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Biden Signs Defense Bill Despite Objections

“President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a defense bill that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China’s growing power and boosts overall military spending to $895 billion
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President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a defense bill that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China’s growing power and boosts overall military spending to $895 billion despite his objections to language stripping coverage of transgender medical treatments for children in military families,” NBC Newsreports.
 
Didn’t want to make the Carter memorial about Joe, but for reference:

 
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I remember when Biden accepted the VP nomination in 08. He said this:

"FOR EVERY AMERICAN WHO IS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT WHO ARE HONORING THE PLEDGE TO UPHOLD LAW AND ON THE CONSTITUTION, NO LONGER WILL YOU HEAR THE MOST DREADED WORDS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE. THE VICE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE IS ON THE PHONE"

[sorry about caps, I cut and pasted from cspan].

And now Liz Cheney gets the medal of freedom. Weird times.
 
Virtue signaling ,maybe? US Steel was once a very important thing in industrial America. Maybe he thought that keeping it out of foreign hands was worth it for the statement it made to the working class. I don't know enough to judge, either, but I'm old enough to remember when that was an iconic name.
 
finesse said:
Virtue signaling ,maybe? US Steel was once a very important thing in industrial America. Maybe he thought that keeping it out of foreign hands was worth it for the statement it made to the working class. I don't know enough to judge, either, but I'm old enough to remember when that was an iconic name.
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I just don’t think there’s a viable way to keep it out of foreign hands. The question is whose hands?
 
lawtig02 said:
I just don’t think there’s a viable way to keep it out of foreign hands. The question is whose hands?
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Don't know.

If that's the reason he did it, it was pure politics and leaves the Dems room to point out whatever happens happened under the Republicans. Not a motive to be proud of but losing elections by not doing that petty little shit gets tiresome.
 


We need more judges but Biden doesn’t want to hand all the appointments to Trump, I assume. Might get something worse in the Super Duper Omnibus Bill the House is concocting. Or nothing at all. I guess we will see.
 
nycfan said:


We need more judges but Biden doesn’t want to hand all the appointments to Trump, I assume. Might get something worse in the Super Duper Omnibus Bill the House is concocting. Or nothing at all. I guess we will see.
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Can't add judgeships via reconciliation. Thune has promised to keep the filibuster. We'll see. Technically, overriding the parliamentarian's every unfavorable determination isn't ending the filibuster, but it is eviscerating it. Which isn't a bad thing, but Thune has promised no changes to the institution. Again, we'll see.

Keeping the filibuster would be silly for Pubs, given that they are heavy favorites to hold the chamber most years for the foreseeable future. Dem control is possible in 26 if Trump fucks things up as badly as we think, but after the mid-term environment of 26, it's going to get harder.
 
“President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law Sunday afternoon, marking what is expected to be one of the last major pieces of legislation of his presidency.

… The act repeals provisions that limit the ability of some retirees who also collect pensions from claiming Social Security benefits. Among those impacted are retirees who at one time worked as firefighters, teachers, postal workers, police officers, or in other public sector jobs. A provision that limits the benefits allotted to those workers' surviving spouses is also eliminated.

The bill was passed in the Senate in December after passing the House in November with overwhelming bipartisan support. …”

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Biden signs Social Security Fairness Act into law

President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law Sunday, marking what is expected to be one of the last major pieces of legislation of his presidency.
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Biden:

“I am taking action to protect the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea from oil and natural gas drilling and the harm it can cause.

My decision reflects what coastal communities, businesses, and beachgoers have known for a long time: that drilling off these coasts could cause irreversible damage to places we hold dear and is unnecessary to meet our nation’s energy needs. It is not worth the risks.

As the climate crisis continues to threaten communities across the country and we are transitioning to a clean energy economy, now is the time to protect these coasts for our children and grandchildren.

… We do not need to choose between protecting the environment and growing our economy, or between keeping our ocean healthy, our coastlines resilient, and the food they produce secure and keeping energy prices low. Those are false choices. Protecting America’s coasts and ocean is the right thing to do, and will help communities and the economy to flourish for generations to come.”



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Evil bastard.
 
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Biden permanently bans offshore drilling in 625 million acres of ocean, making a Trump reversal difficult

President Joe Biden on Monday announced an executive action that will permanently ban future offshore oil and gas development in parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in a way that could be especially difficult for the incoming Trump administration to undo.

Biden’s executive action will ban new oil and gas leasing across 625 million acres of US ocean. The ban will prevent oil companies from leasing waters for new drilling along the entire East Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the coasts of Washington, Oregon and California, and portions of Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea.

“My decision reflects what coastal communities, businesses, and beachgoers have known for a long time: that drilling off these coasts could cause irreversible damage to places we hold dear and is unnecessary to meet our nation’s energy needs,” Biden said in a statement. “It is not worth the risks.”

 
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