#Trump has more leeway when it comes to rolling back executive actions on #immigration, such as #Biden’s protections for the #undocumented immigrant #spouses of US #citizens. …However, his decisions would have to comply w/federal administrative #law, which sets requirements for changing govt #regulations.
Trump …tried 2X as president to dismantle the #Obama admin’s program protecting undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children but was blocked by #SCOTUS.
The Secret Service is looking into Elon #Musk's Twitter post (later removed) that suggested it was strange no one attempted to assassinate President #Biden or Vice President #Harris.
"CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski had tracked down a bunch of old online profiles of Robinson—most notably, an account he’d frequently used to comment on a porn site, Nude Africa, in the early 2010s. Those posts included some of the most insane ranting you’ll ever see:"
Richardson also notes that the Mark Robinson story distracts from another major news story yesterday: the continued stellar performance of the US economy under President Biden. She says,
"Bringing the U.S. economy out of the pandemic more successfully than any other major economically developed country meant clear goals and principles, and careful, informed adjustments."
President #Biden on Thurs touted what he called a “declaration of progress” after the #FederalReserve cut #InterestRates, arguing his #economic agenda had put the country on strong footing & warning of the risks that could come w/a return to #Trump’s policies.
Biden addressed the Economic Club of Washington, DC, one day after the #CentralBank cut interest rates for the first time since 2020. #POTUS welcomed the #Fed’s decision.
“It doesn’t mean our work is done. Far from it. …No one should confuse why I’m here,” #Biden said. “I’m not here to take a victory lap. I’m not here to say a job well done. I’m not here to say we don’t have a hell of a lot more work to do. We do have more work to do.
“But what I am here to speak about is how far we’ve come, how we got here, & most importantly the foundation that I believe built for a more #prosperous & #equitable future in #America,” Biden said.
President Joe #Biden stressed the #independence of the #FederalReserve, saying he has “never once spoken” to #Fed chairman Jerome H. Powell since taking office. “We’ll also do enormous damage to our economy if that independence is ever lost,” Biden told the Economic Club of Washington, DC. His assertion was in sharp contrast to #Trump, who publicly criticized the Fed while president & who last month suggested he should have “at least a say” in the banking system’s decisions.
“I think I have a better instinct than, in many cases, people that would be on the #FederalReserve or the chairman,” said [the guy found liable for decades of financial fraud & is on the hook for $453.5M to NY] #Trump.
The Dept of the #Interior today announced a $16.73M investment through President Biden’s #InvestingInAmerica agenda to assist 5 #TribalNations in cleaning up…their homelands.
“Ensuring that Tribal leaders have the opportunity to invest federal resources as needed is key to honoring #TribalSovereignty,” said Secy #DebHaaland.
“Our admin is committed to reducing #LegacyPollution on #TribalLands, improving #PublicHealth, & creating economic opportunities,” said Secy #DebHaaland. “Through the President’s #InvestingInAmerica agenda, we are making millions of dollars available for Tribes to strengthen capacity & realize their vision for vibrant, healthy & #sustainable communities.”
Funding awarded today may be utilized to plug, remediate or reclaim orphaned #oil wells on #TribalLands, restore #soil & #habitat in areas degraded due to orphaned wells, decommission or remove associated #infrastructure, identify & characterize additional undocumented wells on Tribal land, & set up well-plugging capacity where not already established.
“The #US faces two futures. In one, the new president offers the country better prospects, relying on #science, solid #evidence & the willingness to #learn from experience. In the other future, the new president endangers #PublicHealth & #safety & rejects evidence, preferring instead nonsensical conspiracy fantasies.” This is the magazine’s 2nd endorsement in its 179-yr history, following its endorsement of #Biden in 2020, which warned of the dangers of a Trump reelection.
🚨🚨🚨#House#Democrats plan multimedia #Project2025 hearing🚨🚨🚨
The hearing is expected to be in the style of the #Jan6, 2021, hearings.
The hearing is scheduled for next week on Tues, Sept 24, to illustrate potential impacts of Project 2025 under a hypothetical #Trump admin.
President #Biden is set to declare on Thurs that the #economy has finally reached a turning point he has long sought. With price growth cooling & borrowing costs beginning to fall, he will cast the economic moment as vindication for his often-criticized [despite global recognition as having the world’s best economy — see World Bank Global Economic Prospects report] management of the recovery from the pandemic recession.
Government #watchdogs w/ jurisdiction over the #State Dept & #Pentagon are preparing to publish the results of multiple investigations scrutinizing the #Biden admin’s provision of #US weapons to #Israel for its #military campaign in #Gaza, & “several” related inquiries are either underway or planned.
The #Biden admin has acknowledged the likelihood that #Israel has used #US#weapons in #Gaza in violation of #InternationalLaw, but says continued #arms transfers are justified for the #defense of the country. Israel maintains that #Palestinian casualties are the fault of #Hamas, which operates near #civilian areas in the densely populated enclave, & denies restricting #aid access.
Trump has said he would cancel all unspent funds from President Joe Biden's signature #ClimateLaw if he wins the presidential #election on Nov 5.
But the vast majority of grants will be spent by the time a new president takes office in Jan, & targeting what remains would be a massive #legal challenge.
The #Biden admin has awarded $90B in grants to #climate, #CleanEnergy, & other projects so far under the 2022 #InflationReductionAct, which amounts to 70% of the #law's ~$120B in total climate-focused grant money & >80% of what the law made available before 2025.
Another $15B could be awarded in the coming months.
The admin is doling out the funds "as quickly & as equitably as we can," White House Dpy Chief of Staff Natalie Quillian told Reuters.
#Biden’s #InflationReductionAct is the largest US #ClimateLaw in history, valued at over $400B total. That figure includes grants & other spending to spur #CleanEnergy deployment, along w/ tax incentives & credits.
#Trump, who has called #ClimateChange a “hoax”, said in an economy-focused speech on Sept 5 that he wants to "rescind all unspent funds under the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act" if elected.
Trump keeps insisting that Biden's rhetoric, his criticism of him, is what caused the two incompetent assassination attempts on him. Yet both assassins were Republicans who had previously voted for him. And he's the only candidate who has been overtly calling for violence.
History has just been made with far too little acknowledgment:
President #Biden sat down with The Washington Blade — marking the first time a sitting president has given an exclusive interview to an #LGBTQ+ news outlet.
Fmr #Reagan staff backing Harris includes Ken Adelman, the US ambassador to the #UN & #US#ArmsControl dir under Reagan, as well as B.Jay Cooper, the special asst & deputy press sec to Reagan.
Following an apparent 2nd assassination attempt on #Trump, #ElonMusk posted, "And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala."
User cb_doge on X wrote, "Why they want to kill Donald Trump." #Musk, the billionaire owner of the social media site who supports Trump, replied, "And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala."
Also in 2023, a 19-yr-old MO man was arrested after allegedly ramming a U-Haul truck into barriers outside the WH. He was charged w/multiple crimes, including threatening to kill the president.
In 2022, #SecretService agents arrested 37-yr-old John Andrew Bazor Jr., from AL, on charges of making threats against #Biden, including in a call to the WH in which he allegedly said, "I am coming to assassinate the president."