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'YOU will sit': Biden is caught with cheat sheet at G20 informing him when to sit, speak and take a photo

President Joe Biden accidentally revealed a list of instructions telling him when to take photos and speak while at the G20 Summit in Indonesia.The notes told the president where he should sit and the proper time to do so - along with multiple reminders that his opening remarks were on the next page. It is not the first time Biden has been caught with cheat sheet while in important meetings.



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Just to play devil's advocate here, Biden isn't the first president to need a little help. By all accounts, Obama was not at all a good speaker without the teleprompter. Ronald Reagan often had to ask aides whether to sign or veto a bill because he honestly couldn't make up his mind. And of course, very few Presidential speeches are actually written by the President.

Being President is a complicated job and I would imagine that they all receive scripts of when and what to do, especially when meeting with other governments. Grampa Joe probably has to read it more than others, given that his hand is on the doorknob of 80.
 

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Fisherman fishing for fish is an important occupation...The fishing industry is vitally important for countries that eat fish and fish for fish and sell fish that are caught by fishermen fishing for fish.

Jimmy Failla sounds off on Kamala Harris' trip: Fishermen in the Philippines 'are as confused as we are'

The Biden administration now appears to be giving Vice President Kamala Harris "pretend jobs." Failla reacted to new video of Harris greeting and thanking local fishermen during her visit to the Philippines, while the border crisis rages on in the U.S.

Jimmy Failla: "I love that they give her pretend jobs. Anybody who has a child has been in this position before where it's like a busy day around the house, and you need the kids to get out of the way, so you say, ‘Lincoln, can you go get the monsters out of the washing machine?’ They're doing that with the vice president. ‘Kamala, can you get the monsters out of the fish hatchery?’ It's like, 'Oh, hello, everybody. I'm here looking for the monsters.' It's a pretend job… and they're as confused as we are. Who is this is random lady? We have a Walmart greeter here now on the dock just waving to us as we come in. It was bizarre."

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A luxurious private Biden family wedding at The People's White House, the press barred, apart from a lavish Vogue shoot - then Joe holidays at billionaire's $20m Nantucket mansion. Has any president acted more like royalty?


Perhaps Naomi Biden and Peter plan to be the next Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. After all, the former royals similarly claimed they wanted privacy, only to embark on a seemingly endless media tour. Or is it that The Biden family fancies themselves as the new Kennedys? An American version of royalty that gets all of the money, power, and status, minus the titles. But just like the Kennedys, a deep-rooted, sinister corruption lies behind the veneer of wealth and glamor. Naomi's father, Hunter Biden, who walked her down the aisle, is one of the prime benefactors of the immense privilege that comes with being a Biden. His transgressions, from illegal drug use to soliciting prostitution and making a false statement in order to purchase a gun, are all public. He has yet to face consequences for any of it. What the lockdown of Naomi's wedding - and her fluff interview with Vogue - reveals is how stunningly removed the Bidens are from the rest of America.

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A luxurious private Biden family wedding at The People's White House, the press barred, apart from a lavish Vogue shoot - then Joe holidays at billionaire's $20m Nantucket mansion. Has any president acted more like royalty?


Perhaps Naomi Biden and Peter plan to be the next Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. After all, the former royals similarly claimed they wanted privacy, only to embark on a seemingly endless media tour. Or is it that The Biden family fancies themselves as the new Kennedys? An American version of royalty that gets all of the money, power, and status, minus the titles. But just like the Kennedys, a deep-rooted, sinister corruption lies behind the veneer of wealth and glamor. Naomi's father, Hunter Biden, who walked her down the aisle, is one of the prime benefactors of the immense privilege that comes with being a Biden. His transgressions, from illegal drug use to soliciting prostitution and making a false statement in order to purchase a gun, are all public. He has yet to face consequences for any of it. What the lockdown of Naomi's wedding - and her fluff interview with Vogue - reveals is how stunningly removed the Bidens are from the rest of America.

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Once the Republicans take over in January it might be wise for Hunter Biden to move to a different country to avoid prosecution.
 

Rick Hunter

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Once the Republicans take over in January it might be wise for Hunter Biden to move to a different country to avoid prosecution.

Thing is, Joe's underlings are still in charge of the Justice Dept. They are the ones who would do the actual prosecution. I fear that the Republicans will squander their advantage by focusing on Hunter Biden, just as the Dems threw theirs away obsessing over Trump. Congress needs to be working on things other than harassing one guy who is well entrenched. They can have endless hearings on him, but in the end none of that is really going to help the USA. Matter of fact, it would be downright reprehensible for them to do so when so many people are wondering if they can heat their homes this winter.
 

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Biden regime US Education official claims democracy is based on 'white supremacy' and says she 'tunes out white people's voices' in series of unearthed tweets

A US Department of Education deputy director appointed under Biden said on Twitter that democracy is based on 'white supremacy' and revealed she 'tunes out white people's voices' in series of unearthed tweets. Kristina Ishmael is the deputy director in the Office of Educational Technology - and her office implements policies for 'equity of access' to technology. But despite her job role, Ishmael said in tweets, seen by Fox News, that she walked away from a discussion because 'a white male dominated the conversation.' She made her profile private on Monday after her tweets - which also displayed bias against Evangelical Christians - were discovered by the news website.

Education official hired by Biden says democracy is based on 'white supremacy' in

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What makes me pukes rigid about the spineless mps in Britain is how the economic migrant invasion was being ignored and those who chose to tell us the truth were silenced. Now it scores them points as if they knew all along and have opposed it some how. Farage was the man who told us back at the beginning of 2019. BBC just showed us the women and Nigel clocked it for what it was, young men coming for hand outs and the jolly up. I was called a racist for questioning it and to those who did you can stick it up your posteriors along with the smoke you desire.

The migrant crisis is now number one on the list for any who wish to be in power. Too little too late and my faith in government has waned a great deal. I'm leaning toward giving labour a shout as this lot are cowards. No true tories left here, they really are beginning to look as if the come from the same nest now.

Just off center in an attempt to please everyone is not what we need.
 

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Biden admin scrambles to track $20B in Ukraine aid as House Republicans warn of audits

President Biden's administration is scrambling to track the nearly $20 billion in military aid it has sent to Ukraine as Republicans warn of impending audits when they take control of the House in January.

Likely future House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said his party will not be giving Ukraine a "blank check" to fend off Russia's invasion. A potential audit would determine how much, if any, of the U.S. aid is ending up in the wrong hands. The Biden administration's previous tracking efforts have inspected only a fraction of the aid provided to the country.

While some staunch Ukraine allies fear Republicans will cut off aid to the country, there remains widespread support for ramping up oversight efforts in Congress.


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Biden admin scrambles to track $20B in Ukraine aid as House Republicans warn of audits

President Biden's administration is scrambling to track the nearly $20 billion in military aid it has sent to Ukraine as Republicans warn of impending audits when they take control of the House in January.

Likely future House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said his party will not be giving Ukraine a "blank check" to fend off Russia's invasion. A potential audit would determine how much, if any, of the U.S. aid is ending up in the wrong hands. The Biden administration's previous tracking efforts have inspected only a fraction of the aid provided to the country.

While some staunch Ukraine allies fear Republicans will cut off aid to the country, there remains widespread support for ramping up oversight efforts in Congress.


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Look in Hunter Biden’s piggy bank.
 

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Biden admin scrambles to track $20B in Ukraine aid as House Republicans warn of audits

President Biden's administration is scrambling to track the nearly $20 billion in military aid it has sent to Ukraine as Republicans warn of impending audits when they take control of the House in January.

Likely future House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said his party will not be giving Ukraine a "blank check" to fend off Russia's invasion. A potential audit would determine how much, if any, of the U.S. aid is ending up in the wrong hands. The Biden administration's previous tracking efforts have inspected only a fraction of the aid provided to the country.

While some staunch Ukraine allies fear Republicans will cut off aid to the country, there remains widespread support for ramping up oversight efforts in Congress.


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Ukraine was always a very corrupt country (in this, as in many other respects, very similar to Russia). It is likely the fog of war has made the situation worse. A lot of the aid will be diverted to the wrong destinations. A lot of military hardware and weapons will also be similarly diverted, and will likely find their way into the hands of Europe's criminals, eventually.
 

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Ukraine was always a very corrupt country (in this, as in many other respects, very similar to Russia). It is likely the fog of war has made the situation worse. A lot of the aid will be diverted to the wrong destinations. A lot of military hardware and weapons will also be similarly diverted, and will likely find their way into the hands of Europe's criminals, eventually.

A lot of military hardware is likely to fall into Russian hands too...

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A lot of military hardware is likely to fall into Russian hands too...

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A lot of it already has. Russian troops have released videos of captured caches of fairly large numbers of NLAW and Javelin missile launchers, for example. The Russians are said to have included some of these in shipments to Iran as part of the deal that enabled them to procure the Iranian 'kamikaze drones' (really, budget cruise missiles, as a cruise missile is a 'kamikaze drone') that have been used against Ukraine.
 

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Joe Biden's non-binary drag queen nuclear waste guru Sam Brinton, 34, is charged with THEFT after they were 'caught on camera stealing a bag' from Minneapolis Airport

Sam Brinton, 34, (pictured left and right) is accused of stealing a suitcase from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (inset). Brinton, who was president Joe Biden's pick as the Department of Energy's deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition, was caught on surveillance cameras taking a blue bag off the baggage claim after flying in from Washington. A woman reported the bag missing later that day and Brinton was identified. Brinton claimed to have not taken the bag but then changed their mind admitting to removing the case adding it was by mistake because they were tired. The 34-year-old scientist, who was the first non-binary person to accept a position in federal government leadership, faces five years in jail, a $10,000 fine, or both if found guilty. They have not been at work for at least a month with Kim Petry, the acting deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel, standing in.

DOE spent fuel chief Sam Brinton charged with felony theft in Minnesota

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Biden wants your retirement savings to go woke. Here are 3 ways to protect yourself

The White House recently issued a new regulation that will allow investment fiduciaries, including 401(k) plan managers, to offer investment options that consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, such as climate change and social justice initiatives. The move could radically transform retirement investing for tens of millions of Americans nationwide.

Until now, those managing many retirement accounts were required to prioritize the best return on investment possible. By opening the door to left-wing investment plans, the Biden administration is permitting employers and private pension fund managers to effectively politicize retirement investments.

Under the new regulation, a retirement account fund manager or employer must continue to pledge to prioritize the interests of retirees, a longstanding requirement, but fiduciaries will now also be allowed to include factors like climate change and other ESG considerations in their analyses and decision-making processes. This will, by design, empower left-wing employers and fund managers to use retirement accounts to push leftist causes.

The regulation is a huge win for those who support using investment dollars to promote a left-wing ideological agenda. The total value of all U.S. 401(k) accounts was a whopping $7.3 trillion in June 2021. Although not all of that wealth will likely end up in ESG funds in the wake of Biden’s regulatory change, if even just one-third of those funds do, it would mean trillions of dollars could soon flow toward companies that embrace liberal ideals.

Some workers may not notice any changes to their 401(k) and other retirement options over the next year or two, but others will soon find themselves stuck choosing between a short list of ESG-focused investment funds, effectively requiring some workers wanting to take advantage of the tax benefits offered by 401(k) plans to contribute to beliefs with which they do not agree.

The Biden administration claims that fund managers that take advantage of the new rule are not abandoning their commitment to help retirees earn a profit, because they say that good investment decisions should take climate change and other ESG factors into account. History has shown, however, that ESG funds do not perform as well as those that simply try to earn the best return on investment possible.

For example, in an article about ESG investing published in the Harvard Business Review earlier this year, professor Sanjai Bhagat noted, "To begin with, ESG funds certainly perform poorly in financial terms. In a recent Journal of Finance paper, University of Chicago researchers analyzed the Morningstar sustainability ratings of more than 20,000 mutual funds representing over $8 trillion of investor savings. Although the highest rated funds in terms of sustainability certainly attracted more capital than the lowest rated funds, none of the high sustainability funds outperformed any of the lowest rated funds.

How can you protect yourself from being required to invest in ESG funds?

First, tell your employer, pension fund manager, or other fiduciary responsible for your retirement accounts that you are not interested in ESG investing. The Biden rule does not require ESG investments; it only allows fiduciaries to offer them.

Second, the new Biden rule permits employers to make an ESG fund the default option for employees enrolled in 401(k) accounts. That means that employees who normally do not voluntarily elect specific 401(k) investments could soon have their hard-earned money automatically invested in an ESG fund. Many workers won’t even notice the change. If you want to avoid this from happening in the coming years, be sure to submit your own 401(k) elections.

Third, if your employer or pension manager severely limits your options so that ESG investing is hard to avoid when contributing to a 401(k), consider other investment opportunities that would put you in greater control of your money. An individual retirement account, commonly known as an IRA, could be a better option, for example.

Biden’s latest regulatory change is designed to funnel more money, potentially trillions of dollars, toward causes he and other progressives support. If you don’t want to see your money spent to advance ESG efforts, you need to start preparing now.


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Biden's non-binary nuclear waste guru used Vera Bradley bag for a month after stealing it from airport and unpacking female victim's clothes - but claims it was an ACCIDENT: Keeps job despite being charged - as White House says NOTHING

A non-binary drag queen who had been working in a nuclear waste job in President Joe Biden's Department of Energy says that they accidentally stole a suitcase with contents worth over $2,300 from a baggage carousel in September. Sam Brinton, whose full title was as the DOE's Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition, has been charged with felony theft after they allegedly stole a bag from the baggage claim at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on September 16. Brinton took the bag to a hotel in St. Paul following the theft, police allege. Two days later, they boarded a flight to Washington DC, with the suitcase in tow. Some time between September 18 and October 9, Brinton took a trip to Europe, with the stolen suitcase, documents say.

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‘Blueprint’ for 2024? DeSantis pens book on going after 'entrenched elites' as presidential speculation swirls

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida will chronicle his life in public service in a new book that will publish in late February in what will be seen by political pundits as another step by the conservative champion toward a possible 2024 presidential run.

The autobiography by DeSantis, who was overwhelmingly re-elected three weeks ago to a second four-year term steering the increasingly red Sunshine State, is titled "The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival." Word of the book, scheduled to be published Feb. 28 by Broadside, the conservative arm of HarperCollins Publishing, was shared first with Fox News Wednesday.

The publishers highlight that the autobiography will cover key moments in DeSantis’ life, from "growing up in a working-class family, playing in the Little League World Series, working his way through Yale University and Harvard Law School, volunteering for the Navy after 9/11 and serving in Iraq." The memoir will also detail his marriage to Casey DeSantis, their children and his wife’s battle with cancer.

Florida’s governor has seen his popularity soar among conservatives across the country the past 2½ years, courtesy of his forceful pushback against coronavirus pandemic restrictions and his aggressive actions as a culture wars warrior targeting the media and corporations.

The publishers note that the book "will center on critical issues that brought [DeSantis] to the center of the debate over the future of our country. He shares his thinking from when he was fighting back against COVID mandates and restrictions, critical race theory, woke corporations" and what they describe as "the partisan legacy media." They add that the memoir will chronicle what they call "his bold, substantial policy achievements."

DeSantis, in a statement, said that "what Florida has done is establish a blueprint for governance that has produced tangible results while serving as a rebuke to the entrenched elites who have driven our nation into the ground. Florida is proof positive that we, the people, are not powerless in the face of these elites."

Eric Nelson, Broadside's vice president and editorial director, emphasized that "everyone can see Gov. Ron DeSantis is a gifted leader, and now people will discover he’s also a gifted writer. His book explains how he applies his sense of True North to life and to leadership."

The book is the second by DeSantis, a former congressman who was narrowly elected governor in 2018. His first book, published in 2011 before his election to Congress, was titled "Dreams From Our Founding Fathers: First Principles in the age of Obama." The book looked at why some conservatives turned to the nation’s founding principles amid then-President Barack Obama’s self-described "transformational change."


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