The Biden administration has promised to try to turn the COVID-19 pandemic around and drastically speed up the pace of vaccinating Americans against the virus. But in the immediate hours following Biden being sworn into office on Wednesday, sources with direct knowledge of the new administration’s COVID-related work told CNN one of the biggest shocks that the Biden team had to digest during the transition period was what they saw as a complete lack of a vaccine distribution strategy under former President Donald Trump, even weeks after multiple vaccines were approved for use in the United States. … [Read more...] about Report: President Biden Inheriting Nonexistent Coronavirus Vaccine Distribution Plan, Must Start ‘From Scratch’
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No One Gives a Shit About the Rose Garden Right Now, Melania
Some will say that rose gardening to the tune of the apocalypse is yet another gesture that is at best oblivious and at worst passive-aggressively cruel. Others will say that it’s a canny move by a classy lady who embodies tenacity in her public life. They’re both wrong. Melania’s push to apply her Be Best magic to the Rose Garden is perfect. It’s the perfect empty, image-obsessed gesture from a person who is almost certainly not going to perform the actual physical labor of the task, meant to hark back to a bygone era that we now realize had a lot wrong with it. … [Read more...] about No One Gives a Shit About the Rose Garden Right Now, Melania
Biden proposes extending nuclear arms treaty with Russia for 5 years
Despite the extension proposal, Psaki said Biden was committed to holding Russia accountable for its alleged involvement in the Solar Winds hacking event, 2020 election interference, the chemical poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny and the widely reported allegations that Russia may have offered bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. … [Read more...] about Biden proposes extending nuclear arms treaty with Russia for 5 years
Joe Biden Says ‘We Must End This Uncivil War’ After Being Sworn-In As 46th President Of United States
Biden planned a 10-day blitz of executive orders on matters that don’t require congressional approval — a mix of substantive and symbolic steps to unwind the Trump years. Among the planned steps: rescinding travel restrictions on people from several predominantly Muslim countries; rejoining the Paris climate accord; issuing a mask mandate for those on federal property, and ordering agencies to figure out how to reunite children separated from their families after crossing the border. … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Says ‘We Must End This Uncivil War’ After Being Sworn-In As 46th President Of United States
CNN ripped as Biden ‘PR shop’ after ‘scoop’ that he inherited no vaccine distribution plan from Trump
Chief among the cheerleaders were CNN figures like political director David Chalian, who compared coronavirus memorial lights in Washington, D.C., to "Biden's arms embracing America." CNN media correspondent Brian Stelter also warned that "anti-Democratic" media outlets would attempt to "muddy" Biden's first week with "faux-scandals." … [Read more...] about CNN ripped as Biden ‘PR shop’ after ‘scoop’ that he inherited no vaccine distribution plan from Trump
