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Joe Biden’s First COVID-Relief Bill Isn’t Screwing Around
He can’t possibly expect the GOP to go along with this—but that might be a good thing.
Biden Needs to Avoid the First Big Mistake of the Obama Era
Or his ability to help Americans will be doomed from the start.
D.C. Residents Put Up With Overbearing Security for 20 Years. It Did Nothing.
What was the point of Fortress D.C.
The Country Lost Jobs in December, Which Was Totally Predictable
This is why so many of us spent the late summer and fall screaming our heads off for Congress to pass some sort of new coronavirus relief bill.
U.S. coronavirus death toll passes 400,000 as Biden prepares to take office
The country recorded 100,000 deaths in roughly a month.
On the Eve of Her Father’s Ouster, Tiffany Trump Has Her Most Pathetic Moment Yet
Who is Michael Boulos, how is Lindsay Lohan involved, and why the heck now?
30 Things Donald Trump Did as President You Might Have Missed
Trump’s presidency may be best remembered for its cataclysmic end. But his four years as president also changed real American policy in lasting ways, just more quietly. We asked POLITICO’s best-in-class policy reporters to recap some of the ways Trump changed the country while in office, for better or worse.
U.S. loses 140,000 jobs in first monthly loss since spring
At the same time, the unemployment rate stayed at 6.7%, the first time it hasn’t fallen since April.
How Biden’s dream of fighting income inequality runs through Georgia
The share of wealth controlled by the top 1 percent sits at levels not seen since the 1920s. Biden’s hopes for changing it rests on Senate control.
Trump backs down, signs stimulus package
A government shutdown was averted after the president approved the Covid relief package and annual spending bill.
Congress sends Covid package and spending measure to Trump
The president has thrown the fate of the bill into jeopardy.
Joe Biden Has a Europe Problem
Joe Biden begins his first full day as the 46th president of the United States today with as daunting a list of foreign-policy challenges as almost any of his predecessors. After four years of Donald Trump, the new administration must overcome skepticism about America’s ability to deal with the great tests facing the world, including the rise of China as a 21st-century superpower, the spread of nuclear weapons, and the onslaught of man-made climate change.
Wednesday Night Owls: Biden calls for ‘unity,’ but healing will be tough in deeply divided nation
Night Owls is a themed open thread appearing at Daily Kos seven days a week.
At Mother Jones, David Corn writes—Joe Biden’s Inaugural Address Was a Plea for “Unity.” But Healing the Nation’s “Soul” Won’t Be Easy. Can he both implement his policies and unify a bitterly divided country?
[…] Addressing the nation as president, Biden recognized that the fight for unity is largely a fight for truth.
The Bernie Sanders inauguration meme went viral, and it’s worth enjoying
I would like to preface this by saying I like Sen. Bernie Sanders. I voted for him in two primaries. This story is not about mocking Bernie Sanders but about enjoying how absolutely Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders is. He is the most Bernie Sanders of anyone in the world. His political convictions are clear, and the package it comes in is also clear. I was born and raised on the east coast, and Sanders reminds me of many folks I knew growing up.
‘Don’t do it’: McCarthy explicitly warns that attacking other members is putting them in jeopardy
Congressional Republicans have kicked into high gear over the past week to minimize the fallout for the Republican Party caused by Donald Trump and the murderous mob he sicced on the lawmakers at the Capitol. On the one hand, Senate Leader Mitch McConnell finally directly blamed Trump for inciting the riot by feeding his cultists a steady diet of disinformation and baseless lies about the election.
As nation faces white supremacist threats, Hawley blocks quick confirmation of Biden’s DHS nominee
So apparently not satisfied with egging on the attack on the U.S. Capitol this month, Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley blocked the quick confirmation of Alejandro Mayorkas, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
‘Under no circumstances is this legal’: Cuccinelli’s attempt to delay Biden changes gets ridiculed
The Trump administration has signed agreements with Arizona, Louisiana, Indiana, and one lone sheriff’s office in North Carolina that state any future immigration changes made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) first have to be run by the localities before the federal government can act, BuzzFeed News reports. If that sounds like a bunch of bull to you, you’re not wrong.
Kamala’s Nieces! Bernie’s Mittens! All of Michelle Obama! The Altogether Thrilling Fashion of the Inauguration, Reviewed
The era of Scotch-taped ties and generally upsetting aesthetics is OVER.
Biden Administration Breaks With Trump On First Day By Holding An Actual Press Briefing
“Rebuilding trust with the American people will be central,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.
The Technicolor Normalcy of Biden’s Inauguration
Everyone knows that Joe Biden’s presidential aesthetic is purposefully boring: He’s promising a national nap time after Donald Trump’s violent four-year kegger. “Politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire,” the new president said during his inauguration address today, speaking where insurrectionists had recently carried Molotov cocktails.
Biden leaves top FDA job open amid vaccine push
The Biden team’s handwringing has left an agency central to the pandemic fight without a permanent leader.
Uniformed Man Knelt By Beau Biden’s Grave During Inaugural Address
Delaware journalist Patricia Talorico captured the emotional photo just as President Joe Biden was delivering his first speech after being sworn in.
Twitter Users Slam Stephen Miller For Attacking Joe Biden On Twitter
One person told the former White House adviser point-blank: “You lost. Decency won. Go away.
The Sound of Silence
Donald Trump’s presidency concluded not with mutiny in state capitals or an attempted attack on his successor, but with a calm, conventional ceremony in an otherwise quiet city.Walking through Washington, D.C., today, the silence in the streets was the sound of a country not quite ready to exhale. It was a fitting end to the noisiest era of American politics that many Americans can remember.
States’ new vaccine worry: Not enough doses
More states are running low on the Covid-19 vaccine just as they’re getting administering shots faster and expanding eligibility.
The Atlantic Daily: Biden Gives a Strikingly Normal Speech
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox.Today’s presidential inauguration was mostly remarkable for how unremarkable it was. My colleague Annie Lowrey described today’s scene at the Capitol as “patriotic normcore.
Fox News’ Chris Wallace Says Biden’s Was The ‘Best Inaugural Address I Ever Heard’
The anchor also made a pointed comment about the president’s words on “lies that are told for power and … for profit.
What I Saw at the White House on Trump’s Last Day
At dawn this morning, workers loaded couches and tables into a moving truck parked outside the West Wing. Men wearing white coveralls and carrying roller brushes and paint cans walked across the north driveway. Inside the White House, pictures of the 45th president had been removed from the walls. Only the hooks remained, ready for a new set of portraits of the 46th.
