This is so very sad. Even though past presidents have done the same thing with so many Americans out of work and looking for jobs they should be Biden's first priority, not foreigners. Quote: "President Joe Biden is subsidizing businesses with 35,000 more foreign H-2B visa workers to hire for non-agricultural jobs in the United States, even as nearly 12 million Americans remain jobless. On Monday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that the administration would begin allowing businesses to hire up to 35,000 additional foreign H-2B visa workers for nonagricultural jobs in construction, hospitality, and landscaping.
“This preemptive move by Mayorkas lets seasonal employers off the hook from recruiting Americans by offering better wages and working conditions,” Robert Law with the Center for Immigration Studies wrote. “Instead, the federal government will subsidize bad business models or simply further enrich employers by giving them access to more cheap foreign workers than otherwise would be allowed.”
The administration announced months ago that they would help subsidize business by inflating the U.S. labor market even more with additional foreign H-2B visa workers to hire. Specifically, about 23,500 of the H-2B visas will go to foreign workers who have previously come to the U.S. on the visa program, while 11,500 of the visas will go to Haitians, Guatemalans, Hondurans, and El Salvadorans. The move comes as 5.9 million Americans are unemployed and another 5.9 million are out of the labor market entirely, but all want full-time jobs. An additional four million Americans are underemployed, holding part-time jobs but wanting full-time employment. Every year, businesses are allowed to import 66,000 H-2B foreign visa workers to take blue-collar, non-agricultural American jobs. Former President Donald Trump routinely brought in additional H-2B foreign visa workers for business to hire, and Biden is doing the same.
In December 2021 and January 2022, Mayorkas announced that he would allow businesses to import 40,000 more H-2B foreign visa workers. The H-2B visa program has been widely used by businesses to drag down the wages of American workers in landscaping, conservation work, the meatpacking industry, the construction industry, and fishing jobs, a 2019 study by the Center for Immigration Studies finds.
When comparing the wages of H-2B foreign workers to the national wage average for each blue-collar industry, about 21 out of 25 of the industries offered lower wages to foreign workers than Americans. Annually, the U.S. gives green cards to about 1.2 million legal immigrants, while another 1.4 million foreign workers are admitted every year to take American jobs. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens are added to the labor market every year, many on work permits given to them by the federal government." Biden Imports 35K Foreign Workers for U.S. Jobs, 12M Americans Jobless (breitbart.com)
This is quite a revelation, if true. Check it out. Quote: "Well Known LA Attorney Says Dems are Soft on ANTIFA Because the Terrorist Group Is the Base! Controversial Los Angeles attorney Leo Terrell says that ANTIFA is a large part of the Democrat’s base, and that is why Democratic lawmakers and governors are soft on the terrorist organization and won’t put its members behind bars! Speaking recently to Fox News, Terrell said that Democrats have “surrendered” American cities like Philadelphia, Chicago, and LA to ANTIFA, BLM, and similar groups, surmising the situation will only get worse as long as Democrats remain in municipal and federal office. “We already know as we sit here today, on Friday, there is going to be crime, murders, and arson in Chicago and Los Angeles. And this whole idea that Joe Biden wants to fund the police. That’s a gimmick,” Terrell said. He and “Hannity” host Tammy Bruce condemned the brazen daylight shooting of a man at a gas station in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia, near the Cheltenham Township line.
A one-time Democrat himself, Terrell is an African-American civil rights attorney and talk radio host based in Los Angeles, California. Terrell, who once said he “is a much happier person as a Republican,” went on to say that the last time that Philly had elected a Republican mayor was for the tenure of Bernard Samuel, who left office in 1952. “The Democrats have abandoned law and order,” Terrell said. “That’s why we need people like Gail in Congress because the Democrats do not care about the crime.” During the interview, Terrell was also joined by former broadcast journalist Gail Huff, a Republican candidate for the US House in New Hampshire who is also married to ex-Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass. Antifa, the Black Lives Matter, the criminals, the career criminals – that’s the Democratic base,” Terrell claimed. “And they don’t put their base in jail.” Huff echoed some of Terrell’s comments, remarking that “what we are seeing across this entire country is a complete devolution of the Democratic Party, a complete disdain for the country, and a complete unwillingness to admit their failures as great American cities continue to spiral out of control.” Restore American Glory » Well Known LA Attorney Says Dems are Soft on ANTIFA Because the Terrorist Group Is the Base!
This proves just how fallacious is the political left and their so-called efforts to save the planet with its vaunted but seriously flawed Green Energy programs. Quote: "New study finds EVs still cause massive amounts of climate-harming emissions — from tires. A new study is attracting widespread attention online by highlighting the surprising way in which electric vehicles are still pumping loads of climate-harming pollutants into the environment — and in many cases, at much higher rates than gas-powered cars. The study, published recently by Emissions Analytics, a U.K.-based emissions testing firm, found that under normal driving conditions, particulate emissions from tires are an eye-popping 1,850 times greater than from a tailpipe of a gas-powered car. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines particulate matter as "solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air" that are "so small that they can be inhaled and cause serious health problems." Some are small enough to enter deep into the lungs and even soak into the bloodstream." New study finds EVs still cause massive amounts of climate-harming emissions — from tires | Conservative Action Alerts | conservativeactionalerts.com
This is a most interesting revelation. The deceptions that Democrats engage in are a massive fraud on the public. Quote: "Aspiring MSNBC host Jen Psaki’s penultimate White House press conference was an object lesson in how Democrats and their media allies work to undermine negative press. Psaki dismissed a Washington Free Beacon report on taxpayer-funded crack pipes as a "bit of a conspiracy theory," echoing the administration’s response to earlier stories on the subject. It’s hardly the first time the Biden administration has cried conspiracy. The White House often waves away inconvenient stories as misinformation, a move that bolsters social media platforms’ efforts to censor the stories. The Biden campaign deployed this tactic to great effect in 2020 when it worked with social media companies to bury the New York Post’s story about Hunter Biden’s laptop. Twitter barred users from sharing the story, while other media outlets dutifully refused to report on the allegations until after the election.
(Check out what the NPR Public Editor has to say)
Never was this reflex clearer than during COVID-19. During the pandemic, numerous allegations that would eventually prove true or at least plausible were initially rejected as conspiracies. Senior administration officials insisted that COVID-19 emerged "naturay," and media outlets denounced the lab leak theory as racist. Many of the same outlets have since changed course.
In addition to burying the lab leak theory, social media companies silenced criticism of Democrat-backed COVID mitigation strategies. Tech platforms slapped a disinformation label on content critical of masks, social distancing, and vaccine policies. Numerous accounts, including those of newspapers and whistleblowers, were banned from social media platforms for sharing these stories.
Even as the Biden administration seems poised to scrap a planned "Disinformation Governance Board," Democrats show no signs of changing their approach on the issue. The Democratic National Committee has called for the government to build a more robust partnership with tech companies to police what can be said on social media. Leading Democrats, including former president Barack Obama, have called for similar controls." How Democrats Use ‘Disinformation’ To Bury Negative Press (freebeacon.com) Anyone who supports such efforts is part of the problem and definitely part of the solution to the massive number of Democrat party's ongoing destructive activities.
No wonder the Democrats worked so hard to get Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. She will be a reliable left-wing voter on important issues to Democrats. It is likely that she will not do the job she was hired to do. She will do what Democrats tell her to do. Chalk this up as just one more Democrat blow for anti-law and order and unjust justice in our country.
Quote: "In a late Monday National Review op-ed, former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy chastised confirmed Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson for her silence on pro-abortion protests held at justices’ residences. In a Monday interview with The Washington Post, Jackson was questioned about recent pro-abortion protests outside the homes of conservative Supreme Court justices, to which she said, “I don’t have any comment.” The soon-to-be justice acknowledged her surprise at the public disclosure of the draft majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. The Washington Post conducted an interview with Jackson, who will succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer after his current term concludes. When asked about the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion and subsequent protests outside the homes of justices slated to vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, the historic 1973 judgment establishing a federal right to abortion, she declined to comment.
When asked if disclosing the draft opinion “was a good thing or a bad thing,” Jackson said, “I can’t answer that.” Jackson was also evasive when asked about the ongoing protests outside the houses of Alito and fellow justices Clarence Thomas, Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Chief Justice John Roberts, who did not sign the draft opinion. “I don’t have any comment,” she said. McCarthy, a Fox News contributor, was harsh in his condemnation of Jackson’s unwillingness to write a column for the National Review. BREAKING NEWS: Protesters wearing outfits from The Handmaid’s Tale protest outside of anti-choice Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s house to hold her accountable for her stance against Roe v. Wade. RT THIS IF YOU SUPPORT THE PROTESTERS! — Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) May 12, 2022 “This ranges from somewhere between cowardly and sinister, much like the failure of the justices to issue a joint statement that echoes the chief justice’s condemnation of the leak and statement of determination to identify the leaker, and that condemns the protests, which violate federal law,” McCarthy wrote." Former prosecutor condemns Ketanji Brown Jackson’s silence on protests at Justices’ homes – Main Street Barbershop (barbershopnews.com)
This is what the "oh so righteous" denizens who populate the cultural Marxist political left considers civil discourse. Get in trouble for creating a scene in a private establishment and get tossed out by the bouncer. Then, because the perpetrator is black he charges the establishment with racism and demands an apology. Gets it. But is not satisfied so makes big scene by getting the university diversity office and irate students involved in a boycott. Yes, that is how diversity works. Comply with their demands or we will put you out of business. Such nice people they are. Peaceful resolutions are not possible when self-righteous, arrogant, uncivil, demanding left wingers get one of their special interest groups upset with normal society who fail to recognize their "special" status. As always, left-winger requests are actually demands to do what they want, or else. Happens every time they feel slighted or do not get their way. Most Americans believe everyone is equal and no one is more special than anyone else. But not the political left. This item explains.
Quote: "Brown University Students Extract Groveling Apology From Working-Class Watering Hole. Accused of racism by an incoming McKinsey consultant, bar bent over backwards to appease Brown's diversity commissars. Students at Brown University extracted an apology from a blue-collar bar after a soon-to-be McKinsey consultant accused its employees of racism, prompting a student boycott and a shakedown from the school's diversity office. The Graduate Center Bar apologized on April 27 for removing three black students who were roughhousing in line, after one of the students, Okezie Okoro, confronted the bouncer who told them to knock it off. The confrontation took place on April 7 and occurred after the bouncer let them inside. When Okoro gave the bouncer grief for reprimanding his friends, an argument ensued, culminating in the students' ejection from the bar.
A week later, Okoro posted on social media a 2,000-word denunciation of the bar, replete with a "content warning" and a list of demands. The post accused the bouncer of racism and attacked the bar's manager, Susan Yund, for dismissing that accusation. "When we students voice concerns that someone has been harmed," Okoro wrote, "we expect at the very least a response that attempts to deepen understanding." The bar capitulated, sending Okoro a fawning apology that outlined the steps it was taking "to be diverse, queer, and safe for all."
"We should have had policies in place that would have made you feel safer and heard when you took issue with the situation," the bar told Okoro. "We should have engaged with you more respectfully, patiently, and compassionately when you disagreed with us." Okoro, a senior at Brown University and the president of the school's Black Consulting Initiative, will be working as a McKinsey analyst upon graduation, according to his LinkedIn profile. Starting salaries at the prestigious consultancy typically top $100,000.
The apology, which Okoro posted on Instagram, promised "de-escalation training" and the "addition of bar cameras," as well as updates to the bar's harassment policies. Those commitments came six months after the bar reopened with reduced capacity limits and days after the bar's managers met with Okoro and Brown vice president for institutional equity and diversity Sylvia Carey-Butler, according to the Brown Daily Herald. Housed in the basement of an undergraduate dormitory, the bar is run by blue-collar locals and depends on the university for survival. It requested the sit-down amid a student boycott organized by Okoro, who told the Daily Herald he hoped his campaign would be "restorative."
Okoro, Carey-Butler, and the Graduate Center Bar did not respond to requests for comment. The episode is the latest example of how privileged students weaponize race against less privileged service workers, often with the backing of college administrators. At Smith College, a janitor was placed on leave after he called security on a black student eating lunch in a closed dorm. At Oberlin College, students and faculty protested a local bakery for calling the police on a black shoplifter who'd assaulted a clerk. The protests led to Oberlin suspending its purchasing agreement with the bakery—and to a lawsuit that forced the college to pay $11 million in damages.
That sort of riposte seems unlikely for the Graduate Center Bar, which is still reeling from the pandemic. Because the bar rents space from the university, it is required to comply with Brown's COVID restrictions, some of the strictest in the Ivy League. The university closed the bar in March 2020 and did not let it reopen until November 2021, by which point vaccines had been available for almost a year. Several bartenders filed for unemployment while the bar was closed, the Daily Herald reported. It is unclear how rowdy Okoro was being in line: Though the future McKinsey analyst claims he was "play-fighting (without physical contact)," Yund said the antics went beyond "merely tapping each other on the shoulder."
"In the narrow hallway that is the GCB's entrance it can be dangerous if people are moving their arms or elbows around unexpectedly," she emailed Okoro after the incident. "We know this from experience." That didn't satisfy Okoro, who ridiculed Yund's email in his post. The bouncer's reaction, he said, "was a manifestation of respectability politics and shows how black people often have to withhold from expression in order to comfort and conform. "It could also show that the bar takes safety seriously. Rhode Island has one of the strictest fire codes in the nation, the legacy of a nightclub fire that killed 100 people and injured 230 more. Since the bar is tucked away in a basement, alums told the Washington Free Beacon, it enforces strict capacity limits and generally has a long line, which requires careful crowd control in the cramped corridors of the dorm. Pictures of the bar posted on Brown's website confirm the tight confines.
The boycott began on April 13 and lasted a week and half. Okoro's Instagram post announcing it was shared over 700 times, he told the Daily Herald, suggesting a number of students participated in the boycott. But on other social media platforms, Okoro's demands met with derision—especially his call for the "indefinite suspension of the door person" who told him to cut it out. "Imagine very reasonably being kicked from a bar bc you're dicking around and then being an ass about it…then using your bruised ego to try to get a working class Brown employee fired," one user posted on Dear Blueno, an anonymous message board for Brown students. "You literally are pissed that you got corrected in public and now you wanna fuck up this guy's life over it?" "Why argue with the bouncer after getting let in?" another user asked. "That would get you thrown out of most bars. Either the kid is an idiot, or he caused a scene because he wants to be the center of attention."
Okoro nonetheless demanded an "apology to the affected students," which he described as "an integral step to rectifying the harm committed." That harm, Okoro said, was nothing short of existential. "As a fourth-year black student, with significant academic and extracurricular engagement at Brown, it is discouraging to experience this in a Brown University space," Okoro wrote. "My investment in and experience at the school can go unrecognized and erased, revealing the only thing that matters: my blackness." Brown University Students Extract Groveling Apology From Working-Class Watering Hole (freebeacon.com)
Do you now see why so many average but totally sane Americans are disgusted with the denizens in our country who both embrace and act out the demands of their destructive cultural Marxist philosophy against us and our society? Just because we do not agree with or accept their dysfunctional and destructive to civil order and tyrannical behavior? Besides, being black does not qualify anyone to be any more of a human being than any other human being no matter their skin color. As Martin Luther King once said and I paraphrase: "The color of one's skin matters not. It is the content of one's character that counts." Mr. Okoro would be wise to embrace King's wisdom. He at this point in his young life is no knight in shining armor.
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