Biden's 100-day stock market performance is the hottest going back to the 1950s. Oh,and a hundred forty million Covid vaccine shots have been given. But aside from that? He’s been a disaster.
Joe & Kamala rock. Period. https://t.co/wf9F5KFGt3
It's possibly from a lifetime of dealing with stuttering and gaffes, he's learned all the best alternative means of communicating anything? Here the soft voice casts a preternatural calm and smile at the end is a killer.
The numbers for Independents in this poll seem important. Looks like almost every Clinton-voting Independent strongly disapproved of Trump in 2017 but Trump-voting Independents may not be as strongly against Biden just yet.https://t.co/VtGpyyeQyt
Biden Seeks $80 Billion to Beef Up I.R.S. Audits of High-Earners
In the extremely unlikely event you weren't up at 5 am eastern when this posted, here's some news on what will be the single-largest payfor in Biden's AFP: an $80 billion infusion to the IRS, which the admin predicts will raise $700b on net over 10: https://t.co/W9Jz6HVMNC
Dozens of former Supreme Court clerks, Justice Department officials and law professors are throwing their support behind Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's highest-profile judicial nominee to date. https://t.co/sHLSgpb5Of
other tweets I found of interest while Biden's speech was going on:
Another ad lib from Joe Biden as he makes his case for gun restrictions, saying it won't offend responsible firearm owners: "What, do you think deer are wearing Kevlar vests?"
The Violence Against Women act closes the loophole that allows abusers to get a gun. I mean what does it take to close that? Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. #JointAddress
Mitt Romney stood up & clapped when Joe Biden said “clean energy will create jobs for America” during Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress.
Biden appeals to Republicans to join Democrats on gun control but the party is seriously dug in against it, seeing it as a bedrock issue with the base. Hard to move Republicans even with the epidemic of mass shootings.
Given the border situation, even the Dream Act is getting crickets on the Republican side ... gives you a sense for how tough immigration reform is going to be.
Biden calling for passage of several bills that have no chance of getting 60 votes in the Senate: the PRO act (labor union bill); $15 minimum wage hike (opposed by members of both parties); expansion of background checks on gun purchases; assault weapons ban renewal
political analysis of Biden's speech by Sahil Kapur of NBC:
Five takeaways from Biden's first big speech to Congress
A populist tone focused heavily on his multi-trillion-dollar economic agenda, flanked by two women for the first time in American history, with plenty of ad libbing.
Biden appealed to "forgotten" Americans—a term Trump often used—and tried to talk to those without college degrees, calling his jobs plan a "blue-collar blueprint" and bashing Wall Street. Rhetoric aimed as much at deep-red enclaves as liberal cities. https://t.co/Y0XS9o1Z7w
Noah Smith suggests: now that he's helped cause all that, tax those appreciating assets:
"when people are hurling money at a cryptocurrency whose only distinguishing feature is that it’s loosely associated with dogs, it’s probably not time to be worrying about willingness to participate in financial markets" - @Noahpinionhttps://t.co/9Yb6UwmqlV
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So much better at handling the White House press corps children then I ever dreamed or imagined possible:
It's possibly from a lifetime of dealing with stuttering and gaffes, he's learned all the best alternative means of communicating anything? Here the soft voice casts a preternatural calm and smile at the end is a killer.
by artappraiser on Tue, 04/27/2021 - 9:20pm
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by artappraiser on Tue, 04/27/2021 - 10:15pm
Biden Seeks $80 Billion to Beef Up I.R.S. Audits of High-Earners
by artappraiser on Tue, 04/27/2021 - 11:57pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 6:22pm
other tweets I found of interest while Biden's speech was going on:
by artappraiser on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 10:54pm
political analysis of Biden's speech by Sahil Kapur of NBC:
by artappraiser on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 11:12pm
Noah Smith suggests: now that he's helped cause all that, tax those appreciating assets:
by artappraiser on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 11:35am