Actually a lot can be done through executive orders, but it's up to what Biden wants to push through. Also, a court can rule them unconstitutional if they overreach.
The Biden Presidency
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
i don't wish no one's death but IMHO Kamala would be a better president than Biden, so if he happens to have a weird yatch accident, you wont see me crying
anyway, Biden took Trump out of office, that's quite an achievement
Aren't there a few more sensible GOP senators? Like Romney and the one from Alaska (forgot her name). Given Biden.moved centre-right in his campaign, they might find significant common ground.
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Sounds pretty good.
The world heaved a sigh of relief.
There is another dimension to the Covid 19 situation which has implications for the rest of the world, that is to make vaccines available to the rest of the world when they are ready. I do not trust Trump to do the right thing. Hopefully the Biden admin will.
Biden winning I hope means more involvement in Irish affairs especially with protecting the GFA
It's amazing that Biden just speaking normally and in complete sentences will be considered as an improvement over the previous presidency. The bar has never been lower.
Time for progressives to join Biden on policy that matters and protest him when he tries to play GOP-lite.
Progressives have a chance now to push for real change. Some progressives are too jaded on here. It's now time to join with Bernie and get him to influence Biden.
Progressives have a chance now to push for real change. Some progressives are too jaded on here. It's now time to join with Bernie and get him to influence Biden.
Chariman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for Iraq and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee for Thomas.
Watching some of the fawning over Harris and Biden, it's very easy to understand Trump's success, for these are the seeds from which all cult worship grows. A hopeless species.
That is not happening this term. The team they put together is GOP-light.
it may not, but it's still time to fight him when it matters.
Depends on Senate. If Dems win both Georgia seats, this may be realistic, else GOP lite is as much as we can expect as bipartisan measures before 2022 senate elections...and that too is a stretch.
Pushing progressive agenda is still a far stretch from reality.
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who would have thought this could be true after George W.
A lot of it is mixed in with finally seeing the back of Trump. Also a BAME person in a top governance job in America is a first. I wouldn’t describe it as a cult at all. They do have a challenging job with governing America ahead.
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Very little of that bottom list is going to be possible without winning the senate. And even then probably not without a comfortable majority in the senate.
In politics, you’ve got to play the hand you’re dealt. And at this time, it means Biden will be judged on his ability to fight the pandemic and marshal an economic recovery. He also has to rebuild the state department and America’s traditional alliances around the world. Anything else is a bonus.
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That "I'm Irish" comment from Biden doing the rounds on Twitter seemed to seriously hit a nerve with a lot of British people.
He should make one of his dogs the head of his coronavirus response team for shits and giggles.
It will be better for Britain and Brexit ultimately. The truth is that the US - UK trade isn’t actually worth that much because there’s already a high level trade agreement between the two countries. The proposed deal with Trump was estimated to be worth 0.16% of GDP at best! The Tories were in danger of accepting it to please the libertarians in the party and because the UK public spend so much time injecting Americana into their eyeballs they’d be fooled into thinking the deal was great simply because it’s the USA.
It‘s very bad news for Farage, Hannan and the other British libertarians that wanted to completely deregulate trade.
I'm glad people find the idea of infantile genocide so funny. It reflects well on you. Just look it up, it isn't even hard to find.
Naral are very well known, by the way. But, I guess you would want to sweep it under the rug because it doesn't fit with your ideology.
4chan comes to the Cafe.
Would probably still do a better job than Uday and Qusay or mute blowjob Kushner.
Naral are indeed very well known...as a pro women's choice campaigner. Not for "infantile genocide". Instead of telling people to "look it up" please provide your own sources.
I could "look up" the phrase 'mickey mouse causes skin cancer' and find a source. Doesn't mean it's accurate.
I knew it!
More like 8chan
Well at least US politics is going to be a lot less crazy.
It doesn’t take much.
Stop virtue signalling man.
Which is good news for the rest of us.
It’s better for the British people for sure even if some of them don’t realise it. Farage is having a meltdown about the Biden Presidency already.
I am not going to pretend to know everything about NARAL and their activities, but scaremongering about 'abortions up to birth', 'partial-birth abortion', etc. is the mother of all strawmen in the abortion debate. Typically it is used by right-wing evangelicals, who want to ban abortion altogether. Pete Buttigieg had an excellent explanation of this in his Fox News town hall.
He hasn't delivered M4A yet. He's just as bad as Trump.
He only one the popular vote by 4m, as others have said 71m of his constituents voted against him. But whatever you think of them, he is still their President. And unlike the orange thunderc*nt, he will try to govern for the whole country, not just those that voted for him. Anyone expecting differently will be disappointed.
It is still turning the Titanic before it's on a path to definitively hit the iceberg, imo. The issues are still there: the divisiveness, institutions enabling minority rule, money-running politics and so forth. But at least the future isn't as clearly written as failure anymore.
For those bitter that the US didn't elect a more progressive candidate, I'd suggest just waiting before you give up, and maybe being appreciative for at least a few days they didn't re-elect Donald Trump.
He only one the popular vote by 4m, as others have said 71m of his constituents voted against him. But whatever you think of them, he is still their President. And unlike the orange thunderc*nt, he will try to govern for the whole country, not just those that voted for him. Anyone expecting differently will be disappointed.
It is still turning the Titanic before it's on a path to definitively hit the iceberg, imo. The issues are still there: the divisiveness, institutions enabling minority rule, money-running politics and so forth. But at least the future isn't as clearly written as failure anymore.
For those bitter that the US didn't elect a more progressive candidate, I'd suggest just waiting before you give up, and maybe being appreciative for at least a few days they didn't re-elect Donald Trump.
Hopefully going to be posting much less in this thread than in the previous (impeached) President's thread.
One (quite possibly the only) good thing to say about Trump is that he didn't invade any other country (although it seemed touch and go with Iran before Covid), which seems to be standard for US leaders. Hopefully Biden will be just as restrained.
One (quite possibly the only) good thing to say about Trump is that he didn't invade any other country (although it seemed touch and go with Iran before Covid), which seems to be standard for US leaders. Hopefully Biden will be just as restrained.
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