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Open Thread: YES WE DID!

by Anne Laurie| November 19, 20219:52 am| 146 Comments

This post is in: NANCY SMASH!, Proud to Be A Democrat, Something Good Open Thread

The House approved its version of the Build Back Better Act, 220-213. Some provisions
-univ preK, ⬇️child care costs
-health care: Medicare hearing coverage, close Medicaid coverage gap
-$550B on climate
-extended child tax credit
-addl $ for paid leave, home care, education

— Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) November 19, 2021

And *now* I can go to bed, and get some much-needed sleep!

Democrats jumped up and down, clapped, hugged, fist pumped, and did little happy dances when the vote was passed, announced by Pelosi.

— Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) November 19, 2021

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Thursday Morning Open Thread: VROOM!

by Anne Laurie| November 18, 20217:22 am| 159 Comments

This post is in: C.R.E.A.M., Open Threads, President Biden, Republican Stupidity, Science & Technology

Like I said, I’m a car guy. https://t.co/zc5qkQB7bi

— President Biden (@POTUS) November 17, 2021

Which gives me an excuse to highlight a comment from last weekend:

dopey-o

November 13, 2021 at 2:46 pm

@Amir Khalid: Psaki should read a statement from the President: “I’m not sure who this Brandon guy is, but it’s great that he’s got so many people cheering him on.”

Psaki should announce that Biden will invite Brandon to the White House to test drive his electric Corvette the day it arrives.

Picture this photo op: Brandon behind the wheel, Biden in shotgun. Biden slaps the roof and shouts “Let’s go, Brandon!” They burn rubber down the driveway as the SS looks on in horror.

Poor Brandon Brown would probably approve…

… The “Let’s go Brandon” chant dates to an Oct. 2 trackside interview, conducted by an NBC Sports reporter with NASCAR driver Brandon Brown after he won a race. The crowd was chanting “F— Joe Biden,” but the reporter heard the chant as “Let’s go Brandon” and wrongly said on air that the crowd was showing its support for the driver.

Some conservatives latched on to the discrepancy, attributing a conspiratorial motive to the mix-up, without evidence, and citing the brief exchange as an attempt by a media outlet to hide dislike for Biden. Greg Hughes, a spokesman for NBC Sports, declined to comment…

As a lot of folks know, I’m a car guy. I’ve gotten a chance to drive some pretty incredible vehicles over the years, but I never could have imagined ones like the electric vehicle I took for a spin today.

The future is electric – and it will be made right here in America. pic.twitter.com/foX0ydM6mo

— President Biden (@POTUS) November 18, 2021

President Biden climbed behind the wheel of an electric Hummer in a test drive to tout billions in electric vehicle investment https://t.co/1uSaGXKm2K pic.twitter.com/WgLcide7Ue

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 18, 2021

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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Truly, A Big Biden Deal!

by Anne Laurie| November 16, 20217:38 am| 189 Comments

This post is in: Biden Administration in Action, C.R.E.A.M., President Biden, Proud to Be A Democrat, Something Good Open Thread

Here in Washington, we’ve heard countless speeches and promises on infrastructure.

Today, we finally got it done.

America is moving again. And fifty years from now, I truly believe they will say this was the moment we won the competition for the 21st century. pic.twitter.com/PFQqemLbTe

— President Biden (@POTUS) November 15, 2021

President Biden signed into law a $1 trillion infrastructure bill designed to create jobs across the country by dispersing billions of dollars to state and local governments to fix crumbling bridges and roads and expand broadband internet access https://t.co/QX5ia0R5eE pic.twitter.com/YD5sTFeluS

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 16, 2021

The politicians and leaders standing behind President Biden when he signed the infrastructure bill could provide a glimpse of figures that the president will depend on most to carry out his agenda. Here's who came to the ceremony. https://t.co/4cKZkWaczR

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 16, 2021

More than 800 lawmakers, elected officials and other political leaders from both sides of the aisle gathered on the White House lawn Monday afternoon to celebrate the passing of an infrastructure bill that President Biden believes will revolutionize how Americans go about their lives for years to come.

After months of attempts to get House members to back the legislation, enough lawmakers — including 13 Republicans — supported the bill that ultimately looked drastically different from the one Biden originally proposed. However, Biden will list the passage of the $1.2 trillion bill as a key accomplishment of his first term and is doing so with a ceremony that the White House probably hopes convinces viewers of how hard the president is working for the American people…

Members of Congress, governors, mayors, state and local elected officials, as well as labor leaders, business leaders and other stakeholders, sat before a dais that included 30 key players from both sides of the aisle and representing diverse communities across America…

Opinion by Jennifer Rubin: “Whether the country has lost the requisite patience and trust in government to allow for such a mature conversation remains unknown. Biden nevertheless has no alternative but to try.” https://t.co/0IF0ljvYdK

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 16, 2021

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Thursday Evening Open Thread: We Are Surrounded by Very Stupid Paranoid People

by Anne Laurie| November 11, 20215:19 pm| 128 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, President Biden

diamond joe rides again https://t.co/w9Ksrb8B1a

— kilgore trout, uatx professor of turnip studies (@KT_So_It_Goes) November 11, 2021

Maybe they’re not Republicans, but they’re certainly a gift to the modern GOP!

(Reuters caught this a month ago, btw!)https://t.co/nEuAkMxKNg

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) November 11, 2021

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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Chugging Along

by Anne Laurie| November 9, 20217:55 am| 177 Comments

This post is in: Foreign Affairs, Open Threads, President Biden, Proud to Be A Democrat

Folks, I’m excited to share that I’m hosting a virtual grassroots event tomorrow to discuss our historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and the impact it will have on our country’s future. RSVP now. https://t.co/cyxzWsqG8d

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 8, 2021

A $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill to upgrade the nation's infrastructure is heading to President Biden’s desk. Here's a breakdown of what the infrastructure legislation would do. https://t.co/UDALSMpAyM pic.twitter.com/ITZOOIMIFL

— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 8, 2021

APEC begins: President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will have a rare virtual encounter this week as they gather online with other Pacific Rim leaders to chart a path to recovery out of the crisis brought on by the pandemic. https://t.co/9tYKki1tzc

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2021

Some extra readership capture:

“When it comes to climate, time is really running out,” Barack Obama told climate advocates at #COP26.

Obama expressed confidence at the U.N. summit that the Biden administration will ultimately get its $555 billion climate package through Congress. https://t.co/Z7ZURlQjc2

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 8, 2021

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Sunday Morning Open Thread: Excelsior!

by Anne Laurie| November 7, 20217:23 am| 114 Comments

This post is in: Biden Administration in Action, NANCY SMASH!, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat

I am so happy to say that it’s infrastructure week. pic.twitter.com/qoeyiCvegb

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 6, 2021

Proof that delivering for the American people is worth all the painful sausage making. Clean drinking water for kids, broadband access, electric vehicles, biggest investment in public transit. It’s happening. And more to come.

— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) November 6, 2021

No infrastructure bill signing this weekend. "I look forward to having a formal signing ceremony for this bipartisan infrastructure soon. Because … I'm not doing it this weekend because I want people who work so hard, Democrats and Republicans to be here," @POTUS tells us. pic.twitter.com/vwFpIgs4Zs

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) November 6, 2021

Since Joe (and Nancy!) know politics, I’m looking forward to a big ceremony, including full-length professional photos of every ‘yes’ voter who wants one. (Especially the Repubs, who’ll need them to brag when the BiF brings money, jobs, and infrastructure improvements to *their* districts!)

Tonight, I proudly signed the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework and sent it to @POTUS to be signed into law. This bill delivers a once-in-a-century investment in our infrastructure, creates good-paying jobs and takes a crucial step to #BuildBackBetter For The People. pic.twitter.com/atJPzRVclu

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) November 6, 2021

President Biden says of VP Kamala Harris: "A lot of this has to do with this lady right here, the vice president. It's not all me. She deserves an enormous amount of the credit." pic.twitter.com/dOfqcngIKK

— Eugene Daniels (@EugeneDaniels2) November 6, 2021

Biden and Cabinet will embark on an infrastructure week tour over the next few weeks, doing events around US.
Transportation Sec Pete Buttigieg, Energy Sec Jennifer Granholm, Interior Sec Deb Haaland, EPA’s Michael Regan, and Commerce Sec Gina Raimondo will be part of the tour. pic.twitter.com/v2k3jZ5ujh

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) November 6, 2021

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Let there be snark.

Just a few bad apples.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

The willow is too close to the house.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

We still have time to mess this up!

This blog will pay for itself.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

This is all too absurd to be reality, right?

This really is a full service blog.

The revolution will be supervised.

This fight is for everything.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.