The Biden administration

Fri, 2021-01-29 22:16

NDPP

Democratic Fascists Prepare to Drop the Hammer

https://www.blackagendareport.com/democratic-fascists-prepare-drop-hammer

"The US corporate ruling class finally has its 'Reichstag fire' to justify suspension of constitutional liberties under cover of 'national emergency.' There is, of course, no imminent threat to the US state and its structures. Although corporate media claim that Donald Trump's antics in the White House have necessitated curtailment of free speech rights, it was clear to us at Black Agenda Report four years ago that the corporate Democrats were preparing to muzzle dissent. Democrats are determined to snuff out freedom of speech and assembly to protect the corporate ruling order..."

And as is frequently the case with Canada - 'Monkey see - monkey do' and our own 'democratic fascists' and their deluded useful 'progressive' idiots are preparing to welcome a similar 'friendly fascist' regimen...

Social media companies should face new legal duty to 'act responsibly' expert panel finds

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/01/27/news/social-media-companies-...

"Social media companies can't be trusted to mediate themselves, so it falls to the government to enforce new restrictions to protect Canadians from harmful content online, according to a report currently under review by the federal heritage minister..."

Yes. It can happen here. And it's already started. Follow the leader. All hail Uncle Joe!

Fri, 2021-01-29 22:18

(Reply to #202) #203

NorthReport

Democrats have been trying to send the cheques

Republicans have been trying to stop the money from being sent

Democrats are bad for not sending the money yet (Trump, QAnon, GOP and some others logic)

NDPP wrote:

Dems Say No Stimulus Checks Until March - GENERAL STRIKE TIME!

https://youtu.be/DLZcGd6yF8I

The Jimmy Dore Show

Fri, 2021-01-29 23:01

#204

NDPP

Tulsi Gabbard Warns Against the New 'Domestic Terrorism' Laws

https://fee.org/articles/tulsi-gabbard-warns-against-the-danger-of-new-d...

"The January 6 attack on the US Capitol shocked the nation. Now, as so often occurs in the wake of tragedy, some Washington politicians are using the opportunity to push for an expansion of their power - hoping Americans are too shell-shocked to object. Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, a progressive Democrat, called the push 'so dangerous'....

There is simply no need to expand the government's police powers. According to the New York University's law school. 'existing statutes have long provided substantial authority for the federal government to investigate and prosecute acts of domestic terrorism..."

Fri, 2021-01-29 23:47

(Reply to #204) #205

JKR

NDPP wrote:

Democratic Fascists Prepare to Drop the Hammer

NDPP, it's a lot worse than a hammer! The Democratic fascists are going to attack the rightfully elected president Donald J. Trump and his white Christian patriots with their secret Jewish Space Lasers!

Fri, 2021-01-29 23:53

(Reply to #205) #206

JKR

NDPP wrote:

Tulsi Gabbard Warns Against the New 'Domestic Terrorism' Laws

Maybe Tulsi would be more credible if she was as up in arms about Trump's mob's attack on Congress to overturn his election loss?

Sat, 2021-01-30 00:56

#207

NDPP

The Navarro Report: The Art of the Steal

https://navarroreport.com

Sat, 2021-01-30 01:11

(Reply to #207) #208

JKR

NDPP wrote:

The Navarro Report: The Art of the Steal

AKA, the big lie.

Sat, 2021-01-30 02:17

#209

NorthReport

Time for some hardball Joe.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-coronavirus-aid-plan-update-d486569860a...

Sat, 2021-01-30 03:15

#210

NorthReport

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-signals-support-senate-democrats-m...

Sat, 2021-01-30 04:55

#211

NDPP

"...If I don't have the votes in Congress I won't get anything done because Executive Orders are for dictators!" - Joe Biden campaign, Election 2020

Joe Biden signs 43 Executive Orders in his first week. More.than.any.other.president.

#WhereIsMyMoney

https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhereIsMyMoney?src=hashtag_click

"Joe, you promised, where is my f'in 2k?"

Sat, 2021-01-30 05:52

#212

NorthReport

https://www.salon.com/2021/01/29/mcconnell-repeats-the-same-obstructioni...

Sat, 2021-01-30 05:55

#213

NorthReport

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/qanon-other-pro-trump-conspiracy-theorists...

Sat, 2021-01-30 05:58

#214

NorthReport

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/01/covid-relief-democrats-biden...

Sat, 2021-01-30 06:08

#215

NorthReport

How popular is Joe Biden

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/

Sat, 2021-01-30 06:43

#216

NDPP

'Take The Oil'! is not just a Trump thing (and vid)

https://twitter.com/LinaArabii/status/1355091206338981889

"Look at those photos while you hear Biden's pick to head the Pentagon's Middle East Desk, Dana Stroul* , say the oil-rich territory is 'owned' by the US military..."

*rhymes with ghoul.

Sat, 2021-01-30 07:16

#217

NorthReport

https://globalnews.ca/news/7605465/biden-drops-global-gag-rule-trump/amp/

Sat, 2021-01-30 08:36

#218

NorthReport

Considering the shit he has had to deal with such as Trump, Graham, Greene, McCarthy, Rubio, Cruz, the Trumpters, the QAnon misguided nutbars, the Capital riots, not to mention the pandemic, Biden seems to be doing some good things, including the encouraging of toning down hate speech and racism, etc., so what's with author of this sick article/report.

Good on Joe Biden.

https://www.newsweek.com/biden-china-virus-ban-may-foretell-national-sec...

Sat, 2021-01-30 09:06

#219

NorthReport

Meet the 7 Congresswomen that are steering Biden's immigration agenda in the House

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/29/meet-7-congressw...

Sat, 2021-01-30 09:19

#220

NorthReport

https://www.rawstory.com/mccarthy-trump/

Sat, 2021-01-30 14:48

(Reply to #220) #221

cco

NDPP wrote:

There is simply no need to expand the government's police powers. According to the New York University's law school. 'existing statutes have long provided substantial authority for the federal government to investigate and prosecute acts of domestic terrorism..."

On that subject - and perhaps this is the wrong thead, but I'd just as soon avoid proliferation to the extent possible – I've been baffled by the coverage of the fact the leader of the Proud Boys is an FBI asset. Since the FBI sort of investigated Trump and therefore Comey was rehabilitated and we're supposed to think the FBI's a left-wing guardian of freedom and justice now, I've seen lots of Democratic-leaning types talk about this as some kind of victory that proves the foolishness of the Proud Boys, who are all definitely going to prison, real soon now. Nobody's really asked about the significance of the fact [i]the FBI has been running a white supremacist terrorist group for eight years, and it stormed the Capitol while under FBI control[/i]. And funnily enough, immediately after that happened, the FBI came out asking for more power. Surely they can be trusted with it, right? One of these days they'll stand for liberty and justice for all.

Sun, 2021-01-31 12:34

#222

NorthReport

Sanders says Democrats have the votes to pass another relief bill

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/536662-sanders-says-democ...

Sun, 2021-01-31 15:01

#223

NorthReport

Good news!

Vote-by-mail spurred controversy, fraud charges and maybe the Capitol riot -- now it may become federal law

https://www.rawstory.com/vote-by-mail/

Sun, 2021-01-31 15:40

#224

NorthReport

Passing coronavirus relief more important than bipartisanship: Sen. Bernie Sanders

"We have got to act and we have to act now," Sanders said

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/passing-coronavirus-relief-important-bip...

Sun, 2021-01-31 16:33

#225

melovesproles

Nobody's really asked about the significance of the fact the FBI has been running a white supremacist terrorist group for eight years, and it stormed the Capitol while under FBI control. And funnily enough, immediately after that happened, the FBI came out asking for more power. Surely they can be trusted with it, right? One of these days they'll stand for liberty and justice for all.

Yeah liberals don't like asking those kind of uncomfortable questions anymore. They prefer tin foil hat conspiracy theories about Russia spoonfed to them by Democrat leadership and "intelligence sources".

Sun, 2021-01-31 17:45

#226

NorthReport

Informative analysis

Bernie Sanders’s Five-Year War

https://jacobinmag.com/2020/08/bernie-sanders-five-year-war

Sun, 2021-01-31 20:25

(Reply to #226) #227

kropotkin1951

melovesproles wrote:

Nobody's really asked about the significance of the fact the FBI has been running a white supremacist terrorist group for eight years, and it stormed the Capitol while under FBI control. And funnily enough, immediately after that happened, the FBI came out asking for more power. Surely they can be trusted with it, right? One of these days they'll stand for liberty and justice for all.

Yeah liberals don't like asking those kind of uncomfortable questions anymore. They prefer tin foil hat conspiracy theories about Russia spoonfed to them by Democrat leadership and "intelligence sources".

Any group in Canada that is opposed to our current form of government and is active in organizing demonstrations should expect at least one if not numerous agent provocateurs. Hell sometimes they even run the show. I think they share this trait with US authorities.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/john-nuttall-amanda-koro...

Sun, 2021-01-31 20:30

#228

NDPP

#BidenLied Tops Twitter

https://on.rt.com/b0rp

"No amount of creative accounting is going to turn $1,400 checks into $2,000 checks."

Sun, 2021-01-31 21:29

#229

melovesproles

Hell sometimes they even run the show. I think they share this trait with US authorities.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/john-nuttall-amanda-koro...

That story is nuts. It is one thing to keep tabs on groups that might be considered dangerous but it is crazy that the snake can eat its own tail like this with such impunity.

Sun, 2021-01-31 21:30

(Reply to #229) #230

melovesproles

NDPP wrote:

#BidenLied Tops Twitter

https://on.rt.com/b0rp

"No amount of creative accounting is going to turn $1,400 checks into $2,000 checks."

Yeah, putting aside how shitty this is ethically (and is it ever), what sheer incompetence.

Sun, 2021-01-31 21:49

#231

NDPP

Why online Dems hate Jimmy Dore with/Glenn Greenwald

The Jimmy Dore Show

https://youtu.be/X_tpgGUUro

Tucker: The American government is at war with its own people

https://youtu.be/xdA-4eiCIe8

"Dems are afraid of the people they're leading..."

Mon, 2021-02-01 02:26

#232

JKR

Now you're supporting Fox News and Tucker Carlson?!? NDPP, do you favour Trumpist Republicans?

Mon, 2021-02-01 11:29

#233

Mobo2000

Holy shit, JKR, if you beat that dead horse any harder your arms are going to fall off.

Mon, 2021-02-01 11:55

#234

NorthReport

American Capitalism Is Working — That’s the Problem

BY

NICOLE ASCHOFF

The United States is not a failed state — just ask any American capitalist. But we desperately need something better for everyone else.

https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/american-capitalism-is-working-thats-the-...

Mon, 2021-02-01 13:13

(Reply to #234) #235

NorthReport

How absurd Mobo2000.

And actually NDPP is to politics as Ari was to Covid.

Mobo2000 wrote:

Holy shit, JKR, if you beat that dead horse any harder your arms are going to fall off.

Mon, 2021-02-01 13:52

#236

NorthReport

Psaki is great - it has been a long 4 years!

Jen Psaki: Trump's ability to get intelligence briefings is 'obviously under review'

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-intel-briefings/

Mon, 2021-02-01 15:09

#237

NorthReport

The congresswoman’s decision on whether to challenge New York's senior senator may hinge on how he wields the new Democratic majority.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/01/chuch-schumer-aoc-senate-464255

Mon, 2021-02-01 15:14

#238

NorthReport

The Danger Posed by the Far Right to AOC and the Squad Is Very Real

BY

LIZA FEATHERSTONE

The far right is dangerously obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow left-wing members of Congress. They deserve the Left's solidarity.

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/aoc-squad-far-right-capitol-riot

Mon, 2021-02-01 16:32

#239

NorthReport

Bipartisanship is useless when dealing with the GOP

Keep moving Democrats as there is a long way to go to sort out the mess left behind by the Trump mob

https://www.rawstory.com/pelosi-and-schumer-introduce-plan-to-pass-biden...

Mon, 2021-02-01 17:20

#240

NorthReport

Let's get it started now

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-truth-reconciliation/

Mon, 2021-02-01 17:34

#241

NDPP

Mashup: $2000 Stimulus Checks? (and vid)

https://twitter.com/demswatchdog/status/1356282041889861632

Where's the money Joe?

Mon, 2021-02-01 17:59

#242

NorthReport

More lies.

Mon, 2021-02-01 18:14

#243

NorthReport

Durbin to Graham: 'Regrettable' no hearing so far for Garland

And what about Labour as well?

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536836-durbin-to-graham-regrettable-...

Mon, 2021-02-01 21:15

(Reply to #243) #244

kropotkin1951

NorthReport wrote:

How absurd Mobo2000.

And actually NDPP is to politics as Ari was to Covid.

Mobo2000 wrote:

Holy shit, JKR, if you beat that dead horse any harder your arms are going to fall off.

LMAOROF

Good one Mobo200. I love that NR doesn't even get how hilariously ironic his response is.

Mon, 2021-02-01 22:59

#245

NorthReport

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-reporters-say-biden-team-asked...

Mon, 2021-02-01 23:03

#246

NorthReport

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/politics/fauci-us-covid-vaccine-distribut...

Tue, 2021-02-02 00:09

(Reply to #246) #247

JKR

Mobo2000 wrote:

Holy shit, JKR, if you beat that dead horse any harder your arms are going to fall off.

I'd rather have my arms fall off from beating a dead horse than watch Fox News' Tucker Carlson, NDPP's new "news" source. Who's the next "news" source we're going to subjected to on Babble, Rush Limbaugh? Alex Jones?

Tue, 2021-02-02 00:02

#248

NorthReport

https://www.newsweek.com/gop-republicans-surrender-1565901

Tue, 2021-02-02 09:14

#249

NDPP

"The Democrats are like, 'yes we will give every American $2000 immediately, your $1400 will be in the mail as soon as the Republicans agree to the means tested $1000, and we think these $500 tax credits will really stimulate the economy just like we had promised all along."

https://twitter.com/existentialcoms/status/1356423916068065280

Tue, 2021-02-02 11:09

#250

NDPP

The Communique with Richard Medhurst (and vid)

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/02/01/644280/Joe-Biden%E2%80%99S-Fir...

"Joe Biden has been inaugurated as 46th president of the United States and several of his cabinet appointees confirmed by the Senate. What have we learned from the senate confirmation hearings and from his latest executive actions, regarding both his domestic and foreign policy?

Americans are working for $2000 stimulus checks that have been knocked down to $1400, a minimum wage of $15/hour that has been pushed to 2025 and still no healthcare in sight. Some sanctions suspended on Yemen but will they be enough? Biden continues Trump's illegal occupation of Iraq and Syria while appointing Robert Malley, lead negotiator of the JCPOA as Iran envoy."

Tue, 2021-02-02 11:47

#251

Mobo2000

JKR: Totally cool if you don't want to see news sources that disgust you. Just scroll on by. I do that all the time here too.

Babblers: Here's an article I found somewhat curious, advocating for benign neglect as the best approach to dealing with Trumpism. It makes the obvious parallel between the War on Terror in the Bush years to the new push for domestic terrorism laws by mainstream media and the Democrats.

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/01/21/a-new-war-on-terror-would-t...

"A major reason for the increase in terrorism has been the chaos unleashed by American regime change wars. But we cannot not ignore the psychological dimension. In the aftermath of 9/11, Bush talked of terrorism as a global struggle, on par with the fights against communism and Nazism. While careful to explicitly say the U.S. was not at war with Islam itself, such his words rang hollow in the face of daily images of the U.S. killing Muslims abroad.

According to the American president himself, Osama bin Laden and his associates were not a ragtag bunch of criminals hiding in a remote part of the world; they were representatives of a broader struggle, the last ideology remaining at the end of history with the ability to challenge the world’s sole superpower.

This propaganda gift helped Islamic fundamentalism become a romantic ideal with appeal to young Muslims across the world.

A war on domestic terrorism would have a more local focus of course. While fighting QAnon and other American extremists won’t require foreign invasions, the struggle can still have pernicious consequences.

The Program on Extremism at George Washington University calls for expanding terrorism statutes to cover home grown ideologies in order to “bring moral equivalency” between foreign and domestic violent extremists. In other words, the hope is to elevate white supremacists and others in the same way we have Islamists."

...

"While the individuals who stormed the Capitol seemed to have little in common ideologically besides their devotion to Trump, they are united by a sense of grievance against elites. White nationalists hate the federal government for its racial policies and feel they are fighting a culture war, Trumpist conservatives feel put upon and condescended to, and QAnon thinks it’s at war with a cabal of satanic pedophiles.

Some of these views overlap with attitudes expressed by many in the law enforcement community and even members of Congress. Just like the “war on terror” put conservative Muslims who posed no danger to the west under suspicion, similar policies domestically could potentially wreak havoc on the civil liberties of even more Americans, perhaps in the tens of millions. Bin Laden and other extremists came to represent “true Islam” in the minds of many Muslims after 9/11. In America, “true conservatism” may come to be associated with the most virulent resistance to liberal elites and the government. While censorship can certainly work to purge some ideas from public life, the effect of a wholesale effort to do so would likely inflame tribal passions beyond what we have already seen in recent decades."

The Biden administration

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