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Taxpayer-subsidized National Public Radio shouldn’t be a starting place for aggressively biased coverage against either Democrats or Republicans. But you can ask Clarence Thomas how the machine works.
On Aug. 27, NPR veterans affairs reporter Quil Lawrence lit into former President Donald Trump for bringing cameras to a section of Arlington National Cemetery with some families of soldiers killed during President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The entire manufactured controversy is perverse. It’s obvious NPR is exploiting the cemetery for a political goal, and it then spread to the rest of the national media. Trump is showing support for grieving Gold Star families, while Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris would not appear. They were MIA. But Trump was singled out as the one with grotesque political optics, not the no-shows whose negligence cost American lives.
They weren’t seriously considering the Biden-Harris disaster on “All Things Considered.” They could call it “All Democrats Defended.” Conservatives quickly found snapshots from private photographers of Biden in the same sacred section of the Arlington cemetery. That thing cannot be “considered.”
There are a lot of reasons why Kamala Harris does not deserve to be president, but perhaps the most important one is her unwillingness to level with the American people about Joe Biden's health. She could have done it in a way that showed respect to her boss but that still got the point across and didn't make her look like a complete shill and tool.
But she didn't. And my guess is that because in doing so she would have exposed her own complicity in the sham and troublesome cover-up.
Kamala Harris will always put personal ambition and politics ahead of country. If the American people didn't learn anything else about her from the CNN interview, let's hope they learned that much. //
Sargon of Cincinnati Granny Heartful
18 hours ago
A side effect of an anti anxiety medication is that it can result in a loss of focus, and continued returning to a point the speaker wants to make. As this happens the speaker uses key remembered phrases to gain time to regain the intended message. Resulting in long winding sentences that have little success in communicating the speaker’s thought.
Anti anxiety drugs are not intended for stress reduction before a speaking engagement. Usually they are used for stress inducing events like flying. Or, if a patient is anxious in large crowds. Not intended for interviews. //
It’s a dry heat
15 hours ago
"I have served with President Biden for almost four years now. And I’ll tell ya it’s one of the greatest honors of my career, truly. He cares so deeply about the American people. He is so smart and — and loyal to the American people. And I have spent hours upon hours with him, be it in the Oval Office or the Situation Room. "
But she is not "tethered" to Biden in any way LOL
“Just an FYI – Kamala Harris’s campaign reached out. They’d like to pay us about $1,000 for access to the email list,” Alcorn wrote in a December 30 email to Hunter and Hallie Biden, Beau’s widow.
The money would go to the [Beau Biden] campaign, then be transferred to the foundation,” explained Alcorn, who ran the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children from January 2016 to June 2021, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Now, here's the onion:
Three former members of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) told The Post that donor list swaps are common and legal among campaigns, as long as each pays fair market rate.
But funneling the Harris payment to the foundation in exchange for the donor list — after the Biden family made clear months earlier that Beau’s campaign funds would be donated to the foundation — would have been a different matter.
“Charitable organizations are not supposed to be involved in transactions with partisan campaign committees,” said Michael Toner, who served as FEC chairman in 2006 and as a commissioner between 2002 and 2007.
The first layer to peel off here is the status of the Beau Biden "campaign." The money paid — and sure, a grand isn't all that much in the grand scheme of things, but the amount doesn't matter, the law does — the money appears to have been funneled through the campaign and into the Beau Biden Foundation, a 501(c)(3) corporation. Non-profits of this kind are not supposed to be involved in partisan politics, and according to Mr. Christenson, the Beau Biden Foundation, on a Form 990 filing, had denied “...engag(ing) in direct or indirect political campaign activities on behalf of or in opposition to candidates for public office.”
The second layer here is that the Beau Biden Foundation later offered Kamala Harris a seat on their board of directors. That's an unpaid position, but one that carries some influence, and could also run afoul of election finance law.
Speaker Johnson had to intervene to get Trump into Arlington National Cemetery for the anniversary of the withdrawal from Afghanistan with Gold Star families. //
The Gold Star families, who lost their children during the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, invited Trump to Arlington National Cemetery. He laid a wreath there for the 13 servicemembers who were killed serving their country in Afghanistan. However, a Gold Star family told the Caller that Arlington National Cemetery was trying to make it difficult for the former President to appear for the ceremony to honor their children, something the families requested.
Arlington National Cemetery told Gold Star families that they could only be there for a specific time that did not work for everyone’s schedule and were also told the president could not join them at their children’s gravesites, the family told the Caller. //
Republican California Rep. Darrell Issa has called on Biden to meet with these Gold Star families on multiple occasions, his office told the Caller. He was present for the ceremonies on Monday and had been in contact with Arlington National Cemetery leading up to the anniversary, his office said.
“This administration absolutely interfered with the tributes to the 13 fallen. In its war on Trump, it made the Gold Star families collateral damage,” Issa told the Caller. //
“Arlington Cemetery officials claimed the families didn’t want any media, photography, or videography at Section 60, contradicting what the families had actually requested. The families were fine with the media, designated by the Trump team, but Arlington kept pushing back, obstructing the process,” the source continued. “This would have not happened without Speaker Johnson.”
Hoover told the Caller in an emotional phone call that he and other Gold Star family members were the ones who called Trump and asked for him to show up. He also criticized the Biden administration for not contacting them for the past three years.
The New York Times published a piece essentially trashing the Gold Star families who invited Donald Trump to Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.
As RedState reported, the president appeared at a ceremony honoring the 13 murdered American service members who died during the Abbey Gate Bombing. The devastating event unfolded in August of 2021 amid the Biden-Harris administration's incompetent withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris neither showed up for the ceremony nor gave live statements commemorating the third anniversary of the deaths. Instead, the president vacationed on the beach while Harris continued campaigning. That did nothing but underscore the complete lack of accountability stemming from their decision-making. //
What makes this even more ridiculous is that Joe Biden used shots of Arlington National Cemetery and flag-draped caskets in a political ad back in June. You can even see the names on the gravestones in the video with the caption by Biden reading "Donald Trump doesn’t know a damn thing about service to his country." //
Did Maggie Haberman and the Times mention that? Did they suggest it broke the rules of politicizing Arlington National Cemetery and the deaths of American service members? Did any reporters call up the families of those whose gravestones were shown? Of course, not.
The moment the Gold Star families said they wanted the cameras there and asked to take pictures with the former president, that should have been the end of it. //
Haberman, the Times, and the rest have now spent more time freaking out over Trump showing up to honor the fallen than they have critiquing those who got them killed. It's deranged. //
bk
4 minutes ago
For Memorial Day three months ago, Biden visited Arlington and talked about all the things his administration had done for the military and for vets. (Of course Beau was mentioned too.) Nothing political at all about that from the man who was running for reelection.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/05/27/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-156th-national-memorial-day-observance-arlington-va/
"Zero for one, Jamal? Jamal, my brother and colleague, zero for – He literally ran a man who'd been in politics for 52 years out of his chosen profession over a debate. I mean, look, I understand what you're arguing that you all traded in for a better candidate, but Trump won the debate. [Laughter] He is not zero for one. Are you saying he actually did so well, that he did badly?"
Well, let's check in with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo who was asked about this at the DNC on ABC. She was asked if she thought these new numbers could be a "potential liability for this [the Harris-Walz] campaign."
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Reporter: Nearly a million jobs "created" since Kamala took office do not exist.
Raimondo: “I don’t believe it because I’ve never heard Trump say anything truthful.”
Reporter: "It is from the Bureau of Labor."
Raimondo: "I'm not familiar with that."
5:57 PM · Aug 21, 2024
Jeff Carlson @themarketswork
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I mean, holy crap...
This is the current US Secretary of Commerce.
To be unaware of this report that rewrote very jobs report the Biden Administration has trumpeted over the last year... speechless
If she's lying in such a bald face manner... also speechless
6:27 PM · Aug 21, 2024
US Oil & Gas Association @US_OGA
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We are basically being governed by a High School Student Council who think they are in charge....
Alaska is also rich in resources, not least of which are crude oil and natural gas, those two commodities that are so vital to our economy. Much of that gas and oil flows through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez. This Alaska pipeline is a vital piece of American infrastructure. Running 800 miles across the Great Land, much of it through the wilderness, TAPS brings 450,000 barrels a day of crude oil to American consumers; that's about 3.5 percent of American production.
The Biden-Harris administration is considering further restricting oil development in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A), the nation’s largest swath of public land. The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be soliciting public comment on whether to expand or designate new “special areas” in the 23-million-acre reserve. //
This June, these environmental groups filed a legal petition to the U.S. Department of Interior to phase-out and decommission TAPS: the Center for Biological Diversity; Pacific Environment; Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic; Alaska Community Action on Toxics; Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition; and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (also see here).
“[TAPS] is approaching the end of its useful life due to mounting climate change-driven damages to both the aging pipeline infrastructure and the entire Arctic ecosystem,” the six petitioners state, also citing “the imperative for the United States to rapidly transition away from fossil fuel-based energy.” //
This, in turn, conflicts with federal law by preventing the fulfillment of the Alaska’s statehood entitlement; economic development, including responsible resource development, to assure Alaska’s future prosperity; and the long-term settlement of land ownership across the state. //
anon-eoij
20 hours ago
Correction: the daily volume is 450,000 bpd, not 45,000. Best job in my life was as an engineer on TAPS from 1980-1995. A wonderful adventure for a young man.
While JPMorgan Chase & Co. forecasters see a decline of about 360,000, Goldman Sachs indicates it could be as large as a million.
BREAKING: 818,000 jobs that the Harris-Biden administration claimed to have “created” aren’t actually there, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
This is the largest downward revision to employment in 15 years. pic.twitter.com/6ryjKs5kbK
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 21, 2024
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, a frequent critic of the media, pointed to how some things were left unstated in the piece but deserved mention, like the fact that Kamala Harris herself undoubtedly knew of Biden's decline as did the press - by the WaPo's own admission: //
Throughout all of this, the corporate media has shown us who they really are over and over again, gaslighting us on Biden when it was obvious what was going on and only conveniently reversing course after the debate out of sheer panic over Biden essentially confirming what his critics have said about him all along, the same critics who purported news outlets like the WaPo relentlessly bashed.
"The gap that I see in all these speeches -- as good as they were -- [Kamala Harris] is in the White House right now. Democrats have controlled the White House for 12 of the last 16 years, and for all of the talk about division and the problems in the country, and people are hurting, Democrats have mostly controlled this country.
Trump had it for four, the Obama's and Biden had it for the rest of the time, and somehow, it’s still all Trump’s fault, and somehow, she hasn’t been at the center of it. To me, that is the glaring hole in this campaign that hasn’t yet been solved at the convention. How do you explain all of the problems that will be solved by the person who is currently in there for the last three and a half years, and who is supposed to be already working on solving it?"
Ryan Saavedra @RealSaavedra
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Wow.
Biden's line that he believes the pro-Hamas extremists outside the DNC "have a point" was not part of his speech.
He just felt that in his heart and decided to add it in there.
1:00 AM · Aug 20, 2024
Caroline Glick @CarolineGlick
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No Israel. No Jews. No Palestinian atrocities. No Hamas. Just "Palestinian people", "Palestinian suffering," and GAZA, GAZA, GAZA."
Oh, and the Hamas mob calling for the destruction of the USA and the Jews, and the police outside? They "have a point."
Conservative War Machine @WarMachineRR
WATCH: The DNC crowd erupts in applause as Joe Biden panders to the pro-Hamas fanatics of his party:
“To end the civilian suffering of the Palestinian people and finally deliver a ceasefire and end this war.”
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CNN's Jake Tapper: Have you talked to Joe Biden?
Nancy Pelosi: "I did what I had to do. ... My concern was not about the president, it was about his campaign."
8:37 PM · Aug 19, 2024 //
pinkunicorns
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"I" did what "I" had to do.
Kinda like the whole J6 set up eh Nancy?
Betsy Ross pinkunicorns
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Very Don Corleone of her.
It's for Democracy (Family).
RedDog_FLA
13 hours ago
"Sorry Michael, it was just business."
Salvatore Tessio ~
played by Abe Vigoda in the Godfather //
Pbrother RedDog_FLA
12 hours ago
“Tell Michael…”
Pelosi is worse than a crime worm, because at least the crime worm is honest about their actions and motivations.
“So, too many people clapping for too long? Is that what it was?” Hemmer said to Tyler while unable to suppress a laugh over his answer. “Are we to buy that?”
Tyler and his cohorts on the left and in the media (but I repeat myself) can spin this whatever way they want to, but we all know why the speech was pushed back until nearly 11:30 pm Eastern Time and it wasn't because of "raucous applause interrupting speaker after speaker."
I mean, think about it. They know Biden's coherency window is between the hours of 10 am to 4 pm per his handlers, so why on earth would they have him on so late at night, well past the time when he, in their view, conceivably could make the most sense? For that matter, why not 7 or 8 pm ET?
It was because they didn't want voters to be reminded of just how bad a president Biden has been, and of all the behind-the-scenes cutthroat machinations Democrat leaders orchestrated for a few weeks in July to force him out of the race.
It's just as simple as that.
The 2024 Democratic Party platform has been released, and it's basically what you'd expect. Marked by a laundry list of far-left priorities, it mentions Donald Trump over one hundred times.
As RedState reported, it's also full of misleading nonsense, such as claiming that Democrats are "rebuilding" America's broadband network despite their $42 billion allocation not producing anything thus far. Naturally, the "very fine people" hoax got a mention too.
In their haste to proclaim how bad the orange man is, though, the writers of the document missed something. Guess who is mentioned as the nominee multiple times? //
you'd think someone could have read over the Democratic Party's own platform before pushing it out with Biden still in the lead position. Well, you'd think that until you remember these are the same people who have run the federal government into the ground. Competency isn't exactly their strong suit.
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White House Comms Director Ben LaBolt: "Vice President Harris has been the governing partner for every key decision that the president has made in his term in office."
In case you were still wondering if Kamala owns the broken economy, broken border, and broken world.
9:24 AM · Aug 19, 2024
Not to mention the deadly Afghanistan withdrawal debacle. Remember, she was allegedly the "last person in the room" on the withdrawal discussions though one senior military official suggested, "She never gave a sense for where she was on it."
The 291-page report lays out several impeachable offenses on the part of Joe Biden and the substantial evidence supporting each. First and foremost, the report addresses the multiple instances of influence peddling by Biden family members — with Joe Biden's knowledge and assent. Additionally, the report addresses Biden's mishandling of classified information (as detailed in Special Counsel Robert Hur's report). Finally, the report sets out Biden's obstruction of Congress and of the criminal investigation into his son, Hunter.
Below are the impeachment inquiry's key findings as set forth in the report:
Pelosi sent an urgent message to the 81-year-old president last month while he was still nursing his COVID-19 infection at his Delaware beach house, insiders told the Daily Mail.
Pelosi reportedly threatened to publicly trash her longtime friend and political ally if he continued to ignore thunderous calls to drop out of the 2024 election over fears for his cognitive abilities, four sources close to the campaign told the outlet.
Pelosi threatened to go public with her belief that her fellow Democrat wouldn’t beat the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, in a rematch — and threatened to release humiliating polling data to back it up, the sources alleged. //
No, he didn't quit because it would be a distraction. He quit because he was afraid they were going to savage him — because he knew enough about Nancy Pelosi and how she works. He knew that she would crank up the nasty to do him in, and he didn't want to upset the perception he has of his legacy in his mind.
Roughly 95 percent of these border crossers were men between the ages of 18 and 60, he said.
The San Diego-Tijuana Smart Border Coalition estimates that there are 200,000 crossings daily, meaning if there were 300,000 Venezuelans on top of the regular traffic, it is an increase of 150 percent. //
“They were right there as you go through the line, the car line, and the walking line,” he said. “They were right there all getting-gathering to come back into San Diego. I mean, it's not hidden. It's out in the open. I mean, everyone can see it.” //
“They were waving a lot of us in the cars; they were just waving us through,” he said.
“Today it was just literally just waving people through, and we still had a 25-to-30-minute late wait,” he said. //
“Normally they'll say: ‘Have a nice day, get out of here, thanks,’” he said. “He just went OK and waved everyone on. He didn't even ask for my identity document. He didn't even touch it. He was just sitting in his chair.” //
The businessman said it was also a betrayal that it took him 19 months to secure his Global Entry pass, while he heard foreigners secure theirs in 10-to-14 days.
The eyewitness himself said he felt his government failed him as he said the migrants were taken care of better than American citizens with new clothes, new shoes, and backpacks.
“They were well-dressed, well-fed, and had all the supplies they need,” he said.
Now they are pushing citizenship at a record pace, hoping to use new citizens that "historically lean Democrat" to boost Harris’s election prospects.
Over 3.3 million immigrants have become naturalized citizens since the two entered the White House.
It is, without a doubt, an active attempt at “reshaping the electorate” in a way that could alter the outcome of the 2024 election. //
msctex
an hour ago
The most purely Leftist result of this effort as it seems to stand, would be if they were to vote Republican, which is more than possible, given the contradiction of people fleeing Leftism voting for Leftists.
This is so true, perhaps it has not occurred to Democrats that no longer wearing the mask they maintained since the end of WWII, might just matter in this regard.
Unfortunately, it is likely not that simple. This is really about padding Voter Rolls which amount to nameless numbers, as opposed to adding potential Voters, however illegal they may be.
Always, always, always take the Evil to the nth degree, with these people. It's where the reality of any matter will be found.