United States Biden administration policies and actions - megathread

[Cherico]

Now either way I win.

 

[Arch Dornan]

I hope not! She's uglier than Kamala.

It's a reference to what whalers do when they see a whale.

 

[Bacle]

Edit:

 

[Zachowon]

Do it.
I fucking dare yoy

 

[Captain X]

Howdy from the Alamo City Sietch family.

Check this article out from Business Week on conservatives aggressively pushing to make the US a conservative country in all 50 states:
Republicans' next big play is to 'scare the hell out of Washington' by rewriting the Constitution. And they're willing to play the long game to win.

We don't need to rewrite the Constitution, both parties just need to actually respect the current one.

 

[Floridaman]

We don't need to rewrite the Constitution, both parties just need to actually respect the current one.

Yeah that isn't gonna happen.

 

[Blasterbot]

We don't need to rewrite the Constitution, both parties just need to actually respect the current one.

keep in mind if it did happen any amendment that was proposed could be shot down by 13 states. anything that isn't very mainstream will not pass muster. that said the guys leading the push are very establishment boomer cons so that could be very hit or miss.

 

[Bacle]

The only change truly needed is establishing term limits for Congress and for Federal offices/positions.

Break up the entrenched bureaucratic state, put hard limits on how much power any Congresscritter/bureaucrat can accumulate, and disrupt old boys networks that hide the corruption, and a lot of problems we have now could be curtailed significantly, without needing to alter any other part of the Constitution.

 

[The Whispering Monk]

The only change truly needed is establishing term limits for Congress and for Federal offices/positions.

Break up the entrenched bureaucratic state, put hard limits on how much power any Congresscritter/bureaucrat can accumulate, and disrupt old boys networks that hide the corruption, and a lot of problems we have now could be curtailed significantly, without needing to alter any other part of the Constitution.

Sounds great, and I like all these ideas.

So...HOW do you, "Break up the entrenched bureaucratic state, put hard limits on how much power any Congresscritter/bureaucrat can accumulate, and disrupt old boys networks that hide the corruption..."

 

[Bacle]

Sounds great, and I like all these ideas.

So...HOW do you, "Break up the entrenched bureaucratic state, put hard limits on how much power any Congresscritter/bureaucrat can accumulate, and disrupt old boys networks that hide the corruption..."

As I said, term limits on all Federal offices/positions, not just Congress.

Make it so no 'appointtee' remains beyond the POTUS who appointed them, remove the 'life time bureaucrat class' from relevancy by eliminating the long-term positions that allowed them to become powers unto themselves (Fauci, for example), and make it so civil service is not a place where one can make a 'profit', and instead is treated like Jury Duty.

Being a Congresscritter or Federal employee should not be something that can become a life-time occupation, and instead be limited to terms that make it very unlikely any one person will be in a position to gain or use much power for their personal benefit or 'pay for play' bullshit.

 

[Zachowon]

Do Article 5 if the constitution.
Nearly enough states that we can do it

 

[Bacle]

 

[Terthna]

The only change truly needed is establishing term limits for Congress and for Federal offices/positions.

Break up the entrenched bureaucratic state, put hard limits on how much power any Congresscritter/bureaucrat can accumulate, and disrupt old boys networks that hide the corruption, and a lot of problems we have now could be curtailed significantly, without needing to alter any other part of the Constitution.

We should probably also switch out first-past-the-post voting for something that doesn't enforce a two-party system.

 

[Bigking321]

Make the senate a state appointed position again instead of elected.

Get rid of all the alphabet departments that are making laws outside of the legislative path.

 

[Zachowon]

Make the senate a state appointed position again instead of elected.

Get rid of all the alphabet departments that are making laws outside of the legislative path.

Or forbid them from having any power to do so.
Simple.
DoD has three letter agencies that are very important

 

[Blasterbot]

the guys were on a timcast episode. term limits were 1 thing they talked about. as was setting the supreme court at 9 as an amendment. that said how much you trust Santorum and the other guy is up to you. they were very boomer con and dismissive of "trumplicans". that said reading up on the rules for a convention of states is interesting.

 

[LordsFire]

We should probably also switch out first-past-the-post voting for something that doesn't enforce a two-party system.

Other systems have profound problems of their own. You'd have to sell a system as actually better before you could convince people to change it.

 

[Robovski]

Good luck getting the political class to neuter their own power and position. Better off getting turkeys to vote for Christmas.

 

[Cherico]

Good luck getting the political class to neuter their own power and position. Better off getting turkeys to vote for Christmas.

its the states doing it to the federal government.

In other words its one group of the political class reclaiming some of their old power.

 

[DarthOne]

Republicans: Joe Biden’s ID Cards for Illegal Aliens Will Spur Welfare Fraud

Republicans: Joe Biden's ID Cards for Illegal Aliens Will Spur Welfare Fraud

Biden's plan to provide illegal aliens with identification cards will spur widespread welfare fraud, House Republicans warn.

www.breitbart.com

A plan by President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide border crossers and illegal aliens with identification cards before their release into the United States will spur widespread welfare fraud, House Republicans warn.

As Breitbart News reported last month, the Biden administration is considering issuing the IDs to illegal aliens once they arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border. The IDs would be a boon for illegal immigration, transforming the border into a mere checkpoint ahead of their release into American communities.

DHS officials have defended the plan, claiming it will cut costs for the agency even as illegal immigration costs American taxpayers at least $143 billion annually.

In a letter to DHS officials, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee warn that the program could lead to widespread welfare fraud where border crossers and illegal aliens use the IDs to unlawfully access public benefits reserved for struggling Americans.

“… the issuance of ID cards raises the possibility that illegal aliens will use these identification cards to improperly access benefits such as housing, healthcare, and transportation,” the Republicans write:

The Administration is now reportedly planning yet another reckless policy that will further exacerbate this ongoing crisis. [Emphasis added]
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The ICE Secure Docket Card program raises several concerns. The program is apparently intended to permit illegal aliens to check in with ICE virtually instead of physically reporting to an ICE office. Committee Republicans have heard from ICE officials that many aliens enrolled in Alternatives to Detention (ATD) programs fail to check in with ICE as required and disappear into our local communities. The ATD program’s failure to ensure illegal immigrants report to ICE is not a reason to issue them identification cards hoping the statistics improve, but instead an indication that more of these illegal border crossers should be detained during the pendency of removal proceedings. [Emphasis added]
Also, we are concerned that identification cards will include QR codes that link to court documents and personally identifiable information related to removal cases. This raises security concerns as well as questions regarding the likelihood that significant taxpayer resources will be diverted from immigration enforcement to uploading documents into and maintaining a secure system. [Emphasis added]

From February 2021 to May 2022, alone, Biden has released over a million border crossers and illegal aliens into the U.S. interior. This is about twice the population of Wyoming and larger than the population of Austin, Texas.

The Biden administration has yet to say how many border crossers and illegal aliens were released into the U.S. interior from June through July.

A feature, not a bug. Among other things. This is back door naturalization.