Today's News: Cue the Rocky Music!

 

 Not to jinx things, but I think maybe Biden is winning!

...are finding a way to make it work. They have done it alone with the American Rescue Plan. They have done it all but alone or alone on key judgeships and senior level appointments. They have had a handful of Republicans join on the infrastructure bill.

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) August 5, 2022

Credit to @SenSchumer and @SpeakerPelosi for their leadership. Credit to @Sen_JoeManchin and @SenatorSinema despite all the problems they have caused in the past for coming through when the country needed it. And above all, credit to @POTUS.

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) August 5, 2022

Restoring leadership abroad w/a remarkable global set of initiatives that have truly reset US foreign policy for a new era. It's not hyperbole. It wasn't flashy. It was certainly unlikely. But day-in and day-out the president and his team have focused on one thing: governing.

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) August 5, 2022

It's old school. Sometimes it's ugly. Certainly, we all have areas where we wish more was getting done. But what they're doing is a lot. It will make a big difference in millions, even billions, of lives around he planet. And we should be happy about that. Who'd a thunk it?

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) August 5, 2022

Republicans thought they won something big when SCOTUS dismantled abortion rights in June. 

But this terrible decision has actually become a turning point for Democrats -- it unified congressional Dems and Democrats across the country like never before, and also made them realize that they are never going to get anything done if they waited for Republicans to come to their senses. 

Biden has stepped up with a series of executive orders and initiatives over the last six weeks, to deal with problems ranging from increasing supplied of baby formula to lowering gas prices to protecting gay marriage and setting federal standards for women's health. At the same time he has been continuing international leadership on Ukraine and dealing with al-Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri. 

Democrats have been heartened by the outpouring of disgust at Republicans playing politics with the healthcare of veterans - notice how quickly they got a new vote underway - and now the vote in Kansas has made Democrats realize how powerful an issue abortion rights will be in the November mid-terms.

It has been a remarkable summer:

Screw politics. Screw poll numbers. Joe Biden has a record of accomplishments in the first two years of his Presidency that has gone unmatched for almost 60 years.

— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) July 29, 2022

Biden inherited a torn nation. It’s fabric is ripped along Red & Blue fault lines. He is the only Democrat who could have won in 2020. He continues to give his all to the country he loves. President Biden is a good man doing his best for an often ungrateful nation.#FreshResists pic.twitter.com/l9DyYwEMra

— Southern Sister Resister - Wordsmith #IAmTheStorm (@ResisterSis20) August 4, 2022

I love this "Dark Brandon" reference:

Dark Brandon is settling his debts.

— AmiableQuinn (@AmiableQuinn) August 2, 2022

And here's an unexpected twist:

“In our nation’s 246 year history there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our Republic than Donald Trump.” Dick Cheney pic.twitter.com/erBPBNy8ah

— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) August 4, 2022

Watching people find ways to agree with Dick Cheney has been my favorite part of Twitter for the last day or so

— Matt Gurney (@mattgurney) August 5, 2022

Turning to Canadian politics, just this tonight:

The major divide in politics today isn't between left and right. It's between people who believe politicians exist to validate their feelings about the world, and those who believe politicians are there to at least try to run the friggin country responsibly. #cdnpoli

— Jeff Rybak🍁 (@JeffRybak) July 31, 2022

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— Hans Collin (@HansCollin2) August 4, 2022