Thursday, February 29, 2024

White House “Doctor” Releases Written Summary of Dementia Joe Biden’s Unannounced Physical Examination

The Gateway Pundit reported earlier today that Joe Biden made an unexpected trip to Walter Reed for a physical examination.

Biden's poor health has been particularly scrutinized ever since Special Counsel Robert Hur released a damning evaluation in his report on Biden's stolen classified documents investigation earlier this month.

O'Connor concluded, despite Biden's obvious physical struggles, he is "Fit for duty and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations." The doctor proclaimed that Biden "Feels well, and this year's physical identifies no new concerns." O'Connor also said this year's physical included consultation with several Presidential Specialty Consultants who "Concurred" with his findings.

The White House was probably scared of the results, knowing they would doom Biden's re-election bid for good.

The report also acknowledged Joe Biden's stiffened gait, persistent cough, and chronic throat clearing.

In 1988, Biden had surgery to repair two brain aneurysms, with one of them leaking.

An overwhelming number of Americans, even Democrats, have expressed deep worry over Biden's health and whether he should attempt to seize another four years in office. 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/white-house-doctor-releases-written-summary-dementia-joe/

Biden's Labor Department Sparks Confusion With Email "Explaining" January CPI Spike

So two weeks later, the BLS has realized precisely the error that it made, and as Bloomberg reported today, the US Labor Department's statistical agency "Sowed confusion" on Wall Street this week with an email about a key factor behind the jump in January's CPI index A Tuesday email to a group of data "Super users", seen by Bloomberg, suggested a surge in a measure of rental inflation - which left analysts puzzled - was caused by an adjustment to how subcomponents of the index are weighted.

Adding to the speculation that the data has been rigged and we are witnessing yet another conspiracy in action, one recipient said the BLS Statistics tried to retract it and that they were told to disregard its contents.

Which is bad news for Biden as explained above, hence the following bizarre email sent out by the BLS: It wasn't immediately clear who or what is a BLS "Super user", but it was obvious that the BLS is now in damage control mode, trying to "Justify" why it allowed the January CPI print to come in red hot.

The implication is simple: now that the BLS knows what "Caused" the spike it won't allow the same mistake twice.

If the BLS purposefully adjusted a weighting factor in an adverse way early in the year, it would then have many months in which it would be able to smooth out the negative January impact, allowing the monthly CPI print to come in well below where it would otherwise be.

Of course, such an explanation would be rather conspiratorial and would suggest that the BLS is in cahoots with the Biden admin as it seeks to mitigate any potential upside price shocks in the months leading to the November election.

Almost as conspiratorial as the BLS "Accidentally" sending out an email to its "Super users", and the promptly seeking to retract it. 

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/bidens-labor-department-sparks-confusion-email-explaining-january-cpi-spike

Mitch McConnell's Legacy: $27.6 Trillion In National Debt

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday announced plans to step down as GOP conference leader in November, marking an end to his more than 20-year stint in Senate leadership that saw the U.S. accumulate a mountain of debt.

"One of life's most underappreciated talents is to know when it's time to move on to life's next chapter," he said on the Senate floor.

McConnell has served as GOP leader since 2007 after serving as party whip since 2003, at which time the U.S. national debt stood at $6.783 trillion.

"[T]he turtle he announced today he's retiring, at least stepping down from his leadership role in the Senate in November.

I want you to remember this, because when he came to power in 2003, as Senate Majority Whip, he was billed as a fiscal conservative," Just the News Editor-in-Chief John Solomon said on the "Just the News, No Noise" program.

Solomon went on to highlight the disparity between the national debt at the start of McConnell's time in leadership and the present.

"Turtle" is one of a litany of nicknames McConnell has earned over the course of his tenure, such as "Moscow Mitch," the "Grim Reaper," and "Cocaine Mitch." 

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/mitch-mcconnells-legacy-276-trillion-national-debt

With The Trump Verdict, Is New York City Bringing Down Its Financial House?

The seven-count New York City fraud lawsuit has been a years-long mess.

I'm no lawyer, but I have done business, so I took a look at Judge Engoron's 92-page ruling from the perspective of a prospective investor in New York.

The judge ordered ongoing and preemptive oversight of all Trump business dealings, as well as prohibited normal business from being conducted by all the defendants.

Given the judge's concern about New York's reputation, what has the business community in New York City and around the world learned from Judge Engoron and Ms. James? That disagreements over a commercial property's present and potential value, even when the bank's independent review prevails in determining the value, can constitute fraud in the eyes of the city.

Aging New Yorkers continue to move to warmer climes, as they have done for decades; only now the Boomers are the largest generation, and these departures are being felt more strongly.

The very high state and local taxes combined with the newish cap on the SALT federal income tax deduction has driven many more New Yorkers to move out of the state.

The greater New York metro area was already home to more than a million illegals but, since Biden's election, the area has most likely seen a doubling of that number.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/with_the_trump_verdict_is_new_york_city_bringing_down_its_financial_house.html

Why Is Mitch McConnell Remaining In The Senate Until 2027?

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has announced he will be stepping down from his perch atop the Senate GOP after what will be the longest tenure as a leader in Senate history.

Some Senate Republicans have given conciliatory responses to McConnell's departure.

Senator Rick Scott of Florida released a statement suggesting McConnell's departure offers a big opportunity for the Senate GOP. "I have been very clear and have long believed that we need new leadership in the Senate that represents our voters and the issues we were sent here to fight for. As everyone knows, I challenged Leader McConnell last year. This is an opportunity to refocus our efforts on solving the significant challenges facing our country and actually reflect the aspirations of voters," Scott said.

McConnell took to the Senate floor and said, "I still have enough gas in my tank to thoroughly disappoint my critics and I intend to do so with all the enthusiasm with which they've become accustomed."

As Senator Ron Johnson told The American Conservative in a phone call yesterday, "I cannot tell you how often he reminds us how many hundreds of millions of dollars he raised for the Senate Leadership Fund last cycle, and how much he's raised this cycle." At Senate luncheons during the border negotiations, McConnell would suggestively make remarks about campaign fundraising before turning the floor to Senator James Lankford.

Because McConnell is staying until November, he'll still have control of at least some of the purse strings.

Now McConnell is no longer about being majority leader, what will he be about in the eight months before he steps down?

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/what-damage-can-mcconnell-do-until-stepping-down/ 

Dr. Phil exposes ‘The View’ and other media responsible for lockdown harms to our kids

 America experimented with the lives of millions of children during the pandemic and sacrificed their mental health to satiate adults' fears.

Dr. Phil hammered home how our COVID-19 response created more harm for American children than the virus we were attempting to protect them from on ABC's "The View" Monday.

"In '08, '09, smartphones came on, and kids stopped living their lives and started watching people live their lives, and so we saw the biggest spike and the highest levels of depression, anxiety, loneliness and suicidality since records have ever been kept, and it's just continued on and on and on," lamented TV personality Phil McGraw.

"And then COVID hits 10 years later, and the same agencies that knew that are the agencies that shut down the schools for two years. Who does that? Who takes away the support system for these children?" He couldn't help continuing: "And by the way, when they shut it down, they stopped the mandated reporters from being able to see children that were being abused and sexually molested and sent them home and abandoned them to their abusers with no way to watch, and referrals dropped 50% to 60%." EXPLORE MORE Dr. Phil and 'The View' hosts clash after he says kids suffered more from school lockdowns than COVID Dear Abby counsels a man who's wife is having an affair.

Even the typically left-leaning audience of "The View" acknowledges our heavy-handed COVID approach and cannot deny the harm it's done to children.

SEE ALSO children outside school School closures brought the worst self-inflicted COVID harm Yet the parents who pleaded for a return to normalcy and a balanced approach were smeared as "Grandma killers" motivated by selfishness instead of eyewitnesses to the mental deterioration of America's next generation.

A study shows social isolation increased the risk of early death by 32%, and loneliness increased the risk by 14%. America's lockdown propagandists, irreverent politicians and water-carrying citizens deserve harsh punishment for unjustly sentencing our children to house arrest and denying their appeal.

https://nypost.com/2024/02/28/opinion/dr-phil-exposes-the-view-and-other-media-responsible-for-lockdown-harms-to-our-kids/

We CAN Force A Public Debate About The Covid Fraud

He has frequently challenged corporate media and the medical establishment to debate with him and the UK Covid Inquiry has so far refused to allow him to give evidence.

You can find a copy of the video HERE and you can read a transcript HERE. Over a thousand readers so far have responded and have sent the Inquiry a copy of his video.

Dr. Coleman is renewing his call in the hopes that if enough of us do it, it will force the Inquiry to let him give evidence.

Last week I asked you to send a copy of my latest video to the British Government's official covid inquiry - a long-running and expensive attempt to find the truth about the handling of covid-19.

The British Government's official covid inquiry is taking evidence from everyone with something to say about the covid fraud.

If enough people send the inquiry the video maybe we can force the lawyers to allow me to give evidence - and to prove that they faked a disease, faked a test and faked a cure.

Please send the covid enquiry a copy of my video entitled `This is the End'. 

https://expose-news.com/2024/02/29/force-a-public-debate-about-the-covid-fraud/

California Ignoring The Massive Radioactive Waste Dumped Into The Pacific Ocean While Spending BILLIONS On "Green" Initiatives

Federal and state officials in California are allegedly ignoring the radioactive waste dumped into the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast, even after new reports reveal it is even worse than expected.

According to the Los Angeles Times, researchers discovered that the thousands of barrels of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane disposed of into the ocean were not contained in barrels.

A map from the International Atomic Energy Agency shows that the United States dumped "More than 56,000 barrels of radioactive waste" into the Pacific Ocean in 25 years until 1970.

Newsom has been busy spending billions on clean energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, even though carbon dioxide is proven not to be a carcinogen, unlike DDT or even wildfire ash.

The radioactive waste crisis harms marine life and could also pose a threat to people living nearby, so it demands urgent attention and the allocation of resources.

News for more stories about radioactive waste being found in the environment. 

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-02-28-california-ignoring-radioactive-waste-spending-billions-green.html

American Paralysis And Decline

 So shrugged the ancient historian Livy of the long decline of Roman national character that, in his age, finally ended the Roman Republic.

We also know that restoring deterrence by arresting, convicting, and jailing repeat felons will return safety to our streets.

In an age of self-congratulation and hyper-environmentalism, we know that a million homeless defecating, urinating, injecting, and assaulting on our downtown sidewalks and storefronts is medieval.

We know the cure lies in building and staffing more mental institutions and providing areas far from public spaces where the homeless can find shelter, sanitation, and medical care.

Most know it is wrong to try to remove a leading presidential candidate from state ballots.

The paralysis of American society extends to our foreign policy as well.

We fear more the nasty, costly business of stopping its aggression.

https://amgreatness.com/2024/02/29/american-paralysis-and-decline/

The "Boys Will Be Boys" Of Science

This group called themselves "Scientists For Science." As the name suggests, they were effectively the "Boys will be boys" of science calling to let scientists do science.

Let Scientists be Scientists, Boys be Boys - don't draw red tape around enrichment of uranium or enhancement of civilization-ending pathogens, just give academic scientists more funding and freedom despite the lack of industrial or defensive benefits and the astronomical risks of such work.

Who do we find among the co-founders of Scientists For Science but Ron Fouchier and Yoshihiro Kawaoka? Joining their ranks are names worth mentioning given their role in our predicament today: Christian Drosten, Vincent Racaniello, David Morens, Cadhla Firth, Stephen Goldstein, Ian Lipkin, Volker Thiel, Friedmann Weber, four additional scientists at Erasmus University who are close collaborators with Marion Koopmans, and more.

Scientists For Science attempted to center themselves as "Science," and in so doing they are attempting to create a false solidarity with other fields of science that have better managed their risks, or fields of science like climatology whose entire purpose is understanding and mitigating risks they couldn't possibly engineer.

Will scientists who stood athwart risky research shouting "Halt!" receive reinforcements from the public, now that the public is aware? Or will Scientists For Science continue to use their incumbent advantage in media to mislead the public on the true risks of their research? Will we be able to recruit a mobilized public to the task of managing work, or will Scientists For Science use their incumbent advantage in academic circles to secure nodes of power within virology, suppress open scientific discourse on the probable lab origin of SARS-CoV-2, evade accountability, and succeed in their efforts to lobby for more funding, more staff, and more academic research enhancing potentially pandemic pathogens?

Will we prevent the catastrophic lab accident that has the potential to end human civilization, or will members of the public fear experts enough to avoid this debate, will they Follow The Science and "Let scientists do science", even if these particular scientists could doom us all?

Any policies aiming to reduce the risks of lab accidents must contend with Scientists For Science and the system they created, whereby some scientists publish and widely disseminate dangerous work and protocols for the enhancement of pathogens to scare people, use the ensuing fear to boost their funding, use their funding and fame to secure nodes of power within academic communities, and use their power to avoid accountability and oversight.

https://brownstone.org/articles/the-boys-will-be-boys-of-science/ 

Judicial Watch Settles State Department Lawsuit That Uncovered Hillary Clinton's Unsecure, Nongovernment Emails

Judicial Watch announced today it settled its 2014 Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, which sought the emails of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding the Benghazi attack.

On March 2, 2020, U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth authorized Judicial Watch to depose Clinton about her emails and the existence of relevant Benghazi attack documents.

"The Clinton email scandal uncovered by Judicial Watch's simple FOIA lawsuit changed the course of American history and led to Hillary Clinton's defeat in 2016," stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

"Our historic lawsuit is now officially over and settled through a remarkable payment of $97,000 by the corrupt State Department. Hillary Clinton ignored the law but received special protection from both the courts and law enforcement. For countless Americans, this double standard of justice destroyed their confidence in the fair administration of justice. Americans would never have known about Hillary Clinton's classified email and related pay-for-play criminality but for Judicial Watch's diligence."

Justin Cooper, former aide to President Bill Clinton and Clinton Foundation employee who registered the domain name of the unsecure clintonemail.com server that Clinton used while serving as Secretary of State, testified he worked with Huma Abedin, Clinton's deputy chief of staff, to create the non-government email system.

Jacob "Jake" Sullivan, Clinton's senior advisor and deputy chief of staff when she was secretary of state, testified that both he and Clinton used her unsecure non-government email system to conduct official State Department business.

Eric Boswell, former assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security during Clinton's tenure as secretary of state, testified that Clinton was warned twice against using unsecure BlackBerry's and personal emails to transmit classified material. 

https://www.judicialwatch.org/hillary-clinton-lawsuit-settled/

Top Doctor Testifies: "Unvaxxed Children Much Healthier Than Vaxxed"

Children who didn't receive the COVID mRNA injections are healthier than their vaccinated counterparts, a top doctor told a Senate briefing.

Speaking at a roundtable meeting on vaccine injury coverups hosted by Sen. Ron Johnson this week, Simpson University biology professor Dr. Brian Hooker explained how research shows children who follow the FDA's recommended vaccine schedule have a much higher risk of experiencing adverse health affects.

Infowars.com reports: "Independent researchers have assessed the outcomes of vaccinated versus unvaccinated children," Dr. Hooker declared, adding, "This demonstrates that vaccinated children were at least twice as likely to be diagnosed with developmental delays, ear infections and gastrointestinal disorders."

Graphs presented by Dr. Hooker depict vaccinated children studied had higher incidences of developmental delays, asthma, ear infections and gastrointestinal disorders.

"For each of the autoimmune neurodevelopmental and other disorders considered, the unvaccinated group fares much better with incidence rates between 4 and 20 times lower than their vaccinated counterparts."

Another chart based on data from a separate study showed vaccinated children also have higher rates of food allergies, ADHD, speech disorders and autism diagnoses.

Dr. Hooker's statement is just one of several powerful testimonies recorded at Sen. Johnson's hearing Monday, where a top epidemiologist at Yale University also explained both the COVID-19 virus and COVID vaccines were exploited by the bioweapons industry. 

https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/top-doctor-testifies-unvaxxed-children-much-healthier-than-vaxxed/

Insider’s Selling (Part 3): Jamie Dimon Sells MILLIONS Of Stock — First Time Ever In Over 18 Years

So why now? Why $150 MILLION now? Is Dimon selling perfectly at the top? That remains to be seen, but what we know for sure is he perfectly bought at the bottom: In other words, I'm following this guy! Here are more details, from the NY Post: JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon cashed in about $150 million of his stock in the bank - the first time the head of the largest US lender has sold shares since taking charge in 2005.

Dimon, one of the longest-serving chief executives on Wall Street, unloaded 821,778 shares of JPMorgan, according to an SEC filing Thursday.

A spokesperson for JPMorgan confirmed to The Post that "This was the planned sale of less than 10% of his holdings that we announced last October." Jamie Dimon in a suit gesturing as he speaks during a Senate hearing on Wall Street firms.

US heading to 1970s-style stagflation, JPMorgan Chase strategists warn Chase sued over 'unconscionable and predatory' junk fees for depositing checks that bounce JPMorgan shares were up over 1%, to $183.07, in early trading Friday and the firm has a market capitalization of $527.3 billion - the largest of any US bank.

Year-to-date, JPMorgan has already seen its share price rise more than 6%. Year-to-date, JPMorgan has already seen its share price rise more than 6%. Under Dimon's nearly two-decade reign, JPMorgan's shares have increased some 250%. Year-to-date, JPMorgan has already seen its share price rise more than 6%. Under Dimon's nearly two-decade reign, JPMorgan's shares have increased some 250%. Even after the selloff, Dimon and his family still own about 7.6 million shares in JPMorgan, which has more than $2.5 trillion under management, per the bank's website.

Dimon "Continues to believe the company's prospects are very strong and his stake in the company will remain very significant," JPMorgan told The Post in October after announcing his planned stock sale.

Dimon's transactions involving JPMorgan shares are subject to the terms of Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the bank told The Post, which requires insiders to sell company stock by setting up a predetermined plan that specifies a transaction date and the amount of stock to be sold.

https://100percentfedup.com/insiders-selling-part-3-jamie-dimon-sells-millions-of-stock-first-time-ever-in-over-18-years/ 

Why Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Unnecessary And Dangerous.

 A central bank digital currency is much more than electronic money.

A central bank digital currency would be directly issued to your account held at the central bank.

Central bank digital currencies are likely to be a computerized rendition of the French Assignats.

Central bank digital currencies are unnecessary and dangerous.

The primary arguments for considering a central bank digital currency are efficiency and enhancing the transmission mechanism of monetary policy.

Introducing a central bank digital currency is unlikely to reduce economic risks or stimulate productive investment but will encourage short-term malinvestment.

Cryptocurrencies have emerged due to a lack of trust in fiat currencies and the ongoing efforts of central banks and governments to devalue currencies in order to conceal underlying fiscal imbalances.

https://www.dlacalle.com/en/why-central-bank-digital-currencies-are-unnecessary-and-dangerous/

Who Will Take Care Of The Roads? Why, The Coercive, Substandard, And Monopolistic Government Department, That's Who

Let's explore each of these elements in more depth and see why the state apologist's lament of "Who would care for the roads?" really should be "Who would care for the roads so abysmally and have the audacity to steal to do it?".

In addition to being funded involuntarily through the violence of taxes, government roads departments often provide substandard service and even worse results, which is usually my first point when someone brings up the mindless gotcha of "Who will take care of the roads without government?" Well, judging by the condition of the roads I see, I'm not sure who is taking care of them right now.

More specifically, spending per capita seemingly has, at best, a tenuous connection to road quality, but why is that? Most proponents of big government take it as axiomatic that spending and results are completely correlated, but even without the overwhelming data to the contrary, such a belief is specious on its face.

Without competition, the state's roads departments can always rely on their apologists to offer the canard of "Think these roads are bad? Just imagine what they'd be like without the government's involvement" in response to any questioning of the state's competency in this arena.

On the other hand, no government roads department offers any such features or even a semblance of consistency.

Do you have any guarantee that roads in your area will be plowed and safe by the time you head to work? Do you even know when the plows will be out so that you might plan accordingly? Even a basic concept such as communicating with customers is absent for the government monopoly because they simply have no reason to do otherwise.

The real answer to the bromide of "Who will care for the roads?" should be "Any entrepreneurs interested in profiting by providing value." Let's do away with government monopolies and let those entrepreneurs get ready for the next snowfall. 

https://mises.org/mises-wire/who-will-take-care-roads-why-coercive-substandard-and-monopolistic-government-department-thats-who

'Stunning Act Of Scientific Censorship': Journal Retracts Peer-Reviewed Study Critiquing COVID-19 Vaccine Children's Health Defense

The journal Cureus on Monday retracted the first peer-reviewed paper to provide an extensive analysis of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine trial data and post-injection injuries.

The paper, published last month, detailed the vaccines' potential serious harms to humans, vaccine control and processing issues, the mechanisms behind adverse events, the immunological reasons for vaccine inefficacy and the mortality data from the registrational trials.

"I am suspicious that Kersjes and Springer Nature were pressured by the powerful Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex of coordinated public health organizations, vaccine manufacturers, and regulatory agencies to censor our paper to keep critical vaccine safety information from getting to the medical community."We rejected the retraction, fully appealed and will report this unethical action to all relevant authorities as we move on to publish elsewhere.

The letter from Kersjes specified concerns with claims the authors made about all-cause mortality data, Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System data, the number of deaths from vaccination versus lives saved, possible vaccine contamination, their assertion that the vaccines did not undergo proper safety and efficacy testing, the "incorrect" statement that spike proteins linger in the body and can cause adverse effects and that the vaccines are gene therapy products.

In a recent op-ed published in JAMA, Stanford epidemiologist Dr. John P.A. Ioannidis argued that peer review and scientific publication are at a "crossroads" and called for research on the topic for an upcoming conference.

Even preprint servers - which post scientific papers while they go through peer review and have no peer review process themselves - are being used to censor scholarly papers critical of the CDC and policy errors made by the Biden administration, according to Vinay Prasad, M.D., MPH. Prasad found that 38% of his lab's submissions to preprint servers were rejected or removed - even though those same articles eventually were published in journals and extensively downloaded.

Some top publishers like Taylor & Francis, and top journals like Science Magazine, have published articles about COVID-19 origins, for example, that "violated their own ethical policies and flouted their own norms for peer review" - by obscuring the names of major contributors such as Wuhan collaborator and University of North Carolina virologist Ralph Baric, Ph.D., or greenlighting papers with "basically no peer-review.

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/cureus-retracts-study-critiquing-covid-19-vaccine-censorship/ 

Eric Adams and Chuck Schumer celebrate Chinese New Year festivities decked out in CCP garb and waving CCP flags

Using our abductive reasoning skills if it looks like a communist, acts like a communist, and quacks like a communist, it's definitely a communist.

Here's this, from a report out at the New York Post today: Eric Adams sports Chinese Communist Party scarves - but says they're just innocent gifts Eric Adams has been repeatedly seen wearing the scarf, which represents the blood of the Chinese Red Guards who gave their lives for Communism, in the last few weeks.

On Saturday, Adams was seen wearing two red scarves around his neck at the first annual Brooklyn Lantern Parade Saturday, and he wore another red scarf in Manhattan's Chinatown on Sunday.

From other news, we learn that it wasn't just Adams, but Chuck Schumer too! As you can see, Schumer and Adams shared a stage with several concerning individuals, but most relevantly, "a senior consular official linked to China's secret police station in New York." If you recall, it hit the mainstream news last year that China had been setting up police/surveillance networks in the U.S. to allegedly spy on Chinese dissidents after one of these "Stations" got busted by the FBI. Here are the details: In Chinatown, the police station was run by the America ChangLe Association NY Inc., which owns the building at 107 East Broadway where the operation was located, The Post revealed in October.

Last year, the group held its annual gala dinner, featuring New York City Mayor Eric Adams as the guest of honor - an event that was not disclosed on the mayor's official agenda.

Again, don't worry, because a spokesperson for Adams revealed that it was "Innocent" as the mayor had been "Unaware" of the scarf's true meaning, despite him repeatedly wearing it when hanging out with Chinese communists.

Adams "Quietly appointed" Greco just one day after being sworn-in; but my mind recalled Adams's post-midnight ceremony scene, full of family members, and a conspicuously out-of-place Asian gal: YouTube video screengrab. 

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/eric_adams_and_chuck_schumer_celebrate_chinese_new_year_festivities_decked_out_in_ccp_garb_and_waving_ccp_flags.html

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Denver To Furlough Workers To Hire Illegals

 The City of Denver has informed workers that it may be furloughing them-technically still employing them at 0 hours of work-to illegally hire illegal aliens without work permits.

As Denver faces a budget crisis due to 40,000 illegal immigrants arriving in the last year, the city is using its resources to get the migrant population employed, warning hourly workers that they may lose hours to illegal immigrants and using the public school system to help the illegals get work permits, according to emails obtained by The Daily Wire.

Denver's 9 News reported on Monday that the City of Denver warned its workforce of job cuts, reporting that while the city "Says it is NOT laying off employees to pay for the migrant crisis," it "IS telling hourly employees they may have their hours reduced to zero." Sen. John Hickenlooper told the outlet that because companies are generally barred from hiring illegal immigrants, the city may simply start hiring illegal immigrants itself - even though that is also illegal.

Emails obtained under public records laws show that the city is also using its schools in the effort to get illegals employed.

Denver Public Schoolsworked with the city to help illegal immigrants get work permits, giving visas to foreigners to work for the school system so that schools have "Adults who are reflective of our students." It's almost as if they are trying to prove that the great replacement theory is true, just in case anybody hasn't figured it out already.

The schools are filling up with illegal aliens, so the school officials need to hire more illegal aliens to ensure that the students feel really at home.

Advertisement Denver's not the only place in the country where governments are hiring illegal aliens.

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/02/28/denver-to-furlough-workers-to-hire-illegals-n3783753

Washington Post Insanely Praises 'Immigration' For 'Roaring' Joe Biden Economy

 The Washington Post continues to outdo itself in generating downright idiotic takes to defend President Joe Biden's trashy economic record, even if it means whitewashing the worsening border crisis.

"The economy is roaring. Immigration is a key reason," celebrated The Post in a nutty Feb. 27 headline.

For border states like California and Texas, for example, the crisis was costing both states $21.76 billion and $8.88 billion respectively per year "In education, health care, law enforcement and criminal justice system costs, welfare expenditures, and more." But The Post still wielded its distorted talking points to make Biden look like he's somehow playing economic 4-D chess by capitalizing on a horrendous national security crisis to buoy the economy.

"Whoever wins the election will take the helm of an economy that immigrant workers are supporting tremendously - and likely will keep powering for years to come," read The Post Pravda.

This spike in foreigner employment was reportedly all thanks to Biden repealing Trump-era border restrictions, according to The Post.

Yes, the newspaper actually tried to spin the very actions that contributed to the border crisis in the first place as a stroke of genius on Biden's part: "At the same time , the path was widening for migrants to cross the southern border, particularly as the new Biden administration rolled back Trump-era restrictions."

Contact The Washington Post at 202-334-6000 and demand it stop gaslighting Americans on the immigration crisis.

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/joseph-vazquez/2024/02/28/alexa-define-border-crisis-washpost-insanely-praises-immigration

'Abuse Of Public Power': AOC Defends Hunter Biden Against Probe

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended Hunter Biden while he was behind closed doors testifying before the House impeachment inquiry on Wednesday.

Hunter is a material witness in the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, who denied involvement in the Biden business at least nine times.

C-SPAN The House investigation previously found a massive web of wire transfers, 20 shell companies, and associates who helped the Biden business rake in at least $24 million from foreign nationals over the course of approximately five years.

House investigators launched the probe into the Biden family in November 2022.

They revealed Joe Biden received money from James Biden and Hunter Biden.

Hunter claimed Wednesday his father's involvement in the Biden business is merely a "MAGA-motivated conspiracy" despite mountains of evidence.

Hunter notably did not say Joe Biden was not involved in the business. 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/28/abuse-of-public-power-aoc-defends-hunter-biden-against-probe/

Judge Sets March 1 Hearing For Final Arguments On Fani Willis Disqualification

 A Fulton County judge has set a March 1 date for final arguments on whether District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from the case.

Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee has set a March 1 hearing date for final arguments on whether District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from the election interference case against former President Donald Trump.

The hearing, the result of which could see Ms. Willis replaced with a different prosecutor, is set for 1 p.m., and is expected to be live-streamed, as with most Fulton County proceedings.

Ms. Willis testified before Judge McAfee on Feb. 15-16, where she faced heated questioning over her relationship with top prosecutor Nathan Wade, amid allegations that Ms. Willis benefited financially from the relationship.

Both Ms. Willis and Mr. Wade have denied any financial benefit from their relationship, while insisting their relationship started in 2022, after Ms. Willis had already hired Mr. Wade for the job.

While both Ms. Willis and Mr. Wade have said that their relationship started in 2022, a college friend of Ms. Willis testified in court that their relationship in fact began shortly after they met a conference in 2019.

Judge McAfee has said that Ms. Willis could be disqualified from the case if there is enough evidence to show "An actual conflict or the appearance of one."

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/judge-sets-march-1-hearing-for-final-arguments-on-fani-willis-disqualification-5593945?autoemail=samueleburns%40yahoo.com&utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=new&utm_term=

Lara Logan Outs Corporate Media-Government Collusion

 Lara Logan is an award-winning investigative journalist, former 60 Minutes correspondent and Chief Foreign Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent for 60 Minutes and host of The Rest of the Story with Lara Logan.

As a journalist, I have sat down with world leaders, mass murderers and terrorists, and I have held people on both sides of the aisle accountable.

As a result, they not only reach billions of people across the world every second of the day, they have absolute control over what we see and what we hear.

I'm sure there are many doctors in this room, scientists who've been attacked by the same people, the same people that run that - David Brock, for example.

Another political assassin now runs an organization called Facts First, USA, which is designed to make sure that your research, Dr. Hazan never reaches the people or the public.

This is the only country where the people are, the government.

This is a government for the people of the people and by the people.

https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/lara-logan-outs-corporate-media-government?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=583200&post_id=142102519&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1mr4m3&open=false&utm_medium=email

McConnell Stepping Down As Senate GOP Leader

 Sen. Mitch McConnell will step down as Senate GOP leader in November, ending a record 17-year tenure at the helm.

Mr. McConnell has been Senate GOP leader since 2007.

Mr. McConnell has been in the Senate since 1985.

As it pertains to being the leader of the Senate GOP, Mr. McConnell said, "It's time for the next generation of leadership."

In response to a question from The Epoch Times in September, Mr. McConnell, who had recently experienced two "Freezing" incidents in which he appeared unable to speak, said he had no plans to step down as senator or GOP leader.

The announcement comes just weeks after Mr. McConnell and most Senate Republicans voted against a package that included aid to Ukraine and Israel in addition to border security measures.

"We will [have] many opportunities to thank Leader McConnell for his leadership & work for our GOP conference I've worked [with] Mitch for 39yrs & he's a good friend A protector of the institution of the Senate," posted Sen. Chuck Grassley on X, formerly Twitter.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/mcconnell-stepping-down-as-senate-gop-leader-5596944?utm_source=rtnewsnoe&src_src=rtnewsnoe&utm_campaign=rtbreaking-2024-02-28-1&src_cmp=rtbreaking-2024-02-28-1&utm_medium=email&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAcuMmYBYAzMPd%2Fr0dnnxYA7t1hUABKr5Bl9VUeB4NNszEONEPtbQ%3D

Combatting Slavery In China

A report published on February 14 revealed that the Chinese Communist Party is continuing to target and enslave Uyghurs through an expansion of forced labor in China.

Forced labor systems in Xinjiang - punishable by detention for non-compliance - are a key part of removing resistance and opposition to the CCP's absolute authority and power.

"Xinjiang's recent policy changes have rendered forced labor less visible and more challenging to conceptualize," Zenz wrote.

"Uyghur forced labor is becoming both more prevalent and more insidious."

The law prohibits goods made by the Chinese Communist Party's forced labor programs from entering the U.S. market.

First, the members wrote, "Companies transfer forced laborers from [Xinjiang] to other regions in the People's Republic of China, complicating enforcement of the presumptive ban on forced labor products from [Xinjiang]." Additionally, "A second factor undermining enforcement of the [law] is Beijing's increased transshipment of forced labor products to the United States through third countries."

As the Chinese Communist Party continues to target Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in China, the United States must strengthen the enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and resolve to pass the Uyghur Policy Act into law. 

https://www.realclearwire.com/articles/2024/02/26/combatting_slavery_in_china_1014289.html

Bidenomics Is Bad Economics

Praise for Bidenomics from some media sources might lead people to believe our economic situation has never been better.

A gallon of milk that cost $3.12 during the Trump presidency now costs $4.01, a 29% increase.

During the Trump presidency, the average price increase for goods and services was a modest 7.6% over four years.

Black workers experienced $65.70 increase in real weekly earnings in the Trump era compared to $28.80 in the Biden era.

Hispanic workers experienced $47.20 increase in real weekly earnings in the Trump era compared to $7.80 in the Biden era.

Is Bidenomics working? For the millions of struggling Americans grappling with inflation, stagnant wages, and unattainable housing, the answer is a resounding no.

It's time for policymakers to wake up to the harsh reality facing everyday Americans and take meaningful action to address the economic challenges squeezing the life out of the American dream. 

https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2024/02/28/bidenomics_is_bad_economics_1014850.html

Drug Approvals By Regulators Are Often Based On Poor Clinical Data, Researchers Find

Drug approvals by regulators are often based on poor clinical data, researchers find.

Whether it's thalidomide, recalled in 1961 after being linked to severe birth defects, or Fen-Phen, the "Miracle" weight loss drug that was withdrawn in 1997 for causing pulmonary hypertension, history has shown us that regulatory approval does not mean that a drug or intervention is truly safe.

In that study, which was published in the journal BMJ Open, researchers concluded that most of the decisions to approve new drugs, medical devices and procedures are not based on solid clinical data - and it has been that way for at least two decades.

The researchers based this assessment on 400 appraisals made by the U.K. drug regulator the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence, although the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. does not have the best track record, either, recalling 14,000 drugs in the last 10 years.

Their appraisal involved 384 drugs, along with 14 medical devices, 25 non-pharmaceutical products, five surgical procedures and six other types of therapy.

Speaking on the "Trials with Maya Z" podcast recently, she said that a lot of "Sub-optimal clinical trials providing sub-optimal data" are used to help new treatments and drugs get reviewed by regulators.

Everyone is looking for the next blockbuster drug, and quality can be sacrificed along the way. 

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-02-27-drug-approvals-regulators-poor-clinical-data.html

Classroom Warfare

It's hardly surprising that almost half of all teachers reported they "Desire or plan to quit or transfer their jobs due to concerns about school climate and school safety," per a 2022 study by the American Psychological Association.

A 2021 Heritage Foundation survey asked if defunding school resource officers would make schools safer, and just 7% of teachers responded affirmatively.

An Ed Week Research Center poll from 2020 showed that, when asked if armed police officers should be eliminated from our nation's schools, only 20% of teachers, principals, and district leaders completely or partly agreed.

The Chicago Board of Education has just voted to approve a resolution to remove police officers from its schools by the beginning of next school year.

A better solution would be to ditch suspensions and, instead, if a kid breaks school rules, make him come to school early or stay late, or possibly expose him to some lectures on Saturday morning.

Larry Davis, deputy headteacher of Southfields Academy in Wimbledon, said the use of body cameras by a small number of staff "Had improved behavior and lessened the number of dangerous confrontations since they were introduced at the start of the school year." Also, a school official said police "Found evidence from the body cameras was more useful in making arrests, and that their presence was deterring disruptive behavior."

Schools can now buy emergency body cameras and call buttons for schoolteachers through school safety grants. 

https://amgreatness.com/2024/02/28/classroom-warfare/

Joe Biden's Net-Zero Agenda Spells Trouble Down On The Farm And At The Supermarket

 Feeling the heat from farmers dumping manure in front of government buildings across the Continent, European Commission President Ursela von der Leyen is pumping the brakes on a pillar of the European Union's Net-Zero climate policy and withdrawing an EU-wide bill that would force farmers to reduce the use of chemical pesticides by 50% by 2030.

Forced Transition to EVs "First, EVs are significantly less reliable and more expensive to purchase, repair, power, and maintain than combustion engine vehicles, making them impractical and ill-suited to working farms. Farm equipment must be durable and capable of operating in all weather conditions," the Buckeye report points out.

"The Biden administration's efforts to force farmers to adopt electric equipment ill-suited to farming and to replace natural gas generators with unreliable renewable energy sources is a recipe for unsustainable farming. Unfortunately, Washington's central planners seem oblivious to that stubborn fact and remain committed to making Europe's mistakes," Buckeye points out.

Tracking Emissions from Farm to Table American farmers also find themselves in the bull's eye of ESG reporting requirements proposed by the Biden White House.

"The rule would mandate costly ESG emissions reporting for a firm's entire supply chain, requiring large publicly traded food processing companies, grocery stores, and restaurant groups to track and report emissions from farm to table," the report explains.

"Large companies looking to reduce their overall emissions would stop purchasing food from farms with high emission rates, once again applying financial costs and pressures to the American farmer." "With its heavy use of artificial fertilizers and fossil fuels, livestock methane emissions, weed and bug sprays, and genetically modified crops, agriculture has been targeted by ESG fiduciaries," Lewis and Reddy note.

Now farmer Brown is being targeted by the Biden SEC. The EU calls one of its Net-Zero agriculture programs "Farm to Fork." But Europe's farmers are in open revolt, and the powers that be in Brussels have taken notice.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/02/27/joe-bidens-net-zero-agenda-spells-trouble-down-on-the-farm-and-at-the-supermarket/

Electric Power Vs. Green Goals

 "The green movement calls for a shutdown of coal and gas power plants. At the same time, it demands a switch to electric vehicles, electric home appliances, and green hydrogen produced by power-intensive electrolyzers. This and the AI revolution portend a breakdown of the so-called energy transition."

These goals conflict with efforts to promote electric vehicles, electric appliances, and a new application that will increase the demand for electric power.

Michigan's electrical power in 2022 was generated by gas, coal, nuclear, with wind and solar at 12%. Michigan plans to close its gas and coal plants, which provide 63 percent of the electric power, while also retiring nuclear plants.

In 2022, 60 percent of US electric power was generated by coal and natural gas.

Shutting down coal and gas plants while promoting electric vehicles and heat pumps will produce electric power shortages.

Two additional trends will drive electric power demand.

Data center power consumption will jump by a factor of six to ten over the next decade, rising from about 1.5 percent of world power demand today to approach ten percent of world demand.

https://www.masterresource.org/goreham-steve/green-energy-goals-conflict-electricity/

Ruled By The Capricious Whims Of Politicians

 Venial means it is a forgivable "Sin." One just needs the proper behavior to be forgiven.

Some groups - no matter how despicable their behavior - are approved and protected by the state.

Other groups - no matter how clean-cut their behavior - are not.

Lockdowns are a marked departure from the idea that government exists to protect its citizens' rights, private property, and to mediate disputes without violence.

Rather, the lockdown model of governance is the idea that the government can mandate behavior, and, that if you are to deviate from the approved behavior, then you forfeit your rights.

He started the process of government punishing exceptionally normal behaviors.

Behavior is important and actions always belie words.

https://brownstone.org/articles/ruled-by-the-capricious-whims-of-politicians/

Biden To Give $850 Million to a Chinese-Owned Battery Company

 Last summer, the Biden administration announced an $850 million conditional loan to a company called KORE Power to build a battery production plant in Arizona.

The purpose was to decrease the United States' reliance on China's batteries, but KORE Power has enlisted its co-owner, a Chinese battery maker, to help build the taxpayer-funded facility, according to court filings.

The records reveal that KORE is 14 percent co-owned by Do-Fluoride New Materials, a Chinese battery manufacturer led by Chinese Communist Party official Li Shijiang.

The department said it conducted "Extensive due diligence" of the arrangement, adding that KORE has been working to reduce its Chinese ownership, with the goal of eventually becoming completely independent of Chinese technology.

KORE's relationship with the Chinese battery maker is at the center of a legal dispute in Idaho.

Chinese financial records show that KORE has paid DFD at least $70 million over the past four years.

"KORE relies 100 percent on DFD New Energy battery and module production as product for its worldwide business," said KORE in a court filing.

https://freebeacon.com/energy/biden-to-give-850-million-to-a-chinese-owned-battery-company/

Rates, Risk And Debt: The Unavoidable Reckoning Ahead

 If we ask, "What's changed?," two under-appreciated dynamics pop out: risk and consequences: risks are rising globally in a multi-dimensional self-reinforcing way, and the consequences of the Federal Reserve's 14-year policy error known as ZIRP-zero interest rate policy-are finally manifesting in unwelcome ways.

The Federal Reserve's 14-year suppression of interest rates to near-zero as it opened the floodgates of credit has finally generated consequences: inflationary pressures can no longer be put back in the bottle, for a variety of reasons, including unfavorable demographics, global changes in supply chains, resource depletion, and so on.

Now the economy is dependent on historically unprecedented low rates of interest or it collapse in a heap.

The economy is an open, dynamic system, and rock-bottom yields and interest rates generate self-reinforcing feedback loops that generate forces beyond the Fed's control.

The Fed's apparent control of yields and interest rates generated an illusory belief that the Fed could also control the consequences of their 14-year ZIRP policy error.

Note that rates are simply within a long-term range of between 3% and 5%. But even 5% rates are crushing the economy, a reality currently being masked by rapid expansion of public and private debt and the resulting doom spending-spending borrowed money like there's no tomorrow.

I've been writing about debt saturation for 15 years, and perhaps we're finally seeing debt saturation take hold: debt saturation means borrowers have maxed out their capacity to borrow more: they lack the income and/or collateral to borrow more, and as rates rise, their spending declines accordingly.

https://www.oftwominds.com/blogfeb24/rates-risk2-24.html

State Attorneys General Say More Than 85,000 Children Lost At The Border

Twenty-two state attorneys general said Monday more than 85,000 migrant children could be lost based on a report from the Department of Health and Human Services.

The report issued this month shows many of the children could be in the labor market or sex trafficked, they said in a letter.

"By law, the Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for keeping these children safe when they arrive," the attorneys general said in their letter.

The attorneys general said the Biden administration needs to find the missing children.

They are asking Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and FBI Director Christopher Wray to provide information on when the children were last seen and what safeguards are in place to ensure they are placed with family members.

"The Department of Health and Human Services must ensure that it is not handing over children to criminals and sex traffickers," the attorneys general said.

"This is unacceptable. As a mom, it makes me sick to know that many of these missing kids have been trapped into forced labor and exploited by heinous sex traffickers. It's the federal government's job to keep these children safe. I've joined with 21 other attorneys general in demanding that the Biden Administration immediately locate and protect these children." 

https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/state-attorneys-general-say-more-85000-children-lost-border

Illegal Immigrant Killing Of Nursing Student Elicits Yawns And Deflections From The Media

 The killing last Thursday of a 22-year-old Augusta University College of Nursing student - who had been out for a run near her old alma mater, the University of Georgia in Athens - has stirred interest in the national media, both because of the shocking and senseless nature of that crime and because the suspect is a Venezuelan migrant who entered illegally in September 2022 only to be released into the United States.

On February 24, the day after Jose Ibarra was arrested for the killing of Riley, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sent a letter to President Biden seeking answers about Ibarra's immigration status.

In any event, the sections of that article that don't pay tribute to Riley's life are largely a back-and-forth on which of the two parties bears responsibility for the border crisis that enabled Jose Ibarra to enter and remain in the United States - the Biden administration for its migrant release policies, or former President Trump and the GOP for rejecting a proposed Senate border bill.

I've extensively analyzed and explained the flaws in that bill in the past, but suffice it to say that it would not end "Catch and release" of illegal aliens at the Southwest border - it would reverse current migrant detention mandates in the law and essentially give the Biden administration authority to release any alien claiming asylum, without first assessing the strength or validity of that alien's claim.

SCAAP provides federal payments to states and localities that incurred correctional officer salary costs for incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens with at least one felony or two misdemeanor convictions for violations of state or local law, and incarcerated for at least 4 consecutive days during the reporting period.

SCAAP funding, at its core, forces the federal government to recompense states and localities for DHS's failures to remove "Undocumented criminal aliens" - a class in which Jose Ibarra is allegedly a member.

Government nonfeasance becomes misconduct when DHS ignores Congress' commands and funnels unvetted illegal aliens into the United States.

https://cis.org/Arthur/Illegal-Immigrant-Killing-Nursing-Student-Elicits-Yawns-and-Deflections-Media

After Two Years, Neocons Desperate For More War In Ukraine

She was trying to make the case for Congress to pass another $61 billion dollars for the neocons' proxy war project in Ukraine and she was throwing out the old slogans that the neocons use when they want funding for their latest war.

Americans are waking up to the lies of the neocons and more and more are realizing that there is no "We" when the neocons are trying to sell another war.

Was Washington "Defending democracy" when Nuland and the rest of the neocons successfully overthrew a democratically elected government in Ukraine in 2014?

It's getting harder and harder for the American people to choke down the war lies of the neocons.

In the same interview, Nuland said she was confident that when House Members return to session next week, "After they've been out in their districts hearing from the American people," they will vote to send the $61 billion to Ukraine.

Americans no longer support the neocon war project in Ukraine.

Perhaps in a last show of desperation, Victoria Nuland debuted another argument for keeping the war money flowing for Ukraine. 

https://ronpaulinstitute.org/after-two-years-neocons-desperate-for-more-war-in-ukraine/

Real Wages Turn Negative Again As Price Inflation Refuses To Go Away

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest price inflation data, CPI inflation in January accelerated, and price inflation hasn't proven nearly as transitory as the regime's economists have long predicted.

There's still no sign that the rate of price inflation is approaching zero or going away.

The dangers of persistent price inflation were further driven home in January by the fact that real wages turned negative for the first time in nine months.

Apologists for the administration continue to insist that inflation is "Falling"-or even slowing-even though price inflation has continued to surge upward.

The Biden administration would have us believe that inflation is going away because the CPI's measure of price inflation has somewhat stabilized around 3.2 percent over the past six months.

During the Super Bowl, for example, President Biden released a video statement attempting to blame corporate greed for "Shrinkflation." This claim is just the latest in a series of false narratives used to blame price inflation on everything but the real cause-the central bank.

With food prices surging, real wages falling, and housing costs reaching record levels of unaffordability, look no further than the Fed for the real cause. 

https://mises.org/mises-wire/real-wages-turn-negative-again-price-inflation-refuses-go-away

Headlines and Issues

 

The ‘Bidenomics’ Mirage

The Case Against a Second New Deal — William Voegeli, Claremont Review of Books

The Lasting Damage of Bidenomics — American Greatness

Commercial foreclosures increase 97% from last year to near decade-high — Just The News

Food Is Taking a Bite Out of Your Income. These Consumers Are Getting Creative — Wall Street Journal

Kellogg CEO faces backlash for suggesting people eat ‘cereal for dinner’ to save money — Today.com

Macy’s to close 150 stores, or about 30% of its locations — CBS News

CRE vet who advised on $8 billion of deals says 30% of office buildings are ‘basically worth nothing’ and ‘just have to be torn down’ — Fortune

It’s Not Just The Bidens: How Deep Is Gov’t Corruption?

Liberal Groups Back Proposed Rule That Would Further Entrench Bureaucracy As Polls Show Trump In Lead — Daily Caller

Americans are controlled by a vast, invisible censorship regime — American Thinker

Rethinking the Civil Service — Glenn Harlan Reynolds, Substack, via Instapundit

USDA Colludes With Left-Wing Group to Turn Out Voters Under Biden Order, Documents Reveal — The Daily Signal

Biden administration to put up ‘roadblocks’ in case of Trump win? — American Thinker

California’s Downward Spiral Never Seems To End

Democrats pushed climate action. Then utility bills skyrocketed — Politico

California’s Budget Deficit Causes Sticker Shock — Hot Air

Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom Faces Yet Another Recall Effort Amid Budget Woes — Daily Caller

California: North Korea of the USA — Steven F. Hayward, The Pipeline

Billionaires, Good ‘N’ Bad

Why Elon Musk is the most indispensible man in America today — X (Twitter), Wretchard The Cat

Western intellectuals in a Soros-backed think tank are all in for promoting Iran’s interests — American Thinker

Foreign Billionaire-Backed Climate Org Pressuring Broadcasters To Censor Ads Critical Of Biden’s EV Mandate — Daily Caller

Bad Frequency: Is America Ready for George Soros Radio Station Domination? — PJ Media

Climate Change Fanaticism’s Growing Economic, Social Toll

Net Zero’s days are numbered — American Spectator

The Biden administration’s aggressive net-zero agenda jeopardizes our quality of life — Washington Examiner

The Carbon Offset Dilemma — American Institute for Economic Research

Blackouts Here We Come — Powerline

Chilling hockey stick verdict — Spin, Strangeness, Charm

U.S. Imperiled By Surge In Crime, Drug Use

Kite & Key Media: Past Drug Crises Were Overhyped, Fentanyl Isn’t — Kite & Key Media, via RealClear Politics

Fentanyl Is Killing American Kids. Most Don’t Even Know They’re Taking It — The Free Press

Ex-NYPD top cop Ray Kelly says NYC quality of life has ‘really deteriorated’ amid crime surge: ‘There’s nobody in charge’ — New York Post

The Soros backlash: How the nation has turned against soft-on-crime prosecutors — New York Post

Leaked U.S. Federal Law Enforcement Documents Reveal How China Is Secretly Arming American Criminals with Machine Guns — Breitbart

Biden Family Corruption: The Saga Continues

Robert Hur Couldn’t Determine Who Had Access to Biden’s Stolen Classified Docs Because Security at Penn Biden Center DELETED All Visitor Logs From 2017-2021 — Gateway Pundit

Hunter Biden planned to build global hedge fund that included father, witness testifies — Just The News

The Smirnov Indictment Does Not Vindicate the Bidens — National Review

China’s Road To World Domination Goes Through U.S.

‘Blood Money’: The Secret Chinese Military ‘Disintegration Warfare’ Manifesto to Rip America Apart Using Drugs, Social Chaos, and More — Breitbart

History repeats? Why Chinese companies are establishing private armies — First Post

China is exploiting Biden’s lax border policies — imperiling US security — New York Post, via MSN

AI’s Dangers Get Clearer: ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’

Behind the Curtain: AI’s doom or boom — Axios

Why is Google AI creating pro-Nazi and pro-Confederate propaganda? — Glenn Harlan Reynolds, Instapundit Substack

Nate Silver calls to shut down Gemini after Google’s AI chatbot refuses to say if Hitler or Musk is worse — NY Post

Macy's Shutters Union Square Location In San Francisco

Add Macy's to the long list of Union Square retail stores that have closed recently - the department store announced this week that it would close 150 locations in the coming years, including its flagship store in San Francisco.

The store has been on its Union Square block since 1929 and will stay in operation until Macy's finds a buyer for the building.

San Francisco supervisor Aaron Peskin said he was "Devastated" by Macy's decision to downsize and "Invest in a small-format model" instead of wasting money on unproductive stores.

Macy's cited slow sales as the reason for closing so many branches, and San Francisco officials confirmed that the department store did not cite safety concerns as its reason for leaving Union Square.

San Francisco's flagship Nordstrom closed last year, and since then, department stores have exited downtown in masse.

It'll be difficult to recognize Union Square in the coming years without Macy's trademark holiday displays or towering Christmas tree that the store used to gift the city every winter.

The area used to absolutely glitter at Christmas; what a magical childhood adventure it was to take the ornamented cable car to Union Square and ice skate under the Macy's tree. 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/macys-shutters-union-square-location-in-san-francisco/

Russia! Russia! Forever: An Anatomy Of A Left-Wing Obsession

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's lawyers, despite all the pre-investigational hype and hagiography, spent 22 months and $40 million to find no evidence that the Russians swung the election to Trump.

In one of the notable political scandals in recent history, the present National Security Advisor and former Clintonite campaign operative, Jake Sullivan, used various surrogates to promote the lie that there was some sort of secret "Backchannel" electronic "Ping" communications between the Russian Alfa Bank and the Trump campaign and Trump Organization.

On March 6, 2009, in Geneva, to great fanfare, Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Secretary of State, gave Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov a red plastic button with the word "Reset" in English and, sort of, in Russian, to mark a supposed new partnership.

Five years later, Vice President Joe Biden admitted that 'reset' was an utter failure, given the 2014 Russian invasions of the Donbass and the Crimea, serial Russian hacking of American institutions, and Russian buzzing of American planes and ships.

Trump had killed more Russian combatants-perhaps 300 of the Wagner group mercenaries in Syria-than at any time during the Cold War.

In August 2019, Trump withdrew American participation from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on grounds-supported by the Europeans-that Russians had repeatedly violated the agreements without serious American objections.

In 2018, Trump hit more Russian officials, oligarchs, and companies with new sanctions. 

https://amgreatness.com/2024/02/26/russia-russia-forever-an-anatomy-of-a-left-wing-obsession/

Kamala Harris Announces Biden Regime will “Now Allow Students to Get Paid Through Federal Work Study to Register People” to Vote

 Kamala Harris on Tuesday announced the Biden Regime will now allow students to get paid through federal work study to register people to vote.

Harris privately met with a few dozen leaders to push a plan to 'protect voting rights' - which is Democrat speak for flooding the ballot boxes with fraudulent ballots.

"Many of us will be in Selma on Sunday to commemorate Bloody Sunday to remember the great John Lewis and Amelia Boynton and so many others - to issue a call, yet again, for Congress to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act," Harris said.

Harris said the new plan will allow students to get paid through federal work study to register people to vote in an effort to "Activate them." WATCH: Harris kicked out the press so she could discuss securing additional Democrat votes in secret.

ABC News reported: In her White House meeting, Harris laid out a four-point plan that the administration will initiate to try to bolster voters' rights.

The plan includes emailing instructions on how to register to vote to everyone enrolled in the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare; allowing students to get paid through federal work study for helping people to register to vote and working as nonpartisan poll workers; implementing initiatives to protect election workers; and announcing three national "Days of action" to promote voting.

The three days will be Juneteenth, June 19, the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6 and National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 17, according to Harris.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/kamala-harris-announces-biden-regime-will-now-allow/

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Planned Parenthood’s Sex Miseducation

Planned Parenthood boasts that it is the nation's largest sex education provider, "Reaching 1.2 million people a year through education and outreach." Recently, a video from its sex education curricula made for middle school and high school students went viral on several right-leaning social media accounts.

In the Sex Education 101 video, a Planned Parenthood sex educator in bright colors and quirky glasses explains in an obnoxiously perky voice about virginity.

Planned Parenthood describes its digital curricula for middle school and high school students as a "3.5-hour Digital Learning Journey [where] students follow an animated story while exploring sex ed topics through interactive activities, videos, quizzes, and resources." They charge a sliding scale of $0-$10 for the course per student, supplemented by our tax dollars.

As the overview video about the curricula states, "Students become inspired to advocate for their rights, especially regarding autonomy and equity regarding one's sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression." During the lessons, students also learn how to access to Planned Parenthood's text chat, which is available 24 hours a day to answer all their sex education questions.

In the high school curricula videos, the students meet Ty, one of the animated characters in their story-based approach to teaching.

Planned Parenthood is pushing an agenda to have the most radical members of the already left-leaning teaching profession be our nation's students' gender, sexuality, and sexual trauma counselors when that is not their role.

In addition to this, a study from the Claremont Institute found that Planned Parenthood received 80 percent of the sex education funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

https://capitalresearch.org/article/planned-parenthoods-sex-miseducation/