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-Great Cultural Revolution
White House, Biden Tout ‘Results for the American People'
[EpochTimes] "Today marks two years since President Biden and Vice President [Kamala] Harris were sworn in to office," White House communications director Kate Bedingfield wrote in a statement. "In the past two years, we saw significant economic growth as the President built the most significant legislative record since the Johnson Administration. And due to the overwhelming popularity of the President’s economic agenda, the President had the best first midterm election results of any Democratic President in 60 years."

The memo claimed that Biden has lowered prices, noting that the cost of gas per gallon has decreased more than $1.60 compared to the previous year and insulin is now capped at $35 per month for seniors on Medicare.

Biden has created "millions of jobs" and 2021 and 2022 "were the two strongest years of job growth in history," the document explained.

"Nearly 11 million jobs have been created and 750,000 of them are manufacturing jobs. The unemployment rate is near a 50-year low and Black, Hispanic Americans and people with disabilities are experiencing record-low unemployment," the memo stated.

The White House also said that Biden "restored our global alliances and rallied partners across the world to stand up to Russian aggression and support Ukraine," brought together Democrats and Republicans "to pass the most sweeping gun safety law in nearly 30 years," confirmed judicial nominees that "are the most diverse in history," and "appointed the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson."

Biden is "leading a manufacturing boom," the White House added, citing around $33 billion in investments from private companies like $20 billion from Intel in Ohio, $100 billion from Micron in New York, and Hanwa Q CELLS announcing "the largest single solar investment in U.S. history in Georgia."

The "cheat sheet" ended with a claim that "MAGA Republicans in Congress Are Fighting for the Super-Wealthy."
Posted by: Bobby || 01/21/2023 10:49 || Comments || Link || [26 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Oooooo K?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/21/2023 11:56 Comments || Top||

#2  Sounds like the USA Today.

“ The worsening political paralysis has Lebanon not only without a president but also with only a caretaker government, stalling a host of economic reforms aimed at stopping wasteful spending and combating rampant corruption.”
Posted by: Shanter Omineng1593 || 01/21/2023 12:00 Comments || Top||

#3  ... the President built the most significant legislative record since the Johnson Administration...

That's nothing to brag about. This country has yet to recover from LBJ's time in office. And don't forget that, by the time LBJ left office, he was one of the most unpopular characters in American history.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/21/2023 12:17 Comments || Top||

#4  I'm seeing the results alright. These mutherfuckers need to be hung.
Posted by: Chris || 01/21/2023 12:58 Comments || Top||

#5  I note that theEpochs Times is carefully reporting only that a White House memo claims all these things.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/21/2023 13:26 Comments || Top||

#6  Reports today that CoS Ron Klain is bailing out. Writing on the wall that the rest of Bidet's term will not be fun for the administration and its stooges.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/21/2023 14:37 Comments || Top||

#7  I haven't heard anybody leaving Kamala's team in quite some time. I suppose the sane ones left and only the lickspittles remained.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 01/21/2023 14:44 Comments || Top||

#8  #6 above

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/breaking-ron-klain-to-step-down-as-biden-chief-of-staff/

The departure with little advance notice is telling!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 01/21/2023 16:38 Comments || Top||

#9  Never liked him. I'm glad he's departing.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/21/2023 17:09 Comments || Top||

#10  Is that like the German leadership 1932-45 taking credit for urban renewal through out Germany, getting rid of those old buildings and infrastructure?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/21/2023 17:11 Comments || Top||

#11  Like your broker bragging about how much of your money he lost.
Posted by: Hupolunter de Medici7308 || 01/21/2023 19:36 Comments || Top||

#12  The Chief of Staff position tends to chew through people, as does Press Secretary. Klain would have been the Shot Caller on the document cleanup up. He did not coordinate that well. It was probably his idea to have the lawyers complete the Easter egg hunt so that they can play the attorney client privilege card. A more rational decision would have been to have someone with the proper security clearance do the cleanup and then use executive privilege. Technically the lawyers should now go to Leavenworth. Obviously, that’s not going to happen. Klain will be swapped with another flunky with unquestionable loyalty to Obama. There will be no swapping in a new VP as Michelle or any Obama surrogate will not make it by the Flying Monkeys in the House.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/21/2023 19:56 Comments || Top||

#13  ^ My guess? Bob Bauer. Anita "Lizard-tongue Maoist" Dunn's Hubby. Like Susan Rice, Victoria Nuland, et al, all the old corrupt assholes
Posted by: Frank G || 01/21/2023 20:42 Comments || Top||

#14  They must have someone ready to go. When you are still burning from an Exocet to starboard, that is not usually a good time to swap Chief Engineers.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/21/2023 22:48 Comments || Top||

#15  But then who will be President?
Posted by: Thruter Gloluger6393 || 01/21/2023 23:01 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Court upholds Gov. Ron DeSantis' suspension of prosecutor with ‘militant agenda'
[FoxNews] DeSantis suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren last August for 'neglect of duty'.
Mr. Warren is one of the Soros stable of radical left prosecutors.
U.S. Judge Robert Hinkle's ruling Friday found that DeSantis' decision to suspend Warren violated the U.S. Constitution and the Florida state Constitution, but the judge still upheld the suspension.

"The suspension also violated the Florida Constitution, and that violation did affect the outcome. But the 11th Amendment prohibits a federal court from awarding declaratory or injunctive relief of the kind at issue against a state official based only on a violation of state law," the judge's filing stated.

"The plaintiff Andrew H. Warren’s claims against the defendant Ron DeSantis arising under state law are dismissed without prejudice based on the 11th Amendment. Mr. Warren’s claims against Mr. DeSantis arising under federal law are dismissed on the merits with prejudice. The clerk must close the file," the filing continued.

After the ruling was announced, DeSantis communications director Taryn Fenske issued a statement, saying, "Today the court upheld the governor’s decision to suspend Andrew Warren from office for neglect of duty and incompetence."

Warren had signed a declaration last June stating that "[b]ills that criminalize safe and crucial medical treatments or the mere public existence of trans people do not promote public safety, community trust, or fiscal responsibility," and as such the signers pledged "to use our settled discretion and limited resources on enforcement of laws that will not erode the safety and well-being of our community."

The governor's executive order said that "the Florida legislature has not enacted such criminal laws," but that "these statements prove that Warren thinks he has authority to defy the Florida Legislature and nullify in his jurisdiction criminal laws with which he disagrees[.]"
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under:


#2  Yes, ignoring crimes because the perps are designated victim group is so, so moral.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/21/2023 9:31 Comments || Top||

#3  So, someone who abused his power accuses someone else of abusing power. Pass me the popcorn.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/21/2023 9:45 Comments || Top||

#4  So. You are my best bud, Warren, but ...You sent it to the wrong court!
Posted by: magpie || 01/21/2023 18:10 Comments || Top||


'Zuck Bucks 2.0': Zuckerberg-funded group pushing millions to influence local election offices, report says
[FoxNews] Critics are calling the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence the next chapter in 'Zuck Bucks scheme'
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [21 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Simply stated. Just like we have 1 citizen 1 vote.
We need campaign finance controls. So it is the WE THE PEOPLE speaking and not THEM, a few dozen UBER- $$$$$& Powerful Rich manipulating the candidate information process.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 01/21/2023 9:05 Comments || Top||


Frank Biden Peddled White House Influence During Joe Biden's Presidency
[BREITBART] President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. An incredibly corrupt version of Jar-Jar Binks, only well into his dotage. The dumbass who abandoned Afghanistan....
’s younger brother Frank Biden peddled White House influence during Joe Biden’s presidency, according to a CNN
...the organization formerly known as the Cable News Network. Now who knows what it might stand for...
report that indicates the Biden family business remains operational even since Joe Biden was elected.

On at least two separate occasions, Frank Biden publicly cited Joe Biden as a means by which he has influence, despite holding no government position or relation to the White House other than by having the same last name as the president and being his sibling.

In October, Frank Biden spoke in Venice, Italia, as the keynote speaker at a BioSig Technologies conference about "the future of global health care." BioSig Technologies is a health technology company. The trip was not paid for by Frank Biden, who refused to disclose the financier.

His speech included advice on how lobbyists could influence American policy. CNN reported the instance of influence peddling:

The speaker was not a doctor. Nor did he have an extensive background in health care, global or otherwise. But Francis W. "Frank" Biden did have something else: A brother in the White House.

In his speech, Frank Biden talked about his family and his brother’s cancer initiative, according to attendees. Following his remarks, the leader of a trade group who attended the event promptly posted a video from Venice informing members he represents that he’d spoken with Frank Biden about their efforts to lobby the federal government on Medicare reimbursement rules. The president’s brother, he told his members, had agreed to help.

Another case of Frank Biden’s influence peddling occurred in Boston in 2021 — the year after Joe Biden was elected. On behalf of the same company, BioSig Technologies, Frank Biden told health professionals at a dinner that he had a "bully pulpit" due to "my brother Joey."

CNN reported:

At that event, Frank Biden boasted of "the bully pulpit that I have as a result of the privilege of being associated with my brother Joey," and vowed to "do everything in my power to support you to get the job done, to get federal dollars to your research," a video of his speech shows.
Posted by: Fred || 01/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:

#1  My shocked face is worn out. Where can I get it refurbished?
Posted by: Bobby || 01/21/2023 12:10 Comments || Top||

#2  We got Biden's coming out of the woodwork. Just like termites.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/21/2023 13:33 Comments || Top||

#3  hmmm...I wonder if Orange Oil...
Posted by: Frank G || 01/21/2023 13:41 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Biden admin launching pilot program that would allow Americans to sponsor refugees for $2,275 each
[BIZPACREVIEW] The Biden administration, the guys that caused the debacle in Afghanistan
...the pack of self-imagined masterminds of strategy and intrigue at the service of the Biden Crime Family and a grateful nation...
is set to launch a new pilot program on Thursday that will ostensibly allow groups of Americans to directly sponsor refugees from across the globe through the State Department program called the Welcome Corps.

The program permits groups of private American citizens to sponsor individuals through the Refugee Resettlement Program if they can cough up enough money to do so, pass background checks, and devise a plan on how to support them, according to Fox News Digital. It is similar to a model used in Canada.

The program was first reported by Rooters. Groups of at least five people will be required to raise a minimum of $2,275 per refugee. Then refugees can begin the process of going through background checks.

The program’s goal is to find sponsors for 5,000 refugees before the end of the current fiscal year in September. An announcement is expected on Thursday from the Biden administration.
Posted by: Fred || 01/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [21 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Eastern European slave girl < $3000!
Share with your 5 friends."

After alleged sexual assault of two children living in state care, another foster shelter closes
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/21/2023 1:43 Comments || Top||

#2  OK, but the sponsors should be tag with financial responsibility for five years, just like obligation of Americans marrying and bringing back foreign wives.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/21/2023 7:10 Comments || Top||

#3  If only Jeffery Epstein was still alive.
Posted by: Thruter Gloluger6393 || 01/21/2023 9:19 Comments || Top||

#4  After alleged sexual assault of two children living in state care, another foster shelter closes
A religious nonprofit stopped letting Texas house foster kids in a facility it owns this fall, days after two teenage girls staying there snuck out and were allegedly sexually assaulted. The girls were 13 and 16 when two men picked them up on the side of the road and allegedly assaulted them at a hotel in Burnet, roughly 14 miles north of Marble Falls, according to court documents. Burnet County, home to Marble Falls, is about an hour northwest of Austin.
Posted by: Thruter Gloluger6393 || 01/21/2023 9:21 Comments || Top||

#5  Biden Wants Advocates to Pick, Import a Million-Plus Refugees
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/21/2023 9:32 Comments || Top||

#6  This admin just gets more ridiculous by the minute. When I first read the headline, I thought the $2275 was what the Gov was willing to pay you to sponsor one of the criminals refugees.

Stupid of me ..you pay the dough - on top of the taxes you already pay to do this.

I'm sure they will get a few virtue signaling idiots with cash who'll do this. Maybe - like Section 8 housing, you can pay to house them elsewhere. The well heeled hypocrites on Martha's Vineyard will cough up just so they can say we welcome refugees with a straight face after depoprting them last year.
Posted by: Warthog || 01/21/2023 9:43 Comments || Top||

#7  I will not be taking this program seriously until I hear Sara McClanahan singing Eyes of an Angel in the PSA.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/21/2023 10:19 Comments || Top||

#8  How about $3275 and a promise to never come back?
Posted by: Airandee || 01/21/2023 10:26 Comments || Top||

#9  The Coyotes will be happy to loan the money to members of the typical Latino extended family -- at a 'fair' interest rate, of course.
Posted by: magpie || 01/21/2023 11:42 Comments || Top||

#10  I suppose the East and West Coasters will be lining up to spend their money and show their virtue.
Posted by: Bobby || 01/21/2023 12:08 Comments || Top||

#11  the East and West Coasters

Somebody's needed to consume the empty housing.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/21/2023 20:35 Comments || Top||



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