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  • Anthony Albanese to hold talks with Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak on AUKUS defence pact

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    • AUKUS آسٹریلیا کا اب تک کا سب سے بڑا دفاعی منصوبہ ہوگا۔
    • یہ مذاکرات سین ڈیگو میں ہوں گے۔
    • سان ڈیاگو امریکی پیسفک فلیٹ کا گھر ہے۔
    منصوبوں سے واقف ذرائع نے بتایا کہ امریکی صدر جو بائیڈن اگلے ہفتے سان ڈیاگو میں آسٹریلیا اور برطانیہ کے رہنماؤں کی میزبانی کریں گے تاکہ آسٹریلیا کو جوہری توانائی سے چلنے والی آبدوزوں اور دیگر ہائی ٹیک ہتھیاروں کی فراہمی کے لیے ایک راستہ طے کیا جا سکے۔

    برطانیہ کے وزیر اعظم رشی سنک کے ترجمان نے کہا کہ وہ پیر کو امریکہ کا دورہ کریں گے اور مسٹر بائیڈن اور وزیر اعظم انتھونی البانی سے AUKUS دفاعی معاہدے پر بات چیت کریں گے۔

    توقع ہے کہ وزیر اعظم انتھونی البانی منگل کو مسٹر بائیڈن کے ساتھ سان ڈیاگو (AEDT) میں جوہری توانائی سے چلنے والے سبس حاصل کرنے کے لیے آسٹریلیا کے راستے کا اعلان کریں گے۔



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  • Joe Biden teaches the EU a lesson or two on big state ‘dirigisme’

    اگر آپ نے محسوس نہیں کیا تھا، سماجی میں ایک ناقابل یقین حد تک جرات مندانہ تجربہ dirigisme یہ فرانس میں نہیں ہے، جہاں لسانی اور روحانی طور پر اس کا تعلق ہے، بلکہ آزاد کی سرزمین میں ہے۔

    یہ سطریں لکھنے والی فرانسیسی خاتون نے اعتراف کیا ہے کہ وہ اس ہفتے منظر عام پر آنے والے حالات سے حیران رہ گئی ہیں، جو یو ایس چپس ایکٹ میں گرانٹس اور قرضوں میں 39 بلین ڈالر سے منسلک ہیں، جو امریکہ میں سیمی کنڈکٹر مینوفیکچرنگ ایکو سسٹم کی ترقی کی حوصلہ افزائی کے لیے ڈیزائن کیا گیا ہے۔

    امریکی کامرس سکریٹری جینا ریمنڈو نے جس چیز کا خاکہ پیش کیا ہے وہ آجر کے رویے کو موڑنے کی ایک دور رس کوشش ہے، نہ صرف صنعتی اور مالیاتی حکمت عملی کے میدان میں – چپ بنانے والوں کو متفق ہونا چاہیے۔ بڑھانے کے لئے نہیں چین میں ایک دہائی سے اور اسٹاک بائی بیکس سے پرہیز کریں – بلکہ یہ بھی کہ وہ اپنے عملے کے ساتھ کیسا سلوک کرتے ہیں۔

    سب سے نمایاں خصوصیات میں سے کچھ – اور انتظامیہ کو بچوں کی دیکھ بھال سے متعلق اپنے قانون سازی کے منصوبوں کو پیچھے چھوڑنے کے بعد – فنڈز کے لیے درخواست دینے والی کمپنیوں کو مظاہرہ کرنا کہ وہ \”سستی، قابل رسائی، قابل اعتماد اور اعلیٰ معیار کے بچوں کی دیکھ بھال\” فراہم کریں گے۔

    بچوں کی دیکھ بھال کم اور درمیانی آمدنی والے گھرانوں کی پہنچ میں ہونی چاہیے،\” دستاویزات میں کہا گیا ہے، \”کارکنوں کی ضروریات کو پورا کرنے والے گھنٹے کے ساتھ ایک مناسب جگہ پر واقع ہونا چاہیے، کارکنوں کو یہ اعتماد دلائیں کہ انہیں بچوں کی دیکھ بھال کے غیر متوقع مسائل کے لیے کام سے محروم ہونے کی ضرورت نہیں پڑے گی۔ اور ایک محفوظ اور صحت مند ماحول فراہم کریں جس پر خاندان بھروسہ کر سکیں۔\”

    درخواست دہندگان کو لازمی طور پر \”کسی بھی لپیٹنے والی خدمات کی وضاحت کرنا ضروری ہے – جیسے بالغوں کی دیکھ بھال، نقل و حمل میں مدد، یا ہاؤسنگ امداد\”۔ انہیں نئے پلانٹس کی تعمیر سے پہلے یونینوں کے ساتھ اجتماعی سودے بازی کے معاہدوں پر دستخط کرنے کے لیے \”سخت حوصلہ افزائی\” کی جاتی ہے۔ یہ وہ زبان ہے جس پر فرانس کے مایہ ناز سوشلسٹ صدر فرانکوئس میٹرانڈ کو فخر ہوتا۔

    امریکہ میں، کمپنیوں نے اب تک ان دفعات کے بارے میں عوامی سطح پر شکایت کرنے سے گریز کیا ہے لیکن ان کا دھیان نہیں گیا ہے۔

    \”سستی بچے کی دیکھ بھال ایک قابل تعریف مقصد ہے لیکن اس کا سیمی کنڈکٹرز سے کوئی تعلق نہیں ہے،\” براک اوباما کے آٹو انڈسٹری کے سابق مشیر اسٹیون ریٹنر نے ٹویٹ کیا۔ \”اگر ہم چاہتے ہیں کہ CHIPS ایکٹ کام کرے، تو اسے غیر متعلقہ پالیسی ترجیحات کے لیے پیک خچر کے طور پر استعمال نہیں کیا جا سکتا۔\”

    ماہر اقتصادیات جےoseph Stiglitz ایک زیادہ مثبت نقطہ نظر کا اظہار کیا. \”مزدور کی کمی ہماری معیشت میں ایک اہم چیلنج ہے، خاص طور پر ہائی ٹیک صنعتوں میں۔ چِپس کی رقم وصول کرنے والی کمپنیاں کارکنوں کے لیے بچوں کی نگہداشت فراہم کرنے کا انتظام ایک اہم جز ہے،‘‘ انہوں نے کہا۔ \”ہمیں ایک ایسی مارکیٹ اکانومی کی ضرورت ہے جو نہ صرف اقدار کی عکاسی کرے بلکہ شروع سے ہی ان اقدار کی حوصلہ افزائی اور ترقی کرے۔\”

    یورپ میں اس اقدام کو قریب سے دیکھا جائے گا۔ \”وہ سماجی پالیسیوں کو آگے بڑھانے کے لیے صنعتی پالیسی کا استعمال کر رہے ہیں،\” شاہین والی، EU کے سابق مشیر برائے ایمانوئل میکرون اور اب DGAP کے سینئر فیلو، جرمن کونسل برائے خارجہ تعلقات۔ \”امریکہ میں ایک گہری نظریاتی تبدیلی آئی ہے، اور یورپ میں، ہم ابھی تک اس کے ساتھ ایڈجسٹ نہیں ہوئے ہیں۔\”

    ماہر شماریات چارلس ڈی گال کو بھی جو بائیڈن کی صنعت پر رشک آیا ہوگا۔ رضاکارانہ مزاج: موٹے طور پر کہ جہاں مرضی ہو وہاں راستہ ہوتا ہے۔ چِپس ایکٹ، مہنگائی میں کمی کے ایکٹ اور قابل تجدید توانائی اور صاف ٹیکنالوجی کے اجراء کے لیے گرانٹس، قرضوں اور ٹیکس کریڈٹ میں اس کے 369 بلین ڈالر کے ساتھ مل کر، مغربی سرمایہ دارانہ دنیا میں صنعتی پالیسی کو بحال کرنے کی سب سے اہم کوششیں ہیں۔ دوسری جنگ عظیم.

    اس سمندری تبدیلی نے یورپی کمپنیوں اور پالیسی سازوں کو بے حد پریشان کر دیا ہے، جس سے یورپی یونین اور قومی سطح پر صنعتی پالیسی پر دوبارہ غور کیا جائے گا، اور حوصلہ افزائی ہو رہی ہے۔ کی طرف سے کوششیں برسلز ریاستی امداد اور قومی سبسڈی کے قوانین میں نرمی کرے گا۔

    یورپی کاروباری رہنما، جو شکایت کرتے ہیں کہ یورپی یونین لاٹھیوں کے بارے میں ہے اور کافی گاجر نہیں ہے، انہوں نے براہ راست فنڈنگ ​​اور ٹیکس کریڈٹس کی شکل میں اسی طرح کی مراعات کا مطالبہ کیا ہے۔ لیکن وہ یقینی طور پر ان اہم تاروں پر کم دلچسپی لیں گے جو امریکہ نے بھی منسلک کیا ہے۔

    جیسا کہ ایک فرانسیسی حکومتی اہلکار نے واضح طور پر کہا: \”اگر ہم فرانس میں ایسا کر رہے ہوتے تو ہمیں کمیونسٹ کہا جاتا۔\”





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  • President Joe Biden’s new cybersecurity plan would crack down on “insecure” software and cloud platforms

    وائٹ ہاؤس کے پاس ہے۔ سائبر سیکیورٹی کی نئی حکمت عملی جاری کی۔ جو سائبر حملوں کو روکنے میں دوسری چیزوں کے ساتھ ساتھ بڑی ٹیک کمپنیوں کے کردار کو بھی بتاتا ہے۔ حکمت عملی کی دستاویز میں \”سائبر اسپیس کے دفاع کی ذمہ داری کو متوازن کرنے\” کا مطالبہ کیا گیا ہے، جو افراد، چھوٹے کاروباروں اور مقامی حکومتوں سے رینسم ویئر کے حملوں جیسی چیزوں کی ذمہ داری کو منتقل کرتے ہیں۔ اس میں چین کو \”سرکاری اور نجی شعبے کے نیٹ ورکس دونوں کے لیے وسیع ترین، سب سے زیادہ فعال، اور سب سے زیادہ مستقل خطرہ\” کے طور پر بھی شامل کیا گیا ہے۔

    صدر جو بائیڈن کا منصوبہ فوری طور پر نافذ کردہ قوانین کے بجائے اہداف کا خاکہ پیش کرتا ہے۔ لیکن اگر قوانین اور ضوابط میں منظور کیا جاتا ہے، تو یہ ان کمپنیوں کے لیے سائبر سیکیورٹی کی ضروریات کو بڑھا دے گا جو ڈیجیٹل انفراسٹرکچر چلاتی ہیں جو وائٹ ہاؤس کو اہم سمجھتا ہے۔ اس میں کلاؤڈ کمپیوٹنگ خدمات شامل ہوسکتی ہیں جو ویب انفراسٹرکچر کے ایک بڑے حصے کو طاقت دیتی ہیں – اور اسے کم سے کم حفاظتی معیارات کو پورا کرنا ہوگا یا قانونی ذمہ داری کا سامنا کرنا پڑے گا۔ حکمت عملی حکومتی اداروں سے ٹیکس وقفوں یا دیگر مراعات کی تعمیل کی حوصلہ افزائی کرنے کو کہتی ہے۔

    حکمت عملی رینسم ویئر کو ایک اہم خطرہ قرار دیتی ہے۔

    اس کے اوپری حصے میں، انتظامیہ کا کہنا ہے کہ وہ کانگریس کے ساتھ مل کر سافٹ ویئر کمپنیوں کو حفاظتی احتیاطی تدابیر اختیار کیے بغیر مصنوعات کی ترسیل کی ذمہ داری سے بچنے کے لیے کام کرے گی۔ \”سافٹ ویئر بنانے والی کمپنیاں لازمی طور پر اختراع کرنے کی آزادی رکھتی ہیں، لیکن جب وہ صارفین، کاروباری اداروں، یا بنیادی ڈھانچے کے اہم فراہم کنندگان کے ذمہ واجب الادا نگہداشت کے فرائض کو پورا کرنے میں ناکام رہیں تو انہیں بھی ذمہ دار ٹھہرایا جانا چاہیے۔\” حکمت عملی دستاویز کا کہنا ہے کہ.

    بائیڈن انتظامیہ کے مطابق اس کا مقصد ایک ایسے ڈیجیٹل ماحولیاتی نظام کو آگے بڑھانا ہے جس نے بہت سے لوگوں کو ان کے اپنے (اکثر غیر محفوظ) آلات پر چھوڑ دیا ہے۔ دستاویز کا کہنا ہے کہ \”ایک فرد کے فیصلے میں لمحہ بہ لمحہ وقفہ، پرانے پاس ورڈ کا استعمال، یا کسی مشکوک لنک پر غلطی سے کلک کرنے کے قومی سلامتی کے نتائج نہیں ہونے چاہییں۔\” \”ڈیٹا کی حفاظت کرنا اور اہم نظاموں کی وشوسنییتا کی یقین دہانی ان سسٹمز کے مالکان اور آپریٹرز کی ذمہ داری ہونی چاہیے جو ہمارے ڈیٹا کو رکھتے ہیں اور ہمارے معاشرے کو کام کرتے ہیں، ساتھ ہی ان ٹیکنالوجی فراہم کنندگان کی جو ان سسٹمز کو بناتے اور سروس فراہم کرتے ہیں۔\”

    دستاویز رینسم ویئر اسکیموں کے بڑھتے ہوئے خطرے کو توجہ کے ایک خاص شعبے کے طور پر بتاتی ہے۔ ransomware آپریشنز چلانے والے اداکاروں کو بند کرنے کی مہمات کے ساتھ ساتھ، یہ ایجنسیوں سے مطالبہ کرتا ہے کہ وہ \”غیر قانونی کرپٹو کرنسی ایکسچینجز\” کی پیروی کریں جو رینسم ویئر کو منافع بخش بنانے میں مدد کرتی ہے، 2022 کے آرڈر کے بعد ڈیجیٹل اثاثوں کو منظم کرنے کا ارادہ رکھتا ہے۔

    بائیڈن کی حکمت عملی 2018 کی ایک دستاویز کی جگہ لے گی جو سابق صدر ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ کے دور میں بنائی گئی تھی۔



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  • Joe Biden ready to run for 2nd presidential term, U.S. first lady says: ‘He’s not done’ – National | Globalnews.ca

    U.S. First Lady Jill Biden has given one of the clearest indications yet that President Joe Biden will run for a second term. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, she said that there\’s \”pretty much\” nothing left to do but figure out the time and place for the announcement. Biden aides have said an announcement is likely to come in April. Jill Biden also spoke extensively for the first time about her skin cancer diagnosis, which led doctors to remove multiple basal cell lesions in January. She said she\’s been extra careful about sunscreen since then and has been advocating for cancer screening for years. The First Lady also reflected on the legacy of former President Jimmy Carter, who recently began home hospice care. She recalled him and his wife, Rosalynn, reaching out on the eve of Joe Biden’s inauguration two years ago and visiting the Carters at their home in Plains, Georgia, early in Biden’s presidency. As the First Lady continues her career in addition to her ceremonial duties, she expressed that she\’s not ready to think about retirement.



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  • [Robert J. Fouser] Joe Biden visits Kyiv

    Today marks one year since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. US President Joe Biden visited Kyiv to underscore the US commitment to Ukraine, while Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the war would continue indefinitely. The past year has seen much loss of life and suffering, but Ukraine has made strides in reclaiming land. Fears of a broader war that might involve nuclear weapons have ebbed and flowed. Nations bordering Russia fear that they may be next, and NATO, EU, and US allies have worked to bolster Ukraine. Economic sanctions have not changed Russia\’s behavior, as China and India continue to trade freely with them. As the war continues, world leaders are beginning to consider the postwar period and how the war may end. Domestic politics in the US and other countries could erode support for Ukraine, making it more difficult for Biden to gain the upper hand and end the war. Follow my Facebook group to stay up to date on the latest news and developments surrounding the war in Ukraine.



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  • China and Russia deepen ties as Joe Biden rallies NATO\’s \’frontline\’ over Ukraine

    China and Russia have pledged to deepen their partnership as tension rises surrounding the one-year anniversary of Russia\’s invasion of Ukraine. China\’s top diplomat Wang Yi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Beijing was ready to enhance ties. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden reaffirmed security assurances for NATO\’s \”frontline\” eastern members. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister sought to calm nerves, saying the step did not make a nuclear war more likely. Schools in Ukraine have taken their classes online for the rest of the week for fear of an upsurge in Russian missile attacks. Russia is due to begin military exercises with China in South Africa on Friday and has sent a frigate equipped with new generation hypersonic cruise missiles. NATO allies and other supporters have sent Ukraine tens of billions of dollars worth of arms and ammunition. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned Beijing against supplying weapons to Moscow, prompting anger from China. Tensions remain high in Europe as the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches. The UN rights office has recorded more than 8,000 civilians killed, and millions more have been displaced. NATO allies have promised modern battle tanks, though they have yet to offer Western fighter jets sought by Kyiv.



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  • China and Russia deepen ties as Joe Biden rallies NATO\’s \’frontline\’ over Ukraine

    China and Russia have pledged to deepen their partnership as tension rises surrounding the one-year anniversary of Russia\’s invasion of Ukraine. China\’s top diplomat Wang Yi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Beijing was ready to enhance ties. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden reaffirmed security assurances for NATO\’s \”frontline\” eastern members. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister sought to calm nerves, saying the step did not make a nuclear war more likely. Schools in Ukraine have taken their classes online for the rest of the week for fear of an upsurge in Russian missile attacks. Russia is due to begin military exercises with China in South Africa on Friday and has sent a frigate equipped with new generation hypersonic cruise missiles. NATO allies and other supporters have sent Ukraine tens of billions of dollars worth of arms and ammunition. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned Beijing against supplying weapons to Moscow, prompting anger from China. Tensions remain high in Europe as the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches. The UN rights office has recorded more than 8,000 civilians killed, and millions more have been displaced. NATO allies have promised modern battle tanks, though they have yet to offer Western fighter jets sought by Kyiv.



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    China and Russia have pledged to deepen their partnership as tension rises surrounding the one-year anniversary of Russia\’s invasion of Ukraine. China\’s top diplomat Wang Yi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Beijing was ready to enhance ties. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden reaffirmed security assurances for NATO\’s \”frontline\” eastern members. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister sought to calm nerves, saying the step did not make a nuclear war more likely. Schools in Ukraine have taken their classes online for the rest of the week for fear of an upsurge in Russian missile attacks. Russia is due to begin military exercises with China in South Africa on Friday and has sent a frigate equipped with new generation hypersonic cruise missiles. NATO allies and other supporters have sent Ukraine tens of billions of dollars worth of arms and ammunition. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned Beijing against supplying weapons to Moscow, prompting anger from China. Tensions remain high in Europe as the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches. The UN rights office has recorded more than 8,000 civilians killed, and millions more have been displaced. NATO allies have promised modern battle tanks, though they have yet to offer Western fighter jets sought by Kyiv.



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    China and Russia have pledged to deepen their partnership as tension rises surrounding the one-year anniversary of Russia\’s invasion of Ukraine. China\’s top diplomat Wang Yi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Beijing was ready to enhance ties. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden reaffirmed security assurances for NATO\’s \”frontline\” eastern members. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister sought to calm nerves, saying the step did not make a nuclear war more likely. Schools in Ukraine have taken their classes online for the rest of the week for fear of an upsurge in Russian missile attacks. Russia is due to begin military exercises with China in South Africa on Friday and has sent a frigate equipped with new generation hypersonic cruise missiles. NATO allies and other supporters have sent Ukraine tens of billions of dollars worth of arms and ammunition. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned Beijing against supplying weapons to Moscow, prompting anger from China. Tensions remain high in Europe as the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches. The UN rights office has recorded more than 8,000 civilians killed, and millions more have been displaced. NATO allies have promised modern battle tanks, though they have yet to offer Western fighter jets sought by Kyiv.



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  • Bidenworld chatters that Joe may not run

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    While the belief among nearly everyone in Biden’s orbit is that he’ll ultimately give the all-clear, the delay has resulted an awkward deep-freeze across the party — in which some potential presidential aspirants and scores of major donors are strategizing and even developing a Plan B while trying to remain respectful and publicly supportive of the 80-year-old president.

    Democratic Govs. JB Pritzker of Illinois, Gavin Newsom of California and Phil Murphy of New Jersey have taken steps that could be seen as aimed at keeping the door cracked if Biden bows out — though with enough ambiguity to give them plausible deniability. Senators like Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar have been making similar moves.

    People directly in touch with the president described him as a kind of Hamlet on Delaware’s Christina River, warily biding his time as he ponders the particulars of his final campaign. In interviews, these people relayed an impression that the conventional wisdom in Washington, D.C. — that there’s simply no way he passes on 2024 — has crystallized too hard, too soon.

    “An inertia has set in,” one Biden confidant said. “It’s not that he won’t run, and the assumption is that he will. But nothing is decided. And it won’t be decided until it is.”

    ‘Doubts and problems if he waits’

    The stasis wasn’t always so pronounced. After former President Donald Trump’s launch in November, there was a desire among Biden advisers to begin charting their own kickoff plans in earnest. That urgency no longer is evident. They feel no threat of a credible primary challenge, a dynamic owed to Democrats’ better-than-expected midterms and a new early state presidential nominating calendar, handpicked by Biden. Holding off on signing campaign paperwork also allows Biden to avoid having to report a less-than-robust fundraising total for a first quarter that’s almost over.

    As the limbo continues, Biden’s advisers have been taking steps to staff a campaign and align with a top super PAC. Future Forward, which has been airing TV ads in support of the president’s agenda, would likely be Biden’s primary super PAC, though other groups would have a share in the campaign’s portfolio, a person familiar with the plans said.

    But to the surprise of some Biden allies, they say he has talked only sparingly about a possible campaign, three people familiar with the conversations said. His daily focus remains the job itself. Except for the occasional phone call with an adviser to review polling, he spends little time discussing the election. While First Lady Jill Biden signaled long ago she was on board with another run, some in the president’s orbit now wonder if the impending investigations into Hunter Biden could cause the president to second-guess a bid. Others believe it will not.

    A decision from Biden to forego another run would amount to a political earthquake not seen among Democrats in more than a half century, when Lyndon B. Johnson paired his partial halting of the U.S. bombing of Vietnam with his announcement to step aside, citing deepening “division in the American house now.”

    It would unleash an avalanche of attention on his vice president, Kamala Harris, whose uneven performances have raised doubts among fellow Democrats about her ability to win — either the primary, the general election, or both. And it would dislodge the logjam Biden himself created in 2020 when he dispatched with the sprawling field of Democratic contenders, a field that included Harris.

    “Obviously, it creates doubts and problems if he waits and waits and waits,” said Democratic strategist Mark Longabaugh, who continues to believe Biden will run — and that he won’t put off a decision for too long. “But if he were to somehow not declare ‘til June or something, I think some people would be stomping around.”

    “There would be a lot of negative conversation … among Democratic elites, and I just think that would force them to ultimately have to make a decision,” Longabaugh added. “I just don’t think he can dance around until sometime in the summer.”

    A campaign-in-waiting takes shape

    Biden and much of his inner circle still insists he plans to run, with the only caveat being a catastrophic health event that renders him unable. Anita Dunn, Jen O’Malley Dillon and Mike Donilon have effectively overseen the campaign-in-waiting, with Donilon considering shifting over to a campaign proper while the others manage operations from the White House.

    Other top advisers would also be heavily involved, including Steve Ricchetti and Bruce Reed, and former chief of staff Ron Klain may serve as an outside adviser for a 2024 bid.

    “The president has publicly told the country that he intends to run and has not made a final decision,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement. “As you heard in the State of the Union, after the best midterm results for a new Democratic president in 60 years, his focus is on ‘finishing the job’ by delivering more results for American families and ensuring that our economy works from the bottom-up and the middle-out — not the top down.”

    For now, most of the senior team sees no need to rush, and are identifying April as the soonest he would go. That was the same month Biden unveiled his primary campaign in 2019, and the month that Barack Obama restarted his campaign engines in 2011. Bill Clinton declared in April of the year before he was reelected, and George W. Bush in May, Bates added.

    In addition to Biden’s unchallenged hold on the party, they note a belief that some of his legislative wins — like the infrastructure and CHIPS bills — will yield dividends in the months closer to Election Day and the need to pace the president. They point to the year ahead of heavy foreign travel, including his historic stops in Ukraine and Poland to rally European allies against Russia.

    “We’re not going to have a campaign until we have to,” a Biden adviser said. “He’s the president. Why does he need to dive into an election early?”

    But the delay in an announcement has allowed nervous chatter to seep in — or, in the case of Biden confidants, dribble out from his inner circle. It’s forced them to consider whether Biden’s waiting could leave the party in a difficult position should he opt against another run.

    Some people around the president note he’s always been, as he likes to say, somebody who respects fate. And they pointed to the seemingly unguarded answer he gave recently to Telemundo, when asked what was stopping him from announcing his decision on a second term.

    “I’m just not ready to make it,” Biden said. He continued to insist in the same interview that polls showing Democrats eager to move on from him are erroneous.

    Famously indecisive

    Biden is famously indecisive, a habit exacerbated by decades in the über-deliberative Senate. He publicly took his time mulling a decision not to run in 2016 and to launch his run in 2020. He missed two self-imposed deadlines before choosing Harris as a running-mate.

    In the White House, he pushed back the timeline to withdraw from Afghanistan; skipped over his initial benchmark to vaccinate 70 percent of American adults against Covid-19 with at least one shot; and earlier in his presidency let lapse deadlines on climate, commissions, mask standards and promised sanctions on Russia for poisoning opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

    His decision-making process is complete with extensive research, competing viewpoints and plenty of time to think. This time around, according to those close to him, he has made rounds of calls to longtime friends, all with an unspoken sense that he is running again — though without a firm commitment being made.

    Meanwhile, aspiring Democrats have moved to keep their options open. They’ve done so with enough ambiguity to give them cover — actions that could be interpreted as politicians simply running for reelection to a separate office, selling books, or building their profiles for a presidential campaign further out in the future.

    Among them is Pritzker, who was just elected to a second term. The Illinois Democrat — like everyone else — has offered his full support to Biden. But insiders note that senior advisers from his last two campaigns are still standing by just in case. Key among them is Quentin Fulks, who last year served as campaign manager to Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock. Pritzker’s last two campaign managers, Mike Ollen, and chief of staff Anne Caprara, remain ready to deploy, along with others.

    “It’s the Boy Scout motto. ‘Be prepared,’” Democratic strategist David Axelrod said, referring to any appearance by Pritzker or other Democrats to be putting their ducks in a row for a potential presidential campaign.

    Newsom’s circle of top advisers and close aides have a similar understanding should he need to call on them — after easily winning reelection last year, surviving a recall attempt the year before and building one of the largest digital operations in Democratic politics. Murphy, who’s chairing the Democratic Governors Association, is in the same boat as the others, having vowed to back Biden while indicating an interest in a campaign should a lane open for him.

    Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who plans to seek reelection to her Senate seat in 2024, has been keeping up relations with donors far outside of Minnesota, holding a fundraiser in Philadelphia late last month. At the event, Klobuchar was asked if she planned on running for president in 2024, according to a person in the room. “She said she expects the president to run for reelection,” the person said.

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) also is running for reelection, a dynamic that allows her to pledge support for Biden, bank her own cash, communicate with party leaders on her own behalf — and change direction should she need to. One source close to the senator, however, said another presidential bid is highly unlikely regardless of what Biden decides.

    Sanders, who ran for the White House in 2020 and 2016, released a new book, “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism,” this month. He is making media appearances and going on tour with stops in New York, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Arizona and California, the delegate-rich, Super Tuesday state that he won in his second presidential campaign.

    Sanders, who himself is 81, has said that he would not challenge Biden in a primary. But he had not ruled out a run in 2024 in the event there was an open presidential primary. Sanders’ former campaign co-chair, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif), told POLITICO that Sanders “is preparing to run if Biden doesn’t,” adding he’d support Sanders in such a scenario.

    Khanna has made his own moves as well, retaining consultants in early-primary states and drawing contrasts with other ambitious Democrats such as former presidential candidate and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, another 2024 possibility. Khanna has said he will back Biden if he runs again and that he would not run for president next year if Biden declined to do so. But he has kept his options open to a campaign in 2028, or years beyond.

    “Without being overly aggressive, everyone’s still keeping the motor running just in case and they’re not being bashful about it,” said one Democratic donor, describing a call with the staff of a candidate who ran against Biden in 2020. “On the phone, everyone is very clear and has the same sentence up front: ‘If Joe Biden is running, no one will work harder than me, but if he’s not, for whatever reason, we just want to make sure we’re prepared for the good of the party.”

    The specter of Trump

    What’s driving the talk isn’t just Biden and his age, the donor added, but the possibility that Trump could return. “Most donors view the alternative as an existential threat to the country,” said the donor. “So is some of this impolite? Maybe. But no one seems to be taking issue with it.”

    As White House officials, advisers and operatives await word from Biden for 2024, many have received little clarity about where they may fit into an eventual campaign. Several decisions related to staffing remain up in the air — a dynamic some attribute to aides trying to best determine where all the moving pieces would fit together.

    Meanwhile, a plan to work in tandem with a constellation of Democratic super PACs is already starting to take shape.

    Dunn met in recent weeks with donors and officials at American Bridge, another major Democratic super PAC, one person familiar said. Top Biden aides have ties to both Future Forward and Priorities USA, two other super PACs.

    While Future Forward is likely to play the biggest role outside the possible campaign, aides stressed the others would be highly active, too. And it’s likely a campaign would designate an operative from outside its ranks itself to serve as an unofficial go-between to better coordinate with the outside groups.

    Several of the candidates for the campaign manager position represent a next generation of Democratic talent: Jennifer Ridder, Julie Chávez Rodriguez, Sam Cornale, Emma Brown and Preston Elliott. Christie Roberts, executive director of the Democratic Senate campaign arm and another sought-after operative, appears likely to remain in that job for 2024 following the party expanding its narrow Senate majority.

    Addisu Demissie, a longtime operative who ran Sen. Cory Booker’s 2020 campaign and worked closely with Bidenworld to produce the DNC, has been approached and courted for top posts on a campaign or super PAC. And Fulks, coming off the Warnock victory, also is viewed as a possible player on Biden’s campaign.

    Yet there are concerns about how much autonomy the role would provide given Biden’s tight-knit circle of old hands that’s famously suspicious of outsiders.

    There’s another complicating factor to sort out on staffing, according to the people familiar with the situation: Biden’s personal desire for a prominent campaign surrogate to blanket the cable airwaves.

    One person who could fit the bill of a more public-facing (less operationally involved) campaign manager is Kate Bedingfield, the Biden insider who just left her post as the White House communications director. Bedingfield’s name has come up more over the last week in conversations among Biden aides, the two people familiar with the talks said.

    The campaign pieces are being lined up. And several top financiers say they have been in touch with the president’s team to plan events. The president had a physical examination last week, in which his doctor gave him a nearly clean bill of health.

    All that is missing is the official go-ahead.

    Shia Kapos contributed to this report.



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