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- Feb 16, 2021
- 1 min
Joe Biden & the Politics of Calm, Mature Deliberation
Joe Biden's approval rating seems to increase weekly as Americans are finding that they like to wake each morning to a President that isn't tweeting out insane conspiracy theories or stoking racial or ethnic tensions. No more lies about antifa activists pillaging the suburbs or climate scientists plotting the overthrow of capitalism. We are slowly returning to normal. Yes, we still have many challenges, but our new President seems to be approaching them with calm deliberation
- Feb 5, 2021
- 3 min
The Biden Doctrine: A Return to Moral Leadership & an End to America's Pandering to Putin
President Joe Biden has decades of experience in US foreign policy and he demonstrated yesterday that he clearly recognizes the damage that Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo did to America's standing in the world. He also understands that Trump's "America First" campaign was simply a meaningless bumper sticker meant to provide a veneer of respectability to a hodgepodge of reckless and amateurish policies that accomplished nothing while undermining the nation's ability to influence
- Jan 30, 2021
- 1 min
Biden Restores Funding to the UN's Population Fund, "A Ray of Hope for Millions" of Young Women
This week President Joe Biden restored funding to the UN Population Fund [UNFPA], a women's reproductive health organization that America helped to found in 1969. The agency works in the developing world to provide comprehensive sex education, maternal health care, and access to birth control. Additionally, it has become the global leader in fighting the scourges of child marriage, gender-based violence, and female genital mutilation. Former President Donald Trump had cut fun
- Jan 21, 2021
- 3 min
Biden Begins to Wash Away the Scourge of Trumpism with a Wave of Executive Orders
President Joe Biden made a good start yesterday in expunging Donald Trump's shameful legacy. There is much to do and some of it will take legislation by Congress, but Biden demonstrated that he won't waste any time in reversing Trump's most reviled policies. Immigration: Biden ended the "Muslim ban" which blocked travel to the United States from several predominantly Muslim and African countries and strengthened DACA protections for the children of undocumented immigrants [Dr
- Jan 16, 2021
- 2 min
Biden Offers Plan to Protect "Dreamers" & Provide a Path to Citizenship for Undocumented Workers
As promised during the election, President Joe Biden will quickly offer legislation to protect beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program [DACA, Dreamers] who were brought to America as children. The legislation will also offer a clear and specific path to citizenship for many of the 11 million undocumented immigrants who live and work in the United States. Los Angeles Times: “During his first days in office, President-elect Joe Biden plans to send a
- Dec 14, 2020
- 3 min
11 Things that Joe Biden Can Do to Restore Integrity, Fairness, & Competency to Government
Activists from across the ideological spectrum and with a variety of agendas are now encouraging President-elect Joe Biden to act quickly on issues closest to their heart. Biden should be careful not to employ a scattershot approach during his first weeks in office and focus on a handful of topics that Americans can easily relate to. A president's initial acts are often the ones that citizens remember and he can use his first months in office to craft a moderate progressive a
