Fauxcahontas Clueless As Ever
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Republicans are already in the majority, there’s 50 of them and only 48 Dems.
Elizabeth Warren Introduces Price-Gouging Bill That Fails To Define What Qualifies as Price Gouging
The bill is unlikely to garner broad support and become law. So-called price gouging is a pet issue of Warren's, one shared by the likes of the White House, which has claimed, amid the ongoing nationwide baby formula shortage, that it will crack down on price gouging as supplies dwindle.
Prices contain useful information about how hotly demanded a product is. Consider what would happen if firms never charged higher prices for goods or services in high demand: They would run out of the good or no longer be able to offer the service at all, denying consumers the ability to get the good or service they need. Uber's surge pricing is inconvenient when you need to get somewhere, but it also conveys useful information about the scarcity of available drivers, allowing some would-be customers to shift to an alternative, better coordinating the remaining supply so drivers are provided to those who are either least price-sensitive or most in need, conveyed by their willingness to pay.
Moreover, it's not clear that Warren's bill is narrowly tailored to target "price gouging" as people classically understand it. It looks more like the federal government wading into the sticky territory of setting price controls over the long term, given how broadly the text defines "exceptional market shock." It is important, during prolonged periods of war or pandemic, for companies to be able to adjust their pricing strategies to respond to, say, higher prices and decreased supply of wheat, when one-quarter of the world's supply is cut off due to Russia's war in Ukraine and will remain cut off for an unknown length of time. (Ditto for pork, crabs, and a gazillion other products that have been affected by COVID-related supply chain disruptions over the last two years.) Empowering the FTC to hassle these companies for engaging in the exceedingly normal practice of altering their prices to respond to changing supply and demand is ludicrous, and yet another step on the road toward Venezuela.
White House Shuts Down Elizabeth Warren’s Push For Abortion Clinics At National Parks
“I think we talked about this the other day about, you know, building some kind of facilities on federal lands. Are you any further along in terms of exploring those options? And would it be a possibility to come to some agreement with Tribes to use Tribal lands?” Jean-Pierre was asked by a reporter.
The press secretary noted that “we understand the proposal is well intentioned, but here’s the thing: It could actually put women and providers at risk.”
Jean-Pierre added that the move could lead to potential prosecution.
“And importantly, in states where abortion is now illegal, women and providers who are not federal employees — as you look at the federal lands — could be — potentially be prosecuted,” she added, claiming there are “actually dangerous ramifications to doing this.”
When pressed for additional details on the issue, Jean-Pierre only noted “we’re looking at an array of other options.”
Pocahontas: If I ‘Had a Penis’ I’d Be President
"Everyone comes up to me and says, ‘I would vote for you, if you had a penis,'" Warren vented to Ali Vitali, who recounts the previously unreported conversation in her forthcoming book, Electable: Why America Hasn't Put a Woman in the White House … Yet.
That is a rather stunning attack on the integrity of Democratic primary voters, but it's not the first time a candidate has blamed sexist Democrats for their failure to win an election. Hillary Clinton argued that "misogyny and sexism" were "contributing factors" in her humiliating defeat to Donald Trump. She has also claimed (without evidence) that Russian hackers rigged the 2016 election.
Yet even Hillary, widely viewed as one of the most corrupt and dishonest politicians of her generation, would never claim that "everyone" wanted to vote for her but couldn't because she was a woman. Warren also has a long history of distorting the truth for political gain. Most notably, she lied about being Native American. (That's why many people still refer to her as "Pocahontas.") Warren also claimed she was fired as a public school teacher for being pregnant, a story contradicted by county records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
The excerpt from Vitali's book, published by POLITICO, also included a quote that perfectly illustrated the mindset of Warren supporters. Vitali recounts a pre-caucus event in Cedar Rapids where "a white man with graying hair" walked up to the microphone and asked the following question: "How do you convince white men—who aren't as smart as me—how do you convince those white men over 50 that Elizabeth Warren's the candidate?"
Warren furious at DeSantis 'new low' for shipping migrants to Martha's Vineyard
Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren raged against Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis after he sent migrants to her state's upper class getaway island of Martha's Vineyard.
"It is cruel to treat human beings like pawns in a political game. He has reached a new low," she said, per The Hill.
"Exploiting vulnerable people for political stunts is repulsive and cruel. Massachusetts is fully capable of handling asylum seekers, and I'll keep working with local, state and federal partners to ensure we have the necessary resources to care for people with dignity," Warren wrote in a Tweet.
Most of the old line folks on the island are every day citizens, caught up in catering to the Hoi Polloi.
Growing up in Danial Shays country in the western part of the Commonwealth, have watched with sadness from afar over the decades the way politics have gone from the old, pragmatic, bi-partisan ways to what they are now.
Growing up in Danial Shays country in the western part of the Commonwealth, have watched with sadness from afar over the decades the way politics have gone from the old, pragmatic, bi-partisan ways to what they are now.
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AnthonyJames
R.I.P. My Brother Rick
Blue Origin aborts mission to Martha's Vineyard:
5th Circuit Just Delivered a Decision That Has Elizabeth Warren Throwing a Hissy Fit
The Fifth Circuit just ruled that the funding mechanism of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was unconstitutional.
In other words, they were improperly delegating something that was their responsibility — their power to exercise.
We know that giving power to unaccountable bureaucracies — something that Democrats love to do, especially when they are in control of the bureaucracies — ends up being a bad idea, so this is a great decision.
It is probably going to be appealed further, so this is likely not the end of it.
She's a good example of why I wish the Founders had put into the requirements to be a Senator that you had to be born in the State you represent.
WingsOfGold
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They blew it, senators like reps should be AMERICAN born.
UglyBear
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If that were so, very few states west of the Appalachians would have senators for the first half of our nation’s history.