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Promises kept: Biden vs. America
« on: January 18, 2021, 11:59:08 AM »
Condition of this thread:  Anything posted here must also be posted on other relevant thread(s) as well and discussed there.

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Re: Promises kept: Biden vs. America, killing Jobs is Job One, Keystone XL
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2021, 09:08:23 PM »
"Biden says he wants to promote good-paying union jobs. And so, his first act in office is killing 20,000 good-paying union jobs connected to the Keystone pipeline. "

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/01/cup-of-joe.php

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/work-on-keystone-xl-pipeline-suspended-ahead-of-biden-action/

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Re: Promises kept: Biden vs. America
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2021, 01:18:08 AM »
Woof:  Please remember to post on the relevant threads as well, which is where the discussions in question should take place.

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Paris Climate Accord
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2021, 02:21:20 AM »
Re-entering the PCA will enable the Chinese and others to fk us with litigation in our own courts while they remain exempt from having to do anything.

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Biden's WH busts
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2021, 05:15:18 AM »
a Democrat icon , a black , a latino , a lesbian woman :

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/20/joe-biden-remove-churchill-bust-andrew-jackson-painting/

more diversity and always democrats

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Re: Promises kept: Biden vs. America, Breaking of International Agreements
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2021, 06:42:37 AM »
Keystone continued:  Isn't that the breaking of international commitments which he RAILED against Trump for doing?  Canada will be suing us over this.  Money was invested but key ALLIES cannot count on our word because a new leader comes in and breaks international agreements with no act of Congress, revokes permits that were already lawfully issued - with just an order and a signature.

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Biden asked should we set the bar higher
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2021, 03:42:01 PM »
100 million doses in 100 d

response "you all said it not possible, give me a break"

WAIT right there - who set the bar so low ? who said not possible ?

the left MSM who sets you up to look like some sort of hero despite the vaccine is already ramping up before Murthy and Emanuel and the other libs pretend they fixed something not there.....

he gets asked one push back very reasonable fact based question and he loses his temper
then walks out - and is adored by the LEFT MSM

compare to what the did to trump

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Re: Promises kept: Biden vs. America
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2021, 05:21:27 AM »
Let's try to keep this thread similar to the Trump Promises Kept thread and not have it become a dumping ground for what Biden said today.  Let's use the Politics thread for that please.

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Manchurian Joe lets China into our power grid
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2021, 06:47:40 AM »
https://thenationalpulse.com/news/biden-revokes-trump-energy-eo/

Biden Rescinds Trump Order Banning Chinese Communist Involvement In US Power Grid
January 22, 2021Natalie Winters

President Biden has revoked a Trump-era executive order that sought to keep foreign countries and companies out of America’s bulk power systems – principally entities associated with the Chinese Communist Party – as part of his “Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.”

The executive order, which executes key tenets of President Biden’s climate change agenda, was released on the former Veep’s first day in office.

Section 7 of the massive order, which includes the revocation of the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, also revokes several climate and energy-focused executive orders penned by the Trump administration.

Subpoint C notes that “Executive Order 13920 of May 1, 2020 (Securing the United States Bulk-Power System), is hereby suspended for 90 days.”

The Trump-era order sought to ban, replace, and set new criteria on bulk-power system (BPS) electric equipment coming from a foreign country or national that poses a national security threat.

“Foreign adversaries are increasingly creating and exploiting vulnerabilities in the United States bulk-power system, which provides the electricity that supports our national defense, vital emergency services, critical infrastructure, economy, and way of life. The bulk-power system is a target of those seeking to commit malicious acts against the United States and its people, including malicious cyber activities, because a successful attack on our bulk-power system would present significant risks to our economy, human health and safety, and would render the United States less capable of acting in defense of itself and its allies,” the introduction to the executive order read.

The move “prohibited any acquisition, importation, transfer, or installation of BPS electric equipment by any person or with respect to any property to which a foreign country or a national thereof has any interest, that poses an undue risk to the BPS, the security or resiliency of U.S. critical infrastructure or the U.S. economy, or U.S. national security or the security and safety of U.S. persons.”
The DOE was also tasked with identifying existing BPS electric equipment that violated the aforementioned prescription and “develop recommendations to identify, isolate, monitor, or replace this equipment as appropriate.”

Released on May 1st, 2020, the powers provided in the executive order were utilized by the DOE in early December concerning the Chinese Communist Party.

As of January 16, 2021, then-Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette issued a “prohibition order designed to reduce the risks that entities associated with the People’s Republic of China pose to the Nation’s BPS.”

“The order prohibits utilities that supply critical defense facilities (CDF) from procuring from the People’s Republic of China, specific BPS electric equipment that poses an undue risk to the BPS, the security or resilience of critical infrastructure, the economy, national security, or safety and security of Americans,” a press release adds.

Now, according to Biden’s executive order, the fate of the executive order and America’s BPS rests in the hands of Biden’s Secretary of Energy and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB):

“The Secretary of Energy and the Director of OMB shall jointly consider whether to recommend that a replacement order be issued.”
The National Pulse exposed Biden’s OMB Head as formerly serving as the president of the Center for American Progress (CAP), an establishment think tank that has taken trips to China and co-authored reports alongside a Chinese Communist Party-backed influence operation.

What’s more, Biden’s son Hunter was previously involved in several business relationships with CEFC China Energy Chairman Ye Jianming.

“After his father left office in 2017, Hunter Biden worked on securing a deal with CEFC China Energy to invest in US energy projects, according to documents released by Republicans,” CNN noted.

Similarly, an investment firm headed by Hunter Biden funneled millions into China General Nuclear Power Corp, a state-owned power company guilty of stealing American nuclear technology for use by the Chinese Communist Party for decades.
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Mongolian Joe blocks us from nuke competition with China
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2021, 08:13:03 PM »
oe Biden’s Old Russia Start
He criticizes Putin on Navalny but offers a gift on nuclear arms control.
By The Editorial Board
Feb. 1, 2021 6:36 pm ET

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shakes hands with then Vice President Joe Biden during their meeting in Moscow, March 10, 2011.
PHOTO: ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES



Donald Trump went easy on Russia and Vladimir Putin rhetorically while supporting tougher policies than his predecessor. Now President Biden is taking the opposite approach. At least that’s the early message from the Administration’s first decision on arms control and its response to Russia’s growing domestic protests.

On Sunday Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he is “deeply disturbed by the violent crackdown” on Russian protesters and the arrests of thousands demanding the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Mr. Blinken said Russians are fed up with “corruption” and “autocracy” and added that Mr. Biden delivered a similar message in a phone call with Mr. Putin.

Good to hear, but the Administration sent a very different signal by embracing an unconditional five-year extension of the New Start nuclear arms treaty, which Mr. Putin made formal on Friday. The accord is a classic 20th century arms-control treaty that was inadequate when it came into force a decade ago.

New Start limits the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads and bombs at 1,550. It also caps the deployment of intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched missiles and nuclear-equipped heavy bombers. The deal would have expired Feb. 5, but Mr. Biden took the longest extension possible.


This squanders useful diplomatic work by the Trump Administration. While Washington withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) and Open Skies treaties, which Russia was violating, it tried to negotiate a shorter extension to New Start last year.


Talks began in earnest after Washington demonstrated that it wasn’t afraid of walking away from bad arms-control deals, including the Iran nuclear accord. The U.S.sought improved verification, provisions to address technological developments and a plan for future negotiations to include China. Both sides came close to signing an interim, one-year extension last year before talks were overtaken by the presidential election.

“The New Start treaty is in the national security interests of the United States,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said recently. “This extension makes even more sense when the relationship with Russia is adversarial.” The opposite is true. Arms-control works best between trustworthy governments, not with adversaries like Russia willing to cheat.

Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton recently called for a six-month extension, which would have provided time to address issues like tactical nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles. Victoria Nuland, Mr. Biden’s nominee for the third-highest State Department post, last year suggested a one- or two-year extension.

“Washington should not grant Moscow what it wants most,” she wrote, “a free rollover of New START without any negotiations to address Russia’s recent investments in short- and medium-range nuclear weapons systems and new conventional weapons.” Yet that’s exactly what Mr. Biden has granted.

This is an echo of the Obama Administration Russia policy of criticizing Mr. Putin while refusing to sell lethal arms to Ukraine. Mr. Blinken said the U.S. is reviewing how to respond to Mr. Navalny’s arrest and didn’t rule out more sanctions. After its needless unilateral concession on New Start, Mr. Putin won’t be impressed by critical words alone.


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come on over says Biden
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2021, 07:17:47 AM »
particularly if you like members of the same sex
or if you want to be the opposite sex:

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/yemen/2021/02/04/id/1008724/

more mos means more dem voters


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WSJ: Globalist Joe at the UN
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2021, 05:32:59 PM »
Hope Over Experience at the U.N.
Biden ‘reengages’ with a dictators’ club called the Human Rights Council.
By The Editorial Board
Feb. 8, 2021 6:42 pm ET



Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday announced the U.S. would rejoin the United Nations Human Rights Council, vowing to reform the body “so it can achieve its potential.” We suggest the White House aim for a more realistic goal—like attaining world peace or establishing a self-sustaining Martian colony.

The U.S. is joining the council as an observer immediately and will seek full membership when possible. It shouldn’t be hard to meet the organization’s expectations. Well over half of its members “fail to meet the minimal standards of a free democracy,” according to UN Watch.

Last fall Cuba, Russia and China were elected to the 47-seat body. Moscow won its seat after poisoning opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has since been imprisoned on trumped-up charges. The Chinese Communist Party-sponsored genocide in Xinjiang wasn’t enough to stop its accession, though its margin of victory narrowed from previous years. Cuba’s long history of repression didn’t matter.


Like so many other U.N. institutions, the council also has a malign obsession with Israel. It has condemned the Jewish state some 90 times since its founding in 2006. No other country comes close. By UN Watch’s count, Syria and North Korea earned 13 and 35 condemnations. Russia and China? Zero.


Mr. Blinken at least acknowledged “that the Human Rights Council is a flawed body, in need of reform to its agenda, membership, and focus, including its disproportionate focus on Israel.” But these problems are endemic and predictable: Membership is based on a vote in the General Assembly, not on real standards of human dignity or freedom.

Knowing that Norway and North Korea get an equal say, George W. Bush didn’t bother seeking a seat. Then Barack Obama joined with no real results. After the Trump Administration’s attempts at reform failed, the U.S. withdrew.

Mr. Blinken argues “our withdrawal in June 2018 did nothing to encourage meaningful change, but instead created a vacuum of U.S. leadership, which countries with authoritarian agendas have used to their advantage.” This might be credible if countries like Cuba, China and Russia also weren’t members during the Obama years. Mr. Blinken doesn’t explain why this time is different.

A leading conceit of Joe Biden’s foreign policy is that the U.S. can reform international organizations—and make them live up to their ostensibly noble purposes—simply by showing up. History shows that America’s involvement condones the farce rather than ending it.

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Re: Promises kept: Biden vs. America, Global Warming
« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2021, 02:42:01 PM »
Global Warming fixed in his first month!



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