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Government Corruption
Manchin announces opposition to Biden Fed pick Raskin, imperiling her nomination
[Wash Examiner] Sen. Joe Manchin
... currently having loads of fun playing Saviour of the Nation...
said he will not vote to confirm Sarah Bloom Raskin to a top Federal Reserve role, likely killing her nomination.
Good
The West Virginia centrist Democrat announced his opposition in a Monday news release. He cited the importance of the Fed in fighting inflation and past remarks Raskin has made that are skeptical of fossil fuels in his decision to oppose her nomination.

Raskin, whom President Joe Biden nominated to be the Fed’s vice chairwoman of supervision, has faced intense scrutiny from Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee. Republicans contend that Raskin would use the Fed improperly to combat climate change. They say she has advocated having the Fed allocate capital and choke off credit to disfavored industries, such as oil and gas, although Raskin pushed back on that assertion during her confirmation hearing.

In an article published last September, Raskin suggested that financial regulators need to "reimagine their own role so that they can play their part in the broader reimagining of the economy."

"Climate change threatens financial stability; addressing it can create economic opportunity and more jobs," she wrote in a New York Times op-ed in 2020. "The decisions the Fed makes on our behalf should build toward a stronger economy with more jobs in innovative industries — not prop up and enrich dying ones."

In 2020, she said climate change is happening and that "whether or not you believe in it, it’s the Fed’s job to be mitigating the impact of exogenous shock."


Raskin tried to assuage the concerns of the GOP lawmakers during her hearing by pushing back on the notion that the Fed should pick winners and losers.
She's lying
"It is inappropriate for the Fed to make credit decisions and allocations," Raskin told lawmakers during the hearing. "Banks choose their borrowers, not the Fed."

Still, Manchin, who has a background in the coal industry, said he was unconvinced from her testimony.

"Now more than ever, the United States must have policy leaders and economic experts who are focused on the most pressing issues facing the American people and our nation — specifically rising inflation and energy costs," he said. "Her previous public statements have failed to satisfactorily address my concerns about the critical importance of financing an all-of-the-above energy policy to meet our nation’s critical energy needs."

Republicans have been playing hardball with Raskin’s nomination because of their opposition to her statements about the role of the central bank and because of questions about her work at a Colorado-based fintech company.
Posted by: Frank G || 03/14/2022 13:33 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  The more I see of Joe Manchin, the more I like him. VERY happy that the Senate Democrats are not so monolithic as the House ones.
Posted by: Tom || 03/14/2022 14:13 Comments || Top||

#2  Sara Raskin is wife of US Rep Jamie Raskin a far left Democrat and they life in the people's republic of Takoma Park.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 03/14/2022 15:32 Comments || Top||

#3  Sarah Bloom Raskin is married to Jamie Raskin. Obviously she is the mistress of bad choices.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/14/2022 17:09 Comments || Top||

#4  They hate us and want us to suffer. It's the only way they can achieve their utopia. Of course, they'll never get to the utopia; they just constantly move the goalposts.
Posted by: Omomolet Phutch9064 || 03/14/2022 17:33 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
25 questions that the LSD's can't or won't address.
25 Big Questions That Democrats Can't Answer About The 2020 Election. Why not upset a liberal today and send them this handy list!

Written by Emerald Robinson (Mar 11) and originally posted on:emeralddb3.substack.com


25 Big Questions That Democrats Can't Answer About The 2020 Election. Because They Know They Cheated

1. Why did the vote counting stop on election night in several swing states?

2. Why did the vote counting delays only happen in swing states?

3. Why were election observers barred from entering vote counting stations in swing states?

4. Why did Trey Trainor, the chair of the Federal Election Commission, declare on TV that election "observers have not been allowed into the polling locations in a meaningful way" and that "if they're not, the law is not being followed, making this an illegitimate election" on November 6th, 2020?

5. Why are any electronic voting machines hooked up to the Internet?

6. Why were votes from the 2020 election sent overseas for "processing" and "tabulation" purposes?

7. Why would votes from 30 states in America be processed by a Canadian firm?

8. Why would the company that "tabulates" votes for 800 American counties be a recently bankrupt Barcelona-based firm with the Department of Defense as its best-known client?

9. Why would America's electronic voting machines be under the ownership of citizens from foreign nations?

10. Why are so many electronic voting machine companies owned by shell companies?

11. Why did it take Maricopa County (Arizona) two weeks to count its votes?

12. Why did an audit expert find 74,000 more votes were counted in Maricopa County (Arizona) than were mailed out?

13. Why did Mark Zuckerberg fork over $400 million to his personal charity to run a parallel private election system in 2020?

14. Why did the Special Counsel in Wisconsin just release a report that called Zuckerberg's donations in five Wisconsin counties a classic case of bribery?

15. Why did AG Merrick Garland at Biden's Department of Justice threaten to interfere in a post-election audit conducted in Arizona and authorized by the state of Arizona?

16. Why did a county circuit court judge in Wisconsin rule that the Wisconsin Elections Commission had run the 2020 election in an illegal manner?

17. Why have the voting machine companies refused to comply with subpoenas from the state officials of Wisconsin?

18. Why do the voting machine companies refuse to have their machines inspected even though these machines are used in public elections?

19. Why is a federal judge in Georgia refusing to release a report by a cybersecurity expert who inspected a Dominion machine and found it vulnerable to hacking and manipulation of the votes?

20. Why has Dominion Voting Systems refused to comply with the post-election audit in Arizona — which was ordered by the State of Arizona itself?

21. Why are more than 300,000 ballot transfer forms missing in Georgia's 2020 election?

22. Why did Dominion Voting Systems fail to show up and answer questions from the elected officials of Pennsylvania after the 2020 election?

23. Why do 204,430 mail-in ballots in Arizona have mismatched signatures?

24. Why do 740,000 mail-in ballots in Arizona have broken chain of custody?

25. Why did the Wisconsin Special Counsel find that 50 nursing homes had 100% voter turnout and that cheating was widespread?

Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/14/2022 07:03 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  "vast right-wing conspiracy"

- Hillary Rodham Clinton [spit]
Posted by: Bobby || 03/14/2022 11:59 Comments || Top||


Former President Barack Obama tests positive for COVID-19
Ukraine/Inflation/Gas Prices distraction?? "Squirrel!!1!!" Let us pray for his full recovery *ahem*
Posted by: Frank G || 03/14/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Has he been tested for Communism?
Posted by: SteveS || 03/14/2022 0:36 Comments || Top||

#2  That's a congenital condition.
Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210 || 03/14/2022 0:43 Comments || Top||

#3  I hope his death is long and painful, and soon.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/14/2022 1:05 Comments || Top||

#4  Don't. Care. An empty suit to be buried eventually in a empty coffin.
Posted by: magpie || 03/14/2022 1:10 Comments || Top||

#5 

I guessing here, did he missed the Booster to the Booster to the Booster's Booster?

Either way, another Media loved Political talking head that was constantly was telling America to VAX, has somehow become infected?

eg...Mar 11, 2021 — Former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus and are encouraging other Americans to do so... "...

Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/14/2022 6:50 Comments || Top||


#7  "Light up the smoke generator and re-position the mirrors, we need to keep the hoi poloi from thinking too much!"
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 03/14/2022 11:17 Comments || Top||

#8  Exactly what kind of treatment did he receive? Inquiring minds want to know.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/14/2022 12:06 Comments || Top||

#9  what kind of treatment did he receive?
a Wookie butt swab, followed by the Choom ventilator
Posted by: No Fortunate Son || 03/14/2022 12:14 Comments || Top||

#10  Never thought I'd feel pity for a virus...
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 03/14/2022 12:16 Comments || Top||

#11  I hope this doesn't affect his jumpshot.
Posted by: Crusader || 03/14/2022 12:31 Comments || Top||

#12  H-F-R: aka hoo-fricken-ray
Posted by: irish rage boy || 03/14/2022 12:46 Comments || Top||

#13  I'm sure he's on all the banned 'don't work' treatments.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 03/14/2022 15:34 Comments || Top||

#14  Probably contracted Covid from shotgunning marijuana or sharing doobies with his Commie chumps.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/14/2022 17:15 Comments || Top||


Trump calls to dismantle 'failed foreign policy establishment,' blames Biden for Russia crisis
[Just the News] Start dismantling the Deep State. The squealing alone should power a portion of the power grid, if done properly
"We have a president in the most important time in history that is both physically and mentally challenged," Trump told a rally in frosty Florence, S.C.

In the shadows of Russia's war on Ukraine, former President Donald Trump declared Saturday night it was time "to clean out the rot of our failed foreign policy establishment" as he slammed his successor Joe Biden as unfit for office.

"Under Joe Biden, America is neither feared nor respected," Trump told a jam-packed, raucous rally on a freezing night in Florence, S.C. "There has never been a time where our country has been treated the way it is right now. Other countries are lecturing us and telling us what to do.

"And that's why we are seeing chaos and mayhem and bloodshed all over the world," he said.

America's 45th president, sounding ever more like a candidate for president again in 2024, blamed the entrenched bureaucracies of the State Department and security establishment for allowing Russia's aggression on Ukraine.

'While we need to help stop this brutal invasion, we also have to clean out the rot of our failed foreign policy establishment -- it is indeed rotten to the core -- before these total lunatics lead us down the path of national ruin and World War III."

Trump said he was confident that Republicans will recapture both chambers of Congress in the November midterm elections and provide a counterbalance to progressive policies flourishing under Biden.

"If we united, the tyrants we are fighting do not stand a chance," he said.

As he has in recent rallies and appearances, Trump relentlessly pounded the current president and his policies for rising inflation and energy prices, soaring crime, an open border and failed leadership on the world stage.

"We have a president in the most important time in history that is both physically and mentally challenged," he said. "..."We’re losing our Country no different than if we had lost a war."

Trump said he was the only U.S. president in the 21st century to avoid a Russian invasion on his watch (Putin invaded Georgia under George W. Bush and Ukraine under both Barack Obama and Biden, declaring "my personality kept us out of any new wars!"

He urged the Biden administration and Europe to be more tough with Putin, and not take military options off the table.

"The U.S. must make it clear to Putin that he has two choices, to negotiate peace right now or else face blistering consequences," he said.


Posted by: Frank G || 03/14/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Dismantling it’s not enough… executions and assets confiscation is way better. Kill them all!
Posted by: Caligula || 03/14/2022 14:38 Comments || Top||


Now Beto O'Rourke Says He Will Buy Back Texans' AR-15s
[Breitbart] "These are my strongly-held principles, and if you don't like them, I have some contrary others"
The shifting sands of Democrat gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke’s gun control plans have solidified, for now, into a pledge to buy back AR-15s and AK-47s from Texans if the state legislature will support doing it.

O’Rourke spoke with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith on Saturday and KVUE reported O’Rourke’s comments.

Smith asked O’Rourke to clarify his position on confiscatory gun control.

O’Rourke stressed his belief that citizens should not be able to buy a AR-15s, then said: "And if I can find the consensus within the Legislature to have a law in the state of Texas that allows us to buy those AK-47s and AR-15s back, we will."

He has been down this road many times before.

Here is a timeline of O’Rourke’s confiscatory gun control statements:

  • September 12, 2019, he stood on stage at a Democrat presidential primary and said, "Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15."

  • As a Democrat gubernatorial candidate in early February 2022, O’Rourke actually talked of defending the Second Amendment.

  • On February 8, 2022, KLTV noted O’Rourke’s apparent abandonment of his confiscatory plans by quoting him saying, "I’m not interested in taking anything from anyone."

  • But on March 12, 2022, O’Rourke returned to his confiscatory position, pledging to buy back Texans’ AR-15s and AK-47s if the state legislature will support it.

O’Rourke also used the conversation with Smith as an opportunity to criticize constitutional carry.

Texas is one of 22 states that do not require residents to get government permission, via a permit, before exercising their right to bear arms. The other 21 states are: Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

More principles:
First prominent Democrat to flip flop on support of CRT in schools is...

[HotAir] Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke is the first prominent Democrat to flip flop on teaching Critical Race Theory in schools. His quest to become Governor of Texas is bringing some interesting soundbites. The latest one is no, he doesn’t think critical race theory (CRT) should be taught in schools, why do you ask? The question was asked during a town hall event in Victoria, Texas on Friday.

The question asked of Beto was whether or not he supports teaching CRT in schools. This is a hot-button issue for parents and politicians are under fire to get the answer right. This is an issue that weighed on parents as they voted to flip Virginia from a blue state to a red state. Parents are angry (rightly) and aren’t going to take it anymore. Just last month, O’Rourke said that he supported teaching CRT in schools. Way back on February 14, 2022, Beto was perfectly parroting progressive Democrat talking points, because Beto is a progressive Democrat.
Posted by: Frank G || 03/14/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  If y'all would just elect him, he could stop flipping back and forth like this.
Posted by: SteveS || 03/14/2022 0:35 Comments || Top||

#2  You didn’t sell me my AR 15 bitch.
Posted by: Caesar Bucket7323 || 03/14/2022 4:07 Comments || Top||

#3  buy back AR-15s and AK-47s from Texans if the state legislature will support doing it.

So help me God I'll even lease your cocks and rent them out.
Posted by: Cthulhu of Ryleh || 03/14/2022 4:20 Comments || Top||

#4  Just curious: what is stopping him from buying them now, besides not having access to taxpayer coffers.

And how many Texas crimes were committed via AR-15?
Posted by: Airandee || 03/14/2022 6:33 Comments || Top||

#5  If it looks like he's slipping further in the polls, his next position statement will be "If elected, I'll buy every Texan an AR-15..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/14/2022 7:15 Comments || Top||

#6  Include a 2 MOA Red Dot Reflex Sight w/ AR-15 and I will consider it.
Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210 || 03/14/2022 7:29 Comments || Top||

#7  I'll stick with my National Match M14 thank you.
SGT USMC 1962.
Posted by: crazyhorse || 03/14/2022 7:59 Comments || Top||

#8  /\....Yes, go with wat you know.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/14/2022 8:05 Comments || Top||

#9  As many commenters here like to say, embrace the power of and. I have a couple black rifles and a Springfield Armory M1A Scout Squad with a Leatherwood ART-2 on top. They all have their particular charms.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/14/2022 8:15 Comments || Top||

#10  I like my 1903 Springfield.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 03/14/2022 8:53 Comments || Top||

#11  ^ And a lot to like about the 1903 there is. Nothing wrong with K98s either, for that matter. Or Carcanos. Or name your favorite battle tested number.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/14/2022 8:55 Comments || Top||

#12  /\ At #10, man of seasoned taste and knowledgeable firearms assessments. A man to whom I could buy a drink. A drink for #11 as well, just because I like Mausers.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/14/2022 8:58 Comments || Top||

#13  Comon, you FAL people, let's hear from you too.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/14/2022 9:20 Comments || Top||

#14  /\ Glad you brought that up.

Anyone got a fix for FN rear sight creep? (rides up the ramp after firing). Full stock Auzzie inch pattern model.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/14/2022 9:53 Comments || Top||

#15  I just skipped through this video quickly, but it had more info on FAL rear sights than I was ever aware of. I'll watch the whole thing later and get back if I find anything more useful elsewhere, B.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/14/2022 10:05 Comments || Top||

#16  Thanks!
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/14/2022 10:10 Comments || Top||

#17  Is there no love for the Mosin-Nagant, the rifle that was on the losing side in every war of the 20th century? And what about crew-served weapons?
Posted by: SteveS || 03/14/2022 11:06 Comments || Top||

#18  Beto's gonna buy them back with my (taxpayer) money, izzat right?
Posted by: Bobby || 03/14/2022 11:56 Comments || Top||

#19  I didn't buy mine from you so I'm sure as hell not going to "sell it back" to you.

You get it one pointy bit at a time.

Fucking asshat
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/14/2022 16:40 Comments || Top||

#20  What a doofus. Rourke is way out of touch with Texans (exluding Austin).
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/14/2022 17:20 Comments || Top||

#21  Hey Beta, you can find mine in your head's usual storage place...yer arse!
Posted by: Silentbrick || 03/14/2022 17:48 Comments || Top||



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Mon 2022-03-14
  War Crime of the first order. Russia burns Mariupol to the ground!
Sun 2022-03-13
  Missiles fired from Iran fall near US consulate in Erbil, Iraq
Sat 2022-03-12
  Mosque of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent shelled by Russians in Mariupol. Turkish citizens hiding inside.
Fri 2022-03-11
  Putin Places Spies Under House Arrest - CEPA
Thu 2022-03-10
  Russia’s FM said they will no longer participate in the Council of Europe
Wed 2022-03-09
  Ukraine says no longer insisting on NATO membership
Tue 2022-03-08
  Is this a Russian ‘Barguzin’ nuke weapons train in the Ukraine?
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  Ukraine's Government Opens Website To Recruit Foreigners To 'International Legion'
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  5 Members of Family Beheaded in Herat, 2 Girls Killed in Balkh
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