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Biden’s Voter Access Order: Civil Rights Boon or Partisan Ploy?
Ending non-existent voter suppression, one federal agency at a time.
by James Fite | Jun 17, 2024 |
Was Joe Biden’s 2021 executive order promoting “access to voting” a boon for civil rights, or a partisan play to whip up Democrat voters? That’s the question Representative Bryan Steil (R-WI), chairman of the Committee on House Administration, hopes to answer with the subpoenas he sent Thursday, June 13, to 15 members of the president’s Cabinet.
Political Power Plays
President Biden signed Executive Order 14019 on “promoting access to voting” in March of 2021, ordering every federal agency to draft a strategic plan detailing how they can promote voter registration and participation. Biden and the Democrats tout this as a way to overcome voter suppression in minority communities and guarantee that more Americans cast their votes.
Republicans, however, have two concerns. First, the plans made public so far seem to only target demographics that tend to vote Democrat, which strikes some as a case of federal agencies campaigning for the re-election of their boss. As Liberty Nation News’ Leesa K. Donner reported, “Many conservatives believe this executive order’s foundation originated in a memo from the left-leaning think tank Demos. Their plan – which is strikingly similar to the actual EO – estimates that utilizing federal agency resources could yield as many as 3.5 million voters added to the rolls.” Second, it requires tax-funded agencies to spend congressionally appropriated funding for purposes other than what Congress designated for them.
One of the problems, of course, is that no one seems to know what many of these various strategic plans will entail. Hence the subpoenas. So is this executive order, as many conservatives suggest, just a scheme to mobilize Democrat voters? Or does the president’s plan open voting access to all? To answer the question, let’s look at the order itself and what has been done already.
Pulling the Race Card
“Free and fair elections that reflect the will of the American people must be protected and defended,” the order reads. “But many Americans, especially people of color, confront significant obstacles to exercising that fundamental right.” The president went on to describe how the obstacles include difficulty with voter registration, lack of election information, and barriers to access at polling places. Black voters face long lines and are “disproportionally burdened by voter identification laws,” the order explains. Are these really issues faced exclusively by black people, or are they issues faced by everyone in the area?
Consider the long lines. If white and black people were forced to vote in separate polling places, or if black people were sent to the back of the line to let white people ahead of them, that would be a valid case of discriminatory policies aimed at black voters. Barring that, however, the long lines in densely populated urban areas affect black and non-black residents the same. Conversely, black people in rural areas don’t have to stand in line any longer than their white neighbors.
The same is true for ID requirements. Most adults have a driver’s license – or, at the very least, a photo ID. Without one, they can’t legally drive, buy age-restricted stuff, get a job, open a bank account, or rent or buy a house. Is there a big ID shortage amongst unemployed homeless people? Maybe – but even then, it isn’t dependent upon race. “Difficulties with voter registration” and “lack of election information” apply across the board as well. How do white people go about registering and finding out who’s running for what, what issues are on the ballot, and where and when to vote? From the big city to the small town, from the suburb to the wilds, white people find these answers the same way black people do: They make a phone call, go online, or walk into an office.
Promoting Access – But Not for Every Voter
As for what the Biden administration has already done to further this lofty goal of expanding voting rights, a clear trend has emerged. The Department of Housing and Urban Development was directed to have more than 3,000 public housing authorities hold registration drives, and the Department of Agriculture was ordered to issue letters to state agencies that administer SNAP and WIC programs with instructions to carry out voter-registration programs.
In short, the Biden administration is focusing on recipients of various welfare benefits – a demographic well known to back Democrats more so than Republicans. “Democrats see a massive advantage among voters enrolled in welfare programs like food stamps and Medicaid,” a report from the Opportunity Solutions Project explained. “In fact, Democrats see their margins increase by more than 30 points among voters enrolled in welfare compared to low-income voters who have never been on welfare.”
Might the strategy of some other federal agency target voters more likely to be conservatives? Will other departments take a less partisan approach than USDA and HUD? Perhaps – but what has been made public so far looks a lot like the Democrat voter mobilization scheme Republicans say it is.
https://www.libertynation.com/bidens-voter-access-order-civil-rights-boon-or-partisan-ploy/
The Left’s Ominous Plan B, Should Trump Again Become President
Inside and outside the halls of power, progressives are working to Trump-proof the government.
by Graham J Noble | Jun 17, 2024
During Donald Trump’s four years in the White House – and ever since – Democrats and left-wing pundits have often described his presidency as a time of chaos. Considering everything that has happened in the United States and the wider world since Joe Biden took over at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., this portrayal of the Trump years is both hilarious and tragic. In truth, those on the political left did everything they could to create chaos during the Trump years – and they intend to repeat those efforts should the 45th president become the 47th.
There is plenty of evidence to support that prediction, but first, consider everything that was done to hinder the previous president and his agenda. Most notably, of course, were his two impeachments by the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives – the second time, just a week before Trump’s term in office was due to expire.
Neither impeachment was based on any hard evidence of wrongdoing but, rather, on how Democrats and their witnesses chose to interpret – or perhaps misinterpret – Trump’s intent. Both impeachments led to acquittals in the Senate, but these were merely the two most prominent attempts to derail Trump’s presidency.
According to a December 2020 report from The Hill, 103 multi-state lawsuits were filed against the Trump administration in its first three years – 96 of which were initiated by Democrat attorneys general. This far exceeds the number of multi-state suits brought against both President Obama and President George W. Bush during their entire eight years in the White House. The report also notes: “Democratic attorneys general sued Trump 40 times in his first year in office alone, more lawsuits than have ever been filed against an administration in a single year.” The state of California alone sued the Trump administration 100 times.
The Fearmongering Media
The anti-Trump media has for months been pumping out wild theories about the tyrannical dystopia Americans will face if Orange Man Bad returns to the Oval Office. One need only do an Internet search for the phrase, “if Trump wins,” to discover a festival of fearmongering. Allegedly, the 45th president’s second non-consecutive term will result in, among other things, the shredding of the Constitution, the persecution and imprisonment of Trump’s critics and political opponents, the abandoning of international treaties and organizations, and the wholesale destruction of the environment. Another dire prediction for the return of Trump is the stripping away of all manner of “rights.” (In quotation marks because the so-called rights under threat have little to do with individual liberty and more to do with standards of behavior to which progressives have decided they are entitled).
Aside from the fever dreams of left-wing journalists and activists, though, what evidence is there that Mr. Trump’s opponents intend to deliver four more years of obstructionism and legal turmoil?
The Plan to Contain Trump
Take a June 12 article from Washington’s most prominent left-wing newspaper: “Why scientists fear a second Trump term, and what they are doing about it.” The subtitle of this article says it all: “Several federal agencies are working to safeguard research, including climate science, from future political meddling.” When a new contract was drawn up in June between the federal government and “the union representing nearly half of Environmental Protection Agency employees,” provisions were included that would “ensure workers can report any meddling without fear of ‘retribution, reprisal, or retaliation,’ are ‘a way for us to get in front of a second Trump administration and protect our workers.’” The quoted words are those of Marie Owens Powell, president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Council 238.
If a future Trump administration changes the policies or practices at a federal government agency, is that “meddling”? Would this attitude extend to any and all attempts by Trump and his Cabinet members to make changes at any federal department or agency? If Trump’s previous White House tenure is anything to go by, then yes, it presumably would.
The New York Times on June 16 published an article with the title: “The Resistance to a New Trump Administration Has Already Started.” It describes “extraordinary preemptive actions” being taken by “an emerging coalition that views Donald J Trump’s agenda as a threat to democracy.”
Aside from whatever else is being formulated within the corridors of Deep State power, there is absolutely no reason not to expect a rerun of 2016-2020. That is, a fresh and unrelenting barrage of lawsuits. The New York Times observes that the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Immigration Law Centre, and Democracy Forward – an organization formed after Trump’s 2016 electoral victory specifically to tie his administration up in lawsuits – are already preparing to challenge Trump policy initiatives in court.
There is always the specter of impeachment, of course, should the Democrats find themselves with a majority in the House of Representatives at any point during another Trump term. Indeed, if Trump does win in November and Democrats, at the same time, manage to eke out a majority in the lower chamber, how many Americans – be they Republican or Democrat – would bet against pledges to impeach Trump being issued even before his inauguration?
Trump supporters might do well to temper their expectations, should their man become the next president. The progressive left may have to relinquish political power if that comes to pass, but it will still wield enormous bureaucratic, regulatory, and activist power – enough to make Trump’s legendary vow to Make America Great Again an uphill battle.
The lesson here goes far beyond the partisan politics of the day. It is bigger than Donald Trump, bigger than Joe Biden, and bigger than any ideological differences. The bureaucratic class – one of the most important components of what has come to be known as the Deep State – has spent decades consolidating its power to the point where it is virtually untouchable, even by politicians elected to the highest offices in the land.
https://www.libertynation.com/the-lefts-ominous-plan-b-should-trump-again-become-president/
The Unites States of Go Figure
“Forced obedience to obvious lies is the essence of totalitarianism. It’s the ultimate flex for psychopaths.” — Dr. Toby Rogers
James Howard Kunstler
Jun 17, 2024
You realize, don’t you, that everything going on around the Ukraine fiasco on the NATO side is completely insane? The folks running the US government — Barack Obama and his witches’ coven — started the whole thing over there in concert with a gang of corporate players (BlackRock, sundry oil-and-gas companies, Haliburton types, arms-makers, bunch of big banks), plus the dastardly WEF for “guidance” (ha!), looking to grab the mineral wealth of Ukraine and, ultimately, of Russia itself. Nice try. Didn’t work out. Tons of money pounded down a rat hole.
Now, the chatter is that we (NATO) “can’t afford to lose.” Yeah? But we’re losing. Russia will hold the eastern Ukraine provinces and what’s left in the rest of Ukraine will be a failed state drained of men under sixty able to work at anything, bankrupt, broken. It will take a century, if ever, for Ukraine to recover from all that and the West will have gained nothing. Anyway, that’s the true prospect. And so, the West’s “solution” to that humiliating quandary appears to be: start a bigger war, right up to and including nukes. That’s good thinking there, Butch, said Sundance.
Why the European members of NATO wanted to go along with this nickel-plated clusterfuck is an abiding puzzle of history now, like who exactly bumped off JFK in 1963. Germany, the Euro club’s biggest economy, stood by listlessly while America blew up its supply of affordable natgas (the Nord Stream pipelines), which was an act of war by us against Germany. Apparently, Olaf Scholz went to our CIA station in Berlin for a haircut one day and came out with a lobotomy, staring blankly through the whole affair like a Hinterwälder steer on the killing floor. Meanwhile, goodbye industrial economy! Nice knowing you. Looks like it’s back to the fourteenth century, living on rough black bread, sleeping with the cattle under your house for heat in winter, fighting jihadis inside your town walls. . . .
What is the purpose, you ask yourself, of this new world war we’re itching to start? And why now, exactly? The stupid answers may be the correct ones. To furnish an emergency pretext allowing “Joe Biden” (Barack Obama & Co.) to “postpone” the election? If so, I guess they want a hot civil war even more than WWIII, because that’s what they’ll get. Or is it just to complete the destruction of the USA, turning us into a failed state run by a tranny Mamluk-ocracy? Or is it, as Ed Dowd has averred, to cover up the imminent implosion of the US / Euroland debt debacle?
To provide cover for all that, the West held a fake peace conference at a five-star resort in Switzerland last week — flutes of Louis Roederer Cristal Brut with langoustine mousse in puff pastry boats . . . to die for! (and you just might) — and you know how serious the USA was because we sent our ace problem-solver Veep Kamala Harris, who cackled and hee-hawed her way through a session or two and then. . . just. . . split the scene, mysteriously. Russia, was conspicuously not invited, by the way. Whose idea was that?
Mr. Putin marked the occasion by issuing a sane proposal to commence peace negotiations so plain, simple, and straightforward that even “Joe Biden” might have gotten the drift: 1) withdraw Ukrainian troops from Donbas territory that has joined the Russian Federation, and 2) agree that Ukraine not join NATO. The US and NATO instantly rejected it, on grounds unspecified. According to The New York Times own search engine this very morning (June 17), the newspaper hasn’t published a news story on the Ukraine War for the past five days. Go figure . . . .
While Veep Kamala Harris was yukking it up over the peace hilarity in Switzerland, “Joe Biden” went to the far more important celebrity fundraiser out in Hollywood, headlined by the likes of actors George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and late-nite snarkist Jimmy Kimmel, that is, certified experts on geopolitical conflict, united in the cause of “saving our democracy” from "the dictator Trump.”
“Joe Biden” declared that Donald Trump was bent on “retribution. . . he’s gonna get back at the people.” Roger that. But I think he meant that Mr. Trump might open some inquiries into how come the Democratic Party and its Intel blob ran one debilitating lawless hoax after another on our country for the past eight years while bankrupting it and destroying the medical system, the legal system, the currency, higher education, and the US military, not to mention jailing thousands on fake criminal charges and letting ten billion alien mutts into the country, many of them jihadis with dubious intentions.
But never mind all that. $30-million got raised in Hollywood to continue the game of pretend that “JB” is running for reelection. Pretend is what actors actually do, you see. They’re really good at it, and your job is to play along, suspend your disbelief. That's the essence of showbiz. Of course, that chunk of the US population no longer mesmerized by CIA-sponsored disinfo ops is somehow rising implacably in every poll. World War Three might be the only answer for that, after all. In any case, Barack Obama himself even came out of the woodwork to lead the cheerleading among the stars in LA. And when the time came, he took the dazed, vacantly grinning "President Joe Biden” gently by the elbow and assisted him in shuffling offstage, demonstrating to the whole world how things really work in the United States of America.
https://jameshowardkunstler.substack.com/p/the-unites-states-of-go-figure?publication_id=2076970&post_id=145722361&isFreemail=true&r=rd9j8&triedRedirect=true
Monday's Energy Absurdity: Chuck Schumer Pretends to Cook Out, and it All Goes Horribly, Hilariously Wrong
David Blackmon
Jun 17, 2024
The globalist elites, represented in the US by the Democrat party, are working to ban your gas stoves and your beloved hamburger meat, not to mention real dairy cheeses. Thus, it was especially ironic that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took to his X account over the weekend to pretend he was cooking cheeseburgers out on his gas grill.
Unfortunately for Schumer, though, it all went horribly wrong. Take a look at the photo below and think about what you’re seeing here:
Not seeing it yet? Take a closer look:
Who in the hell puts cheese slices on a raw burger patty? Also, the damn grill isn’t even turned on - if it were, you would see flames beneath the grill top.
This is classic Democrat party in action: Everything these people do and say in public is scripted and faked. It is very likely this isn’t even Schumer’s grill, and it probably isn’t even his backyard patio.
These Democrats make up the very worst and most destructive class of people to be making energy policy decision on behalf of the rest of us. Yet, there they are, and we’re all paying the price.
That is all.
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/mondays-energy-absurdity-chuck-schumer?publication_id=712558&post_id=145721614&isFreemail=true&r=rd9j8&triedRedirect=true
Biden Team Calls For Social Media “Disinformation” Censorship Action After G7 Mishap Goes Viral
Cindy Harper
The Biden administration is grappling with backlash as a video depicting President Joe Biden appearing vacant and wandering off, separating from his G7 peers circulated widely online. The footage, in which Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni directs President Biden back in the right direction for the planned photo opportunity, quickly gained traction and has spurred accusations from the media that conservative outlets are disseminating the clip without adequate context, suggesting a deliberate skewing of Biden’s actions.
In response to the spreading video, Adrienne Elrod, a spokesperson for Biden’s campaign, labeled the footage “disinformation” and has called on social media platforms to remove or limit its distribution.
“Disinformation is alive and well,” she told MSNBC. “…And, look, we’re gonna see more of this. I mean, this is just the reality of campaigning in 2024. So we have to combat that disinformation. We have to hit it hard when it happens and make it clear that these are dirty tactics that MAGA Republicans are using because they can’t run on the issues.”
Elrod also said, “We’re going to do what we can to combat it but it does take the voices of surrogates across the country. It does take the media to call it out.” Elron also called on social media platforms to do something about it, “It does take social media platforms where a lot of Americans are getting their information to point it out as well.”
This move aligns with previous instances where the Biden team has sought to manage narratives, notably during the October 2020 pre-election period when allegations regarding Hunter Biden’s laptop, and the censorship demands of the COVID era.
With Elon Musk’s platform X refusing to censor the content, the Biden camp’s concern has intensified, facing the challenge of countering the narrative without the aid of content suppression on this major social media outlet.
Critics argue that such attempts to control media narratives through censorship are detrimental to public discourse, emphasizing the importance of transparency and the free exchange of ideas, even if they are unfavorable to those in power.
https://reclaimthenet.org/biden-team-calls-for-social-media-disinformation-censorship-action-after-g7-mishap-goes-viral
The Democrat party: Still evil after all these years
By Eric Utter
The leaders of the “Democratic” Party, and most of those residing in the swamp and the staggeringly vast deep state, are not good people. And they are certainly incompatible with a nation founded on the belief that all men are created equal and granted unalienable rights by their Creator.
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? Not on their watch.
Peter Navarro reports on government waste and abuse from within a federal prison
By Andrea Widburg
The most poignant letters — always handwritten — are often from veterans who fought for our country and are appalled at the takeover of our justice system for punitive political purposes. Lawfare is real. Lawfare is wrong. They didn’t fight for the right of one political party to put members of the other party in jail. We’re not supposed to act like Communist China or a Banana Republic. But that’s the growing perception of our justice system.
Biden scraps attendance at Ukraine peace summit, heads to Los Angeles to raise campaign funds -- and Sabo is waiting for him
By Monica Showalter
For Joe Biden, it's panic hour.
That's why he scrapped attendance at a Ukraine goo-goo summit in Europe, to head on out to Los Angeles for a star-studded fundraiser instead:
According to Reuters:
June 15 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will attend a glitzy fundraiser in Los Angeles on Saturday with top Hollywood celebrities and former President Barack Obama that has raised $28 million, amid Democratic anxiety over opponent Donald Trump's growing fundraising clout.
Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel will interview Biden and Obama and Hollywood celebrities George Clooney and Julia Roberts are guests, in the latest star-studded event Biden's campaign hopes shows strength and momentum despite Biden's low approval ratings and concerns about his age.
Nothing is more important than that fundraiser. Biden even changed U.S. foreign policy in order to oppose, not support, sanctions on the International Criminal Court for attempting to arrest U.S. ally Binyamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel after George Clooney made a phone call, saying it would affect his wife, who helped write the orders.
Clooney will be there to help raise funds, so favors repaid. Biden did Clooney 'a solid' so out comes the red carpet glamour and fawning.
That said, it's not all champagne and shark fin soup for this bunch, street artist Sabo has a little surprise for them:
More! 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/rtdtPAfdBW
— Lady Lisa ♥️🇺🇸♥️ (@SumSol44) June 13, 2024
All over the place, Sabo did his street art advising the public that these are clowns among us. Nothing will be nicer than the thought of Biden and entourage driving through these and knowing that millions of people are seeing the images. Surprise, Joe -- not even Los Angeles loves you.
It's wicked good fun, and couldn't come at a better time than now as Biden makes his entourage gumming up traffic across town. Breitbart has more here.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/biden_scraps_attendance_at_ukraine_peace_summit_heads_to_los_angeles_to_raise_campaign_funds_and_sabo_is_waiting_for_him.html
Is an electric vehicle collapse inevitable?
By Mike McDaniel
That’s the continuing EV problem. Americans know they can’t count on EVs to meet their needs, and at an average price of $60,000+ dollars, they’re $30,000 or so more expensive than most Americans can afford. Americans can, however, count on government to screw everything up, so there may be hope of the entire EV edifice collapsing before it bankrupts the entire country.
Just ban 'em all--er, most...
By Mike McDaniel
Then again, were one truly interested in improving public safety, perhaps not depleting, harassing, and prosecuting the police might have some positive effect. One might go so far as reinstating bail, or even prosecuting violent criminals who use any weapon in the commission of their crimes. To really extend the argument, judges might even convict criminals and sentence them to prison where they can’t harm innocents.
Sensationalist blabber from the Washington Post
By Michael Berenhaus
No wonder the Post’s readership is down 50%. If the readers want sensationalist blabber, there are many such outlets on the internet that they can peruse.
‘Pay for Slay’: Palestinians still rewarding terror
By David Rubin
The Palestinian Authority (P.A.)’s “Pay for Slay” program is a deeply disturbing initiative that incentivizes violence against Jewish Israelis. This program, which constitutes 8% of the P.A.’s budget, offers substantial monetary rewards to Palestinians who murder Israelis. The more lethal the attack, the greater the financial reward to the terrorists’ families. This practice, which costs the P.A. over $300 million annually, not only perpetuates violence, but also diminishes any prospects for peace in the region.
Recently, a bipartisan group of 50 members of Congress, led by Congressman Josh Gottheimer, wrote to U.S. secretary of state Antony Blinken, urging the State Department to negotiate an end to this heinous program. They highlighted the P.A.’s continued support for terrorism and emphasized that as long as the P.A. pays its citizens to murder civilians, it will not benefit from the support of U.S. taxpayers.
This appeal has not been heeded. In fact, the Biden administration has been pressuring Israel to accept a Palestinian state in Gaza headed by the P.A. instead of Hamas. What they fail to point out is that the P.A.’s Fatah terrorist organization is no less deadly than Hamas and has consistently supported Hamas’s October 7 massacre of 1,200 Israeli civilians, while calling for more.
Despite international condemnation and legislative efforts such as the Taylor Force Act, which prohibits U.S. assistance to the West Bank directly benefiting the P.A., the “Pay for Slay” program persists. In January 2023, following a Palestinian terrorist attack that killed seven people in a Jerusalem synagogue, celebrations erupted in the West Bank and Gaza. Palestinians handed out sweets, played festive music, and lit fireworks in a grotesque display of support for the atrocity. Similar celebrations were seen on October 7. The P.A., however, remains resolute in its commitment to funding the families of these so-called martyrs.
The P.A. is not only morally reprehensible, but also strategically detrimental to peace efforts. As the most consistent direct funder of terrorism, it reinforces a culture of violence and martyrdom, making it clear that the two-state solution would give it a legally recognized base from which to attack Israel. The Palestinian leadership’s refusal to condemn the acts of Hamas-Fatah terror, coupled with its financial support for all the perpetrators, reveals a blatant disregard for peace and stability in the region.
The global community, particularly the United States, must hold the P.A. accountable for its actions. The recent push by Congress to address the “Pay for Slay” program is a step in the right direction. However, more decisive action is needed. The Biden administration must leverage its unique position to pressure the P.A. into abolishing this abhorrent practice. Failure to do so only emboldens those who seek to perpetuate violence and undermines efforts to achieve a lasting peace.
The world must recognize that as long as the P.A. continues to reward terrorism, true peace will remain elusive. It is imperative that the international community, led by the United States, demand an end to the “Pay for Slay” program. This is not just about protecting Israeli lives; it is about upholding the principles of justice and human dignity. The P.A.’s continued support for terrorism must be met with unwavering opposition from all who seek peace in the Middle East.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/pay_for_slay_palestinians_still_rewarding_terror.html
The Real 'Replacement Theory'
By Civis Americanus
These undesirables are not our fellow Americans. They are our enemies and potential fifth columnists, and we need to treat them as such.
Wondering About an October Surprise
By J. Robert Smith
a crisis that coincides with the autumn presidential election may prove too tempting to resist. Never let a crisis go to waste, they say. Or when there’s no crisis handy, why not create one when necessary? The nation is run by cynical, self-serving, and corrupt people. Don’t put anything past them.
Be Prepared for Chaos
By Clarice Feldman
, I see no nationally known Democrat who can alter that or who can persuade voters that he or she is capable of undoing the mess this administration has put us in. So, what remains: chaos, disruptions and more unpunished criminal behavior.
Summer Surprise: The Looming Biden Replacement
By William Sullivan
Now, if the notion that Biden will be replaced this summer sounds crazy to you, tell me-- does it sound any crazier than Democrats letting a clearly dementia-ridden Joe Biden continue to glitch out on the campaign trail all the way to a November defeat?
Does Biden Have the Bandwidth to Win 2024?
Jill Biden tells Americans, “age is a gift.”
by Sarah Cowgill | Jun 16, 2024 |
First Lady Jill Biden has hit the campaign trail, rolling out a new strategy to lure voters into re-electing her husband. But more than a few folks on the progressive left are hinting that the current president needs to be put out to pasture. How can the struggling candidate capture the 18 to 110-year-old demographic?
Recent polls have pegged President Joe Biden as owner of the dubious title of most unpopular president in 70 years, causing cocktail party circuit alarms to go off and plenty of backroom discussions. The unease of Democratic kingmakers does not bode well for POTUS continuing on as the party’s standard bearer. In fact, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll, just 38% of registered voters approve of his performance.
Biden’s fall from grace comes from public perception of declining mental acuity, inability to communicate, and a shuffling presence where he tends to run out of batteries in public and freeze for minutes at a time.
Is Biden’s Age Truly a ‘Gift?’
The Biden campaign has seemingly decided that since they can’t deny the president’s advanced age, they will glorify it instead. Dr. Jill is even currently rolling out “Seniors for Biden,” an effort aimed at the 65-plus crowd.
“This isn’t just about stopping an extremist, and this election is most certainly not about age,” she stated during a campaign stop in Green Bay, WI. “Joe and that other guy are essentially the same age. Let’s not be fooled.”
So, we have a “healthy, wise 81-year-old” and a less bumbling “healthy, wise” 78 in the case of Trump. It’s true that both are older than most presidential candidates, but who stands out as diminished to voters and who looks strong? Kenny Campbell in the Volunteer State was shocked: “Wise? Did she really say wise?”
In her post, Amanda Warren in the Peach State had emoji side-eyes: “She realizes that we can see him too, right?”
The Biden Rumor Mill Heats Up
Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) dropped a bit of gossip in Jesse Watters’ lap last Thursday, June 13. She candidly stated that lawmakers on the Hill were “hearing” that POTUS will soon be “spending more time with his family.” Translation: He will be out of political life sooner rather than later.
“A lot of people realize that Joe Biden is likely not going to be the nominee,” continued Luna. “Which is from what we’re hearing on Capitol Hill, and Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) had reported that Kamala Harris [is] actually eyeing a run for California governor because of it.” And while disparaging remarks from the opposition party are to be taken with a huge dose of salt, such rumblings have leaked into the otherwise Biden-friendly Fourth Estate.
The New York Times ran an opinion piece this week titled “The Most Courageous Thing That Joe Biden Can Do.” After enumerating the various feats Mr. Biden would need to accomplish to win the contest in November, the author arrives at his damning conclusion:
“It all leaves the president with one option that can be a win for America and, ultimately, his place in history. He can still choose not to run, to cede the field to a Democrat who can win — paging Josh Shapiro or Gretchen Whitmer — and do the hard and brave things it will take to secure security and peace for the free world.”
Famed Democrat strategist James Carville echoed a little of this buyer’s remorse last week, lamenting the current situation. He said, “I thought that President Biden should consider not running for the election, but that’s not the choice he made. And so, I’ve got to live in the world that I’ve got to live in, not the world I wanted to live in.”
Marsha Prince of Ohio suspects she knows who Biden’s replacement might be: “Don’t be surprised if Michelle [Obama] changes her mind ‘for the good of the country’ after she gets nominated at the convention! Just sayin.’”
Time to Unplug and Reboot
Joe Biden is beginning to take on the persona of an unstable Wi-Fi connection that occasionally disconnects completely. He used to shake invisible people’s hands, but now he plays freeze tag at big events like a jazzy Juneteenth celebration.
During a recent D-Day ceremony, he just turned around for no apparent reason, and his entourage awkwardly turned as well. Granted, he was likely tired. Just recently, during the G7 Summit, the president smiled while watching a paratrooper land on target only to wander away and stare at the ground. Luckily, presidential aides had prepared for this moment, and an official cat herder brought number 46 back to the photo-op.
No wonder Democratic insiders have the jitters. Even folks who signed onto Team Biden in 2020 are rethinking their options this time around. It’s becoming clear that influential left-leaning talk show host Charlamagne Tha God is frustrated with Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, for example. Charlamagne has been miffed since Biden commented that not voting for him in 2020 means “you ain’t black.” He won’t endorse Biden – although Charlamagne says he won’t vote for Trump, either. There’s speculation that those who have fallen off the Biden bandwagon are hoping for a surprise nomination of somebody other than Biden this August at the Democratic convention in Chicago.
Charlamagne recently railed against the Democrats as a whole, stating:
“Listen, man, Democrats have a problem. It’s not their policies. It’s not their fundraising. It’s not that Joe Biden started buffering at the Juneteenth party. No, no. The problem they have is their messaging. Or, to say it plainer, it’s how they talk. Nobody wants to hear the normal political voice anymore.”
Well, he has a point there. Of course, there was more, with Charlamagne adding in an odd compliment for Trump: “He is a guy who knows what he wants and knows how to get it. The message is terrible, but it’s clear. When he says build the wall, lock her up, I hate sharks, no one goes, ‘I wonder what he means?’” He continued: “Folks appreciate when someone sounds authentic, even if their ideas are terrible.”
Burt Gorges down in Higden, AR, isn’t much of a Charlamagne fan but commented: “It’s tough shilling for the Democrats when they’ve displayed how little they care about minorities.”
But in Ankeny, IA, the message was mixed, as Brad Johnston stated: “I agree with him, but seriously? With a name like Charlemagne Tha God? That’s not inauthentic at all.”
https://www.libertynation.com/does-biden-have-the-bandwidth-to-win-2024/
Trump and Biden Supporters Disagree Strongly on Family Values
New research shows the wide gulf in social values between Biden and Trump supporters.
by Paul R. Brian | Jun 16, 2024
Family values may be on the chopping block this election season. A new survey from the Pew Research Center shows a wide gulf between Trump and Biden supporters on the importance of marriage, family, and traditional values. The poll, released earlier this month as part of Pew’s wider report on cultural issues in the upcoming election, was conducted in a random group of 8,709 adults. The survey focused on hot topics surrounding marriage, family values, racial tension, immigration beliefs, and support for the Second Amendment. The differences were stark, if not entirely surprising.
In particular, the poll’s findings highlight much stronger support for prioritizing wedlock and child-raising among Trump supporters. The Pew report emphasizes this, noting: “Trump supporters (59%) are much more likely than Biden supporters (19%) to say that it is better if people prioritize marriage and children.”
Where Have All the Families Gone?
Many surveys and studies suggest that marriage and parenthood contribute to an increase in life satisfaction. In fact, marriage is the primary predictor of happiness compared to any other factor in life. “Both men and women who are married are almost twice as likely to be happy compared to their fellow Americans who are not married,” Brad Wilcox, a professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, explained. “We’ve seen the marriage rate fall by about 65% since 1970. And it looks like the value of marriage matters maybe even more than ever.”
However, with fewer people marrying and fewer couples having children, America’s marriage rate and birth rate are in free fall. The US birth rate recently reached its lowest level in over a century and declined among all ethnic groups last year. The crucial number is now at 1.65, far below the replacement rate of 2.2. The Pew poll found that 47% of Trump supporters see this as a negative for society. Conversely, just 23% of Biden supporters see this as an issue, half are neutral, and the other 27% consider the rapidly declining birth rate to be positive for American society.
In addition to generally being neutral or positive about Americans choosing not to have kids, the Biden supporters polled were less likely to want parents to be able to opt out of LGBTQ curricula and activism in public schools. In total, 51% of Democrats surveyed in the Pew poll disagreed that parents should have the right to keep their kids out of lessons that teach and promote LGBTQ views. This was compared to 79% of Republicans surveyed who said parents should have that right.
Woke Subculture vs Judeo-Christian Values
In addition to clashes over the positivity of marrying, having children, and parental rights, Trump and Biden supporters disagreed strongly about abortion and woke culture. Over 89% of Biden supporters said abortion should be legal in “all or most” situations, with only 11% believing it should be illegal in most cases. By contrast, 61% of Trump supporters say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases.
The Pew poll points to the widening social polarization in American politics and American society more broadly. Tensions between socially conservative Americans and culturally liberal individuals have continued to widen, particularly with the growing power of the LGBTQ movement across society and corporate America, and the seismic shift of the overturning of Roe v. Wade at the federal level in June of 2022. The poll’s results make clear that Republicans have a stronger support of promoting marriage, protecting unborn life, upholding parental rights, and supporting traditional family values, while Democrats tend to have the entirely opposite view. How this will play out in this year’s upcoming election remains to be seen, but 38% of Americans currently identify as socially conservative, the highest rate in a decade. And as history shows, demographics are, more often than not, destiny.
https://www.libertynation.com/trump-and-biden-supporters-disagree-strongly-on-family-values/
Hunter Biden – An Unexpected Hero for the Right to Bear Arms?
The Second Amendment may have a new champion.
by James Fite | Jun 16, 2024
Hunter Biden, the son of one of the most anti-gun presidents in recent history, now finds himself in the ironic position of Second Amendment champion. How ever did it come to this? The first son was convicted Tuesday, June 11, of three felony firearm charges, coming on the very day his own father gave a speech pushing for more gun control. Now, to avoid potential prison time and the lifelong label of “felon,” the younger Biden’s legal appeal must rely on an interpretation of the Second Amendment that’s very different from the president’s. In an ironic twist of fate, Hunter Biden has become an unlikely champion of the uninfringed right to keep and bear arms.
Grounds for Appeal
In Tuesday’s conviction, the 54-year-old son of the president was found guilty of lying about his drug use on a federal gun background form, lying to the federally licensed dealer, and illegally possessing the firearm for 11 days afterward. The defense team already made the argument that Biden shouldn’t have been asked about his history of drug use to begin with, saying that prohibiting people who used or were addicted to drugs from buying guns violates their Second Amendment rights.
Why, what a novel idea!
To be clear, for the first 179 years after the Constitution took effect on March 9, 1789, there were no “prohibited persons” in federal firearm regulation. Not until the Gun Control Act of 1968 – so for just the last 56 of this nation’s history – has it been a felony crime for “prohibited persons” like drug users, convicted felons, and those who have been dishonorably discharged from the military or renounced their citizenship to buy a gun. For that matter, there were no federal restrictions on who could own what type of arms before the National Firearm Act of 1934. Prior to that, someone in Hunter Biden’s shoes could own a machine gun and be just fine, legally.
And, of course, from the founding of the nation to this very day, anyone – even felons and drug addicts – were and are allowed to own cannons, never mind Joe Biden’s insistence to the contrary.
The right to keep and bear arms applies to far more than just firearms (think swords, knives, and, of course, those pesky cannons). As protected by the Second Amendment, it comes from an older idea that had previously been articulated in the Declaration of Independence:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”
The right to keep and bear arms is necessary to protect the right to life or liberty – without it, that so-called right is little more than pretty words on fancy paper. As such, suppressing this right for “prohibited persons” is suppressing their right to adequate self-defense, thus relegating them to a class that falls somewhere short of actual personhood.
Should Hunter’s appeal fail, he will be a convicted felon as well as a former addict. That won’t make it legal for someone else to execute him or lock him up in a cage somewhere; he’ll still have the right to not be attacked or unlawfully imprisoned. Yet the current law of the nation, while recognizing this, declares he does not have the right to arm himself adequately to protect his life or liberty from violent criminals hoping to do him harm.
Is Hunter Biden Making the 2A Case?
A win for Hunter Biden on Second Amendment grounds would be a serious blow to the legitimacy of laws like the Gun Control Act of 1968 – and he actually does have a strong chance of success, especially after the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, Superintendent of New York State Police, et al., and especially if the Court also rules in favor of Zackey Rahimi in US v. Rahimi.
The Bruen ruling requires all gun control laws be held to a strict historical standard, rendering unconstitutional any that don’t line up with how the right to keep and bear arms was interpreted historically. Both Hunter Biden (former drug addict and now felon) and Zackey Rahimi (who possessed a firearm while under a domestic violence protective order) would have been allowed to purchase and own a firearm throughout most of America’s history. As such, they claim that they still should be allowed that right today – and there’s a good argument to be made that a win for either would bolster the other’s case.
If either or both win their cases, perhaps it means that there can be no prohibited persons moving forward. Then again, maybe the ultimate ruling will just mean drug addicts and people under restraining orders won’t fall into that category anymore. Whatever the eventual outcome, the right to keep and bear arms is once again being examined for groups of people who have had their right to self-defense – indeed, their very personhood – oppressed for half a century.
https://www.libertynation.com/the-second-amendment-may-have-a-new-champion/
A Juneteenth organizer erases whites from the Civil War’s victory against slavery
By Andrea Widburg
These white men paid a high price for this moral victory. In four years, almost 600,000 Union soldiers were killed, wounded, captured, or missing. (Between both the North and South, roughly 2% of the total American population died from disease or battle wounds.) The Civil War was far and away America’s most deadly war, and it was whites who died.
But to the activists, none of that matters.
Social security payments expected to face ‘steep cuts’ in just a few short years
By Olivia Murray
Joe Biden just signed a 10-year financial promise, in large part to fund state retirement programs, like social security? Oh that’s right, it was for Ukraine, not the American people.
Biden and gun bans; there he goes again
By Mike McDaniel
Not one of the measures Biden’s handlers are pushing would make Americans safer. On the contrary, they would make them more vulnerable to criminals and to tyranny.
Black self-defense and civilization in Connecticut
By Mike McDaniel
more black Americans are coming to realize the D/s/c Party has taken them for granted and betrayed them
‘When You’re Hot, You’re Hot’—and Trump is hot!
By Silvio Canto, Jr.
Jerry Reed was right many years ago:
Put all the money in and let’s roll ‘em again
When you’re hot, you’re hot
It sure looks like Mr. Trump is “hot” in the polls and with the people who bet on these things. Here is the story:
The odds that former President Donald Trump will win back the White House have increased to a record high of 58%, according to political oddsmaker SportsHandle.
Its latest election odds tracker of overseas betting on the race shows President Joe Biden trailing badly. His odds of winning reelection are just 39%.
Don’t get cocky because the other side is not sleeping between now and Election Day. Don’t forget that Democrats are masters at turning out voters, and we can’t take anything for granted. Remember the red wave of ‘22? I woke up the last election thinking that the GOP would win 30 seats in the House and add 3-4 in the Senate. It did not happen.
So, it looks good, and Trump is hot because voters are comparing him to Biden, and the lawfare has backfired. But again, don’t get cocky and stay home thinking that your neighbor will cast his vote for Trump. Cast your vote and make sure that your neighbor casts his.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/when_you_re_hot_you_re_hot_and_trump_is_hot.html
Fox News's Bill Melugin rats out Gavin Newsom's brazen lies about buttressing the border
By Monica Showalter
It's always nice to see a journalist doing actual journalism -- asking questions, checking with sources, verifying official claims and not sitting on results.
That brings us to Fox News's Matt Finn, who has done a stellar job of reporting on the chaos on the U.S. border.
He watched this propaganda tweet put out by California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office ...
California has doubled our National Guard at the border that are working to stop the flow of fentanyl.
While the GOP play games and Mike Johnson searches for his spine -- we’re out here doing the work. pic.twitter.com/69dhQYwtoF
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 13, 2024
And as Newsom yakked, Matt Finn decided to test that claim, calling up the Border Patrol to see if that was what was going on.
Newsom’s office says CA Guard has been sent to points of entry and seized a record amount of Fentanyl. We’ve inquired about whether Gov. will send Guard to illegal crossing hot spots? https://t.co/L9b90fhtiY
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) June 14, 2024
Finn's hunch was right -- sure enough, no National Guard at the border.
There was a handful of women and children in this group but BP has already taken them away. They get priority.
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) June 14, 2024
Then, fellow Fox News reporter Bill Melugin confirmed what Finn suspected:
Governor Newsom’s office responds - confirming that the CA National Guard is not assisting Border Patrol in Jacumba where the mass illegal crossings are taking place, and is instead only focusing on ports of entry, where legal crossings take place.
Claims “CA is doing our job” -… https://t.co/CE6lFNXPra
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 14, 2024
That gubernatorial jackass admitted that his claim about helping out at the open border to stanch the inflow of phony asylum seekers was pretty much rubbish. Like all of them, he wants an open border, the better to offset the lost Democrat seats in Congress as ordinary Californians flee his state. New bodies can replace the old to ensure that seats remain, even if those illegally present can't vote, and even that may be a stretch as reports abound of non-citizens voting in the state.
Newsom was just reading current polls showing that an open border is unpopular with the public on both sides of the fence.
That he thought he could fool everyone all the time is proof he's a fool himself. Finn ratted him out.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/fox_news_s_bill_melugin_rats_out_gavin_newsom_s_brazen_lies_about_buttressing_the_border.html
Dems inflicting elder abuse
By Noel S. Williams
Dems, in general, are also abusing elders, who are struggling to afford health care, food, housing, and transportation. Furthermore, they are mentally abusing elders with reckless claims that Republicans will end their Social Security and Medicare payments should they take control of the Senate. Even the Washington Post (where Democracy dies in darkness), put the kibosh on that one.
For Republicans, it's win by five and stay alive
By Allen Hurt
They can’t let Trump win.
To stop him from becoming president again, there’s nothing, nothing, they aren’t capable of doing.
Police demoralized, military demoralized, trains derailing, airplane parts falling, and products recalled. Why?
By Eric Utter
Police departments around the country are shorthanded, defunded, demoralized. Many officers have retired, retired at their desks, or walked away, because they aren’t valued — or, worse, are demonized.
All for working long hours for not great pay … and putting their life on the line for public safety. And, if they do arrest somebody for even violent behavior, the perps often are sprung the same day, no bail required. This has led to the majority of American citizens being less safe than perhaps ever before.
Our military is far less capable than it was just a few short years ago.
Patriots, Christians, MAGA types, and conservatives have been deliberately drummed out of the services in favor of more left-leaning individuals.
Competence — let alone excellence — has been dismissed in favor of diversity, equity, and inclusion. (I hope and pray we don’t soon have to see how diversity, equity, and inclusion fares against well-trained, highly skilled, determined adversaries.)
Recruiting goals are not close to being met.
The U.S. Navy, 600 ships strong at the end of Reagan’s presidency, is now down to just 283 mostly functioning vessels.
In toto, the once unparalleled American military is no longer an effective deterrent against the likes of China, Russia … or even Iran. It is a sad but historical fact that, when we are incapable of effective deterrence, our allies lose confidence and our enemies pounce. And innocent people “DIE.” (“DEI” rearranged to more accurately reflect the end result of such hyper-woke sentiments and policies.)
And there is more. Much more. Trains are derailing, plane parts are falling from the sky, shipping delays are legion, customer service seems an outmoded concept … and there are more product recalls, particularly of foodstuffs, than ever before.
All of this was predictable. In fact, there is no other possible result of an all-out assault on competence, reason, and productivity. Ayn Rand predicted this back in 1957.
What we are witnessing now is … Atlas Shrugging.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/police_demoralized_military_demoralized_trains_derailing_airplane_parts_falling_and_products_recalled_why.html
The Revolution Will Not Be What You Expect
By P.F. Kelly, Jr.
we have an army of grievance professionals available to interpret the “systemic” racism in our every word and gesture, which they will do for large sums of money.
Caitlin Clark: A Successful White Female in the Black WNBA
By Al Bienenfeld
The ignorance of some black WNBA players appears to be a large part of the reason why the league remains unprofitable after 30 years. It’s almost as if they prefer failure on their terms versus success as a market-based venture. What will happen when “white money” subsidizing their failed WNBA venture watches how Caitlin Clark’s success has been treated and says, “I have had enough”?
Los Angeles Wellness Check: Stolen Fire Hydrants and Meth Mania
Where the soft-on-crime road ends.
by Joe Schaeffer | Jun 15, 2024
Basic markers of everyday community life continue to spiral downward in California’s largest city. As summer approaches, Los Angeles is struggling with a raft of social plagues that have been greatly exacerbated by its notoriously progressive affinities.
You thought things were bad when the local stores had to put the cosmetics and laundry detergent under lock and key? In LA, the swipe-anything pilferers have moved on to a new target: fire hydrants in residential neighborhoods.
“A California state water company has responded to an ever-growing rash of fire hydrant thefts in Los Angeles by installing locked shields to cover the bolts on hydrants to stop thieves,” KCAL-TV reported June 3. “Golden State Water Company owns and operates the fire hydrants and says thefts happen daily. South Los Angeles is one of the communities where thefts are high, with two of the most recent believed to have happened last Thursday [May 30], without neighbors even realizing it.”
Do Black Neighborhoods Matter?
South Los Angeles is home to a large black population. This means the libertine mantra of “criminal justice reform” fueled by the summer of George Floyd four years ago has now led to an inability to put out fires in black confines.
“It’s mind-boggling that someone would just come into a neighborhood and just steal a fire hydrant,” local resident Krystail Cousins told the station. “You’re now putting a whole neighborhood in danger.”
This is no small problem. “Thieves have stolen at least 302 hydrants since the start of 2023 in several areas of the county, according to Golden State Water Co.,” The Los Angeles Times reported June 5.
They’re not shy about it, either.
“Sometimes, thieves have unscrewed bolts to remove hydrants. Other times, they’ve used a vehicle to knock the hydrant loose,” the paper states. “Those targeting the hydrants have often used a shutoff valve before dislodging them. But on several occasions, they’ve left water gushing.”
Who ends up paying for this? That’s right, the same minority citizens the leftist radical activists claimed to be fighting for with their disband-the-police “decarceration” protests of 2020.
“Golden State Water, a publicly traded utility, said the thefts have amounted to more than $1.2 million in losses – costs that are ultimately borne by customers,” the paper noted.
‘Bizarre Behavior’ on Streets of Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Times was perhaps the single largest local big-box media voice celebrating the criminal reform agitators four years ago. Its wokeness has earned it derision on a national scale. This was the publication, after all, that in 2023 infamously blamed white automobile drivers for “polluting the air breathed by LA’s people of color.”
Which makes it all the more perplexing to see the paper furrow its lofty brow over the rise of criminal and other unsavory behavior today. “LA, we’ve got to talk about your meth problem,” The Times’ Editorial Board proclaimed in a headline to a June 10 missive to the city. “Los Angeles has recently seen a series of knife attacks and other crimes in which suspects exhibit not just violent but bizarre behavior often attributed by the public to mental illness, but which professionals say have the hallmarks of something else entirely: Meth,” the editorial begins.
Predictably, the editorial team stresses treatment solutions over enhanced law enforcement measures as the way to deal with the calamity. “[O]ffering rewards to recovering users for each day their drug tests are clean holds little appeal for critics who demand more traditional treatment and tougher penalties,” the paper laments.
No mention is made of the wave of illegal immigration into the City of Angels that has brought increased narcotics trafficking in its wake. On March 29, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that its officers arrested 28 illegals convicted of “drug trafficking or multiple drug possession-related offenses involving methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, or synthetic drugs” during a nationwide sting operation.
Among those arrested were a “25-year-old citizen of Mexico in [the LA County city of] Compton” convicted for transporting methamphetamine and a “31-year-old citizen of Mexico in Los Angeles” convicted for possession and transportation of meth.
“Focusing on punishing people who use drugs will further stretch the police force while not solving the larger problems,” a May 13 op-ed in The Times co-authored by a UCLA researcher asserted.
It’s precisely the same argument the strident voices of “criminal justice reform” made in an unbroken chorus back in 2020. The residents of south Los Angeles today are getting a bitter vision of the natural endpoint of such logic as they gaze out at the geysers where water hydrants once stood.
https://www.libertynation.com/los-angeles-wellness-check-stolen-fire-hydrants-and-meth-mania/
Smokin’ Hot: Battle for Biden’s Voting Executive Order Heats Up
Cabinet members subpoenaed; court action ongoing over controversial executive order.
by Leesa K. Donner | Jun 15, 2024
A little more than a month after his inauguration, President Biden issued an executive order ostensibly promoting equal access to voting. The document requires federal agencies to partner with local and state authorities to expand voter registration – especially to “voters of color [who] have faced discriminatory policies and other obstacles that disproportionately affect their communities.” Immediately, the loyal opposition – in this case, Republicans – sensed a progressive bent to Executive Order 14019, charging that it is not only partisan but illegal as well.
On June 13, the US Committee on House Administration issued 15 subpoenas to Biden administration Cabinet officials requesting all their internal agency documents related to the EO. This is the latest in a series of moves to repeal the order.
An Executive Order With Democratic Roots
Many conservatives believe this executive order’s foundation originated in a memo from the left-leaning think tank Demos. Their plan – which is strikingly similar to the actual EO – estimates that utilizing federal agency resources could yield as many as 3.5 million voters added to the rolls. The Demos framework has been removed from its website but still exists on an archival site.
The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) has been all over this controversial plan by the Biden administration to enlist federal agencies and third-party groups to mobilize historically Democratic demographic blocs to vote. Liberty Nation News spoke to FGA’s Senior Director of Federal Affairs, Stewart Whitson, about their objections to the EO: “President Biden has basically transformed the entire federal executive branch into his political campaign to try to keep himself in office, so it’s a huge problem, and we’ve been investigating it for a couple of years now.”
Unsurprisingly, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests have primarily gone unanswered, ratcheting up the suspicion that this voter mobilization effort is nothing more than a smokescreen forcing Biden administration agencies to engage in partisan politics. The FGA’s chief concern about this unconventional order centers around “approved third-party agencies” selected to help the feds get out the vote. During his interview with LN News, Whitson likened this controversy to the Zuckerbucks scandal on steroids:
“If you go back in time to 2020, everyone could see the Zuckerberg scandal on its face looked problematic, but it wasn’t until after the election that FGA and many others did in-depth research and looked precisely where the money went. We could show with factual evidence that the [Zuckerberg] money disproportionately favored left-leaning jurisdictions. So, Zuckerbucks funnels $400 million, but this game involves literally unlimited funding resources and reach of the federal government, not just its agencies in DC, but also its satellite offices in every state across the country. There are thousands of them, so you can see the risk because this is basically Zuckerbucks on steroids. So that’s the problem on its surface.”
New banner Another Liberty Nation Original 1FGA’s suspicions were confirmed when one of their FOIA requests yielded an email listing of potential third-party advocates: “These include representatives from progressive groups such as the ACLU, the George Soros-affiliated Open Society Policy Center, and the Southern Poverty Law Center; labor unions including the AFL-CIO and AFSCME; and a coterie of identity-focused organizations such as the Arab American Association, Black Voters Matter, and UnidosUS,” according to Real Clear Investigations.
Most legal actions swirling around this executive order have not advanced, save FGA’s, which are still active in Florida. Perhaps that’s why the Committee on House Administration issued those 15 subpoenas this week. The clock is ticking, with only five months left before the election, and it’s entirely possible that much of the damage has already been done. Still, FGA’s Stew Whitson is hopeful:
Congress needs to make sure that any federal executive branch employees who violate the Hatch Act or use their office or federal resources to engage in partisan election activity will be held accountable. Letting them know that will help slow this effort down, and at the end of the day, all we want is that whoever the American people choose is who should be president. It shouldn’t be political appointees running federal executive branch offices who tip the scales of the election. It should be something that’s decided by the American voter.
Cabinet members have until June 26 to respond to the House committee’s subpoenas.
https://www.libertynation.com/smokin-hot-battle-for-bidens-voting-executive-order-heats-up/
Pfizer Assures Public They Are Preparing For Next Pandemic By Developing An All-New Ineffective Vaccine With Fatal Side Effects
U.S. — Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla addressed public concerns over a new pandemic by holding a press conference in which he explained how the pharmaceutical company is already hard at work developing a new ineffective vaccine with fatal side effects.
"The thought of a new pandemic is scary, especially one that presents as a common cold and makes you really tired," said Bourla. "That's why we're working double time to prepare a new vaccine that won't cure you, but will possibly kill you."
"We have top scientists working around the clock to ensure it doesn't work before we release it to the public."
Later, he agreed to appear on CNN This Morning for what he originally assumed was a softball interview. Host Kasie Hunt was quick to point out the obvious concern with Pfizer's business model. "But sir, how can you possibly prepare an ineffective vaccine in advance of an unknown pandemic? You don't know what the virus will be."
In response, Bourla appeared to side-eye the camera before awkwardly fidgeting in his seat and changing the subject. "We make lots of money," he said. "Would you like some?"
Public anticipation of a new vaccine that has no chance of curing an unknown virus that may or may not come has never been higher among Democrats. Suspiciously, Republicans and right-leaning Libertarians have little interest in further vaccinations because they are vehemently opposed to the scientific concept of "trial and error."
Medical experts insist it is of utmost importance that Pfizer complete their ineffective vaccine right away. "If we don't start jabbing people we'll never know what doesn't work," said Albert Bourla.
At publishing time, Congress had quietly passed a resolution to exempt themselves from the ineffective vaccines.
https://babylonbee.com/news/pfizer-assures-public-they-are-preparing-for-next-pandemic-by-developing-an-all-new-ineffective-vaccine-with-fatal-side-effects
As Russian Warships Threaten Florida Coast, Biden Responds Decisively To Ensure Safety Of All Pride Murals
MIAMI, FL — In the wake of the sighting of a Russian naval flotilla not far from the coast of Florida, President Biden, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, has swiftly and competently reacted to the situation in order to defend his top security priority: all of the Florida Pride murals.
According to National Security sources, the Russian task force which includes a nuclear submarine and a frigate could pose a threat to US sovereignty, but more importantly, they might splash water - or even leave tire tracks - on gay pride murals. The National Guard and the Coast Guard have been ordered to dispatch troops to keep a 24-hour watch on all Pride murals within a 250-mile radius of the Russian ships.
"Rest assured, Americans," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in an emergency press conference. "President Biden is doing everything within his power to make sure that American assets are protected and secure in the face of Russian saber-rattling - especially the most precious national symbol of all: our pride murals!"
President Biden later confirmed the decision in a brief speech. "You know them warships in Mexico, Jack? They're just dog-faced, lying pony soldiers! REPEAT THE LINE. We'll make sure that they can't take any of their malarkey against our Gaza Pride folx!"
At publishing time, Biden's security team had been horrified to hear rumors of Russian threats to misgender kindergarteners and interrupt drag queen story hours. Sources report that government security agents have been posted to defend vital national interests like abortion clinics and gender transition centers.
https://babylonbee.com/news/as-russian-warships-threaten-florida-coast-biden-snaps-to-action-to-ensure-the-pride-murals-are-safe
Disqualified Lia Thomas Asks If He Can Still Just Hang Out Naked In The Olympic Women’s Locker Rooms
STATE COLLEGE, PA — After the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) made a shocking ruling on Thursday that Lia Thomas, a man, would not be allowed to compete on the U.S. women's Olympic team, Thomas requested further clarification on whether he might be allowed to still just hang out naked in the women's locker room on occasion or something like that.
"That's fine if I can't compete, but can I, maybe, I dunno, just hang out naked in the women's locker room?" said Thomas to the committee, according to sources. "I can, you know, help with the swimming gear and towels and whatnot. And I'd be naked while I'm doing it. No big deal."
"That shouldn't be too much to ask for a brave trans pioneer like me."
Thomas's request to lurk in the locker room invoked the spirit of Pride Month, saying all he wants is the right to creep out women while at the same time indulging in his own gross fetish even if he won't be allowed to humiliate those women in competitive sports.
At publishing time, Planet Fitness and 24 Hour Fitness had both reached out to tell him he's welcome to hang out naked in their women's locker rooms any time.
https://babylonbee.com/news/disqualified-lia-thomas-asks-if-he-can-still-just-hang-out-naked-in-the-olympic-womens-locker-rooms