15-12-2020, 10:32 AM
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Re: Breaking - Joe Biden wins US presidential election
Originally Posted by Omah
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Joe Biden says 'time to turn the page' after victory confirmedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-55312272
Good for Joe .....
Speaking like a President should .....
Let’s see if he can walk the walk.
15-12-2020, 11:29 AM
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Re: Breaking - Joe Biden wins US presidential election
Finally some good news. Haleluya.I'm sure much will be written on this but I think USA came close to losing democracy permanently. Trump was the wake up call the world needed to see.
We have to stop massive personal wealth driving politics.
15-12-2020, 02:50 PM
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Re: Breaking - Joe Biden wins US presidential election
Originally Posted by Reality1
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Finally some good news. Haleluya.I'm sure much will be written on this but I think USA came close to losing democracy permanently. Trump was the wake up call the world needed to see.
We have to stop massive personal wealth driving politics.
That is why the USA is in such a mess regarding these Presidentials.
It's akin to a toss-up for the UK PM being between (say) Richard Branson, James Dyson and Jim Ratcliffe.
Now how many are, like me, saying "Praise be that none of that bunch is interested in politics enough to try it" ?
Mind you, we could maybe cope with a Virgin Prime Minister!
15-12-2020, 05:06 PM
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Re: Breaking - Joe Biden wins US presidential election
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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At least the result is finally accepted even Putin has congratulated Biden.
15-12-2020, 05:33 PM
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Re: Breaking - Joe Biden wins US presidential election
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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At least the result is finally accepted even Putin has congratulated Biden.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-55318269
Mr Biden and Mr Putin had frosty relations when the former served as vice-president under Barack Obama.
The Kremlin had said it would wait for official results from November's vote before recognising the victory.
Most world leaders congratulated Mr Biden within days of the 3 November poll, when it was clear he had defeated Mr Trump.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has also finally congratulated Mr Biden but Brazil's President, Jair Bolsonaro, has still not done so, nor has North Korea's Kim Jong-un.
15-12-2020, 09:20 PM
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Re: Breaking - Joe Biden wins US presidential election
It wasn't until he actually started his presidency, people began to realise just what an egregious mistake, (bigly badly, in Trump speak), President Trump was.He really should have followed the adage it's far better to keep your mouth shut and let everybody think you're a moron, than open it and prove them right.
23-12-2020, 03:41 PM
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Twitter to wipe Trump's followers before Biden handoverhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55426685
“In 2016, the Trump administration absorbed all of President Obama's Twitter followers on @POTUS and @WhiteHouse - at Team 44's urging,” Rob Flaherty, the president-elect's digital director, tweeted on Monday. “In 2020, Twitter has informed us that as of right now the Biden administration will have to start from zero.”
It affects followers of government-led accounts such as @POTUS and @FLOTUS, all of which will be transferred to Mr Biden when he takes over the presidency in January.
Twitter said those who follow the current presidential accounts will be notified that they are being archived, and will be given the choice to follow the Biden administration's new accounts.
Mr Biden’s personal account, @JoeBiden, has 21.7 million followers, and will be unaffected by the move.
President Trump has famously used his Twitter accounts, both professional and personal, to engage with voters.
During his time in the White House, he has tweeted more than 50,000 times.
However, according to Factbase, a website that tracks tweets and follower counts, Mr Trump has lost 369,849 followers on his personal account since November.
In the same timeframe, President-elect Joe Biden has gained 2,671,790 followers.
The decision from Twitter comes just days after chief executive Jack Dorsey unfollowed numerous political figures on the platform, including Mr Trump, Mr Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris.
Marketing specialist Rebecca Lodge, from Start Up Disruptors, said of Twitter's decision: "With millions of people following an account and Donald's 'fans' being quite fanatical, it could be a clever move by Twitter to ensure that any potential negative and hate-fuelled tweets are neutralised before the new president-elect takes up his position."
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