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Great speech by Biden. Glad to have him as my president.

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/may-19-2024?r=4mvga&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#MorehouseCollege
#VoteBlue
#POTUSBiden

@Ulzana tbh, #potusbiden is in a tough spot, what with Manchin and Sinema in the Senate, and the hard right in control in the House.

And given that, he has managed good things.

But I think the messaging the Democratic strategist are using are designed to support the GOP. I don't hear how voting Democratic would help me, I just hear how awful the GOP is.

I don't need to be convinced of the latter, but it won't turn out voters who aren't following all of the policy discussions, and are more focused on personal impacts. Esp so for minorities and low to moderate income households.

Oh, yes, #POTUSBiden - don't worry about giving dispirited voters a vision that addresses their concerns. Just double down on your base by attacking Tump. And by all means pick up on Hilary Clinton's brilliant strategy of attacking & insulting Trump supporters - that " deplorables" comment was so helpful, attacking them as MAGA is not helpful.

A Trump, even a GOP, victory terrifies me for so many reasons. But I'm not the person you need to reach to get my vote. You need to reach those dispirited voters who don't see why turning out for the Democrats will benefit them in the slightest. And I don't hear that message.

Biden, Warning Trump Could ‘Destroy’ Democracy, Moves Past G.O.P. Primary https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/us/politics/biden-trump-2024-election-polls.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Very encouraging to see #POTUSBiden announcing the #ClimateCorps. There is so much work to do, in so many areas - and so much opportunity for climate justice. 👏

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/20/1200483937/biden-climate-corps-job-training

The NYC march today was great, streets were packed, chants were chanted, signs & costumes noteworthy. The block long temperature stripe textile scarf(? Can I use that for a ca 3' x 300' textile?) was impressive, and I was especially taken by the mini- split costume, the body as compressor and a headpiece as condenser (the induction stove with a pan for a hat was not to shabby either). A good manifestation indeed.

AND

We need to keep letting President Biden know he needs to do more . The IRA was an example of an important action, it was necessary and INSUFFICIENT. We now need to stop new drilling; we need a plan to ramp extraction to zero

So, please go to https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-president-biden-endfossilfuels-now/ and sign on. It only takes a couple of minutes, even if your connection is slow.

Please - tell #POTUSBiden to #endfossilfuels

@PDAmerica

“The time is now for Biden to lead on the world stage, and show he means it when he calls climate change the existential threat to humanity.”

Fully agree, we need actions, not mere erudite phrases.

The IRA was necessary and INSUFFICIENT.

#POTUSBiden please act to #endfossilfuels.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/17/march-to-end-fossil-fuels-new-york-city?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

@InfoMgmtExec @PDAmerica

And even if you can't make Climate March today please take 5 minutes to ask #POTUSBiden to take action to #EndFossilFuel & support the #climateambitionsummit by using the Whitehouse contact form at https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.

And there are lots of local events you can join. See if there's one near you at https://fossilfueltreaty.good.do/global-march/map/

@InfoMgmtExec that's why I'm on the train to Penn Station and today's march to #endfossilfuels , joining up with the @PDAmerica contingent.

Please, #POTUSBiden , take the actions the marcher requests at https://www.endfossilfuels.us/. We need your leadership at the #climateambitionsummit. We need action now, not more promises to reach a goal by 2050. The world is not on track to meet any of the "promises" to date. Let's forgo 🤞behind backs this time.

You will have noticed that #RishiSunak has been unable to deliver a comprehensive #freetrade deal with the USA, instead having to settle for #POTUSBiden's list or priority areas for trade enhancement.

Its only a 'special relationship' where the interests served are reciprocal - if one side sets the agenda & the other smiles while agreeing, then this may be friendly but the UK remains a client state to its master.... yup, we're still the State's poodle (whatever Rishi says through a false smile)

Q. is the demise & rescue/sale of #SiliconValleyBank an anomaly in a broadly stable #finanacial system, or the canary in the mine on regulatory problems in #financialservcies?

Right now, #RishiSunakPM & #POTUSBiden will be hoping their swift action(s) will have forestalled a wider crisis, but this morning dips in bonds & banking shares suggest some jitters among #investors in banks.... if contagion starts to gather pace the financial sector's 'stability' may prove illusionary - time will tell!

You'll have noticed some trouble with #SiliconValleyBank last week;

its an interesting illustration of a number of issues (which have been widely discussed over the weekend) but particularly allows us to draw a distinction between #POTUSBiden & #RishiSunakPM' approach to state 'intervention' in such cases:

The US is using its regulatory system to shore up depositors/clients in the crisis...

and the UK; we're trying to get #MiddleEast financials to buy the UK's SVB operation!

h/t FT