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If Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans have any interest in stopping Biden’s weaponization of the federal government to boost Democrats’ get-out-the-vote machine, they must be willing to halt all federal funding until the aforementioned provisions are included in any spending bill that comes across their desks. Otherwise, Biden’s secret election-rigging scheme will derail the GOP’s electoral prospects for years to come.
Ben Shapiro
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Absolutely pathetic. Hamas is currently holding six American citizens hostage and Biden is saying he wants to pressure Israel. And that Israel should give the Hamas/PA/Islamic Jihad government a state.
Sawyer Hackett
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President Biden: "I told him, Bibi, and don't repeat this, but you and I are going to have a ‘come to Jesus’ meeting."
“I’m on a hot mic here. Good. That’s good.”
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9:53 AM · Mar 8, 2024
A few years ago, the media couldn't stop harping on about Joe Biden being "the great unifier," then last night he stood up in front of America and told everyone to pick a side. //
Lioness56
an hour ago
Joe Biden kept coughing last night because his pants were SO on fire. //
AngelicProphet
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'They" want an excuse to declare martial law, cancel the elections and implement 'their own' government. biden has THREATENED the citizens of the USA more than once now... Even going so far as suggesting "they" have F16's. I have no doubt biden would love to use our military against those 'who are not with' "with THEM", but oppose them. All one need do is look at the overreach with the J6 folks! "They" like poking the bear, stirring the so called sh*tpot. But we know what "they" are after and we simply will not give it to them.
The State of the Union address was not for the Union. Sure, it's always a political speech, but it's usually focused on bringing the country together behind the president. But last not, that speech wasn't for you and me, people who are conservative or even slightly right of center. It wasn't for independents, either. Last night's speech was to every Democrat in the room, every member of the media watching, and every Democrat at home. He took an hour to say what really could have distilled to this:
"I'm running. Me. Not Michelle. Not Gavin. Me. And you're all gonna back me, starting right now."
The old man yelled at his own party. He refused to name Trump, but he referenced him. He never once spoke about working with Republicans, only demanding they join him and abandon "the former president," as he referred to him. But the message last night was Joe Biden stomping out any talk of insurgency within his own party.
Elon Musk
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This administration is both importing voters and creating a national security threat from unvetted illegal immigrants.
It is highly probable that the groundwork is being laid for something far worse than 9/11. Just a matter of time.
12:26 AM · Mar 5, 2024 //
X owner Elon Musk pointed out an issue that most people don't even know about - that not only is Biden leaving the door open for illegal aliens to come in, Biden was also flying people into this country from other countries so they don't even have to cross the border themselves. According to the report, Biden flew in 320,000 of them last year. //
Included in details of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit first reported by Todd Bensman, the Center for Immigration Studies found Biden's CBP approved the latest secretive flights that transported hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from foreign countries into at least 43 different American airports from January through December 2023.
The program was part of Biden's expansion of the CBP One app, which kicked off at the start of last year.
Migrants were able, under Biden's expansion, to apply for asylum using the app from their home countries.
But the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) notes that the transportation of these migrants directly to the U.S. is one of the lesser known uses of the app.
Aliens who cannot legally enter the U.S. use CBP One to apply for travel authorization and temporary humanitarian release from those airports.
Under this parole release, migrants are able to remain in the U.S. for two years without obtaining legal status and meanwhile are eligible for work authorization.
Elon Musk @elonmusk
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The massive flood of illegal immigration is due to 94 executive actions by the Biden administration.
Until those executive actions are revoked, claims by Biden that he wants to address illegal immigration are a bold-faced lie.
KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat
Reporter: “Why are you waiting to take executive action on the border?”
Biden: “Because we need more forces on the border, I don’t have the authority to do that.”
Biden took 94 executive actions in his first 100 days to decimate border security — and has all the authority he…
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3:25 PM · Mar 2, 2024
Moreover, if you wanted more forces to help out, you wouldn't be suing Texas to try to stop them from defending the border. You would be thanking them and welcoming their help.
WhatsApp messages, emails, bank records, and testimonies show James and Joe were key players in the Bidens’ influence-peddling scheme.
Oh, what might have been. Our country could have been spared a lot of pain over the last few years if only Joe Biden had followed his instinct and retreated to Delaware in 2009 to tend to his garden.
You see, according to the Hur classified docs report, he came this close to renouncing his then-position as vice president in the Obama administration. If he had, he would have likely faded into obscurity and we’d remember him now as a mediocre senator and goofy VP.
How deep did the Biden administration's censorship regime go, which infamously targeted Twitter and Facebook? According to newly subpoenaed emails by the House Judiciary Committee, it even reached the world's largest retailer, Amazon. //
Rep. Jim Jordan released some of the details on Monday, which included former Biden official Andy Slavitt pressuring Amazon to censor books that questioned the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines. //
That last sentence is chilling. As if there's nothing wrong with what was occurring, an Amazon worker asks, "Is the Admin asking us to remove books, or are they more concerned about search results/order (or both)?" //
Rep. Jim Jordan
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How did the Biden White House conclude that there was “propaganda and misinformation” in books sold in Amazon’s bookstore?
The White House ran keyword searches for controversial topics, such as “vaccine,” and emailed Amazon when it didn’t like how the search results appeared:
11:44 PM · Feb 5, 2024 //
Rep. Jim Jordan
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After the White House spent a week berating Amazon, what did the online bookstore do?
Starting March 9—the same day as its meeting with the White House—Amazon enabled “Do Not Promote” for books that expressed the view that vaccines were not effective.
11:44 PM · Feb 5, 2024
Quite honestly, Lankford's position is utterly insane. This bill leaves the border no different than it is today, changes laws to make them more lenient, funds the chaos, and strips border states of the ability to effectively challenge this law in court. //
This bill is a solution looking for a problem.
The real problem, the asylum questions not being asked, remains.
It's sad that our lawmakers are so focused on making laws and not in solving problems. //
Random US Citizen
5 hours ago
We've reached an interesting point in the decline of the republic. The point where people are both willing and unashamed to openly state bald-faced lies that are diametric opposition to objective reality... and almost no one will say anything. It's both fascinating and alarming to watch as politicians make claims that are clearly the opposite of the plain text of the bill.
They've always lied, of course. They might shade the truth. They might omit important but controversial points when talking about a bill. They might even make hyperbolic pronouncements ("Republicans want to take away Social Security"). But we seem to have arrived at a time when they're quite willing to insist, against all the evidence of our senses, that "we've always been at war with East Asia."
Orwell is my least favorite prophet.
Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.
As bad as everything I've just noted is, none of it even matters. Why? Because this bill gives President Joe Biden sole authority to override all the emergency provisions that supposedly kick in after 5,000 illegal entries. In other words, as laughably high as that threshold is, it's not even enforceable. //
Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT
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6/ But...important checks on that power. It can only be used for a limited number of days per year. It sunsets in 3 years. Emergency cases that show up in between the ports still need to be accepted. The ports must process a minimum of 1400 claims a day.
6:54 PM · Feb 4, 2024
In short, Ukraine gets a bunch of cash, some insanely weak border enforcement provisions are put in place that expire after three years, and Biden gets the authority to override them immediately anyway. Does that sound like something Republicans should be signing onto, especially in an election year? This nonsense is DOA, and the House should rip it apart and shove it back in the face of the Senate.
Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_
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NEW: The large majority of illegal crossings at the southern border are now happening in AZ & CA, as a shift away from TX continues.
Per CBP sources, 23,576 of them – 71.8% – were in Arizona and California. Notably, the numbers in Texas' Del Rio sector, which includes Eagle Pass, have fallen off a cliff. In December, the sector saw days of 3,000-4,000 illegal crossings per day. Over the last week, it has averaged around just 200.
12:34 PM · Feb 1, 2024 //
Barry Cunningham @barrycunningham
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Illegals got the message.
Texas encounters dropped from 4,000 per day down to 200!
Now they are headed to Arizona and California.
Sooo...a show of force DOES work! Whaddayaknow!
6:14 PM · Feb 1, 2024 //
NightTwister
a day ago
"So we don't know what Biden may have promised Mexico" -- Probably this: "We'll have more flexibility after the election in November."
Elon Musk @elonmusk
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Biden’s strategy is very simple:
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Get as many illegals in the country as possible.
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Legalize them to create a permanent majority – a one-party state.
That is why they are encouraging so much illegal immigration. Simple, yet effective.
8:26 PM · Feb 2, 2024b//
In response to Biden's January 26 press release in which he claimed he needed congressional authority and more money to "shut down" the border, Musk fired back:
No laws need to be passed. All that is needed is an executive order to require proof before granting an asylum hearing. That is how it used to be. ///
Enforce the law as it is written.
Jennifer Griffin
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And all of those IRGC commanders have already left Syria and gone into hiding leaving those bases. The Pentagon usually does not telegraph so much if it wants the element of surprise.
Shashank Joshi
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"U.S. officials have confirmed to CBS News that plans have been approved for a series of strikes over a number of days against targets — including Iranian personnel and facilities — inside Iraq and Syria." https://cbsnews.com/news/us-strikes-iran-personnel-facilities-in-iraq-syria-approved-jordan-drone-attack/
10:15 AM · Feb 1, 2024 //
Thanks, Joe Biden, foreign policy genius!
Griffin told Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin that some of the IRGC commanders were now back in Tehran. She asked a blunt question, "Has there been too much telegraphing or is the point not to kill any Iranian commanders?" //
In terms of answering the telegraphing question, he just said he wouldn't "speculate." Thanks, another non-answer from Austin.
Recognition of a Palestinian State after what Hamas did, with the help of Iran no less, is enabling terrorism in the Middle East and across the world. Hamas started this war with a terror attack that killed hundreds. They raped women, defiled the bodies of those they killed, took and later killed hostages, and have routinely stolen from their own people in order to create weapons to launch more terror attacks. These are not the actions of people who deserve statehood in the international community. They are the actions of a group of terrorists who should be eradicated.
Recognizing Palestinian statehood is just one of a "big menu of options," according to the sources who spoke to Axios. But it should not be an option. They should not be rewarded for routinely targeting Israeli civilians in their attacks. They should not be given recognition over an area they don't so much control as much as they rob. The people of Gaza live in poverty because the ruling class, Hamas, takes all resources meant for their citizens and uses those resources to take part in terrorism.
A responsible State Department would hear this suggestion of recognizing Palestinian statehood and dismiss it immediately. But if there is one thing the Biden administration is not, it's responsible.
While Blinken's people were leaking that a policy rethinking was underway, the National Security Council was caught with its jaw hanging down.
- A White House National Security Council spokesperson said it "has been longstanding U.S. policy that any recognition of a Palestinian state must come through direct negotiations between the parties rather than through unilateral recognition at the UN. That policy has not changed."
- The State Department declined to comment.
There are three sticking points. First, the boundaries of this new terrorist empire have to be set. No one knows what that would look like. Second, the obvious impact of what will be an Iranian-controlled terror state bordering Israel that could have mutual defense treaties with other nations hostile to Israel and UN representation doesn't seem to have been considered. Third, everyone appears to be assuming away the high probability that Israel will refuse to accept this terror state.
If this happens, it effectively kills Trump's Abraham Accords by bringing Palestinian demands back to the center of Middle East geopolitics. It will be nearly impossible for any Arab nation to continue relations with Israel if Israel refuses to accept the strategy of rolling bilateral recognition agreements that the White House envisages.
Unless this is derailed, we have effectively abandoned our tacit alliance with Israel and handed a massive strategic victory to the country that will control the government in this new state. //
Mildred's Oldest Son
7 hours ago
The anti-semitism of the democrat party knows no bounds. The Obama/Jarrett pawn, Biden, will throw Israel under the bus to further the Iranian mullahs' goal to destroy Israel. The treachery and the pandering to Iran, and the leftist, pro-Palestinian protesters is disgusting, absolutely disgusting.
The president of the United States, who for years illegally kept Top Secret documents in his garage, has intentionally alerted Iran, the world’s largest exporter of terrorism, to the details of his retaliation plans.
As a result, in the next little while, if not already, our highly-trained volunteer pilots and/or special operators can head out in their country’s service to avenge fallen comrades in the firm knowledge that their commander in chief has told the enemy their targets and when they might be arriving.
That should give the targets plenty of time to hide their equipment and themselves, ensuring that the "retaliation" is nothing but a PR stunt.
Now Biden has been saying prices are coming down and claiming credit, even though prices are still up more than when he came in. In his latest remarks in South Carolina, he also blamed the greedy corporations for Bidenflation. //
But now, Treasury Janet Yellen just threw him under the bus with what she had to say about inflation. She was being interviewed by ABC when she was asked how she would convince people that prices might not go back to what they were before the pandemic. This is an astounding statement, especially in light of what Biden keeps saying now. //
"Well, I think most Americans know that prices are not likely to fall," Yellen said. "It's not the Fed's objective to try to push the level of prices back to where they were."
Oh.
So sorry, just accept we broke everything //
anon-372u
2 hours ago
Inflation was the objective. Make no mistake about that. Inflation is an incredible tool for raising taxes without ever having to discuss it, write legislation or pass a bill in to law. Inflation raises income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, you name it. It depletes your savings, destroys your emergency fund, and crushes your retirement. But it does get the government a lot more $$$ and most people never get that. //
When Silicon Valley entrepreneur David Sacks commented that there are plenty of laws -- there's just no enforcement by Biden, Homeland Security head Alejandro Mayorkas et al. -- Musk was in agreement:
David Sacks @DavidSacks
Jan 26, 2024
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The border isn’t broken because Congress needs to pass new laws. It’s broken because this administration refuses to enforce the laws we already have.
Elon Musk @elonmusk
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Exactly
9:42 PM · Jan 26, 2024 //
Elon Musk @elonmusk
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That is undeniable at this point
David Sacks @DavidSacks
Biden’s policy is open borders. Everything else is noise.
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3:50 AM · Jan 27, 2024
This bill has two purposes. First, to normalize illegal immigration into the United States at a rate of at least 2 million per year if the plan worked. But the plan can't work because the "5,000" per day can't survive legal scrutiny. There is no plan to reduce the case backlog. There is no plan to deal with the second-order problem of what to do with this mass of illegals and the influx of "Dreamers." The second objective is to give Biden unfettered control of the US Border via some nebulous "new emergency authority." //
TexasVeteran
5 hours ago
It’s worse than the stinking pile of crap that Cruz describes, it’s a trap Biden’s handlers have set up for Republicans (senile Joe’s not smart enough). Should the bill pass, the dems won’t use the additional judges and agents to secure the border. Instead they’ll use them to process the illegals faster, expediting entry into the USA. See how humane the are?🙄
If the bill fails, with the collusion of the MSM, it’ll become a cudgel with which to beat the "obstructionist" Republican House. //
redincalifornia TexasVeteran
3 hours ago
How about we just enforce the immigration laws we already have? No need to do more. ///
Cloward and Piven again ... Create a crisis, then propose a solution that essentially normalizes the crisis, plus removes some of the previous "impediments" that formerly existed before the manufactured crisis.