So Much Biden Winning

Created
Thu, 01/02/2024 - 02:30
Updated
Thu, 01/02/2024 - 02:30
As MAGAs pitch hissy fit over Taylor Swift and immigration Axios reports this morning that our Biden-led, post-pandemic U.S. recovery is outpacing other G7 economies: The largest federal investments in infrastructure and manufacturing in decades, championed by the Biden administration, contributed significantly. Growth in the U.S labor force also helped, Axios adds, “both due to more Americans choosing to enter the workforce and a surge in immigration.” Read that again. Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics (no, not that one) tells Axios: Meantime, House Republicans refuse to do productive legislative work for which you and I are paying them. The GOP-led House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday passed two articles of impeachment against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Biden’s homeland security secretary, the New York Times reports, despite lack of evidence “of a crime or acts of corruption.” Republicans on the panel argue “that the Biden administration border policies he implemented ran afoul of the law. Legal scholars, including prominent conservatives, have argued that the effort is a perversion of the constitutional power of impeachment, and Democrats remained solidly opposed (New York Times): In an 18-to-15 party-line vote, the panel endorsed a resolution charging Mr. Mayorkas with refusing to uphold the law and breaching the public trust by failing to choke off a surge of migrants across the United States border with Mexico. That, as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) refuses to take up any remedy for border security. Rep. Robert Menendez (D) of New Jersey let loose on…