Biden’s legacy: a Summary by Noah Smith – an introduction to Noahpinion Noahpinion Joe Biden announced today that he won’t seek reelection for President. We don’t yet know who will replace him, but we know Biden’s tenure in office will soon end. Now is the perfect time to talk about Biden’s legacy as America’s 46th President. How Presidents are judged by history is a complicated question, and I don’t have much confidence in my ability...
Read More »Open Thread: President Joe Biden Ends His Bid for Reelection
President Joe Biden ends his 2024 reelection bid after weeks of pressure from Democrats to drop out, PBS News No doubt the moneyed influence played an important part in his leaving the race. Much of this has to do with future plans of addressing tax breaks. More on this part later. Tags: Joe Biden ...
Read More »How Can They Be Trusted . . . ?
by commenter Ten Bears Homeless on the High Desert It’s not about Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris was my only endorsement in 2020. Kamala Harris is the reason I set aside the three times Joe Biden’s politics have harmed me, harmed my family, harmed the Oregon Timber Industry … and voted for him. And will cast my no party affiliated, independent vote for him again as he turned out the best president of my lifetime. It’s not about Kamala Harris....
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Global Polls OK, so I think the nations surveyed are biased, but I have now seen two polls with roughly similar polls. So Pew, with a larger base and solid credibility has that among foreign nations polls in their nations data set showed an improvement in favorability rating for the POTUS have gone from 17% to 75% give or take a few percents. OTOH, the attitude towards the US among whichever nations Pew polled had the attitude towards the US...
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Marquette Nat. Bank of Minneapolis v. First of Omaha Service Corp., 439 U.S. 299 (1978). In a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision, the court held states anti-usury laws regulating interest rates unenforceable against nationally chartered banks based in other states. Justice William Brennan: It was the intent of Congress when it passed the National Banking Act, nationally chartered banks would be subject only to federal regulation by the Comptroller of...
Read More »Zero Hedge — Forget ‘Creepy’ – Biden Has A Major Ukraine Problem
Corruption Watch.Regular readers may recall that MNE has been on this for along time.Zero HedgeForget 'Creepy' - Biden Has A Major Ukraine ProblemTyler Durden
Read More »RT — ‘Son of b***h got fired’: Joe Biden forced Ukraine to sack prosecutor general ‘in six hours’
Joe Biden opens his big mouth again and shows that the US -installed post-coup Ukrainian rump government is a US puppet. US "leadership."RT‘Son of b***h got fired’: Joe Biden forced Ukraine to sack prosecutor general ‘in six hours’
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