tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72736669706976054022024-03-19T06:36:49.228-07:00polecat news and viewshttp://donpolson.blogspot.com/ Bringing you the very best information, analysis and opinion from around the web. NOTE: For videos that don't start--go to article link to view. FAVORITE SITES FOR INFO: https://pjmedia.com , www.powerlineblog.com , https://rumble.com/c/Bongino , instapundit.com https://justthenews.com , https://Bonginoreport.comDon Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.comBlogger17626125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-70726236174342413512024-03-19T06:30:00.000-07:002024-03-19T06:30:00.137-07:00Don's Tuesday Column<p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">THE
WAY I SEE IT by Don Polson Red Bluff Daily News 3/19/2024</span></b></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The high cost of “green” energy<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></b></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">News came of another apparently laudatory “green energy” proposal, a
solar project on the south end of town near airport property. I sorted through
the numbers, shown in “Cenergy Power proposes new solar farm in Red Bluff,” hoping
the “global cost” would determine the cost per unit of electricity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There’s the donation, in the $100,000 to $500,000 range, from Cenergy;
the yearly lease per acre of $2,500, totaling $75,000 for 30 acres; and the
“special inflation reduction act zone” which boosts the “tax credit funding” by
10%. What exactly, or even approximately, are the subsidies from state or
federal coffers, that big “free lunch” of taxpayer money—meaning deficit
spending+interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Fortunately, there is a chart for such costs: “Subsidies per Megawatthour
Produced ($/MWh) for Each Energy Source.” “Based on data provided by the Energy
Information Administration (EIA),” the chart was created by American
Experiment. For solar power, that has ranged from $60+/MWh five years ago,
$80/MWh in 2020 and about $50/MWh in 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Since PG&E charges us 42 cents per kilowatt/hour (kwh), a $50 subsidy
becomes a 5 cents per kwh subsidy. That doesn’t seem too bad, unless you
compare it to our Bend, OR, rate of about 7 cents per kwh; if that subsidy is
added to an electric bill, the PG&E rate goes up to 47 cents and the Oregon
rate nearly doubles to 12 cents. But nobody pays for subsidies, right?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The ironic thing is that out of all energy sources—solar, wind, coal,
natural gas and nuclear—solar exceeds $50 per MWh in subsidies. Wind has
hovered around $10/MWh in subsidies for years; while coal has a slightly higher
subsidy than natural gas or nuclear, they all approach $1 to $2 per MWh. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That’s right, solar gets over 20 times the subsidies of the coal, gas or
nuclear power sources, which have 24-hour, 365 days-per-year reliability, not
just daylight power generation. Reliance on solar—especially the expectation
that solar will ever provide more than a rounding-error quantity of reliable
electricity—is an idea so ludicrous that only addle-brained enviro-nuts and
government-subsidy fans can believe it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Exploding the Myths of ‘Green Energy’” (powerlineblog.com) further
provides concise breakdowns of how “Renewables increase the cost of
electricity,” and “More wind and solar means more blackouts.” Americanexperiment.org
writers Mitch Rolling and Isaac Orr debunked renewable energy myths in “Three
energy realities that renewable advocates can’t answer.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The final economic “killer” for wind and solar is the “Levelized Cost of
Energy,” including hidden costs of additional transmission, property tax, load
balancing costs that come from the essential backup power plants, overbuilding
and curtailment costs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The indisputably lowest cost of additional power comes from existing
coal, natural gas and nuclear plants compared to new wind and solar. That
translates, in an included chart, to $40 to $46 per MWh, meaning it only costs
around 4 cents per Kwh to get more electricity, so why does PG&E charge 42
cents? Here’s the answer: New wind projects cost over $272, and new solar costs
over $470, per MWh—meaning you can’t get new wind power or new solar power for
less than 27 to 47 cents per Kwh.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I don’t intend for your eyes to glaze, but it’s like the subsidies and
hidden costs for Electric Vehicles that amount to $20,000 to $40,000 per
vehicle, plus huge eventual battery replacement costs. It’s economically
unsustainable; auto makers are fast figuring out how to extricate themselves
from making and selling EVs. “EV Euphoria Is Dead: CNBC Declares Transition to
Electric Vehicles Has Failed” (redstate.com).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Governments, politicians and bureaucrats have, without self-doubts, imposed
“green” mandates like California’s; they’re creating economic waste and
environmental pollution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At some point, when people figure out that humans and our industrial,
agricultural and meat production have no effect on miniscule temperature
increases, natural disasters and climate change—common sense will prevail.
Especially when the cost of “recycling” said industrial waste, formerly known
as solar and wind “farms” comes due.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">EV tires wear out faster: “An Inconvenient Truth—EVs Emit More
Particulate Matter Than Gas-Powered Vehicles, According to Report.” From the
Wall Street Journal: “Electric Cars Emit More Soot. They have greater tire
wear, the source of most particulate matter. California is trying to conceal
that fact.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The primary election having concluded, “What’s happening in California’s
Elections Is a Disgrace” (3/14, townhall.com). Only 50 percent of ballots were
counted by March 7, only 90 percent by last Thursday, the 14<sup>th</sup>. Even
left-leaning Glenn Greenwald added that “Brazil (population 215,000,000) counts
all their ballots within hours—and they have mandatory voting for all persons
over the age of 16.” Argentina hand-counted 99.9% of their 27 million paper
ballots in less than 6 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">California’s Attorney General Xavier Bacerra, now Biden’s DHS Secretary,
cited 10 million “immigrants” in California. “It is illegal for foreign
nationals and even registered aliens to vote, but California’s ‘motor voter’
program registers false-documented illegals to vote when they get their
driver’s license. Squads of ‘politiqueros’ bribe, coerce and threaten the
illegals to vote ‘a certain way,’ code for Democrats” (“Important Voting
Problems,” powerlineblog.com).</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-89560472621851930282024-03-19T05:00:00.000-07:002024-03-19T05:00:00.133-07:00They're Making Sure Trump's 2nd Term Will be Hell<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #393939; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://pjmedia.com/graysonbakich/2024/03/16/theyre-making-sure-trumps-2nd-term-will-be-hell-n4927360" target="_blank">They're Making Sure Trump's 2nd Term Will be Hell</a></b></span></span></p><section class="post-header my-md-3" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem !important; margin-top: 1rem !important;"><div class="post-header__byline pb-2 clearfix" style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.05em; padding-bottom: 0.5rem !important; position: relative; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="float-start" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Joe Biden's approval ratings are dropping like a rock, once solidly blue voting blocs are fleeing the Democrat Party by the day, and Democrats cannot drum up a viable alternative to the ailing President ahead of November. Commodities remain expensive, and it seems we cannot go a day without hearing about crimes committed by illegal aliens who are being imported into the United States like bulk goods.</span></p><div class="thm-piano-mop-premium" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; width: 548px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Democrats' efforts to keep Donald Trump from being reelected through bogus criminal cases are only emboldening his voters, especially when there are setbacks in proving his innocence and making the political nature of the lawfare increasingly blatant.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Internationally, Iran, China, and Russia have gotten bolder, whether it be arming and funding terrorist organizations like Hamas who committed the worst case of Jewish mass murder since the Holocaust on October 7th in Israel, threatening Taiwan, and all but openly infiltrating America, or invading Ukraine, respectively. Not to mention the Haitian government just collapsed, and the Taliban controls Afghanistan, making it a terrorist haven once more.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Many believe the 2020 Election was stolen, and it may very well have been, leading to fears that 2024 will be stolen in a last-ditch attempt to keep Trump from being President ever again.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I wrote about that possibility myself not too long ago, saying Republicans need to be vigilant for voter fraud in November and the Trump campaign should direct its funds towards that instead of advertising.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Related: </em></span><a href="https://pjmedia.com/graysonbakich/2024/03/03/will-trumps-momentum-overcome-potential-fraud-in-november-n4926972" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b21f24;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Will Trump's Momentum Overcome Potential Fraud in November?</em></a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What if, instead of trying to steal the upcoming election, Joe Biden's handlers are doing everything they can to make Trump's second term a living hell?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This does not rule out the potentiality (or inevitability) of voter fraud in November, but it does make sense with how much things seem to have gone downhill in just three years.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Why else would they be letting millions of illegal immigrants into the country with next to no vetting and taking care of them on the taxpayer's dime, even relocating them into the interior?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To force Trump to spend his whole term trying to find and deport them all and prevent him from doing anything else or allowing another 9/11 to happen under his watch.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Why else are they letting the world burn, whether it's the Middle East, Ukraine (and literally putting provisions in a bill that would make cutting funding to it an impeachable offense), or Taiwan?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Related: </em></span><a href="https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/02/12/theres-an-impeachment-bomb-against-trump-hidden-in-the-ukraine-funding-bill-n4926374" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b21f24;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">There's An 'Impeachment Bomb' Against Trump Buried in the Ukraine Funding Bill</em></a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So if Trump is able to secure the border, he'll still need to deal with the possibility of World War III.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Why is the economy being allowed to rot as much as they're telling us otherwise?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Because that will be another burden placed on Trump he will need to find time for as he deals with the first two.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It seems as though they are playing on people's belief that everything will be better once Trump is back in office, by making sure everything is irreparably damaged once Trump actually is back in office.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Because, if you cannot beat your opponent but refuse to join him, the least you can do is render his victory meaningless.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://pjmedia.com/graysonbakich/2024/03/16/theyre-making-sure-trumps-2nd-term-will-be-hell-n4927360">https://pjmedia.com/graysonbakich/2024/03/16/theyre-making-sure-trumps-2nd-term-will-be-hell-n4927360</a></p></div></section>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-32901666377805098452024-03-18T12:37:00.000-07:002024-03-18T12:37:00.149-07:00Trouble Might Be Coming for Members of the January 6th Committee<p><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--text-color); font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/03/15/loudermilk-on-j6-referrals-n2636559?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&recip=28668535" target="_blank">Trouble Might Be Coming for Members of the January 6th Committee</a></b></span></span></p><div class="container-xl" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; 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box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="banner d-print-none" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"></div></section><div class="container-xl" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); width: 1028px;"><div class="row" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-left: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-right: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--bs-gutter-y));"><div class="col-md-8 order-md-5 order-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; order: 5 !important; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); width: 685.325px;"><div class="post-header__img" style="aspect-ratio: auto 736 / 414; box-sizing: border-box;"><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img class="img-fluid rounded" height="615" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2022/353/b7d6afca-6af9-402d-a374-8be35ee35023-1052x615.png" style="border-radius: var(--bs-border-radius) !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1052" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px; padding: 20px 0px 15px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin</span></em></figcaption></figure></div><section class="post-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px 35px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Earlier this week <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/03/13/liz-cheney-is-doubling-down-n2636440" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/03/13/liz-cheney-is-doubling-down-n2636440">we highlighted</a> how there looks to be a whole lot of problems plaguing the January 6 Select Committee from the previous Congress. Rep. Barry Loudermilk, who serves as the Committee on House Administration's Subcommittee on Oversight, <a href="https://cha.house.gov/2024/3/chairman-loudermilk-releases-january-6-initial-findings-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://cha.house.gov/2024/3/chairman-loudermilk-releases-january-6-initial-findings-report">released a report</a> which called out many of the narratives we had previously been force fed about January 6, 2021. Now, he's saying that criminal referrals could come for those involved, at least at some point down the road. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In <a href="https://justthenews.com/government/congress/key-house-lawmaker-says-he-may-make-referrals-obstruction-ethics-against-dem-j6" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://justthenews.com/government/congress/key-house-lawmaker-says-he-may-make-referrals-obstruction-ethics-against-dem-j6">an interview with Just the News</a>, he addressed how accountability is warranted, though he also wants more information. The write-up described Loudermilk as "frustrated that videotapes of interviews, transcripts and other evidence that Congress gathered under the prior Jan. 6 inquiry run by Democrats was deleted, destroyed, moved to other federal agencies or locked behind passwords that have not been recovered, and he believes some form of accountability is warranted."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What's particularly telling is what Loudermilk had to say about Cheney's involvement:</span></p><blockquote id="isPasted" style="border-bottom: 2px solid var(--border-color); border-left: none; border-top: 2px solid var(--border-color); box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 10.5px 55px; position: relative;"><p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“As far as holding people accountable, yes, they should be,” Loudermilk said during an interview with <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Just the News, No Noise</em> television show. “But I think that's going to be a little ways down the road, because there is so much more information that we need to get. And we need to build not only this, to get the truth out to the American people, but see just how big this case potentially is for obstructing.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Loudermilk also took a shot at Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the former chairman of the Jan 6 Select Committee, saying he believes Thompson left control of decisions of the committee to his former Republican vice chairwoman, ex-Rep. Liz Cheney.</span></p><p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“There's still documents that we need to get hold off. We still don't have passwords for the encrypted documents,” Loudermilk said. “It's amazing that you know, when I asked the former Chairman Bennie Thompson, ‘all I want you to do is give me the passwords.’ He said, ‘I don't even know what you're talking about.’</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Well, I think it's coming down to he probably didn't, because now new information we're getting is that Liz Cheney ran that committee,” Loudermlk added.</span></p></blockquote><p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is revealing. While it was Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), who was the chairman, and Cheney who was the vice chairman, it looks like she could have been pulling the strings here. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One part of the report mentioned above did reveal that Cheney held a position that was initially meant for a Democrat. "Cheney was not the minority ranking member but served as Vice Chair of the Select Committee—a position under House Rules for a member of the same party as the Chair. Pelosi appointed Cheney to the Select Committee as one of Pelosi’s eight majority appointments to the Select Committee. Former Select Committee staff members spoke out against Cheney’s insistence that the Selec tCommittee focus on President Trump," a finding of the one-page explainer revealed. </span></p><div class="row mb-3" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 1rem !important; margin-left: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-right: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--bs-gutter-y)); max-width: 100%;"><div class="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 0 0%; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); width: 591.325px;"><h4 class="pc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-color); line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Recommended</span></h4><div class="row" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; 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margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) had been named by then House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to serve as a Republican member on the Select Committee, and <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2022/01/07/rino-liz-cheney-goes-after-jim-banks-during-interview-with-bret-baier-gets-her-own-title-on-committee-wrong-n2601534" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2022/01/07/rino-liz-cheney-goes-after-jim-banks-during-interview-with-bret-baier-gets-her-own-title-on-committee-wrong-n2601534">would have been ranking member</a>, but then Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) objected to him and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) serving. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Banks also posted his outrage about the report's findings earlier in the week.</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1767179970130903523" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1767179970130903523&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Ftipsheet%2Frebeccadowns%2F2024%2F03%2F15%2Floudermilk-on-j6-referrals-n2636559&sessionId=810a027c948b2409fa59848c0596d9975c1cae79&siteScreenName=townhallcom&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 647px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Again, accountability, such as criminal referrals could come in time, as Loudermilk went on to explain, with added emphasis. This especially applies to Cheney as a former member:</span></p><blockquote style="border-bottom: 2px solid var(--border-color); border-left: none; border-top: 2px solid var(--border-color); box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 10.5px 55px; position: relative;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lawmakers and congressional staff enjoy significant immunity from punishment, at least in criminal court, for their official actions in Congress under the Constitution’s separation of powers.</span></p><p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Loudermilk said he will decide on a possible course for seeking accountability after his subcommittee resolves access to the evidence that is still missing and determines responsibility. He said options range from a criminal referral to DOJ for obstruction to censure by Congress or a referral to the House Ethics Committee for investigation.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 800;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Those are options. We also have to look at what other options are there. There’s also censure-ship, ethics, obviously, but also consider there are members of that Select Committee who are no longer members of Congress. So they may fall under a different scenario,” he said.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“So we do have the tools of members of Congress, but also, active members of Congress have certain protections. So we'll have to work on that. Because as you talked about earlier, we're in uncharted territory right now. And so we're going to have to work through this,” he added.</span></p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Cheney lost her primary <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2022/08/16/live-results-primaries-in-wyoming-and-alaska-special-election-n2611782" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2022/08/16/live-results-primaries-in-wyoming-and-alaska-special-election-n2611782">by nearly 40 points</a> to now Rep. Harriet Hageman in August 2022. She is indeed no longer a member, though still looks to be involved in the political process as part of her focus against former and potentially future President Donald Trump. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Of the nine members on the Select Committee, only five members remain in Congress. Not only did Cheney lose her primary, but former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who is as rabidly anti-Trump as Cheney is, retired. For all of his troubles, Illinois Democrats had pretty much redistricted his seat out of existence. Former Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) chose to retire rather than lose, and sure enough her seat is now filled by Republican Rep. Cory Mills. Although she did run for reelection, former Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) lost the general to now Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans. Her involvement on the January 6 Select Committee indeed did not help Luria, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/us/politics/elaine-luria-jan-6-hearings.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/us/politics/elaine-luria-jan-6-hearings.html">as even The New York Times admitted</a>. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As our sister site of Twitchy <a href="https://twitchy.com/samj/2024/03/15/and-here-we-go-house-may-refer-january-6th-committee-members-for-prosecution-n2394017" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://twitchy.com/samj/2024/03/15/and-here-we-go-house-may-refer-january-6th-committee-members-for-prosecution-n2394017">covered</a>, pointing to <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/14/house-may-refer-january-6-committee-members-for-prosecution/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/14/house-may-refer-january-6-committee-members-for-prosecution/">an article from Breitbart</a> about the interview, people very much want to see these criminal referrals.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img class="img-fluid rounded" height="615" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2024/66/490263bc-807f-4c88-8f1c-ee6b51769fe3-1052x615.jpg" style="aspect-ratio: auto 172 / 95; border-radius: var(--bs-border-radius) !important; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1052" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; line-height: 12px; padding: 8px 5px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell</span></em></figcaption></figure></div></section><section class="post-body" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As November gets closer, we continue to see a trend in polls beyond the fact Donald Trump is leading against President Joe Biden.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The once solidly blue African-American voting bloc is starting to turn purple, as more black voters express approval of the former president and say they will vote for Trump in the polls.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Conservative influencer Benny Johnson recently went to a Trump rally and spoke with black voters while wearing a T-shirt depicting Trump's famous mugshot from when he turned up for Fani Willis's RICO case against him. 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font-size: medium;">— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1768736685016121755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b21f24;" target="_blank">March 15, 2024</a></span></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Still, you cannot help but notice a bit of irony, namely that Republicans have been trying to refute the pervasive idea of "systemic racism" harming black Americans, especially the belief that police unfairly target them.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Related: </em></span><a href="https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/03/13/confirmed-minority-voters-shifting-to-gop-in-large-numbers-n4927263" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b21f24;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Confirmed: Minority Voters Shifting to GOP in Large Numbers</em></a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But because a rogue Department of Justice hellbent on preventing him from returning to the White House is unfairly targeting Trump, one could argue that some resonated with it through the very same lens his party refuses to look through.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This does not necessarily mean that Republicans should try to lean into a narrative that Democrats forge and wield, but if they were smart, Trump's legal persecution could be a means of turning the narrative against itself, while simultaneously providing an avenue to finally get the message that "Democrats are the real racists" to stick.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have said <a href="https://pjmedia.com/graysonbakich/2024/03/03/will-trumps-momentum-overcome-potential-fraud-in-november-n4926972" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b21f24;" target="_blank">before</a> that the lawfare to keep Trump out of office is the only campaign advertising he needs since every development energizes his voters and makes them dig in their heels, and thus more money should go to get-out-the-vote drives and encouraging vigilance against voter fraud (and prepping layers in case anything screwy is detected).</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But if advertising is necessary, this could be a possible ad or at least the outline of one (someone else can trim this down better than I could):</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Democrats want you to believe that Donald Trump is a racist, spending four years trying to convince America of it. Yet under President Trump, more black and Hispanic citizens escaped from poverty than ever before.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Democrats also want you to believe that police unfairly target people by the color of their skin. Yet the reforms they have brought into place have only emboldened crime as radical Democrat prosecutors let even the most dangerous criminals back out on the street, harming everybody regardless of the color of their skin. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Democrats do this to our cities in the name of fighting racism. But when people of all races speak out against it, Democrats punish them instead of the criminals, including Donald Trump, whom Democrats are trying to keep out of office with unjust lawfare for utterly bogus charges.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Voting for Democrats only means more crime and more poverty. Voting for Donald Trump means safer streets and more prosperity.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Who are the real racists here?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://pjmedia.com/graysonbakich/2024/03/15/is-donald-trump-convincing-black-voters-democrats-are-the-real-racists-n4927357">https://pjmedia.com/graysonbakich/2024/03/15/is-donald-trump-convincing-black-voters-democrats-are-the-real-racists-n4927357</a></span></p></section>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-54719731697184851332024-03-18T05:00:00.000-07:002024-03-18T05:00:00.143-07:00The Democrat’s Fictitious World<p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/marvinfolkertsma/2024/03/14/the-democrats-fictitious-world-n2636486?utm_source=thdailyvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d&recip=28668535" target="_blank">The Democrat’s Fictitious World</a></b></span></span></p><div class="post-header__byline d-md-flex my-2" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex !important; justify-content: space-between; margin: 15px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="author d-flex align-items-center" style="align-items: center !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex !important;"><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/marvinfolkertsma" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Marvin Folkertsma" class="align-middle thm-author-sm" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/authorimages/marvinfolkertsma.jpg" style="aspect-ratio: auto 9 / 8; border-radius: 5px; border: 0.3px solid rgb(138, 138, 138); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-right: 10px; vertical-align: middle; width: 50px;" /></span></a><div class="d-flex flex-column flex-lg-row " style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex !important; flex-direction: row !important;"><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/marvinfolkertsma" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Marvin Folkertsma</span></a></div></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><img class="img-fluid rounded" height="615" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2024/67/3d029e9a-bc94-4d9f-a59a-d592854d6e94-1052x615.jpg" style="background-color: white; border-radius: var(--bs-border-radius) !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1052" /></span></p><div class="post-header__img" style="aspect-ratio: auto 736 / 414; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px; padding: 20px 0px 15px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">AP Photo/Andrew Harnik</span></em></figcaption></figure></div><section class="post-body" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px 35px;"><p class="s6" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">President Biden’s State of the Union address triggered predictable reactions among his supporters, who<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">described</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>his</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">speech as</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/takeaways-bidens-state-union-address-combative-attacks-foe-107911935" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span class="s3" style="box-sizing: border-box;">“</span><span class="s4" style="box-sizing: border-box;">high energy, forceful”</span></a><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="s5" style="box-sizing: border-box;">and<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">other adjectives rarely found<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">preceding</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>his name.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Naturally, Republicans disagreed. “</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">C’mon, man</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,”</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a href="https://spectator.org/bidens-state-of-the-union-a-druggie-living-in-an-alternate-reality/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span class="s3" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shmuel<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s3" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Klatzkin</span></a><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>quipped: “Was</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>it Adderall, meth, or old-fashioned bennies?</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">” Could’ve been a “miracle, or…better living through chemistry,” but<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">that</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>wasn’t the guy<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">we’ve known since 2020, a man<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">whose mangled syllables tumbled from his lips in batches of incoherence.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In other words, the President played a role, a fictionalized<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">version<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">of himself, after which he reverted to<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><a href="https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/03/09/need-more-proof-biden-was-drugged-for-the-state-of-the-union-n4927158" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span class="s3" style="box-sizing: border-box;">form</span></a><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, because he couldn’t keep up the ruse.</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In fact, Democratic speeches often reflect<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">an<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">“</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">alternate reality</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">”</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>as<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/03/joe-bidens-alternate-reality-speech/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span class="s3" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dan McLaughlin</span></a><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">and others put it,<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">that refe</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">rs</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>to t</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">hings that don’t exist, or if they do, are linked to reality by the thinnest thread</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">s</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>imaginable.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">To take<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">an</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>extreme instance</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>from the last century</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, during the Soviet era, Stalin justified<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">his purges</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">by blaming<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Leon Trotsky, whose agents allegedly had penetrated every corner of Soviet society,<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">creating</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>havoc and organizing plots against the General Secretary (Stalin’s title).<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The only link to reality was Trotsky, who did exist until Stalin’s agents tracked him down and killed him in Mexico. But the rest was sheer fantasy, never happened, purely fictitious.</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>Stalin’s enormous subterfuge solidified his power, which was his primary objective.</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Since the Democrats’<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">moral collapse<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">in<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">the sixties</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, their lust for unchallenged power has<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">reaped whirlwinds of grotesque fantasies</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>that<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">demonstrate the Party’s descent into<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">a<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">totalitarian</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">mode of thinking and acting</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">T</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">he foundation of every totalitarian movement<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">is<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">fanatical commitment to a<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">fictitious</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">world, one best described by<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><a href="https://archive.org/details/TheOriginsOfTotalitarianism" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span class="s3" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hannah Arendt</span></a><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>as</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>comprising</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">“fabricated insanity”</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>buttressed by indoctrination and propaganda.</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Terror, concentration camps, and<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">oppression</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">practiced by</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>twentieth century<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">dictatorships</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>have been replaced<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">in America<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">by<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">wokism</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, DEI, the cancel culture, critical race theory, and</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">censorship<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">policies</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">that eventually will<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">cover</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">thoughtcrimes as well as speech.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">All of which are incessant,<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">ubiquitous</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, and<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">shrill</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="s6" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Following the totalitarian script, Democrats<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">have used</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">propaganda</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>that<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">smothers</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>harsh realities<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">with<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">blanket</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">s of euphemisms</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>Thus,<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">“pro-choice,” “mostly peaceful protests,” and “gender-affirming surgery” have entered the American lexicon to<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">mask</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">infanticide, murderous riots, and</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">experiences of<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">poor souls<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">who leave</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>hospitals believing their<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><a href="https://spectator.org/lets-just-say-it-transgenderism-is-a-mental-illness/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span class="s3" style="box-sizing: border-box;">disturbed mental condition</span></a><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>was corrected by a surgical fix.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">All<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">were<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">rationalizations as well, but<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">fictions,</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>nonetheless. And of course, p</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">ropaganda<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">oozes from</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>schemes<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">to discredit<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">their opponents</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">such as<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Russian collusion</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>accusations</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>that plagued Donald Trump</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">were</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">revealed<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">as<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">fictitious</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>only after they had<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">smeared</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>his reputation.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="s6" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Other fictions likely<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">will<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">remain with us<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">for a long time</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, mostly because the lies and misrepresentations are built into huge organizations with millions of employees who have a stake in<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">their perpetuation.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Anthropogenetic</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>climate change is the mother of all fictions, embracing every institution in the United States and Europe, regardless of its advocates’ unbroken<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><a href="https://the-pipeline.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span class="s3" style="box-sizing: border-box;">record</span></a><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">of failed predictions.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Is there actually such a thing as human-caused climate change? Sure, there is, states<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><a href="https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/who-broke-climate-science/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span class="s3" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Stephen<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s3" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Koonin</span></a><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">, who served in the Department of Energy in the Obama Administration and authored<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.hoover.org/research/unsettled-what-climate-science-tells-us-what-it-doesnt-and-why-it-matters" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span class="s7" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters.</span></a><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>Enough to justify apocalyptic frenzies about destroying civilization in order save it? No, he says, the data don’t support such<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">a policy</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Doesn’t matter; nearly unlimited power accrues to those who convince the masses<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">otherwise. After all, the fate of the planet is at stake, right? Therefore, surrender your freedoms and eat bugs.</span></span></p><div class="row mb-3" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 1rem !important; margin-left: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-right: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--bs-gutter-y)); max-width: 100%;"><div class="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 0 0%; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); width: 592.4px;"><h4 class="pc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-color); line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Recommended</span></h4><div class="row" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-left: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-right: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); 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The deities of<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">totalitarian narratives</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>are jealous gods, indeed.</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Which means that Americans who have families, careers, and reputations to protect</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">—</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">practically all of us</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">—</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">must<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">step carefully through the minefield of “alternate realit</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">ies” that plague the country</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>and have energized America’s oldest political party for the past two generations.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Challenging fictitious accounts<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">about</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>the<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">foundations<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">of our lives is a dangerous, perhaps even a<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">life-threatening</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">undertaking</span><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">. But it must be done. Indeed, the survival of our Republic depends on it.</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/marvinfolkertsma/2024/03/14/the-democrats-fictitious-world-n2636486?utm_source=thdailyvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d&recip=28668535"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://townhall.com/columnists/marvinfolkertsma/2024/03/14/the-democrats-fictitious-world-n2636486?utm_source=thdailyvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d&recip=28668535</span></a></span></p></section>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-65600751076411541492024-03-17T13:00:00.000-07:002024-03-17T13:00:00.167-07:00WILLFULLY YOURS<p><span style="font-family: arial; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/03/willfully-yours.php" target="_blank">WILLFULLY YOURS</a></b></span></span></p><div class="post-333224 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-intelligence category-joe-biden category-law" id="post-333224" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="entry-content" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; clear: both; counter-reset: footnotes 0; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="meta-sep" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #888888; font-family: ubuntu, arial, serif; font-size: 12.48px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">BY</span><span style="color: #888888; font-family: ubuntu, arial, serif; font-size: 12.48px; text-transform: uppercase;"> </span><span class="author vcard" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #888888; font-family: ubuntu, arial, serif; font-size: 12.48px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/author/scott" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #888888; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">SCOTT JOHNSON</a></span><span style="color: #888888; font-family: ubuntu, arial, serif; font-size: 12.48px; text-transform: uppercase;"> IN </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #888888; font-family: ubuntu, arial, serif; font-size: 12.48px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/category/intelligence" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #ff4b33; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">INTELLIGENCE</a></span><span style="color: #888888; font-family: ubuntu, arial, serif; font-size: 12.48px; text-transform: uppercase;">, </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #888888; font-family: ubuntu, arial, serif; font-size: 12.48px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/category/joe-biden" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #888888; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">JOE BIDEN</a></span><span style="color: #888888; font-family: ubuntu, arial, serif; font-size: 12.48px; text-transform: uppercase;">, </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #888888; font-family: ubuntu, arial, serif; font-size: 12.48px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/category/law" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #888888; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">LAW</a></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Special Counsel Robert Hur found that President Biden willfully mishandled documents subject to the Espionage Act provision set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 793(e). However, Hur clouded the “willfulness” element of the offense by resting his non-prosecution recommendation in part on Biden’s present senility. Hur presents his analysis of the element of “willfulness” under section 793 in Chapter Nine of <a href="https://www.justice.gov/storage/report-from-special-counsel-robert-k-hur-february-2024.pdf" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #5873c1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">his report</a>.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The relevant question is whether Biden committed the acts “willfully” at the relevant time. Hur had a smoking gun or two to prove the “willfulness” element of the offense. Among other things, however, he suggested that a jury would be reluctant to convict someone as out of it as Biden is and imputed the jury’s likely reluctance to Biden’s present inability to act “willfully” beyond a reasonable doubt. See, for example, Chapters Eleven and Twelve of the report.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Just to give an idea of the evidence Hur compiled, the Wall Street Journal’s James Freeman <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-case-robert-hur-could-have-made-against-joe-biden-aa243a1a" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #5873c1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">highlights</a> a few passages from Hur’s report. Freeman quotes this from Chapter Twelve:</span></p><blockquote style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3em; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As with the classified Afghanistan documents [discussed in Chapter Eleven], there is evidence that Mr. Biden kept his notebooks after his vice presidency knowing they were classified and he was not allowed to have them.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The evidence shows convincingly that Mr. Biden knew the notebooks, as a whole, contained classified information. For eight years, he wrote in his notebooks about classified information during classified meetings in the White House Situation Room and elsewhere. He was familiar with the notebooks’ contents, which included obviously classified information. When reviewing the notebooks with [Biden ghostwriter Mark] Zwonitzer, Mr. Biden sometimes read aloud classified notes verbatim, but he also sometimes appeared to skip over classified information, and he warned Zwonitzer that the material in the notebooks could be classified. Mr. Biden also stored the notebooks in a classified safe in the White House for a time as vice president because the notebooks were classified.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In Mr. Biden’s written answers to questions from our office, he called into question whether he knew the information in his notebooks was classified. In those answers, Mr. Biden explained that when he described material in his notebooks to Zwonitzer as “classified’’ he did not actually mean “classified.” According to Mr. Biden, “I may have used the word ‘classified’ with Mr. Zwonitzer in a generic sense, to refer not to the formal classification of national security information, but to sensitive or private topics to ensure that Mr. Zwonitzer would not write about them.” Mr. Biden qualified this answer by explaining, “I do not recall the specific conversations you reference with Mr. Zwonitzer, which took place more than six years ago.”</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This explanation-that “classified” does not mean “classified”-is not credible. At the time Mr. Biden met with Zwonitzer, Mr. Biden had nearly fifty years of experience dealing with classified information, including as a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, a member and Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, a member and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Vice President of the United States. It is not plausible that a person of his knowledge and experience used the term “classified” in this context as a euphemism for “private.”</span></p></blockquote><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hur discusses the existence of grounds for reasonable doubt regarding Biden’s willfulness at the time of the acts (i.e., evidence that Biden thought the notebooks were his personal property), but falls back on Biden’s subsequent incompetence (my word, not Hur’s). If Biden thought they were his personal property, why did he lie about the meaning of “classified.” As <a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/03/hymn-to-hur.php" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #5873c1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I wrote</a> yesterday, Hur’s analysis has the quality of a student working backward from the known answer to a question. Hur thus concludes Chapter Twelve:</span></p><blockquote style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3em; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Given the intelligence and military officials present and the topics discussed at the meetings Mr. Biden recounted for Zwonitzer, Mr. Biden should have realized that his notes did or were likely to contain classified information. But taken as a whole, the evidence will likely leave jurors with reasonable doubts about whether Mr. Biden knew he was sharing classified information with Zwonitzer and intended to do so. For these jurors, Mr. Biden’s apparent lapses and failures in February and April 2017 will likely appear consistent with the diminished faculties and faulty memory he showed in Zwonitzer’s interview recordings and in our interview of him. Therefore, we conclude that the evidence does not establish that Mr. Biden willfully disclosed national defense information to Zwonitzer.</span></p></blockquote><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I thought someone would press Hur on the “willfulness” issue at the hearing. Rep. Ken Buck, who declared he’s outta here next week, came the closest to getting at it toward the tail end of the five-hour hearing (video below). 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background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex !important; justify-content: space-between; margin: 15px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="author d-flex align-items-center" style="align-items: center !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex !important;"><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/joshhammer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Josh Hammer" class="align-middle thm-author-sm" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/authorimages/605fd616-2599-4c92-97f2-1e59dc946d87.jpg" style="aspect-ratio: auto 9 / 8; border-radius: 5px; border: 0.3px solid rgb(138, 138, 138); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-right: 10px; vertical-align: middle; width: 50px;" /></span></a><div class="d-flex flex-column flex-lg-row " style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex !important; flex-direction: row !important;"><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/joshhammer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Josh Hammer</span></a></div></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><img class="img-fluid rounded" height="615" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2024/66/8d0291ce-bad8-48af-b657-7386d36c9cbf-1052x615.png" style="background-color: white; border-radius: var(--bs-border-radius) !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1052" /></span></p><div class="post-header__img" style="aspect-ratio: auto 736 / 414; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px; padding: 20px 0px 15px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">AP Photo/Evan Vucci</span></em></figcaption></figure></div><section class="post-body" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px 35px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Following this week's primaries, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have both attained enough delegates to be their respective parties' presidential nominees this fall. Barring some sort of unforeseen event -- a debilitating hospitalization, an ultra-expedited criminal prosecution, or a convention floor revolt -- we will thus get a rematch of the 2020 presidential election.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For the many Americans who are neither Trump enthusiasts nor card-carrying Democratic partisans, this choice at the ballot box may be less than fully enticing. But for those patriots who still love this country, warts and all, and in spite of our ruinous current trajectory and decadence, Trump must secure a second presidential term. It really is that simple.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You may admire Trump's willingness to challenge conventional orthodoxies and his instinctual nationalism; or maybe you think he is an unprincipled politician and an obnoxious boor, to boot. Perhaps you believe a weaponized prosecutorial apparatus are now persecuting Trump; or you might have deep qualms about voting for someone found guilty of a crime by a jury of his peers.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But whatever it is you think about the polarizing 45th president of the United States, it doesn't really matter. The reality is the Democratic Party in its fetid current form is wholly unfit to govern the local assisted living facility -- to say nothing of the greatest country in the world. And whoever once said American elections don't present a binary choice is a moron; that is precisely what they do.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Patriots of all stripes must therefore band together to get Trump across the finish line this November. Trump can certainly make that task easier (or harder) based on how he runs his campaign this year. Here is what he should do.</span></p><div class="row mb-3" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 1rem !important; margin-left: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-right: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--bs-gutter-y)); max-width: 100%;"><div class="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 0 0%; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); width: 592.4px;"><h4 class="pc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-color); line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Recommended</span></h4><div class="row" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-left: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-right: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--bs-gutter-y)); 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vertical-align: middle; width: 258.6px;" /></span></a></div><div class="p-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding: 1rem !important;"><a class="widget-list__body-title title-link" href="https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2024/03/15/elite-heaven-or-real-hell-on-earth-n2636533" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2 !important;" title="Elite Heaven or Real Hell on Earth?"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Elite Heaven or Real Hell on Earth?</span></a><a class="widget-list__author" href="https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2024/03/15/elite-heaven-or-real-hell-on-earth-n2636533" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block;" title="Victor Davis Hanson"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Victor Davis Hanson</span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Since Trump is the first former president to run for a non-consecutive additional term since Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, his campaign is somewhat anomalous. Most challengers to an incumbent president seeking reelection can only talk about what they <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">will</em> do once they are in office and how that agenda differs from the incumbent's record. But Trump already served a full term; he <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">has</em> a record. What's more, that term was just a few years ago; most voters remember it well.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The key to Trump's reelection this fall, then, is to make the straightforward case that his term was demonstrably better for the median American citizen than Biden's term has been.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On the economy, Biden has presided over the worst inflation in four decades, declining real wages, a formal recession, and a historic supply chain crisis. Trump, by contrast, oversaw a generally flourishing pre-COVID economy: The stock market soared, inflation was generally subdued, America became a net exporter of oil and natural gas for the first time, and the Black unemployment rate even reached the lowest it has been since that statistic was first measured.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On the border, Biden has presided over the worst crisis in American history: Endless streams of unknown illegal aliens have flooded over, leading to a massive strain on municipalities' resources, skyrocketing violent crime, depressed wages for working-class Americans, and the mass importation of terrorism-implicating "special interest aliens." Trump, by contrast, may not have finished construction of the border wall, but illegal immigration was orders of magnitude lower than it is today due in no small part to the prudent measures he implemented, such as Remain in Mexico.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On the world stage, Vladimir Putin did not march into Ukraine under Trump (indeed, it is curious that Putin invaded Crimea during the Obama presidency in 2014 and then waited patiently until the next Democratic president to invade again). Under Trump, Hamas did not infiltrate Israel and kill the most Jews in a single day since the defeat of Nazi Germany. Iran was on the brink of economic catastrophe by the end of Trump's term due to his administration's "maximum pressure" campaign; under Biden, the Islamic Republic has been "maximally emboldened" to sow the seeds of jihad all over the Middle East. For all the talk of Trump's "chaos," there was not a single major war abroad during his presidency.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The 2024 presidential campaign is going to get ugly. Democrats have barely commenced the advertising onslaught that is to come, wherein they will depict Trump as a Mafia-like thug and shamelessly compare Jan. 6, 2021, to 9/11. Trump's best chance this fall is to ignore the noise and prove, contrary to the smear campaigns, that he is the superior candidate in terms of competence, stability, and sanity. He has the record to prove it.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/joshhammer/2024/03/15/the-path-to-victory-for-trump-n2636532?utm_source=thdailyvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d&recip=28668535"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://townhall.com/columnists/joshhammer/2024/03/15/the-path-to-victory-for-trump-n2636532?utm_source=thdailyvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d&recip=28668535</span></a></p></section>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-6271170385564734262024-03-17T07:31:00.000-07:002024-03-17T07:31:00.243-07:00'EV Euphoria Is Dead': CNBC Declares Transition to Electric Vehicles Has Failed<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #393939; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://redstate.com/benkew/2024/03/13/ev-euphoria-is-dead-cnbc-admits-forced-transition-to-electric-vehicles-has-failed-n2171325?utm_source=rsafternoonbriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=333548a2571394d78f5984884e55069e" target="_blank">'EV Euphoria Is Dead': CNBC Declares Transition to Electric Vehicles Has Failed</a></b></span></span></p><section class="post-header my-md-3" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem !important; margin-top: 1rem !important;"><div class="post-header__byline clearfix" style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 15px; position: relative;"><div class="float-start" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://redstate.com/benkew/2024/03/13/ev-euphoria-is-dead-cnbc-admits-forced-transition-to-electric-vehicles-has-failed-n2171325?utm_source=rsafternoonbriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=333548a2571394d78f5984884e55069e" target="_blank"><b></b></a></span></div><div class="author float-start" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By <a href="https://redstate.com/author/benkew" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7a7a7a; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;">Ben Kew</a></span></div></div><div class="social-bar mb-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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border-radius: 0.25rem !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1052" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; line-height: 12px; padding: 8px 5px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File</span></em></figcaption></figure></div></section><section class="post-body" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">CNBC has admitted that the attempted transition from gas-powered to electric vehicles (EVs) has failed. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The business-focused news channel <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/ev-euphoria-is-dead-automakers-trumpet-consumer-choice-in-us.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">explained</a> in a piece on Wednesday that "EV euphoria is dead" and that the largest automakers are drastically scaling back their plans. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The piece read:</span></p><blockquote style="background-color: #f1f1f1; border-left: 5px solid rgb(184, 31, 36); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 26px; padding: 10.5px 21px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For years, the automotive industry has been in a state of EV euphoria. Automakers trotted out optimistic sales forecasts for electric models and announced ambitious targets for EV growth. Wall Street boosted valuations for legacy automakers and startup entrants alike, based in part on their visions for an EV future.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Now the hype is dwindling, and companies are again cheering consumer choice. Automakers from <span class="QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer" data-test="QuoteInBody" id="RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ford Motor</span> and <span class="QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer" data-test="QuoteInBody" id="RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-2" style="box-sizing: border-box;">General Motors</span> to <span class="QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer" data-test="QuoteInBody" id="RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-3" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mercedes-Benz</span>, <span class="QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer" data-test="QuoteInBody" id="RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-4" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Volkswagen</span>, Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin are scaling back or delaying their electric vehicle plans. Even U.S. EV leader <span class="QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer" data-test="QuoteInBody" id="RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-5" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tesla</span>, which is estimated to have accounted for 55% of EV sales in the country in 2023, is bracing for what “may be a notably lower” rate of growth, CEO Elon Musk said in late January.</span></p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The report goes on to outline some of the principal reasons why the market is struggling and concedes that the Biden administration overestimated the willingness of consumers to make the switch from traditional gas-powered vehicles:</span></p><blockquote style="background-color: #f1f1f1; border-left: 5px solid rgb(184, 31, 36); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 26px; padding: 10.5px 21px;"><p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After significant interest from early EV adopters — bolstered by low interest rates and Tesla’s rise — interest rates skyrocketed, raw materials costs surged and the vehicles became much more expensive compared with their traditional counterparts.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It’s also become clear that the automotive industry and the Biden administration, which set its own target for half of new U.S. vehicle sales to be electric by 2030, overestimated the willingness of consumers to adopt a new technology without a reliable and prevalent charging infrastructure.</span></p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Such an article points to the growing resignation among progressives and advocates of electric vehicles that their proposals do not make economic sense. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Last month, The New York Times <a href="https://redstate.com/benkew/2024/02/19/biden-gives-up-on-ev-targets-after-realizing-how-insane-they-really-are-n2170317" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">reported</a> that the Biden administration would give up on its EV production targets as part of a "concession" to automakers and labor unions:</span></p><blockquote style="background-color: #f1f1f1; border-left: 5px solid rgb(184, 31, 36); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 26px; padding: 10.5px 21px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The change comes as President Biden faces intense crosswinds as he runs for re-election while trying to confront climate change. He is aiming to cut carbon dioxide emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles, which make up the largest single source of greenhouse gases emitted by the United States.<br id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />At the same time, Mr. Biden needs cooperation from the auto industry and political support from the unionized auto workers who backed him in 2020 but now worry that an abrupt transition to electric vehicles would cost jobs.</span></p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The prospects for the EV industry could get even worse if Donald Trump succeeds in winning back the White House later this year. As a strong proponent of American energy independence, Trump is widely expected to pull the plug on a variety of environmental targets, including EV production. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Following a recent meeting with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Trump <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-disagrees-elon-musk-electric-cars-meeting-2024-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">revealed</a> that the pair were "obviously" not in agreement on "a minor subject called electric cars."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"They don't go far, they cost too much, and they're all going to be made in China," Trump said. "You have to have all of the alternatives," he said. Electric cars — there's not even the possibility to go all-electric. This Biden all-electric mandate is by very, very stupid people."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://redstate.com/benkew/2024/03/13/ev-euphoria-is-dead-cnbc-admits-forced-transition-to-electric-vehicles-has-failed-n2171325?utm_source=rsafternoonbriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=333548a2571394d78f5984884e55069e"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://redstate.com/benkew/2024/03/13/ev-euphoria-is-dead-cnbc-admits-forced-transition-to-electric-vehicles-has-failed-n2171325?utm_source=rsafternoonbriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=333548a2571394d78f5984884e55069e</span></a></p></section>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-69135188483049389562024-03-17T05:20:00.000-07:002024-03-17T05:20:00.130-07:00On the Economy: Biden Needs to Go Back and Take Remedial Math<p><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.creators.com/read/stephen-moore/03/24/on-the-economy-biden-needs-to-go-back-and-take-remedial-math" target="_blank">On the Economy: Biden Needs to Go Back and Take Remedial Math</a></b></span></span></p><div class="row" id="article-show-header" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="col-sm-10 col-md-6 col-md-offset-2" id="article-show-left" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 713.885px;"><h4 itemprop="creator" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By <a class="grey-link" href="https://www.creators.com/author/stephen-moore" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Stephen Moore</a></span></h4><p class="author-read-more date calendar" data-date-format="yy-mm-dd" data-default-date="2024-03-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-transform: capitalize;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.creators.com/read/stephen-moore/03/24/on-the-economy-biden-needs-to-go-back-and-take-remedial-math#" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #29d4c7; margin-right: 15px; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><input class="hasDatepicker" id="dp1710417493230" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; width: 0px;" type="text" /><span class="top" data-original-title="Tooltip on right" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="Click to find past articles by date">March 12, 2024</span> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; line-height: 1; position: relative; top: 1px;"></span><span class="caret" style="border-left: 4px solid transparent; border-right: 4px solid transparent; border-top: 4px solid; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 0px; margin-left: 2px; vertical-align: middle; width: 0px;"></span></a> 4 Min Read</span></p><div class="font-size col-md-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 20px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It's a good thing President Joe Biden wasn't strapped to a polygraph while giving his State of the Union speech on Thursday, because his results would have come back about as clean as O.J. Simpson's. That was especially true when he recited a lot of tall tales — and some whoppers — while touting his administration's alleged successes.</span></div></div></div><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="article-content col-sm-10 col-md-6" itemprop="articleBody" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin-top: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 713.885px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here is a list my top five half-truths and in some cases outright fabrications:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">1. "My administration cut the deficit by $1.7 trillion."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This isn't just a little bit false, it's an extraordinary and audacious misstatement of fact. The baseline deficit over 10 years, as measured when Biden came into office versus the latest forecast, shows nearly $6 trillion added to the debt since Biden arrived on the scene.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So how does a $6-trillion addition of red ink possibly equate to a $1.7-trillion reduction in the deficit? Someone didn't pass his basic math exam in high school. It's disheartening that Biden and his speechwriters thought they could get away with this one.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">2. "We will make the rich pay their fair share."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The top 1% of American tax filers now pay an all-time record-high 46% of taxes. This is according to Biden's own IRS. If they paid an equal share of their income, they would be paying closer to 26% — not 46%. Does Biden think the rich should pay ALL the taxes? This also doesn't include the hundreds of billions of dollars of taxes paid by the businesses they created.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3. "I inherited an economy [from Donald Trump] that was on the brink ..."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Actually, the economy grew by — ready for this? — 33% in the third quarter of 2020 and 4.1% in the fourth quarter of 2020. The economy was in a full-scale COVID-19 recovery when Biden came into office.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Oh, and inflation then was 1.4%, not the 5.5% average rate under Biden.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Gas prices were $2.39 per gallon — about $1 lower than today.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">4. "Fifteen million new jobs created in three years."</span></p><div id="dsk-box-ad-f" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin-bottom: 1em; min-height: 50px;" tpd-injected-flag="generic" tpd-injected="true"><div id="tpd-fallback-tag-dsk-box-ad-f" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 280px; max-width: 468px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><rssapp-carousel id="GmID9OwulngJkzZN" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></rssapp-carousel></span></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is an intentional attempt to distort reality. It IS true that 15 million more Americans are working today than in 2020.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What ISN'T true is that these are "new" jobs. Some are, but most aren't. In fact, two of every three jobs "created" under Biden were simply jobs that went away during COVID-19 then came back after the pandemic was over and blue states FINALLY reopened their businesses. This distortion would be like comparing the number of jobs on a Sunday and then taking credit for all the people going back to work on Monday. Comparing the first three years of the Trump administration versus Biden's first three years, the rate of NEW job creation was higher under Trump.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"Inflation keeps coming down and mortgage rates will come down as well."</span></p><div id="dsk-box-ad-g" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin-bottom: 1em; min-height: 50px;" tpd-injected-flag="generic" tpd-injected="true"><div id="tpd-fallback-tag-dsk-box-ad-g" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: initial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-height: 300px; max-width: 600px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div id="ld-5524-7350" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></span></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;" tpd-no-ad-injection="true"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mortgage interest rates under Biden have more than doubled. When Biden came into office, the rate was 2.9%, and it averaged about 3.5% under Trump. Under Biden, the rate skyrocketed to 8%, and now nationally it stands at 7.1%. Consequently, according to data from Redfin, the average mortgage payment on a 30-year mortgage for a median-value home has risen from roughly $1,000 a month to nearly $2,000 a month today. Under the Biden plan, some homebuyers will receive a $400 monthly taxpayer subsidy on their mortgage. Even with the new handout, they are STILL roughly $600 a month worse off under Biden policies. Biden is the enemy, not the friend, of the dream of homeownership.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;" tpd-no-ad-injection="true"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.creators.com/read/stephen-moore/03/24/on-the-economy-biden-needs-to-go-back-and-take-remedial-math">https://www.creators.com/read/stephen-moore/03/24/on-the-economy-biden-needs-to-go-back-and-take-remedial-math</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 20px;" tpd-no-ad-injection="true"><br /></p></div></div>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-16858033190116034112024-03-16T13:00:00.000-07:002024-03-16T13:00:00.203-07:00PBS and The New York Times Scowl at the Conservative 'Mandate'<p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2024/03/13/pbs-and-the-new-york-times-scowl-at-the-conservative-mandate-n2636420?utm_source=thdailyvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d&recip=28668535" target="_blank">PBS and The New York Times Scowl at the Conservative 'Mandate'</a></b></span></span></p><div class="post-header__byline d-md-flex my-2" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex !important; justify-content: space-between; margin: 15px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="author d-flex align-items-center" style="align-items: center !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex !important;"><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="Tim Graham" class="align-middle thm-author-sm" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/authorimages/0f82ab1f-d9e8-483c-9e63-16a78c736600.jpg" style="aspect-ratio: auto 9 / 8; border-radius: 5px; border: 0.3px solid rgb(138, 138, 138); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-right: 10px; vertical-align: middle; width: 50px;" /></a></div></div><p><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline !important; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: var(--post-author-size); text-decoration-line: none;">Tim Graham</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img class="img-fluid rounded" height="615" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2015/14/17244def-09f1-45cc-b12b-bc0bf94c8c96-1052x615.jpg" style="background-color: white; border-radius: var(--bs-border-radius) !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1052" /></span></p><section class="post-body" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px 35px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Heritage Foundation has been issuing its doorstop-length "Mandate for Leadership" books since Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980. But this is the first one that has inflamed The New York Times into painting it as a manual for autocracy.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On the March 8 edition of PBS's "Washington Week With The Atlantic," moderator Jeffrey "Obama Is Awesome" Goldberg cued up New York Times book reviewer Carlos Lozada to discuss his article "What I Learned When I Read 887 Pages of Plans for Trump's Second Term."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What surely delighted Goldberg was Lozada's hot take. The Heritage book is "not about anything as simplistic as being dictator for a day, but about consolidating authority and eroding accountability for the long haul."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here's what is unsaid. Conservatives would like to impose more political appointees on the executive branch because they feel the permanent bureaucracy is stacked with "progressives" who treat conservative presidencies as an occasion for clandestine warfare.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Under President Donald Trump, both career appointees and political appointees leaked to liberal media outlets with all kinds of anonymous "resistance." One wrote a New York Times op-ed and then a book under the byline "Anonymous." The author later revealed himself as political appointee Miles Taylor, who was barely 30 when he became a deputy chief of staff in the Department of Homeland Security.</span></p><div class="row mb-3" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 1rem !important; margin-left: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-right: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--bs-gutter-y)); max-width: 100%;"><div class="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 0 0%; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); width: 591.325px;"><h4 class="pc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-color); line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Recommended</span></h4><div class="row" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; 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margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As Lozada noted in reviewing the "Anonymous" book, it was full of "stuff we already know." It was written to be bought by Trump haters who loved MSNBC guest snark like Trump is "like a 12-year-old in an air traffic control tower, pushing the buttons of government indiscriminately."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This, we know, is what Lozada means by "eroding accountability," making it harder for liberal rags like The New York Times to undermine the Republican president from within. No one on PBS is going to ask him if anonymous sourcing "erodes accountability." Because "accountability" is a one-way street for them.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The incentive structure is different for the bureaucracy under Democrats. Nobody at The New York Times wants an anonymously sourced war on the president. No major book publishers want a "tell-all" book lacerating the liberals for acting like 12-year-olds ... or like feeble octogenarians.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Anonymous sourcing at the Times isn't used for trashing the White House anymore. It's now reserved for the most pedestrian stories on Team Biden. In January, John Kerry was leaving the State Department to join the Biden campaign, and it was announced "at a hastily arranged meeting, said the person, who asked to remain anonymous in order to discuss personnel matters."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Under Biden, liberal journalists are expected to preach the most preposterous gospels. Lozada proclaimed on taxpayer-supported TV that the Heritage team wants "to politicize the Justice Department ... It's very overt. They emphasize how, for instance, the White House Counsel's Office and the DOJ have to work as a team. That's a quote."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The "accountability" specialists of the pro-Biden media somehow can't concede that the Biden Justice Department is aggressively prosecuting their opponent as a campaign strategy. Their press statements boast how their prosecutions in the Jan. 6 riot are massive and still unloading indictments.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Liberal reporters warn of Trump's "retribution" and couldn't possibly imagine that Biden's seeking retribution through his Justice Department. Their "news judgment" is perfectly partisan. Implying Biden's DOJ is nonpartisan is the most wretched misinformation you could publish.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Heritage folks are not wrong to assert that the Left controls the permanent bureaucracy and they're very upset that conservatives have gotten organized. Other Republican presidents have taken their "mandate" seriously, but the "deep state" -- especially defined as the anonymous sources perennially pushing statism -- remains an entrenched and powerful foe.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2024/03/13/pbs-and-the-new-york-times-scowl-at-the-conservative-mandate-n2636420?utm_source=thdailyvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d&recip=28668535"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2024/03/13/pbs-and-the-new-york-times-scowl-at-the-conservative-mandate-n2636420?utm_source=thdailyvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d&recip=28668535</span></a></p></section>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-83697028701990767332024-03-16T09:06:00.000-07:002024-03-16T09:06:00.382-07:00Imagine How Bad These Record Low Numbers Would Be for Biden If He Didn't Have the Media on His Side<p><span style="background-color: white; 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box-sizing: border-box;"><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img class="img-fluid rounded" height="615" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/tw/images/up/2023/254/24731f19-ba16-42fa-8661-333175e10dbe-1052x615.jpg" style="border-radius: var(--bs-border-radius) !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1052" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px; padding: 20px 0px 15px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Artist Angie</span></em></figcaption></figure></div><section class="post-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px 35px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ever since Joe Biden took office, Russia invaded Ukraine, Iran and the Houthis have been emboldened (and even been given access to more $$$), Hamas attacked Israel, there have been deadly attacks against U.S. troops overseas, a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, America's border has been invaded with the blessing of this administration, and they've also been forced to call in the Cookie Monster for purposes of economic gaslighting. </span></p><div class="thm-piano-mop-premium" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; width: 591.325px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Oh, and we've seen shameless optics like this one from "The Unity President™":</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><img class="fr-fic fr-dib" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2022/245/282bb629-57a3-4622-a0d2-cfcb55913bfd.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Add it all up and Democrats remain confused why Biden's numbers still fall somewhere in between "impacted molar" and "tax audit" on the approval chart. The pollsters at FiveThirtyEight are showing Biden now at the lowest point of his first and hopefully only term:</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1767660027744059710" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1767660027744059710&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fdougp%2F2024%2F03%2F13%2Fimagine-how-bad-these-record-low-numbers-would-be-for-biden-if-he-didnt-have-the-media-on-his-side-n2393922&sessionId=1d295d47cbbb4ae24957ba154aca90ec823fd0b3&siteScreenName=twitchyteam&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 548px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It's also been noted that President Biden hasn't yet seen a bump from the State of the Union address during which he yelled at us and lied for an hour:</span></p><div class="row mb-3" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 1rem !important; margin-left: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-right: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--bs-gutter-y)); max-width: 100%;"><div class="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 0 0%; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); width: 591.325px;"><h4 class="pc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-color); letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Recommended</span></h4><div class="row" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-left: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-right: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--bs-gutter-y)); max-width: 100%;"><div class="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 0 0%; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); width: 283.663px;"><div class="wp-card mb-3" style="border-radius: 10px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; max-width: 100%;"><div class="wp-card__img" style="aspect-ratio: auto 536 / 311; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"><a href="https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2024/03/13/epic-exchange-between-sc-reps-morgan-and-rutherford-exposes-everything-wrong-with-washington-n2393912" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="EPIC Exchange Between S.C. 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 569px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If anything I'd guess Biden's SOTU will contribute to dragging his numbers down even more. The speech was, outside of Dem cloakrooms and MSM offices, a disastrous and angry campaign speech that seemed to be more of an Adderall commercial than a State of the Union speech.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here's Biden in comparison to other recent presidents:</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1767646790562500944" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-2" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-2&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1767646790562500944&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fdougp%2F2024%2F03%2F13%2Fimagine-how-bad-these-record-low-numbers-would-be-for-biden-if-he-didnt-have-the-media-on-his-side-n2393922&sessionId=1d295d47cbbb4ae24957ba154aca90ec823fd0b3&siteScreenName=twitchyteam&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 807px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All that while Trump had the entirety of the national media doing the Left's bidding against him, and Biden has the biased press (and even the Cookie Monster) doing their best to keep him propped up -- and Biden's numbers are still a record low.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I expect something desperate and completely out of left field (of course) to come from this administration in the coming weeks and months. What will that be? The only thing I know is that it won't be good for the country, not unlike everything else this administration has done. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/03/13/imagine-how-bad-these-record-low-numbers-would-be-for-biden-if-he-didnt-have-the-media-on-his-side-n2393922">https://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/03/13/imagine-how-bad-these-record-low-numbers-would-be-for-biden-if-he-didnt-have-the-media-on-his-side-n2393922</a></p></div></section></div></div></div>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-81028520739447490942024-03-16T04:48:00.000-07:002024-03-16T04:48:00.256-07:00‘Disgraceful’: Republicans React to New Report on Bias of J6 Committee<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #393939; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/03/12/new-house-report-exposes-bias-of-jan-6-committee-n4927223" target="_blank">‘Disgraceful’: Republicans React to New Report on Bias of J6 Committee</a></b></span></span></p><section class="post-header my-md-3" style="background-color: white; 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padding: 8px 5px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin</span></em></figcaption></figure></div></section><section class="post-body" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A congressional investigation has highlighted how the Jan. 6 Committee was a politicized embarrassment, primarily focused on going after Donald Trump and his supporters. And many prominent conservatives had sharp critiques of the lawmakers who sat on the biased committee. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">PJ Media’s <a href="https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2024/03/11/j6-liz-cheney-caught-doing-more-than-cooking-books-against-trump-n4927188#google_vignette" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b21f24;" target="_blank">Victoria Taft analyzed</a> findings from the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, including how Liz Cheney buried exculpatory information. A number of prominent political and media figures have bashed RINO Cheney and the other members of the J6 Committee following the report’s release.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Related:</span> <a class="search-item-link" href="https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/03/10/liz-cheney-buried-evidence-exonerating-trump-in-j6-investigation-n4927171" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b21f24;" target="_blank"><span class="search-title" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Liz Cheney Buried Evidence Exonerating Trump in J6 Investigation</span></a></span></em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Show host Mark Levin, for instance, posted on Twitter/X, “Disgraceful Liz Cheney must be held to account for her leading role as J6 committee hatchet man. She has lots to answer for. She must be subpoenaed and questioned under oath, under penalty of perjury.”</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 547.104px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="mw-100" data-tweet-id="1767517357176418698" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1767517357176418698&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.pjmedia.com%2Fposts%2F4927223%3Ftitle%26categoryId%26subscription%26datePublished%26includeBody%3Dfalse%26status%26postId%26routeId%26pageIndex%3D0%26pageSize%3D30%26postTypeId%3D1%26total%3D198290&sessionId=ef8dadf1793c546f360e7cafff3c0ccf70b96aac&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; 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Next, the Left will pretend people have no memory and MSNBC will ‘explain’ to its viewers why Cheney can resist any subpoenas.” Clark emphasized the double standard by mentioning a former Trump advisor targeted by Cheney et al. “Meanwhile, Peter Navarro is on the verge of reporting to prison for resisting the Pelosi-Cheney-Thompson special political witch hunt committee.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">New York Post journalist Miranda Devine stated emphatically, “The lies in that J6 committee report shame everyone involved and stand forever as a reflection of their hypocrisy and total lack of integrity.”</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 547.104px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="mw-100" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1767545880360480881&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.pjmedia.com%2Fposts%2F4927223%3Ftitle%26categoryId%26subscription%26datePublished%26includeBody%3Dfalse%26status%26postId%26routeId%26pageIndex%3D0%26pageSize%3D30%26postTypeId%3D1%26total%3D198290&sessionId=ef8dadf1793c546f360e7cafff3c0ccf70b96aac&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 416px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 547px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chair of the subcommittee that released the report, <a href="https://x.com/reploudermilk/status/1767349899484438853?s=46&t=wDD9h6AWvM1P0tiUGr3o-w" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b21f24;" target="_blank">tweeted</a>, “The former J6 Select Committee operated in an unprecedented way, vetoing GOP appointments, hiring Hollywood producers to promote their false narrative, and refusing to adopt committee rules. This was never about running a real investigation.” It was all about Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans punishing Trump and MAGA.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Another Georgia Republican, Marjorie Taylor Greene, called for accountability. “They impeached a perfectly innocent President who did his part and tried to provide 10,000 National Guard troops ahead of J6,” she <a href="https://x.com/repmtg/status/1767227347877695841?s=46&t=wDD9h6AWvM1P0tiUGr3o-w" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b21f24;" target="_blank">explained</a>. “Nancy Pelosi and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser REFUSED to secure the Capitol and the city.” Hence, they should “be held accountable,” Greene added.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Author and speaker Juanita Broaddrick <a href="https://x.com/atensnut/status/1766227416509218858?s=46&t=wDD9h6AWvM1P0tiUGr3o-w" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b21f24;" target="_blank">called out </a>Cheney as well, tweeting about the former congresswoman, “Withholding critical information from J6 Committee is just downright evil.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As Mark Levin said, the Jan. 6 Committee was completely disgraceful. Unfortunately, such bias as it displayed sent people to jail or put them through an endless cycle of expensive and exhausting lawfare. It’s disturbing this occurred in the United States.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/03/12/new-house-report-exposes-bias-of-jan-6-committee-n4927223">https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/03/12/new-house-report-exposes-bias-of-jan-6-committee-n4927223</a></p></section>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-63417826688956545362024-03-15T13:00:00.000-07:002024-03-15T13:00:00.134-07:00HAMAS’S “OPERATION RAMADAN”–AND OURS<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/03/hamass-operation-ramadan-and-ours.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>HAMAS’S “OPERATION RAMADAN”–AND OURS</b></span></a></span></p><div class="entry-content" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; clear: both; counter-reset: footnotes 0; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="entry-meta" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #888888; font-family: ubuntu, arial, serif; font-size: 0.8em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="meta-sep" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BY</span> <span class="author vcard" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/author/scott" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #888888; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">SCOTT JOHNSON</a></span> IN <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/category/biden-foreign-policy" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #888888; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BIDEN FOREIGN POLICY</a></span>, <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/category/hamas" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #888888; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">HAMAS</a></span>, <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/category/islam" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #888888; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ISLAM</a></span>, <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/category/israel" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #888888; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ISRAEL</a></span></div><div><br /></div><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">President Biden apparently thinks the IDF should observe Ramadan as it seeks to eliminate the genocidaires of Hamas. By contrast, the genocidaires of Hamas find Jewish holidays the right time to do their thing. It’s enough to make a sane man vomit.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Wall Street Journal letters editor Elliot Kaufman is not too choked up about Biden’s Ramadan recess. His column on the subject is datelined Tel Aviv and runs with the headline <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/hamass-operation-ramadan-and-ours-israel-war-biden-cease-fire-backfire-69b4921d" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #5873c1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Hamas’s ‘Operation Ramadan’—and Ours.”</a></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The headline works a witty variation on the title of Norman Podhoretz’s classic Commentary essay <a href="https://www.commentary.org/articles/norman-podhoretz/my-negro-problem-and-ours/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #5873c1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“My Negro Problem–and Ours.”</a> By the same token, it could have been headlined “My Biden Problem–and Ours.” However, it would require more than 800 words to lay it out. It would take a book.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Elliot’s column is behind the Journal’s paywall. Here is the heart of it:</span></p><blockquote style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3em; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There is an idea that it is wrong to fight an Islamic country during the holy month of Ramadan, which this year starts Sunday night. It’s nonsense: Look at Egypt and Syria’s 1973 Ramadan War against Israel or Iran’s 1982 Operation Ramadan against Iraq. Conversations with senior Israeli political, military and legal officials, however, suggest that the taboo is a weapon—and every player in the Gaza war has an Operation Ramadan of its own.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For more than a month, the Biden administration has set the start of Ramadan as the deadline for a deal to release Israeli hostages and stop the war. “There’s got to be a cease-fire because Ramadan,” the president said Tuesday. “If we get into circumstances where this continues to Ramadan, Israel and Jerusalem could be very, very dangerous.” The danger, in his formulation, is all on the Israeli side, so Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had better cut a deal.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Israel’s leaders lamented privately that every day in February and early March seemed to bring a new U.S. shot across Israel’s bow—an unprecedented sanctions regime; new strings attached to weapons transfers; Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s call for a “timebound, irreversible path to a Palestinian state”; a turn against the war effort, which Mr. Biden called “over the top”; loud opposition to an offensive in Rafah, now termed a “red line”; a new policy deeming all settlements illegal; blame pinned on Israel for humanitarian aid problems; calls for an “immediate cease-fire”; and leaks that the U.S. could demand its weapons not be used in Rafah.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, the president no longer speaks about defeating Hamas, let alone destroying it. Victory is off his list of priorities—and Israelis worry that Mr. Biden is the most pro-Israel member of his administration. Where American words gave Israelis succor after Oct. 7, they now confound and demoralize the country. According to a senior Israeli official, Mr. Blinken “says it right in your face: ‘You can’t win.’ ”</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This was America’s Operation Ramadan: Spook and threaten Israel into accepting a hostage deal that would end the war much sooner than Mr. Netanyahu wants, because victory is unattainable anyway.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The administration misread Israel. Its pressure tactics have allowed Mr. Netanyahu to rally even his rivals around his positions on Rafah and against unilateral U.S. recognition of a Palestinian state, an idea Israelis find criminally insane right now. The prime minister’s chief opponent, Benny Gantz, has publicly agreed with him on both, and reportedly told U.S. officials that “finishing the war without demilitarizing Rafah is like sending in firefighters to put out 80% of a fire.” As retired Brig. Gen. Amir Avivi, head of the Israel Defense and Security Forum, tells me, “All the Hamas leaders are there. All the hostages are there. The fighters, the munitions—they’re in Rafah.”</span></p></blockquote><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It may not exactly fit the IDF’s timetable, but taking Rafah for Ramadan would be the right way to observe the holiday this year.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, bitstream charter, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/03/hamass-operation-ramadan-and-ours.php">https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/03/hamass-operation-ramadan-and-ours.php</a></span></span></p></div>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-65191707104738907992024-03-15T08:30:00.000-07:002024-03-15T08:30:00.143-07:00The Planet Is Warming, So Hand Over Your Wallet and Get Used to Sitting in the Dark<p><span style="background-color: white; 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margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img class="img-fluid rounded" height="615" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2018/51/df7c679b-db4b-46cd-a883-a31d6906878a-1052x615.jpg" style="aspect-ratio: auto 172 / 95; border-radius: var(--bs-border-radius) !important; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1052" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; line-height: 12px; padding: 8px 5px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall</span></em></figcaption></figure></div></section><section class="post-body" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The climate change lobby is blissfully unaware of the consequences of being wrong. We are constantly reminded that higher electric bills are for our own good or that living with less is a moral choice. Most of us get poorer, but those who bet on carbon reduction and electric cars are making a killing.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There's a story, perhaps apocryphal, that during the siege of Stalingrad, children were given prizes of small pieces of cake for every rat they were able to catch. At the rate our civilization is going, we may be holding similar contests before too long. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Political scientist Roger Pielke Jr. notes, "It's quite intuitive for people to understand that there's a lot of power in solar energy. We feel the wind. The idea that you can get something for nothing, people find enormously appealing."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Except it's not "something for nothing." And we're paying extra for "renewable energy" despite all the promises.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">California now requests all new homes to have solar panels. <a href="https://pjmedia.com/john-stossel/2024/03/06/the-renewable-scam-n4927051" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b21f24;" target="_blank">John Stossel points out</a> that in addition to the solar panels, "all new cars sold in 2035 to be zero emission, and all the state's electricity to come from carbon-free resources by 2045." Anyone who questions this orthodoxy is dismissed as a crank.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But the fact is that we're hurtling toward a future where our energy needs are going to far exceed our ability to supply energy at any price. The reason is that we are deliberately removing viable choices for energy creation to "save the planet."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">California is getting results in its renewable experiments. The problem is that they're not good results and only promise to get worse.</span></p><blockquote style="background-color: #e8e8e8; border-left: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 26px; padding: 10.5px 21px;"><p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">People in Washington state pay about 11 cents per kilowatt-hour. In Oregon, 13 cents. In California, now almost 30 cents.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Do they at least get reliable energy for that? No.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The big problem with wind and solar power, of course, is that they don't work when the wind doesn't blow or the sun doesn't shine. Sometimes that happens when people most want heat or air conditioning.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Increased use of "renewables" is why blackouts are more common in California. Bloomenergy says there were over 25,000 in 2019—thousands more than the previous year.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"We failed to predict and plan," said Gov. Gavin Newsom. Right.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Instead, they embraced unscientific green fantasies.</span></p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Only by the grace of God and flyover country voting for Republicans have we been able to avoid the fate of Californians. But the California contagion will spread unless we're more vigilant. Biden has already relaxed his electric car mandate that would have <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4502465-reality-is-forcing-biden-to-roll-back-his-electric-vehicle-mandate/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b21f24;" target="_blank">required 67% of new cars</a> sold by 2035 to be EVs after pressure from the auto unions. But other mandates on emissions remain.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This next election will determine whether we're going to have abundant energy for our future or whether our kids will become expert rat catchers.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/03/07/the-planet-is-warming-and-were-all-going-to-die-so-hand-over-your-wallet-n4927113">https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/03/07/the-planet-is-warming-and-were-all-going-to-die-so-hand-over-your-wallet-n4927113</a></p></section>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-5186498266834969382024-03-15T04:24:00.000-07:002024-03-15T04:24:00.146-07:00Texas Wildfires Have Nothing to Do With Climate Change<p><span style="color: #262626; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/texas-wildfires-have-nothing-to-do-with-climate-change-5601239?utm_source=Morningbrief&src_src=Morningbrief&utm_campaign=mb-2024-03-12&src_cmp=mb-2024-03-12&utm_medium=email&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZe0lZR8fx%2BHR7bsBsStaBLmKu02NNy23i7gwb0rER2QW" target="_blank">Texas Wildfires Have Nothing to Do With Climate Change</a></b></span></span></p><div class="my-4 border-y border-[#D3D3D3] pb-4 pt-3 text-[18px] italic leading-[21px] sm:mb-[30px] sm:mt-3.5 sm:pb-2.5 sm:pt-2 sm:text-[22px] sm:not-italic sm:leading-[26px] lg:mb-[16px]" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(211 211 211/var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 0.875rem; padding-bottom: 0.625rem; padding-top: 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Contrary to the prevailing narrative pushed by the media, climate change isn’t behind every natural disaster or extreme weather event.</span></div><div class="mx-auto max-w-[600px] my-4 flex items-center justify-between" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; margin: 1rem auto; max-width: 600px;"><div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; 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--tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By<span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;"> <a class="underline" href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/author/h-sterling-burnett" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-color: inherit; text-decoration-style: inherit; text-decoration-thickness: inherit;">H. Sterling Burnett</a> and</span><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;"> <a class="underline" href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/author/anthony-watt" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-color: inherit; text-decoration-style: inherit; text-decoration-thickness: inherit;">Anthony Watts</a></span></span></div><div class="flex gap-3" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; gap: 0.75rem;"><div class="whitespace-nowrap text-sm text-gray-500" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(107 114 128/var(--tw-text-opacity)); line-height: 1.25rem; text-wrap: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3/11/2024</span></div><span class="ml-4" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 1rem;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Updated:</span></span><div class="whitespace-nowrap text-sm text-gray-500" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(107 114 128/var(--tw-text-opacity)); line-height: 1.25rem; text-wrap: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3/11/2024</span></div></div></div></div><div class="flex gap-2.5 ml-auto" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><em style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Commentary</span></em></div><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At more than 1.1 million acres in size, the massive <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/txtxs-smokehouse-creek-fire" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Smokehouse Creek Fire</a> is the largest recorded wildfire in Texas history. Images of the charred prairie, livestock, and homes are tragic.</span></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Driven by high winds, which are common in West Texas, and unseasonably hot temperatures, the wildfire quickly grew, even entering parts of neighboring Oklahoma.</span></p><div class=" mt-0 mb-6 mx-auto text-center eet-ad clear-both print:hidden" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 600px; text-align: center;"><div class="h-[0px] border-t border-gray-200 mt-3 mb-6" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229 231 235/var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 0.75rem;"></div></div><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sadly, rather than objectively reporting on the pathos, the plight of the residents and towns in the region, and the heroism of those fighting the fires, the media were quick to blame climate change for the fires. NBC News ran a story titled “<a class="article-hover-class" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/wildfires-texas-climate-change-crisis-rcna140947" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Wildfires ravage Texas amidst climate change crisis</a>,“ and, not to be outdone, ABC13 in Houston offered ”<a class="article-hover-class" href="https://abc13.com/climate-change-smokehouse-creek-fire-canadian-tx-texas-panhandle-wildfires/14476885/" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">How climate change is increasing wildfire risks across Texas</a>.”</span></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here’s the problem, the stories are false. Multiple lines of real-world data demonstrate that there is no link between the Smokehouse Creek Fire and climate change.</span></p><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Data from the <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://statesummaries.ncics.org/chapter/tx/#:~:text=Temperatures%20in%20Texas%20have%20risen,increases%20in%20extreme%20heat%20events" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for Texas</a> show that the state has experienced a declining trend in the number of very hot days and a slight increase in precipitation since the 1950s.</span></div><div class="shortcode" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; 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--tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1d1d1d; text-decoration-line: none;"><div class="text-sm sm:text-base" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Largest Wildfire in Texas History Sparked by Power Lines, Officials Say</span></div></a></div><div class="text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); 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--tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source><img alt="Largest Wildfire in Texas History Sparked by Power Lines, Officials Say" class="w-full bg-gray-100 object-cover" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="2838" loading="lazy" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.theepochtimes.com%2Fassets%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F02%2F29%2Fid5597505-Taxas-Fire-300x180.jpg&w=3840&q=75" srcset="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.theepochtimes.com%2Fassets%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F02%2F29%2Fid5597505-Taxas-Fire-300x180.jpg&w=3840&q=75 1x" style="--tw-bg-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Both media outlets suggested that the area where the fires are burning is drier than normal. This too is false.</span></p><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">According to the <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/data/png/20240227/20240227_tx_text.png" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">U.S. drought monitor</a>, the area now beset by the wildfire is not experiencing any degree of drought, nor is it even “abnormally dry.” Nor is the adjacent <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?OK" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">region of Oklahoma</a> caught up in the wildfire suffering under abnormally dry or drought conditions.</span></div><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Wildfires, especially in arid parts of the United States, have always been a natural part of the environment, and they likely always will,” we note in “<a class="article-hover-class" href="https://climateataglance.com/climate-at-a-glance-u-s-wildfires/" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Climate at a Glance: U.S. Wildfires</a>.” And <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://climaterealism.com/2022/06/new-data-absolutely-destroys-media-claims-of-climate-change-is-causing-more-wildfire/" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">recent satellite</a> data reveal that the amount of acreage lost to wildfires each year globally has declined dramatically from 2012 to 2018, even as carbon dioxide emissions continued to increase.</span></div><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">No less than the U.S. National Park Service confirms that wildfires in Texas <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://www.nps.gov/lamr/learn/nature/fire-history-of-the-great-plains.htm" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">have always been a part of the state’s history</a>.</span></div><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One factor contributing to the wildfires that the press completely ignored is the water-guzzling trees and brush that now cover much of the region, some of them invasive species. The <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/content/article.aspx?id=33473" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Texas A&M Forest Service</a> reports, “Invasive species cause many negative impacts to the Texas landscape, from the displacement of native trees to potentially wiping out entire species.”</span></div><div class=" mt-0 mb-6 mx-auto text-center eet-ad clear-both print:hidden" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 600px; text-align: center;"><div class="h-[0px] border-t border-gray-200 mt-3 mb-6" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229 231 235/var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 0.75rem;"></div></div><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Much of the Texas panhandle region is overgrown with cedar, acacia, and invasive mesquite trees, which <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=do+mesquite+trees+use+a+lot+of+water&sca_esv=919619def4e17474&rlz=1C1RXMK_enUS1033US1033&sxsrf=ACQVn08ng6e9sYFxr5sqDkt-lCSf86WhXw%3A1709223471237&ei=L67gZayNDsOtur8P7bWs-A4&ved=0ahUKEwjs4ODO-dCEAxXDlu4BHe0aC-8Q4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=do+mesquite+trees+use+a+lot+of+water&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJGRvIG1lc3F1aXRlIHRyZWVzIHVzZSBhIGxvdCBvZiB3YXRlcjIFECEYoAEyBRAhGJ8FMgUQIRifBUjS3QFQAFjz2wFwFHgBkAEAmAGxAaAB-yKqAQQ0Ni44uAEDyAEA-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_CAgQQIRgVmAMMugYGCAEQARgLugYGCAIQARgUkgcENjUuOaAH0KYD&sclient=gws-wiz-serp" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">use up a lot of groundwater</a>. Texas A&M notes that a single cedar tree can suck up 40 gallons of water per day. Mesquite trees, which aren’t native to the region but have become a menace, are also heavy water consumers, removing up to 21 gallons a day from the soil. These trees lower the water table, make the ground drier, and kill off nearby vegetation. Previously, <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://asu-ir.tdl.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/06f89693-57ab-4c72-a61e-79a3a213ae4a/content" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">natural fires in the region helped control the spread</a> of this problem, but with modern fire suppression, fuel loads have increased. The trees are fast growing. Some ranchers have periodically attempted to remove these trees, but they have been unable to cut, drag, uproot, and burn them fast enough to curb the invasion.</span></div><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So, you have all the ingredients for a fast-growing fire, unseasonably hot temperatures, likely driven by <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/29/24085921/el-nino-forecast-record-heat-2024" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">a strong El Nino</a>, high winds, and lots of fuel. And all this, despite climate change making the region less wildfire prone due to more moisture and fewer extremely hot days in recent decades.</span></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Contrary to the prevailing narrative pushed by the media, climate change isn’t behind every natural disaster or extreme weather event. And various lines of evidence show that there is no connection between climate change and the wildfires still ravaging parts of north Texas and Oklahoma. This fire is tragic enough without the media trying to use it to further a climate change political agenda. The reporters and editors doing so owe their readers, and especially those who’ve suffered from or who are bravely still battling the fire, an apology for suggesting otherwise.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.18px;"><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/texas-wildfires-have-nothing-to-do-with-climate-change-5601239?utm_source=Morningbrief&src_src=Morningbrief&utm_campaign=mb-2024-03-12&src_cmp=mb-2024-03-12&utm_medium=email&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZe0lZR8fx%2BHR7bsBsStaBLmKu02NNy23i7gwb0rER2QW">https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/texas-wildfires-have-nothing-to-do-with-climate-change-5601239?utm_source=Morningbrief&src_src=Morningbrief&utm_campaign=mb-2024-03-12&src_cmp=mb-2024-03-12&utm_medium=email&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZe0lZR8fx%2BHR7bsBsStaBLmKu02NNy23i7gwb0rER2QW</a></span></span></p></div>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-89669966243204012092024-03-14T13:00:00.000-07:002024-03-14T13:00:00.139-07:00Poll Reveals What That SOTU Address Did for Biden<p> </p><div class="container-xl" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; 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font-size: var(--post-caption-size); line-height: 16px; padding: 20px 0px 15px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">AP Photo/Andrew Harnik</em></figcaption></figure></div><section class="post-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px 35px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Last Thursday, President Joe Biden presented his State of the Union address that started nearly half an hour late and was mostly filled with angry ranting against Republicans, especially former and potentially future President Donald Trump. Despite, or because of, the naked partisanship, Democrats ate it up. That may be helpful as Biden risks losing his base when it comes to voters in key states like Michigan, but others, voting "uncommitted" in the primary due to the support he's dared to show Israel in the conflict against Hamas. What do Americans overall think, though? </p><div class="thm-piano-mop-premium" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; width: 591.325px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">On Sunday, ABC News/Ipsos released a poll showing that among those who watched, a key distinction, a plurality thought he did better than expected. That's not the full picture, though. "<a href="https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/state-union-biden-somewhat-exceeded-expectations-approval-ratings-unchanged" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/state-union-biden-somewhat-exceeded-expectations-approval-ratings-unchanged">Biden somewhat exceeded expectations, but approval ratings unchanged</a>," the Ipsos headline pointed out.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">According to the poll of Americans, 29 percent said Biden did "better than expected," while 24 percent said he did "the same as expected," while just 12 percent said he did "worse than expected." However, 35 percent of respondents said they "didn't read, see, or hear about" the address. The <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-trump-americans-trust-president-poll/story?id=107938351" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-trump-americans-trust-president-poll/story?id=107938351">ABC News write-up</a> of the poll also focused on respondents who have an unfavorable view of both Biden and Trump, pointing out that 50 percent of these people fell into that latter category of not reading, seeing, or hearing about it.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">The fact that Biden's "approval ratings [are] unchanged" is not good for the deeply unpopular incumbent. When it comes to nine issues that respondents were asked about, the nicest thing to be said is that he has a "mixed" rating on abortion, where his approval rating has improved since last October, though 50 percent still disapprove of his handling of the issue. His approval rating on the Israel-Hamas war has worsened since then, and his approval rating pretty much remains the same for the other seven issues. As Ipsos explained:</p><blockquote style="border-bottom: 2px solid var(--border-color); border-left: none; border-top: 2px solid var(--border-color); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 10.5px 55px; position: relative;"><p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">2. Despite the positive marks Biden earns from some groups on his performance, that has not yet translated into positive change on his approval ratings.</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 2rem;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Out of the nine issues asked about in the survey, seven are in line with previous approval ratings last reported in October 2023. Biden’s approval rating has only changed on two issues: abortion (improved) and the war between Israel and Hamas (worsened).</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">At least three in five Americans continue to disapprove of Biden’s handling of immigration and the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border (68%), inflation (66%), the war between Israel and Hamas (65%), gun violence (62%), crime (61%), and the economy (60%).</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Biden’s approval ratings on abortion are mixed (47% approve, 50% disapprove), a net positive change of 16 points (from a net -19 approval in October to -3 now). On the other hand, his standing on Israel has worsened from the days immediately following the October 7 attacks (net -35 approval now versus -13 then).</li></ul></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Not only is Biden doing poorly on issues where Trump has an edge here and in other polls, as we'll address in a moment, but he's not doing so great on Democratic pet projects either. Biden is still at a -3 on abortion, which is seen as a major motivating factor for Democratic voters and <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/03/08/biden-abortion-sotu-n2636257" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/03/08/biden-abortion-sotu-n2636257">came up significantly during his address</a>. He's also -12 on "climate change," in that 42 percent approve while 54 percent disapprove of his handling of the issue. The poll also asked about how "the situation with Russia and Ukraine," with 41 percent approving of Biden's handling, while 54 percent disapprove, giving him a similar net of -13. Not only is Ukraine a priority of the Biden administration, <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/03/07/biden-begins-his-sotu-address-praising-ukraine-n2636258" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/03/07/biden-begins-his-sotu-address-praising-ukraine-n2636258">it was the first topic</a> he brought up in his State of the Union address. </p><div class="row mb-3" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem !important; margin-left: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-right: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--bs-gutter-y)); max-width: 100%;"><div class="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 0 0%; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); 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font-size: 14px;" title="Matt Vespa">Matt Vespa</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">When it comes to the role these issues will play in the 2024 election, looking more certain than ever to be a rematch of 2020, Trump has the edge in his approval ratings of such issues. Overall, though, Trump holds a slight edge, still within the margin of error, when it comes to who respondents would trust more. Sure enough, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">that </em>is the takeaway ABC News went with when it comes to their headline highlighting how "<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-trump-americans-trust-president-poll/story?id=107938351" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-trump-americans-trust-president-poll/story?id=107938351">Americans split on who they trust to do a better job as president</a>."</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Unlike Biden, who was underwater in <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">all </em>issues, of the seven issues respondents were asked to think back on when it comes to whether they approved of how Trump handled certain issues, a plurality approved of his handling of the economy, with 49 percent saying so. The net negatives for Trump were also considerably lower on most of the issues than they were for Biden.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">It's worth pointing out that other polls have asked who respondents, usually voters, prefer on issues, and Trump enjoys leads on the issues that matter most. Further, a CBS News poll released last weekend that <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/03/06/cbs-news-poll-is-even-more-telling-with-this-response-to-it-n2636105" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/03/06/cbs-news-poll-is-even-more-telling-with-this-response-to-it-n2636105">we covered in another VIP piece</a>, also asked voters to think back to when Trump was in office and found he got much stronger and much better marks when it comes to the economy, which remains a top issue. The economy was also one of Trump's better issues during his first term, especially before the pandemic and ensuing lockdowns hit. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">That Trump still has an edge of 36-33 when it comes to who respondents "trust to do a better job" remains significant. This is especially if there might be an opening with the 30 percent who say "neither" but perhaps can be moved. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">ABC News also focused on the partisan breakdown, which looks better for Trump, as well as another group that could matter:</p><blockquote style="border-bottom: 2px solid var(--border-color); border-left: none; border-top: 2px solid var(--border-color); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 10.5px 55px; position: relative;"><p class="EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">More Republicans trust Trump to do a better job leading the country (82%) than Democrats trust Biden (72%). Among independents, 32% trust Biden, 31% trust Trump and 37% trust neither.</p><p class="EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">The candidates' favorability ratings are similar, and similarly low, with 33% of Americans having a favorable impression of Biden compared to 29% for Trump. Just over one in five Americans (21%) have an unfavorable view of both the current and former president. Whether this group votes and who they vote for will be a key driver of the 2024 outcome.</p><p class="EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Among those who view both candidates unfavorably, an overwhelming majority -- 72% -- trust neither candidate to do a better job leading the country while only 19% trust Trump to do a better job leading the country and even fewer -- 9% -- trust Biden.</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">The poll was conducted March 8-9 with 536 U.S. adults and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">The poll was discussed a bit during Sunday's edition of "<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-3-10-24-transportation-secretary-pete/story?id=107966303" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-3-10-24-transportation-secretary-pete/story?id=107966303">This Week</a>," though one would think it might get slightly more attention than the mentions it did during the episode. While host George Stephanopoulos acknowledged during a panel discussion that Trump enjoys that 82 percent support from Republicans mentioned above when it comes to doing a better job, it was after USA Today's Susan Page brought up the 72 percent of Democrats saying so about Biden, which she said is "a really low number" and "bad news for Biden."</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Even more noteworthy is how Stephanopoulos also completely ignored Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) bringing up polling during her segment on the show. "You cited the polling in your show today showing that Trump is beating Joe Biden on all of the critical issues that the American people care about, talking about immigration, the border, inflation, et cetera," she pointed out. "He's very strong on those issues, stronger than Joe Biden, and that's--I listen to my voters. I talk to South Carolinians every single day, and they support Donald Trump. He's going to win our state overwhelmingly in November."</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Stephanopoulos deflected and responded by asking the congresswoman "how have you held Donald Trump accountable for what he did on January 6th," shortly before he engaged in shaming Mace as a victim of rape who dares to support Trump, <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/03/11/abc-news-stephanopouloss-question-to-nancy-mace-was-disgusting-n2636328" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/03/11/abc-news-stephanopouloss-question-to-nancy-mace-was-disgusting-n2636328">as Matt covered earlier</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">On Friday, RealClearPolitics published Philip Wegmann's "<a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/03/08/bidens_state_of_the_union_address_strikes_campaign_tone.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/03/08/bidens_state_of_the_union_address_strikes_campaign_tone.html">Biden’s State of the Union Address Strikes Campaign Tone</a>," as a write-up of the address. That may be why Democrats seemed to receive the speech so well. To them, it likely shows more confidence in Biden remaining the nominee, though we'll see if that continues up until the August convention in Chicago and the general election in November. Such an angry, hyperpartisan tone may also turn more Republicans and Republican leaners even further against Biden, though, if this were to continue. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Going back to Ipsos' headline, it likely wasn't hard for Biden to exceed expectations as he's shown signs of clear cognitive decline. Jokes abound about whether he was on some sort of performance drugs, although there may be a point to them, <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/03/10/psychiatrist-suggests-that-biden-was-given-a-stimulant-to-make-it-through-his-90-minute-sotu-speech-n2636313" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/03/10/psychiatrist-suggests-that-biden-was-given-a-stimulant-to-make-it-through-his-90-minute-sotu-speech-n2636313">given that</a> a psychiatrist told The Washington Times, that he was displaying signs of being on something. "If you look at how Joe Biden usually is--slow and stumbling--compared to how he was during the State of the Union--fiery and angry--these are signs that are typical for someone taking Adderall or any amphetamine," Dr. Carol Lieberman told the outlet. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">By the following day, the 81-year-old president was back to being his bumbling self <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/03/08/huh-biden-responds-to-criticism-over-daring-to-use-the-term-illegal-sort-of-n2636287" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/03/08/huh-biden-responds-to-criticism-over-daring-to-use-the-term-illegal-sort-of-n2636287">as he spoke to the press</a>, and continued to be in the days that followed for <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/03/09/joe-biden-pitch-to-pas-voters-send-me-to-congress-n2636301" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/03/09/joe-biden-pitch-to-pas-voters-send-me-to-congress-n2636301">his campaign events</a> over <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/03/10/when-it-comes-to-laken-riley-trump-did-more-than-say-her-name-n2636314" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank" title="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/03/10/when-it-comes-to-laken-riley-trump-did-more-than-say-her-name-n2636314">the weekend</a> and again on Monday.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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user-select: none; vertical-align: middle;"><i class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><svg viewbox="0 0 512 512" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z"></path></svg></i></a></div></div></section></div></div></div>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-60496645091618801052024-03-14T09:15:00.000-07:002024-03-14T09:15:00.147-07:00Republican Warns of Biden Order Allowing Illegal Immigrants, Felons to Vote<p><span style="color: #262626; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/republican-warns-biden-order-allowing-illegal-immigrants-and-felons-to-vote-5605158?utm_source=Morningbrief&src_src=Morningbrief&utm_campaign=mb-2024-03-12&src_cmp=mb-2024-03-12&utm_medium=email&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZe0lZR8fx%2BHR7bsBsStaBLmKu02NNy23i7gwb0rER2QW" target="_blank">Republican Warns of Biden Order Allowing Illegal Immigrants, Felons to Vote</a></b></span></span></p><div class="my-4 border-y border-[#D3D3D3] pb-4 pt-3 text-[18px] italic leading-[21px] sm:mb-[30px] sm:mt-3.5 sm:pb-2.5 sm:pt-2 sm:text-[22px] sm:not-italic sm:leading-[26px] lg:mb-[16px]" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(211 211 211/var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 0.875rem; padding-bottom: 0.625rem; padding-top: 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The letter warns that it will allow both felons and illegal aliens to register to vote.</span></div><div class="mx-auto max-w-[600px] my-4 flex items-center justify-between" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; 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--tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25rem;"><div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By<span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;"> <a class="underline" href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/author/jack-phillips" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-color: inherit; text-decoration-style: inherit; text-decoration-thickness: inherit;">Jack Phillips</a></span></span></div><div class="flex gap-3" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; gap: 0.75rem;"><div class="whitespace-nowrap text-sm text-gray-500" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(107 114 128/var(--tw-text-opacity)); line-height: 1.25rem; text-wrap: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3/11/2024</span></div><span class="ml-4" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 1rem;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Updated:</span></span><div class="whitespace-nowrap text-sm text-gray-500" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(107 114 128/var(--tw-text-opacity)); line-height: 1.25rem; text-wrap: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3/11/2024</span></div></div></div></div><div class="flex gap-2.5 ml-auto" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; gap: 0.625rem; margin-left: auto;"><button class="mt-1" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; appearance: button; background-image: none; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0.25rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="icon icon-emg-font-bigger !text-[20px]" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; appearance: button; background-image: none; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: flex; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; gap: 0.25rem; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="icon icon-emg-Printer !text-[20px]" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-variant-alternates: normal; 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--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 600px; padding-right: 0.25rem;"><div class="rounded border border-[#B5B5B5] px-6 py-5" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(181 181 181/var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-radius: 0.25rem; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 1.25rem 1.5rem;"><div class="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-6" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 1.5rem; justify-content: space-between;"><div class="order-2 flex grow items-center gap-4 sm:flex-none" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; gap: 1rem; order: 2;"><button aria-label="Playback rate" class="flex h-6 w-10 flex-none items-center justify-center rounded-md font-sans text-sm text-[#24292B] hover:bg-slate-100 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-slate-400 focus:ring-offset-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; appearance: button; background-image: none; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-radius: 0.375rem; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1.5rem; justify-content: center; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 2.5rem;" type="button"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">X 1</span></span></button><div class="flex max-w-[62%] grow items-center justify-end gap-4 sm:w-auto sm:flex-none sm:justify-normal" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; gap: 1rem; justify-content: normal; max-width: 62%; width: auto;"><button aria-label="Rewind 10 seconds" class="group relative rounded-full focus:outline-none" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; appearance: button; background-image: none; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; appearance: button; background-image: none; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" type="button"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="h-8 w-10 fill-[#24292B] group-active:fill-[#24292B]" viewbox="0 0 36 36"></svg><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><path d="M33.75 16.701C34.75 17.2783 34.75 18.7217 33.75 19.299L11.25 32.2894C10.25 32.8668 9 32.1451 9 30.9904L9 5.00962C9 3.85491 10.25 3.13323 11.25 3.71058L33.75 16.701Z"></path></span></button><button aria-label="Fast-forward 10 seconds" class="group relative rounded-full focus:outline-none" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; appearance: button; background-image: none; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-radius: 9999px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" type="button"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="h-[25px] w-[22px] text-[#24292B]" viewbox="0 0 24 24"></svg><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><path clip-rule="evenodd" d="M14.78 6.637a.982.982 0 01.773-1.154l2.006-.396a10 10 0 102.403 14.348c.274-.362.78-.477 1.163-.234.383.244.498.754.228 1.119A11.644 11.644 0 1118.39 3.665L18.02 1.8a.982.982 0 111.927-.38l.798 4.038a.982.982 0 01-.773 1.154l-4.04.798a.982.982 0 01-1.153-.773zm.98 9.105c.334-.488.501-1.24.501-2.257 0-.981-.172-1.727-.517-2.236-.343-.51-.85-.764-1.52-.764-.69 0-1.201.244-1.533.732-.332.485-.498 1.242-.498 2.268 0 .985.17 1.729.51 2.233.342.504.849.756 1.52.756.693 0 1.205-.244 1.537-.732zm-2.162-.72c-.122-.31-.183-.823-.183-1.537 0-.713.063-1.226.187-1.536.125-.313.332-.47.621-.47.284 0 .49.157.617.47.13.31.195.823.195 1.536 0 .706-.063 1.216-.19 1.529-.128.313-.335.47-.622.47-.292 0-.5-.155-.625-.462zm-3.603 1.373c.34 0 .615-.276.615-.615v-4.455a.75.75 0 00-1.216-.586l-1.299 1.034a.473.473 0 10.591.739l.3-.24c.164-.132.413-.027.406.183v.02l-.012.553v2.752c0 .34.275.615.615.615z" fill-rule="evenodd" fill="currentColor"></path></span></button></div></div><div class="order-1 flex w-full flex-auto items-center gap-4 sm:w-auto" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; gap: 1rem; order: 1; width: auto;"><div class="min-w-[40px] font-sans text-sm text-[#939393]" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(147 147 147/var(--tw-text-opacity)); line-height: 1.25rem; min-width: 40px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">0:00</span></div><div class="relative h-[5px] w-full" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: 5px; position: relative; width: 190.4px;"><div class="h-full bg-[#24292B] opacity-20" style="--tw-bg-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: 5px; opacity: 0.2;"></div><div class="absolute bottom-0 h-full bg-[#24292B] opacity-10" style="--tw-bg-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 5px; opacity: 0.1; position: absolute; width: 0px;"></div><div class="absolute bottom-0 h-full bg-[#24292B]" style="--tw-bg-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 5px; position: absolute; width: 0px;"></div><button class="absolute -top-1 h-[13px] w-[13px] rounded-full bg-[#24292B]" style="--tw-bg-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A Republican secretary of state sent a letter this week to the Department of Justice (DOJ) alerting it to an executive order signed in 2021 that he says will allow felons and illegal aliens to register to vote in elections.</span></p><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In the letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Republican Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson wrote that a Biden-signed executive <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/03/07/executive-order-on-promoting-access-to-voting/" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">order</a> has led to agencies under Mr. Garland’s charge “attempting to register people to vote, including potentially ineligible felons and to co-opt state and local officials into accomplishing this goal.”</span></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The order, which the White House described as an effort to promote “access to voting,” suggested that it was designed to eliminate racial discrimination at the polls. It told federal agencies, including the DOJ, to “consider ways to expand citizens’ opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process.”</span></p><div class=" mt-0 mb-6 mx-auto text-center eet-ad clear-both print:hidden" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 600px; text-align: center;"><div class="h-[0px] border-t border-gray-200 mt-3 mb-6" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229 231 235/var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 0.75rem;"></div></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mr. Watson took issue with one provision that directed the DOJ to ensure that the U.S. Marshals Service change jail and “intergovernmental agreements” to mandate that the facilities “provide educational materials related to voter registration and voting,” and “facilitate voting by mail, to the extent practicable and appropriate.”</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The problem, according to Mr. Watson, is that those materials may be given to people who can’t vote such as felons and illegal aliens. State officials are also essentially being forced to comply with the rules, he said.</span></p><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Our understanding is that everyone in the Marshals’ custody is given a form advising them of their right to register and vote,” his letter said, according to <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-red-state-official-demands-answers-biden-executive-order-attempting-register-illegals-vote" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The letter said that the secretary of state’s office believes that providing a form to illegal immigrants who are jailed to advise them of their right to vote “undoubtedly encourages them to illegally” do so and exposes them to “legal jeopardy.”</span></p><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It also noted that some individuals in jail custody “only have fleeting ties to Mississippi and do not meet the residency requirements necessary to be a Mississippi voter.”</span><div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; 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There have been documented instances of these groups providing incorrect directions to voters,” the Republican official warned. “It is not proper for the Federal government to push partisan groups into the voting process in Mississippi or any other state.”</span></p><div class="shortcode post-related-videos mptracked" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><div class="lazyload-wrapper " style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Epoch Times contacted the DOJ for comment but didn’t receive a reply by press time.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Speaking to Fox News, Mr. Watson said the issue should be immediately considered because the 2024 election is just months away. Citing the significant number of illegal border crossings in recent years, the secretary said they could try to register to vote and cast ballots in the coming months, while other Republican officials in recent years have warned that illegal immigrants could register to vote and cast ballots in favor of Democratic candidates.</span></p><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“If you look at what’s going on at the border when you’ve got so many illegal aliens pouring into our country, imagine the efforts used to get them to register to vote and that’s what this is all about,” he told the outlet on March 11. “It’s about control, it’s about continuing their power, and unfortunately that puts our country in a terrible position, so it’s immediate and it’s something where we hope they will respect our request to stop the program.”</span></div><div class=" mt-0 mb-6 mx-auto text-center eet-ad clear-both print:hidden" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; 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(John Moore/Getty Images)</span></figcaption></figure></div><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">With just eight months to go before the November election, illegal immigration has increasingly become a focus among American voters, according to recent opinion polls. A poll <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_022624/" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">released</a> in late February showed that about six in 10 Americans believe illegal immigration is now a serious problem and a majority now back the construction of a border wall, which former President Donald Trump has championed.</span></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">During President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech to Congress, he made reference to an illegal immigrant who allegedly murdered a college student, using the term “illegal” to describe the individual.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But he later retracted his comments over the weekend, telling MSNBC that he “shouldn’t have used the term illegal.” Instead, the president said he would use the term “undocumented” immigrant—a term that has risen to prominence among Democratic politicians and legacy news outlets in recent years.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When asked the same question last week, the president replied, “Technically, he’s not supposed to be” in the United States.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(47 47 47/var(--tw-text-opacity)); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The president also said on March 9 that “they built the country,” referring to illegal immigrants. “The reason our economy is growing. We have to control the border and more orderly flow,” he said.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: x-small;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.18px;"><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/republican-warns-biden-order-allowing-illegal-immigrants-and-felons-to-vote-5605158?utm_source=Morningbrief&src_src=Morningbrief&utm_campaign=mb-2024-03-12&src_cmp=mb-2024-03-12&utm_medium=email&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZe0lZR8fx%2BHR7bsBsStaBLmKu02NNy23i7gwb0rER2QW">https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/republican-warns-biden-order-allowing-illegal-immigrants-and-felons-to-vote-5605158?utm_source=Morningbrief&src_src=Morningbrief&utm_campaign=mb-2024-03-12&src_cmp=mb-2024-03-12&utm_medium=email&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZe0lZR8fx%2BHR7bsBsStaBLmKu02NNy23i7gwb0rER2QW</a></span></span></p></div>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-11316315578943593312024-03-14T04:57:00.000-07:002024-03-14T04:57:00.250-07:00'Yeah Murder is Bad, But Language is WORSE.' Julián Castro Lectures on Mean Words About Illegals<p><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--text-color); font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://twitchy.com/chad-felix-greene/2024/03/10/yeah-murder-is-bad-but-language-is-worse-julian-castro-lectures-on-mean-words-about-illegals-n2393827" target="_blank">'Yeah Murder is Bad, But Language is WORSE.' 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box-sizing: border-box;"><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img class="img-fluid rounded" height="615" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2019/152/6b7257ef-ca65-45d7-9d28-01a7f6d36f5e-1052x615.png" style="border-radius: var(--bs-border-radius) !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1052" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px; padding: 20px 0px 15px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">AP Photo/Chris Carlson</span></em></figcaption></figure></div><section class="post-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px 35px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One of the more fascinating, yet massively annoying, qualities of the leftwing mind is their obsession with words. This has never been more obvious than the ongoing meltdown over Biden using the word, 'Illegals,' in his State of the Union speech.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">However, even after he <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-regrets-using-illegal-to-describe-laken-riley-s-accused-migrant-killer-fails-to-apologize-butchering-late-student-s-name/ar-BB1jCmtw" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">apologized</a>, admitting he should have said, 'undocumented,' when describing a man who illegally entered the country and is accused of brutally murdering a young woman, Laken Riley, the left is still bemoaning the harm he caused to the 'migrant,' community.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Enter Julián Castro, former mayor of San Antonio, TX, former HUD Secretary, and current scold on NBC/MSNBC:</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1766583558187913571" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1766583558187913571&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fchad-felix-greene%2F2024%2F03%2F10%2Fyeah-murder-is-bad-but-language-is-worse-julian-castro-lectures-on-mean-words-about-illegals-n2393827&sessionId=6d8b1d78d6f1d21c39a5f3d4a26933996ab2801f&siteScreenName=twitchyteam&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 424px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Wait. 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 344px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Well, Julián, considering the Democratic-approved relentless flow of illegal immigrants coming into the country, maybe we should address that issue before worrying about the emotional sting of the word, 'illegal.'</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">He obviously recognizes illegal immigration is bad because he is offended when he or his family is accused of being here illegally. So why protect and defend the people creating the reason for the stigma in the first place?</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1766823208139792678" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-5" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-5&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=true&id=1766823208139792678&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fchad-felix-greene%2F2024%2F03%2F10%2Fyeah-murder-is-bad-but-language-is-worse-julian-castro-lectures-on-mean-words-about-illegals-n2393827&sessionId=6d8b1d78d6f1d21c39a5f3d4a26933996ab2801f&siteScreenName=twitchyteam&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 368px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Language does indeed have tremendous power, which is why it is imperative to use accurate language. The murder suspect is an illegal foreign national with suspected membership to a violent foreign gang. He entered the U.S. illegally during the Biden administration and has an arrest history in at least one other state before fleeing to Georgia state.</span></em></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1766637626554032617" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-6" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-6&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=true&id=1766637626554032617&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fchad-felix-greene%2F2024%2F03%2F10%2Fyeah-murder-is-bad-but-language-is-worse-julian-castro-lectures-on-mean-words-about-illegals-n2393827&sessionId=6d8b1d78d6f1d21c39a5f3d4a26933996ab2801f&siteScreenName=twitchyteam&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 392px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Exactly. Despite complaining that it's unfair <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">his </em>family is accused of being illegal immigrants, he is fixated on removing the stigma of illegal immigration rather than stopping it.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Also, Democrats keep avoiding the issue of the very real violence being discussed in favor of the imaginary 'violence,' of words.</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1766717916941103193" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-7" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-7&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1766717916941103193&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fchad-felix-greene%2F2024%2F03%2F10%2Fyeah-murder-is-bad-but-language-is-worse-julian-castro-lectures-on-mean-words-about-illegals-n2393827&sessionId=6d8b1d78d6f1d21c39a5f3d4a26933996ab2801f&siteScreenName=twitchyteam&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 416px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Emotional bullying, relentless whining, and constant badgering over the newest fad word or phrase that best shields them from accountability. It's all the left does.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Protect hypothetical people from having their hypothetical feelings hurt to protect someone accused of actual murder.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://twitchy.com/chad-felix-greene/2024/03/10/yeah-murder-is-bad-but-language-is-worse-julian-castro-lectures-on-mean-words-about-illegals-n2393827">https://twitchy.com/chad-felix-greene/2024/03/10/yeah-murder-is-bad-but-language-is-worse-julian-castro-lectures-on-mean-words-about-illegals-n2393827</a></p></section></div></div></div>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-81547605125666740202024-03-13T13:00:00.000-07:002024-03-13T13:00:00.205-07:00Senate Democrats Block Bill That Would Ban Illegal Immigrants From Voting<p> </p><div class="container-xl" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; 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font-size: var(--post-caption-size); line-height: 16px; padding: 20px 0px 15px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Spencer Brown/Townhall</em></figcaption></figure></div><section class="post-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px 35px;"><p class="p1" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">With the 2024 presidential election coming up and millions of illegal aliens storming the southern border, Republicans are taking a stand from letting another 2020 election happen.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">However, Democrats are trying to squash the GOP’s efforts of upholding election integrity.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">This week, Senate Democrats shot down proposed legislation that would exclude illegal immigrants from being counted on the census for the purposes of apportionment for House seats and the Electoral College.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Proposed by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) to add an amendment to the $460 billion spending package, the legislation would require the Census Bureau to include a U.S. citizenship question in any future census. It would ban any illegal immigrants and non- U.S. Citizens from being counted for congressional district and Electoral College apportionment.</span></p><p class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">However, 51 Democrats and Independents voted against the bill.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span></p><div class="row mb-3" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem !important; margin-left: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-right: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--bs-gutter-y)); max-width: 100%;"><div class="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 0 0%; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); 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font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">45 Republicans voted in favor of the legislation with the exception of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska).<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Today I forced Chuck Schumer to hold a vote on whether illegal aliens should be counted for determining the number of congressional seats and electoral votes each state gets. Democrats’ unanimous opposition to this commonsense measure confirms that they’re using illegal aliens and sanctuary cities to increase their political power,” Hagerty said in a statement. “With this vote, Senate Democrats chose to trample on the rights of each American’s voice. I will continue to fight and press this issue in the Senate.”</span></p><p class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The bill would be similar to a Trump-era legislation that would also have had a citizenship question on the 2020 census.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">However, Democrats were critical of Trump’s plan, claiming that questioning a person’s citizenship was wrong and intended to benefit Republicans in future elections.</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-family: SourceSansProRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; 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box-sizing: border-box;"><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img class="img-fluid rounded" height="615" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/tw/images/up/2023/255/f1697cff-1577-40a8-ba19-6bb68848b4e5-1052x615.jpg" style="border-radius: var(--bs-border-radius) !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1052" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px; padding: 20px 0px 15px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Twitter</span></em></figcaption></figure></div><section class="post-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px 35px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It's no secret that Donald Trump has no love for the American corporate media. And who can blame him? The media has smeared him with false charges like 'pee tape,' Russian collusion,' and, of course, 'insurrection' non-stop ever since he walked down the golden escalator in 2015 and declared his intention to run for President.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Trump has often called them 'the enemy of the people,' and -- if you are a Twitchy reader -- you know very well that he is correct about many, if not most of them. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This weekend, at a campaign rally in Georgia, Trump took some time to single out the media, as he often does. He didn't call them 'enemy of the people' this time though. He just pointed at them and called them criminals. Probably a step too far, just in this writer's opinion, but Trump is known for his bluster. There is nothing in his first presidential term to indicate that he has ever criminalized journalists, nor any indication in his current campaign that he ever would in a second term. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Don't tell that to MSNBC's Joe Scarborough though. When he saw New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman's tweet about Trump calling the media criminals, he immediately started screeching and fearmongering about jailing journalists in a Trump 47 presidency. </span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1766663002642952594" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1766663002642952594&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fgrateful-calvin%2F2024%2F03%2F10%2Fprojection-much-twitter-slams-joe-scarborough-for-claiming-trump-will-arrest-journalists-n2393833&sessionId=01d610860241e9b10766a06d477432dbfb27d1ea&siteScreenName=twitchyteam&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 376px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">(<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">We should pause for a moment to point out that, before it looked like Trump could win in 2016, no one gave him more free advertising and air time than Scarborough and his Morning Joe program. Trump appeared on the show -- usually by phone -- more than three dozen times during the 2016 election season.</em>)</span></p><div class="row mb-3" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 1rem !important; margin-left: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-right: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--bs-gutter-y)); max-width: 100%;"><div class="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 0 0%; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); width: 591.325px;"><h4 class="pc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-color); letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Recommended</span></h4><div class="row" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-left: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-right: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--bs-gutter-y)); max-width: 100%;"><div class="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 0 0%; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); width: 283.663px;"><div class="wp-card mb-3" style="border-radius: 10px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; max-width: 100%;"><div class="wp-card__img" style="aspect-ratio: auto 536 / 311; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"><a href="https://twitchy.com/samj/2024/03/10/mark-levin-drops-liz-cheney-n2393829" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="Oh Honey, NO! 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Julián Castro Lectures on Mean Words About Illegals"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">'Yeah Murder is Bad, But Language is WORSE.' Julián Castro Lectures on Mean Words About Illegals</span></a></div><div class="wp-card__author px-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--text-color); letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; max-width: 100%; padding-left: 1rem !important; padding-right: 1rem !important; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="https://twitchy.com/chad-felix-greene/2024/03/10/yeah-murder-is-bad-but-language-is-worse-julian-castro-lectures-on-mean-words-about-illegals-n2393827" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="Chad Felix Greene"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">CHAD FELIX GREENE</span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The hilarious part of this tweet from Scarborough, of course, is that the politicians he loves, Barack Obama and Joe Biden HAVE targeted, harassed, and arrested members of the press. Repeatedly. And some extremely recently. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Maybe Scarborough forgot about those instances, but Twitter was happy to remind him. </span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1766886388417343927" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=true&id=1766886388417343927&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fgrateful-calvin%2F2024%2F03%2F10%2Fprojection-much-twitter-slams-joe-scarborough-for-claiming-trump-will-arrest-journalists-n2393833&sessionId=01d610860241e9b10766a06d477432dbfb27d1ea&siteScreenName=twitchyteam&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 344px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That Blaze TV journalist is Steve Baker and yes, Biden's FBI just arrested him not even two weeks ago for reporting on the events of January 6, 2021. And they didn't JUST arrest him. <a href="https://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/03/01/blaze-media-reporter-arrested-handcuffed-and-charged-for-crime-of-covering-j6-n2393508" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">They cuffed him and paraded him in front of cameras for a 'perp walk.'</a> Otherwise known as a Marxist humiliation ritual. </span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1766814813886235057" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-2" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-2&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1766814813886235057&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fgrateful-calvin%2F2024%2F03%2F10%2Fprojection-much-twitter-slams-joe-scarborough-for-claiming-trump-will-arrest-journalists-n2393833&sessionId=01d610860241e9b10766a06d477432dbfb27d1ea&siteScreenName=twitchyteam&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 444px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Rosen, a Fox News reporter, was secretly monitored and surveilled by the Obama administration. Scarborough never said a peep about it. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Herridge, a former CBS reporter, was recently found in contempt by Obama-appointed judge Christopher Cooper for refusing to reveal her sources about her reporting related to a possibly illegal FBI investigation. Scarborough has not commented on that either.</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1766821125730848956" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-3" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-3&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1766821125730848956&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fgrateful-calvin%2F2024%2F03%2F10%2Fprojection-much-twitter-slams-joe-scarborough-for-claiming-trump-will-arrest-journalists-n2393833&sessionId=01d610860241e9b10766a06d477432dbfb27d1ea&siteScreenName=twitchyteam&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">[That tweet above got Steve Baker's Twitter handle wrong, but the point is still valid.]</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1766852491759497405" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-5" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-5&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1766852491759497405&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fgrateful-calvin%2F2024%2F03%2F10%2Fprojection-much-twitter-slams-joe-scarborough-for-claiming-trump-will-arrest-journalists-n2393833&sessionId=01d610860241e9b10766a06d477432dbfb27d1ea&siteScreenName=twitchyteam&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 372px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Of course, there are more examples than just the ones above. Biden's FBI also <a href="https://twitchy.com/gregp/2021/11/05/james-okeefe-wants-to-know-how-the-nyt-found-out-so-quickly-about-the-sdny-fbi-raid-on-project-veritas-journos-over-ashley-bidens-diary-n2087141" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">raided independent journalist James O'Keefe for being in possession of the infamous Ashely Biden diary</a>, where she uncomfortably confessed her father showering with her.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And then there is another independent journalist Matt Taibbi. On the same day that Taibbi was testifying before Congress about the weaponization of government and the Twitter files, coincidentally, <a href="https://twitchy.com/samj/2023/03/28/nothing-to-see-here-just-bidens-irs-visiting-the-home-of-main-twitterfiles-journo-matt-taibbi-n2301352" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">the IRS sent an agent to his home</a>. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The. Same. Day. Probably just a coincidence. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A third example is yet one more independent journalist, Alex Berenson, who was banned from Twitter for reporting factual COVID data and arguing against government lockdowns and mandates. Berenson won his lawsuit against Twitter to regain his account and <a href="https://twitchy.com/samj/2023/07/06/justin-hart-thread-25-instances-of-biden-admin-trying-to-silence-people-on-social-media-n2385122" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">currently is suing the Biden administration because there is strong evidence (some from the Twitter files) that Biden officials colluded with and encouraged Twitter to ban him</a>. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Crickets from Scarborough on all of these cases. </span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1766818091298697411" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-6" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-6&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1766818091298697411&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fgrateful-calvin%2F2024%2F03%2F10%2Fprojection-much-twitter-slams-joe-scarborough-for-claiming-trump-will-arrest-journalists-n2393833&sessionId=01d610860241e9b10766a06d477432dbfb27d1ea&siteScreenName=twitchyteam&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 392px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One journalist at J6 gets arrested and another one doesn't? That sure sounds like targeting to us. Especially against the ones who don't work for the preferred corporate media companies. </span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1766850035247890804" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-12" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-12&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=true&id=1766850035247890804&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fgrateful-calvin%2F2024%2F03%2F10%2Fprojection-much-twitter-slams-joe-scarborough-for-claiming-trump-will-arrest-journalists-n2393833&sessionId=01d610860241e9b10766a06d477432dbfb27d1ea&siteScreenName=twitchyteam&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 248px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Another very good question. Scarborough likes to rant about Viktor Orban, but ignores the fact that his favorite leader in the world, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, jails journalists without hesitation. One of them, <a href="https://x.com/lawyer4laws/status/1765413506260549968?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Gonzalo Lira -- who was an AMERICAN CITIZEN -- is now dead</a>. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But as much as Scarborough's selective outrage is laughable overseas, it is even more ridiculous at home. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As for Trump and the press, he just plain does not like them. We all know that. But he has never threatened them. And he spoke to the media nearly every day while in office. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But to Scarborough, Trump is the danger to a free press, not the current President who hides from them and harasses and arrests them. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That sounds like a 'you' problem, Joey. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2024/03/10/projection-much-twitter-slams-joe-scarborough-for-claiming-trump-will-arrest-journalists-n2393833">https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2024/03/10/projection-much-twitter-slams-joe-scarborough-for-claiming-trump-will-arrest-journalists-n2393833</a></p></section></div></div></div>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-37027272512987802022024-03-13T05:19:00.000-07:002024-03-13T05:19:00.240-07:00U.S. Prepares to Take a Long Walk Off Biden's Short Gaza Pier<p><span style="background-color: white; 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margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img class="img-fluid rounded" height="615" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2023/334/200d564a-21e9-4140-a19d-98a88c54a8bd-1052x615.jpg" style="aspect-ratio: auto 172 / 95; border-radius: var(--bs-border-radius) !important; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1052" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; line-height: 12px; padding: 8px 5px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">AP Photo/Mohammed Hajjar</span></em></figcaption></figure></div></section><section class="post-body" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"Embrace the suck" became the NCO's unofficial motto during the Iraq War and Operation Enduring Freedom as a reminder to enlisted men and women that just because a job was unpleasant, didn't mean they didn't have to do it. As our men and women speed towards the Eastern Mediterranean on Presidentish Joe Biden's hamfisted mission to provide aid and comfort to Hamas, they'll have to learn to "embrace the stupid."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">How it is stupid? Let us count the ways...</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The first and most obvious is that any food or other aid will not go to any starving Arab residents of Gaza. It will go to Hamas. That is how siege warfare has always worked and will always work. If the White House doesn't know this ancient truth, the Pentagon surely does. Nevertheless, this country will deliver supplies to terrorists.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I can't think about that too long without wanting to pour myself a coffee mug full of bourbon, so let's move on to the next bit of stupid we must embrace.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/1766623783857836091" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b21f24;" target="_blank">U.S. Central Command</a> announced that, on Saturday, "U.S. Army Vessel (USAV) General Frank S. Besson (LSV-1) from the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, XVIII Airborne Corps, departed Joint Base Langley-Eustis en route to the Eastern Mediterranean less than 36 hours after President Biden announced the U.S. would provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza by sea. Besson, a logistics support vessel, is carrying the first equipment to establish a temporary pier to deliver vital humanitarian supplies."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">While that all sounds very impressive on TwitterX, CENTCOM left out one tiny detail: it will take the Besson about 60 days to arrive in the Eastern Med and begin assembling the pier.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That's two months, for those keeping score at home, and by that time I wouldn't be surprised if Israel were finishing up operations at Rafah in the south of Gaza.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Also, if you're a member of Israeli's war cabinet, you're looking at likely sites for Biden's stupid pier, and seriously considering ordering the IDF to take and hold them in the next few weeks. The Gaza coast is only 20 miles long, and the IDF already controls nearly half of it. Taking troops away from the main fighting in the cities to protect the coast will prolong the war — but Biden's stupid pier will do that anyway. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"What happens if the IDF controls the entire coast by the time we get there?" doesn't seem to be a question anyone at the White House bothered to ask, even as vital as it is.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Then there are all the practical things that can go wrong with three different armed groups with different goals and methods, all operating in close proximity. The best we can hope is the worst predictions don’t come true.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So maybe Biden's Operation WTF (or whatever they're calling it) promises to be a ginormous clusterfark from top to bottom, but hey, at least the White House will have protected its left flank against accusations of supporting Israeli genocide, right?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Wrong.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The White House will quickly learn that there’s no appeasing the cultural Marxists who hate the Jews and call Israel a colonial-settler state.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On second thought, I take that last part back. The White House already knows there's no appeasing the party's hardcore lefties. But they're making an obscenely stupid attempt, regardless, because they lack the imagination and guts to do something intelligent. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And so when faced with doing nothing or doing the stupid thing, these people will pick the stupid thing every time.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/03/11/us-prepares-to-take-a-long-walk-off-bidens-short-gaza-pier-n4927186">https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/03/11/us-prepares-to-take-a-long-walk-off-bidens-short-gaza-pier-n4927186</a></span></span></p></section>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-26375924037315974122024-03-12T13:00:00.000-07:002024-03-12T13:00:00.301-07:00Biden’s Criminally Fuzzy Tax Math<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://issuesinsights.com/2024/03/11/bidens-criminally-fuzzy-tax-math/" target="_blank">Biden’s Criminally Fuzzy Tax Math</a></b></span></span></p><div class="text-center" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; text-align: center;"><div class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 28px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://issuesinsights.com/2024/03/11/bidens-criminally-fuzzy-tax-math/" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></a></b></span><div class="entry-meta" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="meta-item meta-author" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #818181; display: inline-block; line-height: 20px !important; margin-right: 10px; vertical-align: middle;"><div class="coauthors" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="vcard author" style="box-sizing: inherit; 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box-sizing: inherit; color: #818181; line-height: 20px !important; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;">1 comment</a></div></span></div></div></div><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; counter-reset: footnotes 0;"><p class="has-drop-cap" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At one point during his State of the Union speech, President Joe Biden ranted about how billionaires don’t pay enough in taxes and asked the public to envision all the great things that we could do if the super-rich “paid their fair share.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In doing so, he took lying with statistics to a new, otherworldly level.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here’s what Biden said:</span></p><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="border-left: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(17, 17, 17, 0.8); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0px 24px 50px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 50px; position: relative;"><div class="wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">THE PRESIDENT: You know, there are 1,000 billionaires in America. You know what the average federal tax is for those billionaires?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">AUDIENCE MEMBER: Zero!</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">THE PRESIDENT: No.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">They’re making great sacrifices — 8.2%.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">AUDIENCE: Booo —</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">THE PRESIDENT: That’s far less than the vast majority of Americans pay.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">No billionaire should pay a lower federal tax rate than a teacher, a sanitation worker, or a nurse.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I proposed a minimum tax for billionaires of 25%— just 25%. You know what that would raise? That would raise $500 billion over the next 10 years.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And imagine what that could do for America. Imagine a future with affordable childcare, millions of families can get what they need to go to work to help grow the economy.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Imagine a future with paid leave, because no one should have to choose between working and taking care of their sick family member.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Imagine — imagine a future with home care and eldercare, and people living with disabilities so they can stay in their homes and family caregivers can finally get the pay they deserve.</span></p></div></div></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All Biden has is imagination — and no facts to back it up — when it comes to this issue.</span></p><div class="code-block code-block-1" style="box-sizing: inherit; 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color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">First, consider his claim that the tax rate paid by billionaires is 8.2%. That plays well with soak-the-rich leftists. But where did he get this number?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Not from the IRS. It calculates the actual tax rate that various income groups pay, including the ultra-rich. Its data show that the 400 people with the biggest incomes in America were paying an average tax rate of more than 23%. Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation figures that the tax rate on the top 0.4% of families is 26%.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So where does Biden come up with an 8.2% tax rate? He changes the definition of taxable income to include all <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">unrealized gains from investments</em>.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you have money in the stock market, any gains in the value of those stocks would count as income to Biden, even if you don’t sell the stock. Presumably so would any gains in the value of your home. Or the value of any other assets you possess.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By artificially inflating income, Biden can make their tax burden seem tiny. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The idea of taxing unrealized gains — in other words, extending the income tax to things that aren’t income — could very well be unconstitutional in addition to being economically reckless.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Supreme Court heard a case in December involving a couple who had to pay taxes on offshore investments for which they received no dividends or distributions. If they side with the plaintiffs, it would put an end to the left’s “tax the wealth” schemes.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What about his claim that taxing the wealth — not the income — of billionaires would raise $500 billion?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sounds like a lot, doesn’t it? Except Biden is hoping nobody notices the caveat — that it’s $500 billion over 10 years. In other words, $50 billion a year.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Even that might sound like a lot … until you put it in context.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That $50 billion wouldn’t even cover one month’s worth of interest payments on the national debt, which was <a href="https://www.fxstreet.com/analysis/federal-government-runs-another-deficit-despite-record-revenue-202402131525" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(53, 124, 163, 0.8); border-left-color: rgba(53, 124, 163, 0.8); border-right-color: rgba(53, 124, 163, 0.8); border-top-color: rgba(53, 124, 163, 0.8); box-sizing: inherit; color: #357ca3; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;">$69.2 billion in January</a>.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It wouldn’t even pay half of the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">increase</em> in the deficit in the first five months of this year compared with last year. (The deficit from October through February was $830 billion, which is up $108 billion from the same months the year before.)</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The idea that an extra $50 billion could finance a new childcare entitlement, paid leave, and home care isn’t just ludicrous, it’s insane.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We don’t expect Biden to know or understand what he’s reading on the teleprompter, but shame on anyone else for believing the lies he’s spewing.</span></p><p class="has-text-align-right" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; margin: 0px 0px 24px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">— Written by the<a href="https://issuesinsights.com/about-us/" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(53, 124, 163, 0.8); border-left-color: rgba(53, 124, 163, 0.8); border-right-color: rgba(53, 124, 163, 0.8); border-top-color: rgba(53, 124, 163, 0.8); box-sizing: inherit; color: #357ca3; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"> I&I Editorial Board</a></span></p><p class="has-text-align-right" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://issuesinsights.com/2024/03/11/bidens-criminally-fuzzy-tax-math/">https://issuesinsights.com/2024/03/11/bidens-criminally-fuzzy-tax-math/</a></span></p></div>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-42976244911022129092024-03-12T07:25:00.000-07:002024-03-12T07:25:00.136-07:00Don's Tuesday Column<p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> THE
WAY I SEE IT by Don Polson Red Bluff Daily News 3/12/2024</span></b></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Lessons on energy and dam irony<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></b></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It may not be “Tehama County local” but it was local enough for a rally a
few years ago in Anderson. That would be the newsworthy, to Northern California
and Oregon, destruction of dams on the Klamath River. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Long story short, our local, state, and House representatives made
valiant efforts in Washington, DC, to oppose removing the dams that provided
electricity, and water for crops, to tens of thousands of neighbors to our
north. The solid case was made to retain the dams for the “renewable” (Good
energy, right?) electricity they provided at virtually no cost, since the
infrastructure was long since built.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Aside from the ideologically driven anti-dam-ers, the benefits of power,
flood control, and reliable water deliveries has been a mark of civilization: using
technology and engineering to improve the lives of humans. Sensible supporters
of modern life agree.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Those warning of unintended consequences, from the built-up sediment now
unleashed from destroyed dams, are vindicated as the oxygen- and
fish-destroying mud spreads downstream. At the time of the debates, dam
supporters said that the half billion-dollar cost could have created a
perfectly functional tunnel/fish ladder while leaving the dams in place.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Look up: “Klamath Dam Removal: ‘It’s an Environmental Disaster’—‘They
purposefully made a disaster and are leaving taxpayers and the locals to clean
up their mess.’” Congressman Doug LaMalfa: “Environmentalists and the State of
California are celebrating the world’s largest dam removal on the Upper Klamath
River, while their work kills endangered species, destroys roads, threatens
homes with bank collapse and is already seeing drinking water wells go dry.
They purposefully made a disaster and are leaving taxpayers and the locals to
clean up their mess.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Dam removal advocates refused to see the big picture, trusting a
questionable Master’s thesis over the locals who knew better. Now, we see the
results that are being ignored by the media and environmental groups—utter
devastation of an ecosystem, and death. Dam removal advocates simply ignored
the immense amount of sediment behind each dam, and how releasing it would
impact water quality and river health.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Deluded enviro-nuts’ dreams of free-flowing rivers now extend to the
previously unheard-of concept of removing dams on the Snake River (but not the
Hetch Hetchy supplying SF water). They’re incapable of balancing the dam
benefits against the lofty feel-good, quasi-religious fanaticism that drives a
number of foolhardy goals, like “net-zero” carbon, and reliance on wind and solar
energy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On that topic, local farms and grocery stores will not escape similar
unintended-but-foreseeable consequences from “net-zero” policies. See: “Biden’s
Net-Zero Agenda Spells Trouble Down on the Farm and at the Supermarket”
(theepochtimes.com). While the confrontation over fertilizer-free agricultural
mandates is centered in Europe—with farmers reacting forcefully to E.U.
policies that spell the literal death of their livelihoods and existence—American
farms and food supplies will not escape the devastating results.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Just like how the irrational, counterproductive EV mandates spell transportation
doom for citizens, the 2022 “Inflation Reduction Act” contains regulations
favoring battery-powered agricultural machinery. Between 1) that ludicrous,
utterly impractical concept, 2) the assumed reliance on intermittent wind and
solar energy, and 3) an obsession with so-called “greenhouse gas emissions”—our
(primarily) Democrat officials are oblivious to the real-world failure of such
policies to allow sufficient food production to keep people from starving.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Federal agencies see an open-ended mandate to impose unrealistic “net
zero” policies, absent Congressional authorization; federal courts are not
likely to agree, and will rein in regulatory overreach.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Worth reading is “The Renewable Scam,” by John Stossel (townhall.com),
wherein the hypocritical, impractical plans for a “clean energy future” of
“carbon-free power” is deconstructed for the pipe dream it is. While solar and
wind have minor roles—our flexible solar panels keep our RV batteries topped
off without hours of generator usage—it should be obvious that they have
little-to-no role in our mass industrial energy needs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Just to produce one turbine, we have to extract 900 tons of steel 2,500
tons of concrete, and 45 tons of non-renewable plastic…Between fuel-burning
transit and wear and tear, nothing about it is renewable” (M. Tuttle).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In “Transition? What Transition?” (J. Hinderaker, powerlineblog.com),
energy expert Robert Bryce is cited. Bottom line: This obsessive transition to
a decarbonized energy grid “is posing material, adverse challenges to electric
reliability…[needed] every hour of the year.” The only non-fossil-fuel source
of electricity that is “scalable” for varying power needs is nuclear; even
honest environmentalists agree.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The included chart says it all: “What Energy Transition? From 2004 to
2022, Global Spending on Wind + Solar Totaled $4.1 Trillion, Yet Hydrocarbon
Use Increased 3.4x Faster.” The world used 36 percent more energy in 2022 than
18 years earlier. Hydro, nuclear, and biomass kept pace with the increase, at
13 percent of the world’s energy. Wind and solar = 5 percent and cannot
increase much beyond that. Hydrocarbon sources increased nearly 30 percent, supplying
the balance. The numbers don’t lie; no fossil fuels=no civilization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Elsewhere, an angry, unhinged, deluded old man yelled at his political
opponents to get off his democracy.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-80487571696103906782024-03-12T03:51:00.000-07:002024-03-12T03:51:00.135-07:00Report: WH Trying to Force Bibi Out, He Crushes Biden in Remarks and It May Backfire on Joe<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #393939; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/03/10/report-wh-trying-to-force-bibi-out-and-he-has-a-few-words-for-joe-biden-n2171182?utm_source=rsafternoonbriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d">Report: WH Trying to Force Bibi Out, He Crushes Biden in Remarks and It May Backfire on Joe</a></b></span></span></p><section class="post-header my-md-3" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; 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border-radius: 0.25rem !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1052" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; line-height: 12px; padding: 8px 5px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">AP Photo/Evan Vucci</span></em></figcaption></figure></div></section><section class="post-body" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We saw Joe Biden give a mess of an interview to MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart that aired on Saturday. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One of the chief topics of discussion was Israel and the <a href="https://redstate.com/tags/israel-hamas-war" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">war with Hamas</a>. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Instead of being supportive in their efforts to get rid of the terrorists, Biden claimed that Israel had to do more to prevent the loss of life in Gaza, and he even said that he had a "red line" (apparently learning nothing from Barack Obama's setting of meaningless red lines he wouldn't enforce), about going into Rafah, that we "can't have 30,000 more Palestinians dead," ridiculously referencing Hamas-influenced numbers. He was clearly trying to put the squeeze on Israel and, more specifically, on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That's why he was talking about having a "come to Jesus" moment with him on the issue -- meaning that Netanyahu had to stop/change what he was doing. He claimed during the interview that Netanyahu was doing "more harm than good." </span></p><hr id="isPasted" style="background-color: currentcolor; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; height: 1px; margin: 1rem 0px; opacity: 0.25;" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read More:</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a class="hl" href="https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/03/09/biden-polling-sotu-n2171148" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24; font-weight: 400;" target="_blank" title="Dems Point to Polling After SOTU, but Here's Why It's Bad for Biden and They're Deluding Themselves"></a></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><a class="hl" href="https://redstate.com/beccalower/2024/03/09/biden-tells-msnbc-there-is-no-red-line-for-supporting-israel-n2171162" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank" title="WATCH: Biden Tells MSNBC 'There Is No Red Line' for Supporting Israel"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">WATCH: Biden Tells MSNBC 'There Is No Red Line' for Supporting Israel</span></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><a class="hl" href="https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/03/09/biden-supreme-court-n2171167" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank" title="Biden Snaps at MSNBC Reporter on Israel and Has New, Ugly Supreme Court Remarks"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Biden Snaps at MSNBC Reporter on Israel and Has New, Ugly Supreme Court Remarks</span></a></p><hr id="isPasted" style="background-color: currentcolor; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; height: 1px; margin: 1rem 0px; opacity: 0.25;" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now, there's a new report that the Biden White House is trying to force <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/white-house-exploring-how-to-force-netanyahu-out-report/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">Netanyahu and his coalition out.</a></span></p><blockquote style="background-color: #f1f1f1; border-left: 5px solid rgb(184, 31, 36); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 26px; padding: 10.5px 21px;"><p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">An Israeli expert who frequently consults for US officials is quoted by<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-biden-plan-to-ditch-israels-netanyahu.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">New York Magazine</a><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>as saying, “I have been asked by a serious administration figure what it is that will force the Netanyahu coalition to collapse. They were interested in the mechanics, what can we demand which will collapse his coalition.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A US expert quoted in the reports says that White House realizes that “Netanyahu is in a corner of his own making. He has no room to maneuver. He is screwing us. The politics of this have to completely change, and I think time is running out.”</span></p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Can we flash back to when the Obama Administration actually got involved in the Israeli election against Netanyahu <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-funds-aided-2015-campaign-to-oust-netanyahu-senate-probe-finds/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">using taxpayer funds</a>? Not to mention how Obama/Biden were always courting Iran? </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It looks like they're at it again because the report is completely consistent with the prior behavior. But now, it's in the middle of a war against Hamas, where the result of Biden's interference could benefit Hamas by stopping Israel from going into Rafah to finish them off. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Netanyahu is hip to this; he's had to deal with it from Barack Obama in the past, and he issued a strong response to Biden's sneaky attempt to undercut him. </span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1766863148135453099" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1766863148135453099&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fnick-arama%2F2024%2F03%2F10%2Freport-wh-trying-to-force-bibi-out-and-he-has-a-few-words-for-joe-biden-n2171182&sessionId=cb655ec77cd7d56affe7099c01d83c16d6179faa&siteScreenName=RedState&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 625px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Bibi said these were not his "private policies" -- this is what the majority of Israel wants, that the majority understands if they don't do this, they will face another Oct. 7 attack. "The vast majority are as united as ever before," he said. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The attempt to cast it as his private policies is false, he said, seemingly directed at Biden. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Netanyahu is correct.</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1766857094605467796" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1766857094605467796&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fnick-arama%2F2024%2F03%2F10%2Freport-wh-trying-to-force-bibi-out-and-he-has-a-few-words-for-joe-biden-n2171182&sessionId=cb655ec77cd7d56affe7099c01d83c16d6179faa&siteScreenName=RedState&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 713px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Biden is being a duplicitous snake and throwing Israel under the bus, trying to put pressure on Bibi to play both to our left and maybe to theirs. But Joe being Joe, he's wrong again, and he may be actually strengthening Netanyahu in the process. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Great job, Joe!</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/03/10/report-wh-trying-to-force-bibi-out-and-he-has-a-few-words-for-joe-biden-n2171182?utm_source=rsafternoonbriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d">https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/03/10/report-wh-trying-to-force-bibi-out-and-he-has-a-few-words-for-joe-biden-n2171182?utm_source=rsafternoonbriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d</a></span></p></section>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273666970697605402.post-57762446883654187312024-03-11T13:13:00.000-07:002024-03-11T13:13:00.243-07:00Post-Super Tuesday Solidifies the Democrats' Worst Fear: Trump’s 2016 Insurgency Is Back<p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/mitch-brown/2024/03/07/post-super-tuesday-solidifies-the-democrats-worst-fear-trumps-2016-insurgency-is-back-n2636182?utm_source=thdailyvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d&recip=28668535" target="_blank">Post-Super Tuesday Solidifies the Democrats' Worst Fear: Trump’s 2016 Insurgency Is Back</a></b></span></span></p><div class="post-header__byline d-md-flex my-2" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex !important; justify-content: space-between; margin: 15px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="author d-flex align-items-center" style="align-items: center !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex !important;"><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/mitch-brown" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Mitch Brown" class="align-middle thm-author-sm" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/authorimages/38135fb6-9ed0-44b6-b5fe-908cd8493ee8.png" style="aspect-ratio: auto 9 / 8; border-radius: 5px; border: 0.3px solid rgb(138, 138, 138); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-right: 10px; vertical-align: middle; width: 50px;" /></span></a></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/mitch-brown" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline !important; text-decoration-line: none;">Mitch Brown</a><img class="img-fluid rounded" height="615" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2024/66/7c4177db-f98a-4ce0-b206-f38f6e03aa0a-1052x615.png" style="background-color: white; border-radius: var(--bs-border-radius) !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1052" /></span></p><div class="post-header__img" style="aspect-ratio: auto 736 / 414; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px; padding: 20px 0px 15px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell</span></em></figcaption></figure></div><section class="post-body" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px 35px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After a decisive Super Tuesday victory, the political dynamics for Trump look eerily similar to the 2016 campaign cycle. It is a common trapping of political punditry to opine on the 2024 election only in the context of the most recent election in 2020. We can certainly learn from 2020, but it only reveals a fragment of our recent political history. Expanding the scope of analysis to the 2016 campaign provides a clearer picture as to how this election will shake out in November.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Because former President Trump is running his third presidential campaign, we have three distinct eras to look at: Trump as the insurgent once-in-a-century political figure, the incumbent president, and now as the ousted challenger. Of those eras, Trump’s candidacy was weakest when he was an incumbent, and while there are several debatable factors which defined that era (like COVID), he has successfully pivoted to run in a lane that he’s both more comfortable with and shows greater favorability to return him to the Oval Office.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By harkening back to the insurgency theme of his 2016 campaign, where he performed best, Trump can run against Biden’s record, not on his own, and leverage the political maxim proven to get voters thinking about what they’re really voting for: “Is your life better today than it was four years ago?” The advantage of another insurgency campaign goes to Trump.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Much of Trump’s success in 2016, despite multiple bogus narratives like Russian collusion driven by corrupt media outlets, was built almost entirely on speaking directly to the issues of the “forgotten men and women”. Today, we see the same constituency solidifying their shift to Trump’s version of the Republican Party. As in 2016, <a href="https://bit.ly/49smuRH" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">today’s top issues align more closely</a> with Trump and the Republicans than Biden and the Democrats. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Recent <a href="https://bit.ly/48regs0%22%20HYPERLINK%20%22https://bit.ly/48regs0" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Cygnal polling shows </a>the economy and illegal immigration are the top issues for voters, both which Trump and Republicans get high marks while Biden’s numbers continue to steadily drop. Illegal immigration shot up 10 points in two months and a quarter of Americans say it’s now their primary concern. Trump’s alignment on America’s top issues gives him an advantage here also. </span></p><div class="row mb-3" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 1rem !important; margin-left: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-right: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--bs-gutter-y)); max-width: 100%;"><div class="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 0 0%; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); width: 591.325px;"><h4 class="pc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-color); line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Recommended</span></h4><div class="row" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-left: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-right: calc(-.5 * var(--bs-gutter-x)); margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--bs-gutter-y)); max-width: 100%;"><div class="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 0 0%; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); width: 283.663px;"><div class=" widget-list__hero mb-3" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; line-height: 1.2 !important; margin-bottom: 1rem !important; max-width: 100%;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/03/09/ny-went-after-a-county-for-protecting-womens-sports-heres-how-it-responded-n2636209" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="Letitia James Went After a County for Protecting Women’s Sports. 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Here’s What Happened Next.</span></a><a class="widget-list__author" href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/03/09/ny-went-after-a-county-for-protecting-womens-sports-heres-how-it-responded-n2636209" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block;" title="Madeline Leesman"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Madeline Leesman</span></a></div></div></div><div class="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 0 0%; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * .5); width: 283.663px;"><div class=" widget-list__hero mb-3" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; line-height: 1.2 !important; margin-bottom: 1rem !important; max-width: 100%;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/03/09/joe-biden-pitch-to-pas-voters-send-me-to-congress-n2636301" style="box-sizing: border-box;" title="In Pennsylvania, It Seems Joe Biden's Memory Drugs Wore Off"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2024/66/f36ce701-211c-48cd-bddf-39a9fcae900b-536x311.jpg" style="border-radius: 6px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 258.062px;" /></span></a></div><div class="p-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding: 1rem !important;"><a class="widget-list__body-title title-link" href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/03/09/joe-biden-pitch-to-pas-voters-send-me-to-congress-n2636301" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2 !important;" title="In Pennsylvania, It Seems Joe Biden's Memory Drugs Wore Off"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In Pennsylvania, It Seems Joe Biden's Memory Drugs Wore Off</span></a><a class="widget-list__author" href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/03/09/joe-biden-pitch-to-pas-voters-send-me-to-congress-n2636301" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block;" title="Matt Vespa"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Matt Vespa</span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In 2016, the battleground map, or swing states, consisted of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Florida. Trump’s ascendance laid claim to the massive political shift already underway, where working-class voters in these states gravitated to the Republican Party, which just two cycles prior had been seen as the party of elites. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now, the <a href="https://bit.ly/48mGxAr" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">battleground map has changed</a>. Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona replace Florida and Ohio to join Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin as the must-win states. In 2016, Trump fought hard to win those battlegrounds. His message resonated, and his base was highly motivated to turn out. Although the battleground map differs from 2016, it is more favorable to Trump, so he has the advantage here too. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The weaknesses of Hillary Clinton in 2016 and those of Joe Biden’s are immensely different but both are considered weak candidates despite having numerous advantages from favorable media outlets to deep fundraising pockets from coastal elites. Biden’s pandemic-era victory seems to be more of an asterisk in presidential election politics, and he has grown increasingly weaker by the day. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Voters are likely to find it hard to imagine a presidential debate between Biden and Trump, let alone believe there will even be a debate. Rallies are paramount to any campaign. We don’t see Biden rallying, and most Americans inherently know there is no need for a basement campaign strategy – they will see right through that and deduce the lack of vigor to carry out a traditional national campaign is age-related – which it is – and therefore be less enthused to turn out on Biden’s behalf. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A strong Vice President would normally be a logical fix to a fledging President, but Kamala Harris is somehow even less favorable than Biden. Trump’s strength in this area gives him the advantage, and if he selects a complimentary running mate, it will only further his edge over Biden. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Combining the advantages of an insurgency campaign, an edge on the top issues, a new and favorable battleground map, and historically weak opponents, the 2024 election is Trump’s to lose. Despite this week’s Super Tuesday string of victories and practically clinching the GOP nomination, he still faces significant challenges, principally turning out millions of voters on Election Day, encouraging early voting, and keeping those issues front and center. If he can do that, he will emerge victorious and add the greatest comeback in political history to his legacy. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/mitch-brown/2024/03/07/post-super-tuesday-solidifies-the-democrats-worst-fear-trumps-2016-insurgency-is-back-n2636182?utm_source=thdailyvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d&recip=28668535"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://townhall.com/columnists/mitch-brown/2024/03/07/post-super-tuesday-solidifies-the-democrats-worst-fear-trumps-2016-insurgency-is-back-n2636182?utm_source=thdailyvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d&recip=28668535</span></a></p></section>Don Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10428502379334087553noreply@blogger.com0