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It's a big ef**ng deal   Just as the Affordable Care Act was a ‘ big ef***ng dea l’ eleven years ago, March, 2010, President Joe Biden has just made a big deal of his own.  Biden’s American Rescue Plan legislation passed in the Senate on Wednesday. Biden is expected to sign his plan into law Thursday, at 1:30 p.m., instead of Friday as initially reported.  Photo credit: Olivier/WAPO The $1.9 trillion bill is expected to include extended unemployment benefits of $300 per week (through September, 2021), a one-time $1,400 stimulus payment and hundreds of dollars to families with children. This economic stimulus would also ensure millions more Americans can get Coronavirus vaccines, small business could stay afloat, and fund America’s crumbling infrastructure. Moreover, the plan would provide millions to African-American farmers who were left out of the previous administration’s payments to U.S. farmers.  READ : Good News for African-American Farmers ?  Seemingly,...

And The Tries That Do Not Bind. The Repubs are at it again - trying to do everything they can to put a wedge between the plans of the President of the United States, Barack Obama, to move the country forward. They voted 'No' (almost holding up medical insurance for American people for over a year) on virtually all phases (and facets) of the newly passed Health Care Bill. They started the so-called Tea Party Movement , a group of angry US  mobsters citizens(across the nation) who have protested the Stimulus Package , continue to get weak minded people riled up in the name of Democracy, been allowed to shout vile (and foul) language to members of Congress , and really set a bad example for our children to follow regarding conflict resolution. The Republicans have even held up Senate nomimations from President Obama, such that badly needed vacancies have been unfilled for almost an entire year. “Most of the men and women whose appoint...