I wanted just to thank Joe for the huge gains my 401k has been making and thought this was the place to do it. Thanks Joe.

So nice to have president who confronts our enemies, instead of kowtowing like the little b|tch who preceded him.

 

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Biden administration imposes significant economic sanctions on Russia over cyberspying, efforts to influence presidential election

The Biden administration on Thursday imposed the first significant sanctions targeting the Russian economy in several years in order to punish the Kremlin for a cyberespionage campaign against the United States and efforts to influence the presidential election, according to senior U.S. officials.

The administration also sanctioned six Russian companies that support Russian spy services’ cyberhacking operations and will expel 10 intelligence officers working under diplomatic cover in the United States.

The measures are an effort to make good on President Biden’s vow to hold Moscow accountable for a series of operations, including the hacking operation commonly known as SolarWinds, which compromised nine federal agencies and about 100 private firms.

"Our view is that no single action that we will take or could take in and of itself could directly alter Russia’s malign behavior,” principal deputy national security adviser Jonathan Finer said. "But this is going to be a process that is going to take place over time, and it will involve a mix of significant pressure and finding ways to work together.”

The announcement of a U.S. response had been repeatedly pushed back, in part because Biden has wanted his team to develop more effective measures, said senior administration officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.

Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a call on Tuesday that Washington would be taking actions "in the coming days” to defend U.S. national interests, without specifying the exact timing or measures, a senior administration official said. Biden also raised the possibility of a summit with Putin.

As president-elect, Biden had told Putin in January that his administration would be "compelled to respond” to these activities, the official said. "So it should not come as a surprise to the government of Russia that we’re taking these actions.”

The package includes sanctions on all debt Russia issues after June 14, barring U.S. financial institutions from buying government bonds directly from the Russian Central Bank, Russian National Wealth Fund and the Ministry of Finance. The action, experts said, will complicate Moscow’s ability to raise money in the international capital markets.

Under a new order signed by Biden, the administration is reserving the right to broaden the scope of the sovereign debt sanctions if Moscow’s malign activities persist, officials said.

"This action signals that the Biden administration is not going to hold back,” said Edward Fishman, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. "They’re taking significant actions against the Russian economy and putting global markets on notice that Russian sanctions will increase if Russia’s aggressive behavior continues.”

Many commentators have observed that sanctions to date have not materially affected the Kremlin’s risk calculus, and they say that more sanctions are unlikely to do so.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that Russia viewed any U.S. sanctions as illegal and would retaliate in kind. Moscow summoned U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan for what a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said would be "a difficult talk.”

Peskov said sanctions would not be helpful in the lead-up to a proposed summit between Biden and Putin.

"We condemn any sanction aspirations. We believe they are illegal. In any case, the principle of reciprocity applies in this case. Reciprocity will meet our interests in the best possible way,” Peskov said.

European allies and NATO are expected to issue statements of support following the White House’s announcement, though they are not planning to impose fresh sanctions of their own, officials said.

The measures will be accompanied by what the White House hopes will be a strong message to Moscow to convey U.S. displeasure, but without cutting off diplomacy, said a second official. The message, the official said, is: "We are willing to talk about certain things, but we can’t have a strong relationship while you continue to take these malign steps.”

One action that will not be tied to the sanctions is Russia’s reported effort to put bounties on the heads of U.S. troops in Afghanistan in 2019, officials said. U.S. intelligence agencies had low to moderate confidence that officers with the Russian military spy agency, the GRU, sought to encourage Taliban attacks against U.S. and coalition personnel — not strong enough to justify the imposition of sanctions, officials said.

"But we do believe that this information puts the burden on the Russian government to explain its action and takes steps to address this disturbing pattern of behavior,” the senior administration official said. "We expressed those concerns directly to the government of Russia.”

The new executive order focuses on Russian activities outside its borders and "is intended to signal to the Russian government that its destabilizing behavior is unacceptable and that the United States will impose economically impactful costs if it continues or escalates,” the senior official said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-to-announce-tough-sanctions-on-russia-over-cyber-spying/2021/04/15/a4c1d260-746e-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html

 

45 minutes ago, Boogyman said:

I wanted just to thank Joe for the huge gains my 401k has been making and thought this was the place to do it. Thanks Joe.

It was flat under Trump, but my ish be exploding through the roof under Biden! 

32 minutes ago, sameaglesfan said:

Spot on.  Replacing lead piping is exactly like living in a dystopian hellscape.

24 minutes ago, VanHammersly said:

Spot on.  Replacing lead piping is exactly like living in a dystopian hellscape.

15 minutes ago, Gannan said:

3 minutes ago, sameaglesfan said:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/joe-biden-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal/index.html

Biden starts to execute on policies Trump abandoned by crossing off another campaign promise

 

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President Joe Biden is carrying out some of Donald Trump's biggest campaign promisesby leaving America's longest war, targeting economic aid at forgotten Americans and building an infrastructure plan that may actually happen.

The current White House is, of course, a sharp political and behavioral reaction to the previous one. And Biden is never going to finish his predecessor's border wall, berate allies or set a mob on the US Capitol.

 

But the 45th and 46th presidents do share an understanding of several key economic and societal forces driving modern life outside Washington. And both, in different ways, shaped their appeal by convincing ordinary Americans who feel left behind that they were committed to working for them. 

 

With his new vow Wednesday to get troops home from Afghanistan and his big legislative proposals that elevate the working class, including a $2 trillion infrastructure bill, Biden is eying achievements his predecessor talked up but failed to accomplish.

 

 

A lot of people are calling Biden the Promise Keeper.  Ticking off accomplishments that Trump was too scared or too incompetent to achieve.

@Kz!, etc. Can we finally acknowledge that Biden's been crushing it?  Is it too much to ask for a little praise here?  Or is the BDS too strong?

52 minutes ago, VanHammersly said:

Spot on.  Replacing lead piping is exactly like living in a dystopian hellscape.

I wonder if they worried about the same dystopian hellscape when asbestos was banned 1989.  Oh that's right, we had a Republican president then so it was OK and part of infrastructure.

10 minutes ago, VanHammersly said:

A lot of people are calling Biden the Promise Keeper.  Ticking off accomplishments that Trump was too scared or too incompetent to achieve.

@Kz!, etc. Can we finally acknowledge that Biden's been crushing it?  Is it too much to ask for a little praise here?  Or is the BDS too strong?

 

Strongest start to any presidency since FDR. Some might argue LBJ, but the Civil Rights Act wasn't passed until the summer of 1964, and Gulf of Tonkin proved to be enough of a disaster that I'd call that first year a wash for him. Biden seems to be following the FDR model so far in terms of tone, temperament, and results.

1 minute ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

 

Strongest start to any presidency since FDR. Some might argue LBJ, but the Civil Rights Act wasn't passed until the summer of 1964, and Gulf of Tonkin proved to be enough of a disaster that I'd call that first year a wash for him. Biden seems to be following the FDR model so far in terms of tone, temperament, and results.

Yep.  And it's all because of the landscape Biden stepped into.  

Republicans made a huge, long term tactical mistake by throwing all their eggs in the Populist basket.   They really didn't think that one through.  It left a massive opening for a Democrat to step through, by proposing and actually following through on exact same Populist promises that Republicans all supported a couple months ago.  And Democrats have the added benefit of having no qualms with utilizing the power of government to achieve results and being led by a competent administration.

7 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

 

Strongest start to any presidency since FDR. Some might argue LBJ, but the Civil Rights Act wasn't passed until the summer of 1964, and Gulf of Tonkin proved to be enough of a disaster that I'd call that first year a wash for him. Biden seems to be following the FDR model so far in terms of tone, temperament, and results.

Some people would rather be miserable than get on board with all the winning.  They wanted to make America great again, but now that it is actually happening they hate the idea.

2 hours ago, Alpha_TATEr said:

you type pretty good for having one of your hands deep up your arse playing with last night's man batter deposits. 

the post reminds of the smell on the toilet paper after I wipe.

2 hours ago, Boogyman said:

I wanted just to thank Joe for the huge gains my 401k has been making and thought this was the place to do it. Thanks Joe.

your politics are alot like your sexuality.....confusing and embarrassing

11 minutes ago, VanHammersly said:

They really didn't think that one through.

 

They don't think anything through. It's all about the feels!

9 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Some people would rather be miserable than get on board with all the winning.  They wanted to make America great again, but now that it is actually happening they hate the idea.

something you don't hear to often................." lets get this straight"

you have opinion B. An you want it known that the people with opinion A were wrong. So basically its the game of my cork is bigger than yours.

Which in turns makes you a queer.

2 minutes ago, Blobeph said:

something you don't hear to often................." lets get this straight"

you have opinion B. An you want it known that the people with opinion A were wrong. So basically its the game of my cork is bigger than yours.

Which in turns makes you a queer.

 

Don't you have your very own CVON thread to be a jagoff in? I guess you've gotta come to the popular threads for visibility because no one actually gives a ****.

18 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Some people would rather be miserable than get on board with all the winning.  They wanted to make America great again, but now that it is actually happening they hate the idea.

 

Just like they were all so hungry to find a fake conspiracy everywhere, but they couldn't recognize the massive frauds occurring right in front of them through 4 years of the last administration. Morons.

1 minute ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

 

Don't you have your very own CVON thread to be a jagoff in? I guess you've gotta come to the popular threads for visibility because no one actually gives a ****.

had did you type that so well with tears in your eyes?

speaking of tugging one out...lay a picture of Joe Biden on the floor and dump that worthless come of yours on it while I take over your gay thread. Ill give it back to you when I am done.

10 minutes ago, Blobeph said:

had did you type that so well with tears in your eyes?

speaking of tugging one out...lay a picture of Joe Biden on the floor and dump that worthless come of yours on it while I take over your gay thread. Ill give it back to you when I am done.

 

I can only aspire to the level of greatness of an EMB troll who makes the same two homophobic jokes on repeat for 20 years, but no worries. Working with schoolchildren has prepared me well for these situations.

29 minutes ago, Blobeph said:

the post reminds of the smell on the toilet paper after I wipe.

so you sheet roses ? i figured tulips in your case. 

43 minutes ago, Blobeph said:

your politics are alot like your sexuality.....confusing and embarrassing

I said 401k as in a retirement fund. Not a 401 kilo idiot, fatboy. If I want to talk about that I'll @ you.

32 minutes ago, Blobeph said:

had did you type that so well with tears in your eyes?

speaking of tugging one out...lay a picture of Joe Biden on the floor and dump that worthless come of yours on it while I take over your gay thread. Ill give it back to you when I am done.

Man this post looks familiar. 

36 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

 

Don't you have your very own CVON thread to be a jagoff in? I guess you've gotta come to the popular threads for visibility because no one actually gives a ****.

Only @mikemack8 goes to those threads anymore, to get his daily nut hugging quota filled.