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Inside the new President's routine: Oval Office fires and early bedtimes
CNN ^ | February 15, 2021

Posted on 02/16/2021 12:29:49 PM PST by lowbridge

Unlike his most recent predecessors -- night owls who spent the dark hours reading briefing materials (President Barack Obama) or watching television (President Donald Trump) -- Biden is more of an early-to-bed type. He has continued a tradition of reading letters from Americans, a handful of which are tucked into the briefing materials he brings home in the evenings. Recently they have focused on the pandemic; Biden has also spoken by video conference with business owners and laid-off workers weathering the economic crisis.

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And he hasn't been put off by the pack of reporters who track his every move. He's shown more willingness to answer shouted questions than Obama was, weighing in on his predecessor's impeachment trial even as the White House insisted he was focused on other things.

The President's Daily Brief, a highly classified update on the country's top intelligence, is back to a daily occurrence after happening only sporadically under Trump. Joined in the Oval Office by Vice President Kamala Harris -- who has used an iPad to receive the briefing, like Obama -- Biden is run through the update by a range of intelligence professionals.

He has expressed a preference for a fire built in the Oval Office fireplace, and sometimes adds a log himself to keep it going. His dogs, two German Shepherds called Major and Champ, sometimes join him.

His days are more structured than Trump's, whose aides began blocking out large chunks of "executive time" to accommodate his television viewing and telephone calls. Biden's meetings are more routine, though they often run longer than planned. The door to the Oval Office is not considered open to just anyone, as it sometimes was under Trump.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bias; biden; footnote209; itsalid; media; mediabias; msm; tfjba
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To: lowbridge

CNN is Biden’s public relations office (illegitimate president)


41 posted on 02/16/2021 1:08:18 PM PST by californian by choice
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To: lowbridge

The Ministry of Propaganda speaks.


42 posted on 02/16/2021 1:09:31 PM PST by Shark24 ( )
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To: lowbridge

Looks like Another fluff piece for the ‘resident.

Did he also have warm milk and a cookie?

5.56mm


43 posted on 02/16/2021 1:09:42 PM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho ain't my president.)
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To: lowbridge

This is horse apples!


44 posted on 02/16/2021 1:09:55 PM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: lowbridge

Sounds more like he’s playing Nintendo


45 posted on 02/16/2021 1:12:16 PM PST by knarf (The Constitution protects the right to peaceably assemble, not to protest)
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To: lowbridge

I notice the press has now been instructed to change “insurrection” back to “riot.”


46 posted on 02/16/2021 1:16:20 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: j.havenfarm

“Sometimes puts a log on himself.”
Wow. All I can say is wow.


I wonder how much Metamucil he has to take to do that.


47 posted on 02/16/2021 1:19:07 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: lowbridge

I couldn’t lift this off “Farce Book” but here is the link to 33 sec. of Pres. Biden lost in space and empty minded. He doesn’t have a clue where he is or what he’s doing. ELDER ABUSE!
https://www.facebook.com/100008462177344/videos/2609796022645778


48 posted on 02/16/2021 1:20:51 PM PST by WellyP (question!)
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To: lowbridge

So long as China attacks Taiwan after 8:00pm Eastern they’ll have at least a 12 hour head start before the US considers responding.


49 posted on 02/16/2021 1:22:52 PM PST by Rebelbase (COVID misanthrope)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Starts around 6:00pm with my father.


50 posted on 02/16/2021 1:24:21 PM PST by Rebelbase (COVID misanthrope)
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To: lowbridge

Last Friday morning he was wandering around the Whitehouse front lawn in jeans and a bomber jacket with a mask on. So not signing EOs I guess.


51 posted on 02/16/2021 1:25:26 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: lowbridge

There must be a new award in journalism for the most fake, biased, and snarky story ever written.

CNN would be strong contender to win the prize for this BS.


52 posted on 02/16/2021 1:30:52 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: lowbridge

Here's Biden, in his presidential library, as he carefully studies the weighty issues of the day, and soberly assesses their impact on all the little children of the world...


     

53 posted on 02/16/2021 1:31:41 PM PST by Songcraft
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To: lowbridge

From the headline I thought joe was repeatedly playing with matches in the Oval Office.


54 posted on 02/16/2021 1:34:29 PM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Like!!!!!


55 posted on 02/16/2021 1:37:56 PM PST by Gator113 ( LIVE AMMO MATTERS~~Remember Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian.)
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To: lowbridge

Destroying evidence?
Russia Russia Russia


56 posted on 02/16/2021 1:40:41 PM PST by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: lowbridge

I haven’t read the entire thread but someone has had to mention the reason for this...its because he sundowns....


57 posted on 02/16/2021 1:45:26 PM PST by statered ("And you know what I mean.")
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To: lowbridge

They are trying everything in an attempt to make Biden likable and it’s not working. He’s as cuddly as a porcupine.


58 posted on 02/16/2021 2:00:35 PM PST by Pining_4_TX (“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” ~ Yogi Berra)
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To: lowbridge

“...night owls who spent the dark hours reading briefing materials (President Barack Obama) or watching television (President Donald Trump)”


I see. Obama spent his nights reading briefing materials and President Trump just watched TV. Yep, no bias there.


59 posted on 02/16/2021 2:23:39 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: lowbridge

The reporters who track his every move.... that is so funny. He won’t be able to eat ice cream without the whole world knowing what flavor it is. If he plays Mario or Luigi in Mario Cart. How far do you sot from the fireplace? Do you make smores? What is the dogs favorite food?


60 posted on 02/16/2021 2:49:19 PM PST by webheart (COVID was not worth the economic misery that it took to keep me from getting it for 7 months..)
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