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Biden should IGNORE the debt ceiling: Don't declare an X-date. Keep paying the bills. Don't default.

Robert Reich • 27025 implied HN points • 22 May 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Debt Ceiling Biden administration Legal Challenges Economic Impact
  1. Debt ceiling standoffs have a long history and often involve high national debts from tax cuts.
  2. Treasury secretaries resort to extreme measures to keep paying bills during debt ceiling conflicts.
  3. Biden should continue paying bills, avoid declaring an 'X-date' or defaulting, despite escalating demands.

New Hate Speech Laws Threaten Freedom Across the West

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 797 implied HN points • 06 Mar 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Free speech First Amendment Biden administration Civil Liberties
  1. Freedom of expression is fundamental for all other rights to exist.
  2. Recent hate speech laws in English-speaking countries like Canada, Britain, and Ireland are threatening free speech.
  3. It is essential to protect free speech as a core element of democracy, as seen in the ongoing censorship challenges in various countries.

Transcript: America This Week, Episode 73, January 26, 2024

TK News by Matt Taibbi • 1236 implied HN points • 27 Jan 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Border control Populism Supreme Court National Guard Biden administration
  1. The Supreme Court allowed border control agents to remove razor wire Texas installed at the Mexico border due to obstruction issues.
  2. The story only pertains to the specific technique of using razor wire at the border and not Texas' broader efforts to secure it.
  3. The Biden administration argued that the razor wire hindered agents' duties, making it harder to enforce the law and control irregular migration.
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Blaming Capitalists and Workers for Inflation

cryptoeconomy • 628 implied HN points • 29 Jul 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Economics Inflation Biden administration Labor Market
  1. Central bankers are blaming capitalists and workers for inflation to divert attention from their own actions.
  2. Corporate profits and worker wages are being scapegoated for causing inflation, but in reality, they are a result of economic uncertainty and money printing.
  3. The evolution from 'greedflation' to 'wageflation' is explained by the Cantillon effect, where trillions of dollars trickle down from government to workers, resulting in lost real wages and potential future economic challenges.

The Historical Exceptionalism of US Escalation Policy and the War in Ukraine

Phillips’s Newsletter • 79 implied HN points • 09 Jan 24
🌍 World Politics US Policy Leadership War Biden administration
  1. Different leaders and governments produce wildly different policies based on their perceptions of the world.
  2. US administrations, like the Biden Administration, exhibit exceptional fear of escalation in wars compared to the USSR and China in the past.
  3. Leaderships matter significantly in shaping foreign policy and responses to global conflicts.

The 2024 elections: Glass Half Empty or Half Full?

Phillips’s Newsletter • 28 implied HN points • 16 Feb 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Elections Biden administration Policy Democracy
  1. There are contradictory indicators about the upcoming US presidential election, with under-counted Democratic support in polls and increasing voter support for Trump.
  2. The author admits bias in wanting Trump to lose due to concerns about his threat to democracy, expressing a preference for Joe Biden over Trump.
  3. Pessimism about defeating Trump stems from a change in voter preferences towards Trump, particularly in distinct ethnic demographics.

News MSM Chose to Not Report

Who is Robert Malone • 18 implied HN points • 21 Feb 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Biden administration Corruption
  1. The Biden Administration made the COVID-19 vaccine without a comprehensive plan for compensating those harmed by it.
  2. New Chinese 3D optical data storage technology has immense capacity, revolutionizing data storage and technology fields.
  3. Russia is developing an alternative to SWIFT payment system to trade in local currencies, potentially marginalizing the US dollar in transactions.

Joe Biden’s Fat White House Payroll Spikes to Historic Highs—Includes 524 Employees Costing Taxpayers $52+ Million

OpenTheBooks Substack • 228 implied HN points • 30 Jun 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Government White House Biden administration
  1. President Joe Biden's White House has seen a significant increase in staff and payroll costs since taking office.
  2. The turnover rate in the White House staff has been high, with a notable increase in employees from the previous year.
  3. Top-paid White House staffers include individuals in key roles such as policy advisors, with varying salaries and responsibilities.

Trump Hit by Sweeping Gag Order

The Reactionary • 75 implied HN points • 17 Oct 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Legal Presidential campaign First Amendment Biden administration
  1. A District of Columbia federal judge has restricted Trump's ability to speak during his Presidential campaign.
  2. The judge considered a gag order proposed by Special Counsel Jack Smith to prevent Trump from criticizing the Court and others involved in the case.
  3. Trump's attorneys argued that the gag order was an attempt by the Biden Administration to silence a political opponent.

PARTNERS IN DOOMSDAY

Seymour Hersh • 63 implied HN points • 15 Jun 23
🌍 World Politics Ukraine Russia Biden administration
  1. Ukraine launching a counter-offensive while Russia hints at a renewed nuclear threat.
  2. Potential panic at the US State Department over the resignation of Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman and the possible replacement with Victoria Nuland.
  3. Victoria Nuland's hawkish stance on Russia aligns with President Biden's views.

U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division purchased more Clearview AI licenses

All-Source Intelligence Fusion • 0 implied HN points • 24 Aug 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Law enforcement Facial Recognition Biden administration Controversy
  1. The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division bought more Clearview AI licenses for the third time under the Biden administration.
  2. Clearview AI has commercial relationships with both U.S. federal law enforcement agencies and international backlash from countries like Greece and France.
  3. Despite criticism over its origins and usage, Clearview AI received significantly more federal contracts during the first two and a half years of the Biden administration compared to the Trump administration.