Biden Actions ... And Reactions

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Biden Admin: Forget About Ukrainian Aid Oversight, ‘It Is A War’​



It is a war, got it? And the U.S. is Ukraine’s full-fledged partner for “however long it takes.” That means, according to Biden’s National Security Council’s Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby, you’re just going to have to deal with unaccountability for all that Ukranian aid.

If a little bit goes missing, he essentially argued this week, then well, tough luck schmuck; that’s the reality of a war the American people didn’t ask for and didn’t even vote for being a part of.

“It is important to remember, and we all want as much oversight and accountability as possible,” he said on Wednesday. “Of course, we do. It’s taxpayer-funded equipment and systems that going to Ukraine, but it is a war. And real people are fighting and real people are dying and in battle, you can’t predict … the perfect secure movement of every single item, that every single soldier takes into the fight with him or her.”
 
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Joe Biden Moves to Cut Medicare Advantage​




Biden has proposed these cuts to Medicare Advantage as he has frequently accused Republicans of wanting to slash Social Security and Medicare as part of a potential compromise to address the coming debt ceiling deadline.

Republicans such as Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK), the chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), have called out Biden’s apparently hypocrisy.

Breitbart News reported that Biden sponsored a bill in 1975 that would sunset and reauthorize all federal programs, which includes Social Security and Medicare.

“We must… begin reviewing existing programs to determine whether they are still effective, and whether they are worth the money that we are putting in them. We must eliminate the wasteful ones,” Biden said when introducing the 1975 legislation.
 
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Joe Biden Moves to Cut Medicare Advantage​




Biden has proposed these cuts to Medicare Advantage as he has frequently accused Republicans of wanting to slash Social Security and Medicare as part of a potential compromise to address the coming debt ceiling deadline.

Republicans such as Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK), the chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), have called out Biden’s apparently hypocrisy.

Breitbart News reported that Biden sponsored a bill in 1975 that would sunset and reauthorize all federal programs, which includes Social Security and Medicare.

“We must… begin reviewing existing programs to determine whether they are still effective, and whether they are worth the money that we are putting in them. We must eliminate the wasteful ones,” Biden said when introducing the 1975 legislation.
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Seniors can purchase additional insurance plans that cover more than medicare. Most people sign up for these plans to receive more money in their checks. I always thought that people doing this are actually saving the govt money because they are no longer using medicare.
 
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President Joe Biden traveled to the Cummins alternative power manufacturing center in Fridley, Minnesota, on Monday, the latest stop on the soft rollout of the president's 2024 reelection campaign.

In particular, Biden took credit for investing in new, clean energy projects and "bringing the supply chain back to America" through the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act, and his remarks closely resembled speeches the president has recently delivered in Maryland, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.


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Biden hails clean energy investments, swipes at ‘MAGA’ Republicans in Minnesota - Washington Examiner

President Joe Biden traveled to the Cummins alternative power manufacturing center in Fridley, Minnesota, on Monday, the latest stop on the soft rollout of the president's 2024 reelection campaign.In particular, Biden took credit for investing in new, clean energy projects and "bringing the...
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Biden Talks to People He Imagines Are in the Audience Again​



Biden began by telling the audience about the time he told people to sit down but there were no seats.







Um, Joe? It’s not exactly a good thing to admit that you’re bonkers. That just confirms the problem.

Then he tried to talk to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. But Frey wasn’t there. Biden tried to cover for talking to people he imagined were in the audience again by suggesting that Frey left because he, Biden, was going to speak.









Joe, you’re not supposed to admit that people don’t want to hear you speak, you’re saying the quiet part out loud again. The handlers are going to get mad.

At least Frey is still alive, unlike Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) who had died and had Biden recognize her death, yet thereafter call out to her in the audience.

Then there was this mess. I don’t even know what he was trying to say here.







 
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🔥 The Hill ran a predictable story yesterday headlined, “White House Calls DeSantis’s Signing of Concealed Carry Law ‘Shameful’.”

The White House was responding to yesterday’s news that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill allowing Florida residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit. Before yesterday, Florida already allowed concealed weapons, but required a permit involving an application process including fingerprinting, official photos, and background checks.

Florida has long been criticized for its pro-gun environment. But you know what Florida doesn’t have? Any Antifa problems. Those particular boils on society’s backside seem pretty much reserved for blue states. For some reason.







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Biden Set To Further Crack Down On Gas-Powered Cars And Trucks: REPORT​



The proposed rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are expected to implement stricter rules on carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide and more, for vehicles with model years between 2027 and 2032, Bloomberg reported. The Biden administration recently approved a strict set of Californian emissions standards that would effectively ban the sale of diesel-powered heavy duty vehicles after 2045, after the state and others implemented a similar ban on gas-powered cars and smaller vehicles after 2035.

The EPA is also set to propose stricter rules on heavy-duty vehicles on Wednesday and on power plants later in April, according to Bloomberg. The EPA in March proposed rules that would heavily limit smog-producing nitrous oxide emissions by power plants, primarily located in the Midwest, which can blow into other states.
 
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Biden invites ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrats who faced expulsion over gun violence protest to White House​



Biden’s invite and conference call with the trio came on the same day Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Nashville to meet with the lawmakers dubbed the “Tennessee Three.”

The White House has not announced if Biden has invited the family members of the six victims of last week’s deadly shooting at the Covenant School – which precipitated the protest at the Tennessee statehouse – to Washington, DC.

It also does not appear that Harris met with the family of victims Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9, Hallie Scruggs, 9, William Kinney, 9, Cynthia Peak, 61, Mike Hill, 61, and Katherine Koonce, 60, during her visit to the Volunteer State.
 
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Biden Admin To Propose Rules To Drastically Increase EV Sales, Crack Down On Tailpipe Emissions: Report​






Along with the unprecedented push for EV sales, the Biden administration is also expected to crack down on tailpipe emissions for cars made between 2027-2032, according to Bloomberg. The new rules on tailpipe emissions would apply to cars and light trucks and are expected to be officially announced in Detroit on Wednesday.

Last week, the White House released a fact sheet announcing investments for the car industry to get EV sales to make up half of all new vehicle sales by 2030. As part of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which seeks “to bring a clean, safe, affordable, and reliable transportation future to Americans,” certain buyers receive tax credits for purchasing new and used EVs.

“These incentives complement investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and other federal initiatives that are spurring the domestic manufacturing of EVs and batteries and the development of a national EV charging network that provides access to low income and disadvantaged communities,” the White House said in a statement.
 
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Biden Bans 53% of Americans From Buying Cars​





Even the cheapest electric cars, which are still far more expensive than their real car counterparts and are just one battery problem away from turning into mostly unusable junk, are out of the price range of the majority of Americans who need an income of $80,000 to make an EV auto loan work. That’s fine in Washington D.C. where the median income of $83,567 is the highest in the nation, but will entirely price much of the country out of the new car market.

53% of Americans earn less than $75,000. Some of the 16% who earn from $50,000 to $75,000 may be able to make an electric vehicle purchase work if they squeeze, cut back on food and clothes for the kids, but the remaining 37% will be completely locked out. And, unable to own a car, they’ll have even bigger monthly payments or, with no transportation, be unable to work.

The new poor will be anyone who can’t afford an electric car. And that’s 53% of Americans.
 
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🚀 The Cradle.co ran a story yesterday headlined, “US Deploys Nuclear Submarine to West Asia as Influence Plummets.” The sub-headline explained, “As China and Russia expand their influence in West Asia, and Arab nations move to reconcile with Iran and Syria, Washington has seen its grip on the region weaken significantly.”

Presumably, our nuclear sub has nukes on it.

The Pentagon announced Saturday that the USS Florida — a nuclear-powered, guided-missile submarine — has been deployed to the Red Sea to support the Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet. In a rare move, the Pentagon released a picture of the Ohio-class submarine crossing the Suez Canal on its way to the Persian Gulf.

Usually, we don’t give away the locations of our nuclear submarines while they are deployed at sea. That sort of defeats the whole purpose. Unless you have a different purpose, like escalating the conflict.

Unnamed US officials who spoke with the Wall Street Journal said the Florida’s deployment was related to new Pentagon “intelligence that Iran was planning further attacks across the region in the near term.”

Foreign nationals posted some spicy comments about the news:



Can you blame him? Instead of trying to influence Americans’ opinions, maybe the government’s agencies should be trying harder to improve our image abroad. I’m just saying.



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Biden's green gamble​

https://www.axios.com/authors/jkraushaar

President Biden's Environmental Protection Agency announced far-reaching climate regulations this week in an attempt to dramatically alter how Americans drive over the next decade.

The big picture: The proposals are designed to ensure that two-thirds of new passenger cars sold in the U.S. are all-electric by 2032. Less than 6% of new vehicles sold last year were electrics.

Why it matters: Trying to impose top-down regulations to nudge Americans' behavior is rarely politically popular. Just look at the intense backlash over federal vaccine mandates that were ultimately struck down by the Supreme Court.

  • At a time when Republicans have been playing defense over Trump and abortion, Biden just handed them a gift that could rally the GOP base and put red-state Democratic senators in energy-rich states (such as West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Montana Sen. Jon Tester) on the defensive.
By the numbers: A new Gallup poll, released Wednesday, shows Americans' widespread reluctance to embrace electric vehicles.

  • Only 4% said they currently own an EV, and just 12% more are seriously considering buying one. A sizable 41% of adults said they'd never buy one.
  • Just 12% believe that driving electric vehicles does a "great deal" to reduce climate change, while 27% said it does a "fair amount."
  • Electric vehicles are an especially tough sell for Republicans: 71% said they never plan to own one.
A separate Pew Research poll from last summer showed 55% of Americans opposed phasing out new gasoline-powered cars and trucks by 2035, while 43% supported it.

  • Most of those inclined to consider an EV in the future were younger adults and urban dwellers — critical elements of the Democratic base that Biden needs to turn out for the 2024 election.
  • Overall, the poll found that 49% of adults said the Biden administration’s policies on climate change are taking the country in the right direction, while 47% said they represent the wrong direction.
 
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