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February 7, 2023

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• A Chinese airship entered U.S. airspace on January 28 and was shot down off the coast of South Carolina on February 4.
• Republicans have responded to the balloon with exaggerated claims that Biden has been weak on China or even working for China.
• In fact, U.S. standing in the world has strengthened considerably since Biden took office, and the balloon is just one more piece of a larger story about the changing relationship between China and the U.S.
• Biden has rejected the trickle-down economics of the Republicans and has revived the older idea that investing in ordinary Americans and infrastructure creates widespread prosperity.
• A poll conducted by the Washington Post and ABC News shows that 62% of Americans think Biden has not accomplished much in his two years in office, but his administration ranks as one of the most consequential since the New Deal in the 1930s.
• Neo-Nazi leader Brandon Russell and Sarah Clendaniel were charged with plotting to bring down the electric power grid in Maryland.
• Thousands are dead from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and its strong aftershocks in Turkey and Syria last night, and Biden has pledged to support our NATO ally.

Published February 7, 2023
Visit Letters from an American to read Heather Cox Richardson’s original post February 6, 2023

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February 3, 2023 [Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American]

By Spencer Chen

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February 4, 2023

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• Mike Pence recently proposed replacing the New Deal with a “better deal” by privatizing Social Security and cutting domestic spending.
• Republicans believe that cutting taxes and staying out of economic affairs will lead to wealth trickling down and creating more jobs.
• Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves refuses to accept an expansion of Medicaid, which is putting 38 rural hospitals in danger of collapsing.
• The Fifth Circuit recently ruled that a federal law prohibiting people who are under a domestic restraining order from owning a gun is unconstitutional.
• President Joe Biden and the Democrats are reviving the theory embraced by members of both parties between 1933 and 1981, which involves the federal government regulating business, providing a basic social safety net, investing in infrastructure, and protecting civil rights.
• Biden is also bringing supply chains home, rebuilding foreign alliances, and investing in research and development.
• The January 2021 jobs report showed an astonishing 517,000 new jobs added and unemployment falling to 3.4%.
• Biden believes that the next three to four years will determine what the country looks like for the next four to five decades.

Published February 4, 2023
Visit Letters from an American to read Heather Cox Richardson’s original post February 3, 2023

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Why Aren’t More People Running for President? [Russell Berman, The Atlantic]

By Spencer Chen

In [The Atlantic]

February 4, 2023

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• Joe Biden will deliver the State of the Union address at the start of his third year in office, but there are currently no other declared presidential candidates.
• Nikki Haley is expected to kick off her campaign in Charleston next week, and other potential Republican candidates include Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, and Mike Pompeo.
• Biden has been content to use the new House Republican majority as a foil, and his State of the Union address will likely focus on conciliation over confrontation.
• Biden allies expect him to formally announce his reelection bid sometime after the State of the Union, but it could still be months away.
• No Democrats of note have made any moves to challenge Biden for the nomination, and Republicans in Iowa and New Hampshire are hoping to ensure that the GOP does not leave them behind.

Published February 4, 2023
Visit The Atlantic to read Russell Berman’s original post Why Aren’t More People Running for President?

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The Logic Behind Biden’s Refusal to Negotiate the Debt Ceiling [Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic]

By Spencer Chen

In [The Atlantic]

January 27, 2023

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• President Joe Biden is refusing to link increasing the debt ceiling with cutting federal spending, a decision rooted in the Obama administration’s experiences in 2011-15.
• In 2011, Obama and his team negotiated with House Republicans to link a debt-ceiling increase with spending cuts, but the negotiations failed and proved so disruptive to financial markets that Obama and his team emerged determined never to repeat it.
• In 2013, Obama declined to negotiate with House Republicans and the GOP eventually raised the debt ceiling without conditions.
• In 2011, Obama and Boehner came close to a “grand bargain” to control the long-term debt, but their negotiations foundered when they could not agree on the balance between tax increases and spending cuts.
• In 2013, House Republicans returned with a new set of demands for raising the debt ceiling, including unraveling Obama’s greatest legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act. Obama declined to talk with Republicans.
• Biden and his team have taken from the Obama years the lesson that if they don’t negotiate against the debt limit, a sufficient number of Republicans will eventually back down because the economic consequences of default would be so catastrophic.

Published January 27, 2023
Visit The Atlantic to read Ronald Brownstein’s original post The Logic Behind Biden’s Refusal to Negotiate the Debt Ceiling

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January 25, 2023 [Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American]

By Spencer Chen

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January 26, 2023

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• Democrats are staying out of the way while House Republicans make a spectacle of themselves, giving power to extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene and facing financial improprieties from George Santos.
• Senate Republicans are staying out of debt ceiling negotiations until the House Republicans come up with a viable plan.
• President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to promote competition in the economy, reclaiming the country’s long tradition of opposing economic consolidation.
• Biden’s executive order has resulted in a sharp drop in mergers and acquisitions, and the December jobs report showed strong job growth and a decrease in unemployment.
• The CHIPS and Science Act has attracted multibillion-dollar private investments and created jobs accessible to those without college degrees.
• The Inflation Reduction Act has capped the cost of insulin for those on Medicare, made hearing aids available over the counter, and expanded subsidies for the Affordable Care Act.
• Biden is taking to the road to tout his successes to the country, especially to those places most skeptical of the government.

Published January 26, 2023
Visit Letters from an American to read Heather Cox Richardson’s original post January 25, 2023

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Joe Biden’s conditional optimism about America [Matthew Yglesias, Slow Boring]

By Spencer Chen

In [Slow Boring]

January 24, 2023

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• Joe Biden sees America as beset by a crisis of self-confidence, and believes that with the country’s advantages, it can surmount problems and lead the world if united.
• Biden’s ability to demonstrate profound interpersonal empathy serves him in the work of presidenting, as he works with his opponents’ genuine desires and sees the world through their eyes.
• Biden’s approach to domestic legislation is based on understanding Republicans’ actual needs, and he has been able to wring a considerable amount of legislative juice out of unpromisingly small majorities.
• Biden is attempting to maintain a strategic advantage for the democratic bloc in key areas like chips and artificial intelligence, while understanding the need to manage all aspects of the situation and only get into dealmaking mode when it would be constructive.
• Biden has the smallest cultural footprint of any American president of my lifetime, and his project of unifying the country has to take place on a social and psychological level.
• Biden needs to be more present in our lives, more outspokenly normal, and more encouraging of other people to be more outspoken about their normal views.

Published January 24, 2023
Visit Slow Boring to read Matthew Yglesias’s original post Joe Biden’s conditional optimism about America

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January 17, 2023 [Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American]

By Spencer Chen

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January 18, 2023

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• Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) promised far-right members of his conference committee seats and more power in Congress to persuade them to vote for him, and now they are collecting.
• Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) have been given committee assignments despite their past controversial behavior.
• Vern Buchanan (R-FL) confronted McCarthy for putting McCarthy ally Jason Smith (R-MO) in the spot of chair of the House Ways and Means Committee.
• George Santos (R-NY) was appointed to two committees despite facing pressure to resign due to his campaign lies.
• Republicans are preparing to move forward with an impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
• Greene called for the impeachment of President Biden.
• McCarthy has called for Democrats to talk with him about a plan that will permit an increase in the debt limit while cutting Medicare, Social Security, and federal agencies.
• Biden and administration officials say they will not negotiate with the right-wing Republicans who are trying to get their way by holding the government and the global economy hostage.

Published January 18, 2023

Visit Letters from an American to read Heather Cox Richardson’s original post January 17, 2023

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January 12, 2023 [Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American]

By Spencer Chen

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January 13, 2023

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• Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Robert Hur as special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents.
• House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Congress should conduct its own investigation.
• Republicans have tried to suggest that Biden was being treated differently than Trump is, but the appointment of a special counsel undermines that.
• Biden’s team offered up to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) the information that Biden had documents in his possession, and is apparently cooperating with the Justice Department.
• Trump is apparently being investigated for obstruction and for violations of the Espionage Act.
• Arguments began today in the trial of five Proud Boys for their actions associated with the events of January 6, 2021.
• The Justice Department today argued that the Proud Boys led the attack on the Capitol, while defense attorneys argued that their clients were being used as “scapegoats” for Trump.

Published January 13, 2023. Visit Letters from an American to read Heather Cox Richardson’s original post.

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Why Aren’t More People Running for President? [Russell Berman, The Atlantic]

The Logic Behind Biden’s Refusal to Negotiate the Debt Ceiling [Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic]

January 25, 2023 [Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American]

Joe Biden’s conditional optimism about America [Matthew Yglesias, Slow Boring]

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