4/09/2021

White House News (白宮消息) | Apr. 9 , 2021

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Arsonist US Plays With Fir

Apr. 9 - ...You would think riling up one nuclear power is bad enough, but the United States seems intent on doubling the risk of starting a world war by gratuitously aggressing Russia and China simultaneously.

Throwing around personal insults against the leaders of those two countries is one thing. But actually winding up military tensions is quite another which shows how reckless the Biden administration is.

Since Joe Biden became the 46th president, there has been an alarming increase in hostile rhetoric and conduct by the US toward Russia and China.

​Ludicrously, the Biden administration is accusing Moscow and Beijing of aggression towards European and Asian allies when it is the United States that is building up warships, warplanes, missiles and troops in sensitive regions that threaten Russia and China.     more

APRIL 8, 2021
President Biden Delivers Remarks on Gun Violence Prevention
President BidenVice President Harris and Attorney General Garland delivered remarks on gun violence prevention from the White HousePresident Biden announced four actions being taken to prevent gun violence: regulating “ghost guns,” commissioning new reports assessing illegal firearms trafficking, regulating pistol modifications, and the Justice Department modeling “red flag” laws for states to adopt. The president called gun violence an “epidemic” and “an international embarrassment.” He also spoke about increases in homicides in cities and its disproportionate impact on minority communities. 


Joe Biden Announces Executive Actions on Gun Control
The president unveiled executive actions meant to strengthen background checks, limit “ghost guns,” and implement “red flag” laws


Apr. 8 - President Joe Biden announced a series of executive actions related to gun control on Thursday during a press conference held at the Rose Garden.
The orders he announced were a direct response to recent mass shootings in GeorgiaColorado and California.

"Gun violence in this country is an epidemic, and it's an international embarrassment," he said before unveiling his plan of instructions to the Department of Justice. "Every day in this country, 316 people are shot. Every single day. A hundred and six of them die every day."
Biden, 78, also announced his nomination of David Chipman, a gun control advocate, to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

​One of the president's executive actions includes limiting the proliferation of "ghost guns," which are homemade firearms made from kits or parts bought online that typically don't have traceable serial numbers. 

As part of the plan, he instructed the DOJ to make it required that all parts of manufactured guns have serial numbers and that distributors perform a background check and register the weapon in a client's name before an individual can purchase them.

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US President Joe Biden says he is open to compromise on corporate tax rates
'We gotta pay for this': Biden proposes corporate tax rises to pay for infrastructure projects


The US president says rivals such as China are "counting on American democracy to be too slow...to keep pace".

US President Joe Biden wants to raise taxes for companies to help pay for a massive spend on infrastructure.

Apr. 9 - The worst-hit sectors were likely to be technology and communications, with the worst-hit industries being consumer durables and apparel, and media and entertainment.

Mr Biden signalled there could be room for compromise in the corporate tax rate, saying: "We'll be open to good ideas in good faith negotiations.

"But here's what we won't be open to: We will not be open to doing nothing. Inaction, simply, is not an option.

"You think China is waiting around to invest in this digital infrastructure or on research and development? I promise you, they are not waiting. They're counting on American democracy to be too slow, too limited and too divided to keep pace."

He challenged the idea that low taxes would do more for growth than investing in care workers, roads, bridges, clean water, broadband, school buildings and the power grid.

He said he was willing to "listen" to proposals to keep the tax rate below 28% as long as projects are financed and taxes were not increased on those earning less than $400,000.

He added: "But we gotta pay for this. We gotta pay for this.

"There are many other ways we can do it. But I am willing to negotiate.


"I've come forward with the best, most rational way, in my view the fairest way, to pay for it, but there are many other ways as well. And I'm open."     quoted from
The Great U.S.-China Tech War

The United States and China are locked in a “cold tech war,” and the winner will end up dominating the twenty-first century.

Beijing was not considered a tech contender a decade ago. Now, some call it a leader. America is already behind in critical areas.

It is no surprise how Chinese leaders made their regime a tech powerhouse. They first developed and then implemented multiyear plans and projects, adopting a determined, methodical, and disciplined approach. As a result, China’s political leaders and their army of technocrats could soon possess the technologies of tomorrow.

America can still catch up. Unfortunately, Americans, focused on other matters, are not meeting the challenges China presents. A whole-of-society mobilization will be necessary for the U.S. to regain what it once had: control of cutting-edge technologies. This is how America got to the moon, and this is the key to winning this century.

Americans may not like the fact that they’re once again in a Cold War–type struggle, but they will either adjust to that reality or get left behind     source from


4/08/2021

White House News (白宮消息) | Apr. 8 , 2021

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APRIL 7, 2021
President Biden Delivers Remarks on the American Jobs Plan
President Biden delivered remarks on the American Jobs Plan. The president outlined his vision of infrastructure going beyond roads and bridges. He spoke from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building about creating infrastructure to withstand climate change, improving Veteran Affairs hospitals, construction of high-speed rail, replacing aging water pipes, investing in non-defense research, and bringing high-speed internet to rural America. He talked about paying for the package by increasing the corporate tax rate to 28 percent and doubling the global minimum tax rate to 21 percent, adding he is open to negotiations, but legislation must be paid for. President Biden spoke about the serious need for this investment and warned the U.S. must unite behind this because China and other authoritarian governments were betting against democracy. 
Remarks by President Biden on the American Jobs Plan

​Apr. 7 - ​THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everyone.  Last weekend, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I announced my plan to rebuild what I refer to as the “backbone of America” through the American Jobs Plan. 

It’s not a plan that tinkers around the edges; it’s a once-in-a-generation investment in America unlike anything we’ve done since we built the Interstate Highway System and won the Space Race decades ago.

It’s the single largest investment in American jobs since World War Two, and it’s a plan that puts millions of Americans to work to fix what’s broken in our country: tens of thousands of miles of roads and highways, thousands of bridges in desperate need of repair.

But it also is a blueprint for infrastructure needed for tomorrow — not just yesterday; tomorrow — for American jobs, for American competitiveness.

Last week, I said that once Congress is back from recess, I’d get to work right away because we have no time to lose.  So here we are. 

Democrats, Republicans will have ideas about what they like and what they don’t like about our plan.  That’s — that’s a good thing.  That’s the American way.  That’s the way democracy works.  Debate is welcome.  Compromise is inevitable.  Changes are certain. 

In the next few weeks, the Vice President and I will be meeting with Republicans and Democrats to hear from everyone.  And we’ll be listening.  We’ll be open to good ideas and good-faith negotiations. 

​But here’s what we won’t be open to: We will not be open to doing nothing.  Inaction simply is not an option.      continue to read

APRIL 7, 2021
White House Daily Briefing
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki held her daily briefing, covering a range of topics from the administration’s infrastructure plan to its pandemic response. At the beginning of the briefing, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo spoke about President Biden’s infrastructure and jobs plan and how it would be paid for. When asked about the proposed 28 percent corporate tax rate, the secretary said “there is room for compromise” and called on business leaders to “come to the table and problem-solve with us to come up with a reasonable, responsible plan.” In response to questions about a potential boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Ms. Psaki said, “Our position on the 2022 Olympics has not changed. We have not discussed and are not discussing any joint boycott with allies and partners.”

The next few weeks 'are going to be critical,' Fauci warns

Apr. 7 - ​Dr. Anthony Fauci says the country is back in a precarious situation, with daily COVID-19 case averages increasing in the past few weeks — signaling a potential surge that could mimic what is happening in Europe. 


Throughout the pandemic, the U.S. has regularly lagged a few weeks behind Europe and could continue to follow suit, Fauci told Yahoo Finance. Getting Americans vaccinated is key in preventing another surge, he said.

"I believe that the vaccine will actually have a major impact on preventing us from having a classical surge that we've seen before, but we can't be overconfident, which is one of the reasons why we keep saying over and over again, let's not declare victory prematurely," Fauci said.

The chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said he hopes that vaccines hold any major surge at bay.

"It really is kind of a race between the implementation of the vaccines and the danger, or not, of there being a bonafide surge. Hopefully, the protection that's afforded to the community, by the vaccinations will blunt any surge that is reminiscent of the previous surges that we've had," he said.

"If the country manages to reduce daily cases and get a majority of people vaccinated, "there will come a time, reasonably soon ... that you're going to see a greater diminution in the number of cases and a greater freedom and flexibility of what people can do," Fauci said.


But the threat of vaccine hesitancy and aggressive re-openings spurred by COVID fatigue loom large, and could elongate the time that the U.S. recovers from the pandemic.     more


USS John McCain
US destroyer transits through Taiwan Strait for 4th time under Biden

USS John McCain passed through strait on same day that 15 Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan’s ADIZ

Apr. 8 - ​TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A U.S. Navy destroyer conducted a “routine” transit of the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday (April 7), marking the fourth such passage so far under the Biden administration.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John McCain carried out “a routine Taiwan Strait transit April 7 (local time) through international waters in accordance with international law,” according to a U.S. 7th Fleet press release.

The statement went on to say, “The ship’s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. The United States military will continue to fly, sail, and operate anywhere international law allows.”

​The John McCain’s passage came on the same day that China sent 15 military planes into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ). Beijing sent eight J-10 fighter jets, four J-16 fighters, and two KJ-500 airborne early warning and control planes into the southwest corner of the ADIZ, while a Y-8 anti-submarine warfare plane flew into the southwest and southeast corners of the zone, according to Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense.

​The U.S. Navy under Biden had conducted three previous passages through the Taiwan Strait: the John McCain on Feb. 4, the USS Curtis Wilbur on Feb. 24, and the USS John Finn on March 10.     source from


4/07/2021

White House News (白宮消息) | Apr. 7 , 2021

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Apr. 7 - ​As Joe Biden approaches the 100-day mark, his presidency has been full of surprises. A $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan replete with life-changing provisions, including a monthly child tax credit, renovations to long-neglected school buildings, help for small businesses and extended unemployment insurance, is on the law books.

And Biden is just getting started. A $2.5 trillion, eight-year American Jobs Plan to repair roads, bridges, rail and water lines; enhance solar and wind development; create highway electrical charging stations; provide high-speed broadband; help manufacturing; promote elderly home care; and develop agricultural plans to capture carbon from the atmosphere is up next. These plans have broad public support. According to a March poll, 75 percent of voters approve of the American Rescue Plan, including 59 percent of Republicans. And 54 percent support infrastructure improvements, even if it means tax increases on those earning more than $400,000 per year. This gives Biden significant political capital, something George W. Bush claimed to have after his 2004 reelection but could never manage to deposit.

In 2020, Biden promised to restore “the soul of America,” a slogan that drew upon Franklin D. Roosevelt’s description of the presidency as a place of “moral leadership.” Biden’s call for restoring traditional values and norms appealed to an exhausted nation, much in the same way that Warren G. Harding won support from a weary nation following World War I. Campaigning in 1920, Harding declared: “America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise.”     continue to read

APRIL 6, 2021
White House Daily Briefing
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki held a briefing on the Biden administration’s agenda. The press secretary made clear the federal government would not impose vaccine passports and said it was a private sector issue. She also said the president believes there is a bipartisan path forward on passing his proposed infrastructure plan but did not rule out reconciliation. The Senate parliamentarian had recently ruled that Democrats could use reconciliation to pass an infrastructure package, allowing them to bypass the filibuster. 


..."Is the White House concerned that Major League Baseball is moving their All-Star Game to Colorado where voting regulations are very similar to Georgia?” Doocy asked, a question predicated on bullshit. To which Psaki responded, rhetorically stuffing the Fox News correspondent in a locker: “Well, let me just refute the first point you made. First let me say on Colorado, Colorado allows you to you register on Election Day. Colorado has voting by mail where they send to 100% of people in the state who are eligible, applications to vote by mail; 94% of people in Colorado voted by mail in the 2020 election. They also allow for a range of materials to provide, even if they vote on Election Day, for the limited number of people who vote on Election Day. I think it’s important to remember the context here: The Georgia legislation is built on a lie. There was no widespread fraud in the 2020 election. Georgia’s top Republican election officials have acknowledged that repeatedly in interviews. What there was, however, was record-setting turnout, especially by voters of color. Instead what we’re seeing here for politicians who didn’t like the outcome is they’re not changing their policies to win more votes, they’re changing the rules to exclude more voters, and we certainly see the circumstances as different. Ultimately, though, it’s up to Major League Baseball to determine where they’re holding their All-Star Game.”

Doocy, of course, isn’t the only Republican trying desperately to change the story from “Georgia wants to disenfranchise Black and brown voters and even corporate America is disgusted” to “corporate America should mind its own damn business.” On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warned that corporations should shut their traps or will suffer “consequences” for speaking out. Meanwhile, Senator Tim Scott has also adopted the (false) talking point that Colorado is just as bad as Georgia when it comes to voter laws...     quoted from


ANALYSIS - US-China rivalry: Is a new cold war really emerging?

Apr. 7, ISTANBUL - US President Joe Biden’s biggest promise on foreign policy during the campaign trail was to revive the liberal international order. Biden has so far taken a few steps in this direction. He has brought the US back into the Paris Agreement. He has restored his country’s membership in the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Human Rights Council. On the other hand, he has made some important moves toward establishing closer relations with Asian and European allies. This resurgence of institutionalism, however, is not limited to the fulfillment of US commitments to Asian and European allies that were broken during Trump’s presidency, nor to the country’s reconnection with international institutions. It also includes integrating powers capable of competing with the US, and especially China, into the liberal institutional order. This would obviously be a strategic move and would not mark the end of the US-China rivalry. The US needs to cut China in on the rewards of the liberal international order, and China, in exchange, must accept US leadership and obey the norms and rules that constitute this order. The US, understandably, wants to wage its (now inevitable) hegemonic struggle with China on its own terms. The US reckons that it could thus fend off China’s rise before it becomes an open challenge or without triggering a cold/hot conflict, or at the very least that it could avoid a sharp and rapid downfall by protracting its relative decline against China. And, most fundamentally, the US is expected to maintain its leadership status in international politics for a little while longer.     more

4/06/2021

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APRIL 5, 2021
President Biden Delivers Easter Message
President Biden delivered remarks on the tradition of Easter at the White House. The president was joined by First Lady Jill Biden and the Easter bunny, wearing a mask. He spoke about the importance of Easter and the impact COVID-19 has had on traditions.
Gold Gains as US Dollar, Treasury Yields Retreat – Biden’s Tax Comments Support

Apr. 6 - ​Gold is making gains in early trading on Tuesday, buoyed as the US dollar and Treasury yields slide lower, which has made it more attractive for holders of other currencies to purchase, driving up its demand and boosting its prices for now. At the time of writing, GOLD is trading at a little above $1,738.


The benchmark 10-year US Treasury yields have slid below 1.7% after rising to the highest level seen in 14 months over the past few sessions. This has also turned the dollar bearish, sending it to an almost two week low against most of its major rivals. While lower bond yields decrease the opportunity cost of bullion and make it more appealing as an investment, a weaker dollar drives up purchases of gold by holders of other currencies, helping push up its demand as a result.

The yellow metal is also trading bullish on the rising prospects for higher corporate taxes in the US, after President Biden stood by this proposal as a way to pay for his recently announced $2 trillion infrastructure plan. In addition, the precious metal’s safe haven appeal also enjoyed support from recent comments from Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester on the central bank’s plans to remain dovish to boost economic growth further.

However, gains in gold remain limited on rising optimism for rapid economic recovery in the US. Investor confidence in the world’s largest economy remains high on the back of stronger than expected data releases, including the most recent employment report late last week and a record surge in non-manufacturing activity across the US in March.     source from 


On the way to launching his infrastructure plan and batteries initiative.
Threaten His Battery Hopes
A Deadline This Week Adjudicating a South Korean Blood Feud

Apr. 6 - At a fragile moment in the global technological war, President Biden is on the cusp of an extraordinary decision that some say could influence how fast and robustly the U.S. begins to ramp up battery manufacture at a time rivals Europe and China are already well on their way.


​By Saturday, Biden must decide whether to step in and set aside a February ruling by the International Trade Commission banning SK Innovation, an important South Korean company, from making lithium-ion batteries in the United States for a decade. The ruling sided with one of SKI’s blood enemies, LG Chemical, which accused SKI of stealing trade secrets in order to produce a battery it has sold to Ford for its coming electric F-150 pickup and to VW for its new ID.4 crossover SUV. SKI planned to make the batteries for both at a new, $2.6 billion plant in the Georgian town of Commerce, part of a battery awakening in the U.S.

​But the law allows the President to intervene and set aside the verdict, something that has precedent — President Obama did so in a separate battery case during his administration. SKI is pushing Biden lieutenants hard to overturn the ban, arguing that the Commerce factory has national security implications since the U.S. is competing with China to dominate the technologies of the future.     continue

APRIL 5, 2021
White House Daily Briefing
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki held a briefing on the Biden administration’s agenda. She discussed President Biden’s proposed infrastructure plan, including a possible corporate tax increase and Republican opposition to the bill. She also talked about Major League Baseball’s decision to move the All-Star game out of Georgia in response to their recently passed voting bill. She said the White House has not called on corporate businesses to boycott the state or other states considering similar laws. At the end of the briefing, the Easter Bunny joined the press to pass out Easter eggs. 
New U.S. State Department report shifts policy on the Israel-Palestinian conflict to the left
The Biden team’s acceptance of Palestinian recalcitrance, plus U.S. financial support—with no quid pro quo—is what ensures there will be no end to the conflict.


April 6, FLAME - Supporters of Israel have been rubbing holes in their Ouija boards guessing how much further to the left the Biden administration will push U.S. Middle East policy from Trump’s iconoclastic positions. A new report indicates there will indeed be leftward shifts, but probably not all the way back to Obama’s strategy.

Until now—aside from a few minor pronouncements, a smattering of political appointments and a delay in President Biden calling Prime Minister Netanyahu after assuming office—there has been little by which to gauge Washington’s new approach to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

However, the release of the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices this week, which the State Department annually produces, does reveal pointed indications about what Middle East watchers can expect.

On the plus side, the Biden administration used the phrase “Israel, West Bank and Gaza,” introduced by the Trump administration, instead of “Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories,” the phrase used by the Obama administration.

​On the negative side, the report reintroduced the term “occupied” to describe Israel’s liberation of territory over the Green Line during the 1967 Six-Day War. 

This language shows what some have long suspected—that the new administration will be less friendly than the previous one, but not as unfriendly as that of President Obama, which was one of the most hostile to Israel in recent years. 
Nonetheless, language matters. The use of the terms “occupied” and “occupation” reflects the Palestinian narrative that Israel’s presence in its historic heartland of Judea and Samaria is somehow illegitimate.     more


Overnight Defense: Iran talks set up balancing act for Biden | Pentagon on alert amid Russian saber rattling | Lawmakers urge Pentagon to be pickier about commanders' requests for more troops

Apr. 5 -  All eyes are on Vienna this week as the United States and Iran participate in indirect talks to revive the flagging nuclear deal.

The talks, in which the United States and Iran will meet separately with the other signatories of the deal, are slated to start Tuesday.

Over the weekend, The Hill’s Laura Kelly took a look at how the talks set up a delicate balance for the Biden administration.

The meeting is likely to draw intense scrutiny from Capitol Hill, where hundreds of lawmakers have signed on to a handful of letters to the president and Secretary of State Antony Blinken over their concerns of engaging with Iran.

Why it matters: The United States and Iran are not expected to meet face-to-face, but the Vienna talks mark the most forward movement yet on the Biden administration’s goal to revive the 2015 deal limiting Iran’s nuclear program.
The Biden team and Iran have been in a “who goes first” conundrum over each side's demands.

​At the meeting, U.S. officials will engage with European, Russian and Chinese counterparts over what steps the U.S. can take to achieve a “mutual return” for both America and Iran...     more details

Korea: The Impossible Country: South Korea's Amazing Rise from the Ashes: The Inside Story of an Economic, Political and Cultural Phenomenon

In just fifty years, South Korea has transformed itself from a failed state, ruined and partitioned by war and decades of colonial rule, into an economic powerhouse and a democracy that serves as a model for other countries.

How was it able to achieve this with no natural resources and a tradition of authoritarian rule? Who are the Koreans and how did they accomplish this second Asian miracle? Through a comprehensive exploration of Korean history, culture and society, and interviews with dozens of experts, celebrated journalist Daniel Tudor seeks answers to these and many other fascinating questions. In Korea: The Impossible Country, Tudor touches on topics as diverse as shamanism, clan-ism, the dilemma posed by North Korea, and the growing international appeal of South Korean pop culture.

This new edition has been updated with additional materials on recent events, including the impeachment of Park Geun-hye and the sinking of the Sewol Ferry. Although South Korea has long been overshadowed by Japan and China, Korea: The Impossible Country illuminates how this small country is one of the great success stories of the postwar period.     source

4/05/2021

White House News (白宮消息) | Apr. 5 , 2021

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Republican House and Senate leaders expressed vocal opposition to the president’s infrastructure plan, dismissing it as a "'kitchen sink' of wasteful progressive demands” and criticising its call for new taxes. Biden unveiled the plan on Wednesday, calling it a “once-in-a-generation” chance to fix America’s “crumbling” infrastructure.

Apr. 5 - Republican House and Senate leaders expressed vocal opposition to the president’s infrastructure plan, dismissing it as a "'kitchen sink' of wasteful progressive demands” and criticising its call for new taxes. Biden unveiled the plan on Wednesday, calling it a “once-in-a-generation” chance to fix America’s “crumbling” infrastructure.

The Biden administration plans to move ahead with the president’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure bill even if it has to be pushed through Congress without GOP support, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has announced.


“As [President Biden] has said, he was sent to the presidency to do a job for America. And if the vast majority of Americans, Democrats and Republicans, across the country support spending on our country and not allowing us to lose the race globally, then he’s going to do that,” Granholm said, speaking to CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday and responding when pressed whether the White House might pass the infrastructure bill using a process called reconciliation if Republicans don’t support the legislation.


The parliamentary process of reconciliation allows for bills to be passed using simple majorities, instead of the traditional 60 vote majority rule used in the Senate. The current Senate includes 48 Democrats and two Democratic-leaning independents, with Vice President Kamala Harris able to cast the deciding tie-breaking vote in the event of a tie. In the House, Democrats enjoy a thin 219-211 majority.

In her Sunday interview, Granholm went on to say that Biden’s “sincere preference” would be to have Republicans “come to the table” and negotiate.

Asked to comment on the bill’s spending on things not traditionally associated with infrastructure, including over $600 billion in funding for care home facilities and affordable housing, and hundreds of billions of dollars for electric vehicles, Granholm said the bill’s focus is not just roads and bridges, but “creating good-paying sustainable jobs in a whole array of sectors that will help us to win the future.”


Granholm called the bill “the biggest investment in America since FDR – since the New Deal” and said it would help restore America’s industrial base. “It is an amazing statement that finally we’re going to invest in America instead of watching all these other countries beat us to the punch,” she said.


Biden’s infrastructure proposal, formally known as the “American Jobs Plan,” includes four major components, including transportation infrastructure, spending on broadband and upgrading buildings, investments in the care economy, as well as funding for R&D into future technologies. The proposal will require a reform of the tax code, including a corporate tax hike from 21 percent to 28 percent (which would still be below the 35 percent rate it was at before the Trump-backed corporate tax cuts in 2017).     more to read


This April 2, 2021, file photo shows bridges spanning the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh. Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments.
Biden’s big infrastructure plan hits McConnell, GOP blockade

WASHINGTON (AP), Apr. 5 — Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments.     more


Karine Jean-Pierre.
Lesbian White House official Karine Jean-Pierre becomes first Black woman to host press briefing in 30 years
Lesbian White House official Karine Jean-Pierre has become the first Black woman to host a press briefing in 30 years.

Apr. 5 - Jean-Pierre, deputy press secretary to Jen Psaki in the Biden administration, also became the first queer Black woman to ever host a White House press briefing in the history-making moment.

Karine Jean-Pierre, who previously served as chief of staff to Kamala Harris during the presidential race, delivered a 16-minute long briefing on the Air Force One on 31 March.

During the briefing, Jean-Pierre addressed assembled reporters about Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan and fielded questions on infrastructure, the Derek Chauvin trial, and taxation plans.    more details


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Day 6 of the trial for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged in the death of George Floyd.
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