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Friday – 4/22/22

Friday - 4/22/22

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BIDEN’S challenge to blame GOP
Associated Press, Will Weissert et al.April 22, 2022

President Joe Biden has an election-year message for frustrated voters: At least he’s trying.

For those who think he isn’t doing enough to help Ukraine fend off the Russian invasion, Biden announced $800 million in new military support on Thursday. To ease the pain of high gas prices, he’s tapped the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and reopened onshore sales of oil and natural gas leases on public land. And to address historic inflation, Biden has tried to smooth out supply chain-crimping bottlenecks at the nation’s ports.

FL GOV signs bill limiting discussion
NBC newsApril 22, 2022 (01:47)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that limits discussion of LGBTQ issues in primary schools, such as sexual orientation and gender identity. Critics have referred to the legislation as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

WhY US gov is boosting heavy arms
Associated Press, Robert BurnsApril 22, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight weeks into the war, the Biden administration’s decision to dramatically ramp up delivery of artillery guns to Ukraine signals a deepening American commitment at a pivotal stage of fighting for the country’s industrial heartland.

It also brings into stark relief Moscow’s warning that continued U.S. military aid to Ukraine would have “unpredictable” consequences, suggesting that Russia sees the international wave of weaponry as a growing obstacle to its invasion as well as a Western provocation.

“We’re in a critical window” of time now, President Joe Biden said Thursday in announcing he had approved an additional $800 million in battlefield aid that includes 72 of the U.S. Army’s 155mm howitzers, along with 144,000 artillery rounds and more than 120 armed drones that will require training for Ukrainian operators.

DEMOCRATS missed opportunity?
CNN, John HarwoodApril 22, 2022

In the dwindling days remaining to salvage something from President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, Democratic economists see the flickering of a decades-old dream.

The dream is government action to fundamentally expand opportunity for millions of Americans left behind by shifts in the modern economy. Political tides appear poised to sweep away unified Democratic control of the White House and Congress this fall, and with it the chance to act for the rest of Biden’s term, if not longer.

“That may be five, 10, 20 years,” lamented Jason Furman, once President Barack Obama’s top economic adviser and now a Harvard professor. “It could be a generation.”

Brooks & Capehart on doom spiral
PBS NewsHourApril 22, 2022 (12:12)

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including how conspiracy theories are enabling politicians to drive a new culture war, revelations about Minority Leader McCarthy after Jan. 6

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