Democrats’ odds in 2022 are directly linked to Biden’s approval rating:
The higher it gets, the better our chances.
So how can we help?
By arming ourselves with facts and spreading the word - loudly and proudly - about what he’s gotten done.
1. VACCINES
Joe Biden successfully distributed 100Ms of vaccines to 100Ms of Americans in the most effective public health effort in American history, saving 100Ks of lives.
If your life is in any way back to normal from the depths of the pandemic, you have Joe Biden to thank.
2. JOBS
As of today, Joe Biden has helped create nearly 5 million jobs, more than any other President in their first 10 months, with wages up nearly 5% year-over-year.
And the unemployment rate is down to 4.8% from 6.3% in January 2021 when he took office.
3. CHILD TAX CREDIT
Joe Biden has cut childhood poverty in HALF by increasing the CTC from $2,000 to $3,600.
That means more money directly in the pockets of millions of families who need help to make ends meet.
Joe Biden had the courage to finally end the war in Afghanistan after 20 years.
Was the withdrawal itself painful? No doubt.
But he did what no other President could do.
He finally got us out.
6. CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT
Joe Biden reentered the Paris Climate Accord, revoked the Keystone Pipeline, stopped new leases for drilling on public land, and blocked drilling in ANWR.
Joe Biden canceled billions in student loan debt, including loans for severely disabled students. He also extended the student loan payment freeze to provide some breathing room.
Joe Biden successfully negotiated a nuclear submarine deal with our allies Australia and Britain that will serve as a much-needed regional check and deterrent on China.
Joe Biden restored protections for our beautiful National Monuments, including Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah, and the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts off the coast of New England.
Joe Biden is saving 22,500 jobs at 313 aviation manufacturing companies across America, including 3,000 jobs in Kansas and thousands of others in Ohio, California and more.
In the midst of the pandemic-heightened hunger crisis, Joe Biden gave a $1B boost in food stamp benefits to 25 million food-insecure Americans, including children and senior citizens.
Joe Biden signed an Executive Order raising the minimum wage for Federal Contractors to $15, giving a much-needed pay raise to as many as 390,000 low-wage American workers.
On Day 1 of his Administration, Joe Biden signed an Executive Order granting LGBTQ+ Americans the most far-reaching health care, housing and education protections in U.S. History.
Joe Biden delivered a program to feed up to 34 million low-income, food-insecure children across America over the summer when school was out of session.
These children who often depend on school meals for nutrition.
Updating #2 on this thread, thanks to Joe Biden's leadership, the U.S. added another 531K jobs in October, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.6%, and wages increased another .4%.
Not only did Joe Biden extend the Paycheck Protection Program, he revised it to help save small businesses, minority-owned businesses and sole proprietorships, so that bigger companies wouldn't crowd them out of the benefits.
Joe Biden provided nearly $500M in relief to art and cultural organizations (like the NEA and NEH), with the bulk of the money going to help those who were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, such as the live performing arts.
In his first week, Joe Biden signed an Executive Order that reversed many of Trump's healthcare actions, reopening ACA's open enrollment and strengthening access to Medicaid during America's healthcare/pandemic crisis.
Since the day Joe Biden was sworn in, we haven't had to worry about what embarrassing, idiotic, or democracy-degrading thing our President would say, do, or tweet next.
Not a legislative accomplishment, but vital nonetheless.
After four years of his predecessor kowtowing to Russia, Joe Biden sanctioned 40 Russian entities/individuals, expelled 10 Russian officials, and prohibited U.S. financial institutions from conducting certain transactions in Russia.
Joe Biden ended his predecessor's ban on openly transgendered people serving in the military, ending discriminatory practices against them, providing medical care, and strengthening our military in the process.
Joe Biden is taking steps to combat housing discrimination which results in unfairly lower appraisals for black-owned homes, and to lower legal barriers to file housing discrimination cases.
In his first week as President, Joe Biden signed an Executive Order directing government agencies to strengthen requirements for purchasing products and services from U.S. workers and businesses.
In his first week, Joe Biden signed an Executive Order to end federal private prison contracts. Private prisons are for-profit institutions that essentially incentivize incarcerations, particularly of black Americans.
Joe Biden provided a historic $31B in much-needed aid to Native populations to help bolster health care and other services in some of the nations's poorest communities, including Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians.
Since Day 1, Joe Biden has taken steps to protect hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients, the undocumented immigrants who were brought to America as children and who do not want to be deported.
Joe Biden signed into law a bill that would help sustain the program that provides non-taxpayer monetary rewards for whistleblowers who sound the alarm on waste, fraud and abuse.
Joe Biden made it easier for health care professionals to administer buprenorphine, a drug that treats opioid addiction, softening restrictions that hampered the response to the opioid epidemic and saving lives in the process. washingtonpost.com/health/biden-a…
38. FASTER ACT
Joe Biden signed into law the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education and Research Act which ramps up allergy research and lists sesame as a food allergy, helping parents whose children might suffer from life-threatening reactions. washingtonpost.com/business/2021/…
39. 9/11 DECLASSIFICATION
In response to the families of 9/11 victims, Joe Biden directed the declassification of documents related to the terror attack in order to provide greater transparency over what happened.
Joe Biden added an additional $4.5B in funding to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which will help struggling American families stay warm this winter.
$26.9B for highways
$3.3B for public transportation
$2.9B for water/pipes
$1.2B for airports
$537M for bridges
$408M for electric vehicles
$100M for broadband
Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock are delivering $$$ and jobs for GA:
$8.9B for highways
$225M for bridges
$100M for broadband
$1.4B for public transportation
$619M for airports
$8M for Port of Savannah
$135M for electric vehicles
Joe Biden fired several officials - including CEO Michael Peck - at the U.S. Agency for Global Media for turning an objective, independent source of news into a corrupted, pro-Trump propaganda machine.
Joe Biden raised the refugee cap from the cruel low of 15K (set by Trump for 2021), to 125K (for 2022) upholding America's centuries-old promise of being a place of refuge for those in need around the world.
Here's what Joe Biden got done...and what EVERY California House GOPer voted against:
$25.3B for highways
$4.2B for bridges
$9.5B for public transport
$3.5B for water
$1.5B for airports
$100M for broadband
$80M for wildfires latimes.com/politics/story…
53. SERVICE DOGS FOR VETERANS
Joe Biden signed the PAWS Act (Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers), which gives veterans greater access to the service and therapy dogs they need to help with their PTSD and mental health issues.
Joe Biden has canceled contracts for Donald Trump's wasteful and ineffective border wall, and is protecting/returning private property for residents along the border that Trump wanted to seize.
Joe Biden is delivering vital $$$ and jobs for the Garden State:
$6.8B for highways
$1.1B for bridges
$4.1B for public transportation
$232M for airports
$100M for broadband
$1B to replace lead pipes
$17M for cybersecurity
Joe Biden is providing more help to police, including easier access to mental health resources, prompter benefit access to those hurt/disabled, and prosecuting those who kill federal law enforcement serving abroad. thehill.com/homenews/admin…
57. MINNESOTA INFRASTRUCTURE
Thanks to Joe Biden and the Dems, help is on the way for Minnesota:
$4.5B for highways
$302M for bridges
$818M for public transportation
$100M for broadband
$68M for EV charging stations
$680M for water
$297M for airports minnpost.com/national/2021/…
58. FUEL EMISSION STANDARDS/ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Joe Biden reversed Trump's emission rollback and ordered the EPA to initiate new fuel emission standards to help stop climate change.
Joe Biden is sending big help to Wisconsin in the form of $$$ and jobs:
$5.2B for highways
$225M for bridges
$592M for public transport
$79M for EV charging stations
$198M for airports
$841M for water
$100M for broadband upnorthnewswi.com/2021/11/08/bid…
60. GAS PRICES
Joe Biden is ordering a release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help combat the rising cost of fuel and to give Americans a break at the pump.
$7.3B for roads
$563M for bridges
$1B for public transportation
$1.3B for water infrastructure/lead pipe removal
$100M for broadband
$110M for electric vehicle charge stations mlive.com/public-interes…
62. TRANSPARENCY
After four years of Donald Trump refusing to let the American people know who was visiting the White House, Joe Biden reinstated the important tradition of releasing visitor logs for all to see.
Today Joe Biden signed bills into law that will help veterans, ordering studies of disparities in minority benefits, reducing education costs for surviving spouses/children, addressing maternal mortality among female vets, and more. cnn.com/2021/11/30/pol…
64. ARIZONA INFRASTRUCTURE
Joe Biden, Mark Kelly and House Dems are delivering for Arizona.
$5B for highways
$225M for bridges
$884M for public transit
$100M for broadband
$76M for EV charging stations
$619M for water infrastructure
$348M for airports ktar.com/story/4623439/…
65. NORTH CAROLINA INFRASTRUCTURE
Joe Biden is delivering big things for North Carolina.
$7.2B for roads
$457M for bridges
$910M for public transit
$460M for airports
$109M for charging stations
$1B for broadband
$1.1B for water safety
Here are some big things that Joe Biden is delivering for Ohio:
$9.2B for roads
$483M for bridges
$1.4B for clean water
$1.2B for public transport
$253M for airports
$140M for charging stations
$100M for broadband axios.com/local/columbus…
67. GHOST GUNS, RED FLAG LAWS, STABILIZING BRACES
Joe Biden issued a variety of measures to help reduce gun violence, including a crackdown on unserialized ghost guns, DOJ guidance for red flag laws, and unregulated items that makes guns more lethal.
Thanks to Joe Biden and Jared Golden, Maine is about to receive a massive influx of $$$:
$1.3B for roads
$225M for bridges
$241M for transit
$19M for electric vehicle chargers
$100M for broadband
$390M for water infrastructure mainebeacon.com/bidens-sprawli…
70. STUDENT LOAN PAUSE EXTENSION
Joe Biden single-handedly added another 3 months to the student loan payment moratorium, giving thousands of working families extra financial breathing room as they get through this latest Covid surge.
Thanks to Joe Biden's leadership addressing the supply-chain bottleneck, ports processed more goods, store shelves were fully stocked, and gifts have arrived on time for Christmas.
Joe Biden is delivering big $$$ for Washington State:
$4.7B for highways
$605M for bridges
$1.8B for public transport
$882M for water
$385M for airports
$100M for broadband
$71M for electric vehicle charging stations
$3.4B for roads
$268M for bridges
$747M for public transport
$52M for EV charging
$100M for broadband
$39M for wildfire prevention
$529M for water infrastructure
$211M for airports statesmanjournal.com/story/news/202…
74. MIGRANT CHILD-FAMILY REUNIONS
Joe Biden is working hard to reunite the migrant children that Donald Trump cruelly separated from their families.
There is still a long way to go, but they are making real progress.
Joe Biden and VA Dems like Abigail Spanberger and Elaine Luria are delivering big $$$:
$7B for roads
$537M for bridges
$100M for broadband
$700M for water
$1.2B for public transport
$368M for airports
$106M for EVs wavy.com/news/virginia/…
77. 3.9% UNEMPLOYMENT
Today's jobs report marks the biggest one-year drop in unemployment in U.S. history.
And the 3.9% rate was hit 4 years earlier than projected had Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan not been enacted.
Thanks to Joe Biden and Michael Bennett, Colorado is getting big $$$:
$3.7B for roads
$225M for bridges
$916M for public transport
$688M for water
$432M for airports
$100M for broadband
$35M for wildfires
$57M for EV chargers
In March 2021 Joe Biden signed an Executive Order calling on federal agencies to "expand citizens' opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process." cnn.com/2021/03/07/pol…
80. $20B INTEL SEMICONDUCTOR PLANT IN OHIO
Thanks to the leadership of Democrats like Joe Biden and Tim Ryan, Intel is investing *$20 Billion* in a factory that will create *20,000* jobs in Columbus and help lower the costs of vehicles.
81. MAKING SEXUAL HARASSMENT A CRIME IN THE MILITARY
Joe Biden signed an Executive Order making sexual harassment a crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, as well as other measures that will protect those serving in our armed forces.
Joe Biden's strategic, unprecedented, 'extremely clever' use of intelligence prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine threw Putin off balance and helped rally the world against him in ways that he never anticipated. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
86. FEBRUARY JOBS REPORT
Yet another massive jobs report under Joe Biden's watch, with 678,000 jobs added and the unemployment rate falling to 3.8%.
Joe Biden has now helped create *7.4 Million* jobs in just over a year.
President Biden has proven that he is truly the "Leader of the Free World", successfully organizing NATO countries and other allies against Vladimir Putin through sanctions, penalties, bans, asset seizures and more.
Joe Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act which will overhaul the finances of the USPS and allow it to modernize its service, as well as saving 6-day-a-week delivery. marketwatch.com/story/biden-si…
89. ANTI-LYNCHING BILL
Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, the first of its kind in American history, finally making lynching a federal hate crime.
Joe Biden nominated - and the Senate confirmed - the first black woman on the Supreme Court in its 233-year history. apnews.com/article/ketanj…
91. SAVING TREVOR REED
Joe Biden secured former Marine Trevor Reed's release from Russia and saved his life in the process.
"Ultimately it was President Biden. He did everything that we had said he would do and it's amazing and we can't thank him enough."abcnews.go.com/US/biden-saved…
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Ds currently sit at 51-49 with a guaranteed loss in WV.
So the strategy of keeping our majority runs through a flawless defense of every other D seat, and hopefully flipping two tough GOP seats.
Race: Montana (#MTSen)
Democrat: Jon Tester (@jontester)
Flip/Hold: Hold
Facts: If Tester can put together a coalition (Ds, Rs, Is, Indigenous, environmentalists), he can win against his scandal-plagued opponent. Our toughest race this year.
Facts: Another tough race, but Sherrod has been blessed with a weak opponent (a familiar theme this year), and with our help he'll have what it takes to win.
Time for a tutorial in right-wing media propaganda.
I came across this local print edition of the Epoch Times delivered to the mailbox of someone I know.
It has the look and feel of a standard local paper, w/ a front page featuring local stories.
But let’s look closer…
First let’s zoom in on the top of the front page.
The paper slyly promotes the Epoch Times video website featuring a documentary about “The Real Story of January 6” and a story about “Unusual Blood-clotting” (anti-vax conspiracy theories).
But that’s just the start…
Remember that Page 1 lures in the reader with the promise of local news coverage, with a small-print hint about the paper’s true intent.
But Page 2 is dives in with snippets and quotes and brief items that have a distinct conservative theme.
We’ve now had *2* major accusations against Biden that have been refuted:
1. Robert Hur’s accusation about Biden’s cognition, which was belied by his own words in the transcript.
2. The GOP’s accusation of Biden taking bribes, which fell apart when their witness was indicted.
Republicans have relied heavily on both of these false narratives, and both have crumbled away.
Impeachment is going nowhere and Biden’s SOTU killed their ‘Sleepy Joe’ approach.
That’s a big problem for the GOP.
Why? Two reasons.
1. Now the GOP needS to formulate new lines of attack. It wont be easy.
2. Those two false Biden narratives were supposed ‘cancel out’ the *accurate* liabilities for Trump: his obvious cognitive decline and his blatant corruption. That strategy is gone now.
I really encourage everyone to read this conversation with @SimonWDC (posted by @atrupar without a paywall; thank you Aaron!).
There are some great electoral and political insights that cut through many of the BS media narratives that we are being fed. publicnotice.co/p/simon-rosenb…
I love this part.
Many of us are still so traumatized by 2016 that we've created this mythology around Trump and his abilities.
But the data points to 2016 having been - dare I say - a fluke.
Don't get me wrong, a fluke could happen again.
But not if we put in the hard work.
I see this trauma every day in my conversations with like-minded friends and family.
I see the anxiety, I see the fear, I see the pessimism.
It's as though they are stuck in '16, and the subsequent seven years of elections never happened.