I feel like these are real crisis

[DemocracyWins]

And not just made up faux outrage. Especially the gas shortages if this is not sorted out by the end of the week this could upend the good faith Biden Administration have been getting in the polls. The Israel and Gaza conflict could inflict another war in the Middle East. Let’s not ignore these because Republicans have a louder megaphone.

[PortTack]

1. The pipeline is expected to reopen Friday...as in this Friday

[soothsayer]

2. These things happen. It'll be ok. Joe's doing fine.

[Baked Potato]

3. It's OK, Republican megaphones are so loud it's all just distortion. NT

[lagomorph777]

10. Well put!!

[SoonerPride]

4. Why panic?

The gas situation will be a short term inconvenience.

Amd the Middle East has been an unsolvable problem
For decades. No one expects Joe to fix it.

Stop panicking.

Really.

[WA-03 Democrat]

5. A loud megaphone

That shouts lies, division, anti-democratic nonsense.

One note song.

The Democratic Party knows how to govern and the differences is day or night. The results are crystal clear.

Trump could not keep toilet paper and wet wipes on the shelf but offered his sage advice of drinking bleach and getting a UVC light bulb some how inside your body. Yeast became a hot item. Can soups and pasta were all gone. The federal government had to step in and allow and indemnify the meat processors to continue and risk their workers lives because beef was getting in short supply. 500,000+ Americans died from his vain murderous negligence.

You think the Biden Administration is in the same league?

Clutch those worry pearls tighter!

[stillcool]

6. why would you think anyone was ignoring anything?

Rebecca Falconer
Mon, May 10, 2021, 12:56 AM·2 min read
The Biden administration said it's "working with" fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline to try and restart operations after a ransomware attack took it offline.
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The Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a regional emergency declaration for 17 states and Washington, D.C., to keep fuel supply lines open.

The big picture: Colonial Pipeline carries 45% of fuel supplies in the eastern U.S. Some 5,500 miles of pipeline has been shut down in response to the attack.

While gasoline and diesel prices aren't expected to be impacted if pipeline operations resume in the next few days, fuel suppliers are becoming "increasingly nervous" about possible shortages, Bloomberg notes.

What's happening: The emergency declaration covers: Alabama, Arkansas, D.C., Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

Israel and Palestine?

Biden sending official on Israeli-Palestinian affairs to deescalate tensions
BY LAURA KELLY - 05/12/21 11:59 AM EDT
https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/553108-biden-sending-top-official-on-israeli-and

The Biden administration is dispatching its top official on Israeli and Palestinian affairs to Israel as part of efforts to deescalate tensions that have erupted into military conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Hady Amr, the deputy assistant secretary of State for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs, is heading to the region to engage with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.

I worry about getting any legislation passed, and the demise of democracy, or whatever it was that existed before the U.S. went nuts.

[CrackityJones75]

7. Nah.

The current message from the republicans is that they hate one of their own. We good.

[RegularJam]

8. The gas issue should transition to talk about the infrastructure bill.

And the Israel Gaza conflict opens itself up for statesmanship and diplomacy.

[brush]

9. Exactly. Infrastructure has to include enhanced cyber security for all our systems.

If cyber crooks can disrupt a pipeline, just think what havoc they can cause to banking, credit/debit cards and the stock market. Everyone depends on cards or ATM machines nowadays; unlike before when one had to redraw enough cash to last thru the week or weekend.

Everything could come to a screeching halt if the nation was suddenly without accessible capitol. I hope the admin will make the case for this to be a part of infrastructure revamping. This pipeline attack is the perfect example to use in making the case for the bill.

[RegularJam]

11. Well said. Really is the perfect go-to example. nt