Bisitamtam's Blog (35)

As our friends from the left remain irrationally fixated on President Donald Trump, I’d like to move on with what’s happening now with the current president.

In his first week in office, Joe Biden managed to offend just about every group in America with his fury of orders by government fiat, including long-time allies of the Democratic Party.…

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On Inauguration Day President Biden signed 16 proclamations and executive actions, including several related to immigration, the border wall and deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA).

Rep. Ashley Hinson, the Republican from Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, voiced her opposition to Biden’s immigration approach in a tweet on Jan. 23. It read:

"President Biden’s day one approach to immigration is radical— it will make our country less safe and disadvantage us…

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Sorrow reverberated across the country Sunday as Americans, including President Joe Biden, joined a Florida community in remembering the 17 lives lost three years ago in the Parkland school shooting massacre.

“In seconds, the lives of dozens of families, and the life of an American community, were changed forever,” Biden said in a statement released Sunday.…

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A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:

CLAIM: Photo shows President Joe Biden asleep in his seat at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office with a stack of executive orders in front of him.…

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The claim: Joe Biden canceled all student loan debt

On the campaign trail, now-President Joe Biden pledged to act on federal student loan debt forgiveness and wipe out $10,000 for all borrowers. One student loan borrower claimed on Facebook that the president has already acted on that promise.

"My student loans are gone," reads a Feb. 2…

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Yemen’s long, bloody “civil war” — which has essentially become a proxy war between Iran and Gulf Arabs — is correctly seen as a humanitarian tragedy. Too many, however, including President Joe Biden, mistakenly think that solving the tragedy requires blaming the wrong side, effectively exonerating the real culprits and their surrogates.

Biden…

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U.S. President Joe Biden recently gave his first address on foreign policy in a symbolic visit to the U.S. State Department. For anyone watching the speech, the message was clear. Biden acknowledged that the United States had receded from the global stage and that former U.S. President Donald Trump was to blame. While his speech did little in outlining policy – except for proclaiming an end to U.S. support for the Saudi campaign in Yemen – it summed up the gloomy mood in the Biden White…

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President Joe Biden delivered a message to African leaders meeting virtually this weekend at the African Union Summit 2021, hosted from Addis Ababa.

“The United States stands ready now to be your partner in solidarity, support and mutual respect,” Biden said in a video address, his first speech to an international forum as U.S. president.…

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Senior voters helped deliver a decisive victory for President Joe Biden last November. That’s why I did 110 virtual events during this campaign. Now, Biden must deliver for seniors and make our interests, including expanding Social Security, a top priority in his new administration.

Biden campaigned on expanding Social Security, lowering drug…

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United States President Joe Biden is set to meet on Monday with a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed $618bn in coronavirus relief, about a third of the $1.9 trillion he is seeking as congressional Democrats are poised to move ahead without Republican support.

The Republicans propose slimmer benefits, including $1,000 in direct payments to individuals earning up to $40,000 a year, or $80,000 for couples, according to a draft obtained by The Associated Press.…

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We expect the Biden administration to focus its near-term efforts on recovery from the virus, both by improving vaccine distribution and by steering another fiscal stimulus package through Congress.

On the stimulus, Biden will first attempt to work with congressional Republicans, which will limit the size of any bill. If that fails,…

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After his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021, President Joe Biden has begun making long strides in his quest to relieve a lot of struggling Americans from the money crisis- one lasting effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. The evening of his inauguration saw the president signing the first series of executive orders, one of which was a $1.9 trillion coronavirus economic relief package which the president dubbed, “The American Rescue Plan.”…

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Joe Biden has said that as the 46th president, he will work to unify an increasingly polarized country. But 7 in 10 Americans believe the U.S. will remain politically divided during the next four years, according to NBC News' latest national poll.



Latinos who voted for and against Biden are trying to remain cautiously hopeful after Biden was sworn in Wednesday.



“I am looking forward to being able to tell people that the person who now represents our country treats all… Continue

On Jan. 20, 2021, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., known to most people as Joe Biden or simply Joe, will become the 46th President of the United States of America and the oldest person ever elected to that office. At age 30, Biden was one of the youngest Senators in U.S. history, serving the state of Delaware from 1973 to 2009, longer than anyone else, a record that stands today.…

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Joe Biden is being dressed by the fashion brand Ralph Lauren for his presidential inauguration on 20 January, according to Women’s Wear Daily, in a move that has prompted a round of speculation about his meaning and motives at a time of crisis in the US.

Biden's plan to wear Ralph Lauren fits inauguration's sober, unshowy tone

On the…

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