“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The debris radius from the balloon take down reportedly was seven miles. Wonder which of the bloviators who wanted the balloon shot down over land would have volunteered their states or districts?
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I'm not worried because DeSantis is extreme. As a House member, he voted to repeal the ACA and cut Social Security and Medicare. As governor, he blocked the Medicaid expansion and has opposed vaccination. That won't play well in the battleground states.
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Trump didn't shoot down the balloons because he owed the Bank of China $200 million and had a Chinese bank account. Ivanka cut a lucrative trade mark deal with China in 2020.
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“The new House China committee must investigate what DOD has just revealed: Donald Trump allowed THREE Chinese balloons over the continental US and never told us.”
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Since taking office, and have:
✅ Created 12 million new jobs
✅ Led a small business boom
✅ Made historic infrastructure investments
✅ Brought American manufacturing back
✅ Lowered prescription drug prices
Two years of historic action.
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The GOP criticism on the balloon has been premature and political.
and his team were calm, calculating, and effective.
We sent clear message to China that this is unacceptable, protected civilians, and gained more intel while protecting our own sensitive information.
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You can't make this stuff up! After REGULARLY ATTACKING Biden about the 'out of control border', we have: Border crossings have plunged since implementation of policy that Republicans are suing to stop!
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Trump's weakness caused the Chinese to send the balloon over the USA this week. Trump failed to down three balloons when he was president because he owed the Bank of China $200 million and had a Chinese bank account. Biden gave the order to shoot down the balloon.
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#OTD in 1937, FDR proposed an expansion of the Supreme Court to as many as 15 justices. #courtpacking presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/mess
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#OTD in 1962, President Kennedy met with astronaut John Glenn in the Oval Office. 15 days later, Glenn became the 1st American to orbit the Earth.
jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/a
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Republicans hate America and want us to lose.
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NEWS: House Rs are discussing moving a resolution that’d criticize the Biden admin for inaction re. the Chinese surveillance balloon.
My leadership source says if they pull trigger, it’d likely hit the floor Tuesday (that’d be ~SAME~ day as Biden’s State of the Union address)
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As Republicans melt down over Biden’s waiting too long to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon, the DoD casually announces that 3 Chinese spy balloons came into the country during Trump’s presidency and he did nothing defense.gov/News/News-Stor
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Did you know, #OTD in 1966, First Lady Lady Bird Johnson unveiled Eleanor Roosevelt’s official portrait by Douglas Chandor?
Images: WHHA; Douglas Chandor, White House Collection/WHHA
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The Republicans are complaining that Biden waited too long to shoot down the balloon. They said nothing when Trump failed to shoot down two Chinese balloons. Not one Republican has thanked our military for doing a great job.
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Every Republican owes the President of the United States and the United States military an apology.
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Notable: US officials say they were able to block the balloon from gathering intel during its overflight of the US, while the US military was able to turn the tables, so to speak, to gather intel on the balloon itself and its equipment.
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They attacked Biden for not taking down the balloon. Then, Biden took down the balloon. Now, they’re attacking Biden for taking down the balloon.
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“I ordered the Pentagon on Wednesday to shoot it down,” Biden tells press pool. Says Pentagon opted to wait until it was over water.
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Joe Biden shot down the Chinese Spy Balloon. Don’t mess with Joe.
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A Chinese balloon flew over the USA when Trump was president. Trump didn't shoot it down because he had a Chinese bank account and owed the communist Bank of China $200 million.
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Hmm, yes, re your first question. According to defense officials, at least one Chinese surveillance balloon was tracked over the US during the Trump admin, according to the Associated Press.
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Would Trump have let China fly a spy balloon over our country?
Would Reagan?
JFK?
Truman?
No, no, no, and no.
So why’s Biden letting China off the hook?
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The people trying to sound the toughest also seem to be the most afraid of a balloon.
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China believes America is a weakened superpower with a reputation of strength that no longer holds true
And their message will now be that if Biden wouldn’t even shoot down a balloon,he isn’t going to do jack if China takes territory from India or Japan or invades Taiwan
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Whatever else the China balloon has done, it certainly has provoked a lot of hot air from a lot politicians and conspiracy theorists and right-wing media personalities who don't know diddlysquat and have no responsibility for the security of the country or safety of people.
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I hope everyone understands the performative unseriousness of Shoot the Balloon Down twitter.
It’s not real. It’s all theater.
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This prediction didn't age well. President Biden has created a record 12 million jobs in 2 years. Don Bacon is invested in the failure of the USA.
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On the very day we entered a RECESSION the Dem leadership proposed $800B in NEW TAXES against struggling Americans and in midst of HIGHEST INFLATION in 41 years. The average family has LOST $500 a month due to inflation, and now Biden-Pelosi-Schumer want to charge higher taxes.
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It's stunning: Recession talk spiked to new highs in 2022 when:
1. The unemployment rate hit a new 50-year low
2. Job growth was the second fastest ever recorded (going back to 1939), behind... 2021.
Yet it was a very lonely year for me telling folks we weren't in recession.
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What a year it was...
And just lemme take my victory lap and remind you that I was here for you every day reminding you that the U.S. economy was not in a recession, nor was it close to one.
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Mar 2022 "Recession risk looms..."
nytimes.com/2022/03/25/bus
Jul 2022 "Global recession looms..."
news.un.org/en/story/2022/
Oct 2022 "With recession looming...."
usatoday.com/story/money/20
Jan 2023 "The looming global recession?"
economist.com/films/2023/01/
#recession @JustinWolfers
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The GOP response to the Chinese spy balloon makes the USA look weak. 40 percent of the country is in a state of panic over a balloon that poses no threat. The Chinese communists are probably laughing at the Republicans. The House GOP is a bigger threat than the balloon.
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Unemployment just dropped to 3.4%.
The last time unemployment was this low, Get Back by The Beatles was #1 on the charts.
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The Yalta Conference began #OTD in 1945. FDR, Churchill, and Stalin discussed the end of the war and the postwar world. history.state.gov/milestones/193
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Rosa Parks was born 110 years ago today. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton in 1996. potus-geeks.livejournal.com/175764.html
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Why hasn’t defended the Capitol police officers who fought to protect him from Trump who called an officer a “thug” ????
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"Parts of five balloon bombs were recovered in Nebraska from a total of 285 balloon bomb incidents reported across North America."
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The Republicans are terrified of the Chinese spy balloon. Have they ever heard of spy satellites?
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First, Speaker McCarthy showed a PowerPoint about his 10 year budget plans that'd slash Social Security and Medicare in a closed door meeting
Now, Mike Pence in another closed door meeting says that he wants to privatize Social Security
Why won’t they show Americans their plan?
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EXCLUSIVE: Pence calls for Social Security reform, private savings accounts news.yahoo.com/pence-calls-fo
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Every time a Republican pines for recession, Joe Biden creates a job.
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