.@nytimes: "By many traditional metrics, the America that Mr. Trump will inherit from President Biden...is actually in better shape than that bequeathed to any newly elected president since George W. Bush came into office in 2001." nytimes.com/2025/01/05/us/… "...there will be no American troops at war overseas on Inauguration Day. New data reported in the past few days indicate that murders are way down, illegal immigration at the southern border has fallen...& roaring stock markets finished their best two years in a quarter-century"

THREAD: Through interviews and historic new actions, @POTUS is running through the tape, continuing to fight for families.

@mikeallen: "Biden's final sprint"

Honoring "a litany of policy promises," like banning junk fees & cracking down on overdraft fees axios.com/newsletters/ax… Cementing an historic judicial nominations legacy, with more to come this week.

@NBCNews: "Biden is on track to appoint more federal judges of color than any other president" nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/bi…

.@bloomberg News founder @Matthew_Winkler: "Historians will reckon with too many economic signals rendering the prevailing narrative little more than media noise."

"History will show" @POTUS "laid the groundwork for US exceptionalism lasting many years" bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… "No US president in the last half century comes close to replicating Biden’s superior score among most of the 15 measures of relative prosperity"

"What makes this performance all the more remarkable is that Biden inherited the once-in-a-century Covid-19 pandemic"

As @POTUS travels to NC, an update on the response:

FEMA has received 30,000+ applications and provided more than $2.6 million to survivors.

62% of originally reported power outages have been restored. Nearly 8,000 crews continue to assist with remaining power restoration. Cellular restoration continues to improve, with less than 50% of cellular sites down as of today. Ten counties, down from 17, have 50% or more cell sites down.

.@POTUS: @GeneSperling46 is "the only person to have ever directed the National Economic Council under two presidents, and has helped me execute a rescue plan that has led to one of the most equitable and resilient economic recoveries ever." whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/… "Under Gene’s leadership, the American Rescue Plan has delivered economic relief to cities and counties across the country, protected millions of union pensions, made the largest-ever federal investment in public safety, and kept thousands of small businesses afloat."

Excerpts of @POTUS's Oval speech: “The defense of democracy is more important than any title. I draw strength, and find joy, in working FOR the American people. But this sacred task of perfecting our Union is not about me. It’s about you. Your families. Your futures." "It’s about ‘We the People.’”

“I have decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. That is the best way to unite our nation.”

.@glastris: "When European heads of state look at @POTUS, they see an accomplished world-historic leader"

"As Biden’s age has advanced, so too has his clout"

"No president since Reagan has more successfully wielded influence in the Western alliance"
washingtonmonthly.com/2024/06/23/nat… "When the invasion happened as [he] predicted, it was Biden who rallied Western and other allied countries to Ukraine’s defense. It was also Biden who authorized a dramatic increase in U.S. natural gas exports to Europe as Russia cut off supplies."

Twitter has now posted a correction to the @nypost’s latest discrediting lie:

https://twitter.com/andrewjbates46/status/1801357943566123162

Props to @dcexaminer for caring about facts, unlike the @nypost:

"British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended President Joe Biden over claims that he walked away"

"'He went to go and talk to the pilot, one of the parachute jumpers,' Sunak said." washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-hou…

Letter from Sauber and Bauer to Hur: "We do not believe that the report's treatment of President Biden's memory is accurate or appropriate. The report uses highly prejudicial language to describe a commonplace occurrence among witnesses: a lack ofrecall of years-old events." "Such comments have no place in a Department of Justice report, particularly one that in the first paragraph announces that no criminal charges are 'warranted' and that 'the evidence does not establish Mr. Biden's guilt.'"
justice.gov/storage/report…

lol

"The Advocate, seeking to understand Tenney’s rationale behind her proposal, reached out to her spokesperson for comment but did not receive a response. This silence comes amidst scrutiny of Tenney’s record."

https://twitter.com/TheAdvocateMag/status/1723037923665162312

"The Washington Postreported her false claim in 2018 that former President Donald Trump’s tax cuts had already paid for themselves, and PolitiFact rated her statement that year regarding the political affiliations of mass shooters as 'Pants on Fire.'"

.@WHCommsDir: @SpeakerMcCarthy "cut a deal with the most extreme MAGA elements of his party to accelerate taking food assistance from hundreds of thousands of older Americans and to carve out one industry from his draconian cuts without making a single change to provisions..." "...that will strip away health care services for veterans, cut access to Meals on Wheels, eliminate health care coverage for millions of Americans, and ship manufacturing jobs overseas."

.@PressSec (from overnight, before any letters, but responsive): "Two weeks ago, Republican-led regulation rollbacks contributed to the largest banking collapse since the Great Recession. The Biden Administration and regulators stepped in to stabilize the financial sector."

https://twitter.com/SpeakerMcCarthy/status/1640689855762931714

"But business leaders and economists have warned that the threat of a default risks the livelihoods of American small businesses, retirees, and working families and would hand a massive win to China—and recent events underscore the need for Congress to address the debt limit..."

Full statement with receipts.

https://twitter.com/joeygarrison/status/1628470235870203904

Trump "withdrew an Obama-era proposal to require faster brakes on trains carrying highly flammable materials, ended regular rail safety audits of railroads, and mothballed a pending rule requiring freight trains to have at least two crew members." politico.com/news/2023/02/2…

Since 1/6, countless nonpartisan reporters, credible voices across the political spectrum, and @POTUS have highlighted the unprecedented threats to democracy posed by the actions of a segment of extreme GOP officeholders.

These accurate warnings are the opposite of "political." @nytimes: "As Right-Wing Rhetoric Escalates, So Do Threats and Violence" nytimes.com/2022/08/13/nyr…

"Democratic norms are facing a historic test" nytimes.com/live/2022/demo…

Cecil Roberts, @MineWorkers: "I have heard a lot of whoppers come out of the mouths of politicians. But few of them top the absolute bull some are peddling about impact of the Inflation Adjustment Act (IRA), introduced last week by Senator Joe Manchin." umwa.org/news-media/pre… "It was shocking to read a member of Congress from West Virginia, Rep. Alex Mooney, attack the restoration of full funding for the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, which is included in the IRA."

This desperate conspiracy theory has been debunked by fact check after fact check across the press and by a conservative retired federal prosecutor in the National Review.

Hawley even voted for numerous judges who sentenced convicts for this crime in the same fashion.

THREAD:

https://twitter.com/NolanDMcCaskill/status/1505956360063750145

@ABC: "Fact check: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson child porn sentences 'pretty mainstream'...Republican Sen. Josh Hawley voted to confirm judges who gave similar sentences." abcnews.go.com/Politics/fact-…

Thread: A look at the extensive support for Judge Jackson - whose family has a long history of serving as police officers - from the law enforcement community.

@politico: “Police chiefs [@TheIACP] back Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court” politico.com/news/2022/03/1… @GLFOP: "There is little doubt that she has the temperament, intellect, legal experience, and family background to have earned this appointment." fop.net/2022/02/fop-na…

.@ABC Fact Check: "Hawley's insinuation neglects critical context, including the fact that the senator himself has voted to confirm at least three federal judges who also engaged in the same practice." abcnews.go.com/Politics/fact-… "An ABC News review of federal judges appointed and confirmed during the Trump administration found nearly a dozen had handed down below-guideline sentences in cases of defendants viewing, possessing, transporting or distributing child pornography."

.@playbookdc: "It was Biden and his team’s patience and close consultation with European allies that has led to the extraordinary unity now on display." politico.com/newsletters/pl… "Biden’s patience waiting to impose sanctions until after the invasion, even in the face of intense criticism, has been vindicated because Putin would have pointed to preemptive sanctions as a provocation and a reason to invade."

Statement from @POTUS: "Back in early 2020, when COVID-19 emerged, I called for the CDC to get access to China to learn about the virus so we could fight it more effectively. The failure to get our inspectors on the ground in those early months will always hamper..." "...any investigation into the origin of COVID-19. Nevertheless, shortly after I became President, in March, I had my National Security Advisor task the Intelligence Community to prepare a report on their most up-to-date analysis of the origins of COVID-19, including whether..."