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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

January 31, 2021 12:29 AM Forum: Politics

Soooooooooooooooo

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by David Cotterell
Here are some things.......

1. Executive order to strengthen the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid
2. Memorandum reversing the Trump administration's "Mexico City Policy" 
3. Executive order elevating climate change as a national security concern
4. Executive order directing the phase-out of private prisons by not renewing contracts from the Department of Justice.
5. Memorandum condemning racism and xenophobia against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in response to the coronavirus pandemic,
6. Memorandum directing agencies to mitigate racial bias in federal housing policies.
7. Executive order reversing the Trump administration policy to ban transgender people from serving in the military.
8. Executive order committing to investing in American companies and closing loopholes "that allow companies to offshore production and jobs while still qualifying for domestic preferences."
9. Executive order restoring collective bargaining power for federal employees, and directing the Office of Personnel Management to provide recommendations for achieving a $15 minimum wage for federal workers.
10. Executive order promoting assistance from federal agencies to individuals, families and small businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
11. Executive order to identify supplies and accelerate the production of supplies needed to respond to the coronavirus pandemic
12. Executive order stating support for reopening schools
13. Executive order calling on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue guidelines on COVID-19 for workplaces and establish an enforcement program for violations that put workers at risk.
14. Executive order to require mask-wearing on certain modes of transportation and for international travelers to the U.S. to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test before traveling.
15. Executive order encouraging acceleration of the production of treatments for the coronavirus and expansion of access to therapies.
16. Executive order establishing a COVID-19 testing board to increase test supply and bring manufacturing of tests to the U.S.
17. Executive order directing the government to examine and prevent inequities in health care and services for communities of color and other marginalized groups, establishing within Health and Human Services a COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force.
18. Executive order rescinding Trump's 1776 Commission, a panel Trump established as a response to the New York Times' 1619 Project, a Pulitzer Prize-winning collection that focused on America's history with slavery.
19.  Executive order revoking Trump's plan to exclude noncitizens from the census.
20. Executive order prohibiting workplace discrimination in the federal government based on sexual orientation and gender identity
21. Executive order creating a COVID-19 response coordinator who will report directly to the president.
22. Executive order revoking Trump's 2017 Interior Enforcement Executive Order, which broadened the categories of undocumented immigrants subject for removal, restarted the Secure Communities program and supported the federal 287(g) deportation program.
23. Executive order launching a government-wide initiative directing every federal agency to review its state of racial equity and deliver an action plan within 200 days to address any disparities in policies and programs.
24. Executive order extending the pause on student loan payments and nationwide restrictions on evictions and foreclosures.
25. Executive order canceling the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline to move oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico
26. Proclamation ending construction of Trump's signature wall on the U.S.-Mexican border 
27. Proclamation reversing Trump's ban on travel from predominantly Muslim countries.
28. Memorandum to strengthen Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals for certain undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.

I might have missed a couple.. 

Soooooo... Biden has gotten right down to work.....  I'm not sure 'bragging'  about the above list is what is necessary by the libs here...  This is all stuff expected to happen...

Dave
Don't expect Greg to find those on OAN, Newsmax or any right wing media he reads or listens to, hence his question...

January 31, 2021 01:27 AM Forum: Politics

Soooooooooooooooo

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer
Lets take one of those points.....$30 a barrel transport costs as compared to $10 a barrel for the pipeline....

Not to mention the pollution factor as seen below.....and of course the transport profit goes to Warren Buffet and his railroad interests primarily....You know, that guy who was one of if not the largest contributor for Biden......
"A fully realized Keystone XL would lead to more mining of that “nasty stuff” by accelerating the pace at which it’s produced and transported. (Indeed, Keystone XL was viewed as a necessary ingredient in the oil industry’s plans to triple tar sands production by 2030.)
"It would also lead to greater greenhouse gas emissions. In 2014, the EPA stated that tar sands oil emits 17 percent more carbon than other types of crude, but ironically, the State Department revised this number upward three years later, stating that the emissions could be “5 percent to 20 percent higher than previously indicated.” That means burdening the planet with an extra 178.3 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually, the same impact as 38.5 million passenger vehicles or 45.8 coal-fired power plants. Finally, the pipeline would undermine efforts to minimize global warming and prioritize clean energy like wind and solar. Leading climate scientist and former NASA researcher James Hansen has warned that fully exploiting Canada’s tar sands reserves would mean “game over” for our climate. In short, tar sands oil represents no small threat to our environment, and our best stance against it, as the rallying cry goes, is to “keep it in the ground.”
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/what-keystone-pipeline

January 31, 2021 01:52 AM Forum: Politics

Soooooooooooooooo

Posted By Rod Kaufman

One thing's for sure, he's not out playing golf everyday, nor is he is notable for being the only president to incite an insurrection against his own government...

January 31, 2021 04:53 AM Forum: Politics

Soooooooooooooooo

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Speaking of which. This was on the front page of today’s Detroit Free Press:

https://detroitfreepress-mi-app.newsmemory.com/?publink=2c6aa6db9

Guy is from Wixom, a Detroit suburb, had a hockey stick, was using it was a flag pole, but the judge and the video didn’t agree. The new body cam video shows him using it as a weapon beating police at the surge at the door where the woman died by being tramped. He is then seen crawling into the window of the capital. He the guy in the hooded parla and is a former Marine.

I saw this guy on the news last night. The "patriot" pounding away with his hockey stick...

January 31, 2021 11:54 AM Forum: Politics

Trumptoid Anti-Vaccs Protest Shuts Down LA Dodger Stadium Vaccination Site

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"A Los Angeles coronavirus vaccination site was temporarily forced to shut down after protesters blocked the entrance."
"About 50 anti-vaccine and far-right demonstrators gathered at the entrance on Saturday afternoon, The Los Angeles Times first reported. The site is usually opened from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m."
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/536640-los-angeles-vaccination-site-temporarily-shut-down-after-protestors

February 1, 2021 02:24 AM Forum: Politics

Miller Memo confirms hobbling of DC National Guard ahead of Jan 6

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Rich, Do you support Marjorie Greene, the Qanon queen? (Trump does)...

February 1, 2021 02:49 AM Forum: Politics

Miller Memo confirms hobbling of DC National Guard ahead of Jan 6

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Leave it to podunk Georgia to elect that dipshit. 
"Republican Sen. Rob Portman on Sunday said his party's leaders "ought to stand up" against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and that there should be "a strong response" to her controversial actions and recently resurfaced incendiary comments amid calls for her expulsion from Congress."
"I think Republican leaders ought to stand up and say it is totally unacceptable what she has said," the Ohio senator told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/31/politics/rob-portman-marjorie-taylor-greene-cnntv/index.html

February 1, 2021 03:12 AM Forum: Politics

Rep. Kinzinger: They claim 'I'm possessed by the devil'

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday offered a glimpse of what it’s like being one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump: Friends and family turned against him, and he was told he’s “possessed by the devil.”
The Illinois Republican has launched a website as an effort to refocus the Republican Party’s “conservative principles.” Don't expect Trumptoids like Rich Davis to subscribe to it....
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/31/adam-kinzinger-republican-party-464140

February 1, 2021 08:44 AM Forum: Politics

Colorado's GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert and husband racked up arrests in home district"
https://nypost.com/2021/01/16/gop-rep-lauren-boebert-and-husband-have-racked-up-arrests/

February 2, 2021 04:38 AM Forum: Politics

They Can't Leave Fast Enough...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"Spurred By The Capitol Riot, Thousands Of Republicans Drop Out Of GOP"
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/01/962246187/spurred-by-the-capitol-riot-thousands-of-republicans-drop-their-party