nivek
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We shouldn't be giving China any money, WTF...
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US govt sent $1.3 billion to China, Russia for gender equality, cat experiments and Wuhan lab research
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Standingstones
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But we have people living in tents under highway overpasses??We shouldn't be giving China any money, WTF...
US govt sent $1.3 billion to China, Russia for gender equality, cat experiments and Wuhan lab research
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nivek
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Again! President, 80, FALLS OVER while trying to jog off stage after handing out diplomas at U.S. Air Force Academy graduation - and then blames a sandbag!
President Biden has fallen on stage while handing out diplomas at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. The 80-year-old commander-in-chief tripped and fell his knees and then got back up during the graduation ceremony. The pool reporter said: 'POTUS was walking back to his seat when fell. He appeared to have tripped on a black sandbag on the stage. 'When he fell, pointed to the black sandbag suggesting that’s what he tripped on'.
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AD1184
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I wondered if Joe Biden's presidency reminded anyone else of Lloyd Bridges' performance in the Hot Shots series of films. Apparently I am not the only one:Again! President, 80, FALLS OVER while trying to jog off stage after handing out diplomas at U.S. Air Force Academy graduation - and then blames a sandbag!
President Biden has fallen on stage while handing out diplomas at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. The 80-year-old commander-in-chief tripped and fell his knees and then got back up during the graduation ceremony. The pool reporter said: 'POTUS was walking back to his seat when fell. He appeared to have tripped on a black sandbag on the stage. 'When he fell, pointed to the black sandbag suggesting that’s what he tripped on'.
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4wUBj7931c
nivek
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Indubitably, here's yet another 'accident'...
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Biden hits head while exiting Marine One hours after getting ‘sandbagged’ at Air Force ceremony
Reporters waiting for Biden on the South Lawn of the White House watched as the president hit his forehead while stepping out of the helicopter.(More on the link)
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Biden laughs and smirks as the press is ushered out of the Oval Office without questions
Reporters were once again escorted out of the Oval Office and prevented from asking President Biden questions at the White House on Monday.Biden welcomed Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and both world leaders gave approximately four minutes’ worth of remarks on the alliance between their two countries. After the pair discussed the countries’ dedication to assisting Ukraine as well as combating climate change, Biden thanked the press without taking questions as White House staffers escorted them out of the room.
Biden and Frederickson could be seen smirking as the reporters shouted questions that went unanswered. The pair also appeared to converse with each other while ignoring the press. One reporter can be heard asking how Biden views Danish leadership in the world to which Biden could be seen laughing.
The clip of Biden laughing as the press was prevented from asking questions comes as the latest example of the president avoiding or ridiculing reporters during his administration.
In May, a similar scenario occurred when Biden met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Like his meeting with Frederiksen, Biden was seen smirking, chuckling and remaining silent as reporters were herded from the room. This dismissal of the press came during the height of concerns over Trump-era border policy Title 42 being set to expire.
Biden also openly mocked reporters in another Oval Office encounter, this time with Israeli President Isaac Herzog. back in October. As reporters shouted questions, the president imitated the press with raised eyebrows while silently mimicking them talking. He also laughed and slapped his knee as staffers escorted reporters away.
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nivek
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Almost HALF of Americans would consider backing a third party candidate if it's Biden v Trump in 2024: Poll shows voters would shun the Democrats and Republicans if the president, 80, and his predecessor go to battle
Almost half of Americans want a third-party option for president next year if Joe Biden and Donald Trump are their party's nominees, a new poll released on Tuesday found.The NewsNation/DDHQ poll revealed that 49% said it was somewhat or very likely that they would consider voting for a third-party candidate in 2024 if the election was a repeat of Biden vs. Trump.
Among the options being considered, liberal Senator Bernie Sanders received 21%, former Rep. Liz Cheney got 10% and Senator Joe Manchin received 7%.
Another 43 percent said they would choose someone else as a third-party candidate.
Biden and Trump are both favored to be their party's presidential pick.
President Biden faces token competition for the Democratic nomination.
Trump has a tougher road ahead with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley already challenging him. Mike Pence and Chris Christie are also getting into the race.
But the former president leads in the polls for the GOP nomination.
As for a third-party alternative, Democrats have fretted about an alternative popping up, particularly as the outside group No Labels is looking to get a third party option on the presidential ballot in all 50 states.
Some Democrats worry that the third-party candidate from No Labels could play a spoiler role and peel off enough moderate voters from the Democratic ticket to ensure a Republican victory.
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nivek
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'Embarrassing' dissent cable shows Biden 'allowed' Afghanistan to collapse
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is slamming the Afghanistan dissent cable to which Secretary of State Antony Blinken allowed congressional access Tuesday as "embarrassing" and saying that it debunks the Biden administration's narrative that it was caught off guard by the country's swift collapse in 2021.Issa, who serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told Fox News Digital that he was the first committee member to view the dissent channel cable from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul and Washington's response.
The State Department’s "dissent channel" allows for contrary views to be expressed by officials. The document, signed by 23 staffers and diplomats, warned about the possibility of a rapid Taliban advance as the U.S. left the country, which President Joe Biden and other top officials downplayed at the time.
"What we saw was their prediction, with great accuracy, of exactly what was going to happen and what the outcome would be if they did not change their directions," the congressman said. "We saw a response from the office of the State Department saying, ‘We hear you, and we agree, basically, we don't take it lightly.’ And then, obviously, we know what they did and didn't do, which was totally insufficient for the warning that was given."
"They redacted the specific names, but we now know that many of them were senior executive surrogates, meaning people that are paid at the highest level in the State Department," he continued. "They knew and understood that there was no way that the Afghan military was going to defend successfully. They did not disagree with that, and as a result, they knew that Kabul would fall within weeks, that the Taliban would do what they have done, which is to continue to kill and persecute individuals, and they allowed it to happen."
Issa said the cable also revealed that "there was no expectation by the State Department that there would be sustainability" in the region and knew that the billions of dollars of U.S. military equipment that was left behind was going to fall into the Taliban's hands.
Issa said the cable went out on July 13, 2021, the response came back a week later on July 20, and Kabul officially fell weeks later on Aug. 15.
"Every prediction came through, including the quick collapse of the Afghan army," he said.
Issa said his next course of action is trying to get the document declassified so that the families of the 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the chaotic withdrawal can get to the bottom of what happened.
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Rick Hunter
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Sign me up!
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Joe Biden allegedly paid $5M by Burisma executive as part of a bribery scheme, according to FBI document
President Joe Biden was allegedly paid $5 million by an executive of the Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings, where his son Hunter Biden sat on the board, a confidential human source told the FBI during a June 2020 interview, sources familiar told Fox News Digital.The sources briefed Fox News Digital on the contents of the FBI-generated FD-1023 form alleging a criminal bribery scheme between then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national that involved influence over U.S. policy decisions.
The FD-1023 form, dated June 30, 2020, is the FBI's interview with a "highly credible" confidential source who detailed multiple meetings and conversations he or she had with a top Burisma executive over the course of several years, starting in 2015. Fox News Digital has not seen the form, but it was described by several sources who are aware of its contents.
An FD-1023 form is used by FBI agents to record unverified reporting from confidential human sources. The form is used to document information as told to an FBI agent, but recording that information does not validate or weigh it against other information known by the FBI.
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nivek
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Evidence against the Biden crime family is mounting across the board
It's no coincidence that the Donald Trump indictment was announced on the same day the FBI FD-1023 form was finally opened up to the House members of the Oversight Committee. No coincidence!While President Joe Biden smugly answered a reporter's question about bribery charges by saying "show me the money," well, the clock is ticking for Mr. Biden. Sources briefing Fox News Digital were very clear about the allegation that Biden was paid $5 million by a top dog at Burisma Holdings and another $5 million bucks went to Hunter Biden.
The FBI interview came from a highly credible source, who detailed multiple meetings and conversations with the Burisma people. The pay-to-play bribe was to force Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin out of office, which is exactly what Joe Biden did. This is potentially the biggest political scandal in American history and the evidence against the Biden crime family is mounting up across the board.
So, Biden's Attorney General Merrick Garland rushed out his special counsel's indictment of former President Trump on the same day, in a transparent attempt to distract attention from Biden’s corruption. Garland is calling these shots for Biden and, as one senator told me, "This Justice Department cannot be trusted on anything."
Then, of course, the Biden classified documents investigation continues at a snail's pace. Biden kept classified documents all over the place in Washington, D.C. and Delaware, but here's the rub: Biden as a senator took classified documents. That isn't supposed to happen. You can read them in a SCIF in the middle of the National Archives building, but you can't take them anywhere. That's against the law.
Then, Vice President Biden somehow made off with classified documents again and scattered them to the four winds, but wait a minute, as vice president you can read classified documents in a secure place in the middle of the National Archives, but the law says you can't take them out of the building.
Did he put them in his socks? Stuff them in a briefcase, and then sprint out of the building? And threw the bag into the front seat of his Corvette? I don't know. I wasn't there, but you can't do what he did. It's illegal.
Former President Trump, however, was permitted to take documents and however sloppily those documents may have been shelved, presidents are allowed to take them and declassify them and then return them if they want to.
So, there are a couple of key points here. One is this should be a civil proceeding, not criminal. Second, the charge of espionage is totally absurd.
Now, here is Mr. Trump's Republican presidential primary competitor Ron DeSantis tweeting last night, "The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society. We have for years witnessed an uneven application of the law depending upon political affiliation,"
I'll just finish with this thought: I believe that Democrats, from Joe Biden on down, are obsessed and consumed by their desperate need to prevent Donald Trump from becoming president again.
I believe this is what all this is about. "All this" meaning the crazy indictment by far-left Democrat Alvin Bragg in New York, this classified box hoax in Florida and the ginned up Georgia election grand jury run by another left-wing Democrat. They're all doing Joe Biden's bidding: stop Trump.
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nivek
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White House accused of US Flag Code violation over Pride Month display
President Joe Biden's administration is receiving backlash online over its Pride Month display at the White House on Sunday as many Twitter users are saying it violates the U.S. Flag Code.Biden celebrated the LGBT community in a post Saturday, revealing a set of flags hanging from the White House that faced the South Lawn. The display includes a rainbow-colored Pride flag flanked by two American flags.
Twitter users argue the display violates a section of the U.S. Flag Code that mandates the American flag be in the center of any display featuring multiple national flags or pennants.
"To advance revolutionary transgender agenda targeting children, Biden violates basic tenet of US Flag Code and disrespects every American service member buried under its colors," wrote Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
Fitton went on to cite U.S. Flag Code §7. (e), which reads, "The flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the highest point of the group when a number of flags of States or localities or pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from staffs."
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
View: https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1667868171166965761
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nivek
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Biden LGBT Pride party guest goes TOPLESS in White House garden: Transgender model bares breasts on South Lawn after posing for snaps with president and first lady
Rose Montoya, 27, a transgender model and actress, raised eyebrows by baring her breasts on the White House lawn on Saturday at an event to celebrate Pride. Montoya shared an Instagram montage of the day with her 103,000 followers on Monday, and was seen dancing to the DJ and striking poses in front of landmarks such as the Washington monument and the Truman balcony of the White House. She then appears topless, with her hands over her breasts. 'Are we topless at the White House?!' the person recording the clip says.
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AD1184
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This is now America's established religion.Biden LGBT Pride party guest goes TOPLESS in White House garden: Transgender model bares breasts on South Lawn after posing for snaps with president and first lady
Rose Montoya, 27, a transgender model and actress, raised eyebrows by baring her breasts on the White House lawn on Saturday at an event to celebrate Pride. Montoya shared an Instagram montage of the day with her 103,000 followers on Monday, and was seen dancing to the DJ and striking poses in front of landmarks such as the Washington monument and the Truman balcony of the White House. She then appears topless, with her hands over her breasts. 'Are we topless at the White House?!' the person recording the clip says.
Rick Hunter
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Well, for some folks it is. This issue has been weaponized to death by both sides and I'm fucking tired of hearing about it.
nivek
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It's disgusting to perform such antics and at the White House no less, but look at what we have for a President...A senile old man who is propped up and maneuvered like a puppet on strings...Things are only going to get worse, weaponization of social issues and making those social issues political will tear any country apart...
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Federal deficit tops $2 trillion over last 12 months
The federal government’s budget deficit grew to $2.1 trillion over the last 12 months and is more than twice as large as the pre-pandemic deficit, according to a new report by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB).The CRFB’s analysis found that the 12-month rolling deficit is up $170 billion compared to last month due to a $236 billion monthly deficit that was announced last week for May 2023. That figure represents a significant increase on the $66 billion deficit that the federal government ran last May and is attributable to spending increasing by 11% as tax revenue fell by 6%.
"With deficits expanding, substantial policy change will be needed to bring spending and revenue in line," the CRFB wrote. "The roll-off (and possible reversal) of student debt cancellation and implementation of the Fiscal Responsibility Act are likely to help reduce deficits in the near term, but much more action will be needed to stem the unsustainable medium- and long-term trajectory of the debt."
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nivek
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Joe Manchin vows to fight Biden's war on appliances: 'Not supporting any of the craziness'
(Excerpt)In an interview with Fox News Digital, Manchin criticized the Department of Energy (DOE) for its aggressive energy efficiency rulemakings, arguing the agency should allow the free market to improve product technology rather than force such changes through regulation. Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, expressed concern with rules aimed at electrifying gas appliances.
"It absolutely shows you how disconnected the [DOE] is with the facts and reality of what's happening to the grid system," Manchin told Fox News Digital. "We've had so many warnings from [the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission] and [North American Electric Reliability Corporation] and everybody else that the grid is strained to say the least."
"And we're taking more dispatchable power off the grid. That means 24/7, mostly fossil — because of the movement of this administration. It is putting us in the danger zone, the grid," he continued. "With all the movement and demand for more electric appliances that would take the place of gas whether it be a stove or furnace. It absolutely makes no sense and is not in check with reality. Absolutely not."
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Rick Hunter
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Joe Manchin is one of a very few people in politics still in touch with reality and actually concerned about issues that affect all of us, and not just special interest puppet masters.
nivek
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What's so funny, Joe? Biden awkwardly grins and chuckles when asked if he was caught on tape getting bribed - after Burisma executive claimed he kept 17 audio recordings of phone calls as an 'insurance policy'
Joe Biden gave a smile and chuckle, before darting down a White House hallway when recently confronted with Burisma bribery allegations from his time as Vice President.'Are there tapes that you accepted bribes, President Biden? Is that true?' a reporter probed as Biden, 80, left an event with US diplomats in the White House East room.
Stopping as he walked away, Biden was seen awkwardly grinning, chuckling to himself and then shaking his head as he continued to stride away without answering the question.
According to a 'highly credible' whistleblower, an internal FBI FD-1023 memo created in 2020 details a $5 million 'arrangement' for an exchange of money for policy decisions between then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national, who referred to Joe Biden as the 'Big Guy.'
The memo resurfaced recently during a speech by Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, after the FBI allowed lawmakers to see a redacted informant file related to Congress' investigation into Biden, his son Hunter and Ukrainian company Burisma.
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