Changes, They Are Aaah-Coming

Direct cash payments.
Extended unemployment.
Rent relief.
Food assistance.
Aid to small businesses.
Keeping essential frontline workers on the job.

Those are the key elements of my American Rescue Plan.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 15, 2021

Biden including a $15 minimum wage in his stimulus plan is huge

Biden moving to abolish the tipped minimum wage and sub-minimum wage for people with disabilities in his stimulus package is even bigger IMO

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 15, 2021

The bar and restaurant industry has been gutted this last year. Making it so that when its safe for those people to go back to work that they can make an actual living wage instead of hoping their customers aren’t jerks is exactly what they deserve

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 15, 2021

Honestly, I don’t know how anyone can know someone who’s been on waitstaff or bar staff and NOT be in favor of getting rid of the tipped minimum wage

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 15, 2021

Also: if you’re a person who tips now and say you will stop once people make the actual minimum wage even without tips? Why? Why would you suddenly think “well, I guess they no longer did the exact same thing that would have gotten them a tip before”?

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 15, 2021

On 1st day, Biden will rescind travel ban on several Muslim countries, rejoin Paris climate accord, extend pandemic limits on evictions and student loan payments, and order agencies to figure out how to reunite children separated from families at border. https://t.co/bPj007bw2w

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 16, 2021

A special edition of The Washington Post was on my doorstep this morning. I’m framing this. 💙💙💙 #InaugurationDay pic.twitter.com/oZofqyzyhq

— Brad Beauregard Jr 🇺🇸 (@BradBeauregardJ) January 20, 2021

I’m here today because of the women who came before me. pic.twitter.com/ctB9qGJqqp

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 20, 2021

Welp. https://t.co/HMXbMI0bP0

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) January 20, 2021

Biden Day One executive actions:

Re-engage WHO
Unified fed COVID response
Extend eviction & foreclosure moratoriums
Extend student loan pause
Rejoin Paris Agreement
Roll back Trump environmental actions
Reverse Trump census order
Reverse Muslim ban
Stop border wall construction

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 20, 2021

Mr. President!

We miss you President Barack Obama. Spotted at The Greenwich Hotel In New York City (📸 splashnews) pic.twitter.com/Zalu98HFvd

— Baller Alert 🚨 (@balleralert) October 21, 2019

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Obama meets Robert De Niro for dinner after former president signed $90m deal to produce Trump impeachment documentary https://t.co/KtMfBpWkDi

— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) October 22, 2019

Honored to stand with President @BarackObama and Attorney General @EricHolder last night in the fight against partisan gerrymandering. Fair maps! @DemRedistrict pic.twitter.com/fcXVAVn8Z5

— Terry McAuliffe (@TerryMcAuliffe) October 22, 2019

Creative Organizing

Saw this story of a young person doing great work and wanted to share it—keep it up, David! That’s some creative organizing.https://t.co/bbkbf7vygr

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 28, 2019

Immigrants Make Our Country Great

This immigrant-owned restaurant feeds the homeless and poor for free every single day no questions asked. He treats them as if they were full paying customers! @ABC7News pic.twitter.com/0ERZ7jJKPi

— Caroline Patrickis (@Cpatrickis) February 8, 2019

Chat Away

Chowing Down With POTUS

The @tacolicious in the Mission has a great sense of decor pic.twitter.com/LXIQ88qw6E

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 9, 2017

Early Bird Chat: Serving Looks!

Date Night

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Darlene Superville: Obamas Take A Night Out At Mexican Restaurant In Washington

It’s date night for President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. Obama is treating the first lady to a Mexican meal at the restaurant Oyamel in Washington’s Penn Quarter neighborhood.

The Obamas have dined several times at the establishment owned by celebrity chef and Obama supporter Jose Andres. Obama returned late Friday from a weeklong visit to Vietnam and Japan.

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Early Bird Chat: One Of A Kind Leader

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Anthony Bourdain: Six True Things About Dinner With Obama

The President is an Asiaphile. He spoke wistfully of his time in Indonesia and his memories of the smells and flavors of street food there. The reaction among regular people in Hanoi to the fact that the US President chose to eat Bun Cha was beyond all imagining. The effect was unbelievable. People were actually crying the next day, describing to me their shock and their pride, the reactions of their neighbors, to this completely unexpected choice of meal—and the venue. He was among the very few guests on my show who ever asked the camera crew if they got to eat too. And he made a point of taking a picture with all of them when we were done.

More here

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President Obama’s Bún chả Hương Liên Experience

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Whitney Filloon: President Obama Just Had Dinner With Anthony Bourdain

In case Barack Obama hadn’t already secured his place in history as the Coolest President, this should do it: Tonight, POTUS is dining with Anthony Bourdain in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi. What will the dynamic duo’s dinner conversation entail, and more importantly, what will they feast upon? According to the Wall Street Journal’s White House correspondent Carol Lee, they’ll be eating at a restaurant called Bún chả Hương Liên. (Bún chả is a traditional dish hailing from Hanoi that consists of grilled pork served in a broth or dipping sauce, flanked by rice noodles and fresh herbs.)

According to a press release from CNN, scenes from the momentous dinner will appear on an upcoming episode of Parts Unknown to air during the show’s eighth season in September. With 241 days left in the White House, what other Cool Things will Obama accomplish? He’s already become the first president to brew beer in the White House, and impressed his hipster taste in coffee upon the Oval Office, which now uses Chemex brewers emblazoned with the presidential seal.

More here

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Anthony Bourdain

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Total cost of bun Cha dinner with the President: $6.00 . I picked up the check . #Hanoi

— Anthony Bourdain (@Bourdain) May 23, 2016

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After dinner with @Bourdain, Obama greeted with cheers on a humid Hanoi evening pic.twitter.com/Manzqs4hz8

— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) May 23, 2016

More photos of his arrival at the restaurant here: https://t.co/ExKA9HgsOW pic.twitter.com/uD5SgQaAFO

— David Clinch (@DavidClinchNews) May 23, 2016

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