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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 11:39:06 GMT -6
Jen: POTUS has already had 2 bipartisan meetings in the Oval on infrastructure. They're calling the part of the cabinet deployed to communicate the JOBS bill to the public the Jobs Cabinet, apparently
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 11:41:38 GMT -6
Lol at Joe Manchin being "on the left," but ok Alex.
Jen pushes back on the idea that "infrastructure" is literally only just roads and bridges. Broadband expansion is popular on both sides of the aisle and in rural and more urban districts. And human infrastructure is infrastructure, bc if people can't participate in the workforce, we don't have a robust workforce.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 11:42:33 GMT -6
If and how to pay for the infrastructure bill is open for discussion
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 11:45:27 GMT -6
POTUS budget coming soon. Release will be later than prior administrations bc of "impactful intransigence" during the transition
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Post by jkjacq on Apr 5, 2021 11:48:21 GMT -6
FYI Jen is up.
CNN has decided pressers are boring arent showing them so you can watch on whitehouse.gov.
I can't liveblog cuz I'm buried. right now.
I missed the first couple of questions but lots of questions about MLB/golf moving out of GA.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 11:48:23 GMT -6
Sounds like they knew Desantis was being a shit about the vaccines which is why they opened FENA vaccine sites in underserved areas in Florida
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Post by jkjacq on Apr 5, 2021 11:48:54 GMT -6
should have RTMFT dc has it handled
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 11:48:55 GMT -6
Chad is vvvvv concerned about POTUS' words having an impact on the PGA
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 11:49:11 GMT -6
should have RTMFT dc has it handled 😘
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 11:50:12 GMT -6
The reporter from Fox News is deeply troubled that Cobb County will lose tourism dollars from the relocation of the MLB All Stars
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Post by jkjacq on Apr 5, 2021 11:51:14 GMT -6
The reporter from Fox News is deeply troubled that Cobb County will lose tourism dollars from the relocation of the MLB All Stars Meanwhile the rest of the population is troubled that communities of color will lose the ability to easily vote.
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Post by athn64 on Apr 5, 2021 11:52:50 GMT -6
FYI Jen is up.
CNN has decided pressers are boring arent showing them so you can watch on whitehouse.gov.
I can't liveblog cuz I'm buried. right now.
I missed the first couple of questions but lots of questions about MLB/golf moving out of GA.
Daily pressers are supposed to be boring. It's nice to have that back now.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 11:54:00 GMT -6
Still working on troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. Jen leaves the door open for at least partial troop drawdown by the May 1 deadline.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 11:54:26 GMT -6
I'm glad someone asked about Jordan but Jen kinda punted to State.
I missed Ned Price's briefing taking the kids on a bike ride haha
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 11:57:21 GMT -6
Good clarification that a lot of people seem to be missing: the corporate tax rate proposed by the president's infrastructure plan is a complete pay-for AND is lower than what it was in 2017 before the idiotic tax cuts
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 11:58:27 GMT -6
Still not commiting to making Shalanda Young permanent as OMB Director (she was confirmed as Deputy and is currently Acting)
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Apr 5, 2021 11:58:45 GMT -6
A financial talk radio show DH listens to on Sundays was talking about how enforcement of current tax laws would be much more of a bipartisan solution than the wealth taxes proposed because right now the top 1% of the wealthy are skirting something like 20% of their taxable income, and the top .1% are skirting 40% because they can pay lawyers to find loopholes and evade taxes where they think they don’t get caught. Therefore, the rest of us end up paying more of the taxes that those cheaters don’t. And he had a stat that for every $1 spent in IRS enforcement yields $7 found, so it really should be a push to fund the IRS more and find the taxes that are currently due.
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Post by byjove on Apr 5, 2021 11:58:47 GMT -6
Good clarification that a lot of people seem to be missing: the corporate tax rate proposed by the president's infrastructure plan is a complete pay-for AND is lower than what it was in 2017 before the idiotic tax cuts I don't know if I saw it on twitter or if it was a twitter post shared here, but somewhere there is a really good graphic showing this.
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Post by jkjacq on Apr 5, 2021 11:59:24 GMT -6
I need to learn more about the IMF and this topic about $ to not necessarily poorer countries?
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 11:59:44 GMT -6
Good clarification that a lot of people seem to be missing: the corporate tax rate proposed by the president's infrastructure plan is a complete pay-for AND is lower than what it was in 2017 before the idiotic tax cuts I don't know if I saw it on twitter or if it was a twitter post shared here, but somewhere there is a really good graphic showing this. I think Jen had a chart showing this at a briefing last week but I wasn't watching closely
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 12:03:29 GMT -6
Why are y'all just now resuming talks on the Iran nuclear deal?? He's been president for 2.5 months!!!!
Jen: wut? Diplomacy takes time. We're just at the beginning of talks through our allies, calm down
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 12:06:57 GMT -6
Kaitlan: why not just use Roy Blunt's proposed infrastructure package that's way smaller and more narrow?
Jen: because that doesn't address the country's needs
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 12:07:19 GMT -6
Jen: how about we just give kids clean drinking water, KAITLAN
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Post by jkjacq on Apr 5, 2021 12:08:13 GMT -6
Jen: how about we just give kids clean drinking water, KAITLAN Cue Kaitlans going on air in half an hour talking about how the white house is sidestepping her questions.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 12:09:06 GMT -6
Jen: our view is that big corporations can pay more, and infrastructure improvement shouldn't be on the backs of the American people
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Post by Minerva on Apr 5, 2021 12:10:24 GMT -6
Let's start with how there's potential for an inland, toxic tsunami in FL: www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56629013Of note, they are desperately pumping this toxic wastewater into Tampa Bay. This wastewater is known to exacerbate the red tides that Florida has been dealing with for years. It's an absolute ecological nightmare. More info: www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-state-of-emergency-wastewater-leak/Note: I originally called the wastewater radioactive but looks like that is in dispute. CNN is still reporting it. BBC says that's a misunderstanding. That’s both gross and so sad. My ILs live right on the Bay in Pinellas, just across from where the leak is coming out. I’ve always loved watching the dolphins and brown pelicans out their condo window and go crabbing on their dock. Tampa Bay is a really cool ecosystem- it hurts to see this happening there.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 12:12:31 GMT -6
Is the WH stockpiling booster shots or ramping up R&D on vaccines specific to the variants?
Jen: we're taking steps to give ourselves flexibility to keep people protected however we can
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 12:14:43 GMT -6
POTUS asked Department of Ed to prepare a memo on his authority to cancel student debt. Is he changing his position on how much or what kind of student debt he would cancel?
Jen: Ron Klain outlined a legal and policy review for what could be cancelled and how. A legislative action to cancel would be the most efficient way to relieve student debt. Ron's talking to congressional leadership. We haven't ruled anything out yet.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 12:16:55 GMT -6
That's a great question on how they'll decide which infrastructure projects actually get funding under the package. Jen references a "competitive bidding process" but says she doesn't have specific details on the process yet.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 12:17:17 GMT -6
Texas is having an MLB game with a full stadium today? Of course. 🙄
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