Biden Says He’s Almost All In On 2020, But Worries About Trump’s Take-No-Prisoners Approach

Forget about... 'Take-No-Prisoners Approach' which points the finger at  Biden's son Hunter.

Instead, think about this: 

Now imagine Kamala Harris is his running mate.

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Former Vice President Joe Biden is almost totally prepared to announce his bid for the White House, according to media reports. There’s just one big thing keeping him from pulling the trigger: concerns that President Donald Trump will play too rough during the general campaign.

Biden’s chief strategist, Steve Ricchetti, is signaling that the Delaware Democrat is about 95 percent committed to running, officials connected to the former vice president told The News York Times Thursday. There are several issues tossing a monkey wrench into Biden’s plans, however, chief among them is concern that Trump will exploit his personal life.

“I don’t think he’s likely to stop at anything, whomever he runs against,” Biden told TheNYT on Feb. 26, referring to the president’s street brawling style of campaigning. He is worried about putting his “family through what would be a very, very, very difficult campaign.” Biden believes Trump might try to exploit his tumultuous private life — his son’s checkered romantic history could be the chief reason.

(Biden's son Hunter was bonking his brother Beau's wife, Hallie)

Operatives worry Hunter Biden, the former VP’s 49-year-old son, would inevitably become an ongoing issue if Biden were to join an increasingly crowded presidential race. Hunter’s romantic relationship with his brother’s widow created headlines throughout the past several years, though most of the reports went under the radar during Biden’s tenure in the Obama administration.

Biden’s other son, Beau, died of brain cancer in May 2015. Hunter, who was married at the time, became involved shortly thereafter with his older brother’s widow, Hallie. Hunter’s wife later claimed in divorce papers that her husband wasted money on prostitutes, strip clubs, and drugs, among other vices. Biden also worries jumping into the race would be a fool’s errand.

“What I don’t want to do is take people’s time, effort and commitment without there being a clear shot that I could be the nominee,” he said at a Feb. 28 event in Delaware. Democrats are meanwhile getting impatient waiting for the 76-year-old politician to make his decision. 

He extended an end-of-2018 timeline into January and then into March. Biden is enjoying wide support from the Democratic base, perhaps as a result of his connection with former President Barack Obama. “People underestimate the intensity of his support and how broad it is,” John Anzalone, a Democratic pollster, said in an interview with the NYT.

Biden still has the support of black people (70 percent), white people without a college education (71 percent), and white people with a college education (83 percent), according to an NPR poll in January. His numbers are sky-high compared to Democratic Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Kamala Harris of California.

Results from the NPR poll come off the heels of a Morning Consult poll in December 2018 showing Biden leading the pack of prospective Democratic nominees in 2020. Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders followed a close second in the poll, drawing 19 percent among Democrats.

Biden Says He’s Almost All In On 2020, But Worries About Trump’s Take-No-Prisoners Approach

'Muslim Community Patrols' have NYC residents alarmed

Video a tip from Ed Kilbane

Notice they're 'alarmed'... but they won't do a damn anything about it. Why? Because Muslims take the initiative... they have New Yorkers trained to kiss their ass.

Video 493

All you have to do is reflect on who the mayor is.

If I said on September 12th, 2001... the day will come Muslims will be to patrolling the streets of NY out of some sick sense of political correctness I would have been deemed insane!

BTW...

How many Muslim patrol cars do you think there are in Dallas, TX?

'Muslim Community Patrols' have NYC residents alarmed

When I first saw this article I thought AOC wrote it

Unequal air: Pollution from whites disproportionately affects blacks, Hispanics

While the air pollution in the U.S. has gotten cleaner in the past decade, pollution inequity has remained high. USA TODAY

The air that Americans breathe isn't equal.

Blacks and Hispanics disproportionately breathe air that's been polluted by non-Hispanic whites, according to a study. This new research quantifies for the first time the racial gap between who causes air pollution – and who breathes it. 

(Last time I heard about 'non-Hispanic whites' one of them killed Trayvon Martin)

"Pollution is disproportionately caused by whites, but disproportionately inhaled by black and Hispanic minorities," the study said.

Poor air quality remains the largest environmental health risk in the United States, the study warns. In fact, with 100,000 deaths per year, more Americans die from air pollution than car crashes and murders combined.

“Even though minorities are contributing less to the overall problem of air pollution, they are affected by it more,” said study co-author Jason Hill, an engineering professor at the University of Minnesota, who is white. “Is it fair (that) I create more pollution and somebody else is disproportionately affected by it?”

Hill said that while the air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner in the past decade, pollution inequity has remained stubbornly high.

"What is especially surprising is just how large pollution inequity is and has been for well over a decade," Hill said.

According to a new study, blacks and Hispanics disproportionately breathe air that's been polluted by whites. This new research quantifies for the first time the racial gap between who causes air pollution – and who breathes it. (Photo: acilo / Getty Images)

The type of pollution analyzed in the study is known as "PM 2.5" – tiny grains of "particulate matter" that are especially dangerous to human health because they can get deep into our lungs. Those particles, at 2.5 micrometers far smaller than the width of a human hair, are produced by car tailpipes, power plant smokestacks, and burning materials.

The study found that black and Hispanic Americans bear a "pollution burden:" Blacks are exposed to about 56 percent more pollution than is caused by their consumption. For Hispanics, it is slightly higher – 63 percent.

However, non-Hispanic whites experience a "pollution advantage," meaning they breathe about 17 percent less air pollution than whites cause.

The formula scientists used in their study is driven by disparities in the amount of goods and services that groups consume and in the exposure to the resulting pollution.

“On average, whites tend to consume more than minorities. It’s because of wealth,” Hill said. 

For example, the scientists found that whites spend more money on pollution-intensive goods and services than do blacks and Hispanics, which means they generate more pollution than the other groups do.

Non-Hispanic whites experience about 17 percent less air pollution than they cause, while Hispanics are exposed to about 63 percent more air pollution than they cause. And blacks are exposed to about 56 percent more air pollution than they cause. Dark blue arrows indicate pollution produced while the light blue arrows show pollution exposure. (Photo: University of Minnesota / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

“Someone had to make the pen you bought at the store,” said study co-author Julian Marshall, an engineering professor at the University of Washington. “We wanted to look at where the pollution associated with making that pen is located. Is it close to where people live? And who lives there?”

For this study, the category "non-Hispanic whites" also includes Asian-Americans and Native Americans. This is based on the source that the researchers used: government data on personal expenditures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Other experts agreed with the research: “These findings confirm what most grassroots environmental justice leaders have known for decades, ‘whites are dumping their pollution on poor people and people of color,’” said Texas Southern University public affairs professor Robert Bullard, who was not part of the research. Bullard often called the father of environmental justice, is African-American.

Researchers say their pollution inequity formula could be used on other types of environmental burdens.

"The approach we establish in this study could be extended to other pollutants, locations, and groupings of people," Marshall said. "When it comes to determining who causes air pollution – and who breathes that pollution – this research is just the beginning."

The study was published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 

A layer of brown smog hovers above Los Angeles. A new study found that blacks are exposed to about 56 percent more air pollution than is caused by their consumption. For Hispanics, it is slightly higher – 63 percent. (Photo: Getty Images)

When I first saw this article I thought AOC wrote it

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is eyeing a 2020 Democratic run for president.

What's the difference between a snowball's chance in hell and Stacey Abrams?

The snowball has a better chance.

On Monday, Abrams tweeted that a presidential run next year was “definitely on the table.”

In #LeadFromTheOutside, I explore how to be intentional about plans, but flexible enough to adapt. 20 years ago, I never thought I’d be ready to run for POTUS before 2028. But life comes at you fast - as I shared in Q&A w @Yamiche at @sxsw. Now 2020 is definitely on the table...

— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) March 11, 2019

Her tweet was meant to clarify an earlier interview at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, in which she’d discussed her book Lead From the Outside with PBS “NewsHour” reporter Yamiche Alcindor and mentioned a years-old spreadsheet that lays out her life goals ― including a presidential run at the “earliest” in 2028. 

“20 years ago, I never thought I’d be ready to run for POTUS before 2028. But life comes at you fast,” Abrams clarified in her tweet hours later.

Abrams’ former campaign manager Lauren Groh-Wargo also tweeted in what she called a “fact check” that Abrams was “taking a look at all options on the table in 2020 and beyond.”

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is eyeing a 2020 Democratic run for president.

The tax burden in New York is so high that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's own mother moved to the Sunshine State

'I was paying $10,000 a year in real estate taxes up north. I'm paying $600 a year in Florida,' she said. 'It's stress-free down here.'

Blanca Ocasio-Cortez said she picked Eustis because a relative already lived here,  she paid $87,000 for an 860-square-foot home on a quiet street that dead-ends into a cemetery

Interesting, "dead-ends into a cemetery"... right where her daughter's Green New Deal is headed.

New York gets aggressive chasing rich residents fleeing the state’s higher taxes for low-tax havens

Cuomo now says he's in favor of the wall...around NY to keep the residents from leaving.

The tax burden in New York is so high that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's own mother moved to the Sunshine State