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Wow.  No one has started such a thread yet?

After promising that most K-8 students would be in schools in the first 100 days,  apparently Joe is afraid to lead on this and has drastically scaled back that goal.

Instead, we're shooting for about half to go to school at least one day a week,  by the end of April.

https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-02-09/bidens-goal-for-school-reopenings-suddenly-became-more-attainable

 

subee said:

Who answers the phone anymore for surveyors?  The meaning is this is corrupted data.  Meh.

It was a online poll.

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Beerman said:

 Do you have reason to believe the poll isn't accurate?  Did Fox acquire more viewers and become more effective at their messaging since Joe took office?

 

I agree with @subee , telephone polls are suspect, in my opinion. 

Fox News continues to have the highest primetime viewership. As long as Fox keeps interviewing people shrieking about the wide open border (it's not) and the Biden Crime Family (doesn't exist), then Biden approval rating will stay low. 

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nursej22 said:

I agree with @subee , telephone polls are suspect, in my opinion. 

Fox News continues to have the highest primetime viewership. As long as Fox keeps interviewing people shrieking about the wide open border (it's not) and the Biden Crime Family (doesn't exist), then Biden approval rating will stay low. 

It was a online poll.

How do you think the border situation should be accurately described?

You're sure without a doubt that Joe's influence hasn't been pedelled?  How are you so sure?

Fox viewership actually declined in the last year.  MSNBC, perhaps the biggest anti Trump outlet, increased.  Fox's was certainly higher than it was when Joe had higher approval ratings or when he was elected?  So, it doesn't seem to make sense to blame Fox for Joe's low approval ratings, does it?

 

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Beerman said:

It was a online poll.

How do you think the border situation should be accurately described?

You're sure without a doubt that Joe's influence hasn't been pedelled?  How are you so sure?

Fox viewership actually declined in the last year.  MSNBC, perhaps the biggest anti Trump outlet, increased.  Fox's was certainly higher than it was when Joe had higher approval ratings or when he was elected?  So, it doesn't seem to make sense to blame Fox for Joe's low approval ratings, does it?

 

Should say Fox's viewership was higher when Biden's approval rating was better or when he was elected.

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I stand corrected on the poll method. The early polling was done via phone.

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Beerman said:

 

How do you think the border situation should be accurately described?

You're sure without a doubt that Joe's influence hasn't been pedelled?  How are you so sure?

Fox viewership actually declined in the last year.  MSNBC, perhaps the biggest anti Trump outlet, increased.  Fox's was certainly higher than it was when Joe had higher approval ratings or when he was elected?  So, it doesn't seem to make sense to blame Fox for Joe's low approval ratings, does it?

 

I don't dispute that the border situation is overwhelming. But deportations of migrants has risen this year to 142,000, tens of thousands of pounds of illicit drugs have been  seized, and people are trying and dying at dangerous crossings. I would not characterize this as a wide open border. Congress has the responsibility to pass laws concerning migration. The executive branch is charged with administering those laws. 

As to the Biden family? As far as I know, this is being investigated by Congress, and the most serious thing revealed was car payments. Surely, Comer and Jordan should have found something by now. 

Fox News still has the larger viewership. If you repeat a lie longer enough, people will start to believe it. 

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Beerman said:

It was a online poll.

How do you think the border situation should be accurately described?

You're sure without a doubt that Joe's influence hasn't been pedelled?  How are you so sure?

Fox viewership actually declined in the last year.  MSNBC, perhaps the biggest anti Trump outlet, increased.  Fox's was certainly higher than it was when Joe had higher approval ratings or when he was elected?  So, it doesn' seem to make sense to blame Fox for Joe's low approval ratings, does it?

 

Online poll?  Even more suspect.  We have no idea how the questions were crafted but, if they are like any that I see and ignore, the questions are aren't clear enough to elicit a definitive answer.  The exception is the simple minded people who answer them, not realizing that the question formed is meaningless.

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https://apnews.com/article/overdraft-junk-fees-banking-biden-jpmorgan-cb8b19687264c0eed757d84911b44303

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NEW YORK (AP) — The cost to overdraw a bank account could drop to as little as $3 under a proposal announced by the White House, the latest effort by the Biden administration to combat fees it says pose an unnecessary burden on American consumers, particularly those living paycheck to paycheck.

The change could potentially eliminate billions of dollars in fee revenue for the nation's biggest banks, which were gearing up for a battle even before Wednesday's announcement. Exactly how much revenue depends on which version of the new regulation is adopted.

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According to research conducted by Bankrate last August, the average overdraft fee was $26.61. Some banks charge as much as $39. The nation's biggest banks still take in roughly $8 billion in overdraft fees every year, according to data from the CFPB and banks' public records. The bureau's research also shows overdraft fees overwhelmingly impact the poor and households of color, who often overdraft multiple times a year.

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Biden has made the elimination of "junk fees" one of the cornerstones of his administration's economic agenda heading into the 2024 election. Overdraft fees have been at the center of that campaign, and the White House directed government regulators last year to do whatever is in their power to further curtail the practice.

"We are proposing rules to close a longstanding loophole that allowed many large banks to transform overdraft into a massive junk fee harvesting machine,” said Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in a prepared statement to reporters.

Thanks, Joe. 

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https://apnews.com/article/texas-border-migrants-drown-rio-grande-68268f4a997f2d35b34275d11e0323e6

The POTUS attempts to counter the dangerous cruelty and inhumane treatment of immigrants by Texas conservatives who hold political power.  I think we should wonder exactly how brutal and cruel Trumpian conservatism will get before it goes away.  

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subee said:

Online poll?  Even more suspect.  We have no idea how the questions were crafted but, if they are like any that I see and ignore, the questions are aren't clear enough to elicit a definitive answer.  The exception is the simple minded people who answer them, not realizing that the question formed is meaningless.

Actually, I know exactly how the questions were crafted.  The poll and the questions are right there for anyone to read.

But, sounds like your assured that in reality, most people are satisfied with the job Joe is doing.  Is that correct?

 

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nursej22 said:

 I don't dispute that the border situation is overwhelming. But deportations of migrants has risen this year to 142,000, tens of thousands of pounds of illicit drugs have been  seized, and people are trying and dying at dangerous crossings. I would not characterize this as a wide open border. Congress has the responsibility to pass laws concerning migration. The executive branch is charged with administering those laws. 

Exactly!  This administration is failing to administor those laws effectively.

And let's not forget everything Joe did in his first few hours and days to make it easier for illegal aliens to come.  And he also appointed Harris as the Border Czar.  Do you think she is handling this issue satisfactorily?  Does she even have anything else on her plate that's this important?  

I realize that the border isn't literally open.  But the message to the rest of the world is that it is.  Joe put out that message his first day.  Migrants see that their chances of making it in and staying have never been better.

https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/the-borderline-week-we-look-inside-bidens-bogus-illegal-immigrant-visa

https://cis.org/Arthur/Biden-isn't-Enforcing-Immigration-Law-Because-He-Thinks-Its-Inherently-Inequitable

 

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toomuchbaloney said:

https://apnews.com/article/overdraft-junk-fees-banking-biden-jpmorgan-cb8b19687264c0eed757d84911b44303

Thanks, Joe. 

There is a easy way to avoid those fees.

I wonder if the Party of Unintended Consequences have considered that perhaps many people might now be dropped as customers of those banks?

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