USA Today - 'Best decision I made': Biden boosts Harris to unions, steel workers on Labor Day
Seeking to shore up blue-collar workers and union members, Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned with President Joe Biden on Labor Day.



CBS News - Biden administration weighs making it harder to end asylum crackdown at border
The Biden administration is debating changes that would make it harder to lift the sweeping asylum restrictions it enacted in June, two officials tell CBS News.

NBC News - Hostage families press Biden admin to make a deal with Hamas that doesn't include Israel
A U.S. official said a unilateral deal is unlikely, but the administration has compiled a list of prisoners held by the U.S. whose release might interest Hamas.

NBC News - How Biden is spending his final months as president
The president plans to “leave it all on the field,” one of his aides said, with planned travel to Republican parts of the country and overseas as early as October.





NBC News - Biden commemorates Violence Against Women Act as 'proudest' legislative win on eve of its 30th anniversary
The president also announced a series of new efforts to curb gender-based violence.

The Guardian - ‘This has to stop’: Biden condemns attacks on Haitian US immigrants
A bomb threat in Springfield, Ohio, came after Trump repeated baseless rumor about immigrants ‘eating pets’



The White House - FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Lowers Mental Health Care Costs by Improving Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Care

So much for Biden being a foreign policy genius, huh?

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/i ... y-efc21510

More like, when you give all your leverage away, that far-right scumbag Netanyahu humiliates you in public. Biden was never serious about getting a ceasefire or he would have threatened to stop providing weapons and money to Israel. The fact that this option was never even on the table shows how empty that talk was from the get-go.

It's time to stop taking the kabuki theatre the American government is playing seriously. The US government sees no problem with Palestinians being the victims of ethnic cleansing, massacres and plausibly genocide.

ABC News - Fed cuts interest rates a half point in landmark policy shift
"The time has come for policy to adjust," [Trump-appointed] Fed Chair Jerome Powell said last month.



TradingEconomics.com - United States Fed Funds Interest Rate

Associated Press - Trump makes false claims about federal response as he campaigns in area ravaged by Hurricane Helene

NBC News - Trump falsely says Georgia's governor was unable to talk to Biden about storm damage
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp said President Joe Biden offered any help the state needs.

Jerusalem Post - Biden says if in Israel's shoes he would consider alternatives to striking Iranian oil facilities

Yahoo! Finance - US jobs report crushes expectations as economy adds 254,000 jobs, unemployment rate falls to 4.1%

The Hill - Biden makes first briefing room appearance as president to tout economy, port deal

Biden said to call Netanyahu 'a f**king liar' after Israeli troops entered Rafah | The Times of Israel

The Jerusalem Post - Biden calls Netanyahu a bad 'f***ing guy,' new book claims
In his book, Woodward claimed Biden further stated the Israeli prime minister was "a bad guy. He’s a bad f***ing guy!"

Woodward’s new book also claims Biden regrets the appointment of Merrick Garland as Attorney General.

The Independent - Joe and Jill Biden send message of hope to those impacted by Hurricane Helene

Politico - Biden decries Trump’s ‘onslaught of lies’ as Milton nears landfall
The president said former President Donald Trump’s false statements about the federal response to hurricanes Helene and Milton are “reckless” and “irresponsible.”

NBC News - Biden sets a 10-year deadline for U.S. cities to replace lead pipes and make drinking water safer
The rule is the strongest overhaul of lead-in-water standards in roughly three decades. Lead, a neurotoxin, can cause a range of disorders, from behavioral problems to brain damage.

Here's why a lot of people vote for Trump: he gives off the (false) appearance of being a man of action. People don't necessarily care about the results, they care about APPEARING strong and decisive because they hope this might be used to their benefit. Trump is a rule-breaker and some people like that he's a rule-breaker who doesn't give a damn about how it looks to others. People didn't care about the substance of what Trump was selling but he bent the American institutions to his will and to a lot of people a strongman who "gets things done" is appealing in times of crisis because people project the notion onto him that he will break the rules for the benefit of the public. That's not what those strongmen usually end up doing but it's how demagogues get into power.

Meanwhile, the Democrats didn't even want to make more exceptions to the filibuster to get their own agenda through or to go back to the talking filibuster and every time the Parliamentarian provides guidance that the Dems don't agree with, most of them just lie down and stop pushing for their agenda. Republicans have no such scruples when they get into power. So when Dems make excuses for why they can't get things done, this turns a lot of people off because they look at the disregard that Trump and Republicans have for established rules and norms and go 'why aren't the Dems fighting for their agenda like that?'

The rule of law is important but it's undeniable that bureaucrats who constantly wag their fingers at you and tell you "well, actually, here's why your important problems can't be solved by us..." are not exactly endearing themselves to a suffering population that needs some fundemantal problems to be addressed (homelessness, wealth inequality, institutional racism, police brutality and criminal justice reform, etc.) by their political representatives. Trump DEFINITELY won't solve those problems (just like any other Republican) because he doesn't care about anyone but himself. He will break the rules to get revenge and for his own benefit. The public doesn't matter in his mind. But in the eyes of a big part of the Amercian population he APPEARS to care enough to disarm any policy or political criticisms people might throw at him.

USA Today - How President Biden is trying to Trump-proof his legacy
Before giving way to Donald Trump, President Biden is daring the GOP to eliminate his biggest wins and trying to take actions to preserve his agenda.

Associated Press - Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
The clemency follows a broad pardon for his son Hunter, who was prosecuted for gun and tax crimes.

NBC News - Ex-FBI informant pleads guilty to making false bribery allegations about the Bidens
House Republicans cited a government document tied to Alexander Smirnov's allegations as key to their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.



Associated Press - U.S. economy grows at 3.1% pace in third quarter, an upgrade from previous estimate
The American economy grew at a healthy 3.1% annual clip from July through September, propelled by vigorous consumer spending and an uptick in exports, the government said in an upgrade to its previous estimate.

CBS News - Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, Michael J. Fox, Denzel Washington and more

President Biden is awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to Hillary Clinton and 18 others "who have made America a better place," the White House announced Saturday.

Clinton, who served as first lady, senator, secretary of state, and was the first woman to be nominated for president by a major political party, "made history many times over decades in public service," the announcement said.

Other recipients include actors Michael J. Fox and Denzel Washington, U2 frontman Bono, Inter Miami soccer star Lionel Messi and billionaire philanthropist George Soros. Those receiving the award posthumously are former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, former Defense Secretary Ash Carter and former Michigan Gov. George W. Romney.

Mr. Biden is also honoring ethologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall, retired Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson, chef and World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés, fashion designer Ralph Lauren, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, science educator Bill Nye "The Science Guy," LGBTQ activist and entrepreneur Tim Gill, billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein and American Film Institute founder George Stevens Jr. Several of the recipients are longtime donors to Biden and the Democratic Party.

Reuters - Biden to ban new oil drilling over vast areas of US Atlantic, Pacific waters, Bloomberg News reports

CBS News - Social Security Fairness Act signed into law by Biden, enhancing retirement benefits for millions

Axios - Biden job gains top Trump and Obama

The U.S. economy added 2.23 million jobs in 2024, including 256,000 in the final full month of Joe Biden's presidency.

The big picture: There have been more jobs gained under Biden's term than under the full terms of former Presidents Trump, Obama, or George W. Bush.

By the numbers: Biden is now at +16.1 million, aided by the post-pandemic economic recovery.

• * Trump oversaw 2.1 million job losses, although there were 6.6 million jobs added during his first three years in office (i.e., pre-pandemic years).
• * Obama oversaw 7.1 million job gains, with losses at the beginning of his first term due to the Great Financial Crisis.
• * Bush oversaw 5.2 million job gains.
• * Bill Clinton has a stronger record than any of his successors, with a total of 23 million jobs added, although his annual average trails that of Biden.

Associated Press - Biden is still considering pardons for people who have been criticized or threatened by Trump
President Joe Biden says he is still considering whether to give pardons to people who have been criticized or threatened by President-elect Donald Trump.