==joe biden=====
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
Biden and Netanyahu speak for 1st time since Israeli airstrikes killed 7 aid workers
President Biden spoke by phone Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the first conversation between the two leaders since Israeli airstrikes killed seven humanitarian aid workers in Gaza, and pressured Israel to implement a ceasefire agreement. The call comes at a time of growing U.S. disapproval of Israel’s handling of the war against Hamas fighters in Gaza that followed the militant group’s attack inside Israel on Oct. 7, which killed nearly 1,200 people. Israel’s military response has killed tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza. In a readout of the call, the White House said that Biden “emphasized that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable.” (Raw Story 4/4/24) READ MORE>>>>>
President Biden spoke by phone Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the first conversation between the two leaders since Israeli airstrikes killed seven humanitarian aid workers in Gaza, and pressured Israel to implement a ceasefire agreement. The call comes at a time of growing U.S. disapproval of Israel’s handling of the war against Hamas fighters in Gaza that followed the militant group’s attack inside Israel on Oct. 7, which killed nearly 1,200 people. Israel’s military response has killed tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza. In a readout of the call, the White House said that Biden “emphasized that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable.” (Raw Story 4/4/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Anthea Butler
“I think that we need to talk about Catholicism and democracy together because it's a really important focus of this election cycle....I believe that Vice President Kamala Harris is the best person, along with Tim Walz, to put us in a place where democracy will stay in place, first of all, and secondarily that we as Catholics will be able to explore and express our faith in ways that are alongside the teachings of the Catholic Church. One of the things I think that we have always been accused of historically as Catholics is wanting to have the pope run the country,” she said, noting a popular anti-Catholic strain of thought in American politics. We have seen with Joe Biden that's not simply the case… He is faithful to his Catholic tradition. He has not tried to impose that, but what he has done is hold up democracy. And I believe that Vice President Kamala Harris will do the same thing.” -Anthea Butler; Catholics for Harris-Walz National Organizing Call 9/18/24
Many Say It’s important Leaders Stand Up For Religious PeopleBoth Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, who are challenging one another in this year’s presidential race, both identify as Christians. Harris’ mother was Hindu and her father a Christian. She grew up attending services at a Black Baptist church. Trump, who does not attend a church, has drawn much of his support from faith voters who are politically conservative. President Joe Biden, a practicing Catholic, attends Mass every Sunday. He is just the second Catholic to be elected to the presidency after John F. Kennedy in 1960.
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We need to hear from the presidential candidates about poverty
The Biden-Harris website is focused on the strong economy, protecting democracy in our country and around the world and the ways President Biden is addressing other issues of concern to many Americans — not opportunity for low-income people. The campaign for the likely Republican candidate, former President Trump, has posted 47 issue-specific policy videos on its website, but none directly addresses the post-COVID-19 crisis of hunger and poverty. (David Beckman/ Religion News 11/24/23)
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The Biden-Harris website is focused on the strong economy, protecting democracy in our country and around the world and the ways President Biden is addressing other issues of concern to many Americans — not opportunity for low-income people. The campaign for the likely Republican candidate, former President Trump, has posted 47 issue-specific policy videos on its website, but none directly addresses the post-COVID-19 crisis of hunger and poverty. (David Beckman/ Religion News 11/24/23)
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Evangelicals are 'betraying their humanity' by supporting Trump: conservative
Former President Donald Trump's support among Christians is by no means universal in the United States, where he has plenty of opponents who identify as Catholic or Mainline Protestant. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Georgia) and the Rev. Al Sharpton are Protestant ministers and scathing Trump critics; President Joe Biden and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) are practicing Catholics who have nothing good to say about the 2024 GOP presidential frontrunner. Yet Trump remains popular among a particular group within Christianity: far-right white evangelicals. If he wins the Republican presidential nomination next year, he will do it with a lot of help from that demographic. (Alex Henderson/ Raw Story 11/24/23)
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Former President Donald Trump's support among Christians is by no means universal in the United States, where he has plenty of opponents who identify as Catholic or Mainline Protestant. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Georgia) and the Rev. Al Sharpton are Protestant ministers and scathing Trump critics; President Joe Biden and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) are practicing Catholics who have nothing good to say about the 2024 GOP presidential frontrunner. Yet Trump remains popular among a particular group within Christianity: far-right white evangelicals. If he wins the Republican presidential nomination next year, he will do it with a lot of help from that demographic. (Alex Henderson/ Raw Story 11/24/23)
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John D Ferrer
To everyone saying that Joe Biden’s “loan forgiveness” proposal is “Christ-like” and the federal government is reflecting the Gospel by modeling forgiveness and grace, I hear you guys. Grace, forgiveness, freedom from bondage – that’s all part of salvation. Jesus did forgive our debts. He calls us to forgive our debtors. Scripture scolds people for charging certain kinds of interest, and for being greedy debt-collectors. And Scripture warns against getting into debt. There’s a lot in Scripture about debts, interest rates, and loans. And the Gospel is often described, rightfully I think, in terms of “debt” and “forgiveness.” ..........First, when a debt is owed, there are two parties who have a right to “forgive” that debt – the person financing that loan and God Himself. Now, the gov’t isn’t God. Biden isn’t Jesus, and we’re not a theocracy merging church and state either. So, while Federal authorities might sometimes be PLAYING god, they aren’t God. In that way, redistributed debt is a false analogy to the Gospel.
Second, that leaves one rightful party who can forgive the debt – the financer. In this case, that would be tax-payers. Now, there’s a good chance that this Biden proposal falls apart precisely because Biden lacks the authority to do this, in part because he’s working (with the gov’t) as the broker/steward of our tax-dollars, and he’s not financing the loans the way the American people are broadly. Biden and his entire administration aren’t qualified to “forgive” those loans since it was never their money. The gov’t works for us – the American people. We employ the federal gov’t. They are our servants. We’re not their servants. We have no king – but Christ alone (sola Christus). As such, the federal gov’t is disqualified on two counts: they aren’t God and they aren’t even bankrolling the loans – they’re just brokering the loans. As such, they aren’t qualified to forgive loans, strictly speaking. In this way, redistributed debt is a false analogy to the Gospel. --John D Ferrer; Intelligent Christian Faith; DEBT FORGIVENESS AND THE GOSPEL 8.27.22
Second, that leaves one rightful party who can forgive the debt – the financer. In this case, that would be tax-payers. Now, there’s a good chance that this Biden proposal falls apart precisely because Biden lacks the authority to do this, in part because he’s working (with the gov’t) as the broker/steward of our tax-dollars, and he’s not financing the loans the way the American people are broadly. Biden and his entire administration aren’t qualified to “forgive” those loans since it was never their money. The gov’t works for us – the American people. We employ the federal gov’t. They are our servants. We’re not their servants. We have no king – but Christ alone (sola Christus). As such, the federal gov’t is disqualified on two counts: they aren’t God and they aren’t even bankrolling the loans – they’re just brokering the loans. As such, they aren’t qualified to forgive loans, strictly speaking. In this way, redistributed debt is a false analogy to the Gospel. --John D Ferrer; Intelligent Christian Faith; DEBT FORGIVENESS AND THE GOSPEL 8.27.22
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"Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are a threat to the very soul of this country". -President Joe Biden
 Zorek Richards
Got problems with a natural disaster? Blame Biden. Problem solved.?
Right wing activist Nick Sortor tweeted this yesterday: I’ve been on the ground here on Maui speaking with countless residents, and they’re FED UP with Biden and his lack of support The support for Donald Trump in Hawaii is at an ALL TIME HIGH, and a visit from him could change the entire trajectory of the relief effort and FORCE Biden to get it together. What Nick Sortor is doing is Maganazi propaganda by going to places with problems.....magnifying them and then manufacturing rage...then blaming it all on the Biden administration. It's Maganazi bait and switch propaganda (Sorry for your pain; but this wouldnt have happened if Trump was here #doh). Maganazi GOP has already made it clear that they want to blame everything on Biden and Democrats so they will look better in November 2024. It is imperative that all the Maganazi lies and propaganda be refuted. If Maganazis win in November America as we know it ends. The Maganazis and Maganazi Evangelicals DO NOT support the Constitution of the USA and are busy rewriting history. (like pretending Jan 6 wasn't pro-Maganazi or inspired by their Maganazi God (ie, Donald Trump). The battle also has to go beyond social media. Nick Sortor saying "support for Donald Trump in Hawaii is at an ALL TIME HIGH" is not true...but more likely high with the people he can manipulate and preach his false narrative to. Going after victims of a disaster is the lowest of propaganda styles but Maganazis have very little, if any, conscience left and is now a ploy for the Maganazi regime. Most importantly: Donald "Adolph" Trump approves their message. And BTW, Nick Sortor is vacation in Hawaii while pretending he is "uncovering" damages caused by the Biden administrations negligence. |
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"Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit." -President Joe Biden; 10.6.22
Feb 7, 2023: Yahoo News: Republican response to Biden State of the Union speech speeds decline of civility in politics
The response from many Republican lawmakers to President Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday marked a new low for civility in politics in the United States.
Interrupted multiple times by jeering, boos and accusations of lying by GOP members, Biden gamely endured the taunts, at times seeming to revel in the prospect of egging on his political opponents, calling them out over threats to refuse to raise the debt ceiling and other contentious issues.
The response from many Republican lawmakers to President Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday marked a new low for civility in politics in the United States.
Interrupted multiple times by jeering, boos and accusations of lying by GOP members, Biden gamely endured the taunts, at times seeming to revel in the prospect of egging on his political opponents, calling them out over threats to refuse to raise the debt ceiling and other contentious issues.
Feb 10, 2021: ABC Religion & Ethics: “Faith sees best in the dark”: Joe Biden, Søren Kierkegaard, and the education of suffering
And how might, how could such Job like suffering be beneficial? Calamities like these often crush a believer’s reliance on a so-called “higher-power”. For President Biden, however, suffering helped turn him to God — to Him whose burden is light. A quietly but intensely devout man, the newly inaugurated President has confessed that after the December 1972 car crash that claimed the lives of his first wife, Neilia, and his baby daughter, Amy, he was tempted to look for a noose and cross bar. Instead, Biden kept the sacred trust that, no matter what, the life God gave us is good. Rather than a propositional belief, perhaps something closer to a personal trust is the penetralia of faith.
And how might, how could such Job like suffering be beneficial? Calamities like these often crush a believer’s reliance on a so-called “higher-power”. For President Biden, however, suffering helped turn him to God — to Him whose burden is light. A quietly but intensely devout man, the newly inaugurated President has confessed that after the December 1972 car crash that claimed the lives of his first wife, Neilia, and his baby daughter, Amy, he was tempted to look for a noose and cross bar. Instead, Biden kept the sacred trust that, no matter what, the life God gave us is good. Rather than a propositional belief, perhaps something closer to a personal trust is the penetralia of faith.
July 9, 2021: Baptist Global News: Love him or hate him, but at least Joe Biden has returned us to a ‘normal’ presidency; can it last?
It has been a wonderful relief to many of us to encounter the sheer normality of the Biden presidency, which is now six months old. This is a president who proposes actual policies to address obvious public needs, negotiates with both parties in Congress about the details, and uses social media only in the carefully bland promotional way that most chief executives do.
It has been a wonderful relief to many of us to encounter the sheer normality of the Biden presidency, which is now six months old. This is a president who proposes actual policies to address obvious public needs, negotiates with both parties in Congress about the details, and uses social media only in the carefully bland promotional way that most chief executives do.
Aug 17, 2021: Christianity Today: Christian Refugee Advocates Criticize Biden’s Botched Evacuation of Afghan Allies from the Taliban
World Relief joins five fellow refugee resettlement groups in lamenting the “devastating” impact of problems with the State Department’s Special Immigrant Visa process.
World Relief joins five fellow refugee resettlement groups in lamenting the “devastating” impact of problems with the State Department’s Special Immigrant Visa process.
Aug 17, 2021: ACLJ: ACLJ Takes on the IRS AGAIN With FOIA Request To Unearth the Biden IRS Targeting of Christians
We may have a new Administration, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has fallen right back into their same old bad habits that we exposed under President Barack Obama. We’re now seeing the same kind of behavior we fought against years ago rising again with a vengeance; and this time, it’s coming for conservatives AND CHRISTIANS. Perhaps it shouldn’t be so surprising as President Biden was a powerful component of the corrupt Obama-Biden Administration. As the song goes: “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”
We may have a new Administration, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has fallen right back into their same old bad habits that we exposed under President Barack Obama. We’re now seeing the same kind of behavior we fought against years ago rising again with a vengeance; and this time, it’s coming for conservatives AND CHRISTIANS. Perhaps it shouldn’t be so surprising as President Biden was a powerful component of the corrupt Obama-Biden Administration. As the song goes: “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”
Aug 27, 2020: Religious News Service: More than 350 faith leaders to back Biden for president, including many first-time endorsers
Other endorsers — most of whom organizers said are acting as individuals and not on behalf of their affiliated organizations — include a number of liberal-leaning voices, such as the Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber, an author and Lutheran pastor; David Gushee, an author and Christian ethicist; David Beckmann, president emeritus of the Christian organization Bread for the World; Diana Butler Bass, author and historian of religion; Rabbi Jack Moline, head of Interfaith Alliance; Ron Sider, founder of Evangelicals for Social Action; the Rev. Jacqui Lewis, pastor at Middle Collegiate Church in New York City; Rabbi Sharon Brous, head of IKAR Jewish community in California; Valarie Kaur, Sikh activist and head of the Revolutionary Love Project; Anju Bhargava, former member of Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and board member of the Hindu American Seva Communities; Imam Talib Shareef of Masjid Muhammad, also known as “The Nation’s Mosque”; Greg M. Epstein, Humanist chaplain at Harvard and MIT; and Brian McLaren, Christian author and activist.
Other endorsers — most of whom organizers said are acting as individuals and not on behalf of their affiliated organizations — include a number of liberal-leaning voices, such as the Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber, an author and Lutheran pastor; David Gushee, an author and Christian ethicist; David Beckmann, president emeritus of the Christian organization Bread for the World; Diana Butler Bass, author and historian of religion; Rabbi Jack Moline, head of Interfaith Alliance; Ron Sider, founder of Evangelicals for Social Action; the Rev. Jacqui Lewis, pastor at Middle Collegiate Church in New York City; Rabbi Sharon Brous, head of IKAR Jewish community in California; Valarie Kaur, Sikh activist and head of the Revolutionary Love Project; Anju Bhargava, former member of Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and board member of the Hindu American Seva Communities; Imam Talib Shareef of Masjid Muhammad, also known as “The Nation’s Mosque”; Greg M. Epstein, Humanist chaplain at Harvard and MIT; and Brian McLaren, Christian author and activist.
Aug 26, 2020: Rep. James Gailliard stumps for Biden in new campaign commercial. Rep. James Gailliard, D-Nash, is featured in an ad which premiered on Biden’s YouTube channel and then aired on television. The ad focused on Gailliard’s role as pastor of Word Tabernacle Church and doesn’t mention his state office. The 30-second video shows Gailliard’s large empty church, which is in the old Home Depot building, and scenes of empty streets in downtown Rocky Mount.
Aug 14, 2020: Gallup: Religious Identity and the 2020 Presidential Election
Protestants are the largest religious group in America, representing about 46% of American adults, although that's significantly smaller than in previous decades. (Protestants have been replaced mainly by the growing group of Americans who say they have no religion, the "Nones," to which I will return below.)
Given the nesting issue described above, Protestants are much too large and variegated to analyze meaningfully for political purposes as a single group, so I find it useful to divide them into four segments: White Evangelical Protestants, White Mainline Protestants, Black Protestants and Hispanic Protestants.
The size of the White Evangelical Protestants segment in the U.S. varies depending on how evangelicals are defined (different researchers and organizations do it different ways), but I think the range of 15% to 16% is a good estimate. In Gallup's 2020 data, 15% of Americans are White, Protestant and attend church very frequently (my working definition of evangelical). A 2019 Pew Research report estimated White evangelicals were 16% of the U.S. adult population. (The exit polls in 2016 reported that 26% of all voters met their definition of being White Christians and self-identified as evangelical or born again, but that group included Catholics, Mormons and others, not just Protestants.)
Regardless of their exact size, White evangelicals constitute one of the most pro-Trump religious segments in America. Exit polls in 2016 reported that 80% of White evangelical Christians voted for Trump; Gallup data show that 74% of White, highly religious Protestants now approve of the job Trump is doing (a good surrogate for intention to vote for Trump); and a recent Pew Research report estimated that 82% of White evangelicals would vote for Trump over Biden.
White Mainline Protestants are also defined differently by different researchers, but essentially they are White Protestants who identify with Protestant denominations not usually classified as evangelical -- including Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Lutherans and others. In lieu of Protestant denomination data, grouping together White Protestants who are less religious can serve as an effective surrogate for the Mainline category. Either way, this group constitutes about 12% to 18% of the population, and skews toward Trump. Gallup estimates that Trump approval among White non-evangelical Protestants is about 60%, and Pew estimates that 61% of their defined group of White Mainline Protestants would vote for Trump.
Black Protestants, about 8% of the U.S. adult population, are politically the exact opposite of White Evangelical Protestants. Gallup data for 2020 show that Trump job disapproval (a strong indicator of likelihood to vote for Biden) among Black Protestants is 84%, and 88% of Black Protestants say they will vote for Biden in Pew's research. (Exit poll data show that 89% of all Black voters backed Hillary Clinton over Trump in 2016.
Protestants are the largest religious group in America, representing about 46% of American adults, although that's significantly smaller than in previous decades. (Protestants have been replaced mainly by the growing group of Americans who say they have no religion, the "Nones," to which I will return below.)
Given the nesting issue described above, Protestants are much too large and variegated to analyze meaningfully for political purposes as a single group, so I find it useful to divide them into four segments: White Evangelical Protestants, White Mainline Protestants, Black Protestants and Hispanic Protestants.
The size of the White Evangelical Protestants segment in the U.S. varies depending on how evangelicals are defined (different researchers and organizations do it different ways), but I think the range of 15% to 16% is a good estimate. In Gallup's 2020 data, 15% of Americans are White, Protestant and attend church very frequently (my working definition of evangelical). A 2019 Pew Research report estimated White evangelicals were 16% of the U.S. adult population. (The exit polls in 2016 reported that 26% of all voters met their definition of being White Christians and self-identified as evangelical or born again, but that group included Catholics, Mormons and others, not just Protestants.)
Regardless of their exact size, White evangelicals constitute one of the most pro-Trump religious segments in America. Exit polls in 2016 reported that 80% of White evangelical Christians voted for Trump; Gallup data show that 74% of White, highly religious Protestants now approve of the job Trump is doing (a good surrogate for intention to vote for Trump); and a recent Pew Research report estimated that 82% of White evangelicals would vote for Trump over Biden.
White Mainline Protestants are also defined differently by different researchers, but essentially they are White Protestants who identify with Protestant denominations not usually classified as evangelical -- including Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Lutherans and others. In lieu of Protestant denomination data, grouping together White Protestants who are less religious can serve as an effective surrogate for the Mainline category. Either way, this group constitutes about 12% to 18% of the population, and skews toward Trump. Gallup estimates that Trump approval among White non-evangelical Protestants is about 60%, and Pew estimates that 61% of their defined group of White Mainline Protestants would vote for Trump.
Black Protestants, about 8% of the U.S. adult population, are politically the exact opposite of White Evangelical Protestants. Gallup data for 2020 show that Trump job disapproval (a strong indicator of likelihood to vote for Biden) among Black Protestants is 84%, and 88% of Black Protestants say they will vote for Biden in Pew's research. (Exit poll data show that 89% of all Black voters backed Hillary Clinton over Trump in 2016.
May 20, 2020: Doug Wilson: Biden! Remember Biden? He is the champion who arose from the ashes and slew the Bernie. And not content with that, he immediately turned around and slew the #MeToo movement. Talk about an effective politician! An allegation of sexual assault was levied against him, and presto, all the #MeToo advocates sold out faster than toilet paper in a New Jersey CostCo. And he accomplished these great feats while at the same time proving himself incapable of completing a coherent, you know, the thing. As the Air Mattress Spins Around You Can See Lots of Things
July 21, 2022: Biden tested positive for COVID-19 with reportedly mild symptoms
June 25, 2022: Biden signed Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
July 28, 2022: The Biden administration announced it would fill four wide gaps on the Mexico–United States border in Arizona near Yuma, an area with some of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings.
August 9, 2022: Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law. The act provides billions of dollars in new funding to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States, to compete economically with China.
October 6, 2022: Biden pardoned all Americans convicted of small amounts of marijuana possession under federal law.
June 25, 2022: Biden signed Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
July 28, 2022: The Biden administration announced it would fill four wide gaps on the Mexico–United States border in Arizona near Yuma, an area with some of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings.
August 9, 2022: Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law. The act provides billions of dollars in new funding to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States, to compete economically with China.
October 6, 2022: Biden pardoned all Americans convicted of small amounts of marijuana possession under federal law.
January 20, 2021: Biden was sworn in as 46th President of the United States
February 4, 2021: The Biden administration announced that the United States was ending its support for the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen.
Feb 23, 2021: Fortune Reports that People are criticizing Joe Biden for going to Ukraine instead of Ohio. It took 4 months of complex logistics to plan the trip to Ukraine. In Ohio, Gov. DeWine was offered all of the resources of the Federal Government and he declined claiming all was under control.
March 11, 2021:Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus relief package he proposed and lobbied for that aimed to speed up the United States' recovery from the economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing recession.
April 14, 2021: Biden announced that the United States would delay the withdrawal of all troops from the war in Afghanistan until September 11
April 28, 2021: On the eve of his 100th day in office, Biden delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress.
June 17, 2021: Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which officially declared Juneteenth a federal holiday.
February 4, 2021: The Biden administration announced that the United States was ending its support for the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen.
Feb 23, 2021: Fortune Reports that People are criticizing Joe Biden for going to Ukraine instead of Ohio. It took 4 months of complex logistics to plan the trip to Ukraine. In Ohio, Gov. DeWine was offered all of the resources of the Federal Government and he declined claiming all was under control.
March 11, 2021:Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus relief package he proposed and lobbied for that aimed to speed up the United States' recovery from the economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing recession.
April 14, 2021: Biden announced that the United States would delay the withdrawal of all troops from the war in Afghanistan until September 11
April 28, 2021: On the eve of his 100th day in office, Biden delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress.
June 17, 2021: Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which officially declared Juneteenth a federal holiday.
April 8, 2020: When Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign on April 8, 2020, Biden became the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for president.
April 13, 2020: Bernie Sanders endorsed Biden in a live-streamed discussion from their homes.
May 22, 2020: Joe Biden: “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black"
August 11, 2020: Biden announced U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California as his running mate.
August 18, 2020: Biden was officially nominated at the 2020 Democratic National Convention as the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 2020 election.
November 23, 2020: General Services Administrator Emily W. Murphy formally recognized Biden as the apparent winner of the 2020 election and authorized the start of a transition process to the Biden administration.
April 13, 2020: Bernie Sanders endorsed Biden in a live-streamed discussion from their homes.
May 22, 2020: Joe Biden: “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black"
August 11, 2020: Biden announced U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California as his running mate.
August 18, 2020: Biden was officially nominated at the 2020 Democratic National Convention as the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 2020 election.
November 23, 2020: General Services Administrator Emily W. Murphy formally recognized Biden as the apparent winner of the 2020 election and authorized the start of a transition process to the Biden administration.
April 25, 2019: Biden announced his candidacy for President saying he was prompted to run, among other reasons, by his "sense of duty."
October 21, 2015: Speaking from a podium in the Rose Garden with his wife and Obama by his side, Biden announced his decision not to run for president in 2016.
January 20, 2013: Biden was inaugurated to a second term as VP on at a small ceremony at Number One Observatory Circle, his official residence, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor presiding.
November 6, 2012: Obama and Biden won reelection over Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan with 332 of 538 Electoral College votes and 51% of the popular vote.
The notes on Joe Bidens hands usually say: "Buy more notepads." --Zorek Richards 2/8/10
March 23, 2010: a microphone picked up Biden telling the president that his signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was "a big fucking deal" during live national news telecasts
March 23, 2010: a microphone picked up Biden telling the president that his signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was "a big fucking deal" during live national news telecasts
January 20, 2009: Biden became the 47th Vice President of the United States
January 3, 2008: Biden placed fifth in the Iowa caucuses, garnering slightly less than one percent of the state delegates. He withdrew from the race that evening.
August 22, 2008: Barack Obama announced that Biden would be his running mate.
August 27, 2008: Biden was officially nominated for vice president by voice vote at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.
October 2, 2008: Biden participated in the vice-presidential debate with Sarah Palin at Washington University in St. Louis.
November 4, 2008: Obama and Biden were elected with 53% of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes to McCain–Palin's 173.
August 22, 2008: Barack Obama announced that Biden would be his running mate.
August 27, 2008: Biden was officially nominated for vice president by voice vote at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.
October 2, 2008: Biden participated in the vice-presidential debate with Sarah Palin at Washington University in St. Louis.
November 4, 2008: Obama and Biden were elected with 53% of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes to McCain–Palin's 173.
June 9, 1987: Biden formally declared his candidacy for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination.
September 23, 1987: Biden withdrew his candidacy, saying it had been overrun by "the exaggerated shadow" of his past mistakes.
June 17, 1977: Biden and Jill Tracy Jacobs were married at the United Nations chapel in New York.
January 3, 1973: Joe Biden begins his first term as a United States Senator from Delaware
December 18, 1972: Joe Bidens wife, Neila, and his daughter, Naomi, was killed in a car accident along rural Valley Road in Hockessin, Delaware
January 5, 1971: Biden became a Member of the New Castle County Council from the 4th district.
August 27, 1966: Joe Biden married Neilia Hunter at a Catholic church in Skaneateles, New York
November 20, 1942: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
September 23, 1987: Biden withdrew his candidacy, saying it had been overrun by "the exaggerated shadow" of his past mistakes.
June 17, 1977: Biden and Jill Tracy Jacobs were married at the United Nations chapel in New York.
January 3, 1973: Joe Biden begins his first term as a United States Senator from Delaware
December 18, 1972: Joe Bidens wife, Neila, and his daughter, Naomi, was killed in a car accident along rural Valley Road in Hockessin, Delaware
January 5, 1971: Biden became a Member of the New Castle County Council from the 4th district.
August 27, 1966: Joe Biden married Neilia Hunter at a Catholic church in Skaneateles, New York
November 20, 1942: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. born in Scranton, Pennsylvania