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pipistrelle wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:34 pm Anyone miss the daily scandals of the previous administration yet? This is boring.

bob wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 1:08 pm

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:34 pm Anyone miss the daily scandals of the previous administration yet? This is boring.

The right-wing outrage machine continues to be outraged.

Yesterday, for example, Harris met with the Japanese Prime Minister before he met with Biden.

Many on the right were offended on Japan's behalf for this diplomatic slight.

(This is, of course, not a genuine scandal.)

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 2:47 pmThe diplomatic slight is, of course, that Harris and Biden were sent to meet with the prime minister instead of the One True President. (I don't think I have to name him.)

Did anyone ask the prime minister if he was offended?

Aren't these protocols worked out ahead of time by staffers?

bob wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 3:05 pm
My larger point being that this administration's "scandals" are presently at tan-suit levels.

Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:56 pm Uh-oh. I think Biden played golf this weekend.

sad-cafe wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 12:37 am oh what is she cooking this time?


If I lived there, I would be FAT

northland10 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:54 pm

Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:56 pm Uh-oh. I think Biden played golf this weekend.

Let the outrage begin.

Biden, once an avid golfer, played Saturday at the Wilmington Country Club, not far from his Delaware home where he was spending the weekend. It was his first time playing golf since taking office in January.


Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, played frequently, totaling over 300 rounds in his four years at office including during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. Trump also would only play at country clubs he owned in Florida, Virginia and New Jersey.

Gregg wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:24 pm

Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:56 pm Uh-oh. I think Biden played golf this weekend.

Did he cheat?

Andy Slavitt, a senior advisor on President Joe Biden’s coronavirus response team, confirmed Friday that he will be leaving his role in early June.

Slavitt, whose temporary position on Biden’s Covid panel was known to be expiring next month, said that while the administration had achieved many of its goals for the pandemic, more work remains to be done.

“Look, there’s never a perfect time to leave,” Slavitt said in a Bloomberg interview. But he said he believes that when he does step away from the role, “things are in really great hands with the people here, that many difficult things have been accomplished.”

“There’s much more work to do, but the people here, I couldn’t think of a better set of people to do it than the people that will be here when I’m gone,” he said.

Neera Tanden, who withdrew from consideration to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) amid bipartisan criticism, is joining the White House as a senior adviser to President Biden.

Biden had said upon Tanden's OMB withdrawal in March that he would find a job for her in the White House that did not require Senate confirmation. CNN first reported Friday that she would be focused on potential ramifications should the Supreme Court strike down the Affordable Care Act, as well as a review of the U.S. Digital Service.

"Neera’s intellect, tenacity, and political savvy will be an asset to the Biden administration as she assumes a new role as Senior Advisor to the President," John Podesta, founder and director of the Center for American Progress, said in a statement. "While we will be sorry to lose her considerable policy expertise and leadership at the Center for American Progress — an organization which we founded together in 2003 — I am exceptionally thrilled to see her step into a new position serving this White House and the American people."

Tanden, who would have been the first woman of color to lead OMB, faced scrutiny over mean tweets she had written about Republicans and progressive Democrats alike in her previous role heading the think tank.