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One Hundred Amazing Things Biden and the Democrats Did in One Year! GNR
One Hundred Amazing Things Biden and the Democrats Did in One Year! GNR
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Saturday January 22, 2022 · 7:00 AM EST
It is easy to focus on the things that did not get done (yet) and it is important to keep fighting for those things.
But Biden and the Democrats have gotten an enormous amount of great things done this year!
Check out 100 of them! Share it with your friends! Post it in your social media! Sing it from the tree tops!
1. Democrats are running a real and important investigation into January 6th
This investigation is being done so well. There are so many articles I could put here. I’ll just grab a couple. This is huge, important work.
The Jan. 6 select panel has started receiving documents from former President Donald Trump’s White House.
The Jan. 6 select committee has started receiving documents from former President Donald Trump’s White House. So far, that includes at least four notable items, according to a person familiar with the document production: two drafts of tweets Trump ultimately sent on Jan. 5, a legal memo and a note that was handwritten on White House stationery.
The documents suggest that the committee will get a wide variety of materials – some of which may be quotidian.
The documents suggest that the committee will get a wide variety of materials – some of which may be quotidian.
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again:
We’re not messing around here.
People with relevant information to our investigation into January 6 must comply with lawful subpoenas.
If they don’t, we will use all the tools at our disposal — including criminal contempt.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 14, 2021
We’re not messing around here.
People with relevant information to our investigation into January 6 must comply with lawful subpoenas.
If they don’t, we will use all the tools at our disposal — including criminal contempt.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 14, 2021
2. Biden got the US is back in the UN Human Rights Council
Remember when we were such an embarrassment that we weren’t even allowed to weigh in on other country’s human rights? Who changed that? Democrats.
The United States has been elected back onto the United Nations Human Rights Council, three years after the Trump admin's withdrawal.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 15, 2021
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 15, 2021
3. Biden expanded wind farms
Biden has been working behind the scenes to make huge changes in energy production. This is one outcome.
Biden administration announces plans for massive expansion of wind farms off US coasts
The Biden administration is planning to aggressively expand offshore wind energy capacity in the United States, potentially holding as many as seven new offshore lease sales by 2025.
The move was announced Wednesday by US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and first reported by The New York Times.
Haaland said the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is exploring leasing sales along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, in the Gulf of Maine, the New York Bight, the central Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, as well as off the Carolinas, California and Oregon.
The administration in March announced a coordinated effort to bolster offshore wind energy projects in the United States in order to jump-start a "clean energy revolution."
As part of that initiative, which spans multiple government agencies, the Departments of the Interior, Energy and Commerce committed to a shared goal of generating 30 gigawatts of offshore wind in the US by 2030. The Interior Department estimates that reaching that goal would create nearly 80,000 jobs.
The move was announced Wednesday by US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and first reported by The New York Times.
Haaland said the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is exploring leasing sales along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, in the Gulf of Maine, the New York Bight, the central Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, as well as off the Carolinas, California and Oregon.
The administration in March announced a coordinated effort to bolster offshore wind energy projects in the United States in order to jump-start a "clean energy revolution."
As part of that initiative, which spans multiple government agencies, the Departments of the Interior, Energy and Commerce committed to a shared goal of generating 30 gigawatts of offshore wind in the US by 2030. The Interior Department estimates that reaching that goal would create nearly 80,000 jobs.
4. Biden reduced Covid with vaccine mandates
Biden took a potential hit and a lot of anger for his vaccine mandates. Guess what? They work and are getting us closer to ending this nightmare.
Faced with losing their jobs, even the most hesitant are getting vaccinated
In the quest to get more Americans vaccinated, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: Vaccine mandates work.
Nowhere is that more apparent than at United Airlines. On Aug. 6, United became the first U.S. airline to tell its workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 if they wanted to keep their jobs.
The company says 99.5% of United employees have been vaccinated, not counting the roughly 2,000 who have applied for religious or medical exemptions. Elsewhere, other employers also report success with mandates. Tyson Foods, New York City schools, major hospital systems in Maine and the NBA are among those with vaccination rates topping 90%.
Nowhere is that more apparent than at United Airlines. On Aug. 6, United became the first U.S. airline to tell its workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 if they wanted to keep their jobs.
The company says 99.5% of United employees have been vaccinated, not counting the roughly 2,000 who have applied for religious or medical exemptions. Elsewhere, other employers also report success with mandates. Tyson Foods, New York City schools, major hospital systems in Maine and the NBA are among those with vaccination rates topping 90%.
5. Biden’s smart actions saved us from a shipping disaster
lots more...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/22/2075978/-One-Hundred-Amazing-Things-Biden-and-the-Democrats-Did-in-One-Year-GNR
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