Miscellaneous political stuff

An economy recovering, schools returning in person, millions of people vaccinated, an infrastructure bill about to be passed, tax credits to help lift children out of poverty, relationships with other countries, especially European allies, restored

No, we do not miss you.  Go away already.

I think maybe he's senile. He also forgot that there were massive problems at the border when he was in office. He separated parents from children, put children in cages etc. I would rather our European allies take advantage of us that Putin and Russia. Not sure what he's referring to there - maybe the Paris climate accords? And maybe the increase in crime is related to the pandemic that he ignored and economic instability for millions of Americans who lost their jobs or the problem of gun proliferation in our country.

www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/we-dont-know-why-violent-crime-is-up-but-we-know-theres-more-than-one-cause/2021/07/09/467dd25c-df9a-11eb-ae31-6b7c5c34f0d6_story.html

The rise in violence during the pandemic appears to be a problem that is uniquely American, so broad explanations that emphasize economic strife, social stresses and disruptions to public services are, at best, incomplete. The evidence suggests that gun-carrying increased sharply shortly after pandemic-induced lockdowns began, either because police withdrew from public spaces or because people expected an arms race in communities suffering from endemic violence. The summer protests reignited a long-brewing legitimacy crisis for law enforcement and may have made it more difficult for police to reassert control over spiraling violence and retaliation.
Beneath it all, the ready availability of guns looms. Put simply, social disruptions and de-policing probably have higher stakes in American cities — where a small but persistent number of criminal offenders carry guns — than they do in countries where firearms are not as easy to get.

Now NJ candidates are on the 'what the.......?' list.. Shame on her!!! yes, she is following former.

New Jersey state Sen. Diane Allen received harsh criticism after remarks attempting to blame the surge of coronavirus cases on those other than the unvaccinated.

"I mean, right now look at all these people with COVID who are coming across the border, and it scares me," Allen said earlier. "They're put on buses, I suspect some of them are coming up to New Jersey — not a good idea. [But] the people pulled over from the border are carrying illegal guns or drugs, or whatever."

That resulted in a hard-hitting column published by NJ.com.

"As faith leaders representing a coalition of more than 420 pastors and ministers statewide, we cannot allow candidates seeking elected office to spread racist and false narratives about valued members of our community. Republican Lieutenant Governor nominee Senator Diane Allen did exactly that by attempting to scapegoat undocumented immigrants as the cause for a recent surge of COVID-19 cases across our country," the faith leaders wrote.

"This type of fear-mongering and immigrant-bashing is an affront to Latinos and hardworking immigrants everywhere," the group wrote. "Sadly, it's nothing new. These shameful remarks are pulled directly from the Donald Trump playbook, and follow a longstanding pattern in U.S. history of blaming immigrants for carrying diseases and infections across the border, a form of 'medical racism.'"

www.rawstory.com/republican-trump-playbook/

How can we miss him when he won’t go away? (Preferably to prison.)