Ridin’ with Biden

[MagnarTheGreat]

Broadcast and cable news networks are ignoring Trump’s “horrifying” proposed 10% tax on imports

www.mediamatters.org

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Federal government to offer free COVID-19 tests again

You will soon be able to order free COVID-19 tests.

scrippsnews.com

New York, Chicago urge Biden admin to expedite work visas for migrants

City leaders want the Biden administration to speed up migrant work permits so they can become self-sufficient, but it's no easy task.

scrippsnews.com

White House to announce first-ever office of gun violence prevention

President Joe Biden is creating the first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention, according to AP sources. But what will that office do?

scrippsnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Biden’s campaign set to counterpunch on misinformation

With social-media platforms pulling back from policing false political claims, and Trump gearing up for a fight, Biden’s 2024 campaign is rebooting its online defenses.

www.politico.com

Biden campaign is spoiling for a fight over election disinformation

Social media companies were never particularly good at policing their platforms for inaccuracies and deliberate lies, but ahead of another nation-defining presidential cycle, they are downright promising to be bad at it. X, née Twitter, jump-started...

www.dailykos.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Biden administration to offer temporary protection to nearly half-million Venezuelans

By allowing 472,000 Venezuelan migrants to work legally, President Biden took a major step aiding asylum-seekers as border numbers are on the rise.

www.usatoday.com

President Biden announces $325M in new security aid for Ukraine

President Joe Biden is expected to announce a new security package for Ukraine, likely to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, a U.S. official tells Scripps News.

scrippsnews.com

Biden Administration to Ban Medical Debt From Americans’ Credit Scores - KFF Health News

The White House said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will develop new regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on credit reports.

kffhealthnews.org

CNN - Biden cancels $37 million in student loan debt for former University of Phoenix students

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Biden campaign: Trump ‘rooting for government shutdown,’ doesn’t care about impact on families

President Biden’s reelection campaign called out former President Trump for rooting for a government shutdown, saying that he doesn’t care about the ramifications for families. Trump on Wednesday called on Republican lawmakers to use the looming government funding deadline as an opportunity to...

www.yahoo.com

 

[squeekness]

Biden isn't wrong. Trump only cares about himself.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Like Sens. Fetterman and Peters, now Biden:

 

[Sithborg]

Cynically, I know this is to beat Trump to it. I do wonder if they convinced Fain to do it in order to undercut Trump's little stunt. Because Fain has been against both showing up.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Joe Biden got a COVID booster and flu shot. White House urges other Americans to do the same

Biden took the shot amid rising skepticism of vaccinations and a jump in COVID cases.

www.usatoday.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Biden administration announces $1.4 billion to improve rail safety and boost capacity in 35 states

The Biden administration has awarded $1.4 billion to projects improving railway safety and boosting rail capacity.

apnews.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

CNBC - Senate confirms Anna Gomez to FCC, breaking yearslong deadlock at the agency

• The Senate voted to confirm Democrat Anna Gomez to the Federal Communications Commission, breaking the deadlock at the agency that has lasted the entirety of the Biden presidency.
• Gomez’s confirmation comes after a protracted battle to confirm Biden’s initial pick for the commissioner seat, Gigi Sohn, ended with her withdrawal.
• With the arrival of Gomez, a telecom attorney who’s previously worked in several positions at the FCC and in the private sector, the agency has the opportunity to pursue actions that don’t have the support of the Republican commissioners.

FCC Aims to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules After US Democrats Gain Control of Panel

The US Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said she plans to reinstate net neutrality oversight of broadband providers that was rescinded under former president Donald Trump.

www.bloomberg.com

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Over 33,000 Pennsylvania Workers and Retirees’ Pensions Saved by Biden’s American Rescue Plan

Earlier this month, 108 members of the Plasterers and Cement Masons Local 94 in Camp Hill had their pensions protected thanks to Biden’s American Rescue Plan. That brings the total number of Pennsylvanians who’ve had their pensions saved by legislation to 33,138.

keystonenewsroom.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general today sued Amazon.com, Inc.

www.ftc.gov

IBEW - ‘We Never Stopped Applying Pressure’: Hard-Fought Success on Rail Sick Days (June 20, 2023)

“We're thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement," Russo said. "Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers.”

Historians say Biden is first sitting president to visit picket line

When President Joe Biden arrived at a Michigan picket line Tuesday, it was the first time a sitting U.S. president is known to have done so, historians ...

www.dailykos.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

I'd also add that Biden's 2024 campaign chair is a labor activist and Cesar Chavez's granddaughter.

Cesar Chavez's legacy lives on in Biden's new campaign chair

The granddaughter of late Latino labor activist Cesar Chavez is moving from President Joe Biden's White House staff to take another high-profile position at the helm of his 2024 reelection campaign.

apnews.com

 

[squeekness]

I believe Biden cares more about the little guy than Trump by far.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Washington Post - If you want to save democracy in 2024, Biden is the only viable choice (Op-Ed)
by conservative Max Boot

The Washington Post - [2000 election Green Party candidate] Ralph Nader, wary of Trump, offers to help Joe Biden win
The political firebrand, long estranged from Democrats, fears fascism will be on the ballot in 2024 and it must be defeated

House GOP letting Trump ‘gleefully’ call shots on shutdown, Biden campaign says

President Biden’s reelection campaign hit House Republicans Monday for heeding former President Trump’s calls to dig in on a government shutdown if they don’t get “everything,” sa…

thehill.com

 

[squeekness]

Biden is the only choice. If he loses I don't think we'll remain a true democracy for long. Once it's gone will it ever come back?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[squeekness]

Whatever it takes for Trump to lose.

 

[Sithborg]

Oh, Christmas came early for the Biden campaign. Be prepared to see the clips of Trump telling auto workers that he doesn't care what they get. A LOT.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Biden is targeting Trump's 'extremist movement' as he makes democracy a touchtone in reelection bid

President Joe Biden plans to say there's an extremist movement that doesn't share the basic beliefs of democracy when he delivers his fourth in a series of presidential addresses about the state of democracy.

apnews.com

"There is something dangerous happening in America," Biden plans to say, according to excerpts released by the White House. "There is an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy. The MAGA Movement."

"I have come to honor the McCain Institute and Library because they are home to a proud Republican who put country first," Biden will say. "Our commitment should be no less because democracy should unite all Americans – regardless of political affiliation."