Biden Actions ... And Reactions
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Secret Backchannel Between White House and FTX Operative Revealed, Raises Serious Questions About Biden Involvement
Sam Bankman-Fried, the man at the center of the FTX scandal, is back on US soil after having been extradited from the Bahamas to face federal charges. Naturally, because our justice system is about as coherent as a two-year-old quoting Shakespeare, the notorious fraudster was immediately granted bail and is now spending the holidays with his family. The American oligarchy is alive and well.
But I digress, there’s a lot more to the FTX scandal than just Bankman-Fried’s fate, and one of the more interesting aspects of the entire ordeal is just how close many Democrats were to him. In fact, according to Politico, a Democrat operative and close advisor to Bankman-Fried named Sean McElwee had a direct backchannel setup with the White House.
7 Big Biden Lies of 2022
1. "The economy is strong as hell"
Despite President Biden's approval on the economy being 20 points underwater at the time he claimed there's "nothing to see here" when it comes to the U.S. economy, this one is as literally unbelievable as one can get.
2. I "signed a law" to cancel student loan debt that passed "by a vote or two"
Where to begin? First, the president's announcement about student loan debt was one of the most transparent attempts to mobilize young Democrat voters ahead of a midterm cycle in years. "How do you do fellow kids? How about I take your student debt burden and pass it on to taxpayers who chose not to take on six-figure debts in order to get useless degrees?"
3. "Jim Crow 2.0"
4. "No national plan to get Americans vaccinated"
In yet another literally unbelievable lie from President Biden, he claimed this year that when he was sworn into office, "there was no national plan to get Americans vaccinated and jump-start our economy." *Sigh.* Biden, certainly, cannot believe this — or else his mind is in worse shape than we thought.
Both Biden and VP Harris received vaccines before they were sworn into office. They got their vaccines because of Operation Warp Speed that the Trump administration launched to create a war effort-level mobilization of federal public and private resources to manufacture and distribute vaccines.
5. "You couldn't buy a cannon"
In another of Biden's favorite lies, he continued to attack the Second Amendment and law-abiding firearm owners this year. In addition to claiming no constitutional right is "absolute," Biden often quips that "you couldn't buy a cannon when this [Second] Amendment was passed." In addition to being a silly argument, it's false.
6. Basically his whole resume
7. The border is "secure"
Why so shy, Joe? Biden, 80, avoids taking traditional Christmas Eve calls from children about Santa - a year after dad who got through shouted 'Let's go Brandon' at him
- Joe Biden did not participate in the traditional taking of phone calls from children anxiously waiting for Santa
- Presidents have traditionally been known to take calls from children on Christmas Eve since 1955
- Last year a dad told President Joe Biden 'let's go Brandon' - code on the right for 'f**k Joe Biden' during a Christmas Eve event where NORAD tracks Santa Claus
- Instead, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden could be seen taking the calls while the president could be seen helping to decorate a Christmas tree
Biden feared MAGA-love carryover from Secret Service members, grew paranoid to speak freely, book claims
“A bigger problem was Biden’s discomfort with his Secret Service detail; some of them were MAGA sympathizers. He didn’t trust them,” author Chris Whipple wrote, according to an excerpt shared with The Hill.
Other Secret Service agents meanwhile were “white ex-cops from the South who tend to be deeply conservative,” he added.
The Secret Service’s overall response to the Jan. 6th riot didn’t help with the trust issue.
“President Joe Biden was so disturbed by the Secret Service’s handling of text messages sought by the House January 6 select committee that he stopped speaking candidly in the presence of special agents assigned to his protection detail,” according to The Independent, which has also reviewed the book.
“Whipple writes that Mr Biden’s discomfort with the post-Trump era agency began early on in his presidency, when it became clear that ‘some of’ the agents charged with protecting him from assassination were strong supporters of the man he defeated in the 2020 election, former president Donald Trump,” The Independent reported Wednesday.
The president’s attitude toward the Secret Service changed sharply from when he was vice president, at which time he’d reportedly been close with his agents.
Perhaps too close:
The Press Finally Realizes the Bidens Are Pretty Terrible
As RedState reported earlier on Friday, the child in question was fathered by Hunter Biden and has been at the center of a long legal battle over child support. Specifically, the president’s son doesn’t want to pay it and has done everything he can to avoid his paternal responsibilities. According to The Daily Beast, the Biden family “seemingly wants nothing to do with the child,” who was not even allowed to be at the inauguration.
But as my colleague Jim Thompson shared in his piece, that ruthlessness isn’t over. The Daily Beast’s blurb links to a new story out of Arkansas revealing that Hunter Biden is still fighting to not have to pay child support and is opposing the child taking his last name.
My SIL sent me this photo she took the other day. Gotta love WV.
Queue the Sappy meltdown in 3.... 2.... 1....
Biden Admin to Drop Half a Million on Artificial Intelligence That Detects Microaggressions on Social Media
The researchers are developing machine-learning models that can analyze social media posts to detect implicit bias and microaggressions, commonly defined as slights that cause offense to members of marginalized groups. It’s a broad category, but past research conducted by the lead researcher on the University of Washington project suggests something as tame as praising meritocracy could be considered a microaggression.
The Biden administration's funding of the research comes as the White House faces growing accusations that it seeks to suppress free speech online. Biden last month suggested there should be an investigation into Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter after the billionaire declared the social media app would pursue a "free speech" agenda. Internal Twitter communications Musk released this month also revealed a prolonged relationship between the FBI and Twitter employees, with the agency playing a regular role in the platform's content moderation.
Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton likened the Biden administration’s funding of the artificial intelligence research to the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to "censor speech unapproved by the state." For the Biden administration, Fitton said, the research is a "project to make it easier for their leftist allies to censor speech."
In “The Fight of His Life,” out Jan. 17, author Chris Whipple writes that Biden “would let loose” on the “former guy” whenever he took a friend on a private tour of the presidential abode.
Biden unleashed his ire on an upstairs room where Trump had installed a big-screen TV and a golf simulator that allowed him to practice his swing to the virtual backdrop of famous courses.
“‘What a f—king a–hole,’ Biden said, showing the contraption to a guest,” Whipple writes.
Biden also demanded the banishment of the Resolute Desk from the Oval Office — merely because Trump had used it.
The famous piece of furniture, made from the timbers of a British warship, gifted to the United States by Queen Victoria, and brought to the Oval Office by John F. Kennedy, was a West Wing staple for 40 years — but Biden wanted it removed in favor of one belonging to his New Deal hero, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Biden unleashed his ire on an upstairs room where Trump had installed a big-screen TV and a golf simulator that allowed him to practice his swing to the virtual backdrop of famous courses.
“‘What a f—king a–hole,’ Biden said, showing the contraption to a guest,” Whipple writes.
Biden also demanded the banishment of the Resolute Desk from the Oval Office — merely because Trump had used it.
The famous piece of furniture, made from the timbers of a British warship, gifted to the United States by Queen Victoria, and brought to the Oval Office by John F. Kennedy, was a West Wing staple for 40 years — but Biden wanted it removed in favor of one belonging to his New Deal hero, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Joe Biden fumed over White House reminders of Donald Trump, new book reveals
Joe Biden was a profile in pettiness when he took up residence in the White House.
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Biden Makes More of a Mess, Compares Illegal Aliens to Holocaust Victims
His “plan” seems to be an app that would help people who apply for asylum.
Biden Admin Quietly Admits Canceling Keystone Pipeline Killed Thousands Of Jobs And Billions Of Dollars
FOX News reports:
Great work, Biden.
I was going to start a thread but might as well ask it here. Has anyone noticed the spike in gas prices .? Its back up to $3.38. My wife I went to my son's house in Georgia day after Christmas. Gassed up at $2.89. Stopped for gas in VA for the same price. Saw some prices in Tenn for $2.46. Gassed up the morning to head home for $2.65. Started seeing higher prices in VA at $3.09. Today paid $3.38 in MD. Did something happen .?
Also wanted to see if in the omnibus bill if money was set aside to put oil back into the reserve. If they did it 10 days ago they got more. Now it will be less.
Also noticed a lot less democrats are saying thanks Joe since the price went back up.
Also wanted to see if in the omnibus bill if money was set aside to put oil back into the reserve. If they did it 10 days ago they got more. Now it will be less.
Also noticed a lot less democrats are saying thanks Joe since the price went back up.
El Paso Migrant Camps Cleared Ahead of Biden's Visit
Due to the recent influx of illegal immigrants in the El Paso Sector, local shelters have been out of capacity for weeks, forcing many to camp out on the streets in different areas of downtown. But there are now reports of the camps being cleared ahead of Biden visiting the city on Sunday:
Another reason why people were not able to go to shelters was because they had never surrendered to Border Patrol and had not been processed. Border Patrol agents have been removing those who did not have documentation to prove they self-surrendered.
Of course, Evans was not killed by insurrectionists. He also wasn’t killed on January 6th. Rather, he was run down several months after the Capitol riot by a Nation of Islam supporter. Still, Biden included him in the supposed January 6th death toll.
To be clear, I’m not blaming that instance on the teleprompter or the president’s senility. In fact, it’s clear the line about Evans was purposefully inserted as a gross misuse of his death to push a political narrative. Though no USCP officers actually died on January 6th, Democrats have long misrepresented that reality. Sure enough, Biden did the same thing with Brian Sicknick during his speech as well.
As I’ve said before, I understand the Sicknick family was traumatized by the loss of a loved one, and I tend to give a lot of leeway to people in that situation. I give no leeway to opportunistic politicians, though. Biden is outright lying here. Sicknick did not die protecting congressional members. The medical examination found no trauma to his body (from blunt force or otherwise). They also found zero evidence he inhaled any chemicals, i.e. the much-talked-about bear spray attacks that happened that day.
Biden DOE rejects bids to restock oil reserve
At the time, Biden was saying that he would place the first order for three million barrels of oil for the SPR in February. That doesn’t happen overnight, so they opened up the process to take bids from the oil companies. As you would expect, the oil and gas industry responded, sending in their bids quickly. Those bids were turned over to the Department of Energy (which oversees the SPR), but the process remained under the watchful eye of the White House. This weekend we received our answer. Nobody’s bid was accepted. The DOE rejected all of them. Where we go from here remains a mystery. (Yahoo News)
The DOE did not release the actual bids for the media to review, so we’re just taking them at their word here. (I know…) But an Energy Department spokesperson released a statement saying that the government will only accept bids “that meet the required crude specifications and that are at a price that is a good deal for taxpayers.”
White House official demanded Facebook squelch 'general skepticism' of vaccines
That email also alluded to discussions with Andy Slavitt, senior adviser on President Biden's COVID response team, about Facebook's WhatsApp. The Facebook executive said the messaging app already has "forward limits and labels" to reduce viral spread, pointing to an April 2020 change that reduced repeatedly forwarded messages by 70%.
Flaherty wasn't impressed by these changes. The next day he told Facebook the bigger problem was "general skepticism" rather than far-out claims about microchips in vaccines and asked how it was measuring the effect of its interventions.
He also questioned how Facebook could know its WhatsApp interventions, including promotion of purportedly reliable COVID information, led to "reduction of harm," given the private nature of the messages. Flaherty cited the app's heavy use among immigrants and "communities of color."
The executive wrote a lengthy April 9 response on WhatsApp specifically, pointing to its many partnerships with the World Health Organization, governments and fact-checking groups to promote official COVID narratives on the app. It halts COVID misinformation through "mass marketing or scam" bans.
Flaherty responded that he still hasn't received a "good, empirical answer" about its success in reducing "vaccine-skeptical content" to the "vaccine fence sitters."
Facebook only made an "algorithmic shift" on election-related information "after an election that you helped increase skepticism in, and an insurrection which was plotted, in large part, on your platform," he alleged. "And then you turned it back off." Flaherty demanded "assurances" that Facebook would not do the same for vaccine skepticism.
In other emails, Flaherty demanded an explanation for Facebook not throttling posts by conservative personalities Tucker Carlson and Tomi Lahren questioning COVID vaccines and "actively promoting anti-vaccine pages in [Instagram] search" despite its aggressive promotion of official narratives. The executive said those Instagram accounts had been removed.
Flaherty also shared a memo "circulating around" the White House in late April 2021 that accuses Facebook of "failure to monitor events" on COVID disinformation or keep up with "coded language" used to evade COVID policing and "non-English" disinformation.