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Episode 781: Biden is Out, Harris is in, and More Project 2025 [VIDEO]
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Project 2025. - Section: Department of Health and Human Services
Who wrote this (from wikipedia)
Written by: Roger Thomas Severino (born 1974/1975)[1] is an American attorney who served as the director of the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services from 2017 to 2021. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a contributor on health policy, including abortion, to Project 2025.[2]
In March 2017, President Donald Trump appointed Severino as Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Health and Human Services.[8][9][10] He left the position on January 15, 2021.[11]
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Goal #1: Protecting Life, Conscience, and Bodily Integrity. The Secretary should pursue a robust agenda to protect the fundamental right to life, protect conscience rights, and uphold bodily integrity rooted in biological realities, not ideology. From the moment of conception, every human being possesses inherent dignity and worth, and our humanity does not depend on our age, stage of development, race, or abilities. The Secretary must ensure that all HHS programs and activities are rooted in a deep respect for innocent human life from day one until natural death: Abortion and euthanasia are not health care.
A robust respect for the sacred rights of conscience, both at HHS and among governments and institutions funded by it, increases choices for patients and program beneficiaries and furthers pluralism and tolerance. The Secretary must protect Americans’ civil rights by ensuring that HHS programs and activities follow the letter and spirit of religious freedom and conscience-protection laws.
Radical actors inside and outside government are promoting harmful identity politics that replaces biological sex with subjective notions of “gender identity” and bases a person’s worth on his or her race, sex, or other identities. This destructive dogma, under the guise of “equity,” threatens American’s fundamental liberties as well as the health and well-being of children and adults alike. The next Secretary must ensure that HHS programs protect children’s minds and bodies and that HHS programs respect parents
From Section - OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (EERE)
Who wrote this (from wikipedia)
Bernard L. McNamee (born 1967) is a government official who served as Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from 2018 to 2020.[2] McNamee was confirmed to the position by the United States Senate on December 6, 2018. He previously served in various state and federal legal and policy positions and practiced energy law in the private sector.
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Under the Biden Administration, EERE’s mission is “to accelerate the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of technologies and solutions to equitably transition America to netzero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide by no later than 2050” and
“ensure [that] the clean energy economy benefits all Americans.
Needed Reforms
End the focus on climate change and green subsidies. Under the Biden Administration, EERE is a conduit for taxpayer dollars to fund progressive policies, including decarbonization of the economy and renewable resources. EERE has focused on reducing carbon dioxide emissions to the exclusion of other statutorily defined requirements such as energy security and cost. For example, EERE’s five programmatic priorities during the Biden Administration are all focused on decarbonization of the electricity sector, the industrial sector, transportation, buildings, and the
agricultural sector.
Eliminate energy efficiency standards for appliances. Pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 as amended, the agency is required to set and periodically tighten energy and/or water efficiency standards for nearly all kinds of commercial and household appliances, including air conditioners, furnaces, water heaters, stoves, clothes washers and dryers, refrigerators, dishwashers, light bulbs, and showerheads. Current law and regulations reduce consumer choice, drive up costs for consumer appliances, and emphasize energy efficiency to the exclusion of other important factors such as cycle time and reparability.
New Policies
Eliminate EERE. The next Administration should work with Congress to eliminate all of DOE’s applied energy programs, including those in EERE (with the possible exception of those that are related to basic science for new energy technology). Taxpayer dollars should not be used to subsidize preferred businesses and energy resources, thereby distorting the market and undermining energy reliability.
Reduce EERE funding. If EERE cannot be eliminated, then the Administration should engage with Congress and the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on EERE’s budget.
Eliminate energy efficiency standards for appliances. The next Administration should work with Congress to modify or repeal the law mandating energy efficiency standards. Before (or in lieu of ) repealing the law, there are steps the agency can take to refocus on the consumer by giving
full force to the provisions already in the law that serve to limit regulatory overreach and protect against excessively stringent standards.
Comments
Evelyn
Been dying to hear y'all's takes on Biden stepping down.
Victoria
Loved the rant against the racist assholes on YouTube that may flock to defend Fuentes at the end. That guy is utter trash
Eric Denton
Biden stepping down and everyone getting behind Harris has been done perfectly. Dems are energized and Trunp is stumped. It’s now a 100 day sprint and Trump is going to step on rakes while Kamala wins over the people being young and refreshing.
Jenn H
Re: reaching out to other podcasts for fundraising, I recommend reaching out to Allison Gill (AG) of "Mueller, She Wrote", "Cleanup on Aisle 45", "The Daily Beans", and "Jack: A Special Counsel Podcast". She also owns MSW Media, a women-owned podcast network supporting independent media. AG also participated in two fundraisers of yours before: 1) Livestream to Save the Senate (to elect Ossof and Warnock, which took place few days before the insurrection), and 2) Aiding & Abetting Abortion Fundraiser (which took place right after Roe was overturned). I'm sure AG would love to do another fundraiser with you guys. And she has an absolutely enormous audience, with over 6500 patrons of The Daily Beans & Jack alone. (That's just the people who support her on Patreon. It's not how many downloads she gets per episode.) There is some overlap with Cleanup on Aisle 45, but I'm not sure how much. There is less overlap between her shows and the other shows on MSW Media. You can find AG at https://www.dailybeanspod.com/ or on Twitter @MuellerSheWrote. You can also email her at hello@muellershewrote.com or contact her through her website at https://www.dailybeanspod.com/contact/. You can find out more about MSW Media at https://mswmedia.com/.
Mary Ballard-Johansson
I was a Bernie Bro, and I feel he could have won in 2016 and 2020. But that is then. I also would have welcomed an open primary. Kamala was not my first choice. That said, I am now fully behind Kamala. She is our candidate, and I am happy about it all the way!
CajunRoyalty
If your religion is going to impact the performance of your job, one of those things needs to be reevaluated.
LisaLisa
I ❤️ Cecil's Dark Brandon conspiracy theory
Asymetra
Conservatives: Life is the most precious thing and needs to be protected at all costs. Also conservatives: Execute prisoners. The more painful and degrading the more justice is served. Also conservatives: No brain activity? Pull the plug. Also conservatives: Execute democrats.
Asymetra
I also am glad that Biden has pulled out of the race and Kamala is running. I thought Biden should have resigned and make Kamala the President. This would give us our first female president and mess up all the MAGA merch with tRump as 45-47 [sic]. But by staying in office, Kamala can focus on the race instead of dividing her attention between being President and running for re-election.
Lily Desiree Thomas
Love the fundraising idea for Dems!
