He established a vaccine distribution plan - which Trump didn't.
He implemented the fastest economic recovery in history.
He brought inflation down from 9% to 2.4% (at it's lowest)
He had historic investment in clean energy and manufacturing via the CHIPs Act
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@Vyan1 Not only is it fake outrage, it's a fake video. They had to edit the clip of AOC greeting the Mayor when she got there, into the reading of the names. At least that is what a former Trump aid, who was standing next to them, reported.
@justiceputnam We really ought to find a way to prevent foods that are contaminated from reaching our grocery stores. Maybe we could create a federal agency or something.
The sister of the Republican candidate for governor of Maine Bobby Charles, just endorsed Democrat Hannah Pingree in one of the most brutal Op-Eds I’ve ever seen.
Yikes.
An Iranian man left this comment on my YouTube channel. This is without a doubt the single best explanation of the reality facing Iranian people today👇
"As an Iranian, I can tell you the situation is no longer just political—it's existential. We are trapped between two collapsing structures: one internal, one external. On one hand, we face a deeply dysfunctional government, led by the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic’s unelected institutions.
Decades of economic mismanagement, suppression of dissent, and brutal ideological control have alienated multiple generations. No one believes in reform anymore—because every attempt has either been co-opted or crushed. But here's the paradox: We are also terrified of regime collapse—because we've watched the aftermath of Western intervention in countries like Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan. Each was promised freedom; each descended into chaos, civil war, or foreign occupation.
So no, we don't trust the U.S. or Israel. Not because we support our regime—but because we know how imperial powers treat ‘liberated’ nations in the Middle East.
Freedom, in their language, often means vacuum, fire, and permanent instability. Right now, many Iranians live with three truths at once: The Islamic Republic is morally and politically bankrupt. The alternatives offered by foreign actors are not liberation—they’re collapse.
A bad government is survivable. No government is not. We are not silent because we agree. We are cautious because we’ve learned—too well—what happens when superpowers decide to "help." In a sentence: Iran is a nation held hostage by its own regime, but haunted by the fate of its neighbors. We are stuck in a house we hate, surrounded by fires we fear more."
A flop? Our ICU was cleared out from 230 patients with COVID to none. We were able to reopen the hospital to elective operations, and people were able to come and be screened for cancer, heart disease, and see their doctor. The vaccine was only a flop in that it used a new mechanism to teach the immune system, allowing con men to convince people that this was bad. Our flop was in scientific illiteracy and the inability to spot the hucksters who now occupy the HHS and CDC.
@jacobsoboroff@chrislhayes This is not about rounding up migrant farm workers. This is about destroying California’s economy, which is what the Trump administration would like to see.
@dpartsmaster@Martina@LoisTho10276725 Not to mention finding pilots and airplanes willing and able to spread that salt water over the fire in 100 mph winds. Yeah, piece of cake.
@LoisTho10276725@Martina It’s not just the speed, it’s the aridity of Santa Ana Winds. They suck the moisture from your skin, your nostrils, and your lips. They travel across deserts before they reach LA and they bring that desert air with them