#46 President Joe Biden

benjs

The Juggler said:

Seems like the free fall of Joe's approval rating has leveled off a bit and is up a smidge the last few days. I think the covid stuff this week is smart (not only from public health stand point but politically). Makes the republicans look even crazier as they rail against it and things are bound to get better as a result of the actions in a couple months (at least I think) so Joe should get credit. 45% avg might be his floor (his predecessor's ceiling, just about) with 55% being his ceiling.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/?ex_cid=rrpromo

I think what also may have helped, is that Biden did a great job delivering the message. I thought the ending - a clear and moderately condescending "get vaccinated", pressing his palm against the podium, and walking away as people shouted questions at him - was really powerful, and hopefully will be good enough for TV news to use it. Republicans seem to enjoy the dick-measuring contests, so maybe some will respond to Biden waving his with gained respect. 

Malroth

Have at it.

Out of My Mind and Time

Funny as shit!

The Juggler

benjs said:

The Juggler said:

Seems like the free fall of Joe's approval rating has leveled off a bit and is up a smidge the last few days. I think the covid stuff this week is smart (not only from public health stand point but politically). Makes the republicans look even crazier as they rail against it and things are bound to get better as a result of the actions in a couple months (at least I think) so Joe should get credit. 45% avg might be his floor (his predecessor's ceiling, just about) with 55% being his ceiling.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/?ex_cid=rrpromo

I think what also may have helped, is that Biden did a great job delivering the message. I thought the ending - a clear and moderately condescending "get vaccinated", pressing his palm against the podium, and walking away as people shouted questions at him - was really powerful, and hopefully will be good enough for TV news to use it. Republicans seem to enjoy the dick-measuring contests, so maybe some will respond to Biden waving his with gained respect. 

New polling seems to show the majority of Americans support vaccine mandates too. We'll see what happens in a couple months or so. 

Bentleyspop

Out of My Mind and Time said:

Funny as shit!

Something to be proud of.

Though I'm sure that if the same thing happened 2 years ago only it was fuck dQnald tRUmp you would have said it was disrespectful and in-American.

And now a reminder that if you support a racist in any way, shape, or form including voting, that makes you a racist as well.

mrussel1

Out of My Mind and Time said:

Funny as shit!

Texas A&M... truly the finest scholars in the nat.... oh man I can't even finish that sentence.  

JeBurkhardt

Out of My Mind and Time said:

Funny as shit!

Well, they sure showed him! 

gimmesometruth27

mrussel1 said:

Out of My Mind and Time said:

Funny as shit!

Texas A&M... truly the finest scholars in the nat.... oh man I can't even finish that sentence.  

wow. impressive that they can string together 4 syllables like that.

mickeyrat

whats that saying? get the vax starve a troll?

Bentleyspop

mickeyrat said:

whats that saying? get the vax starve a troll?

A big part of the problem is that the biggest anti-vaxx people in politics, social media, and on TV HAVE BEEN VACCINATED surprise surprise they are HYPOCRITES 
The worst part is that their followers/viewers/voters are so damn ignorant they don't care.

HughFreakingDillon

Bentleyspop said:

mickeyrat said:

whats that saying? get the vax starve a troll?

A big part of the problem is that the biggest anti-vaxx people in politics, social media, and on TV HAVE BEEN VACCINATED surprise surprise they are HYPOCRITES 
The worst part is that their followers/viewers/voters are so damn ignorant they don't care.

they've switched gears from anti vaxx to anti vaxx mandates so they don't appear as hypocritical. but yeah....

Meltdown99

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/france-says-australia-u-s-submarine-deal-huge-mistake-1.5590751?cid=sm:trueanthem:ctvnews:twittermanualpost&taid=6145d232a244ce0001ddf966&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+New+Content+(Feed)&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

France says Australia-U.S. submarine deal 'huge mistake'

mrussel1

Meltdown99 said:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/france-says-australia-u-s-submarine-deal-huge-mistake-1.5590751?cid=sm:trueanthem:ctvnews:twittermanualpost&taid=6145d232a244ce0001ddf966&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+New+Content+(Feed)&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

France says Australia-U.S. submarine deal 'huge mistake'

Huge mistake for France.  Good for the US, Australia and the UK, bad for China.  France is just collateral damage in the deal. 

The Juggler

mrussel1 said:

Meltdown99 said:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/france-says-australia-u-s-submarine-deal-huge-mistake-1.5590751?cid=sm:trueanthem:ctvnews:twittermanualpost&taid=6145d232a244ce0001ddf966&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+New+Content+(Feed)&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

France says Australia-U.S. submarine deal 'huge mistake'

Huge mistake for France.  Good for the US, Australia and the UK, bad for China.  France is just collateral damage in the deal. 

Yeah this was like the one good thing that happened yesterday. 

HughFreakingDillon

interesting reading about why canada was left out/chose to stay out. 

Meltdown99

mrussel1 said:

Meltdown99 said:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/france-says-australia-u-s-submarine-deal-huge-mistake-1.5590751?cid=sm:trueanthem:ctvnews:twittermanualpost&taid=6145d232a244ce0001ddf966&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+New+Content+(Feed)&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

France says Australia-U.S. submarine deal 'huge mistake'

Huge mistake for France.  Good for the US, Australia and the UK, bad for China.  France is just collateral damage in the deal. 

Seems like an over reaction by France.  Anytime the western military powers send a message to China, I’m all in.  Even better when It pisses China.

im not an expert…but I would think nuclear subs are far superior if a conflict were to occur

The Juggler

I forget if it was in this thread or the Covid one but there were folks complaining that we needed to end these benefits to get lazy workers back to work. Looks like they've moved on to better opportunities. Good for them


https://www.axios.com/covid-unemployment-benefits-labor-job-growth-states-9d8dd899-49e6-4cb4-96fe-e658cefee424.html

States that ended COVID unemployment benefits see no boost in job growth

Shawna Chen

Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

States that ended federal unemployment benefits earlier this summer saw August job growth at less than half the rate of states that retained the benefits, according to new data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Why it matters: Leaders in the largely Republican-led states had insisted that the benefits were discouraging people from work, and ended the assistance program early ahead of its planned expiration on Sept. 6.

• The benefits, which came in the form of weekly $300 payments, had been in place since spring last year to help families through the pandemic.
• A growing group of states began ending the benefits in June in what they called an effort to incentivize people to return to the workforce.

What they're saying: "Economists analyzing the unemployment issue have seen little evidence yet that cutting off the benefits has provided a clear boost to local labor markets, in part because of difficulties separating the influence of the payments from larger shifts in the labor force, or of the potentially offsetting damage done by the pandemic," Reuters writes.

Worth noting: When jobs are hard to fill, a broader worker awakening over the past year is part of the reason, Axios' Hope King writes.

• Workers across sectors are realizing they are now more empowered than ever.

nicknyr15

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/5819831001

static111

nicknyr15 said:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/5819831001

polls that make people look bad only count for the other guy

nicknyr15

static111 said:

nicknyr15 said:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/5819831001

polls that make people look bad only count for the other guy

That’s right. Sorry I forgot.