US Joe Biden News Megathread - The Other Biden Derangement Syndrome Thread (with a side order of Fauci Derangement Syndrome)

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Let's pretend for one moment that he does die before the election, just for the funsies. What happens then? Will the nomination revert to option number 2, aka Bernie Sanders? Or will his running mate automatically replace him just the way Vice-President is supposted to step in after the Big Man in the White House chokes on a piece of matzo? Does he even have a running mate yet?
 
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Oxous said:
A relatively surprising development: Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell's four-year term expires in February 2022, with his only real competitor being Lael Brainard, the only Democrat on the Reserve's Board of Governors. Brainard among other things repeatedly donated to Clinton's campaign in 2016 while being on the board, despite being supposed to be apolitical. Biden was thinking about promoting her to Treasury Secretary last year but decided against it - at the time she said that she would prefer to be Fed Chair, but wouldn't reject the Secretary position. Brainard is a member of the progressive camp and is buddies with Elizabeth Warren, who is making a habit of trying to get Federal Reserve officials purged for insider trading or frontrunning.

Given the heavily establishment/business faction slant (as @Gehenna would put it) of the Reserve then, the future is obvious: Powell will get the honor of wrecking the American economy for four more years. Right? Nope. The progressive magazine The American Prospect just leaked (archive) Jerome Powell's trades made on October 1, 2020 - where he sold somewhere between $1-5 million dollars of stock. More damningly perhaps, he's holding between $5-25 million in SPY ETF shares, an ETF which is very obviously influenced by what the Federal Reserve does.

Why is October 1 and him selling stocks on that date significant? Well, that was the day before Trump announced he had COVID. On that day Powell was also in contact with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin 4 times, pressing Trump's admin to introduce more fiscal stimulus. 5 days later on October 6th he gave a speech saying that failure to introduce that stimulus would have "tragic" economic consequences.

Given the recent trend of multiple high-ranking officials in the Reserve being fired in disgrace or forced to resign, and with Warren in particular putting in overtime on the Reserve, this probably means nothing but good things in the future of Brainard. Her odds of becoming Fed chair just increased massively in betting markets:
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TL;DR progressives making moves to try to take control of the Federal Reserve, normally a very conservative institution but also very powerful and it has gargantuan influence over the monetary system
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i assume its business as usual. TPTB eat shit mandrake won't allow the flow of money to stop. The Cash Must Flow.
 
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Gehenna said:
Better yet, died of complications to Covid-19, despite being vaxxed.
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The scary thing is that I've seen people use Colin Powell's death as an argument for mandates because COVID is still deadly.

Umm, no offense, but not only was he vaccinated, but he was 84. Colin probably died less from COVID (if he even did at all, let's be real), than he did from "being 84 years old."

Not only did he exceed the average life expectancy by 10 years, but he exceeded the average life expectancy of a black man by 15-20 years.
 
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Good to note regarding Powell as well is that he's been making some hawkish noises over the past couple of months and laying the groundwork (in typical Fed mealy mouth fashion) for tapering. Such stuff is anathema to Warren and the progs since it would cut the knees off any stimulus increase (as the Fed and Treasury must act in concert to have it even remotely work).

Sticking Brainard into the role would make it easier for the progressives to fund their projects, provided they find a way to get said projects through Congress - and that ain't happening anytime soon.
 
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anti SJW said:

I wonder if someone will ask Psaki about Biden ignoring the rules.
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The Last Stand said:
Where are the Karens at?
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What did I just say? The rules never apply to the elites. If the question's raised, Psaki/Mask Stasi Karens will probably be like, "See, with Biden it's different because *insert bullshit here*!" Not saying it's gonna convince the majority (in fact, it'll most likely push them towards being even more done with the whole song and dance), but these sycophants LOVE the power they have right now, and they're not gonna give it up easily.
 
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Vyse Inglebard said:
What did I just say? The rules never apply to the elites. If the question's raised, Psaki/Mask Stasi Karens will probably be like, "See, with Biden it's different because *insert bullshit here*!" Not saying it's gonna convince the majority (in fact, it'll most likely push them towards being even more done with the whole song and dance), but these sycophants LOVE the power they have right now, and they're not gonna give it up easily.
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They'll just said "look, he's trying to put on his mask. He was making an effort! *sigh*". And in the footage, you can see it hooked on one ear. Its not like his whole party was maskless.
 
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Salubrious said:
The scary thing is that I've seen people use Colin Powell's death as an argument for mandates because COVID is still deadly.
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That's kind of how cultist are they always use every means of opportunity to push their gospel. Never give them an ounce of good faith because each time they will show they never had any to begin with.
 
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Salubrious said:
The scary thing is that I've seen people use Colin Powell's death as an argument for mandates because COVID is still deadly.

Umm, no offense, but not only was he vaccinated, but he was 84. Colin probably died less from COVID (if he even did at all, let's be real), than he did from "being 84 years old."

Not only did he exceed the average life expectancy by 10 years, but he exceeded the average life expectancy of a black man by 15-20 years.
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Who was Colin Powell? Was he a Herman Cain like figure?
 
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That's kind of how cultist are they always use every means of opportunity to push their gospel. Never give them an ounce of good faith because each time they will show they never had any to begin with.
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Speaking of cultists, here's a fun take on Powell's death.
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They unironically think Republicans killed Powell to fight the SCIENCE.

Also, Simping for Powell after he lied about Iraq WMDs to get us in the Iraq War. Pathetic.
 
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Speaking of cultists, here's a fun take on Powell's death.
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They unironically think Republicans killed Powell to fight the SCIENCE.

Also, Simping for Powell after he lied about Iraq WMDs to get us in the Iraq War. Pathetic.
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No respect for the dead. Gotta push an agenda by any means necessary.
 
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Lorne Armstrong said:
This makes no sense to me whatsoever. If anything, our School District must have an overabundance of food. They’ve been giving away free breakfast and lunch to students for over a year now, including during the summer for anyone who wanted to drive down and pick them up.
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If you been following the Supply Chain Crisis megathread, it's an inability to ship stuff, rather than a real lack.

Your place probably wasn't affected yet.
 
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Kane Lives said:
If you been following the Supply Chain Crisis megathread, it's an inability to ship stuff, rather than a real lack.

Your place probably wasn't affected yet.
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The only thing I’ve noticed off lately was a few days ago I went into a place to get breakfast and they gave me a cardboard straw for my orange juice. Suddenly it’s 1960.
 
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