Agree with this. Making corporations and billionaires pay taxes should be a central priority of Biden this year. So should standing up to Big Tech (including anti-trust legislation). People believe Biden cares about the average person. They need to know he will fight for them.
If I were making Biden's New Year's resolutions (after a very good first year in office), I would suggest he resolve not just to be strong but to communicate his strength--and note that the best way to communicate strength is to be strong.
Related: Every day this year, Biden needs to send the message that the November elections are not just "the midterms." They represent an existential choice for our democracy pitting Dems vs. a GOP that seeks to gut our system and disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans.
It is time to turn up the heat, turn up the volume, go on offense, take tough stands, battle for average people, fight for justice, demand accountability and lead from strength. Being better than Trump isn't enough. He must be stronger too.

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2022 begins with a strong likelihood that democracy in America will be significantly weakened by year's end--through voting restrictions, a right wing dominated Supreme Court that is becoming ever more radicalized and politicized, and likely GOP wins in November.
Should DoJ not hold coup plotters accountable, not act in the few weeks that remain to pursue the Mueller obstruction charges against Trump, that will compound the crisis by increasing Trump's sense of impunity.
Roe will die this year. Common sense gun restrictions will be limited. The ability of the executive branch to manage everything from pandemics to the climate crisis may well be weakened.
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I feel your contempt & loathing for Manchin. He's earned it. I've been seething all morning. It's far from the first time he has me feeling this way. But justified as our disgust & anger is, I'm not sure they're constructive. A thread on why hating him is right but not enough...
First, railing at what a heartless, corrupt, hypocritical, jackass Manchin is wont change anything. And if you're angry at him for the right reasons-which is seeking a better life for Americans in need, protecting democracy, etc.-the real issue isn't him. He's not going away.
He's part of a political reality for now in which just one intransigent, ignorant, greedy, yacht-residing, motherfucker of a "Democrat" can ally himself w/50 similarly craven, cold-hearted, power-hungry, one percent-serving, conscienceless Republicans to control our Senate.
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Just finished a great special edition of @DeepStateRadio featuring a debate about the whether Big Tech may someday supplant the power of nation states and how. It features @ianbremmer and @stephenWalt.
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And this article from Steve: foreignpolicy.com/2021/11/08/big…
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And...until we win the war against COVID-19...which involves not eradicating it but learning how to manage it, it will continue to set our priorities and make progress on most other issues impossible. It will also influence political outcomes and business profoundly.
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