30 Things Joe Biden Did as President You Might Have Missed
Drone armies, expanded overtime pay and over-the-counter birth control pills are just some of the new things Biden has ushered in as president that you might not have heard about.
Expanded overtime guarantees for millions
First over-the-counter birth control pill to hit U.S. stores in 2024
Making airlines pay up when flights are delayed or canceled
Gun violence prevention and gun safety get a boost
Renewable power is the No. 2 source of electricity in the U.S. — and climbing
Preventing discriminatory mortgage lending
A sweeping crackdown on “junk fees” and overdraft charges
Forcing Chinese companies to open their books
Preventing another Jan. 6
Building armies of drones to counter China
The nation’s farms get big bucks to go “climate-smart”
Biden scraps Trump’s paint scheme for Air Force One (not sure this is worthy)
The Biden administration helps broker a deal to save the Colorado River
Giving smaller food producers a boost
Biden recommends loosening federal restrictions on marijuana
A penalty for college programs that trap students in debt
Biden moves to bring microchip production home
Tech firms face new international restrictions on data and privacy
Preventing a cobalt crisis in Congo
Cracking down on cyberattacks
Countering China with a new alliance between Japan and South Korea
Reinvigorating cancer research to lower death rates
Making medication more accessible through telemedicine
Union-busting gets riskier
Biden inks blueprint to fix 5G chaos
Biden empowers federal agencies to monitor AI
Fixing bridges, building tunnels and expanding broadband
The U.S. is producing more oil than anytime in history
Strengthening military ties to Asian allies
A new agency to investigate cyberattacks
And I will add a few of my own:
Creating a new 15% minimum corporate tax rate
Creating the most new jobs in any 4 year period of American history.
Ending inflation without starting a recession
Reducing student loan debt
Expert handling of Putin
Ending Covid without telling people to drink bleach
Ending inflation without starting a recession is probably the most impactful on this list.
A few years ago when Covid shut down the economy and the fed printed trillions to keep the whole system from collapsing, I would have bet anything that a major recession was just around the corner.
The ‘soft landing’ was one of the most significant challenges our country/the world has ever faced.
Obviously not completely attributable to Biden, but his leadership during this time allowed us to come out of Covid stronger than we were before it started. The whole world was at risk of the dollar collapsing and it was a super close call.
No one will ever remember it. That's what government should be like. Inflation was guaranteed, now we just need to see them start hitting companies for over charging. So step 1 is getting congress to write a bill saying over charging for a product is illegal. The question is how much is to much... So we will likely never get legislation. Maybe start with saying food cannot be resold at a cost higher than 3%. It will start bringing food costs down, and we can fix Desantis's stupid bill and change it from Chinese and make it so no one who does not live in the U.S. can buy multiple properties and companies cannot buy properties in residential areas. Then we might see housing stabilize or drop.
"The U.S. is producing more oil than anytime in history"
The point is meant for the republican readers :P
With a list like that he can’t lose. So I guess it’s okay if I vote my conscious. Let’s go Claudia De la Cruz. /s
Are they seriously trying to paint the mass production of AI powered war drones, while hinting they’d be useful in war against China, as a good thing?!
Político is written my actual morons.
Not "they", but Paul McLeary, the Politico defence reporter. Each point on the list is essentially an opinion piece by one of their journalists.
And it's not necessarily saying it's a good thing: It's a thing you might have missed. You could also question whether "the U.S. is producing more oil than anytime in history" is supposed to be a good thing.
Furthermore, as to McLeary's point: Some - such as anyone in the region except the Chinese - might argue it's important that the influence of China in the South China Sea is balanced out by other powerful players. It's not about going to war with China, it's about the continued independence of Taiwan and other fairly fragile balances in the region. It doesn't take a moron to see that the situation is complex.
Pandora's AI war drone box has pretty much been opened so might as well get ahead of the curve. More important than the utility in an actual war is the function of weapons as a deterrent to show that it's not worth fighting a war.
Yes because you guys have been so responsible with your drone warfare in the past.
If you believe we need to have the best technology to defend ourselves, and potential rivals are already pursuing this, yes. US has always tried to stay ahead in technology and this is no different than the latest stealth fighter, or vtol, or aircraft carrier or tank or missile or satellite or submarine or secure communications or radar system or even the best airlift or inflight refueling. The first wave of drone development was a huge success, as was what we were able to send Ukraine. Why wouldn’t we apply the same strategy to a new wave of same technology, and be mostly genuine in saying this will save American and allied lives?
Given that many independent voters were Republicans and conservatives love war, this is a positive. It demonstrates that Biden isn't lax on national security and has an eye on the future when his Republican critics constantly attack him over the subject. Democrats will vote for Joe over Trump, but independents and waffling Republicans are in play.
Not just morons, paid DNC shills.
Granted, there's a lot of overlap, including on Politico.
Politico is owned by Axel Springer, the media house that publishes the definitive unabashed, populist arch-conservative newspaper in Germany.
They are so unabashedly right wing, that they regularly bend and break journalistic rules and get sanctioned by the German press council for their violation of standard journalism ethics.
Today, Germans say they trust Bild significantly less than other German media sources.
This newspaper is an organ of perfidity. It is wrong to read it. Anyone who contributes to this newspaper is totally socially unacceptable. It would be wrong to be friendly or even polite to any of its editors. You have to be as unfriendly to them as the law allows. They are bad people who do wrong. - Max Goldt
I'd love to see one of these articles where the list isn't padded with non-accomplishments like painting the fucking plane, or giving Biden credit for starting preliminary inquiries into thinking about doing something like with cannabis legalization, or things that he should be ashamed of, like producing more oil than at any time in history.
In the good ol' US of A? Good luck.
Healthcare pls
They've found new and exciting ways to to stuff money in insurance pockets. I may be dumb, but I don't think subsidies are a solution at all. If the Government wanted to set prices...great. if they want to run a single payer system...sploosh. all this does is obscure from people how fucking expensive their healthcare is. I get that that satisfies the need of individual healthcare consumers (sort of....40$ vs the actual monthly rates people will be paying is kind of an "oh how cute" situation), it doesn't make the system any more sustainable.
Any Healthcare plan that could get through the Republican House is gonna be worse than what we already have. Vote for Democrats in 2024 if you want better laws on Healthcare.
It would be cool if it even seemed like he was trying. He let Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema block him because it was convenient for him too. It would be nice if he used his position of power to get what he wanted.
Renewable energy as #2 source of energy.
As opposed to what? Non-renewables?
Is there even a #3?
The article says:
Electricity generation from renewable energy sources — including wind, solar and hydropower — surpassed coal-fired generation in the electric power sector for the first time in 2022, making it the second-biggest source behind natural gas generation. Renewables also passed nuclear power generation for the first time in 2021 and widened that gap the next year.
So at least it's
Don't get me wrong, I do know what they're referring to, but to group all types of renewable (solar, hydro, wind) against a single type of non-renewable energy source is a stupid way of comparing things.
I've searched (not researched) a little bit and it appears that the categories that they may be referring to are petroleum products, coal, nuclear, and then renewables.
I'd love to see a bigger focus on creating better public mass transit systems instead of focusing on producing more oil for cars. Cheaper gas addresses the symptom, not the cause.
I really dislike the majority of the focus of this article on just getting more EVs. While electrification is important, it doesn't really solve any of the current transportation issues and tries to position itself as the climate fixer. Yes, EVs are technically better for the climate, but what is even better is competent public transit. EVs transport a fraction of people that trains, trams, and busses can, which makes them much less energy efficient. Remember that electricity is still generated in lots of places using non-renewable resources, and the manufacturing of batteries also contributes a significant amount of carbon emissions. Given how big cars are and how little people they tend to transport, you start to see how extremely inefficient they are. Removing cars (more specifically, the dependence on cars) is always better than replacing them one for one.
The real focus should be on building more public transportation options to compete with cars, and petitioning local government to make changes to remove car-centric zoning laws and allow for mixed-use zoning, which is greener, cheaper to maintain, and brings in more city revenue than large roads and parking lots.
I don't mean to be an ass regarding these because a lot of them are really nice but, none of them aside from the broadband expansion and maybe the funding for election transition/process really seem to help the current day millennial or Gen Z, the closest might be his environmental policies, I feel he should start focusing on thr younger groups if he wants to keep regained support for the newer gens.
That being said I did learn quite a bit from this article because I wasn't aware he did most of what was listed here so it is cool
I feel like these should all establish a trajectory that very well aligns with the countries younger generation:
I’m not a blowhard but I think this country could be in a really great place if this kind of progressive push continues with another Biden administration that would hopefully open the gates for an even more progressive eight years with his successor. The continued snuffing out of regressive views and bolstering a growing progressive shift in this country is exciting to think about. As much as I would like faster progress, and I admittedly voted for Biden as a vote against trump last cycle, I will be voting for him again because he’s exceeded my expectations. He’s laying a foundation this countries youth can build on and run away with. It’s not perfect but neither is this country. The aperture is opening up though.
Careful…. This will upset the kids.
Ooh. Preemptive deployment of the most common centrist thought-terminating cliche.
How do you not bore yourself with this drivel?
Why would anyone be upset that Biden issued an executive order to start the process of legalizing weed? Or that renewable power is now the number 2 source of electricity in the country?
Because here on lemmy, the kids like to ignore everything good something is in favor of the one or two bad things and then elevate that to ridiculous levels.
Because "US Bad" is the fundamental thought process of a lot of lemmings
Liberals love to infantilize don't they?
When all one sees are infants…..
Condoned and funded genocide should be the red line for everyone.
So you refuse to buy anything from China because of the Uighurs, right?
Purchasing an item manufactured in a country whose government is committing genocide is not the same as refusing to support a country’s leader who is directly supporting a genocide. I feel like this is obvious but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised since your other comment indicates you believe in horseshoe theory.
Trump's deals with the Saudis to genocide Yemenis are your red line for him, the situation for Gaza is your red line for Biden, and now you've solved genocide by throwing your vote away on someone who can never win.
Jesus christ, Politico.
Lmao
Anything but fix real problems.
I don't give a fuck about the paint on a fucking airplane
I'd say you didn't read the article, but the Air Force One paint is smack in the middle of the article with 29 other things that actually do fix real problems.
I mean, whoever reads the article would also see that they did a similar piece on Trump, listing both positive and negative achievements of his presidency.
I think it's a cool format. The media cycle tends to blow one single story out of proportions while neglecting anything else that happens, this is (imo) a good way to review some of what's been happening the last four years.