Tag: Joe Biden

White House Doctor Provides Update on Biden’s Condition

President Joe Biden’s symptoms have improved one day after he tested positive for COVID-19, White House doctor Kevin O’Connor said on July 22. Biden, 79, had a slightly high temperature on Thursday night but the temperature has remained normal since taking tylenol, according to a memorandum (pdf) from O’Connor to White House press secretary Karine…


The US President Finally Gets COVID

Commentary The political hierarchy of infectious disease has finally come full circle. Biden got COVID. COVID pandemic policies have always been driven by class bias. Right from the outset, governments divided people by essential and nonessential, and medical services by elective and nonelective. How all this came to be, and so suddenly, cries out for explanation. But the…


The Left Should Be Happy With Biden

Commentary The Left should be ecstatic that President Joe Biden has given them everything they wanted. The Left likes inflation. It reduces the value of old money by printing lots of new money. Those richer who have it, lose the value of their money; those poorer who don’t have any money, suddenly do. When combined…


White House Says It Doesn’t Matter Where Biden Got COVID-19

It doesn’t matter where President Joe Biden contracted COVID-19, according to the White House. “I don’t think that matters. Right? I think what matters is we prepared for this moment,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on July 21, shortly after it was announced Biden tested positive for the illness. An antigen test…


Capitol Report (July 21): Funding the Police Amid National Crime Wave; Enduring 23 Years of Persecution

President Joe Biden is working in isolation after testing positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, and the White House is informing those who may have come into close contact with the president in recent days. The positive COVID test has upended the president’s plan to make a major announcement on funding the police, as bipartisan…


Biden Makes First Comment Following COVID-19 Diagnosis

President Joe Biden issued his first comment after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier on Thursday, saying he’s doing “fine” and “keeping busy.” “Folks, I’m doing great. Thanks for your concern. Just called Senator Casey, Congressman Cartwright, and Mayor Cognetti (and my Scranton cousins!) to send my regrets for missing our event today. Keeping busy!”…


Biden Asks Congress for Tens of Billions to Back Federal Anti-Crime Plan

The Biden administration on Thursday said it is asking Congress for $37 billion in funding to deal with surging crime while calling for a ban on “assault weapons” and “high-capacity magazines.” “We need to fund police who walk the beat, know the neighborhood, are accountable to those they are sworn to serve, and build community…


Biden Asks Congress for Tens of Billions of Dollars to Back Federal Anti-Crime Plan

The Biden administration said on July 21 that it’s asking Congress for $37 billion in funding to deal with surging crime while calling for a ban on “assault weapons” and “high-capacity magazines.” “We need to fund police who walk the beat, know the neighborhood, are accountable to those they are sworn to serve, and build…


Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19: White House

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19, the White House confirmed in a statement on Thursday. Biden, 79, has received a total of four vaccine doses, including two booster shots, according to a brief statement issued by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in confirming the positive test. “This morning, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19….


White House Responds After Biden Seems to Suggest Having Cancer

A White House official tried to clarify remarks from President Joe Biden on Wednesday where he appeared to say that he currently has cancer while commenting on a forthcoming round of climate-related executive actions. His comment was made during a speech about climate initiatives when he described emissions from oil refineries near his childhood Delaware…