Hmm... I wonder what Governors they are circling around... Gavin Newsom? Gretchen Whitmer? JB Pritzker? Phil Murphy? Roy Cooper? Andy Beshear? Michelle Lujan Grisham?
I like some of those choices but I highly doubt any major Democrat will declare until Biden makes a public announcement whether he will run again. Even someone like Gavin Newsome who is very ambitious and willing to play tough politics likely won't risk undercutting Biden and fracturing the party by declaring he's running soon. I expect Biden to stick with the message that he is running again as any other message would make him a lame duck and make it even harder to pass his agenda. Even if his actual intention is that he's not going to run again he likely won't say that until after the Midterms.
This is what I've been saying for months almost exactly. I think it would be healthy for the party to have more options ready to go for voters for 2024. Yet Biden is not someone to underestimate as he has been counted out many times in his political career before. Yet an outsider Dem is still going to be the most palatable on it's face for many voters that have just grown overly cynical to DC. Andy Beshear is an interesting name, but boy he'd have a hell of a time dealing with the House progressives.... but then again we thought that about Biden too but they've surprisingly worked well together. Much better than the "Centrists" have worked with the White House instead of corporate interests.
Your obsession with the Orange man is absolutely insane? Why do you think when people who can’t stand the current dipshiet in charge, they are automatically Trumpers? Lots of Dems are soured on Rice pudding brains also. Did Orange man touch you inappropriately in any ways? Why is the unhealthy obsession? People are railing against Brandon for a reason. He’s currently in charge so he’s gonna get the criticism as well as the praise depending on which sides of the aisle . Orange man is not in charge and you hardly hear anything from him because big tech had censored him. So again, did Orange man do something really bad to you? It’s ok, you can tell me your secrets here, I swear, I won’t tell a soul.
If you think I'm usually wrong then you must believe Trump won, the no mask stance at the height of a pandemic was good, Cruz isn't a hypocrite, Abbott's loose gun laws are making us safer, Covid was a hoax, Paxton is an honest man, poor people are just lazy, white collar criminals are better people than the average thief on the street, women who cry rape or sexual assault are usually lying, men are smarter than women, healthcare shouldn't be affordable for all, all rioters were BLM protestors, Trump didn't try to overturn the election results, Trump isn't a compulsive liar, Cruz didn't lie about voter fraud, the surge in Covid was from illegals coming across the border, education, mental health care, and social services in Texas don't need more funding, mail in voting should not be allowed for all registered voters, no business or school should be allowed to require vaccines or masks, a woman should never be President, and the GOP didn't cover up, lie, and protect Trump's criminal actions during and after his term.
Scoop: Leaked document reveals Biden’s Afghan failures https://www.axios.com/leaked-docume...res-c27d790c-3a50-4734-8543-7db710898bb2.html
If that was a maga hat it would have said "Made in China" and it would have been paid for by Russia...
Biden to Present Plan to Cut Cancer Death Rate in Half - The New York Times (nytimes.com) By Sheryl Gay Stolberg Feb. 2, 2022Updated 9:44 a.m. ET WASHINGTON — President Biden will unveil a plan on Wednesday to reduce the death rate from cancer by at least 50 percent over the next 25 years — an ambitious new goal, senior administration officials say, for the cancer “moonshot” program he initiated and presided over five years ago as vice president. Mr. Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will also announce a campaign to urge Americans to undergo screenings that were missed during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday evening to preview the president’s announcement. Screening is important to reduce cancer deaths. The president has a deep personal interest in cancer research; in 2015, his son Beau died of glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. The next year, President Barack Obama called on Mr. Biden in his State of the Union address to lead the moonshot program, with a goal of making “a decade’s worth of advances in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment” in five years. At the time, Congress authorized $1.8 billion over seven years; roughly $400 million of that money has yet to be allocated, and the National Cancer Institute, which oversees the initiative, says it has already spent $1 billion on more than 240 research projects. The senior officials said the White House would not be announcing any new funding commitments, but insisted that there would be “robust funding going forward.” Instead, the Bidens will set out broadly outlined goals in a showy White House ceremony to be attended by roughly 100 people, including Vice President Kamala Harris, patients, caregivers, family members, researchers and members of Congress. The White House is billing the event as a fresh push by the president to “reignite” the moonshot program and “end cancer as we know it.” Specifically, Mr. Biden will set a goal of cutting the age-adjusted death rate — a statistic that accounts for expectations that older people are more likely to grow ill and die — by more than half over the next 25 years. But there were few specifics about how that goal would be achieved. “These are audacious goals, and I have no doubt there will be mechanisms to achieve them,” said Ellen Sigal, founder of Friends of Cancer Research, which works to support cancer research and deliver new therapies to patients, who has been briefed on the plan. Mr. Biden has already named Danielle Carnival, who worked on the moonshot program during the Obama administration, to help oversee the new version of the effort. Now, the senior officials said, the president will create a “cancer cabinet” to coordinate the work of multiple government agencies. The White House says more than 9.5 million cancer screenings were missed in the United States as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr. Biden will call on the cancer institute, a branch of the National Institutes of Health, to coordinate with cancer treatment centers to offer screenings around the country, and to develop a program to fast-track the development of tests that can detect multiple types of cancer at once. Presidents since Richard M. Nixon have sought to tackle cancer, of which there are more than 100 types of disease that can vary in the way they grow, spread and respond to treatment. The cancer institute estimates that nearly 40 percent of men and women will be diagnosed with some type of cancer at some point during their lifetimes. The American Cancer Society estimates there will be 1.9 million new cases of cancer in the United States this year, and more than 609,000 cancer deaths. Most experts no longer talk of “curing” cancer; that language is far too simplistic, and the White House is not using it. But officials say it is possible to make substantial progress in the fight against cancer through early diagnosis and improved treatments. There have been great strides in cancer research, treatment and prevention in the five years since the original moonshot program was announced. Targeted therapies are helping cancer patients live longer. Doctors can now detect cancers through a simple blood draw. More refined colonoscopies are preventing more colon cancers. “The original moonshot demonstrated that it was possible to compress a decade’s worth of progress into a few short years,” Ms. Sigal said, adding, “We can’t afford to not make that opportunity a reality again.”
Why is it disturbing? Is it because some random guy took 30 seconds of a speech out of context? Why don't you get out of your comfort zone and read the transcript to see exactly what he is talking about? https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...-at-an-event-to-reignite-the-cancer-moonshot/ In particular: Where we don’t learn enough from patients’ experience — experiences or their data. In fact, when we first started this work, one of the first things we did was make sure that doctors and researchers work together, share information, allow patients to share their data with other doctors and researchers to help others. But there’s so much more to do. I remember when we were going through this in the Moonshot, and my saying that — I was told that “Well, patients don’t want to share their data.” They all want to share their data. (Laughter.) Sometimes you all don’t want to share what you know. (Laughter.) And for each — (applause) — and for each of the ways we know cancer today, we know we can change its trajectory. Please tell us why this is disturbing? He is discussing an actual plan to cut cancer rates. He's not saying "we'll cure cancer" like TFG and then not following through. At least there is a plan in place and tangible steps. Again, please, please, please explain why this is disturbing. Or go find a cute meme or some random tweet from some random idiot to fight your battles. And I suspect you aren't that stupid to not understand the 'moonshot' reference.
Psaki grilled over science adviser's behavior toward colleagues https://thehill.com/homenews/admini...r-science-advisers-behavior-toward-colleagues excerpt: White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday faced a barrage of questions about why President Biden's top science adviser has not been fired after an investigation found he bullied subordinates, a violation of Biden's own pledge upon his inauguration to fire staff who disrespect their colleagues. Politico reported earlier Monday that Eric Lander, a member of Biden’s Cabinet and the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, had repeatedly bullied and verbally abused his staff. The news outlet found 14 current and former staffers who worked under Lander this year described a toxic work environment. Multiple reporters during Monday's press briefing recited Biden's own comments after he took office in which he told a virtual gathering of administration employees that they would be fired "on the spot, no ifs, ands or buts," if he found out they disrespected their colleagues. more at the link
and just like that he's gone Biden’s Top Science Adviser Resigns After Acknowledging Demeaning Behavior The adviser, Eric S. Lander, had apologized for his workplace conduct. The president had pledged to immediately fire any official who acted that way toward colleagues. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/us/politics/eric-lander-resigns-white-house.html
