With the solidarity with Amazon workers in Bessemer, and the $2 trillion infrastructure bill, it seems like we're moving in the right direction.
I think you mean Kamala and Dr. Jill Biden PhD Esq.
Because Biden clearly doesn't even have the lucidity to be aware he's president
Yeah, the idea that Joe Biden is actually functioning as president is laughable.
His response to the drone strike on Syria certainly gave me pause but otherwise his videos are mostly good.
Same. It’s been weird to try and figure out how much of his videos are meant as propaganda and how much are meant with no holds barred. That was one of the ones that had me wondering. His take was just straight cold, which isn’t his normal perspective when talking about deaths in Other Countries
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/wish-list-biden-launch-effort-enact-far-reaching-infrastructure-package-n1262544
Included in the proposal are $155 billion to repair roads and bridges, $80 billion to fix Amtrak's repair backlog, $40 billion to improve public housing and $111 billion to replace the country's lead pipes so drinking water is not contaminated. There are $42 billion for ports and airports, $40 billion to improve public housing, $100 billion to improve public school buildings and $180 billion to be invested in research and development.
Biden said the plan would fix the 10 most economically significant bridges in need of reconstruction and repair the worst 10,000 smaller bridges, as well as 20,000 miles of road. The plan would also establish a network of electric vehicle charging systems.
Biden said that he would take steps to ensure that minority communities that have historically been left out of similar investments would benefit and that he would direct the investments to smaller towns and cities across the country, not just coastal areas
Can we get a coast to coast maglev? Or maybe a nationalized train company? Amtrak, for most of the length of their routes, have to use privately owned train tracks, and they are prioritized behind the private company which owns them.
The infrastructure bill is a budget reconciliation bill, they only need 50 votes. This will be the last time they can do that this year
Biden probably has no clue what he is doing, just sees it on the teleprompter, and seems ok to him.
not enough but better than Obama. Removing income requirements for the child tax credits is definitely a good change in attitude
Biden has been moderately better than expected on domestic policy, and that's almost entirely because of pressure he's received from outside groups like Sunrise and DSA. The covid relief bill is a serious downward transfer of wealth the likes of which would have been unheard of under Obama or Clinton. Standing with the Amazon workers in Bessemer was a surprise too (and entirely due to left pressure). We can celebrate what influence we have in the Democratic Party. It is not Biden apologia to do so.
Biden has been Trump 2.0 on foreign policy, though. Mega China hawk, kissed Saudi boot on MBS/Khassogi murder, still bombing the Middle East. Biden has basically kept the Trump mantle on Iran by not renewing the Iran deal. While we expected Biden to be bad on foreign policy, this is significantly further to the right of what he campaigned on. As it stands, the left has zero influence on Democratic foreign policy.
