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#Biden expands two #California national monuments crucial to tribes https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/05/02/monuments-california-san-gabriel-berryessa/
Finally! After 50 years of draconian pot laws, #cannabis will be moved off of the Drug Enforcement Administration's very restrictive Schedule I ('no medical use') & #Biden admin will move to Schedule III.
This is a BFD. Activists spent so much time and energy working for this.
Via Kyle Griffin:
President #Biden is traveling to Racine County, Wisconsin today to unveil a $3.3 billion investment by Microsoft to build an AI data center in the state.
This is the same location where, seven years ago, #Trump touted a $10 billion Foxconn facility as the "eighth wonder of the world."
That facility never fully materialized.
President #Biden said for the first time Wednesday he would halt shipments of American weapons to #Israel – which he acknowledged have been used to kill civilians in #Gaza – if Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu orders a major invasion of the city of Rafah.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/politics/joe-biden-interview-cnntv?cid=ios_app
Any Texan, in particular, can cast propaganda aside and simply look around to see that our state is built, maintained, and improved every day by unauthorized workers.
In our magazine, Interim Editor-in-Chief @gusbova asks why #Democrats keep flip-flopping on an issue at the heart of the American experiment. https://www.texasobserver.org/border-immigration-cowardice-democrats-biden-allred/
#immigration #border #MayDay #Texas #WorkersRights #democracy #Biden
#Biden has halted two arms shipments to #Israel.
"It is the first time since the Oct. 7 attack that the U.S. has stopped a weapons shipment intended for the Israeli military."
I would hope those on the left recognize this as a tangible improvement in US policy in the region. We can certainly want more and think this is not enough while also recognizing the progress (much of which is likely stemming from the recent pushback and protests).
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/05/israel-us-ammunition-shipment-hold
Via Kyle Griffin:
White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates on #Trump's gestapo remark:
"Instead of echoing the appalling rhetoric of fascists, lunching with Neo Nazis, and fanning debunked conspiracy theories that have cost brave police officer their lives, President #Biden is bringing the American people together around our shared democratic values and the rule of law — an approach that has delivered the biggest violent crime reduction in 50 years."
Many responses to this focus on Trump promising much worse but it just strikes me as incoherent.
Yes, #Biden made a small, late contribution to the moral panic but the crackdowns are coming from college administrators buckling under pressure from GOP demagogues in Congress and are carried out by local cops. #gazaprotests
Here’s what we are reading today:
#Ukraine will launch a counteroffensive in 2025 to retake territory, US National Security adviser said.
This statement is the clearest indication of what the #WhiteHouse believes the war in Ukraine could look like if #Biden remained president.
https://www.ft.com/content/6fd11006-01db-4548-96d6-76343f38aea8
#HillaryClinton: I’ve Debated #Trump & #Biden.
It is a waste of time to try to refute Trump’s arguments like in a #normal #debate. It’s nearly impossible to identify what his arguments even are. He starts w/ #nonsense & then digresses into blather.
#vote #BidenHarris2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/opinion/hillary-clinton-trump-biden-debate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2U0.xlUu.Brtundb4MZQ_&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Inside the #WhiteHouse Scramble to Broker a Deal in #Gaza
The flurry of actions underscores how fluid the situation in the region is as #POTUS #Biden & his team try to ultimately end the #war that has devastated Gaza.
Over the course of a few hours, the news from the #MiddleEast came into the WH Situation Room fast & furious.
#Israel #Hamas #Palestinians #civilians #Rafah #geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/us/politics/biden-cease-fire-gaza.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
So all those of you protesters refusing to vote for Biden I hope you realize this is your future with a Trump presidency:👇
" Trump Wants to Deport Pro-Palestine Protesters—and GOP Lawmakers Are Filing Bills to Make It Happen"
"....comments come amid Republican-led efforts to brand ** all anti-war protesters *** as supporters of terrorism and a continued push to criminalize protest."
#News #Protests #Biden #Trump #Gaza
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/trump-protesters-gop-marco-rubio-palestine-college-deport/
The #Biden administration is holding up shipments of two types of Boeing-made precision bombs to send a political message to #Israel, according to a U.S. official and six other people with knowledge of the deliberations. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/07/us-concerns-over-israels-gaza-policy-led-to-weapons-holdup-00156528
Via Bill Pascrell,:
“Xi is a brilliant man. If you went all over Hollywood to look for somebody to play the role of President Xi, you couldn't find it. There's nobody like that. The look, the brain, the whole thing” —donald trump 4/11/2023
Reporter: #Trump says #China has been eating our lunch. What’s your response?
#Biden: He’s been feeding them a long time
The #Biden admin plans to stop #businesses & #wealthy individuals from manipulating the value of #assets in arcane ways such as using the same assets over & over again to lower their taxes. (#Trump)
High-end business partnerships like hedge funds & wealthy individuals such as real estate investors have inappropriately used labyrinthine structures to shield tens of billions of dollars from taxation, #Treasury Dept ofcls said Mon.
#law #finance
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/06/17/tax-basis-shifting-irs-partnerships/
#Biden asserts executive privilege in Robert Hur's classified documents probe
The White House told Congress that the president would be asserting executive privilege over audio recordings after a recommendation from Attorney General Merrick Garland.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/biden-asserts-executive-privilege-robert-hurs-classified-documents-pro-rcna152550
#POTUS #Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday allowing him to temporarily seal the #UnitedStates #border with #Mexico to migrants when crossings surge, a move that would suspend longtime protections for #asylum seekers in the #UnitedStates.
#law #Immigration #ClimateMigration #ClimateChange
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/us/politics/biden-immigration-asylum-order.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&u2g=c&pvid=E8A3F2D3-4A21-4554-8914-B2B9246E193C&sgrp=c-cb
The #Biden administration said Tuesday that it is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer.
👏🏻Via Kyle Griffin:
The #Biden administration is canceling $7.7 billion in student loans for another 160,000 borrowers through a combination of existing programs.
With the latest action, the admin says it has canceled $167 billion in student debt for nearly 5 million Americans.
👏🏻”Senate on Wednesday is set to confirm Pres #Biden's 200th judicial nominee, surpassing the number of appointments to the federal judiciary made by his two most recent predecessors at this point in their presidencies.
The Senate will mark the milestone after its approval of Krissa Lanham on Tuesday and with the vote on Angela Martinez's confirmation Wednesday to seats on the federal district court in Arizona”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judicial-nominations-200-senate-confirmation-biden/
Big show of family support on the 1st day of #HunterBiden’s trial.
In addition to #POTUS’ statement, Hunter’s wife, Melissa Cohen, his sister Ashley Biden, his friend Kevin Morris, Peter Neal, who is married to Hunter’s daughter Naomi, & #FLOTUS Dr. #JillBiden are in attendance.
President #Biden will be in Wilmington, DL, w/no appearances scheduled. But he has given no indication that he would be in the courthouse — a possibility that would require considerable security arrangements.
Via Ron Filipkowski:
#Ohio Sect of St just sent a letter to the Chair of the OH Dem Party that he will exclude #Biden from the OH ballot since the DNC convention is after their arbitrary deadline. OH extended the deadline for Repubs in 2012 & 2020, but refuses to do it now. Story.
https://meidasnews.com/news/ohio-moving-to-exclude-biden-from-ballot