Even for this time of divide, Biden and Trump are remarkably different people and politicians.
But let me first start with the lesser-known fact, what they have in common.
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Biden and Trump both:
- Were born in the 1940s, kids in the years rt after WWII.
- Went to private school for HS. (Biden got an on-campus job to help pay)
- Were of age but did not serve in Vietnam. (Biden got student deferrals, Trump a medical deferral for a "bone spur")
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Trump and Biden:
- Both had reputations as not the best students.
- But both were known as standout, even star athletes.
- Both had close family members who were immigrants. (Trump's mother, Biden's grandparents)
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One more odd similarity b/t Biden and Trump: 1987.
- That was the first year Biden ran for president.
- And the first year that Trump flirted with and was asked if he wanted to run.
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BREAKING: The Trump administration plans to put money raised from seizure of Venezuelan oil into bank accounts *outside* the U.S. Treasury -- they told lawmakers today per multiple sources familiar.
Sources said they understood these as similar or decidedly "off-shore" accounts.
Asking the WH for clarification.
.@nickschifrin and I have now confirmed this with people from both parties and working in both chambers of Congress.
UPDATE:
A helpful Republican Senator tells me the idea here is that the US is showing it does not own the proceeds from the oil it is seizing, but still wants to control it. So not going straight to US government (treasury), but to banks (a bank?) to hold at US direction.
Waiting for WH response and still have a lot of questions.
BREAKING: MN Gov. Tim Walz confirms state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in what he said appears to be politcally motivated assassination.
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Officials confirm Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also shot and have not finished surgery. They are optimistic, but both are in difficult situations.
The area where this happened is under a "shelter at home" order, as law enforcement searches for the perpetrator.
Finally have a chance to look through the Trump proposal. Here's what's in it.
Overall: $9.4 billion in approved spending that Trump wants clawed back, or rescinded.
Foreign aid: $8.3 billion
Public broadcasting: $1.1 billion
Foreign aid highlights. Trump would like to cut:
- $203 million from U.S. contribs to UN, World Health Org and other intl orgs.
- $361 million from intl peacekeeping activities
- $900 million from global health, incl. HIV/AIDs treatment
- $1.7 billion from econ. support fund
More Trump proposed rescissions:
- $2.5 billion for development assistance
- $460 million for Europe + Central Asia
- $496 million for disaster assistance
- $125 million for USAID operating expenses
- $64 milllion for Instte. for Peace, African Devel Fndtn, Inter-American Fndtn
A thread on new directives for federal workers and hiring from OPM ... as Musk exits and the Trump administration enters next phase for federal workforce.
I'll write this as I read...
NEW today. The Trump administration posted its final federal hiring plan.
It is a 30 page memo.
Title: Merit Hiring Plan
To: Agency + department heads and acting heads
The Trump hiring plan begins w DEI programs, which it calls "immoral".
Agencies must:
- Cease using statistics on race, sex, ethnicity or national origin, or the broader concept of “underrepresentation” in hiring
- Cease sharing info about agency's composition in those areas