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You are here: Home / Economics / C.R.E.A.M. / Friday Evening Open Thread: BIDEN BUCKS!

Friday Evening Open Thread: BIDEN BUCKS!

by Anne Laurie|  March 12, 20216:13 pm| 86 Comments

This post is in: C.R.E.A.M., Open Threads, President Biden, Proud to Be A Democrat

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“Help is on the way,” @SenSchumer says in Rose Garden.

“Help is on the way,” @SpeakerPelosi says.

“Help has arrived,” @VP says of latest coronavirus stimulus package signed into law. pic.twitter.com/3JnP7Mq3n3

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) March 12, 2021


… #BidenBucks is trending on twitter, and President Joe didn’t even have to make a big display of slapping his name on those checks!

pic.twitter.com/WipWA3ZS1E

— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) March 12, 2021

I am laughing so hard at this. republicans convinced themselves he was a senile old potted plant who had no idea what to do and how to shut down their talking points machine

— kilgore trout, ted’s travel agent (@KT_So_It_Goes) March 12, 2021

No Republicans attended today's event in White House Rose Garden to celebrate the latest coronavirus relief package, the 2nd largest stimulus in the nation’s history.https://t.co/F6MSvT4I0C

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) March 12, 2021

this is the ultimate grandpa pep talk, complete with a little money shoved in our pocket

— Alex Fitzpatrick (@AlexJamesFitz) March 12, 2021

i'm okay with these half-wits impotently posting memes while the functioning political party passes landmark legislation to materially improve the lives of people

ya got me, ted. ya got me. https://t.co/vo4IRk1mFK

— Peloton InfoSec Analyst (Incident Response) (@CalmSporting) March 12, 2021

a certain subset of bitter fucking weirdos is going to try to steal as much joy as possible as we claw our way out of this abyss and my advice is to simply not let them

get vaccinated, be smart, when the coast is clear, air it the fuck out with the homies. and ignore the chuds.

— Peloton InfoSec Analyst (Incident Response) (@CalmSporting) March 12, 2021

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  1. 1.

    dmsilev

    March 12, 2021 at 6:21 pm

    Isn’t it about time for Ted Cruz to head back out on spring break?

    Anyway, it’s great both to see the relief act passed and to see Democrats not being at all reluctant to celebrate that fact.

  2. 2.

    namekarB

    March 12, 2021 at 6:21 pm

    Stimulus???? Why is my news reader sending me stories about a “stimulus” check or a “stimulus” bill when Democrats repeatedly call the American Rescue Plan Act payments as “Recovery” checks and the bill as a “Rescue” bill? WTF is wrong with media?

  3. 3.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 12, 2021 at 6:23 pm

    judging from the way they leaked texts to embarrass him, I don’t think Ted has to worry about his barbecues being overcrowded with neighbors and attracting black helicopters

  4. 4.

    West of the Rockies

    March 12, 2021 at 6:25 pm

    What dim, dumb point is Cruz trying to make?  Are Democrats now coming for our beef in addition to our guns and bibles? Oh, dears!!!

  5. 5.

    Cameron

    March 12, 2021 at 6:30 pm

    Y’know, it’s only Ted Cruz who would proudly celebrate the 4th of July…in Cancun.

  6. 6.

    germy

    March 12, 2021 at 6:30 pm

    @West of the Rockies:

    Biden suggested last night that our July 4th barbecues this year won’t be massive parties, just small gatherings.

    That’s what Cruz is tweeting about.

  7. 7.

    debbie

    March 12, 2021 at 6:31 pm

    Finally! It’s said out loud: Trickle down is bullshit and has always been bullshit. Thanks, Joe!

  8. 8.

    skerry

    March 12, 2021 at 6:32 pm

    Just checked my bank account and I’ve got my covid relief bucks! $2800. woo hoo

  9. 9.

    germy

    March 12, 2021 at 6:32 pm

    Please never allow any Republican to run unopposed. That is how we got Marjorie Taylor Greene.

    — Carol McCarthy #retiremarcorubio (@carol_33410) March 11, 2021

  10. 10.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    March 12, 2021 at 6:33 pm

    Has anyone received their ? Biden Bucks?  yet?

  11. 11.

    M31

    March 12, 2021 at 6:33 pm

    “But what about July 4 gatherings in Moscow?” — the GOP

  12. 12.

    debbie

    March 12, 2021 at 6:33 pm

    @West of the Rockies:

    For the minute I listened to Glenn Beck this morning, RWNJs are outraged that Joe is acting like a king in telling people when they can have gatherings.

    ETA: Ted’s graphic would seem to equate grills with guns.

  13. 13.

    West of the Rockies

    March 12, 2021 at 6:33 pm

    @germy:

    Ted is going to have to bribe his own daughters to attend.  He has no friends.  His party will be sparsely attended even without C19 restrictions.

  14. 14.

    germy

    March 12, 2021 at 6:34 pm

    I give you the cutest damn bronze bear in the history of the world. That's the entire reason for the post.

    Vessel in the shape of a bear, 3rd-4th c. Roman or Byzantine. #MetMuseum #bear #cute pic.twitter.com/8wkxyDmLap

    — Chapps (@chapps) March 12, 2021

  15. 15.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    March 12, 2021 at 6:34 pm

    @dmsilev: I wonder where he’ll go this time, he was just in Cancun.

  16. 16.

    germy

    March 12, 2021 at 6:35 pm

    Every time I see/hear Dems doing something good (Biden's speech, legislation, Garland coming to work) I think, "The rest of my lifetime *might* be enough to repair the biggest damage."

    — Michael Gerber (@mgerber937) March 12, 2021

  17. 17.

    MisterForkbeard

    March 12, 2021 at 6:36 pm

    @debbie: Yes. This tyrannical despot has… suggested that you have small bbqs this year. Oh, and there won’t be any penalties from the feds if you decide to be a reckless asshole and do it anyway.

    Such horror. We’ve lost so much “freedom” or something.

  18. 18.

    Baud

    March 12, 2021 at 6:36 pm

    Strapping Biden Bucks eating T-Bone steaks!

  19. 19.

    germy

    March 12, 2021 at 6:37 pm

    @debbie:

    Remember when he cooked bacon on his gun?  It was a video.  First target practice, then he sizzled bacon on his weapon.

    I’m not kidding, although it sounds like it.

  20. 20.

    LurkerNoLonger

    March 12, 2021 at 6:37 pm

    bitter fucking weirdos

    AKA: Republicans

  21. 21.

    Mag

    March 12, 2021 at 6:37 pm

    Biden bucks will cause the Biden boom regardless of how much McConnell and the rest of the GQP gaslights.

  22. 22.

    debbie

    March 12, 2021 at 6:38 pm

    @MisterForkbeard:

    As I was clicking off, he angrily insisted only God could bestow rights, not kings. I wasn’t at all in the mood for drama or I’d have kept listening.

  23. 23.

    germy

    March 12, 2021 at 6:39 pm

    Sen. Patty Murray, the chair of the Senate's health committee, is reintroducing the Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act — a bill to steer billions to public health departments. She says saying the pandemic has laid bare the need to fund local officials' work.

    — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 12, 2021

  24. 24.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    March 12, 2021 at 6:39 pm

    @germy: ​
      repubs won her district by 53% in 2018, a landslide year for Dems. The district is R+31. For perspective, AOC’s South Bronx district is D+29. We shouldn’t blame Dems without good reason.

  25. 25.

    debbie

    March 12, 2021 at 6:39 pm

    @germy:

    No, I missed that. Idiot.

  26. 26.

    Bruuuuce

    March 12, 2021 at 6:40 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Knowing Ted, he’ll plan to celebrate July 4th in Moscow. Or London.

  27. 27.

    debbie

    March 12, 2021 at 6:41 pm

    @germy:

    Unopposed, and she only got 74% of the vote!

  28. 28.

    Chetan Murthy

    March 12, 2021 at 6:42 pm

    @germy: You probably already know, but just in case: she had a Dem opponent who was …. basically run out of town and the -state-.  Got a writeup at the time.  It was clear that he received death threats.  Absent law enforcement taking a vigorous interest, I don’t see how that gets fixed.  Well, or redrawing the district to split up the traitorous death-cultists, I guess.

  29. 29.

    Baud

    March 12, 2021 at 6:42 pm

    @Bruuuuce:

    It actually would be a good opportunity to remind people of the July 4 Russian trip

  30. 30.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 12, 2021 at 6:43 pm

    @Baud: can you buy crab legs with Biden Bucks? Crab legs are a real trigger for the rightiest of the righties.

    Personally, I love the meat but they’re a PITA to make at home.

  31. 31.

    PJ

    March 12, 2021 at 6:45 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: If you’re talking king crab legs, you just need a big pot to boil or steam them in – a lobster pot or big pasta pot will do (I just bend the legs at the joints and stuff them in).

  32. 32.

    Mary G

    March 12, 2021 at 6:45 pm

    My Medicare Part B supplement policy’s premium dropped from $535.03/month to $270.47 this month. Thanks, Joe Biden!*

    *No idea if the Biden admin had anything to do with it; I was on Medicare because I had Social Security Disability, which makes supplements hella expensive. When I first shopped pricing in 2006, the average monthly premium quote was about $650. I lucked into an insurance agent, who despite being a total loon and MAGAT, knew his business and got me a $309/month premium. It went up every year, but at least it started lower. When I turned 65 in December, all the disability stuff stopped and I became just a regular old American, whose supplemental policies are all the same, based on age, whether healthy as a horse or me.

    I’m writing the insurance company asking for a $529.12 refund for the January and February difference, with a cc to whoever Biden has in charge of Medicare at the moment.

  33. 33.

    Bruuuuce

    March 12, 2021 at 6:47 pm

    @Baud: I remember. I just figure he’d want to show his patriotism and true loyalty (that is, none, or negative) to the United States.

  34. 34.

    Pete Mack

    March 12, 2021 at 6:48 pm

    Corticosteroids are only a possible risk factor for non-maintenance doses. Ie: Addison’s disease remains no big deal. Indeed, I got COVID despite full precaution–from my plumber. It stayed entirely in my nose, with a 3 day fever and 5 day swolen lymph nodes and general weakness. Plus 2 months and counting of greatly reduced sense of smell…

  35. 35.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    March 12, 2021 at 6:49 pm

    Ngl, I had to a double take when I saw the title and had to check what website I was on. I thought it said “Biden Sucks!” lol

  36. 36.

    Mary G

    March 12, 2021 at 6:50 pm

    Gov. Cuomo needed his blankie today:

    This is really the most… well, I don't know what to call it… photo. He couldn't find a jacket? And the beverage? What an image! https://t.co/B8CiJT0Ux8— John Myers (@johnmyers) March 12, 2021

  37. 37.

    Geoboy

    March 12, 2021 at 6:51 pm

    @Cameron: Whereas quite a number of Republican members of Congress celebrated the Fourth of July in Moscow a couple of years ago.

  38. 38.

    Adam L Silverman

    March 12, 2021 at 6:52 pm

    @Chetan Murthy: I think a veteran has already announced they’re going to challenge her as a Democrat. It is going to be a lot harder to pull the same crap on that kind of candidate as it was on the well intended, but naive guy that dropped out last year after having his entire life destroyed.

  39. 39.

    Eunicecycle

    March 12, 2021 at 6:55 pm

    @skerry: my daughter got hers already, too!

  40. 40.

    germy

    March 12, 2021 at 6:57 pm

    https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/why-marjorie-taylor-greenes-opponent-quit-the-house-race/E3TYSMAAPRDUPPB6F3BBQAFCME/

  41. 41.

    Emerald

    March 12, 2021 at 6:59 pm

    Got my $1,400, pending in my checking account. I understand it might hold fire until the 17th, but I’m good with that.

    Fast work!

  42. 42.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    March 12, 2021 at 7:03 pm

    @Pete Mack:

    from my plumber 

    He said, with a wink.

  43. 43.

    chopper

    March 12, 2021 at 7:04 pm

    so where’s the “paycheck joe” talk on rose twitter, you’d figure they’d be all HAHAHAHA I’M FUCKING KIDDING

  44. 44.

    debbie

    March 12, 2021 at 7:06 pm

    @Emerald:

    Wow!  ?

  45. 45.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    March 12, 2021 at 7:08 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: Probably did this to his toilet.

  46. 46.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    March 12, 2021 at 7:15 pm

    Kinda hoping Biden gets in legal trouble so my crush Joyce Vance gets more tv time.

  47. 47.

    CaseyL

    March 12, 2021 at 7:16 pm

    Don’t have mine yet (*pouts*).

    If Biden can usher out the age of Trickle Down/Supply Side economics, that alone will make him the best President for domestic programs since LBJ, if not FDR.

  48. 48.

    Brachiator

    March 12, 2021 at 7:20 pm

    @David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:

    Has anyone received their ? Biden Bucks?  yet?

    A couple of people I work with noted that their checking accounts had been credited with the payments.

    Biden Bucks seems to be the official informal name. My niece just emailed my sister, saying that she had received her Biden Bucks.

  49. 49.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    March 12, 2021 at 7:25 pm

    @Brachiator:

    @Emerald:

    Good on you Emerald

    I can’t wait to get mine so I can get some bodywork done on my car. Plus a down payment on a new one

  50. 50.

    Brachiator

    March 12, 2021 at 7:26 pm

    So, Trump made a big deal about the first stimulus. Held up payments until they could come up with his goofy signature on the checks. The Republican leaders all lined up and kissed the Orange Beast’s ass, telling him what a wonderful thing he had done for the ‘Murrican peeples.

    President Joe gets the money out the door faster than a sports car motoring down the highway. The Republicans grumble resentfully about how these payments don’t mean shit.

    Americans spontaneously dub the payments “Biden Bucks.”

    So much winning.

    I love it.

  51. 51.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    March 12, 2021 at 7:33 pm

    @Brachiator:

    The Republicans grumble resentfully about how these payments don’t mean shit.

    Don’t forget whining about the REAL issues affecting Americans: racist Dr. Seuss books not being published anymore at the request of the rights holders

  52. 52.

    Geoduck

    March 12, 2021 at 7:34 pm

    @Brachiator: To be precise, the Shiatgibbon just had his name slapped on the checks, not his actual signature. And evidently that was enough for a measurable percentage of people to vote for him.

  53. 53.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    March 12, 2021 at 7:39 pm

    @Geoduck: 

    To be precise, the Shiatgibbon just had his name slapped on the checks, not his actual signature. And evidently that was enough for a measurable percentage of people to vote for him.

    I’d loved to meet somebody who did this, just so I could tell them what a humongous piece of shit they are

  54. 54.

    VeniceRiley

    March 12, 2021 at 7:50 pm

    No Biden Bucks yet, but I just did deposit the last $600 stimulus today. And got my regular paycheck today. Feeling flush. My Biden Bucks will go a long way to wedding and emigration expenses though.

  55. 55.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    March 12, 2021 at 7:58 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: ​I’m partial to Mimi Rocah and a young Jill Wine-Banks (photo)​​​​​

  56. 56.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    March 12, 2021 at 8:03 pm

    My $1400 stimulus check was just posted to my bank account Direct deposit. Our President means business he is not wasting any time— Cheryl Ann Burgess (@sherry56Ann) March 12, 2021

  57. 57.

    Amir Khalid

    March 12, 2021 at 8:05 pm

    @Cameron:
    In Cancun is somewhat less bad than in Moscow. ​

  58. 58.

    LongHairedWeirdo

    March 12, 2021 at 8:11 pm

    Hee. This tweet quote:

    I am laughing so hard at this. republicans convinced themselves he was a senile old potted plant who had no idea what to do and how to shut down their talking points machine

    … reminds me of a line from a book. The villain asks himself “could the rumors about (the other guy’s) mental health be true? No! Impossible! I started those rumors myself!”

    Methinks they’re really going to regret lowering the bar for Joe Biden with all the talk of senility.

  59. 59.

    Geminid

    March 12, 2021 at 8:12 pm

    My repulsive 5th Virginia District Congressman is Eeyoreing about the burdens the ARP is putting on “our grandchildren.” It may be news to him, but grandchildren and their parents are getting help now, when it really counts. And they will inherit a stronger economy for that.

  60. 60.

    Mj_Oregon

    March 12, 2021 at 8:18 pm

    Our $2800 Biden Bucks are a pending deposit in our bank account already.

  61. 61.

    Ohio Mom

    March 12, 2021 at 8:24 pm

    VeniceRiley@54:

    Congrats on the nuptials and where are you moving to?

  62. 62.

    Jeffro

    March 12, 2021 at 8:41 pm

    so Ted Cruz is sort of a Bowie + BBQ fan?  Weird combination but hey, who knew we had things in common…

  63. 63.

    Jeffro

    March 12, 2021 at 8:43 pm

    @debbie:RWNJs are outraged that Joe is acting like a king in telling people when they can have gatherings.

    Tucker Carlson took that one out for a test drive last night: “DON’T YOU TELL ME I CAN GATHER WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY ON THE 4TH YOU SOSHULIST MONSTER!!!1!!”

    What a party of putzes

  64. 64.

    Jeffro

    March 12, 2021 at 8:46 pm

    @Mag:Biden bucks will cause the Biden boom regardless of how much McConnell and the rest of the GQP gaslights.

    True but here’s an easy side bet: with additional bucks kicked into the system…the gas companies are going to jack gas prices way, way up this spring and summer for extra uber-capitalist profiteering…

    …and the GQP will claim that Biden did it, look at those gas prices, you Demonrat bastards…etc etc.

  65. 65.

    Ascap_scab

    March 12, 2021 at 8:48 pm

    Moneybagg Joe

  66. 66.

    Jeffro

    March 12, 2021 at 8:51 pm

    @Geminid: ugh…guess he hasn’t figured out, if the pandemic response and economic stimulus don’t happen, his blessed grandkids’ life is going to SUCK that much more…

  67. 67.

    JPL

    March 12, 2021 at 8:53 pm

    @Mj_Oregon: That was fast.

  68. 68.

    JPL

    March 12, 2021 at 8:53 pm

  69. 69.

    barbequebob

    March 12, 2021 at 9:10 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

     

    Trump Steak – Shoe Leather – Good Luck Chewing Ted

  70. 70.

    PaulWartenberg

    March 12, 2021 at 9:10 pm

    I prefer calling it a #Stimmy

    is that a problem?

  71. 71.

    PaulWartenberg

    March 12, 2021 at 9:12 pm

    @Mj_Oregon:

    I just checked my bank account as of 9:10 PM EST:

    HOLY SH-T I GOT MY #STIMMY (or #BIDENBUCKS if you prefer)

  72. 72.

    Mike Dixon

    March 12, 2021 at 9:13 pm

    I never got my 600 Previousguybucks.  It wasn’t a bfd to me financially,  and apparently enough people also didn’t get the check that the IRS has a tax form for it.  Curious why there hasn’t been more made of this.

  73. 73.

    frosty

    March 12, 2021 at 9:20 pm

    @Brachiator: No Biden Bucks for us yet. I haven’t seen TFG’s $600 yet either.

  74. 74.

    jonas

    March 12, 2021 at 9:32 pm

    @debbie: ​
     

    I agree — wingnuts should all stay inside, shut up and do nothing on 7/4. You know, to totally pwn the libs.

  75. 75.

    Ken

    March 12, 2021 at 9:33 pm

    @Mary G: I thought I read earlier today that Cuomo was going to have a news conference in the afternoon.  Or was that someone else (Schumer?) having a conference about Cuomo?

  76. 76.

    jonas

    March 12, 2021 at 9:36 pm

    @Geminid: ​
      My repulsive 5th Virginia District Congressman is Eeyoreing about the burdens the ARP is putting on “our grandchildren.”

    Lemme guess: he was far more sanguine about the effects on “our grandchildren” of Trump’s deficit-busting tax cuts in 2017. Funny that.

  77. 77.

    jonas

    March 12, 2021 at 9:40 pm

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): ​
      Don’t forget whining about the REAL issues affecting Americans: racist Dr. Seuss books not being published anymore at the request of the rights holders

    Wait, I’m confused. I thought we were supposed to ban Dr. Suess books because he was a left wing Jew who larded his books up with all sorts of subliminal socialist and environmentalist propaganda to turn innocent kids into hippy-dippy liberals or something. It’s hard to keep up with this right wing cancel culture stuff.

  78. 78.

    Ken

    March 12, 2021 at 9:40 pm

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Don’t forget whining about the REAL issues affecting Americans: racist Dr. Seuss books not being published anymore at the request of the rights holders

    And the plastic toys. I need Barbara Billingsley to translate that from wingnut for me.

    Mind you, there are some real issues involving copyright, and especially the ability of corporations to squat on IP forever.

  79. 79.

    Ken

    March 12, 2021 at 9:42 pm

    @debbie: RWNJs are outraged that Joe is acting like a king in telling people when they can have gatherings.

    Bit of a reversal from last year, when the RW was loudly in favor of the government preventing people from gathering in Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, …

  80. 80.

    Ohio Mom

    March 12, 2021 at 10:10 pm

    Jonas:

    Dr. Suess was not Jewish. Learning that was a surprise to me because so many of his made-up words remind me of Yiddish.

  81. 81.

    Ken

    March 12, 2021 at 10:17 pm

    @PaulWartenberg: I prefer calling it a #Stimmy is that a problem?

    Maybe, but I’ve stopped checking the Urban Dictionary. There are things you cannot unsee, and words you cannot unread.

  82. 82.

    Ruckus

    March 12, 2021 at 10:23 pm

    @debbie:

    I always say tinkle down.

    It sure felt like being pissed on.

    Or worse.

  83. 83.

    Kelly

    March 12, 2021 at 11:10 pm

    @Mj_Oregon:Our $2800 Biden Bucks are a pending deposit in our bank account already.

    Same

  84. 84.

    different-church-lady

    March 12, 2021 at 11:45 pm

    I’m not doing direct deposit, and I haven’t gotten the PreviousGuyBucks yet. Am I doing something wrong? Need to look into this…

  85. 85.

    Brachiator

    March 13, 2021 at 12:02 am

    @different-church-lady:

    If you were due a second stimulus payment and did not get it, you should be able to use the Recovery Rebate Worksheet when you file your 2020 tax return. The amount will show on Form 1040 Line 30.

  86. 86.

    Another Scott

    March 13, 2021 at 12:24 am

    I’m glad the money is already going out, and hope everyone eligible gets it soon.

    In other news, Jane Mayer at the NewYorker:

    On February 22nd, in an office in White Plains, two lawyers handed over a hard drive to a Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, who, along with two investigators, had driven up from New York City in a heavy snowstorm. Although the exchange didn’t look momentous, it set in motion the next phase of one of the most significant legal showdowns in American history. Hours earlier, the Supreme Court had ordered former President Donald Trump to comply with a subpoena for nearly a decade’s worth of private financial records, including his tax returns. The subpoena had been issued by Cyrus Vance, Jr., the Manhattan District Attorney, who is leading the first, and larger, of two known probes into potential criminal misconduct by Trump. The second was opened, last month, by a county prosecutor in Georgia, who is investigating Trump’s efforts to undermine that state’s election results.

    (I knew that they didn’t dump a few semi-trailers full of paper on his office.)

    The investigative phase of the Trump case will likely be complete before Vance’s term ends, leaving to him the crucial decision of whether to bring criminal charges. But any trial would almost surely rest in the hands of his successor. Daniel R. Alonso, Vance’s former top deputy, who is now a lawyer at Buckley, L.L.P., predicts that if Trump is indicted “it will be nuclear war.”

    […]

    Vance’s next move in the case against Trump is less clear. Although his office is credited with numerous convictions during his tenure—such as that of Pedro Hernandez, the murderer of Etan Patz, a six-year-old boy, in a case that had gone unsolved since 1979—critics assert that he has frequently retreated when faced with rich and powerful criminal targets. Notably, in 2012, he dropped a case involving two of Trump’s children, which centered on their management of the Trump SoHo hotel-condominium, in lower Manhattan. The tabloids have referred to Vance as Soft Cy, portraying him as a well-meaning Boy Scout who lacks the killer instinct necessary for nailing the biggest white-collar villains in New York. Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, told me, “I think he’s taken a lot of undue criticism. It’s hard. The track record is not perfect. Maybe he’s been a little bit gun-shy. But he’s upright and full of integrity.”

    […]

    An interesting story, as always, from Mayer.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

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