland Security), McDonough (Veterans Affairs), and Vilsack (Agriculture).
Five appointees, Raimondo (Commerce), Granholm (Energy), Fudge (Housing & Urban Development), Walsh (Labor), and Cardona (Education), have had appearances before the relevant Senate committees and been approved by those committees but not the full Senate. These appointees were waiting for a Senate vote last time I did this update nearly two weeks ago.
Three, Garland (Justice), Haaland (Interior), and Becerra (Health & Human Services) have had a committee hearing but no committee vote yet.
Josh Hawley (R-Sedition) maintains his streak of voting against all Biden cabinet appointees. In addition to voting against the seven cabinet members approved by the Senate so far, Hawley has also voted against Avril Haines (Director of National Intelligence) and Linda Thomas-Greenfield (Ambassador to the United Nations), two cabinet-level posts that aren't a formal part of the cabinet. He isn't letting go of this whole "Joe Biden isn't really the president" thing.
Sources told Reuters that Myanmar’s military rulers attempted to move about $1 billion held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York days after seizing power on Feb. 1. U.S. officials froze those funds indefinitely, according to three people familiar with the matter, including one U.S. government official.
Separately, the U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday designated trading curbs on Myanmar’s Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs and military conglomerates MEC and MEHL, effective on March 8, according to a federal registry filing.
U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price had said that Washington would take further action in response to the rising violence in the aftermath of the coup, which overthrew elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Biden had his first press conference yesterday. At least he did not say anything about taking bleach to clear one's blood of the Coronavirus. You could tell he was prepared, maybe overly prepared in his responses. He had a few errors but overall a good presser. Now to get the Voting Rights Act of 2021 passed.
You could tell he was prepared, maybe overly prepared in his responses.
I'm flashing back to Chuck Todd's comments about the first Clinton-Trump debate in 2016:
Hillary Clinton was at times, you could argue, even over-prepared
Good thing the presidency isn't a position where you want knowledgeable competence, or something really bad might have happened.
Seriously, the bothsidesism is going to destroy civilization. People literally feel compelled to argue that because one guy is an incompetent nutjob that his opponents/critics are too competent and sane, which is just as bad when you think about it, and this gets treated like a serious observation.
President Biden will be addressing a joint session of Congress tonight on the state of the American union and his plans for making it better, mostly his infrastructure and spending priorities if the advance press is accurate. It's not going to be called a "State of the Union Address" because . . . reasons, but it fits the format and the Constitutional definition.
A bit of history will be made tonight when for the first time an American president will address a joint session of the U.S. Congress with two women standing behind him. (Vice President Harris and Speaker Pelosi.) Those who are interested can watch the livestream here starting at 9:00 pm EST (0100 UTC).
A very ambitious agenda laid out by Biden tonight. I'm interested to see whether he can convince the more conservative Democrats in Congress to go along with it. In the Senate, in particular, he doesn't have much wiggle room.
But I had to roll my eyes a bit when Biden challenged Congress to pass a police reform bill by the 1st anniversary of George Floyd's death. Because Biden knows as well as I do that last summer, Afro-American Senator Tim Scott actually did introduce a police reform bill (the JUSTICE Act), which the Democrats promptly used the filibuster to block.
Tim Scott's bill was a toothless wonder, and Republicans didn't want to negotiate a real one that would actually change anything.
How Sen. Scott sleeps tonight after having said in the same speech that he has been followed around in stores because he's Black and that the US is not a racist country is anyone's guess.
What on earth possessed you to choose the term "Afro-American"?
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Far from serious.
Added missing ‘]’ to quoting code. BroJames, Purgatory Host
This, is course, is the very same facility that Kamala Harris visited in 2019 (along with a host of other Democratic candidates running for president); Harris said that Homestead was a “human rights abuse” being committed by our government and said should be shut down then.
I give credit to AOC for calling out Biden via Twitter over this move, but the silence from so many others on the Democratic side tells me the whole 'kids in cages' uproar was about scoring political points against Trump, not about actually solving the problem. But I'm sure "it’s different now", for reasons they'll happily explain once their done with their mimosas and Belgian waffles.
Are they actually in cages or are you conflating any accommodation for child migrants with the inhumane conditions under the Trump administration?
EDIT: this seems to be reasonably balanced: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/immigrant-children-camp-texas-biden/2021/02/22/05dfd58c-7533-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
At least it doesn't say "El trabajo hace libre" (Work makes free).
Aren't there any hotels or motels suffering a high vacancy rate due to the pandemic, that the government could rent to accommodate these children?
Things absolutely need to be made much better, and very soon. Also tracking down what kids go with what parents, because that got really messed up.
This does feel somewhat disingenuous. Fixing this problem takes several steps. If Biden has done nothing, then that is grounds for criticism. Conversely if their conditions but not their location has changed dramatically, then this is nonsense.
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Exactly
With the Garland (Justice), Haaland (Interior), and Becerra (Health & Human Services) hearings this week all Biden cabinet nominees have had a committee hearing by now.
Seven Biden appointees have been approved by the Senate: Austin (Defense), Yellen (Treasury), Blinken (State), Buttigieg (Transportation), Mayorkas (Homeland Security), McDonough (Veterans Affairs), and Vilsack (Agriculture).
Five appointees, Raimondo (Commerce), Granholm (Energy), Fudge (Housing & Urban Development), Walsh (Labor), and Cardona (Education), have had appearances before the relevant Senate committees and been approved by those committees but not the full Senate. These appointees were waiting for a Senate vote last time I did this update nearly two weeks ago.
Three, Garland (Justice), Haaland (Interior), and Becerra (Health & Human Services) have had a committee hearing but no committee vote yet.
Josh Hawley (R-Sedition) maintains his streak of voting against all Biden cabinet appointees. In addition to voting against the seven cabinet members approved by the Senate so far, Hawley has also voted against Avril Haines (Director of National Intelligence) and Linda Thomas-Greenfield (Ambassador to the United Nations), two cabinet-level posts that aren't a formal part of the cabinet. He isn't letting go of this whole "Joe Biden isn't really the president" thing.
Thank you for asking.
I'm flashing back to Chuck Todd's comments about the first Clinton-Trump debate in 2016:
Good thing the presidency isn't a position where you want knowledgeable competence, or something really bad might have happened.
Seriously, the bothsidesism is going to destroy civilization. People literally feel compelled to argue that because one guy is an incompetent nutjob that his opponents/critics are too competent and sane, which is just as bad when you think about it, and this gets treated like a serious observation.
A bit of history will be made tonight when for the first time an American president will address a joint session of the U.S. Congress with two women standing behind him. (Vice President Harris and Speaker Pelosi.) Those who are interested can watch the livestream here starting at 9:00 pm EST (0100 UTC).
But I had to roll my eyes a bit when Biden challenged Congress to pass a police reform bill by the 1st anniversary of George Floyd's death. Because Biden knows as well as I do that last summer, Afro-American Senator Tim Scott actually did introduce a police reform bill (the JUSTICE Act), which the Democrats promptly used the filibuster to block.
How Sen. Scott sleeps tonight after having said in the same speech that he has been followed around in stores because he's Black and that the US is not a racist country is anyone's guess.
What on earth possessed you to choose the term "Afro-American"?