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[–] takeda 93 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's about rail: https://www.ibew.org/media-center/Articles/23Daily/2306/230620_IBEWandPaid

Biden seems to do a lot of things that don't get much attention or unfairly get bad attention. For example he drastically reduced number of drone strikes (trump actually increased them after Obama, but blocked reporting).

When he lifted sanctions on NS2 he got a lot of bad flak, some even from democrats. Only months later we learned that Russia was planning attack on Ukraine and he was doing it to repair our relationship with Germany. He managed to persuade them to drop it themselves which is how we supposed to deal with allies.

[–] gibmiser 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers."

I'm glad yo hear that not everything has to be a show, but this would be a great message to get out to the progressive democrats

[–] assassin_aragorn 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a bit torn on it. Yes it would be good to publicize, but I really like that he prioritized getting shit done over publicizing it. That's what good leaders should do.

Arguably, this is something that progressive Democrats should be aware of if they truly care about the issue, and aren't just looking for talking points.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

but I really like that he prioritized getting shit done over publicizing it

Why not do both? The executive branch can walk and chew gum.

[–] assassin_aragorn 0 points 1 year ago

I guess it's naive idealism on my part.