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Average JOE Biden
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[h3][link=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/politics/joe-biden-2024-classified-documents/index.html]Biden’s inner circle thinks documents flap is mostly ‘DC elite’ making ‘DC noise’ as they prepare 2024 re-election run[/link][/h3]
(concur … unless it gets a lot worse)
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My goodness! Now theyve found classified documents at Pences.
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[b][link=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2023/01/25/the-not-so-shadow-campaign-00079525]Politico[/link]: Joe Biden is running
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If there were any remaining doubts about President [b]JOE BIDEN[/b] running for a second term, the presidents upcoming travel plans should lay them to rest.
Hes running, people. And some Democrats view Bidens pre-State of the Union address calendar, which is starting to take shape, as the soft launch for it. His aides dont even dispute that.
Biden will appear at a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in New York City next Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the event. On Friday, hell deliver a speech at the DNCs two-day gathering in Philadelphia, as will Vice President [b]KAMALA HARRIS[/b], and both will attend another DNC fundraiser there, according to three people familiar with that event.[/QUOTE]
[link=https://markhalperin.substack.com/p/4-four-more-years-which-is-actually?utm_source=twitter&sd=pf]https://markhalperin.subs…urce=twitter&sd=pf[/link]
Mark Halperin:
I still hear nearly daily from friends of Joe Biden who tell them hes running, even as these same friends doubt that he will.
In the modern history of the presidency, there has never been anything like this an Oval Office resident this old, with a decided lack of enthusiasm for his candidacy (and not just in New Hampshire; check out his support among the young), propelled forward towards a second term both for the most normal of reasons and for the most bizarre and unorthodox ones.
I remain on this question exactly where I have been since September of 2022: My head 100% says he is running, while my gut says it is 12% he is running.
Only time will tell.
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I dont know yet what to think about Donald Trump and Meta, except that his reinstatement makes it even more likely he will be the Republican nominee.
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[h1]William Jefferson Biden Triangulates[/h1] [h3][b]The president is successfully stealing Trump’s economic populism.[/b][/h3]
[link=https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/william-jefferson-biden-triangulates-d3a?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=61371&post_id=101756161&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email]Andrew Sullivan[/link]:I used to hate Bill Clintons State of the Union speeches. Hed usually arrive inexcusably late; proceed to hug everyone within touching distance; then blather on for well over an hour about every policy minutia the DC wonk class obsesses over. One year, he was still talking an hour and a half in. Then hed stay forever afterwards, incapable of saying goodbye, absorbing every milliliter of love he could drain from the crowd, and generally looking like he was having the time of his life.
I was bored silly. But you know what? People loved those speeches. They loved the laundry list of post-big-government specifics, and they loved the way Clinton effortlessly stole most of the rights policies, while appearing to be far saner and happier than any of them. And as I absorbed Bidens SOTU this week, it was Bill Clinton who came to mind, the last Democrat who merrily triangulated his way to a landslide re-election.…
{T}his week was Biden at his best. He reassured reluctant supporters like yours truly. The whole event felt familiar, his good cheer infectious, and his emphases smart. Whether he can keep this up, and adjust his policies toward the center more, well just have to see.
Against Trump, hes a decent bet. Against DeSantis, its iffier. Against mortality, its just a question of when.[/QUOTE]
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[h1]William Jefferson Biden Triangulates[/h1] [h3][b]The president is successfully stealing Trump’s economic populism.[/b][/h3]
[link=https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/william-jefferson-biden-triangulates-d3a?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=61371&post_id=101756161&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email]Andrew Sullivan[/link]:I used to hate Bill Clintons State of the Union speeches. Hed usually arrive inexcusably late; proceed to hug everyone within touching distance; then blather on for well over an hour about every policy minutia the DC wonk class obsesses over. One year, he was still talking an hour and a half in. Then hed stay forever afterwards, incapable of saying goodbye, absorbing every milliliter of love he could drain from the crowd, and generally looking like he was having the time of his life.
I was bored silly. But you know what? People loved those speeches. [b]They loved the laundry list of post-big-government specifics, and they loved the way Clinton effortlessly stole most of the rights policies, while appearing to be far saner and happier than any of them[/b]. And as I absorbed Bidens SOTU this week, it was Bill Clinton who came to mind, the last Democrat who merrily triangulated his way to a landslide re-election.…
{T}his week was Biden at his best. He reassured reluctant supporters like yours truly. The whole event felt familiar, his good cheer infectious, and his emphases smart. Whether he can keep this up, and adjust his policies toward the center more, well just have to see.Against Trump, hes a decent bet. Against DeSantis, its iffier. Against mortality, its just a question of when.[/QUOTE]
Isn’t the bolded the truth? Pretty much been my advice in here. Glad more and more are seeing this as a path to victory. It’s going to have to be a Democrat that moves to the center to get elected for now. The Republicans can’t get out of their own way. Fine with me. -
I did not realize this was a right-wing fear worthy of different articles by different authors.
[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/09/biden-republicans-populist-conservatism/]https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/09/biden-republicans-populist-conservatism/[/link]Beware, conservatives. President Biden is trying to steal your thunder when it comes to appealing to working-class Americans, as he showed in his State of the Union address this week.
If the GOP wants to win in future elections, it cannot let this happen. It must present its own viable blend of populism to counter Bidens.
[Biden] taunted GOP efforts to rein in spending on entitlements, which members of Team Red quickly tried to wave off as not representative of the partys position. But the [link=https://www.heritage.org/budget/pages/policy-proposals.html]Heritage Foundations[/link] latest proposed budget argues for spending cuts in Medicare and Medicaid, as did the [link=https://banks.house.gov/uploadedfiles/rsc_2023_budget_final_version.pdf]Republican Study Committees[/link] most recent alternative budget. Both conservative budgets also include changes to Social Security that would cut spending over time.
Biden played these proposals like a drum. By goading Republicans into denouncing them, he forced them to take any entitlement cuts off the table. This strategic retreat shows that even Old Guard bigwigs know that popular sentiment favors some form of economic populism.
The GOPs challenge now is to marry those sentiments with its traditional support for markets, which requires doing something that few Republicans aside from [link=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/reagans/ronald-reagan/time-choosing-speech-october-27-1964]Ronald Reagan[/link] have ever tried: making an affirmative case for government intervention.-
Frumi do you finally see what I was suggesting and why it is working?
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[b]Most Democrats Now Want Biden to Run Again[/b][/h1]
For the first time since [link=https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2023/02/10/democrats-biden-campaign-equals-trump]Economist/YouGov polls[/link] began asking in July 2022 if Americans want Biden to run again in 2024, more than half of Democrats say yes.
Now, just about the same share of Democrats favor a Biden run (53%) as the share of Republicans who support another run by Trump (54%). Trump has generally enjoyed more stable support for his 2024 campaign from Republicans than Biden has from Democrats.-
Oh boy.
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[h1][b]Bidens 2024 Playbook Looks a Lot Like 2020s[/b][/h1]
[b]Competent beats crazy[/b]
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[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/19/us/politics/biden-2024-campaign.html]New York Times[/link]
Forget the Wilmington basement. This time he will have a Rose Garden. And Air Force One and a big white mansion and all the other advantages of incumbency in a year when he is not forced by a pandemic to stick to streaming from downstairs.
But as President Biden prepares to run for a second term, his team is mapping out a strategy for 2024 that in many other ways resembles that of 2020. Whether he ultimately faces Donald J. Trump again or another Republican trying to be like Mr. Trump, the president plans a campaign message that still boils down to three words: Competent beats crazy.[/QUOTE]
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Competent? Not just competent. Biden will likely go down in history as one of our better presidents, the very big contrast to the crazy Orange Man, driving the crazy fans, crazy.
Success is the best revenge.
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[link=https://morningconsult.com/2023/02/21/biden-more-popular-than-trump-abroad/]Morning Consult survey[/link] data from 17 countries:
[h1]Biden Is Much More Popular Than Trump Around the World[/h1] [h2]Trumps toxic image abroad represents a reputational threat for the broader GOP, which isnt as loathed by the global community[/h2]
[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FpfqzpxXsAME_pH?format=jpg&name=large[/img]
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No wonder he is popular. 50% Puerto Rican, 50% Polish, 100% Irish. A winning mix !
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[link=https://www.npr.org/2023/02/22/1158538798/poll-bidens-standing-improves-while-trump-slumps-with-republican-voters]NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll[/link].
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Poll: Biden’s standing improves, while Trump slumps with Republican voters[/b]
President Biden is seeing his highest approval ratings in almost a year, while former President Donald Trump, who is hoping to take the job back, is getting his worst scores among potential Republican voters in years, according to the latest NPR/PBS [i]NewsHour[/i]/Marist poll.
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He bottomed out at 36% in July of last year, as independents soured on him, and Democrats were unenthusiastic about his presidency. But Biden has made steady improvement since then, and this month, he is up to 46% approval with all respondents and an even higher 49% with registered voters.…
Improved confidence in Biden for 2024[/h3]
Back in November right before the midterms 54% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said they had a better chance with someone else.
That’s changed in this survey. Now, 50% say they have the best chance with Biden, while 45% think the best chance lies with a different candidate.[/QUOTE]
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[link=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/]https://projects.fivethir…biden-approval-rating/[/link]
Biden approval average up just shy of 44% … that’s about as good as he gets. The little blip from the documents seems now resolved
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[h2][link=https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/3885162-joe-bidens-big-bet/]Joe Bidens big bet[/link][/h2]
As Biden steels himself for another rematch with Trump, he is betting that passing the biggest infrastructure program since Dwight D. Eisenhower, signing a Chips and Science Act that promises new construction and manufacturing jobs and promoting an American Rescue Plan that salvaged thousands of small businesses will accrue to his benefit. Biden takes pride in [link=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/08/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-economy-6/]noting[/link] that manufacturing is rebounding at the fastest rate in 40 years, and he [link=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/07/remarks-of-president-joe-biden-state-of-the-union-address-as-prepared-for-delivery/]envisions[/link] offering every American the path to a good career whether they go to college or not.
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Bidens bet is that his programs will translate into votes. From now until Election Day 2024, expect Biden to be at nearly every construction site, even [link=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/07/remarks-of-president-joe-biden-state-of-the-union-address-as-prepared-for-delivery/]telling Republicans[/link] who opposed his plans, See you at the ground-breaking. But will this transformation happen fast enough?…
Elections are won or lost at the margins. In 2024, Joe Biden is unlikely to win the blue-collar vote, despite his achievements. The damage done to the once-solid blue-collar Democratic loyalties cannot be undone in one election, or even two or three. But improved scores can give Biden wins in the key states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, enough to keep the moving vans away from the White House. This is Bidens big bet, one where the stakes are enormously high.
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Maybe some of those infrastructure $$ can pay for a stairlift on Air Force 1 ?
And for the love of God, don’t let the man talk spontaneously.
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[b]Biden Tacks Right on Crime and Immigration[/b][/h1]
President Bidens abrupt shift toward a tougher law and order stance on crime and immigration has progressives nervous about where hes headed next, [link=https://www.semafor.com/article/03/09/2023/as-biden-tacks-right-on-crime-and-immigration-some-democrats-feel-cut-out-of-the-picture]Semafor[/link] reports.
One thing that both the immigration and crime moves had in common: Key allies complained they were given little warning about a sudden change in Bidens position.-
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[b]Biden Moves to Recapture His Centrist Identity[/b][/h1]
[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/us/politics/biden-centrist.html]New York Times[/link]: After two years championing some of his partys top progressive priorities, the president lately is speaking more to the concerns of the political middle, seeking to recapture the more centrist identity that long defined him.
Not only is he increasingly focused on deficit reduction, Mr. Biden last week abandoned fellow Democrats by rejecting a new District of Columbia measure reducing mandatory minimum sentences for some violent offenses, rather than be tagged as soft on crime. And more and more, his administration is turning toward tougher policies to stem a near-record-high tide of illegal immigration, including possibly reviving the practice of detaining migrant families who cross the southwestern border illegally.-
Smart and pragmatic.
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Lyin Biden
Biden 2023: I can remember exactly when my epiphany [on supporting gay marriage] was … I was a senior in high school. And my dad was dropping me off and I remember I was about to get out of the car and I looked to my right and two well-dressed men in suits kissed each other.”
[link=https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1635603660917948416?s=46&t=vJvI0ahb7oXCEzXALjnywA]https://twitter.com/tomse…vJvI0ahb7oXCEzXALjnywA[/link]
Biden past:
Marriage is between a man and a woman, whats the game going on here? – Joe Biden
[link=https://twitter.com/thekevindalton/status/1635643712696119296?s=46&t=vJvI0ahb7oXCEzXALjnywA]https://twitter.com/theke…vJvI0ahb7oXCEzXALjnywA[/link]
Biden: “I can remember exactly when my epiphany [on supporting gay marriage] was ... I was a senior in high school. And my dad was dropping me off and I remember I was about to get out of the car and I looked to my right and two well-dressed men in suits kissed each other." pic.twitter.com/0aHlUQ7ghJ
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 14, 2023
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One would guess you have never ever changed your mind about anything. Etched in stone. Rigid.
And lets not forget, it was Biden opened Obama to the idea of gay equality
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So he says he had an epiphany as a teenager about the importance of marriage equality but he fought for years, in fact into his 60s-70s, against it?
Im calling his little teenage anecdote a lie. Im not criticizing the change of heart.
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DUH. How old are you? Millennial maybe? History not a strong point?
A teenage Joe would be in what years? 1955 (age 13) to 1962. Yes, the world was soooo progressive back then. Even Civil Rights for Black people wasn’t a thing until Johnson’s Civil & Voting Rights Acts, 1964 & 1965 respectively. Regarding LGBTQ, Stonewall didn’t happen until 1969. During Reagan’s administration when AIDS hit the Administration and Republicans thought it just and God’s will that so many died & why bother trying to find a cure. As recently as the 2004 election, Republicans in many states ran on anti-gay legislation that passed in many states, a definite possible reason contributing to Bush’s 2nd term win.
In 2012, Biden “gaffed” by declaring his support for gay rights, specifically marriage for gay people, pulling Obama along with him. He was ahead of most every politician.
[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/us/politics/biden-gay-rights-lgbt.html]https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/us/politics/biden-gay-rights-lgbt.html[/link]
Mr. Bidens shifting views over the course of his political career illustrate the extent to which the Democratic Party has changed as it sought to keep pace with Americans, especially younger ones, who have dismissed traditional stances on issues like same-sex marriage. Mr. Biden has managed to not only keep pace with these evolving views, but on same-sex marriage, he was a step ahead of many of his fellow Democrats.
This has been the case despite the nuances of his record over the past 50 years, his centrist politics in a party that is moving to the left and his age. Mr. Biden, 77, grew up in an era when homosexuality, the word routinely used at the time, was often viewed as a sin and even a crime.
[b]He has repeatedly told a story, recounted with variations on details of the moment, of seeing two men kiss when he was a teenager and his father saying: Joey, its simple. They love each other.[/b][b][/b]
But no, according to you Joe should have been out there in the 1950’s for gay rights.
Yeah, got it.
So when did you come out in support of gay rights and marriage? Before Joe?
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Damn
Frumi just took the Q-Anon guy too school
That was a beat down
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Damn
Frumi just took the Q-Anon guy too school
That was a beat down
While probably correct in its timeline, it does nothing to prove Joe Bidens latest confabulation about gay marriage.-
That he became pro-marriage in 2012 ahead of most everyone while so many are still in the religious rigidity of condemning it?
So who is confabulating.
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[h2][link=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3909234-bidens-strategy-on-trump-indictment-get-out-of-the-way/]Bidens strategy on Trump indictment? Get out of the way [/link][/h2]
The White House doesnt have to do much here, said one [link=https://thehill.com/people/biden/]Biden [/link]ally who is close to the presidents team. They need to acknowledge that its a serious legal matter and then leave it up to the courts.
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The president can create a contrast with Trump by keeping his head down as the news around the indictment ensues.
Its the right thing to do, the opposite of what Trump would have done, and presents the split screen of Trumps crimes with Biden delivering for the American people, said Democratic strategist Josh Schwerin. There is nothing Trump wants more than to have more reason to falsely claim that his legal troubles are a political attack rather than the rule of law.…
While allies expect Biden to largely take a do-nothing approach on the potential indictment, allies cautioned that the strategy could change if protests turn violent, as they did during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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[i]I plan on at least three or four more Easter Egg Rolls, maybe fivemaybe six, what the hell? I dont know.
Ill either be rolling an egg or end up being the guy whos pushing em out,[/I]
Joseph R Biden
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The most non-woke person is Joe Biden, even as hes become the greatest president for Black America maybe we ever had.
– James Carville
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The ‘All Blacks’ and the ‘Black & Tan’ are the same thing, basically. Right ?
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Biden on a rope line in Ireland. Young boy in the crowd to Biden:
“What are the top steps to success?”
Biden replies: “making sure we all don’t have COVID.”
Hunter steps in and explains the question. Then tells him come over here and work the rope line.
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[i]You know but this builds on other steps youve taken and weve taken, like the most significant gun safety law in 30 years to help keep guns out of the hands of domestic political advisors,[/i]
Couple of wires crossed. Maybe a cold solder joint or two. Time to get Joe a tuneup.
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Way to go, Brandon!
[link=https://www.ft.com/content/b6cd46de-52d6-4641-860b-5f2c1b0c5622]Financial Times[/link]
[b]Transformational change: Bidens industrial policy begins to bear fruit
US manufacturing commitments double after Biden[/b][b] subsidies ..[/b].. semiconductor and clean tech investments almost double [those] made in same sectors in whole of 2021, and nearly 20x the amount in 2019, according to data compiled by the Financial Times.
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[h3][link=https://www.axios.com/2023/04/17/manufacturing-semiconductor-tech-biden]Manufacturing companies double commitments[/link][/h3]
[b]The White House[/b] points to huge semiconductor-manufacturing plans for North Carolina, Ohio, Arizona and upstate New York.
[b]The Commerce Department [/b][link=https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOC/bulletins/354ebdf]announced Friday[/link] that 200+ companies have submitted statements of interest for [link=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/09/fact-sheet-chips-and-science-act-will-lower-costs-create-jobs-strengthen-supply-chains-and-counter-china/]CHIPS and Science Act[/link] funding for projects in 35 states. “The last administration talked a lot about bringing jobs back to America, but failed to take real action. President Biden is taking action and delivering results creating good-paying manufacturing jobs at home,” White House chief of staff Jeff Zients said in a statement to Axios.“And this is just the beginning. President Biden has given his team a clear mandate to continue this momentum by implementing pro-worker policies and investing in all of America.”[/QUOTE]
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Way to go, Brandon!
[link=https://www.ft.com/content/b6cd46de-52d6-4641-860b-5f2c1b0c5622]Financial Times[/link]
[b]Transformational change: Bidens industrial policy begins to bear fruit
US manufacturing commitments double after Biden[/b][b] subsidies ..[/b].. semiconductor and clean tech investments almost double [those] made in same sectors in whole of 2021, and nearly 20x the amount in 2019, according to data compiled by the Financial Times.
Oh, no sh1t. We give companies subsidies to build stuff and they will build stuff. The moment the subsidies and related commitments end, the production closes. Europe is littered with white elephants that are the result of this type of industrial policy.
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Well if thats the case lets immediately stop all fossil fuel subsidies. It will pay for Bidens subsidies several times over leaving a sizable chunk of change for cutting government spending & the deficit! McCarthy & the House nut jobs will be beating their chests in triumph!
$5.9 trillion right off the bat!
[link=https://e360.yale.edu/digest/fossil-fuels-received-5-9-trillion-in-subsidies-in-2020-report-finds]https://e360.yale.edu/dig…s-in-2020-report-finds[/link]
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Genius at work. Biden’s speech in Maryland:
We have a thousand billionaires in America. You know the average tax rate they pay? Eight E-I-G-H percent 8%” -
Genius at work. Biden’s speech in Maryland:
We have a thousand billionaires in America. You know the average tax rate they pay? Eight E-I-G-H percent 8%” -
Genius at work. Biden’s speech in Maryland:
We have a thousand billionaires in America. You know the average tax rate they pay? Eight E-I-G-H percent 8%”
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I posted the same thing three times. Genius at work.
