A long-overdue moment. It’s not the work, but it’s a moment for history. 
If you told your Election 2008 self that Liz Cheney would fist-bump Joe Biden one day, you’d have laughed yourself out of the room.
For the kids: “Fistbump: The Politics of Fear,” by Barry Blitt. npr.org/2017/10/20/558…
“Go get vaccinated, America.”
The three most important government officials in the country are on the dais. Arguably the fourth — Joe Manchin — is literally in the back row, way up in the gallery, taking notes in a notebook.
DARPA, but for health.
OK, I’m listening.
OK, I’m listening.
“Deadly earnest” is a good phrase.
If Ted Cruz is upset ...
The influence that Sanders and Warren have had on this administration is notable.
This whole section. Wow.
He’s just gonna keep going!
After saying that trickle-down economics never worked, Biden says, “It’s time to grow this economy from the bottom and middle out.”
This is big: This focus, not just on the middle class, but also on those at the bottom of the current system, is remarkable.
This is big: This focus, not just on the middle class, but also on those at the bottom of the current system, is remarkable.
Wait, Biden’s now saying the “Democrats” have the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act—which in no way goes far enough to addressing the crisis—& Republicans are working w Ds in the Senate to advance their own ideas, & they should send something (in between these?!) to him soon?!
That doesn’t sound great!
Biden calls for passage of the Equality Act, which seems unlikely given the filibuster and (at least) Manchin’s past views. Biden also, though, personally speaks out to transgender people, highlighting transgender children, and saying he has their back.
Here is Biden’s call for “consensus” criminal justice legislation:
Tell me what the Biden-Sanders-DeLauro conversation was about. Thanks.
(As Maddow says, it’s likely it was about, at least in part, the child tax credit that DeLauro has long been seeking.)
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